The probability of there being a card higher than a jack on the flop if you hold two jacks is: 1-(38/50*37/49*36/48), i.e. there is a 57% chance of there being at least one over-card. Posted by MereNovice
The probability of there being a card higher than a jack on the flop if you hold two jacks is: 1-(38/50*37/49*36/48), i.e. there is a 57% chance of there being at least one over-card. Posted by MereNovice
Thanks Vince, appreciate that.
A 57% chance of a card higher than a Jack on the flop is exactly in line with what I said - "nearly half the time". Ish........
Sorry for this being such a large post it's how the hands copy out of the history. Anyway I was on a table last night and I admit I got lucky on the hands after you can see them face up but after these 3 I was getting called a fish obviously there was lot's of hands in between these. Just wondered if I shouldn't have played them or if the way I did was wrong the first I find pretty standard?
M Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £8.09
Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £7.92 Your hole cards
* 5c 5h
El-Ks Fold don Raise £0.40 £0.52 £9.23 da Fold M Fold Cashbox Call £0.32 £0.84 £7.60 Flop
* 2Q5 All spades
Cashbox Check don Bet £0.84 £1.68 £8.39 Cashbox Raise £2.10 £3.78 £5.50 don Call £1.26 £5.04 £7.13 Turn
* 10h
Cashbox All-in £5.50 £10.54 £0.00 don Call £5.50 £16.04 £1.63 Cashbox Show *5c 5h
dop Show * Kc Kd
--------------------- This one I believed I was ahead on the flop so the turn was a blank in my mind, His bet I believed to be a semi bluff at the flush when the 4th spade comes I thought about it for a bit and decided to call with there only being two spades out there that can beat me.
Man Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £7.81 Cashbox Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £14.44 Your hole cards Js 8c
El Raise £0.16 £0.28 £9.56 do Fold JGI Call £0.16 £0.44 £6.08 da Fold M Call £0.12 £0.56 £7.69 Cashbox Call £0.08 £0.64 £14.36 Flop
* 10 8 5 all spades
M Bet £0.32 £0.96 £7.37 Cashbox Call £0.32 £1.28 £14.04 E Fold J Fold Turn
* 3h
M Bet £1.28 £2.56 £6.09 Cashbox Call £1.28 £3.84 £12.76 River
* As
M Bet £1.92 £5.76 £4.17 Cashbox Call £1.92 £7.68 £10.84 Ma Show * 55 Cashbox Show * J8 Cashbox Win Flush to the Ace £7.10 --------------------- This one the guy would have bet out at that board with any two cards 90% of the time it's not a terrible board for my hand there are two overs but it does give me a gut shot and anything but a pair in your hole will have missed more often than not.
Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £10.11 G Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £5.37 Your hole cards
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I'm not going to comment upon the hands, because that's NOT the point you are making, I don't believe. In fact, I have not even studied the hands you have Posted, because it's not relevant.
The point is, & many, many, players write to me about this - is that you were mocked because of the way you played some of the hands.
Well I'd say this.
It is YOUR money, & you are free to play, or not play, any hand, any way you wish. It is nobody else's business if you make good or bad plays, or whether you or they win or lose, unless they pay your Entry Fees. And they do not.
For what it's worth, 90% of chatbox abuse comes from players who LOST the hand. Which says it all, really. A significant number of poker players are not very good losers, but you must not let them spoil your enjoyment of the game by their ill-manners or lack of backbone.
It's your money, CashBox, & don't EVER let anyone else tell you how you should spend it. It's none of their business.
I hope you continue to enjoy your Poker - because that is the only reason recreational players - & 99% of Sky Poker players ARE recreational - have to play the game.
