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Some guy asked in the forums why we still play poker. I wanted to write a long answer and decided to post it here instead, since it's fairly personal. Why do I keep playing while many of my "poker friends" quits? Here's my long, non-proof-read and probably fairly inaccurate take on it.

I started out for fun, my friend wanted me to play a live 5 USD SNG or something like that and while I started out feeling that "hmm, a J and 3 must be decent cause a jack is a fairly big card" I soon found it exciting enough to read Grot's old guide and put 50 US on Party and grind away. The beginning was a bumpy road and I soon withdrew my money and put it on Unibet where someone said they had lower rake on SNG (they hadn't). Started winning on micro stakes though and I'm fairly sure I had some dreams of making extra money and such but it was still mostly for fun. It was my first semester of University studies away from home and I remember, fondly, how I would feel great if I won like 30 bucks before going out drinking with my new friends since I kind of felt that I was drinking for free. I played almost every day but not for too long. I've always been a nerd, defined as a person who gets completely sucked into something and spend much more time at it then most other people. It's been Starcraft, Robert Heinlein books, other books, libertarianism, poker and other things. Now that I think about it this is basically the first week in 4 years when I've been able too play poker that I haven't put in more then an hour, heh.

The during the Christmas break I was playing NL50 and ran good. I think I made like 2400 USD or so in 2-3 weeks and I started to feel that this was something I could finance my studies with. That was actually more then I planed to spend my first semester, which is lol but I was young and naive. Skipped new years eve partying to play a 50-rebuy (it was a Sunday) and didn't get anything going which made me slightly sad. The spring came about and I kept running good getting up to NL200, ran bad during the summer I think and bunched up and down between NL200 and NL50. At one point I withdrew my bankroll except for 206 USD and started 4-tabling NL50. This is the only time I've been close to quitting poker. Managed to run good though and soon I was back on NL200. Played that for almost a year I think, withdrew a decent coin most months and felt fairly good about it. Never imagined that I'd play much higher and I remember some great times from that year. The next summer or so I started taking shots at NL400 but never really managed to really get established on that level. I think I might have continued to withdraw and then gotten discouraged by every downswing but I still made money every, or almost every, month and felt good about it overall. In October, or some other month in the fall, I got a retarded heater going playing NL400 and NL600 with the most overaggro retard style ever. We're talking 3bet A2o, flopping J62r and bet/shoving vs QQ and spiking another 2 while thinking it was probably a good play anyway because “aggression is good”. Think I made 10k or so. The things went to shit and by January I was back to grinding NL200, considering (and rightly so) that limit to be my bread and butter.

While playing a little bit higher I would spend a ton of money on drinks while out partying, doing stupid shit and generally being a duchebag. I also hoped to one day be a real high stakes player and whatnot. Don't really know why I wanted that, but I supposed I figured that I wouldn't need much game to sleep with women with big boobs and low moral if I just had enough money. I also played for my income right at that point. It was nice to have money and don't have to worry about rent and such. I was frustrated when I couldn't beat anything higher then NL200 and I remember calling my father and bitching about it. Now, being 21 or something and calling your dad bitching about your low income when you probably make about as much as him is a fairly gay thing to do, but then I could not see it. The summer came, I won a small donkament for maybe 3k or so the day I woke up after writing my last exam for the semester. Only reason I played it was that I wanted to play poker but was to hung over to play cash. After that I started winning consistently on mid stakes. From there on it was basically a race to the top and after another year or so I was a consistent winner on NL1k and took shots higher. Been playing a lot of NL2k too but without much success overall.

While playing NL200 I used to say that I was not a gambling addict, but I jokingly added that I was probably an addict to winning. Stating that if people just gave me their money at once instead of making me go through the motions of actually winning them I'd be even happier. When I went up I started to have more doubts about that considering how the winnings, while bigger, was much less consistent. Swings were higher but I still kept going. Did I actually depend on playing? My mood sure was affected a lot by my results and I spent the better part of the summer playing and when the fall came my grades where pretty darn bad. Can't remember exactly when I moved up and down after that. I think that fall was fairly uneventful and I basically became established as one of the better mid stakes “grinders” (oh God I hate that term) on the Prima network. When last year began I was playing from NL400 to NL1k and took occasional shots higher. I went well and I kept building my bankroll and during the summer I moved up and played mostly NL1k and NL2k. I had another big heater and made a ton of money over June and July. One the months was so good it was stupid and I was up more money then most people make in a year. Hell, I was up as much as most people with ordinary jobs makes in 3 years.

