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Dowdy said:
Where do i play with you guys?
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Mate google fult tilt and download the software.

Put some money in your account.

PM me for a password.

Register for the game go to: Tournaments/Private

You will see Aussie Stock Forum there.

See you next Tuesday and Wednesday at 7pm Sydney time.

It will appear as 0400 on our game in the $5 section.

Excellent win by BR tonight. Well done mate!

J not to be forgotten, he looked the winner at the 100.

More soon.
 
peter2 said:
"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?
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I think record keeping is the smartest way of going about it if you enjoy poker and want to get serious about making money out of it.

A player's edge in poker can come in many different forms, many are similar to trading e.g. understanding how the people you play against bet. It is amazing how the principles of trading have helped me in developing a system for poker.

I am doing something similar to you in real cash games ($100 / $250) at the casino.
My stats so far are:
sessions: 18
wins: 8 (44%)
losses: 10 (56%)
average win: $400
average loss: $211


In addition to the basics of pot odds and implied odds, you can add to your edge by 'knowing' your opponents. I have sussed how a lot of the regulars at the casino like to play (tight, aggressive, always raise on the button, etc) and this helps. I won a $500 pot a few weeks ago calling a $100 bet after i had checked the river with bottom pair because i knew the guy who i was in the pot with was ultra aggressive. He was probably the only guy in the casino i would have called that bet with.

I would be very careful of online poker, i have heard stories of collusion and i would be very surprised if it was not prevalent on most of the online poker sites, not very hard to setup and if i was less moral probably would have done it already. In my opinion you have more chance of developing a decent edge if you play live as opposed to online.
 
straight flush - nh - didn't stick around to see that one.

Any chance of making the games start a bit later? Still family prime time at my house at 7pm means a lot of distractions and sitting out quite a few hands.
 
Thx Jersey. I have no goals for poker other than to enjoy playing well, although taking you guys down one evening would be nice. I have not played live and as a novice I would have too many tells. I presume your casino games are buy ins of 100 or 250, not small/big blind amounts.

[Note: I would also prefer 8pm starts. I would also be happy to play against friends of ASF members to increase the numbers. (No collusion, of course.) ]
 
peter2 said:
Thx Jersey. I have no goals for poker other than to enjoy playing well, although taking you guys down one evening would be nice. I have not played live and as a novice I would have too many tells. I presume your casino games are buy ins of 100 or 250, not small/big blind amounts.

[Note: I would also prefer 8pm starts. I would also be happy to play against friends of ASF members to increase the numbers. (No collusion, of course.) ]
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yes buy in minimum $100, maximum $250. So you can sit down at the table and start with a minimum of $100 or a maximum of $250. They also have a $200 / $500 table. Both are cash games and blinds are $2.50 / $5.

PS. 8pm starts are better for me too!
 
Skyping would make this form of cheating too easy. It might be a problem in the mid table stakes.
 
Wysiwyg said:
Is that like two or more players talking on the telephone to each other about what hands they have?
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I would think more 2 mates with their laptops on seperate providers...

3 or 4 who knows when it is played for money!

Keeping it ASF'ers negates this concern. Not that I am concerned.

Loved the game tonight! It was tight, and thrilling at times.

Nice group of players, I'm very happy with our team! :)
 
Don't forget Poker tonight guys, 7pm (0400) kick off as usual.

Now who will I be donating my $5 to tonight :)
 
Here gunners - shot of the chop you missed due to fumbling fingers :D.

Gunners was down to 160 out of 1500 starting chips after this but made it back to 850 chips from there before eventually going down again.
 

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Missed the action last night.
Attending an anti-natal course ..... joy!

And the winner was?
 
BentRod said:
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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Ok, thanks, finally worked out how to do the screenshot!

Next question, how do I resize the screenshot in paint so that it can be saved under 170kbs, which is the ASF limit?
 
Gundini said:
Ok, thanks, finally worked out how to do the screenshot!

Next question, how do I resize the screenshot in paint so that it can be saved under 170kbs, which is the ASF limit?
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You won't need to show the whole screen, just the last hand image thingy, so crop the image of your screenshot, close the original, open new, paste the cropped, save as, and you're away.
Should only be about 30-40kb.

Later :cool:
 
Finally worked it out, thanks guys!

Yes last night was an interesting one. Cuttlefish was on fire right from the start. About 6 hands into the game I drew a K J offsuit, then flopped Q 10, then picked up the 9 on the turn. I think I bet $900, thinking Cuttle would fold or at best call and I would take all his money!

He raised All In, and I clicked to call, but clicked the Fold button :banghead:

Cuttlefish didn't even have to show his K high straight, but took a screenshot later.

I just sat there looking at the screen, and my $160 odd left, and all the other players thinking what sort of idiot bets $900 then folds?

That's it! I'm off the drink until at least 6pm tonight...

Quite a close game after that, MrPoka, Jersey, Pete, and Cuttle threw money around the table with Cuttle seemingly holding the upper hand.

MrPoka ended up the short stack after some great tussles with Jersey who was strong all night until coming unstuck with a small pair.

MrPoka departed shortly after and Pete and Cuttle fought it out...

Cuttle seemed he couldn't do wrong tonight and deserved the win.

It was his first win so far and well deserved.

Tonight should be a super game with the players starting to know how each other play and bet. We also have a new player, so hopefully a nice solid game again!

See you then :)
 

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With the end of daylight savings 0400 US is now 6pm Syd time.

This is much earlier and we may not get many players this week.
 
Yeah true Peter, but I'll be there, probably playing with myself lol....

Will change it for next week to suit all... :)

Anyway, here is a nice shot from last weeks game....
 

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hey,
been lurking this thread for a while got some free time tonight and thought i might have a gamble on this tournament. Which site you playin on Tilt or Stars and what time.
Hope i can join im keen and very green.
 
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