Poker Talk

**awein999** · 10-12-2012, 11:31 AM

Anything poker related post here.

Conversation starter:
Phil Hellmuth won his record extending 13th WSOP event bracelet this week:
http://www.pokerlistings.com/phil-he...racelets-74656

He gets a lot of shit from people about his game despite this. How can a guy be the most successful tournament player in history but yet either not have the best game or have most of the fellow pros around him criticize his play?

Wayward Vagabond · 10-12-2012, 11:49 AM

gus hansen and phill laak will always be my favourite poker players of all time. gus has heavily influenced the way i play poker

**Xiz** · 10-12-2012, 02:38 PM

I went to a poker tournament last night, ended up placing 10th out of 85. Lost a flush with a K to an A

-cry-

ilikexd · 10-12-2012, 02:57 PM

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I went to a poker tournament last night, ended up placing 10th out of 85. Lost a flush with a K to an A

-cry-

outplayed

**Xiz** · 10-12-2012, 03:00 PM

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outplayed

that happens alot lol

ilikexd · 10-12-2012, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Xiz

that happens alot lol

give the entire hand and i'll give you pointers

**Reach** · 10-12-2012, 03:15 PM

I made over 10 grand playing poker and paid my tuition with the money.

Sadly I haven't played since the black friday incident. Miss it. I was a big fan of rush poker, actually. That's where I made most of my money. Must have played half a million hands or so.

**rsr2** · 10-12-2012, 03:31 PM

Played in the Employee only poker tournament today at the casino. I got 4th out of 62. I lost with AK suited vs. KK. It was rough.....

**j-rodd123** · 10-12-2012, 04:22 PM

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I made over 10 grand playing poker and paid my tuition with the money.

Sadly I haven't played since the black friday incident. Miss it. I was a big fan of rush poker, actually. That's where I made most of my money. Must have played half a million hands or so.

play pokerstars lol. they were always waaaay better than *** tilt poker, and they have zoom now which is the equivalent of rush (only cash games atm tho, not for tourneys)

**lumphoboextreme** · 10-12-2012, 04:32 PM

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play pokerstars lol. they were always waaaay better than *** tilt poker, and they have zoom now which is the equivalent of rush (only cash games atm tho, not for tourneys)

this. pretty sure my main on stars is up 16k with a 43% roi and 95 ability rating. ive never seen another main account with a better roi.. guess i ran good xD

**Reach** · 10-12-2012, 04:38 PM

Nice. Thanks for the info. Didn't know they had 'zoom'. Rush was mostly the reason I played on tilt instead of stars anyway.

And yeah, I only play cash games. I don't like tournaments. Which is funny, because my records have been very good in tourneys, but cash games are more fun. Plus I like to be able to win or lose money in single hands.

Will dump some of my LOC onto an account and start making some $ when I get free time.

Will have to set up my HUD again and start practicing again though. Probably rusty as ****.

**j-rodd123** · 10-12-2012, 04:45 PM

hahaha yea the play is still pretty bad, zoom is great for some quick sessions for sure

**lumphoboextreme** · 10-12-2012, 05:06 PM

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Nice. Thanks for the info. Didn't know they had 'zoom'. Rush was mostly the reason I played on tilt instead of stars anyway.

And yeah, I only play cash games. I don't like tournaments. Which is funny, because my records have been very good in tourneys, but cash games are more fun. Plus I like to be able to win or lose money in single hands.

Will dump some of my LOC onto an account and start making some $ when I get free time.

Will have to set up my HUD again and start practicing again though. Probably rusty as ****.

well as far as stars is concerned any stakes you play under 5/10 should be really soft.

**Reach** · 10-12-2012, 05:10 PM

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well as far as stars is concerned any stakes you play under 5/10 should be really soft.

Really? Has the play gone downhill since black friday?

I used to play 0.5/1 which wasn't too bad, but 1/2 and 2/4 rush were ridiculous. Almost everyone on there for any amount of time was 4 tabling with a HUD and a lot of guys had a lot of data on me. The reads. Was really hard to make money, so I mostly just stuck to 0.5/1.