I got invited to Unibet Open London. This was cool and it was my second big poker tournament ever. First one was the spring before when I got busted 400bb deep the first hand in a 5bet pot with KK vs AA on AK6ss... This time I was determined not to play that bad and do good. Had horrible table draws but played fairly well day one and despite drinking like a full blood alcoholic and running into some bad situations I managed to be the only Swedish player to survive day one A. That was cool but but busted about 15 places from the money with KTs vs 99 that go all in pre, flop came Kxx with two diamonds, turn a diamond that paired the board and the river came a God damn nine. Before the river I said I had a bad feeling and Ket (high stakes player who I knew who he was form LP and some instructional videos) commented that I jinxed myself.

I remember taking up omaha, sucking horridly and not learning that properly before quite recently. This winter sometime, I think. Overall I made a decent coin last year, but it'd would've been much more if it wasn't for my horrid ending of the year (lost 40k € or so in November and maybe 10k in December) it would've been great.

I think it can probably be summed up in what I said in this interview during Unibet Open Prague.

(it's like 2.50 into the clip)

“This month I've played mostly 5/10 and 10/20 and lost a lot cause apparently I suck”

During the summer I felt on top of the world and I was really happy about everything, for obvious reasons, but the fun part is that except for a lingering fear that I might just suck at this game and that I had just been lucky as hell for 3 years or so I was really happy. I studied interesting subjects, got a few new friends and even though I was really frustrated from time to time I kept playing through and in the end I managed to turn it around early this year.

I had to rethink some stuff and change a lot of things but even though I felt kind of relived that I could win again it did in fact not change my feelings for the game that much. I still liked it as much as ever, but I also felt that lady Luck could suck it. Here's an old blog post about how I lost a 10k pot to a two outer and commented on it.

http://www.liquidpoker.net/blog/viewblog.php?id=855762

As I said then, there are a lot of things in this world more important then money. I'm obviously super happy about having a decent bit of it but to be honest I'm not really spending to much anyway. Yea I don't look at price tags anymore, and I buy whatever crap I feel like, but other then that I don't think I'm spending that much more then any random student. Maybe on taxis and shit, but I'm not out partying to much anyway.

I made another blog post somewhere along the line about how I tried to get to high stakes. Basically it was an excuse to post this youtube video:



I stated that if you just run your head into the wall enough times the wall will sooner or later fall. Or you'll get yourself a constant headache. This last week I think I've figured something out though. It's not that I'm good at getting up every time lady Luck kicks me down. I am, but that's not the point. It's not that I'm really lucky either. I'm that too, but still not the point. It's that I actually like pain. I hadn't realized it before, but I was talking a bit with some of the guys I train BJJ with and heard myself say that I actually preferred rolling with guys much bigger, better and stronger then me. Just getting my ass handed to me time after time while constantly trying to do better despite getting more and more tired I feel is much more rewarding then rolling with people who is about as good as me. Walking home with slightly sore arms and legs, bruised all over and tired as hell is the greatest feeling ever and I actually don't feel as good if I for some reasons haven't gotten owned to badly. As for poker I love it when I manage to turn some real bad downswing around. When that empty feeling you get when you lose a ton of money leaves and you finally manage to pull things around. To see how much crap you can take, how many times you can see someone hit his gutshot and stack you all over again while not losing your cool and just keep powering through while still playing your A-game is very rewarding.

"Pain is the best teacher, but nobody wants to go to his class."