Hi Cashbox, I'm not going to comment upon the hands, because that's NOT the point you are making, I don't believe. In fact, I have not even studied the hands you have Posted, because it's not relevant. The point is, & many, many, players write to me about this - is that you were mocked because of the way you played some of the hands. Well I'd say this. It is YOUR money, & you are free to play, or not play, any hand, any way you wish. It is nobody else's business if you make good or bad plays, or whether you or they win or lose, unless they pay your Entry Fees. And they do not. For what it's worth, 90% of chatbox abuse comes from players who LOST the hand. Which says it all, really. A significant number of poker players are not very good losers, but you must not let them spoil your enjoyment of the game by their ill-manners or lack of backbone. It's your money, CashBox, & don't EVER let anyone else tell you how you should spend it. It's none of their business. I hope you continue to enjoy your Poker - because that is the only reason recreational players - & 99% of Sky Poker players ARE recreational - have to play the game. Take care now. Posted by Tikay10
Hi Cashbox Could you please edit your post and remove the opponents names please, If you feel you have suffered abuse on the tables, please contact Customer Care, you can find the contact details at the bottom of the page. Thank you Sky Mod Posted by Sky_Mod4
Names made so they cannot be made out sorry about that. No need to report it I can understand the frustration that leads to it we have all felt it and it wasn't that bad in fairness.
Tikay thanks for the quick response and I appreciate the comments which are very true. I wouldn't have minded some feedback on my play though as it's always good to have another insight to try and improve my game.
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Names made so they cannot be made out sorry about that. No need to report it I can understand the frustration that leads to it we have all felt it and it wasn't that bad in fairness. Tikay thanks for the quick response and I appreciate the comments which are very true. I wouldn't have minded some feedback on my play though as it's always good to have another insight to try and improve my game. Posted by Cashbox
Any hands your struggling with matey post em in the clinic - you usually gat good solid responses - not just what you did was right/wrong but the reasons for it & how to play similar situations next time.
I was walking through one of our parks and spotted an elderly gentleman (in a strange scarf) feeding the pigeons. This person was not only feeding the pigeons but also telling them what to do "You've had enough, let someone else have some, you stop being a bully or I won't feed you anymore!" As I watched, I noticed one of the pigeons was on the outer edge of the rest and was not able to get any of the lovely seed which was being offered. I realised this pigeon had some sort of line tangled around it's leg and this was hampering it's movement. The 'pigeon feeder' noticed this birds' injury. Without a seconds' hesitation the man shouted at the to of his vioce.........
"If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times... Never Ever Limp!"
This coming Saturday, on the Live Show, I expect to reach a personal milestone - it will be the 1 zillionth time I have said to players "please limp less"! They never listen to me, though, so they are not that daft.
Fortunately, the better Tourney structures being phased in now do the job for me, because the more technically correct players are cashing time & time again. (Have you seen GliterBabe's results lately?) Long may it last.
In Response to Deep in $5 rebuys : Hi Mark, That's a really well-constructed & presented Question. I think you are starting fom the wrong place, though. 17th of 1,690 this week, & 67th last week is excellent - there's not much wrong with your game. (More of which shortly). You have to grasp a fundamental though. In 1,700 runner Tourneys, someone like Phil Hellmuth, who, shall we hypothesise, has a decent edge on the fierld in relative terms, will win it, what, one time in 600? 700? And he'll cash 3 times in 10, maybe. There is massive Variance in large-field Tourneys, & you are just are NOT gonna win every one. Now, your game. Well it seem fine to me, but there's just one trick to remember. The deeper you go, the more aggro you must be. Just gradually fettle the aggro throttle firmer & firmer. Hand ranges? Forget them. Play position, players, "spots", little commando raids on the Blinds. 4-4? Muck it or shove, never call. Be persistently consistent, & look for every single "spot" you can. Unopened Pots in late Position are a golden harvest waiting to be picked, & first one to Bet usually gets the fruit. Good Luck - come & tell us when you get the big scoopio. PS - And, ahem, play more on Sky Poker! Posted by Tikay10
Hi Tikay,
I am back. Been away in France for a while. My game has come on leaps and bounds just following your last few gems of advise. My last 3 SKY poker tournaments have harvested 2 wins. My game is ready for the next level. I will try the primo and some of the bigger tournaments on here between now and christmas.
I am ready to post some of my findings from the last couple of years. Strategy has moved on but the basics are still always worth remembering.
