seriously this dude will just call you all in preflop with everything. QQ vs KT, and hits a K
then TT vs A5, two 5s at flop.
that made me angry
― o_O (ken c), Sunday, 23 November 2008 18:42 (fifteen years ago) link
i think i need to be more careful as to what hours during the day i play
― o_O (ken c), Sunday, 23 November 2008 18:43 (fifteen years ago) link
and adjust my game accordingly (or not play at all to save my sanity)
What hours are better to play than others?
Are you getting the sloppy aggressive players more at night?
― ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:08 (fifteen years ago) link
it seems at the moment, folks are proper loose (you re-raise them pre-flop with a massive hand they will call you with shit like A 5)
― o_O (ken c), Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:18 (fifteen years ago) link
so i guess whatever US time is equiv to around 18:00 GMT!!
on a sunday
i should write a program that measures people's betting pattern according to time of the day/day of the week
― o_O (ken c), Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:19 (fifteen years ago) link
Those murrikans really need to be watching their football instead of playing games online.
― ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ ⊂⊃ (Pleasant Plains), Sunday, 23 November 2008 19:47 (fifteen years ago) link
I'm doing both.
― a new Rock Hardy screen name because I can't find the old one (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 23 November 2008 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
lololol
― o_O (ken c), Sunday, 23 November 2008 20:37 (fifteen years ago) link
take sides: fixed-limit vs. no-limit
― WmC, Saturday, 13 December 2008 20:50 (fifteen years ago) link
No limit is to whiskey as fixed-limit is to wine.
Each has its own merit, and each will get you where you want to be if you use them right.
― B.L.A.M., Saturday, 13 December 2008 22:56 (fifteen years ago) link
FUUUUCK!!
I just lost $50 on Full Tilt. My bankroll was $185, so I still have quite a bit left, but still. Here's what happened:
5 player cash game at .25/.50 blinds., max buy-in $50. I am 3 left of the dealer & check on pocket 4s. BB raises $1.50 & I call. Flop is A34. BB raises $3 & I call. Turn is a 3, giving me a boat. BB raises $6. I deliberate (for show) & then re-raise $14. BB re-raises again, I go all in & he calls. At this point, I'm scared of AA or 33, the only two hands that could beat me, but I decide to chance against it. I figure him for AK, a 3, a low straight, or, at best, A3. If I had lost to AA or 33, I wouldn't be so pissed, b/c I would chalk it up to not trusting my instincts against a possible nut hand, but dude had A3 & I had him covered. Well guess what: river was another A, giving him the better boat. Fucking goddam luck.
Aaargh! Oh well, at least I blew off some steam just then by typing really, really hard!
― Ricky Apples (Pillbox), Monday, 9 February 2009 04:53 (fifteen years ago) link
heh, last night at a live sitandgo.
it was like the 5th level or something BB was like 400 (2500 starting chips).. 3 limpers i had 8000 on the button and I put in a 2500 raise, all folded except one (he had like about 4000 left) flop J 4 7 or something crappy, he goes all in, instant call, JJ vs QK, running cards 10, 9. fucker.
actually hung on despite crippled for ages and got back to about 3200, when the levels were at 600/1200 one dude raised and same dude went all-in, I called with A 10 as it seemed the best opportunity i'd get. A 10 vs A 4 vs K Q (that dude) and fate would have it that I'd lose out to the same hand to the same guy again
boo hoo.
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Friday, 20 February 2009 12:33 (fifteen years ago) link
last hand wasn't so much a bad beat obv. but still
wow
today in one game i lost 5 hands calling the same guy all in pre-flop, him hitting his 3-outer each time (one was split pot).. works for full tilt??
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Monday, 9 March 2009 00:37 (fifteen years ago) link
My sympathies...I've been getting a faceful of variance lately. Can't afford to play at the stakes where people play poker instead of high-speed chicken, and getting a lot of ugly beats on the river.
― WmC, Monday, 9 March 2009 02:45 (fifteen years ago) link
Nothing more hilarious than NL players who accidentally get into FL SnGs and scream "I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS PUSSY GAME YOU PEOPLE WOULDN'T LAST FIVE MINUTES PLAYING NL" until they bust out by level 3.
― WmC, Tuesday, 17 March 2009 18:36 (fifteen years ago) link
hahait is annoying though when you get to the wrong game
― \∫Öζ/.... argh oh noes! (ken c), Wednesday, 18 March 2009 11:08 (fifteen years ago) link
ARGH. got to final table in a live game. first hand someone raised crazy amount i folded AJ as dude was fairly tight, and indeed he had AK - someone further down called A9 all in. 9 hit and J would have hit, made the right move but could have tripled through
about 6 hands later someone else raised and i went all in AQ, he reluctantly called with A5 and of course, 5 came and no Q. maybe i need to play crappier poker sometimes..
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 11 June 2009 23:39 (fifteen years ago) link
anyone free in london this friday and up for a game? might try and organise one
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
Wish I could.
