Stretching

Until the damn dam breaks, I'm gonna do Pauly's 10-minutes-a-day writing exercise, keep the chops working, the gravitas honed to a fine edge.



Played an token race with drizz and easycure (in which we each miraculously snared a Peep) the other day and the (incessant) table chat reminded me of a story from a few years back. I was seated at TGIFridays ('cause that's how I roll) with a couple attractive female co-workers, one of whom was trying to catch the eye of a dashing young man in an ill-fitting jacket. It seemed she succeeded, as he sauntered over. Just before he reached the table, he stopped, turned up his nose as if startled by some scent and said to the girls, "Do you guys smell fish?"



Not the best opener, fellas.



My lunch today, mediocre Mexican fare from the lunchroom, cost $6.66. I have a zit on my left cheek that is so big it's blocking a substantial portion of my peripheral vision, as if I'm sitting behind a tall guy at the movie theater. I ate sushi for dinner last night, the third time I've done so in the last month. In the previous 39 years, I had sushi once, in 1986, an incident that ended traumatically, and without me getting laid.



I moneyed in the Full Tilt 8K last night, doubling my buy-in, but mis-playing a hand late that crippled me. I tried very hard to concentrate and did a good job. I was helped that the plays I did make were rewarded and not victimized by those draws coming in. I got three big pocket pairs, all of them UTG, and played each differently, winning two of the three. Zig and zag, baby. Also on the poker front, I've got a Horse in the Main Event. One percent of one, at least. I've also contracted to feed him grapes and fan him with palm fronds if he advances to later rounds. Kudos and best of luck to Ryan and Zeem in The Show. Sometimes I almost forget I was one turned 4-outer from joining them. But now I remember.



Tilt.

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And So It Begins

I just received the following e-mail from Eurobet Poker:



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Thank you, Congress. And so it begins?

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Deceptive Advertising

I'm heading to Atlantic City for August 4th weekend to celebrate Ilan's bachelor party. Davey Roose and I are heading down Friday night to get a head start on the festivities (i.e., to have time to play poker without distractions). Everyone else will be arriving on Saturday. If you are going to be in AC hit me up with an email before that date and we can swap digits or something. I'll probably be pretty busy, but busy = poker and I'm sure you have the same idea in motion.



The plan, as I see it, is to play a tournament at Showboat (official AC casino hotel of HighOnPoker) on Saturday morning at 11am. It's 50+10, 5k starting chips (if I'm not mistaken) and 20 minute levels. I bubbled in it once, lost when we were down to 20% of the players another time. So, I like it a lot.



But here's the fun part. I've always wanted to tell people at the poker table that I am a comic strip artist. I don't know why. I just like the idea of making up some random identity. However, when the time comes, I usually let out the truth.



This is where you come in. I want to come up with a new "back story" at the table. Who am I? What's my job? Do I have any whacky stories about my life and experiences?



So, I'm taking submissions. If you have an idea of how I can make an ass of myself at the table or otherwise deceive or confound my table mates, let me know. Thanks!

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It's All About Hold'em

Ah, isn't it strange how things come full circle in the poker world? Predictions, both good and evil, come to pass. I'm elated when they work out well (Max winning a bracelet), I'm horrified when they go fubar (WSOP under Harrah's ownership).



I remember a few years ago telling Glenn that probably, eventually, O8 would be my best game. Yeah, here I sit, nut peddling. O8 is my best game as far as low limits go, PLO8 online, playing mixed games, tournament play, etc. It sucks to be the king of the special olympics ;)



I also told Glenn that if I decided that I wouldn't quit poker when Stud died (and it's just barely breathing), eventually Hold'em would likely be my favorite game.



In Stud, there is only so much, psychologically, one can do. Trickery is great, but deception only plays a part to a certain extent. You can't fake quads or a straight flush on sixth when three cards on your board don't match up! Your hand, and therefore your strength, is exposed. Laid bare for all to see. Stud games can be the ultimate frustrating games, whether your forte is Stud high, Stud 8 or Razz. Seven card is much better than five card, but you are still only able to do so much. You are hand tied.



