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A Fish and his Chips
Chipaccrual:
Lottie the stealth water dog
Had a really good walk in the forest today, got back home, and she managed to snore all the way through Dr Who.
Quite enjoying the new series. The writing has got a lot darker, but as usual it seems to have some great story lines that will run throughout the series.
Comments like that, just add to my geek status. Sigh. ;D
Waz1892:
WE now don"t watch Doctor Who until the next day , as it scares my 6yr. Shame, and disappointed it"s gone in that direction. I don"t think it could count itself as a Childrens programme anymore.
Chipaccrual:
Anybody want any coaching ?
I played a small homegame round a mates house last night. A great opportunity to catch up with four guys I used to work with and haven"t really seen for about a year.
Great fun and lots of banter. As seems to be the norm, I dealt and although I produced my usual confident game, I was out first. :D
Down to three players and blinds are 400/800. UTG shoves allin for 4.5k. Small blind folds, and the big blind sat on about 25k dwells for ages, then decides he wants to fold. I have a look at his cards and he has Ace King offsuit. I just say "You"ve go to call. In fact, if you don"t call, I"m getting up and leaving". The other guy who was out then had a look at the cards and said similar.
So, a bit reluctantly, the big blind says "Okay, he calls"
As he"s counting out his chips, the comment is made that those cards are one of the stronger starting hands and he"s only in a bad way up against AA or KK, just as UTG flips over pocket aces.
FML, I"ve just talked a guy into running AK into AA when he had a gut feeling not to play the hand.
I felt quite bad, but it was only a fun game. more as an excuse to catch up. Luckily the big blind was able to laugh about it, and actually went on to win it, busting AK heads up.
I am available for poker coaching any time, very reasonable rates. ;D
PantsMan:
--- Quote from: Chipaccrual on May 12, 2011, 17:09:52 PM ---
Anybody want any coaching ?
I played a small homegame round a mates house last night. A great opportunity to catch up with four guys I used to work with and haven"t really seen for about a year.
Great fun and lots of banter. As seems to be the norm, I dealt and although I produced my usual confident game, I was out first. :D
Down to three players and blinds are 400/800. UTG shoves allin for 4.5k. Small blind folds, and the big blind sat on about 25k dwells for ages, then decides he wants to fold. I have a look at his cards and he has Ace King offsuit. I just say "You"ve go to call. In fact, if you don"t call, I"m getting up and leaving". The other guy who was out then had a look at the cards and said similar.
So, a bit reluctantly, the big blind says "Okay, he calls"
As he"s counting out his chips, the comment is made that those cards are one of the stronger starting hands and he"s only in a bad way up against AA or KK, just as UTG flips over pocket aces.
FML, I"ve just talked a guy into running AK into AA when he had a gut feeling not to play the hand.
I felt quite bad, but it was only a fun game. more as an excuse to catch up. Luckily the big blind was able to laugh about it, and actually went on to win it, busting AK heads up.
I am available for poker coaching any time, very reasonable rates. ;D
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To be fair, sat with 25k, if you"re not calling with AK to a button shove for 4.5k(5 bbs) you"re doing something wrong!
I"ll still pass on the coaching though. ;)
Chipaccrual:
Poker Players Defy Logic
Have been playing a bit on Stars today, when an interesting situation developed.
It"s a satellite for the Sunday Warmup ($215). $10 entry, hyper-turbo, 4max. It was paying 4 seats, and 3 places at $20.
Down to 6 players (2 tables of 3), and the two shortstacks are on the same table (me being one of them). I knock out the other shortie, and am now playing heads up on my table with a guy who just has me covered, but we are both sitting on about average chips.
I"m thinking, well, we can both just fold here, and grab a seat each. One of the three players on the other table are bound to go out before we are forced to be allin due to the blinds.
But, oh no, he shoves allin, first hand on my big blind. So, next hand, I shove allin with Q9, and he makes the call with KJ. I bink a 9 and cripple his stack. I knock him out two hands later, and he walks away with $20, opposed to a certain $215 seat.
Am I missing something ? Should I not be thinking the way I do in these situations ? Or did he just play the situation really badly himself ?
I can kind of see his logic of shoving. How can I call without premium at this point on the bubble. But if he is going to do that, how can I not call, otherwise with stack sizes of around 9k, and blinds at 600/1200, I am going to be stuffed if I don"t play.
Oooooh, the complexities of poker. ;D
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