http://www.cardschat.com en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:18:59 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.cardschat.com/images_fb/misc/rss.jpg http://www.cardschat.com http://www.cardschat.com/f57/good-br-2-table-sngs-165127/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:59:57 GMT for one table SNG a good BR is about 20+ buy ins right?
what about 2 and more table SNG's? is it around 50? ]]> Learning Poker bigboi26 http://www.cardschat.com/f57/good-br-2-table-sngs-165127/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/pre-flop-odds-position-165124/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:28:21 GMT I have a good feel for post flop, I can play very well from the flop. One problem I really have is preflop, I feel dumb when it comes to preflop. How much odds should I be having to call a suited connector or even offsuit broadway cards/some hand of value while in late position? or if someone... I have a good feel for post flop, I can play very well from the flop.
One problem I really have is preflop, I feel dumb when it comes to preflop.
How much odds should I be having to call a suited connector or even offsuit broadway cards/some hand of value while in late position?
or if someone raises like 3x preflop, should I be calling with these hands in position if several people flat called the raise?
Im talking in tournament situations, should I start doing these things more in middle and late stages? and not at beginning of a tournament? Because I know your supposed to play tight at the start, but are there any exceptions?
A lot of questions, Lol. Would be great if someone could answer a few for me, or talk about what you like to do in different situations like these depending on how deep the tournament is and such. ]]> General Poker brandonnj http://www.cardschat.com/f13/pre-flop-odds-position-165124/ http://www.cardschat.com/f57/ok-here-my-problem-165123/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:08 GMT 78 suited in co raise 4x to $4.00 bb raises to 20 i know i should fold but i call 50% of the time and some how i keep doing it i dont know if its because the 24 $ does not mean enough i know im way behind this leak is keeping me from being proffitable maybe writing this will help 78 suited in co raise 4x to $4.00 bb raises to 20 i know i should fold but i call 50% of the time and some how i keep doing it i dont know if its because the 24 $ does not mean enough i know im way behind this leak is keeping me from being proffitable

maybe writing this will help ]]> Learning Poker dan http://www.cardschat.com/f57/ok-here-my-problem-165123/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/odd-bet-sizes-165120/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:45:37 GMT I have been noticing lately that a number of players are making strange sized bets , 299, 501, 239, 399, ect. Is there some new system being taught or is this maybe a program being used by these players? If it was just 1 or 2 It might be coincidence but last night at least 2 peolple at 4... I have been noticing lately that a number of players are making strange sized bets , 299, 501, 239, 399, ect. Is there some new system being taught or is this maybe a program being used by these players?

If it was just 1 or 2 It might be coincidence but last night at least 2 peolple at 4 different tables were utiltizing this method.

I was playing a tourney on Poker Stars. ]]> General Poker DREW0 http://www.cardschat.com/f13/odd-bet-sizes-165120/ http://www.cardschat.com/f10/carbon-2-1-mtts-huge-overlay-165119/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:29 GMT I hope i grabbed your attention.
Right now on Carbon they've got a couple of new micro buyin tournaments that have a huge overlay.
They are a $1500 guar. & a $2500 guar. $1 buyin.

I just checked yesterday's results and there were only 234 entrants in the $1,500 guar. It is a 'rebuy' but there were only 5 rebuys in total and only 1 addon (which just seems ludicrous??.. with all that extra money in the prizepool and nobody even rebuying????)
1st place was a whopping $405.00!!!!!!!!

Start time is 06:15 (so I'm guessing it'll suite the Euros on here).

Not sure when the $2500guar. runs at... I'll go see if I can find it now. ]]> Poker Rooms Poker Orifice http://www.cardschat.com/f10/carbon-2-1-mtts-huge-overlay-165119/ http://www.cardschat.com/f57/red-light-district-165118/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:13:38 GMT Okay here's a poker tip i read in a daily newspaper a few weeks back, which i will post here. I think its a very good tip for new players.

For long-term profit in your low limit Texas Hold'em games. obey the board signals. Go when you get a green light, slow down when it turns orange, and for gods sake, stop when its showing red.

Whats is an example of a red light situation? You've raised from the button with a medium pair, Nine-Nine, and got three callers. The flop comes down Ace-Jack-Six. With two big over cards and no draw this is a red light area for you. Check-fold to any raises!

lets look at another example. You've made a continuation-probe bet with Ace-king of hearts into a dangerously coordinated Nine-Eight-seven of spades flop and face a big re-raise and a caller. Does it get any clearer? Stop betting! Run for your life!

