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cuttlefish said:
I couldn't find the tournament - did it start at 8pm or 7pm? (was looking for it just before 8pm).
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Sorry cuttle but it was a 7pm Sydney time start....

peter mixed his agro tonight and looked very on top of things. Stan 101 also looked sharp tonight, had a decent stack mid game and definately threatened. Lombardi struggled to get the cards tonight.

Gundini looked at another exit early in the game, but pulled of a few random steals to stay in the game at break:

BREAK: (take a slash, and fill up the esky!)

Still tight in the second half, only one gone I think and the short stacks came out fighting! The money changed hands a few times until peter took a stand!

Wham Bamb- and slam dunk the try hards, and then there were 2!

Gundini refused to have anything to do with the shenanegance (sorry spelling) and knuckled down to the task of obliterating peter... Having a good chip advantage seamed a bit one sided, but stranger things have happened in poker!

In the end the gun hit AA pre flop! peter hit A8 I think... gun raised and pete went all in! It was a nice raise, but ole mate pete met the maker here.

And gun went on to win the new world record of three wins on ASF, and retain his title of "the greatest poker player in the world" (or any other big place) :cool:
 
So why don't you guys come over to Full Tilt?

No big deal, but we are set up here....

We are going to invite our bestest mates for next week! It is a break of protocol sure, but, mates are mates..... and they are welcome here....

Bring it on! :eek:
 
Forgot again Gundi:(

Sorry mate....should be there Tomorrow.

As for the guys on Pokerstars....I don't get it either:confused:

Took me all of 4 minutes to be signed up and 100 bux in the account.

If MRC and Ageo etc joined we might get a full table.:eek:

PS..well done on the win!
 
"Well done on the win". All he did was steal our blinds all night to build up a chip lead and then waited for us to make mistakes.

Hmm... sounds like a good strategy, Gundini.

I have recently started playing online no-limit holdem poker (as you know) and I LIKE IT.

I want to play better and know that I am improving. So how do you quantify your poker playing edge?
I am documenting all my cash table sessions (not tournaments) to establish the normal performance stats, W%, AW, AL.
eg. 11 sessions (0.01/0.02; $2 max buy in) W% = 64%, AW = 117%, AL = 88% Edge = 43%

11 sessions is too small a sample size but I will continue and see what the numbers are after 20 sessions. If my edge is still positive I was thinking about moving up to the next table size (0.02/0.05; $5 max buy in). I will continue progressing so long as my edge is positive. Another money mgt restriction will be to limit my buy ins to <5% of poker capital. If my edge remains positive I will move to the next biggest table. In this way I will find my level of incompetence. This would be the table with stakes that I can't be profitable.

Does this seem a reasonable course of action? Not the bit about trying to lose my money. Its about playing with better players and finding my weakness's.
What is a good player's edge in no-limit holdem?
 
peter2 said:
Does this seem a reasonable course of action? Not the bit about trying to lose my money. Its about playing with better players and finding my weakness's.
What is a good player's edge in no-limit holdem?
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I think your strategy sounds solid pete. The higher the stakes, the better the players and the more experience you need to compete on level terms.

The good players edge are many. To be able to put a player on specific hole cards, knowing when you have the best possible hand, being aware of your position irrespective of cards, choosing the right times to bluff, having the patience to wait for the right hand, being wary of chip stacks, mixing it up so you become less predictable, and being able to quickly assess player habits.

You could go on forever, but essentially being aware of your position at the table is key. Knowing when to move in, when to sit back, changing tactics along the way to achieve your ultimate goal. To win!

I am a very ordinary player, what's known as a Green Fish.

The good thing about poker is you don't have to remain a green fish all your life. As your experience increases, and you tighten up aspects of your play, you can become less predictable. Concerntrating on your weakness's and learning from your mistakes all make for a better player.

There is so much to learn, and so little time!

Personally, I have set a goal of becoming consistantly competitive, something that may take a lifetime to achieve. Will definately be having a bit of fun along the way!
 
cuttlefish said:
I couldn't find the tournament - did it start at 8pm or 7pm? (was looking for it just before 8pm).
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Hi cuttlefish,

the tournament starts at 7pm but will be listed as 0400 in the private section.

Cheers Gundini...

Sorry Bent, you beat me to it. Take it easy on me tonight mate...
 
Gundini said:
I think your strategy sounds solid pete. The higher the stakes, the better the players and the more experience you need to compete on level terms.

The good players edge are many. To be able to put a player on specific hole cards, knowing when you have the best possible hand, being aware of your position irrespective of cards, choosing the right times to bluff, having the patience to wait for the right hand, being wary of chip stacks, mixing it up so you become less predictable, and being able to quickly assess player habits.

You could go on forever, but essentially being aware of your position at the table is key. Knowing when to move in, when to sit back, changing tactics along the way to achieve your ultimate goal. To win!

I am a very ordinary player, what's known as a Green Fish.

The good thing about poker is you don't have to remain a green fish all your life. As your experience increases, and you tighten up aspects of your play, you can become less predictable. Concerntrating on your weakness's and learning from your mistakes all make for a better player.

There is so much to learn, and so little time!

Personally, I have set a goal of becoming consistantly competitive, something that may take a lifetime to achieve. Will definately be having a bit of fun along the way!
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you don't know how good of a player you are until you play with real people, not online.
 
Dowdy said:
you don't know how good of a player you are until you play with real people, not online.
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:confused:

There are plenty of online pros who make millions and don't even bother playing live.

Durrr used to turn over 1000 hands/hour
 
Dowdy said:
you don't know how good of a player you are until you play with real people, not online.
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Playing real people is alot easier than online, where the avatar has no expression to help you with tells!

I've played a couple of times at the Casino, and around 50 times at pubs for free. This has taught me I am a very average player. :(

There is pretty well an easy $5 up for grabs now!
 
A beauty tonight from BentRodZ that you don't see to often. :cool:

Two left now, Jersey and Bent.
 

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I love the screenshots spooly, how do you do that?

PM me if you don't want to go off topic, but I'm sure others would like to know too!
 
Gundini said:
Playing real people is alot easier than online, where the avatar has no expression to help you with tells!

I've played a couple of times at the Casino, and around 50 times at pubs for free. This has taught me I am a very average player. :(

There is pretty well an easy $5 up for grabs now!
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Where do i play with you guys?
 
Gundini said:
I love the screenshots spooly, how do you do that?

PM me if you don't want to go off topic, but I'm sure others would like to know too!
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Gundi,
When your playing a game you can click "last hand" in the top left.

That will bring up the hand history window and you can use the controls in top right to flick through the hands.

Then just take a screenshot and paste it into an image editing proggy.
 
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