I would go with the air, personally. I sitll think a different laptop would be preferable, but if you want to go mac, then the air is a better bet, imo. (Mostly the USB ports are the reason i side with it.)

ok, thanks allan.

yeah, i'm only getting a mac for mediocre stuff - my main pc is an absolute beast. I like the look, weight and feel or a mac for stuff like note taking. Otherwise i wouldn't ever choose to get one!

thanks for the feedback. I was unsure if villain would bet KK otr, but concluded they would about 40%-50% of the time. I'm still a tad unsure about the hand tbh. I added you on skype btw, if you didn't get it then pm me and i'll ship mine!

11" suits my needs yes.

yeah the USB port may be the deal breaker. Kinda important to have one.

Thanks for the help and feedback guys. I think i'll go with the air after all.

Results of the 99 hand - villain had A2ss

Sick year Ben. GL for 2016.

Awesome year mate and sick graphs.

I am kinda feeling the same as you regarding this Jan strike. Took part in the last one but not sure what to do right now.

I am planning on taking some of my action elsewhere on a permanent basis this year. But would prefer to do it gradually to make sure my setup and software are all ok.

Gl for 2016

Thanks mate! gl to you too

thanks dev. yeah i've decided to play during the strike but will aim to set up another site in case i want to strike in future strikes. I was too under prepared for this one.

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Well this is the price i pay for playing during the strike...



Got AK V AA at 2k which was gross, then a ton of other horrific spots. Has been a while since this happened. Welcome to 2016!

cool line from bad reg:



and vs another one:



Back to it tomorrow night. glgl

Playing during the strike? RAH RAH RAH FKN SCAB

Seriously though, I don't see what people's problem would be, it's not like poker's unionised.

Nice year mate, Gl this year

People gonna people though.

I never saw a problem in having a superior tableselection but still i get crap at every given opportunity for it bc im lol_unethical

thread title bigger disappointment than the finale of dexter

Hey Ben, just been catching up on your thread. Congrats on an awesome 2015 and best of luck going into 2016!

Not sure if you went ahead with the macbook, but personally I'd wait for the windows surface book. That thing looks sickkk. 😀

lol'ed

haha, i know i'm a scumbag. All good though, i've made my decision now. In the process of setting up some other sites too!

thanks whelan! How're things going in DFS??

yeah i know. you are a scripting bumhunting nit though

loool. god, nothing can be as bad as the last season of dexter. Noted though, although i will leave the thread the same until i/someone else thinks of something worth changing it to!

ah, hi tom. Thanks for checking back in i actually ended up double U-turning and getting the newer, more expensive mac. The reason being that i chatted to a few others who had had both and knew more about them, adapters and stuff to make it usable like the air. I really want a mac as i've had one before, i've got a sick PC for all the windows stuff that i need! Hope you're well

haha same

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Decent bounce back from yesterdays travesty of a session



Weak reg playing his hand... well... interestingly...



good reg bluffing. Really interesting pot this one:



reg playing a mixed 3b strategy :/



vs fish and passive fish. Got snapped by the passive SO quick i was certain i'd lost:



and would like thoughts on this hand please. vs aggro reg, as usual i have no HUD but from what i know he is stationy. i have 2 questions. 1) bet call turn or check back turn and 2) value shove river or check once we bet turn:



glgl

Looks thin

check river as played. turn is w/e

Id ship. Got too many potential bluffs in my range

I like betting there too vs a station. Is ship an overplay? dunno. Just think we have the best hand there nearly always, maybe he has 7s8s As3s that beats us but thats about it.
also wtf was that T8o 3-bet

FWIW I really don't think 3-betting stuff like that with mixed frequencies is necessarily bad.

KJ ez ship.

T8o 3 bet is awful, not much else to say about it. Jamming KJ seems bad to me, at least, too thin. I mean, we get to river with plenty of flush's, sets, 2 pairs, KQ. Just because we get to river with plenty of bluffs doesn't mean we should widen our value range, that make no sense. Also a lot of our bluffs are going to be missed diamonds too, which are going to make pretty meh bluffs on river a lot of the time anyway.

As played would think villain is going to have quite a lot of bluff catchers, many not as strong as KJ. And yeah, defo depending on villains range, i.e. how many bluff catchers he has, we potentially don't want to be increasing our value range too much, but generally speaking if you have more bluffs you can increase your value range, just so long as the villain's bluff-catching range doesn't include a bajillion better combos than the bottom of your value jamming range, in this case--KJ.

As for the T8 3b, I'm not specifically referencing spots/sizings/hand etc. but 3bing low unsuited connectors/one gappers with mixed frequencies if you're also calling sc could potentially be part of a GTO solution since it would increase the EV of more hands (arguably). You'll see snowie do it sometimes, so can't be far off.

ur reaction to the 8h7h jam is weird as it seems to be the best play among all villain plays u posted, its like people forgot you should have a 5b jam range that contains bluffs and not exclusively value hands

also not sure KJss float is +EV vs half pot, though it is probably close, and the KJo I would assume is a check river but I am curious at the optimal play, ill prob look it up

indeed...


grats on 2015. gl gl.

Sub GL man..... look forward to catching up on this

GL man, all the best for 2016, and maybe see you in Falmouth sometime in the future

Some very mixed opinions i see. I'm still no closer to deciding whether or not i wanna check or shove the KJ. If someone does sim it please let me know! I ended up checking and winning vs KT (i think it was KT, just redid my db so am awaiting hands!)

mhm, well i guess the reason i think it's awful is cus the reg is losing at 1.5bb over a lot of hands. Hard to think someone who loses for so long plays spots well! I see what you're saying though - just not something you see many, if any regs do.

re the last part, if you do run it would you mind posting your findings? np if not

hey, thanks man! Enjoyyyy

hahaha, this is a perfect dexter representation!

thanks mate, good luck to you too. haha i don't think i'll be down that way any time soon, but if i do i'll be sure to hit you up

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Pretty good day today with seeing clients and then putting a grind in. I put redline in for all you warriors out there - i seemed to be blowing up BIG time today.



vs fish at 1k:



weird line from reg. we played about 20 hands. I think i can play river in multiple different ways:



Bluffing fish going wrong:



Not great equity vs whale:



Got a day of snooker, grinding and waiting for my mac tomorrow - very excited!

glgl