Quick question, What is the post count for each ranking IE Gringer, Newbie, Enthusiast.

Question : how much is smalles amount you can deposit to pokerstars

$10

At least for me.

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/fa...nqs#faq_titles

Your edge is the situations in which you make your money. You might exploit the fact that someone calls too much. You might know that a min-raise on the flop is almost always a flush draw. You might have a tell that signifies absolute strength. Whatever it is, it's your edge.

Polarized range is when someone will only have the very best hands or the very worst hands. The nuts or a total bluff. He won't have a moderate hand such as Top pair top kicker.

You can sort with the column that has the blue square.

Or whatever the symbol is. (sorry I don't have pt on this computer). But there's definitely a box, I believe on the furthest left, that you can sort and have all your hands that you marked.

You can always simplify them to x:1. Most charts are listed in terms of x:1 because you can do pretty quick math on the pot odds by dividing the pot by the bet size.

Hello.I want to speak with someone(normal user) from this forum in private, but i dont know his email.How i can get it? Maybe an Admin can help me.Thanks alot

Click on their name and check their Player Profile. If they have their email address is public it'll be under their Contact Info. Otherwise you'll need to wait until you have PM access

I've been playing the $3.40 SnGs on Stars for the last few days. I was wondering if there was any advantage of playing the turbos or not. The payout is bigger in turbo, so I guess it makes up for the huge rake. But at the same time, if you're card dead in a turbo you're pretty much done quickly.

I play extremely tight in the early stages of a SnG, so I wonder if I'm doing it right at the moment by only playing turbos =/

Any input appreciated..

Is there a thread, or multiple threads that discuss the best online sites for Satellites to brick and morter tourneys?

I am interested in playing BM tourneys in the WPT or EPT or APT or even WSOP and would like to deposit in one or two sites that would give me a good range of satellites at good value.

Possibly a dumb question. I'm confused about comparing pot odds to equity. Like my understanding is that if I'm getting 2-1 on my money that I need an 33.3 equity in the hand to be a break even play. I am confused at how to calculate this information. Like if I'm getting 1.5 to 1 on my money how do I calculate what I need my equity to be for the play to be break even or +Ev.

If you're getting 2 to 1, then you must win 1 time for every 3 times you play. That is, add the times you expect to lose (2) to the times you expect to win (1). That's the number of "trials" that you would run, playing this bet over and over, until you'd cover every likely outcome. Divide the number of times you expect to win by this number of trials. That's 1/3 = the equity you need to justify a call getting 2 to 1.

For 1.5 to 1, you'd need:

1/(1+1.5) = 1/2.5 = 40%

the thing with turbos is that although most people will have a lower ROI, you'll make more $/hr because the games run quicker so you can get in more volume

that, and regular stt's are so slow

i didn;t realise that column was sort-able!

but, unless i'm missing the obv you still have to change the drop down to 'final hands' from 'starting hands' to make life easy otherwise you have to go through AA,Ak, AQ right down to 22 as you can;t select multiple lines i think.

with final hands, you can quickly check all one pair hands, all 2 pair hands and so on, then filter the blue square column.

Hey all,

Lately I've tried changing my play from a 20 tabling nit to a 2 tabling maniac (playing something like 85/45/3) with varying success. One thing I'm noticing is that people are giving me a LOT more action and obviously not respecting my bets as much. This got me thinking about value-betting/semi-bluffing draws against players who are going to call whatever you bet...

Let's say the following hand comes up:

Villian : UTG
Hero : BUT : Ah 3h

Villian is tight-passive and knows that you are playing a maniac style. He doesn't play UTG with less than AK or QQ+. He knows you are playing a maniac style and is a fairly passive player so he always lets you do the betting for him.

Flop comes 2h Th 6d. $100 in the pot.

Villian checks. He is going to call whatever you bet (no fold equity). If another heart comes he will c/f (no implied odds). What is your best move here? Is it better to check back into him for the free card or should you value bet your draw?

The way you set the situation up, it's very clear you must check through and take the free card. Also, you have no "value" to value bet with. You're significantly behind.

Furthermore, it's very clear that (in this hypothetical situation) you should *never* have seen that flop in the first place.

Sorry, I don't really understand where you are coming from... According to PokerStove, in this situation I actually have 45% equity against his range. Also, why shouldn't I see the flop? Ah3h is a very good hand against my range (playing 85% of hands), especially on the button.

Umm--didn't you just say that villain only has QQ+ and AK here? So why are you messing around with A3s just because it's better that the crap you normally play?

I guess in this scenario it would be pretty bad to play the hand. If he c/f's to any possible flush then there is almost no implied odds (except for hitting maybe trip 3's or 2-pair). In real life though, I would think it's a good play. Pre-flop vs post-flop equity is very different. I thought that was the idea behind playing LAG. Pre-flop I might only have ~30% equity against his range but with that flop my post-flop equity jumps up to 45%. If there were implied odds, I'd be willing to lose some equity pre-flop and make up for it post-flop with a good flop. It's an easy enough hand to get away from if you don't hit...

Yes, implied odds are one of the benefits of a lag style. But lag is 30% VPIP, not 85%. And it means picking your spots by targeting players who give you good implied odds by being unable to release their mediocre hands, not super nits playing nothing but premiums.

I suppose you get rakeback from SnGs? But how do you calculate it? For example I have 27% on FTP, and let's say I play a 10+1$, do I get 27cents in rakeback?

Yes.

Jakey, among other things wrong to your approach, you must realize that 45% equity (if that's what it is), heads up, with no chance to bluff, and no chance to get paid when you improve is LOSING MONEY with every chip in the pot.

Calling with a hand that you know is significantly behind preflop, because you might catch good enough to make you *less behind, but still behind* is the wrong way to go about it.

Putting in more chips as an underdog heads up when knowing you'll get called, just because the flop has improved you, is completely wrong. You haven't improved enough to want to see any more money go in the pot... whereas a free card is a gift from the gods that you must gratefully accept!

Pokerstars has a satellites for the WSOP, EPT and other major tours. You'll have to check out PS website for details. Full Tilt has them for the WSOP and WPT qualifiers.

Since satellites are your main interest I think it would be hard to beat Pokerstars. They have a lot of different levels for entry and so many to choose from.

You should also check out Adanthar's guide on qualifying for big events through satellites over in the MTT Strategy section.