its a bounty hunter blackfish, tend to play different, he was small stack, if he had qq or kk i think he shoves them in pre flop, must have had 777 or 444 imo or a worse ace and got lucky, nothing wrong with the bet after flop
its a bounty hunter blackfish, tend to play different, he was small stack, if he had qq or kk i think he shoves them in pre flop, must have had 777 or 444 imo or a worse ace and got lucky, nothing wrong with the bet after flop Posted by webby234
yes there was... it was too small imo... you do that to me and i find it difficult not to shove you.
webby you c bet 56% of the pot... that looks very weak imo on that sort of flop... although you are probably beat, you did open yourself up to the check raise bluff by advertising your weakness. I don't know how you could contemplate calling with just 2 overs though... you have 44.5BBs left!!! Posted by BlackFish3
yeah but them 44.5 bbs dont look that good when somebody is shoving every other hand imho
In Response to Re: serious advice : yeah but them 44.5 bbs dont look that good when somebody is shoving every other hand imho Posted by stokefc
I would love to have someone shoving every hand on my table... with 44BBs you have soooo much time to wait for a hand to call them with, just gota be patient. When you get below 20BBs it starts to go downhill imo... anything over that and there is no need to worry.
blackfish give over now mate, with the bet i put in i defo got the information i needed, he only had 1100, so when he shoves the lot in i now know i am behind, never realised you were a mtt expert though mate, well done
I think your oppo definatly had a big part of that. I have to disagree with you here blackfish m8. If the pot is 800ish and he has 1100 left, there is no way an check raise is a bluff, he would be expecting webby to bet around 600 which then commits him to having to call the 1100 shove. If oppo bets out on flop he has a risk of losing his opponent if he hasn't hit, so to me it looks like he has left the rope there for webby to hang himself.... That being said, the 1/2 pot bet is good because its 1/3 of your oppo's stack to call and there is no way he can call without a big hand... Think you both played it right.
Webby, playing mtts has huge fluctuations in win/lose ratios. Like you I'm married with a job and (here comes the scary bit) kids. I don't play cash for two reasons. 1. It's very time consuming. 2. I'm rubbish at cash. If you want to have an interest that might be profitable as well as enjoyable then mtt's are great, and as you say the returns for a relatively small outlay can be huge. If you want to make a living from your poker then forget mtts.
I don't have the time, commitment or ability to make a living at poker so I enjoy my nightly mtts. You need to determine first of all what you want from poker. If, as with me, it's something to run second to your family etc. then mtts are fine. Making a living means playing predominantly cash and takes a massive amount of dedication and commitment.
From what I've seen, you have a lot of ability, you just need to decide what you want from that ability.
May I ask a foolish Question, Why change the habit of a life time I hear you say.
When you guys are talking about "NL20" or "NL30", what value are you talking about here. are you taking about tables with BB of 20p or 30p OR £20 or £30. I am assuming the former but just wanted to check. I see a lot of posts talking about, for example NL30, and just wanted to be clear about it
May I ask a foolish Question, Why change the habit of a life time I hear you say. When you guys are talking about "NL20" or "NL30", what value are you talking about here. are you taking about tables with BB of 20p or 30p OR £20 or £30. I am assuming the former but just wanted to check. I see a lot of posts talking about, for example NL30, and just wanted to be clear about it Hope this isn't too stupid. Cheers Posted by JockBMW
Assuming some1 sits with the maximum every time then that means what the table sitdown is... i.e NL30 = 15p/30 as max sitdown is £30 NL = No Limit I presume
May I ask a foolish Question, Why change the habit of a life time I hear you say. When you guys are talking about "NL20" or "NL30", what value are you talking about here. are you taking about tables with BB of 20p or 30p OR £20 or £30. I am assuming the former but just wanted to check. I see a lot of posts talking about, for example NL30, and just wanted to be clear about it Hope this isn't too stupid. Cheers Posted by JockBMW
Not stupid at all. NL30 has a BB of 30p on this site.
The slight problem when comparing with posts on other forums about levels is that generally the standard unit of currency is US$ as opposed to pounds sterling so Sky Poker levels are not quite the same as other sites.
thanks for all the advice and comments guys, i know that mtt wins are gonna be few and far between but hopefully some cashes along the way and i can be successful at it, am thinking of playing the 8 o clock tournie tonight, gonna check the entry fee and hopefully i can enter and do ok. in the mean time may try the cash level dohhhh suggested Posted by webby234
Play the £3 and £5 deepstacks. They are great fun, a chance to play some good poker over a decent period of time with a resonable chipstack, and you normally win between £20 and £100 if you cash I don't know if these are "proper" poker but they feel like it compared to the low BI donkfests..
thanks for all the advice and comments guys, i know that mtt wins are gonna be few and far between but hopefully some cashes along the way and i can be successful at it, am thinking of playing the 8 o clock tournie tonight, gonna check the entry fee and hopefully i can enter and do ok. in the mean time may try the cash level dohhhh suggested Posted by webby234
Try the satellites mate. You are more than good enough to get in the top 20% of most fields.
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I don't have the time, commitment or ability to make a living at poker so I enjoy my nightly mtts. You need to determine first of all what you want from poker. If, as with me, it's something to run second to your family etc. then mtts are fine. Making a living means playing predominantly cash and takes a massive amount of dedication and commitment.
From what I've seen, you have a lot of ability, you just need to decide what you want from that ability.
NL30 has a BB of 30p on this site.
The slight problem when comparing with posts on other forums about levels is that generally the standard unit of currency is US$ as opposed to pounds sterling so Sky Poker levels are not quite the same as other sites.
Try the satellites mate. You are more than good enough to get in the top 20% of most fields.