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How does one post images from ones computer to ones threads and posts, don't get the whole 'URL' bar that comes up...
Make an account on Photobucket.com or go to imageshack.us if you don't feel like making an account, upload your picture (browse, find picture, etcetc), and get the URL. Open image tags (remove asterisk): [*img][/img] and paste the URL from the site you uploaded it to between them.
[*img]http://www.nullamatix.com/images/I-dunno-lol.jpg[/img]
(Without the asterisk)
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Originally Posted by OptimusPhish
Hi Guys, First time poster!
I have a few stupid Q's
1 How long should I have to observe opponents to start reading well? Do you only focus on the hands that get shown down? It seems like I can watch a game all day and not be able to give a basic overview of the players/table. Games with very few showdowns/lots of players/ compound the problem.
2 Does everyone have difficulty keeping up when starting? I'm way too slow to spot straights(despite practice)/glean info by reconstructing a plays when the cards are only shown briefly.
I'll address this but take it with a grain of salt, someone might have better answers.
1. Don't only focus on the hands that get shown down. Pay attention to how much your opponent raises, in which positions he raises, and how he responds to bets, raises, and check-raises. Does he fold to big raises? If the hand is shown down, analyze how the hand played out and try figure out what your opponent might have been thinking on each street. It takes practice and patience and it sure ain't easy to read hands when you're just starting out.
2. Varies from person to person, but straights and straight draws should be very easy to recognize. Just keep playing it. Before you know it, you'll be recognizing them in an insant.
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Originally Posted by Sworaven
Hi guys,
I've been a lurker for quite a while now, reading a lot and working on my game. I see on PT that my biggest leak is playing in the blinds, how can I work on this? What hands should I play, what hands should I reraise with?
This heavily depends on what you want to achieve and the situations you're in. It's different for cash games and tournaments (where blind stealing becomes important at some point). Stack sizes compared to blind sizes also matter. I can't give you good advice on this, but personally, I (sometimes) raise in the blinds when I have a high pair, AK, or AQ depending on how many people are in the pot with deep stacks.. You don't really want to call with medium-strength hands on the blinds when your opponents make significant raises unless you can adapt to the flop pretty well.
Plan ahead. Are you gonna make a continuation bet if you missed with the hand you raised preflop or are you gonna check-fold? Are you gonna check and pray everyone else does the same or makes a small bet?
Again, just my 2 cents. Someone probably has better advice, feel free to disagree with me.
/longtime lurker
Last edited by ohaithar; 08-10-2010 at 04:14 AM.