Some German guy, Leibniz I think but I'm to busy to look it up, talked about how our world was the best possible world and how we would not be able to appreciate sunshine if it wasn't for those rainy days and how we could not feel joy if we never knew sadness. I think he meant that everything is relative, which I personally feel is a load of crap, but I do agree what most of what we feel we can only feel in relation to something else. And every time you see what light in the end of the tunnel, that's the reward for your suffering and the hard times and in the end I feel that most of the time the reward is worth the price we pay.

So why do I still play poker? The money, obviously, for pride, maybe, but mostly because I somehow have gotten used to the emotional swings and started to appreciate it all.

And as my father always says; “No Pain, No Gain”. I finally get it.


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Deja vu from yesterday O_O

Submitted by : Carthac

Full Tilt Poker Game #21170058834: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:36:20 ET - 2010/05/27
Seat 1: EmpireStateMind ($32.48)
Seat 2: Hero ($45.09)
Seat 3: gracchus1 ($25.10)
Seat 4: smenarru ($28.75)
Seat 5: BI420 ($39.55)
Seat 6: thehilko ($4.66)
EmpireStateMind posts the small blind of $0.10
Hero posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
gracchus1 folds
smenarru folds
BI420 calls $0.25
thehilko folds
EmpireStateMind folds
Hero checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.60)

   
Hero bets $0.50
BI420 calls $0.50

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $1.60)

   
Hero bets $1.50
BI420 raises to $4
Hero raises to $11
BI420 has 15 seconds left to act
BI420 raises to $38.80, and is all in
Hero calls $27.80
BI420 shows
Hero shows

River (Pot : $79.20)

   
BI420 shows a straight, Seven high
Hero shows two pair, Tens and Sixes
BI420 wins the pot ($76.20) with a straight, Seven high

Summary
Total pot $79.20 | Rake $3
Board:
Seat 1: EmpireStateMind (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with two pair, Tens and Sixes
Seat 3: gracchus1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: smenarru didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: BI420 showed and won ($76.20) with a straight, Seven high
Seat 6: thehilko (button) didn't bet (folded)

yay finished 2nd out of i think 60-70 in a pokertube.com tourney sadly dabeear wasn't there

SOO tilting my internet started fucking up of course when 3 players are left luckily I got it to start for 5 minutes again double up with TT vs A4 flop a full house.

my internet starts fucking up again (no lie don't get talktalk if in UK) anyway I'm happy with 2nd since its only my 2nd pokertube tourney

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Give high poker a 2nd chance?


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Hello LPers,

I have been inactive for the last 3-4 months due to complete destruction of my roll, followed by a failed stake attempt, which I didn't even start paying back yet... will soon though, sry Robinson.

I have a full time job now, and i'm going to start school in september in order to become a programmer and make better Blizzard games.

Poker was good for me, as I lived off it for a year and a half, but now I simply had to stop completely, and I wouldn't be able to restart full time, so I might just keep playing at a very small volume/stake level, but will most likely never become serious about it again, which sux after all the training hours i've been through.

Here are some graphs and some tournaments ive played, including my 11$ MTT turbo win of January 11th.

http://www.pokerxfactor.com/FB209541/1263282841344
http://www.pokerxfactor.com/FB212010/45873_20100215_060146
https://www.pokerxfactor.com/HA211498/1265516938600/45873

http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/1599/pt31.png
nice image for my archives lol... Note that 300k of that is from 87$ hypers


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could anyone give me links to websites that have poker strategy videos for SNG MTT? I looked a bit on pokertube.com but the quality seems low unless i didn't look at the right videos, preferably i need some websites that host them free or that we have a trial for a few days or a few videos.

these are the kind of videos i'm searching for:
http://www.sharkscopers.com/video/car...scounted-50-sng-pokerstars-cardinal23
http://www.sharkscopers.com/video/pimpindonks/leakfinder-changethief8


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Just moto surfed in my brother's jeep for a solid 5 minutes.

Feels good man ^_^

Surf Ninja's - Moto Surf





That is all.


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Hi guys, I have had a lot of people asking me if I am playing this years 25k 6max event. I think I will end up playing it but will sell action. I will sell 50% of my action at 1.1-1 let me know if you are interested.


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Hi guys, I have had a lot of people asking me if I am playing this years 25k 6max event. I think I will end up playing it but will sell action. I will sell 50% of my action at 1.1-1 let me know if you are interested.


