Poker King...LOL

[Maximus]

Ok so I sign up with Full Tilt last week...

Funded my account today thanks to Tunica...

I won my first tournament!

(only a $5 tourney to start...but hey a wins a win...)

:lol:

[Maximus]

Played a second $5 tourney & finished second...

Hey, its money right...

:lol:

Gotta start somewhere LOL

[mob's hitman]

how do you like Full tilt poker? I wasn't that impressed. I play on Pokerstars.com

[Maximus]

like it so far...only site i've checked out.

only played blackjack at the casinos til now...just starting out....don't know the game really.

Played another $5 for fun as I'm off to work now, my long day. finished second again...another day another dollar.

:lol:

[notter]

sounds like you are playing rather well...don't change a thing

[Maximus]

hey notter,

if i am...damn i feel for everyone else...they must be pretty dumb...cause i know nothing.

[Maximus]

I don't know the first thing about percentages etc....

[Pokerlayer]

sometimes knowing those %'s just screw you up when you don't put the implied/gut instinct out there...if you're going to learn anything learn pot odds that's pretty simple and it will help you make the right calls in the right situations. keep on ripping though man let me know your name on full tilt i'm joining soon

[notter]

pokerlayer...i was talking to you last night about pinnacle and look what happened today...

micelli and I might have a head up show down tonight

[Pokerlayer]

head up, i did 2 of those things last night after i tilted from a cash table....should have stuck with head up rather than the cash table here's the results:

55+2.50 heads up turbo 110 prize = got it. major suck out on one big hand so eh, i'll take it for the bad beat i took on the cash table for MUCH more money.

$20 4 man sit&go heads up tournament....to quote Sammy Hagar "Winner takes it all..." and I won that one. Total domination in both matches. 2nd match 2nd hand I flopped a set he flopped two pair.....yadda yadda yadda, i +60 bucks. hahahaha

[Micelli]

Glad to see you on a roll Max!

[Maximus]

thanks guys.

Where/how do I learn/find the pot odds?

"a square can be pretty sharp on the corner."

Max

[Pokerlayer]

Maximus:

a great poker forum is the 2+2 forum it's based upon the 2+2 company that has published a ton of great poker reads (Harrington on Hold Em Vol's 1-3, Sklansky's/Malmuth's works, etc.) and a real easy way to get an initial grasp of it is this:

50 dollars in a pot, bet of 30 dollars from bettor in front of you making 80 dollars in the pot. it takes 30 for you to call a pot of 80 giving you better than 2:1 on your money. if you've got a drawing hand with the turn/river to go then you've got great pot odds. on the contrary a pot of 50 dollars with a bet of 75 from the bettor bringing the pot up to 125 but you have to call 75 for a pot of 125. it may be in your interest at that time to raise or even moreso throw your hand in the muck if unless you've got the stone cold nuts then you'd slowplay, smooth call or throw an array of different moves on the poor sap who's going to end up dumping all of his chips to you. it really depends on a lot of things such as table image, instinct, your stack, his stack, what type of game it is, how close are you to the money, what level the blinds are at/where you're at in regard to where the blinds are at, when the blinds are going up, etc. in this case with an initial pot of 50 the blinds would be rather low and it's usually in your best interest to stay away from draws early on in a tournament style game.

What I'd really recommend is checking out Harrington's books -- i did it ass backwards and read 2 before 1 because I wanted help on my endgame but volume 1 is outstanding with calculating odds, early tournament play and so on. those two books have paid for themselves though, i believe they run about 30 or 40 dollars? but i really saw a lot of flaws in my game that i had originally been unaware of.

[Maximus]

Thanks man.

[Pokerlayer]

no problem dude. how did you fare this weekend at full tilt? i didn't do so hot on stars, i played when i was super tired and made some poor decisions/rather loose calls and what not...really sick about the whole thing.

[Maximus]

I just plyed a $50 SNG. Won it.

played last night...bad headache & pissed bout bad beats last 3 days...played a $2 sNg for 'relaxation'...went all in early w/ AA, guy calls with AK & gets 2 K on the flop...I busted.

Then played a $5 SNG because I was like.."damn I can't do anything right...and finished 2nd.

My problem is, not knowing what I'm doing...when I do lose I make it to within 1-2 of the $ but have no stack at all.

[Pokerlayer]

a lot of it comes with practice and knowing your table. don't get involved in huge hands early. the key is to play tight aggressive. don't play a lot of small pots, play several big ones. Maximize your profits, minimize your losses/mistakes. if you nickel and dime yourself you'll be in a position like you mentioned--1-2 of the money and no stack and then it turns into a coin-flipping marathon where you're putting your chips in preflop because you see 1 card that has paint on it, rather than being a heads up poker match. a monkey with a labatomy can win a coin flipping match, you want to be in a position where you're either totally dominating the other person head up, about even or a little below his/her stack but enough chips in respect to the blinds so that you don't have to get into the coin flip situations. any good player knows that a person down on chips doesn't necessarily have a monster when they go all in, they go all in with at-best marginal hands but they have no choice because the blinds are so high. i've played both roles and i really like being the chip monger in the situation, rather than the guy who 'feels lucky'.


***side note: when your aces got cracked by AK were you both all in pre-flop or after the flop hit?

[Maximus]

all in pre flop.

I think I'm the opposite actually...in the games I lose i play tight & end up winning small pots then losing the blinds w/ no hand.

Then, because of tight play I'm around late w/ big blinds & get eat up, then when I do have a hand everybody bets because my stack is no threat.

Thanks for the feedback though.

GL

[notter]

sounds like you are playing right...you just have to throw in a double or triple the blind bet when you have something like suited connecters...or A off-suit...you are still making a play at the pot and can easily fold if you need...if you hit the flop all the chips are yours for the taking...if you hit some of the flop and have a draw you can spend some money to see another card...GL maximus...pokerlayer...heads up saturday???

[Maximus]

for what...a dollar?

sounds like I'd be like thechevy chase 'on vacation' character....square w' all th trimmings, playing against you.

:lol:


I was so ticked tonight I went on & was a few hands into a cheap $10 tourney & realized I clicked on a 'limit' game...damn thats boring...so next hand I just kept reraising until I was all in with a 3,4... :lol: damn glad I didn't win. Dumb to throw a ten spot away but damn I didn't wanna be there.

It would have to be after 3pm...working early...hooray!!!