yeah after so much action, would fold JJ too, unless I know Villains at total aggro fishes who have hands in their jam-ranges that absolutely not belong there.
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Originally posted by Primrose6789
yeah after so much action, would fold JJ too, unless I know Villains at total aggro fishes who have hands in their jam-ranges that absolutely not belong there.
the problem here is that it is unlikely that both have a hand that
I beat now
Will hold to showdown.
I've called in this position before when my stack is shorter, and I need to get chips or die (hey -- I want that on a T-shirt).
Several times, they've both held AK, and block each other's outs.
Other times, you're faced with one of them having QQ+ and the other AQ+ and now you're in a world of hurt.
Cheers,
VS
Originally posted by MyFloXyBabY
Haha indeed AA in NLH is often easier than AAxx in PLO ♦
Indeeeeeeeed 
In Holdem it´s easy: get it in, unless you got a 6-7-8 flop, with all of them spades and you got two red acies. AA has 80 % eq against a random hand.
But PLO: Acies CAN be good but don´t have to. Acies only have like 65 % equity against a random hand.
Not only that, but what goes with the aces makes a huge difference
A♥:K♥:A♦:Q♦: is one heck of a lot better than
A♥:9♠:A♦:4♣:
Equity Wins Ties
MP2 69.12% 68.79% 0.33% { AhKhAdQd }
MP3 30.88% 30.55% 0.33% { random }
Equity Wins Ties
MP2 61.98% 61.70% 0.28% { Ah9sAd4c }
MP3 38.02% 37.75% 0.28% { random }
Well better anyway, but not a heck of a lot I guess...
Cheers,
VS
Wow
I haven't posted here in almost a month!
I've been so busy getting my twitch stream layout organized, and you may not have notices, but PokerStrategy.com is under attack by a swarm of spam bots, and each spam post takes time to remove. A small amount -- less than a minute -- for each post, but it needs to be done.
I'll post a full update later this week ...
Cheers,
VS
Has it really been two months?
I just came here to post my SCOOP schedule
But first, my very first set-over-set hold'em win -- at least that I can remember anyway...
Spoiler
Winning Poker Network (Yatahay) - 150/300 NL (8 max) - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4
MP: 29,751
MP+1: 2,441
CO: 29,602
BTN: 15,198
SB: 4,595
BB: 32,001
Hero (UTG): 19,980
UTG+1: 6,695
8 players post ante of 30, SB posts SB 150, BB posts BB 300
Pre Flop: (pot: 690) Hero has 7♠:7♣:
Hero raises to 600, UTG+1 raises to 1,545, fold, fold, CO calls 1,545, fold, fold, BB calls 1,245, Hero calls 945
Flop: (6,570, 4 players) 7♥:6♠:2♣:
BB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets 3,285, fold, fold, Hero raises to 6,570, UTG+1 calls 1,835 and is all-in
Turn: (16,810, 2 players) J♣:
River: (16,810, 2 players) 4♠:
Hero shows 7♠:7♣: (Three of a Kind, Sevens)
(Pre 82%, Flop 96%, Turn 98%)
UTG+1 shows 6♣:6♥: (Three of a Kind, Sixes)
(Pre 18%, Flop 4%, Turn 2%)
Hero wins 16,810
OK, now the SCOOP Schedule...
Evt # Buy-in Game Date Time (UTC)
09-L $11.00 NL 2-7 Single Draw $15K Gtd 2019-05-13 18:15
**13-L $22.00 FL 2-7 Triple Draw $25K Gtd 2019-05-14 18:15
18-L $11.00 FL Omaha H/L $20K Gtd 2019-05-16 15:45
37-L $5.50 NL Omaha H/L $20K Gtd 2019-05-20 18:15
** Optional -- I'm often busy on Tuesdays
All of the above are entered as a result of winning a satellite except for the FL 2-7 Triple Draw
All of the above will be streamed live at http://www.twitch.com/maugr1s
wish me luck!
VS
Your first ? Wow, you mustn't be playing a lot of NLH then ^^
Gl hf of course, may the white magic be with you ! 
And you don't play stud so you'll be fine.
Chinese proverb : Give a HUD to a man, he'll exploit one day, but teach him to use a tracker... and he'll complain about his AIEV all his life 
"Si debis pedere, pedis superbe. (If you must fart, fart proudly)" VorpalF2F
Originally posted by MyFloXyBabY
Your first ? Wow, you mustn't be playing a lot of NLH then ^^
Don't forget the "that I can remember" part. I'm old now.
In fact, I am a year older than the first commercially successful transistor.
Man! That hurts!
I don't play a lot of NLH 'tis true, and I don't play a lot of small PP either so maybe it happened, and it passed unnoticed...
(and I may have folded top set if bottom set shoved -- I used to play like that)
All the best,
VS
Aaaw, SCOOP: So many memories! 
Would like to play some events too. Would love to play at least one PLO or PLO8-tourney!
Originally posted by Primrose6789
Our paths may cross, then... ♠_wink:
(I'll leave you alone in the PLO-high, though.)
I was going to write down a schedule myself yesterday, but then I saw that there are only a few events I'm interested in, and for many of those, I won't know if I'm available due to my IRL schedule. So I'll just deal with each day as it comes.
I am from a different community but I often visit here...how come I never came across this blog? 
Read the first pages about the MGP and how you acted to solve your mental game issues. Top material! GLGL!!