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So poker has been going great, but I've also been spending time on my new website. Jason and I started up an airsoft gun and equipment store not too long ago at www.airsoftgunsnow.com. It's been looking pretty promising, especially since Jason's really good at eBay stuff, and I've been doing tons of research on SEO.

So here's where you guys come in. The site that hosts our store is BigCommerce, and they recently sent out a contest for a $35,000 package here: http://www.bigcommerce.com/contest.php

Basically, you have to be a small business and make a one minute video of what you sell and why you like BigCommerce and what winning would do for you etc. Obv we insta-snapcalled and made a video.

Five (5) videos will be selected by judges to enter the final round. Judges will select five finalists based primarily on the following criteria: (1) creativity, (2) coherence of message, (3) potential for company growth, (4) inspiring story. Number of views for each video on YouTube will factor into the judges' decision; Contestants are encouraged to promote their video to increase views.

So basically, if you guys could visit our cheesy little youtube video a few times (it's way better than the others though) and up the view count we'd really appreciate it. Guidelines don't say anything about comments or ratings, but a positive comment couldn't hurt at all either . I'm not sure if you have to go to the actual link for the view to count. If you do go to the actual link, refresh a few times while you're at it

The youtube video link is here:

Feel free to lol at real life edzwoo desperately trying to sell his site. Thanks guys.


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Pretty rough first day for me at NL25. Even with all the variance, I still felt I played pretty well. However, a few of the early beats made me tilt off a few hands I really should not have. I actually climbed back up to where I had started the day, before plummeting back down another 7BI lololol

Wish me luck tomorrow guys!

Submitted by : Carthac

Full Tilt Poker Game #21144862335: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:31:13 ET - 2010/05/26
Seat 1: leakfinder ($62.89)
Seat 2: FundyBay ($9.75)
Seat 3: Nathanael86 ($33.12)
Seat 4: Hero ($30.52)
Seat 5: nikser ($25)
Seat 6: pesteloca1 ($15.26)
pesteloca1 posts the small blind of $0.10
leakfinder posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
FundyBay has 8 seconds left to act
FundyBay folds
Nathanael86 folds
Hero raises to $1
nikser folds
pesteloca1 calls $0.90
leakfinder folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.25)

   
pesteloca1 checks
Hero bets $1.75
pesteloca1 raises to $4.25
Hero raises to $29.52, and is all in
pesteloca1 calls $10.01, and is all in
Hero shows
pesteloca1 shows
Uncalled bet of $15.26 returned to Hero

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $30.77)

   

River (Pot : $30.77)

   
Hero shows a pair of Aces
pesteloca1 shows two pair, Kings and Queens
pesteloca1 wins the pot ($29.24) with two pair, Kings and Queens

Summary
Total pot $30.77 | Rake $1.53
Board:
Seat 1: leakfinder (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: FundyBay didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: Nathanael86 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Hero showed and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 5: nikser (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: pesteloca1 (small blind) showed and won ($29.24) with two pair, Kings and Queens

Full Tilt Poker Game #21151024882: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:36:32 ET - 2010/05/26
Seat 1: Tinkler52 ($41.29)
Seat 2: plzjustHOLD ($30.71)
Seat 3: duda_maeda ($23.87)
Seat 4: TigerRam723 ($23.64)
Seat 5: Eddie15021983 ($60.18)
Seat 6: Hero ($93.19)
Tinkler52 posts the small blind of $0.10
plzjustHOLD posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
duda_maeda folds
TigerRam723 folds
Eddie15021983 folds
Hero raises to $0.75
Tinkler52 calls $0.65
plzjustHOLD folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $1.75)

   
Tinkler52 bets $1.75
Hero calls $1.75

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $5.25)

   
Tinkler52 bets $0.25
Hero raises to $3.75
Tinkler52 calls $3.50

River (Pot : $12.75)

   
Tinkler52 has 15 seconds left to act
Tinkler52 bets $1.80
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $9.75
Tinkler52 raises to $17.70
Hero raises to $86.94, and is all in
Tinkler52 calls $17.34, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $51.90 returned to Hero