Anyone else following the WSOP? Main event whittles down today from 27 to the November 9.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:43 (fourteen years ago) link
i haven't followed but will!
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
I keep a browser tab open here throughout the day.
― Beanbag the Gardener (WmC), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 16:48 (fourteen years ago) link
ken! been meaning to ask if i could join you for a game for ages. def in.
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 15 July 2009 17:27 (fourteen years ago) link
this still likely/possible?
― N1ck (Upt0eleven), Thursday, 16 July 2009 12:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i would be up for another full tilt tournament at some point btw
― caek, Thursday, 16 July 2009 12:29 (fourteen years ago) link
hey n1ck - argh i just called it off as many people are away and i could only get 4 in (would have been 5 with you)
BUT there's been lots of interest so I'm going to do one in early august i think! i have your email don't i i'll let keep in touch there!
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 16 July 2009 14:07 (fourteen years ago) link
yes to a full tilt tourney
Would be up for full tilt tourney. Especially if i could hold of this AI which predicts bets to three decimal places:
http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2009/07/ai_predicts_poker_be.html
― ledge, Wednesday, 22 July 2009 10:22 (fourteen years ago) link
had a game with friends last night, and it was one of those nights where one guy keeps getting cards. to an almost ludicrous degree. even hands he thought he'd lost he ended up winning. i've had those nights too, and it's always a weird feeling -- you feel chosen by god or something. but being on the losing end of it can be frustrating. the temptation is just to fold against him on every hand, but that seems superstitious, so instead you play your cards and ... lose. anyway, he's a nice guy so it was hard to begrudge. as long as he comes back and loses next time...
― flying squid attack (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 13:22 (fourteen years ago) link
ha that's happened to me the time when i ended up playing poker with steve a1b1n1 at ATP this year.. first night there was one guy who just kept getting boats or hitting a lucky second pair on the river and ended up like £140 up. but next day went back i played sensible poker and fleeced a many a few (it helped that loads of groupies aka poker n00bs found out about this and joined in).
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 22 July 2009 16:13 (fourteen years ago) link
if i try to set up another fulltilt game would you guys be interested??
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
Possibly... though if there's one thing I've learned in the last year, it's that my game is Limit, not NL.
There's a hilarious crazy woman who haunts the microstakes SnGs I play at Stars -- she has this idea that any preflop aggression is cheating, and god forbid you should check-raise her. That REALLY sends her into orbit. But she's easy pickings because she's apparently unable to bluff.
― WmC, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:30 (fourteen years ago) link
also, my poker must have got progressively worse since 2 years ago (those two months of 3 money positions in a row). as i don't seem to do so well in tourneys anymore, it could well be because i never went back to that place where i won twice (where everybody were loaded and so were chucking money about going all in every hand and then rebuy)
i had never lost at the tournament at the vic either though, so maybe i should head back there to have a go again sometime.
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
xpost that is awesome! you should get her to play headsup with you!
are you around this sunday WmC? I might set one up 4pm ET/9pm GMT, like old times? (just a $5 flutter?)
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:45 (fourteen years ago) link
Possibly!
If anyone knows of a realtime odds calculator for Mac OS that can't be detected by the FT/PS software, I'd love to know about it.
― WmC, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 16:53 (fourteen years ago) link
I could be in too, Ken (email me bro)
― Mark C, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 18:20 (fourteen years ago) link
I am travelling this weekend, but if I'm near an internet I'm in, so keep this thread updated with any news please!
― caek, Tuesday, 27 October 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
ok any more offers? I'll email fulltilt for this sunday if you guys are in.. kind of should try and get more than 4 players though!!! actually fuck it i'll set it up
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:22 (fourteen years ago) link
a small slim chance i'll be around on sun night.
― George Mucus (ledge), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:23 (fourteen years ago) link
i'm going to set this to freezeout so no rebuys
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:32 (fourteen years ago) link
but would anyone fancy a deepstack?
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:33 (fourteen years ago) link
Read that as deepsack and lolled.
After which I read everything else. I'd definitely be interested if I'm in, which I reckon I will be this Sunday.
― I never saw the advantage of peeing while standing. (Upt0eleven), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:41 (fourteen years ago) link
lolol
okay i've emailed them will keep y'all posted.
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Wednesday, 28 October 2009 16:42 (fourteen years ago) link
what is a deepstack? sure, why not.
― caek, Wednesday, 28 October 2009 17:39 (fourteen years ago) link
deepstack = more chips (but probably will have to pay more rake - i only asked for a regular one this time!
NEWSFLASH and it's done!!!!ILX POKER TOURNAMENT #7 (?) Sunday 1st Nov 2009 4pm ET/9pm GMT
― ken "save-a-finn" c (ken c), Thursday, 29 October 2009 13:02 (fourteen years ago) link
WSOP final table happening today, btw.
Live coverage if you don't want to wait for ESPN Tuesday - http://www.bluffmagazine.com/live/
― WmC, Saturday, 7 November 2009 23:00 (fourteen years ago) link