In case you guys dont show my hand (requested it in thread) i just wanted your quick thoughts on my fold of Kings VS Aces, i know you were talking about that with Ian Fraser the other week.
347661247 - I make what should have been my best fold ever (so far after 2 months play! lol), getting rid of kings pre flop after an odd shove by a fellow large stack in this 15k BH semi, what follows still hurts now, knew he had aces cos its the only hand he would risk that spot with, so just couldnt.
But what id like to know is should i have played it any different given the circumstances? We were around 8/9th out of 36 left, when top 12 'cashed', i would have been all in to call.
Was this, as i hoped at the time, a good fold? surely not a bad reraise pre flop? had to get more money in then and wanted it heads up with the shortstack really. Shouldnt be results orientated as you always say so good fold then? i was so proud of myself for like 0.84 secs until i saw king on flop lol!
A percentage of your buy in is put towards the prize pool and then the remaining percentage is put on your head (the bounty) If you knock someone out of the tournament, you gain their bounty. People tend to call all in's a bit looser as there is the chance of winning someones bounty. I hope this explains, im sure others can add extra stuff too, im only a newbie myself.
new 2 this poker think,having fun,but whats a bounty tourament? Posted by norman1968
Hi norman & welcome to the forum,
Just to expand on djgrevos reply. With a bounty hunter half of the entry fee goes into the prize pool and the other half is put on the players head as a bounty, When you eliminate a player from the game you receive 3/4 of his bounty and the remaining 1/4 is added to the bounty that is on your head.
Hi Tikay In case you guys dont show my hand (requested it in thread) i just wanted your quick thoughts on my fold of Kings VS Aces, i know you were talking about that with Ian Fraser the other week. 347661247 - I make what should have been my best fold ever (so far after 2 months play! lol), getting rid of kings pre flop after an odd shove by a fellow large stack in this 15k BH semi, what follows still hurts now, knew he had aces cos its the only hand he would risk that spot with, so just couldnt. But what id like to know is should i have played it any different given the circumstances? We were around 8/9th out of 36 left, when top 12 'cashed', i would have been all in to call. Was this, as i hoped at the time, a good fold? surely not a bad reraise pre flop? had to get more money in then and wanted it heads up with the shortstack really. Shouldnt be results orientated as you always say so good fold then? i was so proud of myself for like 0.84 secs until i saw king on flop lol! Posted by Janana
Hi JANANA,
Well yes - the fact that the K dropped has absolutely nothing to do with the decision being right or wrong - nothing at all.*
I cannot, I'm afraid, access your H-H, sorry.
It is a HUGE fold though, & many will say "I can't fold Kings in that spot". Some will say the opposite - you were cruising to a nice cash, no need to risk it.
Tomatoes & tomaytoes, potatoes & potartoes.
Not sure I could make that fold, but sometimes you just KNOW he has to be ahead.
* I play with one regular who comments after EVERY hand "oooh, I woulda won that, I had 9-3 & woulda flopped the house" or whatever. Really hard to know what to say when they reel that stuff out hand after hand! Just move on, forget it, it's gone. If I looked back at every mistake I'd made in life, I'd never be able to see what lay ahead. Bonkers.
Yes i almost knew you were going to say that but i still needed to hear it, lol, as it is it didnt matter, i didnt tilt too bad and came back and qualified so il be playing in a bit.
I just feel a bit cheated that i managed to make the mightiest of lay downs pre flop, and the accomplishment to have been soured yaknow? But anyway i can still go to my grave happy knowing i folded kings to aces, something Ian said he had never done! Thanks tikay
ps - maybe one thing of note is that i made the fold after putting about 1/3 of my stack in, i felt it was a spot few players would make as bigger fold as that so was well chuffed for like i say a nano-second! lol
Hi Norman, A percentage of your buy in is put towards the prize pool and then the remaining percentage is put on your head (the bounty) If you knock someone out of the tournament, you gain their bounty. People tend to call all in's a bit looser as there is the chance of winning someones bounty. I hope this explains, im sure others can add extra stuff too, im only a newbie myself. GL and regards Dan Posted by djgrevo
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Hi norman & welcome to the forum, Just to expand on djgrevos reply. With a bounty hunter half of the entry fee goes into the prize pool and the other half is put on the players head as a bounty, When you eliminate a player from the game you receive 3/4 of his bounty and the remaining 1/4 is added to the bounty that is on your head. Steve Posted by Mod_Kiwini
cheers you old MOD...we r the mods,you brought it all back there!lol
hi tikay. whats the best way to play kings ive slow played them and played them aggresivly but an ace always seems to drop in and some1 has a raggy ace. in the last 2 wekks ive had kings 6 times and lost all 6. many thanks.
Question regarding the restrictions on the media at the WSOP Main Event.
Can the players come to the rail or under the rail to speak to the sky poker people to tell them what has been happening or how many chips they have? Would this be permited?
Hi Tony Question regarding the restrictions on the media at the WSOP Main Event. Can the players come to the rail or under the rail to speak to the sky poker people to tell them what has been happening or how many chips they have? Would this be permited? Sue Posted by kidgirlgy
Sue,
FYI - this is the (controversial) Rule 18:
"Credentialed media may not speak with or in any other way distract players during tournament action while they are seated at the table. This act is subject to immediate ejection. The only acceptable time to approach a player is during the breaks in action or when a player steps away from the table voluntarily."
