http://www.pokerstars.com/vip/earn/

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/tournament-tickets/faq

Hello 2+2, i have nooo idea if im posting this in the right place so please forgive me if im not. I started working as a poker dealer about 18 months ago before this time i knew very little about poker, just the logistics. As soon as i started dealing i wanted to play so like MANY dealers i started blowing a small chunk of my wage on various sites ( funding the scandnavian economy as my brother likes to think!)...in addition i also started playing live just smallish 1-1 1-2 games. I dont know the exact amount but i can guess iv lost about 4k...now this may sound vvstupid, but the way in which i have played this was always gunna happen..by that i mean i always just wanted to " Spin It" ...playing short stack online and moving up as soon as i had doubled up etc. Now at the time i had no problem with this..i understood what i was doing but just enjoyed the gamble.Now however i want to invest my time, money and effort into getting better...and hopefully one day GOOD X.So here is the point of this post.. I want to know what games i should be playing to build a solid foundation for my game? sit n gos? cash? mtts? live? online? is there anypoint playing as low as 1c 2 c and grinding?. I have been watching alot of vids on Deuces Cracked and reading a few books so feel this would be a good time to throw myself into it!

Cheers 2+2 ers

Ben

UK

Personal preference. Read the FAQs and Stickies in the forum(s) relevant to whatever game you play (and this forum too!).

Yes.

Question when looking at pot adds on the flop.

When contemplating your action on the flop do you use the combined turn and river pot odds to make decision or just the turn pot odds?

E.g., with 1 out, the turn odds are 46-1, but the turn and river combined odds are 22.5-1

Do I need 46-1 to call then or 22.5-1 to call?

Thanks

Posted this in the stats thread, but it prob goes in here too.

hi,

Just after a little bit of advice. only recently bought pokertracker and after each session I find that there is a massive discrepancy between my red and blue lines. Is this standard? if not, could you tell me (if it's possible to work out of this basic info) what my possible leak is? Is there something basic I'm doing wrong which I could work on and fix this?

Any suggestions?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...t-ever-791734/

depends. if you're calling all-in, then you can look at the two combined. if there's money still to bet, then it's more complicated

Minimum volume needed to put in on PS to get Supernova? (Playing cash games only)

Preferably at quite low stakes... ie 25NL 6 max, or 25PLO or 25PLO8 6 max

It would have to be no more than 4 tables at a time.

100,000 VPPs is 8333 a month for 12 months.

At 10c 25c PL 6 max you get 0.250 VPP/hand (source: http://www.fpppro.com/vpp-per-hand.php)

Thus you would need to play 33,332 hands a month?? almost 400,000 a year????

Assuming 60 hands/hr, x 4 tables, thats 240 hands/hr which is 33,332/240 = 138 hours/month, which is roughly 4 hours a day.

This seems a lot of volume?!

Are my calculations correct, is there a better way to make supernova on stakes as low as 25PL or 25NL 6 max?

This will be limit, so I would never be all-in.

I don't know whether your math is correct, but 4-tabling for 4 hours a day is not a lot of volume. And it's probably on the low side for a lot of people.


--klez

Hope this question is appropriate on the thread...

Does anyone have trouble using the "find a player" function on PS?
I have tried doing searches for people I know are currently playing to test it and it works for some searches and not others. (yes I spelled their names correctly).

Just wondering if "find a player" function will not work on certain players for some reason?

Thanks.

You can remove yourself from that feature

Options -> Hide From Search Feature

thank you for restoring some of my sanity

What software should I get?
This is what I want: I want all my tables stacked on one pile ( so you only see one table and all the others are underneath that one table) and when action is required the table pops out of the pile and gets normal size, when fold it goes smaller and back into the pile and when still in hand it stays out of the pile

-What is the general consensus on the forms of poker that are most profitable?
-I assume it has to be no limit cash games, but are the top profitable guys 24 tabling full ring games or 6max or do they 3-4 tabled headsup?
-And what stakes do they play?
-I hear that sngs are low risk low return and not very profitable because its closed to a solved game??
-I also hear you should play the games you enjoy and this will be most profitable for you...
-I love playing HUSNGs, but I also like money lol, so what games are the top profitable guys playing (guys that make $100k/yr or more or are millionaires)?? Is it true that they play the highest stakes (lower edge) or medium stakes (better rake than low stakes) or do they multitable low stakes ( high rake but more fish)?
-Im sure the top pros play all games and are good at most of them, and some of you guys will say it all depends on timing and opponents etc but what about before the top pros got to the top what games got them there?
-Thanks guys

Except for the bit about increasing and decreasing the table size you don't need any software. I don't know of any software that does that and I have no idea why you would want to but I'm not up on all the software available, you might want to check the software forum...

Okay, this may not be a dumb question per se or it may actually be quite dumb, but lets say we have ace duece, and 3 people call. Our chances to win the hand assuming no one else has an ace or a PP is pretty good, and we are getting 25% equity...right?

That's what I assuming equity is, how much we put in the pot in relation to us winning the hand, so if my share of the pot is only 25% and im greater than 25% to win the hand, then I should always call, right???? Then why is it advised not to play small aces and such...

sorry I'm just trying to understand the term a little better...

Being a crack dealer is a very good occupation assuming you never get caught by the cops, shot by rival dealers or become a junkie yourself.

(Your assumption is VERY flawed).

Well then guide me in the right direction instead of just pointing out mistakes and not intending to correct them...

why would you just ignore hands?

what term? equity?

afaik equity is the % you win

ev "how much we put in the pot in relation to us winning the hand"

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32...ncement95.html

see 28-30

Hey guys

What sort of routine is the most effective to improve?(what have good players on this site done)

Just play play play...read books,go over hand histories after a session,read these forums etc. I know there is no one right way to do it but what have successful players done.

A2 is a horrible hand if you have 3 callers because if an ace shows up and anyone else has an ace you are dominated. People love to call with aces. So if you start betting and get called or you are calling bets there is a good chance you are beaten but if you don't want to bet or call, why are you playing the hand? It's not a good situation to be in.

So if we aren't happy when an ace shows, what do we want to see? A deuce? No, not really because that's the weakest possible pair and any other pair beats us. Really we are only happy to see A 2 or better which means we are hoping to flop two pair and if that's our plan we may as well be playing any two cards.

You can't make assumptions like, "no one else has an ace or a PP". That's like assuming the 35 year old waitress you picked up at a truck stop isn't going to give you an STD.