**lumphoboextreme** · 10-12-2012, 05:24 PM

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Really? Has the play gone downhill since black friday?

I used to play 0.5/1 which wasn't too bad, but 1/2 and 2/4 rush were ridiculous. Almost everyone on there for any amount of time was 4 tabling with a HUD and a lot of guys had a lot of data on me. The reads. Was really hard to make money, so I mostly just stuck to 0.5/1.

eh idk whenever i made a new account and put some money in on it i found it easy to crush the game and scale up to 5/10 before i started having trouble

**awein999** · 10-12-2012, 05:31 PM

I still live in the US but I'm turning 21 in a couple weeks finally \o/.

**Reach** · 10-12-2012, 06:07 PM

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eh idk whenever i made a new account and put some money in on it i found it easy to crush the game and scale up to 5/10 before i started having trouble

Oh, you're talking about regular games and not rush/zoom though.

So yeah, I see what you mean. Those stakes are definitely winnable if you're good, though, probably not HU (the HU players at that level are pretty good).

ilikexd · 10-12-2012, 06:19 PM

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I still live in the US but I'm turning 21 in a couple weeks finally \o/.

same here -- i deposited $50 on cake to play online

boy was that a mistake

i now have $300 floating around somewhere in lala land

**lumphoboextreme** · 10-12-2012, 06:21 PM

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same here -- i deposited $50 on cake to play online

boy was that a mistake

i now have $300 floating around somewhere in lala land

LOL same, only i deposited 100... also min cashout there is 500 i thought. that's what i cashed out for months ago and still haven't seen it.

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Oh, you're talking about regular games and not rush/zoom though.

So yeah, I see what you mean. Those stakes are definitely winnable if you're good, though, probably not HU (the HU players at that level are pretty good).

that's all i played was HU and 6max.

ilikexd · 10-12-2012, 06:24 PM

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LOL same, only i deposited 100... also min cashout there is 500 i thought. that's what i cashed out for months ago and still haven't seen it.

that's all i played was HU and 6max.

yes it's 500

but i only had 300 before they moved the site to some other skin, and i had heard enough horror stories of 6month+ cashouts that i figure it's +ev to just flip it. i just haven't bothered yet

games were really easy:
i had 8bb/100 @ NL10 and 10/100 @ PLO10

10-12-2012, 11:49 AM	#2
Wayward Vagabond Confirmed Heartbreaker Join Date: Jul 2012 Age: 35 Posts: 5,859	Re: Poker Talk gus hansen and phill laak will always be my favourite poker players of all time. gus has heavily influenced the way i play poker

10-12-2012, 02:38 PM	#3
Xiz TWG Chaos Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Cali4nia Age: 32 Posts: 3,399	Re: Poker Talk I went to a poker tournament last night, ended up placing 10th out of 85. Lost a flush with a K to an A -cry- __________________

10-12-2012, 03:15 PM	#7
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: Poker Talk I made over 10 grand playing poker and paid my tuition with the money. Sadly I haven't played since the black friday incident. Miss it. I was a big fan of rush poker, actually. That's where I made most of my money. Must have played half a million hands or so. __________________

10-12-2012, 04:38 PM	#11
Reach FFR Simfile Author Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Canada Age: 37 Posts: 7,471	Re: Poker Talk Nice. Thanks for the info. Didn't know they had 'zoom'. Rush was mostly the reason I played on tilt instead of stars anyway. And yeah, I only play cash games. I don't like tournaments. Which is funny, because my records have been very good in tourneys, but cash games are more fun. Plus I like to be able to win or lose money in single hands. Will dump some of my LOC onto an account and start making some $ when I get free time. Will have to set up my HUD again and start practicing again though. Probably rusty as ***. __________________ Last edited by Reach; 10-12-2012 at 04:41 PM..*

10-12-2012, 04:45 PM	#12
j-rodd123 End of the road Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Canada Age: 31 Posts: 3,692	Re: Poker Talk hahaha yea the play is still pretty bad, zoom is great for some quick sessions for sure

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