deathadder or diamondback?
John Galt, Mar 12 2009
i have a microsoft wheel mouse optical 1.1 from like 1999 and turning yellow.
even with sensitivity cranked to max for the mouse and vista, my dual monitor set up is wide enough that i basically have to use my arm to get from side to side...
looking to get a new mouse hopefully for some grinding as soon as exams are over
i wont be playing many games, just BW/SC2, but want a nice mouse for pleasure
does new/used matter?
ncix usually has deals for DA for like 58$ canadian with a goliathus mouse pad new
im right handed and use a finger grip afaik - go for a flatter mouse?
also a couple of us are going to niagara this sat
wanna go fishing?
ship it
John Galt, Mar 10 2009
AHAHAHAHAHA
i just got interview offer for dentistry from both UT and western
anyone want to go spew at niagara this weekend?
live poker adventures
John Galt, Mar 09 2009
UT has been raping me for the last 2 months and i've played like 3k hands in 2009 on PS
instead i've been running good at casino niagara against live donks
the game is 10 handed 1/2 with a 50bb max buy in and i have 2 hands im not sure about and would love some comments on
hand 1:
reads/table feel: im at a table with like 6 loose fools who love limp calling, the table is aggressive enough that 70% of hands are raised and we usually see 4-6 way 9-13$ raised pots. the hand is against a horrid 85/2/1.5 loud talking, splashy white guy over 100 hands who limp calls like its his job and maybe folded after limping once in his life. fold to cbet like <20%. he has bet 2 streets against another loose fool but couldnt beat second pair, called two streets and folded river multiple times, presumeably draws. i think he's randomly aggro, quite stationy when they play small ball, and has very little idea about hand strength. i havent been stealing cuz i can't friggin make ppl fold, im just trying to play tight and value bet thin. mr splashy
has rebought maybe 3 times now but recently stacked someone and is sitting about 300 deep and i have him covered.
5 kids limp and i raise AK in the SB to 15, the 85/2 and another loose fool calls
flop: AK5dd, pot is like 54
i check top two expecting him to bet with worse so i can raise. mr splashy bets 50$ and loose fool folds. i decide to call cuz im kinda shocked by his huge bet (they usually bet <1/2 PSB) and if i raise i think he can fold A9 cuz my image is pretty tight
turn: AK5Jddd, pot is like 150
i check cuz the flop bet was so big and i doubt a small ball player bets so big with a flush draw or QT, also i have Kd for the nut flush draw. again i plan to check raise and take worse two pairs to value town. He bets 25 into 150 wtf gay? proly Ax with a small diamond, and so i raise to 100. he starts muttering to himself like fmlfml idiot kid 2 outted me fmlfml....so im like wtf this guy puts me on jacks? and i was quite scared
he tanks for like 4 minutes and calls
river blank, pot is 350 and he has like 150 behind
he could very well have A5/K5 but for some reason his turn chat much had me pissing myself, but like, wtf live donk..i have top two..
i put out a blocking bet of 30 (cuz i cant check a set...or am i leveling myself against this guy?) and he tanked another 3 min and flatted
im not sure about the river but i think flop and turn are for value and not too thin
hand 2
different table, similar loose fools, but more like 3 of them were limp folds, much less agressive, 60% of hands were probably limped 6 way flops. villain is a TERRID aggro monkey lebanese guy who thinks he knows how to play poker and came here to spew, dressed up all nice with his ho and is funding both their donations to 1 internet kid (who looks like he's either been awake for 48 hours or is on a ton of sedatives) and 2 tight regs one of whom feels the need to take smoke breaks every 20 mins or so and im pretty sure sitting to his direct left for 4 hours shortened my expected life span by at least a week or two, (nit life, i know, im in biochem) anyways the lebanese aggrofag talks so much smack is tilting my friend out of his mind. i've seen him jam T2 on a 46Tss 3 way vs OOP donk and smooth caller because he 'needed to protect against chasers'. he's jammed nut flush draw multiple times and done gay stuff like 'check in the dark' against me OOP with a baby FD and call my cbet, then 'check in the dark' again with the turn flush....and check in the dark on the river.....???? he pulled this exact same line against my friend with SPNK. he loves to slow play big hands and checked a flopped boat once when his gf jams and he said FML and shoved his chips in cuz he's friggin winning his own money and paying rake lolzzz.
he's rebrought like 8 times for like 25-40bb..... including funding his +1 for like 20bb at a time lol
the other villain is a really passive loop young guy, limp calls life and check folds missed flops. except this one time he limp called OOP when i raise from behind with AKhh, he donks then 3bet jams when i raise on QJ2hh and he holds with J9
2 loose passive fools limp, lebanese man playing 95/0/3 limps behind
i raise QQ in the SB to 13
one of the 80/0, fit or fold guys call and the lebanese man obvs calls with his entire range after glaring at me and putting UP his sun glasses so he knows that i know that he's glaring at me
flop: 464ss, pot 45
i cbet 25 OOP, the very passive guy insta min raises to 50$ and the lebanese guy thinks for about 5 seconds and jams about 180$
given history....is this a call?
