two times what?

Just got a sick new monitor, the Samsung 30" 305t. Have been waiting for this thing for like a month, it's so sick.

and now I have two of the classic Samsung 20" 204b for sale. I figure I'd post something here before trying ebay or craigslist. PM me if you want one.

edit: the 204b's retail for $300+ from what I found on das intarwebz, i'll sell for $250 shipped.

and about the 305t: it is sick, i have been playing 9 tables and they are plenty big. you could probably do 12 or 16 at a decent size too, not sure about higher.

<3 the FPP store

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http://gizmodo.com/348092/virgin-gala...ips-thatll-take-passengers-up-in-2009

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2/5 Live
Table has been pretty quiet recently. The game started about 2 hours ago, I won several big pots right off the bat and have pretty card-dead and inactive for about an hour. I have a pretty tight and very aggressive image.

Pre-flop
UTG raises to 15. CO calls, BTN calls, I call from the BB w/ 57ss. We go to the flop 4-handed.

I think this is pretty standard. I would sometimes squeeze here, but UTG probably has a very tight raising range UTG and stacks are not deep.

Flop (Pot: $60):
7h 7d Th

I check. UTG bets $30. CO calls, BTN calls...

I checked flop b/c there's a very good chance that UTG has an overpair and will c-bet the flop. If not, BTN is very likely to take a stab at the pot and even call a c/r lightly (from me).

...I raise to $150...

I think this raise is possibly a little small. I was planning on making it $150 after UTG bet $30, which would be a PSB and didn't adjust after the two calls. Probably should have made this $200, but I don't think it changes much.

UTG tanks and folds, CO folds, BTN thinks for a bit and shoves. It's about $250 for me to call.

And I'm totally baffled. I have played a lot with BTN, he is a bad reg. Very loose with draws/medium-stength hands, and very stationy. He plays back at me a lot with a huge range of one-pair hands b/c he has seen me play good draws very aggressively. I thought he would NEVER do this with a flush draw. It didn't really seem like he would shove with a T - he'd probably flat and maybe fold since he's not a total monkey. It really seemed to me like he flopped the nuts, likely TT or T7, possibly a stronger 7, but he would play any 7 like the nuts and can really have A7o-27s here. I had never seen him make a strong bet without a very good hand. I tanked and folded.

He showed me ATo.

I went on tilt. I really just couldn't figure out if he was doing this for value or trying to make me fold trips, which I obviously had.

I realized today, that so much of playing against bad players (which is like 90% of live poker) is understanding that they don't think about the game like you do. BTN doesn't realize that I'm only check-raising a monster here 4-handed, and more importantly, he most likely didn't make the distinction between betting for value or as a bluff here. He probably thought "well, I have two-pair, top kicker, and this kid plays draws aggressively. All-in obv..."

So, I kind of learned something about playing against bad players. It's important to realize that they don't understand the game on the level that you do. It's harder to put them on a range of hands, b/c the likelihood of them making a play/getting bored/shoving in, "cuz fuck it" is much higher. They don't understand the idea of maximizing EV, and will sometimes just act on instinct or a whim.

What does this mean for how to play against them? I think two things: 1. Game flow is more important. If somebody's stuck/bored/tilted this is much more obvious and relevant in a live game against bad players. 2. Absolute hand value becomes more relevant. i.e., sometimes you just shouldn't fold trips.

Anyway, I'd love feedback on this. I was really tilted last night and have been thinking about this hand for a while. Cheers yo.

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PokerStars Game #14397047763: Hold'em No Limit ($2/$4) - 2008/01/07 - 18:23:00 (ET)
Table 'Algenib' 6-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: twotimesopt ($386 in chips)
Seat 3: vegasrndr ($216 in chips)
Seat 4: ODNLA ($458 in chips)
Seat 5: ChiefFD ($80 in chips)
Seat 6: Chester13 ($506.70 in chips)
ChiefFD: posts small blind $2
Chester13: posts big blind $4

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to twotimesopt
twotimesopt : raises $12 to $16
vegasrndr: folds
Chester13 said, "you could say that about every hand"
ODNLA: calls $16
ChiefFD: folds
Chester13: calls $12

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $50.00)

   
Chester13: checks
twotimesopt : checks
ChiefFD said, "i jad j3 spades"
ODNLA: bets $33
Chester13: folds
Chester13 said, "so what"
twotimesopt : calls $33

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $116.00)

   
twotimesopt : checks
ChiefFD said, "so i would ahve beat u"
ODNLA: bets $54
ChiefFD said, "thats all"
twotimesopt : calls $54

River (Pot : $224.00)

   
ChiefFD said, "be happy i don't play crap"
Chester13 said, "lol"
twotimesopt : checks
ODNLA: bets $200
twotimesopt : raises $83 to $283 and is all-in
ODNLA: calls $83

Showdown
twotimesopt : shows (a full house, Kings full of Fours)
ODNLA: shows (a straight flush, Ace to Five)
ODNLA collected $788 from pot