Closed card games, draw games are really awesome because you can completely manipulate your opponents. But draw games aren't popular or widely played. Even the high variance action games like TDL aren't spread much, and are usually in a mixed game rotation. So deciding to make yourself a draw game specialist is even worse than being a Stud specialist.



So that brings us back full circle again, doesn't it? And that is what it always comes back to. Hold'em.



Hold'em is the perfect poker game in so many ways. I have always said that. People read what they want to read and are right now thinking I've gone mad, or am saying the exact opposite of things I've always said. That is simply not true. I have always said that Hold'em is going to be the most popular poker game for the foreseeable future, and rightly so. Hold'em mechanics are easy to learn. A beginner can sit in a game with five minutes of instruction. Limit Hold'em has an expectation which keeps the good pro afloat, yet has a high enough luck factor so that the fish is not wiped out. Max buy-in NLHE is a sort of protection for a fish, yet good players can grind out a win virtually every session.



There are absolutely NO downsides to hold'em, other than boredom. And boredom does come. It makes poker more like a job than a hobby, and we have to take frequent breaks from it.



When it all comes down to it, the only game in which I have a true chance of becoming a successful player at any stakes, as well as a successful tournament player, is Hold'em. Even O8 becomes almost HE at the higher limits. The low hands are an aside, additional outs, something good to have for an emergency back-up if things go to shite. If we get caught in a big pot bluffing. If a bad drawing hand gets some miracle. But it's pretty much about Hold'em when O8 hits the higher limits. Even high stakes pot-limit games are virtually all PLO, that is high, not eight or better. It is truly rare to find a live, high stakes PLO8 game, much less a tournament. It almost literally doesn't exist.



Which brings us back to Hold'em. I have a huge love-hate relationship with it. It is the perfect game for poker. Perfect as a cash game, both limit and no-limit. Perfect as a tournament, especially pot or no-limit. Stud is a bad tourney game. Stud, Stud 8, Razz. No Stud variant makes a good tournament game. The five betting rounds are killer. Playing 16 hours straight having to endure that kind of concentration, usually on a huge Hold'em table where one cannot see the board cards on the opposite side, can be a nightmare. I have never advocated Stud games as great tournament games. If the structure is fair, long, with a lot of chips, it turns into a race for endurance. If the structure is short with no chips, it turns into a card catching contest. There is no good way to run a Stud tournament. It sucks no matter which way you look at it. It's not a good heads-up game, either. It just bites on so many levels. Which is one reason it is dying. One of the many.



Okay, so once again, we come back to Hold'em. Where I really, truly have a chance, but no heart for it. I am totally FUBAR in every respect.



And this, my friends, is your introduction to a new series that I hope to get underway before the main event. A series about taking your game to a whole new level. By using psychology, gaming theory and simple blueprints to become a chameleon in the poker world.



I may never be a world class player, but I am going to try my best to make YOU one, if you so desire.



Stay tuned,



Felicia :)

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WCOOP Schedule Leaked

Filed under: Tournaments, Online Games

The World Championship of Online Poker is the largest online online poker tournament in the entire universe (including that crazy galaxy Chipshuffletron IV.) Last year, I live-blogged my progress (and lack thereof) in several events, and I'll be playing as a member of Team PokerStars in just about every event this year. That's right, I'm taking a shot a PLO, baby, and nobody can stop me.

The schedule for this year's WCOOP was leaked to Brad Willis (who works for PokerStars, so the leaking is probably as genuine as, well, anything associated with Pamela Anderson) and Brad posted the schedule on the official PokerStars Blog.

