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Scorpion0x17 wrote:

i g wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Sorry dude, but silly, silly mistake.

explain?

Two pair is not as strong as it looks.

Of course, it all depends on the game, the individual players involved, and their respective table images.

As Airwolf says, it was a bad beat, but the key to being really good at poker is knowing how to avoid bad beats.

(not that I'm saying I'm any good at it - I know the theory, but I suck in practice)

so dont put your shortstacked opponent all in when he has 3 outs against you with 2 cards to come.

k



i have played thousands of hours of poker in the 5 years that i have played. i have also read 3 long ass poker books. i have won more than $2000 playing low-stakes. i know what i'm doing

Last edited by i g (2008-07-26 11:24:15)

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

i g wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

Two pair is not as strong as it looks.

Of course, it all depends on the game, the individual players involved, and their respective table images.

As Airwolf says, it was a bad beat, but the key to being really good at poker is knowing how to avoid bad beats.

(not that I'm saying I'm any good at it - I know the theory, but I suck in practice)

so dont put your shortstacked opponent all in when he has 3 outs against you with 2 cards to come.

k



i have played thousands of hours of poker in the 5 years that i have played. i have also read 3 long ass poker books. i have won more than $2000 playing low-stakes. i know what i'm doing

But you don't know what he had before he went all in. You didn't know he only had 3 outs. What if he'd've had trips?

You can not base your decision on his cards, only your cards.

omg just go away. he was fucking shortstacked. you think im gonna fold top 2 on the fucking flop when it's just me and him in the hand?

...


oh and lol at not basing my decision on his cards
have you ever even played poker?
quit digging yourself deeper

Last edited by i g (2008-07-26 11:43:24)

i g wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

i g wrote:

so dont put your shortstacked opponent all in when he has 3 outs against you with 2 cards to come.

k



i have played thousands of hours of poker in the 5 years that i have played. i have also read 3 long ass poker books. i have won more than $2000 playing low-stakes. i know what i'm doing

But you don't know what he had before he went all in. You didn't know he only had 3 outs. What if he'd've had trips?

You can not base your decision on his cards, only your cards.

omg just go away. he was fucking shortstacked. you think im gonna fold top 2 on the fucking flop when it's just me and him in the hand?

...

Hey, I'm not criticising. I've done exactly the same in what sounds like exactly the same kind of situation.

And as I said, it depends on the context of the game - which of course I don't fully know - you probably did the right thing in that context, but not the right thing in every context - and that's the silly mistake people make, assuming they can't be beat.

I do sympathise.

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

i g wrote:

Scorpion0x17 wrote:

But you don't know what he had before he went all in. You didn't know he only had 3 outs. What if he'd've had trips?

You can not base your decision on his cards, only your cards.

omg just go away. he was fucking shortstacked. you think im gonna fold top 2 on the fucking flop when it's just me and him in the hand?

...

Hey, I'm not criticising. I've done exactly the same in what sounds like exactly the same kind of situation.

And as I said, it depends on the context of the game - which of course I don't fully know - you probably did the right thing in that context, but not the right thing in every context - and that's the silly mistake people make, assuming they can't be beat.

I do sympathise.

Poker is about making right decisions.  he made the right decision.  you don't assume you can't be beat, but when you flop top 2 pair, there is no reason to fold! he got lucky, he only had 15% chance of hitting going into the turn and a 25% chance going into the river.  You can't win every hand in poker, but you can win more than you lose, and that is how you make a profit. 

And when you base decisions on other peoples cards, you obviously can't see them physically, but you can make very accurate assumptions from their actions, and irl, bodily tells.

I'm not sure where your argument was going, but i don't think you know enough about poker to be arguing about how ig played that hand.


ig: partypoker, i can't play full tilt or pokerstars because i'm not 18 and its too hard to get my money on.  Partypoker just lets me wire it through my bank account, and i lie about my age lol.

from a week or so ago

i was short stacked, pushed all in preflop. he calls with k7. the rest is history

lol 2 hands in a row

Canadianloser wrote:

lol nice1

ig you play partypoker?

noooooo

i did like 3 yrs ago. i hated it with a passion, and no i wont try it again

Canadianloser wrote:

i g wrote:

Canadianloser wrote:

lol nice1

ig you play partypoker?

noooooo

i did like 3 yrs ago. i hated it with a passion, and no i wont try it again

rofl i don't mind it...not as many ppl playing tho, so less games etc.  out of curiosity why did u hate it so much?

i got sucked out like every time i played because the players were horrendous. meh that was a long time ago, and i was probably just paraoid; i hadnt played much online poker at the time. pokerstars and full tilt have such a huge variety of games, so there is no reason for me to switch.

we used to deposit money on ftp and stars before we were 18; im sure you can do the same

I lol'd.

@ ig: i know, i used to be able to put money on them but they changed a bunch of shit, now i can't.

@Sam: lol

Last edited by Canadianloser (2008-07-26 14:03:22)

ig


Is that real fucking money?

i g wrote:

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

ig


Is that real fucking money?

it's for real money, but the chip counts are just tournament chips. they do not reflect the actual dollar amounts, if that makes sense...

not really

So what's the exchange rate? How much e-dollars is worth real life dollars?

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

i g wrote:

Mek-Stizzle wrote:

ig


Is that real fucking money?

it's for real money, but the chip counts are just tournament chips. they do not reflect the actual dollar amounts, if that makes sense...

not really

So what's the exchange rate? How much e-dollars is worth real life dollars?

1:1

he bought in using real money, which is on his account, to a tournament. in the tournament you are given 2000 chips to start, then the top 3 finishers (usually) collect the money from the buy-ins.

So these lot are playing with thousands of dollars for real?

i g wrote:

god fucking damn mother fucking shit piss cuntrag dicklovers. im done with this fucking bullshit for a while

it's all luck at the end of the day

Last edited by Mek-Stizzle (2008-07-26 14:08:18)