Originally posted by Harrier88
Originally posted by Primrose6789
Our paths may cross, then... ♠_wink:
(I'll leave you alone in the PLO-high, though.)I was going to write down a schedule myself yesterday, but then I saw that there are only a few events I'm interested in, and for many of those, I won't know if I'm available due to my IRL schedule. So I'll just deal with each day as it comes.
Don´t worry, I´m not good at PLO8 - just play it for fun. If you take my chips - well then: So bet it! ♠_biggrin:
Originally posted by bookai
I am from a different community but I often visit here...how come I never came across this blog?
Thanks for dropping by!
Send my best wishes to all in the Portuguese community!
All the best,
VS
A Day full of Nines
I suppose it makes sense, since these hands all come from SCOOP 09-L $11 NL 2-7 Single Draw
Yes, I cashed, but only on my second bullet. The total invested was about 16 dollars, since my first entry was via satellite.
I finished 120th of 2238 (top 5%) for $41.45
The first hand involving a pair of 9 made Hand of the Day
The second was much like the first, but going the other way:
beware the feral cow packs. they hunger.
PokerStars No Limit Single Draw ($9.80+$1.20) t2000/t4000 ante t1000 - 7 players
Button: t182,847
SB: t164,785
BB: t143,767
UTG: t180,183
UTG+1: t309,326
HJ: t218,075
CO: t44,472 (Hero)
Dealing Hands: (t13,000) 2♠:K♣:5♠:8♥:4♦: (7 players)
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to t8800, HJ folds, Hero calls t8800, 3 folds
First Draw: (t30,600) (2 players)
UTG+1 discards 1, Hero discards 1,
2♠:5♠:8♥:4♦: || 3♦:
UTG+1 bets t299526 and is all-in, Hero calls t34672 and is all-in
UTG+1 showed 9♥:5♥:6♥:2♥:9♠:, Lo: a pair of Nines
Hero showed 2♠:5♠:8♥:4♦:3♦:, Lo: 8,5,4,3,2
Hero won t99944
Yet another one bluffing with 99xxx
Milked from the teat of a feral cow
PokerStars No Limit Single Draw ($9.80+$1.20) t2000/t4000 ante t1000 - 7 players
BB: t229,097
UTG: t145,785
UTG+1: t135,767
HJ: t121,623
CO: t245,604
Button: t231,635
SB: t133,944 (Hero)
Dealing Hands: (t13,000) 5♥:6♦:8♦:6♣:2♦: (7 players)
UTG raises to t8000, 4 folds, Hero calls t6000, BB folds
First Draw: (t27,000) (2 players)
Hero discards 1, UTG discards 1,
5♥:8♦:6♣:2♦: || 7♠:
Hero checks, UTG bets t21600, Hero calls t21600
UTG showed 9♥:2♠:8♥:4♣:9♣:, Lo: a pair of Nines
Hero showed 5♥:8♦:6♣:2♦:7♠:, Lo: 8,7,6,5,2
Hero won t70200
I guess if they're not going to fold when you bluff with 9s, why not bluff with something bigger?
Feral Cow Poker
PokerStars No Limit Single Draw ($9.80+$1.20) t3000/t6000 ante t1500 - 7 players
UTG: t291,597
UTG+1: t137,155
HJ: t79,267
CO: t158,486
Button: t158,416
SB: t236,090
BB: t182,444 (Hero)
Dealing Hands: (t19,500) 4♦:7♦:3♦:T♥:K♦: (7 players)
2 folds, HJ folds, CO folds, Button raises to t15000, SB folds, Hero calls t9000
First Draw: (t43,500) (2 players)
Hero discards 1, Button stands,
4♦:7♦:3♦:T♥: || 8♣:
Hero checks, Button bets t21750, Hero calls t21750
Button showed 5♦:5♠:9♦:5♣:2♣:, Lo: three of a kind, Fives
Hero showed 4♦:7♦:3♦:T♥:8♣:, Lo: T,8,7,4,3
Hero won t87000
I wonder if someone bluffed with a royal flush, the line would read:
Button showed A♥:K♥:Q♥:J♥:T♥:, Lo: Royal Flush in Hearts
Could you please give me the most basic of insights into this game? Are you supposed to make the lowest hand possible or something? What about triple draw, are you allowed to discard part of your hand and get new cards, is that it?
Yes indeed -- that is exactly how it works.
The best hand is 75432 with at least two suits.
The single-draw form is always played NL (as far as I know anyway)
The triple-draw form is always played as a limit game.
In triple-draw you have 3 chances to improve your hand.
You can discard any or all of your cards, or keep them all -- known as "standing pat"
In practice you rarely discard more than 3, unless you get a freeplay in the big blind.
Position is a huge factor in this game, because the only information you get on opponents hand strength is how many cards they draw.
I don't know of any articles on PokerStrategy.com for these games -- perhaps that can be remedied
Cheers,
VS
Here's the current schedule:
Evt # Buy-in Game Date Time (UTC) Result Paid
09-L $11.00 NL 2-7 Single Draw $15K Gtd 2019-05-13 18:15 120/2238 41.45
13-L** $22.00 FL 2-7 Triple Draw $25K Gtd 2019-05-14 18:15 skip
18-L $11.00 FL Omaha H/L $20K Gtd 2019-05-16 15:45
37-L $5.50 NL Omaha H/L $20K Gtd 2019-05-20 18:15
These will be streamed at http://www.twitch.com/maugr1s
I will play some stud or stud8 if I get in via satellite
I'll decide on the PLO in the next couple of days.