Summary
Total pot $790 | Rake $2
Board  
Seat 1: twotimesopt showed and lost with a full house, Kings full of Fours
Seat 3: vegasrndr folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: ODNLA (button) showed and won ($788) with a straight flush, Ace to Five
Seat 5: ChiefFD (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Chester13 (big blind) folded on the Flop

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today is very indicative of what poker has been like for the past month. basically, without fail, i destroy 2/4 every time i play and just get raped at 3/6. WTF. the games are definitely harder - the regs are better and there are much fewer fish, but STILL...i know that i was running really bad the other week at 3/6 and really hot today at 2/4, but I am starting to question my perception of luck because I really don't think there's THAT much of a difference or that my edge is really that diminished between 2/4 and 3/6. anybody else have a similar experience?

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-15 buy-ins the past few days. Sweet. Games don't even seem very hard, a few good regulars but meh. I finally won a big pot earlier...(this is the reason I am -15 BI instead of -17)

I would just like to add that NeillyJQ is sweet. Few things on teh.internetz0rz are as entertaining as he. Cheers mates.

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PokerStars Game #14125518590: Hold'em No Limit ($3/$6) - 2007/12/27 - 02:12:21 (ET)
Table 'Eunomia' 6-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: Luciferian ($165 in chips)
Seat 2: PiS.ToTo ($699 in chips)
Seat 3: gianni17 ($202.35 in chips)
Seat 4: twotimesopt ($1788.90 in chips)
Seat 5: killerapp ($1098.30 in chips)
Seat 6: tahoops ($394.60 in chips)
PiS.ToTo: posts small blind $3
gianni17: posts big blind $6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to twotimesopt
twotimesopt : raises $18 to $24
killerapp: calls $24
tahoops: folds
Luciferian: folds
PiS.ToTo: folds
gianni17: calls $18

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $75.00)

   
gianni17: checks
twotimesopt : bets $54
killerapp: raises $168 to $222
gianni17: folds
twotimesopt : raises $444 to $666
killerapp: raises $408.30 to $1074.30 and is all-in
twotimesopt : calls $408.30

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2,223.60)

   

River (Pot : $2,223.60)

   

Showdown
twotimesopt : shows (a straight, Seven to Jack)
killerapp: mucks hand
twotimesopt collected $2220.60 from pot

Summary
Total pot $2223.60 | Rake $3
Board  
Seat 1: Luciferian (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: PiS.ToTo (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: gianni17 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: twotimesopt showed and won ($2220.60) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 5: killerapp mucked
Seat 6: tahoops folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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What a good first session back at 3/6. Played well for the most part, several coolers, one questionable call against FastEddie with set vs. TPGK, and a few tough spots. Hands below - any comments appreciated.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335579 - Goddamn, alarm bells were ringing. I know this such an obvious shove, it just hurts when I reaaaaaally suspected quads.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335569 - thoughts on this one?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335570 - and this one?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335572 - yay i run good
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335573
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335575
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/335577 - what to do here? villain is 21/12

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Hello Blog World

Well, my plan was to play 10k hands of 2/4 to get back into the swing of things. But I am cutting it short at 5k hands. I just finished a +10BI 2.5k hand session, which is rather long for me, considering that I haven't been playing at all recently. Anyway, I'm finding the 2/4 games to be WAY easier than 3/6-5/10 which I am used to. Also, the games are really good - a lot of the regulars are bad, there's not many shortstackers, plenty of action and deep stacks. Really a great level. But, I feel like I have been playing well, so it's onto 3/6. I ran really well at 2/4 so I am now rolled for another shot at 5/10, but I am going to do 5k hands at 3/6 just to be gradual about things. Anyway, here's the stats:



Anyway, here's the interesting-ish hands from tonight's session:

http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333100
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333099 - this is probably way too thin.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333098 - well, i guess he CAN have AK here....
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333096 - i lol every time i min-raise
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333095 - ship it in, cunt-face mcgoo shortstack
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333094 - ty sir. this guy is shitty spewmonkey, great to stack him
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333092
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333091 - pwned! this guy has no fold button.
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333089 - ty lee! <3
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333088
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333084 - ?
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333083 - pretty questionable call here imo
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333082
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333080 - winnar!
http://www.liquidpoker.net/h/333078 - i have no idea what he raises so big with and then folds...maybe A9 or some shit. really expected the money to go in here.

Cheers!

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Got a graph of all the hands I've played on stars. This is a graph of when I started playing through this August when I got my new comp. pretty sweet rake there...





November was pretty shitty. Whatever. I'm probably just about even on the month after my PLO losses are accounted for.



Played a pretty sick home game last night with YoMeR and milkman as well as doomer and mezmerizeplz who were in town for Sam's birthday. Always good to meet some new LPers and degen it up a bit. I think the highlight of the night was a 4way all-in preflop Elky hold-em hand, in which doomer's AA somehow held on BOTH boards to sweep the 1000+ BB pot. sick life

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