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It depends on the opponents, and your idea of "3-betting light". If you are thinking along the lines of "His opening range on the button is pretty wide, so I'll raise him with 87s", this is not something your opponents will do. They will think more along the lines of "Wow, AQo is pretty strong hand, let's raise that." So, yes, they will 3-bet kind of light, but for all the wrong reasons. Similarly I'd refrain from 3-betting light myself. Save that for NL50.

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05-05-2009 , 04:36 PM

#1903

NOTHANKS

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For SNGs on pokerstars, which tool is generally seen as the best? SNG Wizard?

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05-05-2009 , 10:50 PM

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Iron Tamer

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Originally Posted by michaelfelts84

I was wondering in 2NL if you could get away with not 3betting light, likewise will my opponents be 3 betting light?

, they won't be 2betting light

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05-06-2009 , 09:20 AM

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g3nn

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Originally Posted by NOTHANKS

For SNGs on pokerstars, which tool is generally seen as the best? SNG Wizard?

SnG Wiz is good for practicing ICM (+EV shove/fold) situations. Tourney Manager is good for tracking your SnG stats.

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05-06-2009 , 08:05 PM

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Evs215

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Noob questions:

what does FTW and IDO mean?

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05-06-2009 , 08:07 PM

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BarrySanders

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Originally Posted by Evs215

Noob questions:

what does FTW and IDO mean?

ftw = for the win

It's taken from hollywood squares, I believe.

IDO, I believe you mean ldo which stands for 'like duh, obviously'

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05-06-2009 , 08:09 PM

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Evs215

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Originally Posted by BarrySanders

ftw = for the win

It's taken from hollywood squares, I believe.

IDO, I believe you mean ldo which stands for 'like duh, obviously'

Ha! Thanks.

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05-07-2009 , 01:02 AM

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ZachShalack420

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How many ptbb/100 is "crushing" NL25/50 after a long enough sample?

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05-07-2009 , 05:30 AM

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Cangurino

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Originally Posted by ZachShalack420

How many ptbb/100 is "crushing" NL25/50 after a long enough sample?

I'd say anything above 5ptbb/100 would be pretty good. As for crushing... maybe 10ptbb/100? And "long enough sample" would be something like 60-80k.

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05-07-2009 , 12:56 PM

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Tonk2008

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What is isolating, how do you do it, and why do you do it? Thanks.

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05-07-2009 , 01:41 PM

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newrat

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How is the agression factor in PT3/HEM calculated?

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05-07-2009 , 02:17 PM

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gedanken

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Originally Posted by Tonk2008

What is isolating, how do you do it, and why do you do it? Thanks.

A fish limps in from early position, you're in middle position. You raise hoping to see a flop in position with just you and the fish.

Also works if a weak player openraises, and you 3b to isolate.

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05-07-2009 , 02:19 PM

#1914

gedanken

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Originally Posted by newrat

How is the agression factor in PT3/HEM calculated?

(bets+raises) / calls.

note that checks and folds do not enter into the equation, so you can have a high aggression factor by being weak, not necessarily aggressive.

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05-07-2009 , 02:54 PM

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CaseofKings

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What does it mean when people say 'in before' something? I read this a lot and can never seem to get why it is said.

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05-07-2009 , 03:00 PM

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Terremoto

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Originally Posted by Tonk2008

What is isolating, how do you do it, and why do you do it? Thanks.

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Originally Posted by gedanken

A fish limps in from early position, you're in middle position. You raise hoping to see a flop in position with just you and the fish.

Also works if a weak player openraises, and you 3b to isolate.

I'd like to add something here if you don't mind, please feel free to elaborate or bash my theories. I'm trying to touch on why we isolate.

The basic strategy I've been using is isolating weak players with cards that make good tp type hands and calling behind with cards that play well multi-way, like low to mid pp's and sc's. This is also assuming you're in a game where you don't need to balance your range, and the table will allow you to play like this and still pay you off when you hit, like most micro tables. There are other factors as well, but this is it in a nutshell.

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05-07-2009 , 03:09 PM

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Terremoto

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Originally Posted by CaseofKings

What does it mean when people say 'in before' something? I read this a lot and can never seem to get why it is said.

People are just trying to be funny. The first time I came across this term was when someone would start a thread not worth starting, and someone would reply with "In before lock". It's a phrase not just associated with 2p2, but since this forum often seems to come up with witty and unique meme's, it has transformed into all sorts of variations.

So, in the spirit of good fun...

In before CMAR directs you to the "Read This First" FAQ sticky

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05-07-2009 , 03:49 PM

#1918

pyjama_warrior

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What's the "It's over 9000" joke about?

Edit: This is a daft question but I'm still kinda curious.

Last edited by pyjama_warrior; 05-07-2009 at 03:56 PM.

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05-07-2009 , 04:24 PM

#1919

Terremoto

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Originally Posted by gedanken

It also doesn't work with the 50bb minimum buyin tables, for some strange reason.

That is strange and doesn't make sense. IIRC, it doesn't follow you to new tables of an MTT either.

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05-07-2009 , 06:02 PM

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BarrySanders

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Originally Posted by pyjama_warrior

What's the "It's over 9000" joke about?

Edit: This is a daft question but I'm still kinda curious.

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Over_9000

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05-07-2009 , 06:18 PM

#1921

Terremoto

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Originally Posted by BarrySanders

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Over_9000

TY sir, another link to add to the research arsenal...

Didn't know about the 9000 bit, but it reminded me of Leeroooooooy Jeeenkiiins!!!!!

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05-08-2009 , 11:42 AM

#1922

tybutter

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should you be playing cap games any differently from regular nl? tighten up range?

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05-08-2009 , 12:11 PM

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RoSeeker

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Cap games basically just lower your effective stack size, and you should play accordingly. How to play with a lower effective stacksize depends on many factors, of course, such as how many bbs it actually is.