tldr; spark notes:
LIVE POKERZ IS FUN
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hand 1: he had a set of fives
hand 2: i fold and show, loose passive folded, lebanese guy shows 47o and is steaming his nuts off cuz im a giant nit who knows phil hellmuth would never put in more than 25$ with queens there
getting a desktop
John Galt, Jan 11 2009
i want a desktop so i can do dual monitors for school/poker, mainly poker. i dont need to play crysis or do any graphics work
comments?
so far:
220$: E8500
64$: geforce 8800GS: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.ph...8800GS%2FHTDP%2F384M&manufacture=ASUS
44$: 4GB DDR2 800mhz: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.ph...A800&manufacture=CRUCIAL%20TECHNOLOGY
40$: 400W PSU: http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=33357&vpn=CMPSU-400CX&manufacture=CORSAIR
70$: mobo: http://ncix.com/products/index.php?sk...GA%2DG31M%2DES2L&manufacture=Gigabyte
random HDD/DVD drive/case
thanks guys
NL50 FR owns my soul
John Galt, Dec 23 2008
hello all
the last month of poker has really ownd me (and my bankroll)
i've been lurking on LP since i started poker about 6 months ago when someone owed me 30$ and shipped it to me on pokerstars
ill started 2 tabling NL10 6max and ran my roll up to 130$ on a sick heater before losing everything but my original 30$. Then I read up random poker guides and decided to try my hand at FR starting at NL2 i've slowly made my way up, multi tabling each level for loads of hands before confidently moving up.
I've won about 4k from like 200k hands of NL25 FR and below but over the last 60k hands i'm down almost 1k on NL50.....
i dont like to admit it, but i think i am starting to tilt quietly
i've reduced the number of tables and tried to think things through and i dont know if its my failure to raise or inability to play when villain raises, but ill post some hands that i feel are pretty representative of my recent tough spots
today i played 13/9/2.5, all comments are welcome im really questioning my basics. looking at my PT after a session i pretty much lose all pots, small medium and big :....
1) mattG30 is 14/6/2 over 100 hands:
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i didnt 3bet pre because i feel someone this tight passive only calls me oop with AA/KK and they are check folding missed AK which i get no value from
i know i have a problem with raising/3betting to 'protect my hand' like TPTK when i cant give them a worse hand that calls me
2) henke is 15/7/2.5 over also 100 hands
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any unknown tighter than like 35/5 pretty much never calls down with KJ right?
im folding to a raise on any street right?
how much am i check calling on the river?
what if he was full stack?
3) rolligoer is 19/8/1 over 75 hands
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he never gives action, folds his blinds every time to steals
betting 2 streets pretty standard? what if he raises turn?
4) villain is 42/0/1 over 40 hands
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i cbet small because the flop is so dry and i want him to call with random T
other than that i dont really know why i played it like that
i dont know if he's fit or fold post; 3 streets of value small against someone 42/0? 40% WtSD, 66% W$SD sample size too small to be meaningfull
5) mrab is 57/7/1.9 over 100 hands
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he check calls cbets like its his job, i have checked behind the turn and folded to river bets twice before this hand
he has check called 3 streets with second pair (owning me) bvb
i have never seen him call the turn like this
there are possible straights and flushes and pretty much ATC can make two pair
standard fold?
6)agfacolor 3 outed me twice today, dunno if its relevant, call cbet with TPNK both times
he's 24/5/5.4 over 500 hands
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lachlan says: bet/call or check/fold turn
is this a standard fold? what if he raises flop (AF=5.4)? what if he flats turn?
7) villain was 11/3 over 40 hands when this happened, but after 100 hands he's 23/11/3
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this is the only time i flatted AA today i swear
i flatted because he is so tight (i thought) and i think QQ/JJ would be more likely to give some action on a rag flop whereas he's folding these if i 3bet pre. i wont try to defend my line cuz i have no idea what i've been smoking.
raise fold flop? i was assigning him AK, JJ+? is there any reason to flat (vs AK?) fold to turn pot sized bet is standard?
8) 16/13/5.5 over 150 hands
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he never folds his blinds to steals, but i have AQs - i flat IP? should be profitable unless u play it like me
i need to make my decision on the flop right? this is pretty much as good as it gets for AQs - easy jam?
i've never personally seen it, but should i assume he is capable of 3betting light? he has an attempt to steal 50% so like i know he knows btns like to steal?
9) 34/19/1 over 100 hands
he's raised my bb every time its been folded to him, i've 3bet him once and he folded
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when i make a stand against his steals, my hand really doesnt matter right?
as played, bet turn and if he calls, give up?
10) 11/3/2 over 150 hands
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i was trying to maximize value vs worse ace
i only noticed his stats after i bet the turn. how good is my kicker? any ace an 11/3 calls with in the blinds is better than A9 right?
board is pretty dry - pot control the turn?
he check raised me pretty fast
for those who have made it this far, thanks
if anyone wants to talk poker on msn shoot me a pm
i've been playing really badly lately and really just want to sit down and know my standard lines
i really want to make this game a little more than just for fun atm, but nothing seems to be going right
thanks for the help guys
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