To save you the incredible hassle of clicking a link, here are some of the events and their guarantees:

• September 16: Razz ($200+$15) $100,000 guaranteed
• September 17: NL Hold 'em ($500+$30) $1,500,000 guaranteed
• September 18: PL Omaha (rebuys) ($300+$20) $400,000 guaranteed
• September 19: NL Hold 'em Match Play ($200+$15) $300,000 guaranteed
• September 20: Limit Omaha High/Low ($500+$30) $300,000 guaranteed
• September 21: NL Hold 'em (rebuys) ($200+$15) $1,000,000 guaranteed
• September 22: Limit Hold 'em ($200+$15) $200,000 guaranteed
• September 23: HORSE ($200+$15) $100,000 guaranteed
• September 23: PL Hold 'em ($500+$30) $400,000 guaranteed

You may notice that HORSE and Razz are on the schedule. Yes, Virginia, that means that HORSE and Razz are coming to PokerStars. Sweet.

More news, and a complete schedule can be found through the nifty "read" link below.

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$70 Up, $300 Down

It's not as bad as it sounds, people. The $300 is actually the $260+40 Shootout event at the Foxwoods in the fall. I was toying with the idea of making my first foray into live casino tournament poker beyond the usual under $100 buy-ins to which I've grown accustomed. Unfortunately, the date of the event is Tuesday, October 31st, aka Halloween. I didn't anticipate this to be a problem. After all, Halloween is on a Tuesday so most celebrating would be done on the weekend before. But wifey Kim thought differently, and, frankly, she is worth a whole lot more than $260+40 and she rarely hands out bad beats. So, those plans are thwarted and replaced with the plan to probably hit Foxwoods the weekend after, circa November 4, to meet up with some fellow bloggers like Bone Daddy and Drewspop, and play in some of the side cash games. Maybe I will even gather my balls and go for a satellite into the $1200 event, but that is yet to be seen.

Onto the up $70. Nine.com is one helluva site. The traffic is light, but there is always two 2/4 Limit games going, although rarely are they both full. I like to jump into the one that is more empty and just wait for the fishies to announce themselves. They usually do it pretty quickly, calling someone down with K-high only to go runner runner flush or the like. Once that is done, I settle into Make Money Mode and its been working out quite well. Last night, I took $47 off a table in about 10 minutes. It's mostly ABC poker, but I play more hands and I play most hands pretty hard until I sense resistance. Then, I'll generally slow down, but not to the players who I've seen re-raise bluff with crap cards. Okay, sometimes to them too, but only because I know I can make that money back in no time.

Once again, bonus whoring is paying off big time. Not only am I working on a $150 bonus, but I've also got the VPP bonus coming my way. Add to that the fact that I found a new room with soft action that I would otherwise never know about, and it's a great thing. A great thing, indeed. I'm more than halfway through the VPP bonus. Next stop on the bonus whoring tour will likely be back to PSO, since I have ran through all of the VPP bonuses. I thought I had one more to go, but alas, it looks like they've removed one of the rooms from their list. Fortunately, PSO has added Dream Poker. Ever hear of it? Me neither. But I'm sure the fishies have!

Hey, and while we are on the topic, remember that Reader who I sent the bonus whoring guide to? Yeah, well, he finished the first promo in 7 hours and has finished his second promotion already. At this rate, he will have enough for an iPod nano compliments of VPP in 2-3 weeks TOPS! It's great to see, since amassing this bonus whoring knowledge took months of trial and error. I might not be able to use the info I learned to my advantage (fully), but I'm more than glad to pass it along.

After the $47 win, I took some time off to spend the evening with wifey Kim. Earlier in the evening, we met a coworker and his girlfriend over at Butter, a trendy restaurant in the East Village which recently hosted a private Prince concert, with guests like Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton. The food was adequate. The atmosphere was nice. The company was good. The check had a 20% gratuity included. Now, it's Restaurant Week in NY, so a bunch of the nicer restaurants are offering $35 price fixed menus. But, come on! Four people and you are going to include the tip on the bill! Tres tacky!