Showdown
Hero shows a full house, Sevens full of Eights
Tinkler52 shows a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Tinkler52 wins the pot ($79.83) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights

Summary
Total pot $82.83 | Rake $3
Board:
Seat 1: Tinkler52 (small blind) showed and won ($79.83) with a full house, Jacks full of Eights
Seat 2: plzjustHOLD (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: duda_maeda didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: TigerRam723 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Eddie15021983 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Hero (button) showed and lost with a full house, Sevens full of Eights

Full Tilt Poker Game #21154005968: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:06:27 ET - 2010/05/27
Seat 1: Ahmed Ahne666 ($17.02)
Seat 2: thelilbearbeeny ($26.75)
Seat 3: vess1981 ($10.67)
Seat 4: Hero ($36.37)
Seat 5: LKWELKJEFLN ($36.79)
Seat 6: thomasdanh ($10.58)
thomasdanh posts the small blind of $0.10
Ahmed Ahne666 posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #5

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
thelilbearbeeny raises to $0.75
vess1981 folds
Hero calls $0.75
LKWELKJEFLN folds
thomasdanh folds
Ahmed Ahne666 calls $0.50

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.35)

   
Ahmed Ahne666 checks
thelilbearbeeny bets $1.75
Hero calls $1.75
Ahmed Ahne666 calls $1.75

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $7.60)

   
Ahmed Ahne666 checks
thelilbearbeeny checks
Hero bets $7
Ahmed Ahne666 has 15 seconds left to act
Ahmed Ahne666 raises to $14.52, and is all in
thelilbearbeeny has 15 seconds left to act
thelilbearbeeny folds
Hero calls $7.52
Ahmed Ahne666 shows
Hero shows

River (Pot : $36.64)

   
Ahmed Ahne666 shows a flush, Ace high
Hero shows two pair, Aces and Queens
Ahmed Ahne666 wins the pot ($34.81) with a flush, Ace high

Summary
Total pot $36.64 | Rake $1.83
Board:
Seat 1: Ahmed Ahne666 (big blind) showed and won ($34.81) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: thelilbearbeeny folded on the Turn
Seat 3: vess1981 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Hero showed and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 5: LKWELKJEFLN (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: thomasdanh (small blind) folded before the Flop

Full Tilt Poker Game #21152984226: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:40:11 ET - 2010/05/27
Seat 1: thelilbearbeeny ($31.08)
Seat 2: pokerplyrcab ($27.06)
Seat 3: roz17zy ($43.47)
Seat 4: Hero ($27.12)
Seat 5: IanDury ($46.85)
Seat 6: Daxamus1 ($47.69)
roz17zy posts the small blind of $0.10
Hero posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #2

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
IanDury calls $0.25
Daxamus1 folds
thelilbearbeeny folds
pokerplyrcab folds
roz17zy folds
Hero checks

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $0.60)

   
Hero checks
IanDury bets $0.60
Hero calls $0.60

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $1.80)

   
Hero bets $1.25
IanDury has 15 seconds left to act
IanDury raises to $3.75
Hero has 15 seconds left to act
Hero raises to $9
IanDury calls $5.25

River (Pot : $19.80)

   
Hero bets $17.27, and is all in
IanDury calls $17.27

Showdown
Hero shows a straight, Ace high
IanDury shows four of a kind, Fours
IanDury wins the pot ($51.63) with four of a kind, Fours

Summary
Total pot $54.34 | Rake $2.71
Board:
Seat 1: thelilbearbeeny didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: pokerplyrcab (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: roz17zy (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Hero (big blind) showed and lost with a straight, Ace high
Seat 5: IanDury showed and won ($51.63) with four of a kind, Fours

Full Tilt Poker Game #21154088678: Table Warp Speed (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:14:31 ET - 2010/05/27
Seat 1: GarethChantler ($27.82)
Seat 2: P33J ($158.64)
Seat 3: LKWELKJEFLN ($122.96)
Seat 4: cjsharley ($6.97)
Seat 5: AHUMADO ($13.98)
Seat 6: Hero ($22.70)
GarethChantler posts the small blind of $0.10
P33J posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #6

