OcUK Poker Thread.

el_dazza · 20 Jul 2011 at 14:51

Nice royal Rotty

Bit more notice and I'd have come along, sadly not the dollar to do so, even though I've got this weekend off and I NEVER get weekends off!

November 9 are set, this year's line-up in suckout central is:

Seat 1: Matt Giannetti (24,750,000)
Seat 2: Badih Bounahra (19,700,000)
Seat 3: Eoghan O'Dea (33,925,000)
Seat 4: Phil Collins (23,875,000)
Seat 5: Anton Makiievskyi (13,825,000)
Seat 6: Samuel Holden (12,375,000)
Seat 7: Pius Heinz (16,425,000)
Seat 8: Ben Lamb (20,875,000)
Seat 9: Martin Staszko (40,175,000)

I'm going to pick Phil Collins, purely for the name

Rotty · 20 Jul 2011 at 18:44

O'Dea looked good when I was watching last night

Rotty · 26 Jul 2011 at 13:45

Ending of the weekend home game, money on table WSOP style

unfortunately I had a bad start to day 2 , ran nut flush into full house and then top 2 into flopped set, made £2,375 prize fund from 9 players

el_dazza · 11 Aug 2011 at 17:37

That is so funny, I actually hurt

Rotty · 11 Aug 2011 at 20:47

saw that ages ago but it never hurts to watch it again, love the way they all pick on Hellmuth

Rotty · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:28

Great game at DTD at moment, guaranteed at 250k, multi ( 40 I think ) online and live day 1s , 50 quid a go, had 3 goes so far and not made it to day 2 ( 10% make it ) , another go tomorrow

Pighardia · 16 Aug 2011 at 23:32

I have absolutely made the decision now that i am NEVER calling all-in pre-flop again in a cash game, and if we aren't shorthanded(4 or less) in a tournament. Even with aces

Rotty · 20 Aug 2011 at 19:24

Rotty said:
Great game at DTD at moment, guaranteed at 250k, multi ( 40 I think ) online and live day 1s , 50 quid a go, had 3 goes so far and not made it to day 2 ( 10% make it ) , another go tomorrow

This made 4010 entries, needed 5000 to make the guarantee, theres about 300 left in at the moment

http://www.dusktilldawnpokerclub.com/result-info.php?id=2262

ColdAsIce · 20 Aug 2011 at 20:06

Pighardia said:
I have absolutely made the decision now that i am NEVER calling all-in pre-flop again in a cash game, and if we aren't shorthanded(4 or less) in a tournament. Even with aces

Got to take some bad beats on the chin

Pighardia · 20 Aug 2011 at 20:23

ColdAsIce said:
Got to take some bad beats on the chin

Not if you stop calling

I can handle making a bad call, or even being rivered, but i'm not calling all-in pre-flop from now on, unless it is really short-handed

ColdAsIce · 20 Aug 2011 at 20:56

Pighardia said:
Not if you stop calling

I can handle making a bad call, or even being rivered, but i'm not calling all-in pre-flop from now on, unless it is really short-handed

I don't play cash but in Tournament poker I aint folding AA/KK pre-flop ever. QQ I am 75% calling with as people happily push with A10/AJ/AQ/AK and smaller pocket pairs for some reason.

Rotty · 21 Aug 2011 at 01:58

Pighardia said:
Not if you stop calling

I can handle making a bad call, or even being rivered, but i'm not calling all-in pre-flop from now on, unless it is really short-handed

I assumed your 1st post was sarcastic, if you are folding pre when you believe you are ahead then you need to take up a different game, sorry to be so blunt

Rotty · 21 Aug 2011 at 01:59

ColdAsIce said:
I don't play cash but in Tournament poker I aint folding AA/KK pre-flop ever. QQ I am 75% calling with as people happily push with A10/AJ/AQ/AK and smaller pocket pairs for some reason.

I have folded QQ once pre and have never folded KK/AA

Pighardia · 21 Aug 2011 at 02:14

Both comments were tongue-in-cheek, but there is nothing worse than when you go deep in a tournament and someone goes all-in preflop and you have a hand where you feel you have to call. You have to call, but a lucky(unlucky) draw puts you out of the tournament! I could easily lay down KK or QQ in that situation(depending on other factors obviously). I prefer to trust my game with cards on the table

I have folded QQ many times pre-flop, KK a few times and never AA (obviously it will never happen, but i feel like it sometimes)

fLux_ · 22 Aug 2011 at 07:42

Can anyone recommend any books or websites for a Poker newbie to learn from?

If there's anything tailored for online poker that would be preferable for now.

Cheers

Nursie · 22 Aug 2011 at 08:50

2+2, read the beginners questions FAQ, then move onto the stickies in the strat forums for the type of poker you wish to learn.

As for books probably harrington on holdem or one of his other books.

Also you might want to look at some of the free trials on the video trainning sites such as leggo poker or deuces cracked.

fLux_ · 23 Aug 2011 at 11:24

Cheers i'll start with 2+2

el_dazza · 13 Sep 2011 at 18:04

Just played my first online MTT in a while, 44th/997 on stars, $10+R, took away $99. Made 1 error which looked an easy fold - at 2k/4k I had a 44k stack and was dealt 10-10 UTG+2, raised to 13k but someone from mid position re-pops to 28k and button raises to 89k so I chucked them, button showed AQ. Sensible but wrong choice. Shoved with 55, ran into AQ which spiked an A on the river. $5.3k for 1st too, I want

dowie · 13 Sep 2011 at 18:59

Rotty said:
Ending of the weekend home game, money on table WSOP style unfortunately I had a bad start to day 2 , ran nut flush into full house and then top 2 into flopped set, made £2,375 prize fund from 9 players

That's pretty cool - is that dealer one of the player's who got knocked out early or is the whole thing dealer dealt?

Rotty · 13 Sep 2011 at 21:22

dowie said:
That's pretty cool - is that dealer one of the player's who got knocked out early or is the whole thing dealer dealt?

nah he was playing but got knocked out

Just got back from Atlantic City just over a week ago, hurricane Irene changed the plans, only got 5 tourneys in with 1 win, 4 cash sessions 2 up and 2 down