But back to poker. At about 9:55pm, I decided to go for the Mookie. Wifey Kim had settled into some Live with Regis and Kelly and was nodding off. I jumped into a shark-filled table, including CJ from Up for Poker. Throughout my tenure here at High on Poker, CJ has always been a good guy. Up for Poker is probably one of the premiere poker blog sites. One of the sites most creative features is how it shows what blogs in the blogroll were recently updated. Aside from that, it hosts a triumverate of great writers and poker players. CJ particularly has popped into High on Poker to drop a comment or give his take on how I misplayed a hand (we all enjoy that, don't we?). Well, I thank him for it, because he's not a sheep following the masses (and by that, I mean his comments are generally more than, "Yep, I agree" or "NH!") and I respect his luckbox of a game and writing skills immensely.

But why am I talking about CJ? Well, it should be of no surprise to any of you that I love action. So as soon as I saw the luckbox, I offered an $11 last longer bet. He agreed, and I went about playing some poker.

Overall, I played a solid game. I made, what I would deem, a very impressive play early on in the tournament. I had 83d in the small blind and limped in. A loose player in the BB decided to raise. I don't remember the player's name (sorry), but I was watching the game carefully and saw that he was in a lot of pots and was willing to steal. So, I made the call, hoping to flop big. Many of you are groaning right now. Groan away. It was a ballsy play, considering the last longer bet, but there comes a time when you have to leave the rule book and make your own path. I saw something and I went for it. The flop was 872, rainbow. I now had top-pair weakest possible kicker. But I was fairly confident that the original bettor did not have a pocket pair, so unless he held a better kicker or lucked out with two low cards, I was ahead. I bet, hoping to take down the pot. I believe the pot was at 180 and I bet 120. The short-stack (but not desperate) Original Bettor decided to push. I believe he had 565 more. I thought for a moment, and decided that he was probably on two overcards. Whatever the case, I wasn't buying what he was selling and I decided to make the call. He showed 62o, for bottom pair, terrible kicker. I waited for the turn and river, and breathed a sigh of relief when he didn't catch up. And then they moved me. Fucking A! I make a sweet call and then they move me? Sweet Jesus!

So, I'm at a new table, and I'm trying to stay afloat. Whereas I was one of the big stacks at my old table, this new table is packing a lot of punch. I play a bit tighter and are able to steal a bit. But I'm also not getting any cards. My KK is folded to. Otherwise, I think my best pocket pair was 88 (I folded it to a big preflop raise from early position) and 66 (ditto). I held AKs once and made a strong play in the BB when Will Wonka in MP/LP raised from 100 to 900. I was probably at about 2700 to 3200 and decided to re-raise to 900. He laid it down preflop and I breathed a sign of relief. On the next hand, he was busted by DNasty, when Wonka's 99 lost to DNasty's AK when they both were all-in preflop. AK was not good for WW.

For a while, I stayed the shortstack at the table, scraping by as best I could. I was able to make up some ground with aggression when blinds and antes were in the 100/200/25 range, but I was still short, without a doubt. We were down to 11 when Veneno was moved to my table on my left. She was the uber short stack with about 1k after blinds (in the particular hand she was the BB and I was the SB) to my 1800 to 2400 (somewhere in that range). The table folded around to me, and I virtually look down to 49o, a real monster! Now, if Veneno has two unpaired cards, I'm really not too far behind. Plus, if I can bet her off of the pot, I can win an easy 600 or so, so I bet 600 (we were still at 100/200/25). She contemplates and then pushes. Well, that's just another 450 or so, so I figure I've got to call. Hell, I was willing to go all in on her anyway. At least I wasn't the shorter of the two stacks. She flipps over A2o, but I wasn't the least bit worried since online poker is rigged to make shortstacks lose. I was about a 60/40 dog until the flop came with a glorious 4. The turn and river lacked Aces, and I busted the V. She thanked me for trying to gift her some chips, but we all know better, don't we. Some might question this play, but I needed chips to make it into the decent money spots and I was willing to risk it on a weighted coin toss (I refuse to call 60/40 or anything short of 51/49 a coin toss).