Just played this evenings £11 SPT event at 10pm which I think is going to be shown on TV at some point. I was looking to win my third tournament from 4 entries. I got heads up but got disconnected! So frustrating only to get reconnected and blinded away in minutes when the chip leader. Is there any compensation for that from SKY? I thought I had his game sussed to and was looking forward to taking him out - so a little sour going to bed.
i would just like to say goodbye i think tonite sky exeeded even my form of the f i x i had a pair of 10s my opponent had a pair of 10s you can mabye see where i am going not even my kings against nines my jacks against fours etc and i mean a lot of etc live up to the hand tonite wot odds on a flush. you may say thats poker but if this so called luck had to befall on your blue eyed boys who seem to have all the luck and win most and end up in top ten of most of your tourneys, i say why , percentage wise the top players in the world dont make so many final tables in world poker as your blue eyed boys do on sky poker. in other words stop the f i x and let the cream rise you cannot f i x success. and you will get noware your big players are not so big. so take my advise or fall, because world or euro poker wont put the cards in there lap, and again goodbye p.s have a look at my hand history and you may see my point
A "not so serious" question regarding the recent maintenance.
Can you get them to change the site back to before it happened? I was winning then, but since the site came back on I've been out flopped and rivered so many times I think it has been rigged against me!!? It was extremely annoying yesterday to put it mildly, not so much this morning.
i would just like to say goodbye i think tonite sky exeeded even my form of the f i x i had a pair of 10s my opponent had a pair of 10s you can mabye see where i am going not even my kings against nines my jacks against fours etc and i mean a lot of etc live up to the hand tonite wot odds on a flush. you may say thats poker but if this so called luck had to befall on your blue eyed boys who seem to have all the luck and win most and end up in top ten of most of your tourneys, i say why , percentage wise the top players in the world dont make so many final tables in world poker as your blue eyed boys do on sky poker. in other words stop the f i x and let the cream rise you cannot f i x success. and you will get noware your big players are not so big. so take my advise or fall, because world or euro poker wont put the cards in there lap, and again goodbye p.s have a look at my hand history and you may see my point Posted by RAB642
Does anybody know any funny moves????? My personal fav... The guy's checking before you then calling a hearty raise, obviously fishing, and does so on the flop and then repeats the turn... If the river comes an innocent card and he checks again, trust me, you could fire 1 BB and he would fold his hand instantly... so what i do is just check it in behind them revealing the extent of the guys fishing to the table and in the process embarassing the player fishing... then maybe a cheeky comment saying "you'll never be a fisherman *fish slap*" or "desperate call on the turn pal" either way he'll think twice about fishing against you again...
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A 57% chance of a card higher than a Jack on the flop is exactly in line with what I said - "nearly half the time". Ish........
Speak for yourself, Mike. He's feisty, obdurate, tetchy, curmudgeonly, & old.
M Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £8.09
Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £7.92
Your hole cards
* 5c 5h
El-Ks Fold
don Raise £0.40 £0.52 £9.23
da Fold
M Fold
Cashbox Call £0.32 £0.84 £7.60
Flop
* 2Q5 All spades
Cashbox Check
don Bet £0.84 £1.68 £8.39
Cashbox Raise £2.10 £3.78 £5.50
don Call £1.26 £5.04 £7.13
Turn
* 10h
Cashbox All-in £5.50 £10.54 £0.00
don Call £5.50 £16.04 £1.63
Cashbox Show *5c 5h
dop Show * Kc Kd
---------------------
This one I believed I was ahead on the flop so the turn was a blank in my mind, His bet I believed to be a semi bluff at the flush when the 4th spade comes I thought about it for a bit and decided to call with there only being two spades out there that can beat me.
Man Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £7.81
Cashbox Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £14.44
Your hole cards Js 8c
El Raise £0.16 £0.28 £9.56
do Fold
JGI Call £0.16 £0.44 £6.08
da Fold
M Call £0.12 £0.56 £7.69
Cashbox Call £0.08 £0.64 £14.36
Flop
* 10 8 5 all spades
M Bet £0.32 £0.96 £7.37
Cashbox Call £0.32 £1.28 £14.04
E Fold
J Fold
Turn
* 3h
M Bet £1.28 £2.56 £6.09
Cashbox Call £1.28 £3.84 £12.76
River
* As
M Bet £1.92 £5.76 £4.17
Cashbox Call £1.92 £7.68 £10.84
Ma Show * 55
Cashbox Show * J8
Cashbox Win Flush to the Ace £7.10
---------------------
This one the guy would have bet out at that board with any two cards 90% of the time it's not a terrible board for my hand there are two overs but it does give me a gut shot and anything but a pair in your hole will have missed more often than not.