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Sue, FYI - this is the (controversial) Rule 18: "Credentialed media may not speak with or in any other way distract players during tournament action while they are seated at the table. This act is subject to immediate ejection. The only acceptable time to approach a player is during the breaks in action or when a player steps away from the table voluntarily." Posted by J-Hartigan
I don't care what people say about Sky i now know for a fact the truth. I hate to say it because i never truly believed online poker is rigged or anything like that but after playing for a few months and running my bankroll up to a good amount i chose to withdraw over half of it and play with my remaining profits which was still a substantial amount of cash. Funnily enough ever since i withdrew my money i have been running as badly as i can ever remember and sometimes the beats are beyond belief. 3 times in 1 cash game sitting i lost with Aces to a weaker Ace which is only a 6-7% shot. I am well aware of variance and bad runs and have many in the past but i really struggle to put this down to that at the moment becasue you can't be unlucky that much for so long. I think of a lot of skypoker and until recently thought it was a great site but now i have seen what happens as soon as you withdraw a substantial amount of money from the site. I can guarentee as soon as i deposit a similar amount i will running like an average player again.
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Hi Tony Question regarding the restrictions on the media at the WSOP Main Event. Can the players come to the rail or under the rail to speak to the sky poker people to tell them what has been happening or how many chips they have? Would this be permited? Sue Posted by kidgirlgy
In Response to Re: Ask Tikay? : Sue, FYI - this is the (controversial) Rule 18: "Credentialed media may not speak with or in any other way distract players during tournament action while they are seated at the table. This act is subject to immediate ejection.The only acceptable time to approach a player is during the breaks in action or when a player steps away from the table voluntarily." Posted by J-Hartigan
My interpretation of that rule makes the answer to Sue's question an absolute yes.
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Hi Tikay
In case you guys dont show my hand (requested it in thread) i just wanted your quick thoughts on my fold of Kings VS Aces, i know you were talking about that with Ian Fraser the other week.
347661247 - I make what should have been my best fold ever (so far after 2 months play! lol), getting rid of kings pre flop after an odd shove by a fellow large stack in this 15k BH semi, what follows still hurts now, knew he had aces cos its the only hand he would risk that spot with, so just couldnt.
But what id like to know is should i have played it any different given the circumstances? We were around 8/9th out of 36 left, when top 12 'cashed', i would have been all in to call.
Was this, as i hoped at the time, a good fold? surely not a bad reraise pre flop? had to get more money in then and wanted it heads up with the shortstack really. Shouldnt be results orientated as you always say so good fold then? i was so proud of myself for like 0.84 secs until i saw king on flop lol!
A percentage of your buy in is put towards the prize pool and then the remaining percentage is put on your head (the bounty) If you knock someone out of the tournament, you gain their bounty. People tend to call all in's a bit looser as there is the chance of winning someones bounty. I hope this explains, im sure others can add extra stuff too, im only a newbie myself.
GL and regards
Dan
Just to expand on djgrevos reply. With a bounty hunter half of the entry fee goes into the prize pool and the other half is put on the players head as a bounty, When you eliminate a player from the game you receive 3/4 of his bounty and the remaining 1/4 is added to the bounty that is on your head.
Steve
Well yes - the fact that the K dropped has absolutely nothing to do with the decision being right or wrong - nothing at all.*
I cannot, I'm afraid, access your H-H, sorry.
It is a HUGE fold though, & many will say "I can't fold Kings in that spot". Some will say the opposite - you were cruising to a nice cash, no need to risk it.
Tomatoes & tomaytoes, potatoes & potartoes.
Not sure I could make that fold, but sometimes you just KNOW he has to be ahead.
* I play with one regular who comments after EVERY hand "oooh, I woulda won that, I had 9-3 & woulda flopped the house" or whatever. Really hard to know what to say when they reel that stuff out hand after hand! Just move on, forget it, it's gone. If I looked back at every mistake I'd made in life, I'd never be able to see what lay ahead. Bonkers.
Thanks for your swift reply tikay
Yes i almost knew you were going to say that but i still needed to hear it, lol, as it is it didnt matter, i didnt tilt too bad and came back and qualified so il be playing in a bit.
I just feel a bit cheated that i managed to make the mightiest of lay downs pre flop, and the accomplishment to have been soured yaknow? But anyway i can still go to my grave happy knowing i folded kings to aces, something Ian said he had never done! Thanks tikay
ps - maybe one thing of note is that i made the fold after putting about 1/3 of my stack in, i felt it was a spot few players would make as bigger fold as that so was well chuffed for like i say a nano-second! lol
Crazy stories like this always make me wonder where this country is going??? NUTZ!
tikay .
The beauty of poker in one hand 347951828
hi tikay. whats the best way to play kings ive slow played them and played them aggresivly but an ace always seems to drop in and some1 has a raggy ace. in the last 2 wekks ive had kings 6 times and lost all 6. many thanks.
Question regarding the restrictions on the media at the WSOP Main Event.
Can the players come to the rail or under the rail to speak to the sky poker people to tell them what has been happening or how many chips they have? Would this be permited?
Sue
"Credentialed media may not speak with or in any other way distract players during tournament action while they are seated at the table. This act is subject to immediate ejection. The only acceptable time to approach a player is during the breaks in action or when a player steps away from the table voluntarily."
Thanks James
Sue
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