Yeah, definitely villain dependent. But I also will mini-raise steal given the opportunity

some good articles about 3B strategy written the few last years anyone knows?

I use carbon outs calculator and ran into same issue. Maybe someone out there can clarify. AJc flop Qd 10d 3h Qh . So far according to calculator i have total of 10 outs 4 k 3 A 3J Shouldnt i have 12 instead of 10 with 2 Q still in the deck?

How does a queen help your hand?

more pertinently, unless he's putting him opponent on exactly a ten, how does an ace or jack help his hand? kind of silly to think of outs like this

I am just going by what the outs calculator came up with

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This does not really answer your question since its not an article, but you should read "Applications of No-Limit Holdem" if you haven't already.

well, stop using that. you should only think of outs as those that improve your hand to something that now beats what you were behind before. if villain has AT, an ace is not an out. if you ever move on to a non-dead game like omaha, this could cause you a world of hurt

Related to this idea is the idea of partial outs. For example, in situations with a very wet board, a card that that helps your hand could help your opponent as well. In that case, when you are counting all your outs you can discount the outs that you aren't sure about.

Example: You have cards that could make you a straight on the river, but it's possible that some of those cards could give your opponent a higher straight or a flush. You could count cards that would improve your hand but might also help your opponent as 0.5 outs each.

Half an out may not sound like it's worth worrying about, but if your bet closes the action, even half an out might mean the difference in whether or not you're getting the odds to draw to your straight.

Does this forum still post an LC/NC thread.

Thought I might stop by and catch up on my old friends. but couldn't find a place to do it without hijacking an important thread.
I don't see Aussie listed in the mod squad "wut up wit dat"?

Not regularly

He resigned as BQ mod a few months ago ...

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32...ewell-1564263/

The skype chat is still fairly active with some of the olde-timers, and your bonafidefish skype account seems to be a participant still, so stop by some time ...

oh hai OB, I will stop by in skype. Thanks for the reminder.

How would a 60/40 edge like all in preflop relate to a house edge in blackjack? Would you call the 60/40 preflop a 20% edge?

Yes

I never considered blackjack a viable game so I never took the time to learn anything about it. I know that it's a skill game where a player can have an edge, but that's not the issue. Blackjack is the only game of skill that I know of where you can be kicked out for being good at it (counting cards.) That doesn't happen in a chess or Scrabble tournament.

Also, memorizing odds and outs could be considered a form of counting cards and no one gets kicked out of a poker tournament for doing that.

In a poker tournament, is it a good idea to risk all your chips preflop if you know you have atleast a 55/45 edge?

generally yes, but there are two points I'd make:

1. this is not absolute, and it depends on your edge in the tournament as a whole as well as ICM factors
2. you won't know that for certain

Volume is a consideration as well. If you play in a casino a couple Saturdays a month you won't play enough tournaments to know if you're really a winning player or not, regardless of how much you win (or lose) or how you calculate your edge. Anyone can have a hot or cold streak (positive or negative statistical variance) over a small sample size.

Would you classify this player as LOOSE passive, or TIGHT passive:

They limp preflop. When you punish their limps they'll call most of the time. But when they see a flop with you, they won't call a bet without at least Top pair (kicker isn't horrible usually) or a solid draw. You're usually not gonna get them to stack off unless they have a monster but you can get them to call you down for a couple streets depending on the texture/betsizes. They usually don't raise you but when they do you're usually up against at least a set.

What would you label this?

a fish

LP preflop
TP postflop

What are the minimum expressed odds we need to make call from the blinds?

Assuming we have a hand with some equity and not some T5 suited type trash

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You can't generalise preflop like that.

Also FWIW there are a fair few spots where you should defend BB with T5s.

Hi guys,

Newbie here - I typically play at home with some buddies. We had a new guy join us who is very experienced but plays very aggressively - constantly upping the stakes to levels the rest of us can't compete with (£200 at a time).

Is there anything we can do to keep it affordable for the rest of us?

Cheers,
James