Holecards(Odds)
Dealt to Hero
LKWELKJEFLN folds
cjsharley raises to $0.85
AHUMADO folds
Hero calls $0.85
GarethChantler folds
P33J folds

Flop(Odds) (Pot : $2.05)

   
cjsharley checks
Hero checks

Turn(Odds) (Pot : $2.05)

   
cjsharley bets $6.12, and is all in
Hero calls $6.12
cjsharley shows
Hero shows

River (Pot : $14.29)

   
cjsharley shows a straight, King high
Hero shows two pair, Kings and Fives
cjsharley wins the pot ($13.58) with a straight, King high

Summary
Total pot $14.29 | Rake $0.71
Board:
Seat 1: GarethChantler (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 2: P33J (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: LKWELKJEFLN didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: cjsharley showed and won ($13.58) with a straight, King high
Seat 5: AHUMADO didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: Hero (button) showed and lost with two pair, Kings and Fives

man, this ice-cream is the nuts!

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I've taken shit for posting about this show in the past and it was well deserved, cause during season 1 the show was cheesy as hell and the special effects/fights were all pretty crap. Even the beginning of season 2 was weak. So what show am I talking about? What show is now my favorite?

Moved up to NL25 rush today. Finding something I did not see at NL10 rush; I am being raised at least one out of every 3 pots that sees the flop, whether I am out of position or in position.

I am still unsure of how to deal with these, as I do not have a lot of experience with the limit, nor a lot of HH on the players I am playing with. I literally am finding people raising me 4x'ing my bet on the flop, and clicking the fold to bet box if I go all in, even if they are basically priced in. However, I am running into the situation of cbetting dry boards with A-10+ hands in position, and am unsure of how to deal with reraises on relatively dry boards.

Should I be checking behind more on dry flops? Should I be flatting and seeing how they react on the turn? Should I fold and just allow them to bluff me and catch them when I do have a hand?

Would appreciate some help. Thanks!

P.S. Of course I understand this is definitely different in every situation. I was just wondering if there was a general strategy I should be following when dealing with these types of situations


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would like any comments on all of these hands including bet sizing. be as critical as you desire, rip apart my play~

hand 1
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FLOP floated flop because of his weak bet sizing,TURN turn bet is a bit more convincing but i think once i call this turn villain will fire river very few times, RIVER luck boxed a 7, but after seeing a triple barrel i think it's easy to put him on a K here or some super thin value from AA, QQ; is my raise too large here? theres 170 in pot and he needs to call about 130 to win 300 i think.

hand 2
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FLOP i flop the nuts, rainbow board, pretty invulnerable to all draws so i opt to flat flop. do you think a raise looks bluffier?TURN i think i absolutely raise too much on turn; raising to 50-60 is better?


hand 3
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FLOP using the half pot bet on flop/turn coulda potentially been disasterous, flop isn't too drawy i don't think but turn card is kinda meh.TURN QJ, J8, 86 all got there but these are pretty unlikely. i think QQ JJ, AT all can potentially call another bet, what do you think of sizing?

hand 4
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FLOP kinda lost here on the flop, don't really like to c/call but considering it's a 4 way pot it's probably best to just check re-eval?TURN my bet size is so gay, i doubt that utg floated me, so i don't mind so much betting smaller/folding but it's almost asking to get bluffed off of =.= at the same token, if i led this small wiht a set or draw, it could be super s3xy to jam


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I just busted out of a $5 tourney (I've been donking around in like 1 small tourney/day. I was 3 people from the money and I was clearly the best player at the table.

Well my point is that it feels really really shitty to bust out of a tournament around the bubble. IDK if I can play tournies


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IF YOU SIT ON DEEP, NORMAL, AND SHORT TABLES WITH HALF STACK, AND DO NOTHING BUT SHOVE/FOLD,

GO FUCK YOURSELF




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Which HEM filters do you guys recommend to analyze your game?

What would be same ways to find certain combo draws on the flop?


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