Decisions get more difficult when you "feel" like you've got a lot of momentum--such as when you;ve got a big pocket pair or two pair. If the coordinated board and the betting are flashing red however, don't accelerate in the hope of making it through this one time. You will be penalized and you could end up bleeding all your chips away in a monster pot pile up as your little two pair is sideswiped by a mega straight or flush. ]]> Learning Poker vagas35 http://www.cardschat.com/f57/red-light-district-165118/ http://www.cardschat.com/f57/turbos-165117/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:04:16 GMT I was just wondering if anyone could help me with these. It appears that my tight play just doesnt seem to work for these hmmmm I wonder why lol.... So if I pretty much follow the playing hands and positions that you will fin on pg 264 of Phil Gordon's Little Green Book... What should I expand my [playing hands too and from what position ??... Or is this question kind of a loaded question and too hard to answer without more info ?? ]]> Learning Poker CUJO3113 http://www.cardschat.com/f57/turbos-165117/ http://www.cardschat.com/f10/best-site-poker-bankrolls-165112/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:33:20 GMT I was wondering if anyone knew of good sites to receive 10 to 150 dollars in bankroll for trying a site out? I found one that you had to sign up for 3 or more sites(ltd), in order to get the roll. Does anyone have any experience with free bankrolls? I would only do this at sites which rakeback... I was wondering if anyone knew of good sites to receive 10 to 150 dollars in bankroll for trying a site out? I found one that you had to sign up for 3 or more sites(ltd), in order to get the roll. Does anyone have any experience with free bankrolls? I would only do this at sites which rakeback would not be important. I am a US citizen, which makes me not available to the majority of online poker sites. They limit our freedom, so someone else can have
more or something?

Regards,

project ]]> Poker Rooms Project2501 http://www.cardschat.com/f10/best-site-poker-bankrolls-165112/ http://www.cardschat.com/f57/knowing-your-skills-165110/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:36:05 GMT I'm still pretty new to poker and up until i read a couple of books and after about a week on CC, I realised I'm not nearly as good a player as I thought I was. I found out that I've got so much to learn and my game needs alot of work...

When do you know your not just another fish? I'd also appreciate any advice on becoming a better player... anything I should read or watch that WILL help me... ]]> Learning Poker percy312 http://www.cardschat.com/f57/knowing-your-skills-165110/ http://www.cardschat.com/f10/dont-know-where-play-please-help-165108/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:47 GMT Hey,

Over the last year or so since I started to play online poker I've signed up to a load of different rooms. Now I want to take it a bit more seriously and want to use Poker Tracker and get rakeback, thing is I don't know what room to use that will give me what I want.

I've singed up to:
Full Tilt
Power Poker
Titan
Party Poker
Paddy Power
Ultimate Bet
Carbon Poker
PKR

So I can't get rakeback off any of them. I've signed up for rakeback from powerpoker but that doesn't allow Poker Tracker.

I play NLHE cash games at 10NL or sit n goes $2 or $5 buy in. Obviously I would like a room with nice soft competition! I'm not in the US so that isn't a problem.

Any ideas or help would be great.

Thanks,
Pete ]]> Poker Rooms Pete_Neon http://www.cardschat.com/f10/dont-know-where-play-please-help-165108/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/starting-out-right-165093/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 01:25:48 GMT i know you have seen this ? too many times but if you were restarting today what site ,software,games and instruction would you choose i have been playing for many years but would like a different prospective thx i know you have seen this ? too many times but if you were restarting today what site ,software,games and instruction would you choose i have been playing for many years but would like a different prospective thx ]]> General Poker dan http://www.cardschat.com/f13/starting-out-right-165093/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/hem-165091/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:05:25 GMT any1 got any good threads to read about hold'em manager?
I've jus bought it recently and im still learning everything about it and would like to know some more information on how to realy get the most out of this poker tool.
Thanks for ur time people!

