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I have seen a bunch of the High Stakes regs (including livb) min-raise on the button. Is this a gd strategy? Is it better in some levels than others?

Thx

Generally better the shorter stacked you get, but more than acceptable from the start.

Difference in styles and comfort really between top regulars, I see plenty of top players 3x around 30bb deep and others that minraise 75bb deep.

Your reasoning and adjustments for what you do are much more important.

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05-18-2009 , 03:00 PM

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how often in % do you really play your a-game and what do you do to improve this?
especially while playing 2-3 tables.. and btw, how long did you need to handle 2-3 tables at the same time? ive played a few thousand hu sngs but playing two tables just kills my head.

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05-18-2009 , 03:46 PM

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****, sorry for replying to your question bigjimmy, for some reason I thought it was in the LC thread and not in the well.

/end stealing Primo's thread.

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05-18-2009 , 03:53 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy

****, sorry for replying to your question bigjimmy, for some reason I thought it was in the LC thread and not in the well.

/end stealing Primo's thread.

I was wondering about that.

Didn't exactly want to call a mod out for being a big DICK though.

lol

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05-18-2009 , 03:55 PM

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TNixon

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Ok, question for Primo.

Which of these two things is worse, in your opinion:

Chiry answering questions in *your* well?

Or the fact that he thought it was the LC thread?

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05-18-2009 , 04:04 PM

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TNixon, are you really older than The Camel?

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05-18-2009 , 04:15 PM

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I dunno.

odds are *really* good though

unless he's an old fart

37 here

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05-18-2009 , 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by TNixon

I dunno.

odds are *really* good though

unless he's an old fart

37 here

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05-18-2009 , 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by ChicagoRy

****, sorry for replying to your question bigjimmy, for some reason I thought it was in the LC thread and not in the well.

/end stealing Primo's thread.

No probs mate

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05-18-2009 , 04:56 PM

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How do you feel about the UFC game that's coming out tomorrow?

Will you lose money because you're not playing poker because this game is going to kick ass?

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05-18-2009 , 05:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Cruzerthebruzer

How do you feel about the UFC game that's coming out tomorrow?

Will you lose money because you're not playing poker because this game is going to kick ass?

I have no interest in UFC but I played the demo of this game at a friend's house on a poker night... and it was awesome. I got a kick out of grounding and pounding my opponents until they weren't defending and the match had to be called. I think that same friend is buying the game and we're going to have a strictly UFC game night.

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05-18-2009 , 05:20 PM

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SOUNDS LIKE A FREAKIN PARTY RIGHT THERE

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05-18-2009 , 07:24 PM

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SOUNDS LIKE A FREAKIN PARTY RIGHT THERE

Yea, might cross-party with a World of Warcraft group. Then things would get really out of hand.

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05-18-2009 , 07:26 PM

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I'm 41.

(and for the record I came 3rd in the tournament this picture was taken at

)

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05-18-2009 , 07:32 PM

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The Camel's using a "camel" as card guard...go figure

Primo, what are you using as a good luck charm?

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05-18-2009 , 10:01 PM

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Can u given an example or 2 describing some of the adjustments livb made against u. Hes always really interested me alot coz u watch some of the things he does and think that cant be profitable vs anyone decent but obv hes the man. Like ive seen him minraising against imthefranchise whos obv very good at 7bb and folding to shoves, like how can that not be superexploitable. He also seems to do a tonne of 3 bet folding at 25bb which u dont really see anyone else doing at least not as much zs him.

For me he started out playing pretty sick aggro, small 4bets, etc., etc., and then switched over totally to limping a ton and playing really small ball vs me. I can't explain the real rationale behind all of his decisions without really knowing his exact thoughts, but he is very good at what he does, and def. takes you out of your comfort zone. Also, a number of higher stakes stars regs will 3bet/fold at 25bb, M@D is one I can think of off the top of my head

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05-18-2009 , 10:02 PM

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Any quick tips on how to get better at assigning hand ranges? I've been playing about a year and this aspect of the game still seems like so much voodoo to me.

I mean it really is just an acquisition thing, I think it's really easy to auto-pilot this part of poker and never get better at it, even over a very large sample, but if you put time and effort into actually THINKING about and considering ranges, on every street, on every play, and match those with your opponents frequencies, and notice when he had hands you didn't include in his range, etc., you will become much much better very quikcly

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05-18-2009 , 10:05 PM

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What percentage of your profit would you estimate comes from droolers? As in, not "winning/breakeven reg types who are ok to good but you outplay"?

hrmm, 75-80% droolers, 20-25% winning/breakeven regs

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05-18-2009 , 10:06 PM

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Skiing or snowboarding?

Skiiiiinggggggggg, and yes I know ur a snowboarder

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05-18-2009 , 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by sejje

What (non-poker) book had the biggest influence on your life?

Wow... I really have no idea, myself and my persistence I guess, money, and my families support about it all

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05-18-2009 , 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by pushing22

will you stake me for the 25k on ftp?
pm for stats

obv yo... as long as I can pay it back over the next 10-ish yrs

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05-18-2009 , 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by another_rack

SNG vs. Cash

- Is one harder to master than the other

HU Cash is much more dynamic IMO, I would say it is probably harder to master because you get in spots where you have to play 50, 100, 200, 300 BB deep vs great players, which puts you in a ton of super tough spots and there are many fewer 'automatic' situations

- Once a player is beating the $5ks over a big sample where do they go from there, what stakes can they expect to beat?

I don't think there really is much space to go from there, I think you take your living happily making 400k-1M / yr and if you feel compelled branch out and try some other games

- It's the 2p2 group think that 6max/FR guys are better/make more money than MTT/SNG regs, do you feel it is the same in cash vs. sng's? There was a lot of discussion about this in the Livb grap thread in BBV or NVG.

I see a ton of players trying to come to HU SNGs now because it CAN be more profitable than the current state of cash

- kinda would like your opinions on the 2 games and the pros and cons of each type of HU NL?

I think if they are both in their prime, HU Cash is def. more profitable, I dont play much HU Cash but all I see is people crying over how the profitability is dying, and although in HU SNG it's slowing, I def. dont think it's dying

- Would you quite poker if all you could do was one table No Increase sngs?

Rofl, probably not, but I wouldnt put in nearly as much volume, and i'd petition stars to make $500 ones, so I could just play 1 or two per day with like a 75% ROI like those guys do and then find something else to make me happy ;p

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05-18-2009 , 10:21 PM

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what do you think is my biggest leak?

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05-18-2009 , 10:32 PM

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Originally Posted by bigjimmylea1

I have seen a bunch of the High Stakes regs (including livb) min-raise on the button. Is this a gd strategy? Is it better in some levels than others?

Thx

if you feel like you have a very big edge over your opponent, it is a very good strategy

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05-18-2009 , 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by patrick2008

I dunno, prolly 40% of the time I really play my A/A+ game, which isn't a # im proud of

I think I moved to 2+ tables way too early, and it probably stunted my growth as a player, so don't stress it too hard

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