In a few hands, we were at the final table, and I was maybe second to last in chips. I stole some, and eventually found myself in the top 6, still as short stack. In MP, I decided to push all-in with 2700 or so and 200/400/50 blinds. The other shorter stack called and I had to show my Q8s. I'm sure people were scratching their heads, but you just have to try to steal here and there, and what better target than the other shorter stack. Of course, he had JJ, so I was sent packing. In the end, I made $32.50 in profit, thanks in part to outlasting CJ, who held on to about 16 or so. He was on the shortstack for a while and just didn't bust. But eventually, his A-high faced KJ preflop and the K came out, ensuring my victory.

That's a lot of poker content.

I want to play live desperately. I have dinner plans with el Jefe and J-Dubs, two of my close buddies and former college roommates, tonight, so Genoa is out. But I'm looking for opportunities, and as soon as one arises, I shall make my return. Until then, make mine poker!

PS- Is it just me, or is Wavy Word getting harder? I mean, can't they give me 4 letters? Everything has 18 letters all of a sudden, and they usually are indecipherable. I'll need a computer program just to read Wavy Word if this keeps up. Hrumph.

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Are All Poker Bloggers Going to Jail

One of the interesting byproducts of all the recent HR 4411 talk is exactly where do affiliates and bloggers fit into this whole tangled mess. Assuming the absolute worst (that the abortion of a legislative act is passed and online gambling -- except for, you know, horse racing and lotteries, because that stuff is A-OK and not immoral at all -- is deemed illegal) case scenario, that still just

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Checking In

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It sure has been difficult to sit down at a computer here of late, to blog or to play. I have just been a bit to busy here of late. Life has a funny way of dictating its own terms, doesn't it? :-)



I came across an interesting (and not well publicized) reload bonus that Poker Stars is offering. If you play in this Sunday's $215 buy-in NLHE guaranteed $1,000,000 tourney, they will send you a special code for a 50% up to $100 reload bonus with a 10X raked hand requirement. If you play at Stars and always wanted to give that tourney a shot, you can basically do it for $115 at worst after you clear the bonus. Stars doesn't care if you satellite your way into the tournament or just pay the $215 (and I have confirmed all of this with their support staff). I'm going to give it a shot, there's no reason why I can't be the next lucky tournament donkey (LOL). Time to break out Harrington on Hold'em, Volumes I-III and re-review them...



Speaking of Stars, that's where I have played the past few days as I do have a $120 bonus sitting there to be worked on and cleared. I'm not exactly sure what the reason is, but their $3/6 LHE tables are considerably softer than their $2/4 LHE tables. So far, the results have been good there. Sometimes all it takes is two soft spots at a table to make it a good game...



Gotta run. Hope to back tomorrow with another interesting hand to discuss. Good luck at the tables!

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Hand Of The Day - Overpair With Heavy Flop Action
(Cont.)

The latest hand that I posted:



Paradise Poker 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed)



Preflop: Hero is CO with [Q? Q?]

UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, 3 folds, Hero raises, 2 folds, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls.



Flop: (10.33 SB) [J? 7? 6?] (5 players)

BB checks, UTG bets, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 raises, Hero ???



What's your play here and why?



Most of the responses (and thank you for them, by the way) indicated that I should reraise here on the flop. However, I think that just calling the flop raise here and raising on the turn if a favorable card is the better play here. Let me explain and let's see what you think.



This hand shows an interesting characteristic of Hold'em, that it is sometimes better to not have the best hand on the flop when it is draw heavy and you have multiple opponents. You may have the best hand at the moment, but very few ways to improve your hand if your hand is an overpair. At the same time, the collective of your opponents will have many ways for at least one of them to improve.



On this flop, I think it is likely that I do have the best hand at the moment. With a bettor, a caller and a raiser, it's likely that I am against someone with a pair of Jacks (original bettor or caller), someone on a flush draw (any of the three opponents are possible) and someone with at least one overcard to the flop. It is also possible that one of them has a set of Sixes or Sevens, most likely the raiser.



What I am facing is that any overcard to my Queens or any Club that comes on the turn will more than likely beat me. With so many cards that can beat me, I am not much of a favorite in the hand, even though I am likely ahead on the flop. Because of that, I don't think 3-betting on the flop makes sense. I would rather invest bets when I am a bigger favorite. If the turn is a brick, then I become a much bigger favorite with only one card to come and have a much better chance of protecting my hand then.