Small blind £0.04 £0.04 £10.11
G Big blind £0.08 £0.12 £5.37
Your hole cards
* 33
Cashbox Call £0.08 £0.20 £19.32
A9 Fold
dyp Raise £0.40 £0.60 £7.76
JRFC Fold
day20 Call £0.36 £0.96 £9.75
GO Fold
Cashbox Call £0.32 £1.28 £19.00
Flop
* 562
d Check
Cashbox Check
d Bet £1.28 £2.56 £6.48
d20 Fold
Cashbox Call £1.28 £3.84 £17.72
Turn
* 4
Cashbox Check
dop Bet £3.84 £7.68 £2.64
Cashbox Raise £7.68 £15.36 £10.04
dypp All-in £2.64 £18.00 £0.00
Cashbox Unmatched bet £1.20 £16.80 £11.24
Cashbox Show 33
donp Show KK
River 2
Cashbox Win Straight to the 6 £15.54
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Thank you
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Hi Cashbox,
I'm not going to comment upon the hands, because that's NOT the point you are making, I don't believe. In fact, I have not even studied the hands you have Posted, because it's not relevant.
The point is, & many, many, players write to me about this - is that you were mocked because of the way you played some of the hands.
Well I'd say this.
It is YOUR money, & you are free to play, or not play, any hand, any way you wish. It is nobody else's business if you make good or bad plays, or whether you or they win or lose, unless they pay your Entry Fees. And they do not.
For what it's worth, 90% of chatbox abuse comes from players who LOST the hand. Which says it all, really. A significant number of poker players are not very good losers, but you must not let them spoil your enjoyment of the game by their ill-manners or lack of backbone.
It's your money, CashBox, & don't EVER let anyone else tell you how you should spend it. It's none of their business.
I hope you continue to enjoy your Poker - because that is the only reason recreational players - & 99% of Sky Poker players ARE recreational - have to play the game.
Take care now.
Is this really true with a name like cashbox?
Something to ponder
Tikay thanks for the quick response and I appreciate the comments which are very true. I wouldn't have minded some feedback on my play though as it's always good to have another insight to try and improve my game.
Give it a go always worth the time invested.
I was walking through one of our parks and spotted an elderly gentleman (in a strange scarf) feeding the pigeons. This person was not only feeding the pigeons but also telling them what to do "You've had enough, let someone else have some, you stop being a bully or I won't feed you anymore!"
As I watched, I noticed one of the pigeons was on the outer edge of the rest and was not able to get any of the lovely seed which was being offered. I realised this pigeon had some sort of line tangled around it's leg and this was hampering it's movement. The 'pigeon feeder' noticed this birds' injury. Without a seconds' hesitation the man shouted at the to of his vioce.........
"If I've said it once I've said it a thousand times... Never Ever Limp!"
Rumbled, that was me, Smudgesmit!
This coming Saturday, on the Live Show, I expect to reach a personal milestone - it will be the 1 zillionth time I have said to players "please limp less"! They never listen to me, though, so they are not that daft.
Fortunately, the better Tourney structures being phased in now do the job for me, because the more technically correct players are cashing time & time again. (Have you seen GliterBabe's results lately?) Long may it last.
I am back. Been away in France for a while. My game has come on leaps and bounds just following your last few gems of advise. My last 3 SKY poker tournaments have harvested 2 wins. My game is ready for the next level. I will try the primo and some of the bigger tournaments on here between now and christmas.
I am ready to post some of my findings from the last couple of years. Strategy has moved on but the basics are still always worth remembering.
See you at the tables
Mark
Hope to see some hands on TV
Mark
A "not so serious" question regarding the recent maintenance.
Can you get them to change the site back to before it happened?
I was winning then, but since the site came back on I've been out flopped and rivered so many times I think it has been rigged against me!!?
It was extremely annoying yesterday to put it mildly, not so much this morning.
Well, you did say to post more?!
Does anybody know any funny moves????? My personal fav... The guy's checking before you then calling a hearty raise, obviously fishing, and does so on the flop and then repeats the turn... If the river comes an innocent card and he checks again, trust me, you could fire 1 BB and he would fold his hand instantly... so what i do is just check it in behind them revealing the extent of the guys fishing to the table and in the process embarassing the player fishing... then maybe a cheeky comment saying "you'll never be a fisherman *fish slap*" or "desperate call on the turn pal" either way he'll think twice about fishing against you again...