aL ]]> General Poker ukaliks http://www.cardschat.com/f13/hem-165091/ http://www.cardschat.com/f13/minimum-monthly-earnings-pro-165090/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:31 GMT How much money do you guys think you should consistantly be able to make before you could consider becoming a pro? Do you think becoming a pro takes all the fun out of playing poker? My own answer would be that I dont know, but what do you guys think? Does anyone have any own experience? How much money do you guys think you should consistantly be able to make before you could consider becoming a pro?
Do you think becoming a pro takes all the fun out of playing poker?
My own answer would be that I dont know, but what do you guys think? Does anyone have any own experience? ]]> General Poker only_bridge http://www.cardschat.com/f13/minimum-monthly-earnings-pro-165090/ http://www.cardschat.com/f57/stupid-question-165088/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:15:04 GMT I have a stupid question Im almost scared to ask it as I have been playing poker for a couple of years now and Im not too sure what ML means :s:... So laugh it up if you want lol just leave the answer as well haha I have a stupid question Im almost scared to ask it as I have been playing poker for a couple of years now and Im not too sure what ML means :s:... So laugh it up if you want lol just leave the answer as well haha ]]> Learning Poker CUJO3113 http://www.cardschat.com/f57/stupid-question-165088/ http://www.cardschat.com/f11/my-strategy-165078/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:49:01 GMT Hello again good people, I would just like to start a thread outlining my basic basic pre-flop strategy. Been playing for cash now a couple months and feel I am now beating the rake (breaking even) :) I've gained some good pointers from this forum and would like to give something back, I reckon I am in a position now to offer a little advice to a complete novice!

Ok I play 9 handed cash microstakes and generally buy in for around 50-75 big blinds. I feel this is plenty to make the most of the hands that I play without risking too much cash to possibly thoughtless stupidy (I tend to leave the table when I've made a dolllar or two or see threat from another big stack, always seeking easier weaker prey) It gives me the leway to set-mine with low pocket pairs though these are at present the only speculative hands I concern myself with. I have tried suited and gap-suited connectors but I feel I lack the discipline to fold that middle pair when I have SORT-OF hit the flop, in short I get carried a long and leak chips whenever I play them so untill I figure out a winning strategy I will be folding them for now.

I have a strict fold/raise policy with drawing hands preflop as I like to either be in control of the betting or cutting my losses and waiting for the next hand. The exception being pocket pairs where I will occasonally call a raise or a re-raise and atleast see the flop with a made hand. I always open with a 4 big blind raise, no more, no less, whether I am under the gun with rockets, in mid position with JTs or stealing the blinds with a tail wagging K9. Obviously this has its drawbacks. Sometimes I dont get value out of monster hole cards or my raise doesnt cut through the limpers but on the whole it works. Plus I feel I gain by being pretty much unreadable... I hope!
To me, that 6 big blind raise just screams "I am weak and don't want any action and the minimum raise at the cut-off says "I want you to call!" I think good poker is not giving your enemies any more info than is necessary.

Apart from AA and KK which I want to take all the way pre-flop regardless, I divide my starting hands in to three groups, late, mid to late and any position hands. They are as follows.

Late only:
88 K9s T9s A8s Q9s J9s AJ A5s and 77

Mid and late, all of the above plus:
ATs QJs KTs QTs JTs 99 AQ A9s KQ

Any position, all above plus:
QQ AKs JJ AQs KQs AJs KJs TT AK

I will also call mid pairs in ealy position and low pairs in late, calling raises to set-mine if stack sizes permit.

For stealing blinds from the cut-off, the button and occasionally the SB I use the following as a general guide:
Any 2 cards both 9 and up, any ace or any suited King, any suited queen with a 6 or higher. Any suited jack with a 7 or higher, suited 8 with atleast a 9 and any unsuited king with a 7 or higher.

I also play late position only hands from a late-medium positon if no-one has yet shown interest and for that matter, with no callers I loosen up when playing from the hijack.

Lastly when playing from the BB and all action has folded around to the SB, if he merely calls to fill his blind I will exploit his show of weakness and bad position by raising him (you guessed it, 4 big blinds) regardless of what I am holding.

All this results in a VPIP of around 22%, a blind stealing attempt frequency of 40% and pre-flop raise of about 18%.

What do you guys think of my strategy? I consider myself to be a fairly aggressive player but do I need to tighten up. I have not mentioned post-flop play as I doubt I will have room but I know it needs improving. Do you guys see any obvious improvements or areas where I may be going wrong, maybe the fixed raise or hand selection?

Look forward to your thoughts and replies.

Frank.

EDIT: One last thing as I know you guys will doubt the reason in playing from a chart. All of the above is a general guide. I adapt a little to the present situaton depending of how it "feels" and if the table becomes short handed, or with short stacks. If I stuck to it religiously I would be a fair bit tighter but I think that looser and versatile if far better than tight, weak predictable poker? Ok, over to you! ]]> Strategy Forum Deceitful_Frank http://www.cardschat.com/f11/my-strategy-165078/