There are 14.33 small bets in the pot when the action falls on me on the flop. If I three-bet, I will likely chase the BB out of the hand. However, if the UTG or the UTG+1 has a hand as weak as a gutshot, they will still be getting a bit over 8.5-to-1 odds to call two bets cold if I 3-bet (and the UTG+1 player would be getting a bit over 10.5-to-1 odds if UTG calls). With implied odds added in, a call of two bets is probably a good play here by someone with a gutshot. If any of my opponents has a made a pair from the board (and has a 5-outer), they will have the odds to call 2 more bets here.



If I wait until the turn to raise, then I have a better chance of forcing a gutshot into a mistake if it calls two bets. If I 3-bet the flop, it will most likely get checked to me if a brick falls. That's not good, as basically any draw will have the right odds to call one bet. By calling on the flop, I increase the odds that I'll get bet into again and have the opportunity to raise if a safe cards comes.



Also, as for gaining information here by 3-betting the flop, I do not think it is worth it. A set will go ahead and cap here, but most likely would a flush draw if it looks like it has 3 opponents (correct move, getting 3-to-1 odds for every bet that goes in when it's 2-to-1 odds against to complete the flush by the river). Some players will cap the flop with a flush draw without even considering this fact, especially if it is the nut flush draw.



It's impossible to know on the flop what hands my opponents have, but we can assign some hands based on the betting action. Let's say the UTG player has [As Jh], the UTG+1 player has [Th 9h] and the UTG+2 player has [Ac 5c]. For the sake of argument, let's assume that the BB folds on the flop.



Using Poker Stove, the probability of each hand winning given this flop is:



[As Jh] = 12%

[Th 9h] = 15%

[Ac 5c] = 39%

[Qh Qd] = 34%



You could make different assumptions about my opponents hands, but it will not make much of a difference. I will only have a small edge with my hand while on the flop and I'm not even the favorite if the nut flush draw is out there.



If one of the Clubs or Overcards comes on the turn, I will probably have to fold. Rather than investing even more money on the flop with a 3-bet, I would prefer to see the turn card as cheaply as possible and see if I become a bigger favorite if a brick hits. If I do become a big favorite on the turn, then that's where I want to invest my bets. If a brick like the [2s] hits the turn (well, a relative brick), look how everything swings in my favor:



[As Jh] = 10%

[Th 9h] = 7%

[Ac 5c] = 23%

[Qh Qd] = 60%



With my chances of winning increased significantly with only one card to come, I would now want to invest more bets with a raise because I have a much bigger edge. Now, if I am reraised on the turn, then it is more likely that I am in fact beaten and I can fold. In a multi-player pot, the pot is "protected". A reraiser isn't going to try an put on any moves on the turn because it is likely he cannot chase all three players out. He will likely have a hand strong enough to beat mine.



As for the actual hand, I did just cold-call the raise on the flop, the BB folded and 4 of us took the turn, which was the [3d]. The UTG+2 player bet again, I raised, UTG called two cold (looks like a flush draw, for sure), UTG+1 folded and UTG+2 called (I now know he does not have a set). The river was the [3s], both checked to me, I bet and only UTG+2 called and he had [Ad Js].



What I did was wait until I had a bigger edge (higher EV, probability of winning, etc.) to raise. And by not 3-betting the flop, I ensured that UTG+2 would bet again, giving me a chance to protect my hand a raise and possibly drive at least one player out, which I was able to do. If I would have 3-bet the flop, they most likely would have checked to me and all three called a turn bet.



Thoughts?

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WSOP Broadcast Schedule

photo by FlipChip/LasVegasVegas.com FlipChip's pro choice to win the 2006 WSOP Main Event, Full Tilt's Allen Cunningham ESPN is doing things a little differently this year. They will start off with airing the various Circuit events, followed by the WSOP...

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