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Pillars United States. Jun 10 2008 18:01. Posts 1049

So I'm in Vegas until June 20th. I'll be playing a couple smaller NLHE events and maybe some of the larger events at the Venetian. In an attempt to 'minimize the variance' of the trip I'm also attempting to play a bunch of 5/10 NLHE cash. Today I played a short session and booked a small loss.

An amusing 5/10 hand:

UTG limp, I raise to 5x from MP w/ AJo, player in LP calls, blinds fold, UTG folds.
Flop is K72ss, I bet 3/5 pot, LP calls.
Turn is an offsuit 7, I bet 3/5 pot, LP calls.
River is an offsuit 5, I check, LP bets 1/2 pot, I make a ninja-call.

LP flips over AQhh and inadvertently owns me.

I enjoy the additional variables one has at one's disposal when playing live, but I hate the fact that 1.5 weeks of playing cash games and tournaments will be equivalent to playing 5-6 hours of online poker in terms of hands dealt.

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Roald Tuvalu. Jun 10 2008 19:09. Posts 2683

Live is sooooo fkn boring. What would you estimate your vpip/pfr is in a 10 handed live game with some decent players in it? What about if it's full of fish?

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RS_II United States. Jun 10 2008 22:12. Posts 748

i don't understand why you flat call on the river... explain?

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collegesucks United States. Jun 10 2008 22:56. Posts 5780

On June 10 2008 21:12 RS_II wrote:
i don't understand why you flat call on the river... explain?

the villain missed his flush obviously

Pillars United States. Jun 11 2008 00:58. Posts 1049

On June 10 2008 18:09 Roald wrote:
Live is sooooo fkn boring. What would you estimate your vpip/pfr is in a 10 handed live game with some decent players in it? What about if it's full of fish?

Probably 15-18% against a mixture of decent players / fish and 25%+ against a really weak table. I feel like it's much easier to locate and exploit weaknesses in your opponents live.

But, yes, I'm with you on the boring part.

Pillars United States. Jun 11 2008 01:04. Posts 1049

On June 10 2008 21:56 collegesucks wrote:

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On June 10 2008 21:12 RS_II wrote:
i don't understand why you flat call on the river... explain?

the villain missed his flush obviously

Because the dynamic between my opponent and myself up to this point led me to believe that ace-high was good here a large enough percentage of the time for a call to be profitable, and that a check-raise would be less [and perhaps not at all] profitable.

This obviously wasn't a standard hand post-flop.