tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105830.post114497468544957707..comments2023-07-22T02:24:37.709-07:00Comments on Donkey hunter: Bad Limit Hold'em decisionsdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06745833118021274985noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105830.post-1145112770009585682006-04-15T07:52:00.000-07:002006-04-15T07:52:00.000-07:00I just think that it is bizarre for me personally ...I just think that it is bizarre for me personally that I find it so easy to get up at the Bellagio when the blind comes to me, go wash my face, walk around out of the poker room for 20 minutes, come back and jump back in, yet I will absolutely never do that online. I don't know why, I can't explain it. Maybe it's because of the shorter time you'll have to take a break from a specific table, but I just don't ever, ever do it. The live walk is a major tool for me. I once had AA cracked by T7s (runner-runner two pair), and another guy at the table had remarked about how he liked my Bellagio Nike golf t-shirt alot (I'm fairly plump, and it was just innocent chit-chat). I of course had told them I was the Nike rep for Las Vegas. After the beat (no tilt, just sort of shrugging that this is poker), I got up, went and bought him a medium shirt from the gift shop, walked around, then gave it to him. Then finished up +600 for the session. Online, I probably would have lost it. <BR/><BR/>Have a good weekend.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777389833765857820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105830.post-1145061100162819952006-04-14T17:31:00.000-07:002006-04-14T17:31:00.000-07:00Thanks for the feedback guys. CC:Hand #1 is at le...Thanks for the feedback guys. <BR/><BR/>CC:<BR/>Hand #1 is at least an insta-call. I've had so much prior playing time with both Villains that it could be argued that there is some value in raising the river.<BR/>I hear what you are saying about taking a walk. Playing with a clean mindset is important.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06745833118021274985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105830.post-1145030979035166892006-04-14T09:09:00.000-07:002006-04-14T09:09:00.000-07:00Along with scurv, I'm no 2+2 guru hand guy. Havin...Along with scurv, I'm no 2+2 guru hand guy. Having said that:<BR/><BR/>Hand #1: I like to raise pre-flop here; otherwise, I think (as you) that it is an insta-call on the river as you've played it, not even a clutch-your-junk call as scurv says. I mean, this is limit, we call down and pay this off.<BR/><BR/>Hand #2: I probably 50/50 muck and call down in your situation. I can't think about all of the logic for everything most of the time, but I more and more just call it down as I think I win more than I lose most of the time in similar situations. The similar situation for me is QQ with undercards and scary cards (gapped straight, flush possibilities), reluctantly calling or just shrug-jamming and getting paid off by 99 or 55. <BR/><BR/>But the broader thing, in my opinion, is can you get up and take a walk when your mindset is as you described. I absolutely can live and absolutely cannot online, so if you figure it out let me know.CChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10777389833765857820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13105830.post-1144983521944161102006-04-13T19:58:00.000-07:002006-04-13T19:58:00.000-07:00I'm the last monkey to be chiming in, given my fle...I'm the last monkey to be chiming in, given my fleeing mid limits after running poorly for what seems like forever, but...<BR/><BR/>Hand #1 surprises me, as I think you have to call one more bet on the river 100% of the time. I'm not sure you're winning there a huge percentage of the time but you're winning enough (and chopping with AJ enough) to clutch your junk and call there.<BR/><BR/>Hand #2 doesn't seem that bad to me, and I think you're putting too much weight on it because of it's close proximity and similarity to Hand #1. If you don't have a decent read on V#3 it's hard to not give him credit, as he's shown decent strength. Yeah, sometimes he can't beat QJo, but I think that's pretty rare, and this seems the sort of hand that at best is break even for you in the long run. The fact that V#4 is short stacked does add weight to the call down argument, though, as he could be betting out there on the turn out of frustration as much as anything else. <BR/><BR/>More and more I feel like AJ and A10 just get me in trouble, more than anything else. Well, and AQ. And AK. And pretty much any pocket pair 99 and below. And 1010 and up.ScurvyDoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12475986616947247959noreply@blogger.com