that's some faast work jude. how long have you been playing?

Hey sheepRustler,
I started playing $1 Turbo SnG's last summer '09 but kind of to pass the time rather than actually thinking about the game - think I was a slight loser for most of those before it dawned on me how little I knew (and still don't). I switched to cash games in January this year and totally prefer this format - I feel it's way better as regards developing as a poker player and I really wanna get better at it.

Short answer - a year approx - sorry for ramblin!

cool. keep up the good work.

Forced to admit it.

I haven't being playing for a while, what's all this 'rush' poker I've been seeing everywhere on the forum?

^^
http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/rush-poker

Hi, I'm new here and I have a dumb question:
I had AQo in mp, bet, got called by 3 villains. Flop was KJT, all three were diamonds. Neither of my cards were diamonds, one of the villains went all-in for about 2$, while I had only 1$. Everybody folded to me. I saw that villain for the first time, so I decided to fold. I know what he had, by the way. I'll put it in a spoiler, just in case. So, the question is - was folding the right thing to do?

Simple answer is no.
this is a genuine question not trying to be a smartass - when you folded why did you automatically put him on a flush?

If you had a diamond in your hand i would call.
In the future, upload your hands in the unl forum.

Why shouldn't I? Was the risk worth it? He could have any 2 diamonds, after all.

That was exactly what i thought. But i didn't had it

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32...s-mean-806621/

ok, i get it) But am i not acting as a fish by ignoring a flush possibility? Anyway, some more dumb questions then.
So if there are 3 cards of one suit on the board, i'm holding a strong hand like a set or a straight and somebody goes all-in, i should call? And how about having 4 cards of one suit on the board? Supposing i also hold a strong hand, should i call?

Depends on a lot of things
What is your hand? Do you have any redraws if your opponent has a flush?
Who is your opponent? Do you have any history/stats with/on him? Is he likely to bluff in this spot?
How much is in the pot and how much do we have behind? (what is our pot odds?)

There is a lot of factors playing in in every single decision in poker.

FAQ: Should I fold my KK preflop? Should I fold my Set?

thx, i got it. Going to read all the FAQs first and only then post my questions.

Hey, so I wanted to get rakeback on my full tilt account, but apparently you can't get rakeback if you've already registered. Would I be able to close my current full tilt account and then open a new one with rakeback included?

Advice needed.
FR. u NL.

I don't like stacking off a full BI w AK but I also don't like folding or calling to a 3bet. Is a min-raise 4bet with AK +EV?

Completely situational, despite that i would say min4bet/folding with AK will be horrible like 99.99% of the time.

Fwiw if you're playing uNL FR i'm always happy getting my stack in with AK vs one opponent.

So I should be shoving a full buy in holding AK when I'm 3bet?

Yes, in most situations.

Hang on a sec... shove AK with a full BI?

Justin's thought process.

1. If someone 3bets me and I shove with AK the best scenario I can hope for is getting a call from a bigger fish than me with a weaker Ace such as AQ, AJ and I'm winning 70% of the time.

2. The next best scenario is a fold and then I pick up the blinds and villains raise minus rake.

3. Being called by a big PP such as JJ or QQ where I'm a slight under dog and long term loser.

4. I'm called by KK which leaves me a 30% chance of sucking out or I'm crushed 90% to 10% by AA.

Will people really be so stupid as to call a shove with AQ, AJ, KQ KJ and the like?

Has anyone done the mathematics of AK in a FR format?

Playing Ace King could really do with its own FAQ or thread or hardback book.

From what I've seen, most of the people at uNL have a shove range of about JJ+,AJs+,AJo+

Against an opponent with a range of JJ+,AJs+,AJo+, you got a little over 55% equity with AKo. Against all the opponents who play worse, your equity is even higher. You'll also get occasional folds as well which is instant profit.

So certainly in uNL, its a +EV play to shove with AK

Down 5 buy ins in aapprox 300 hands? Is that normal?

you could lose five buy ins in five hands if you run bad enough. some people say play through the variance, others have a stop loss.
it probably is variance but your game will be affected by the loss. walk away from the computer and relax. tomorrow when your mind is clearer, review your session and post hhs to see if there is anything different you could have done.

I walked away (in a thermonuclear rage) after I lost the 1st 3 BI's to awful bad beats (taking advice from this forum) and came back about 2 hrs later and got hammered for another two BI's again - total headwrecker. Hard to watch a donk getting rewared for making terrible plays and sitting with about 4 BI's probably thinkin 'poker is eeeezzeee' ARGHHH. Need to stop for a day.

Cheers for reply.