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full tilt is easily my favorite site.

party and skins was great when they had rakeback but now i like paradise

It depends on the other players and how they tend to playā€¦but in general, had everyone checked to me, I would have made some sort of small/medium bet to see where I am, and probably represent the flush. If they all fold, then itā€™s all good. If someone calls, he might be slowplaying it and/or on a draw with an A or K of spades. Even so, as someone mentioned, you have 10 outs and still have the turn and river.

Thatā€™s how I would do it, based on the info you presented. :sweat:

Random hand from a year ago:

My friend was shortstacked, went all in with 5-6s. I had 4-4, so i called. The board ending being: 5-6-6 5 6 :looney:

thatā€™s the difference between real and fake players
real players feel a sense of loss even when they win with a suckout
cause you get rewarded for a bad play
in the long run, if you keep making those calls, youā€™re gonna end up losing alot of money

with the information available to me i did not make a bad play. if it will shut you guys up i can analyze the hand two ways, the way i saw it and the way he saw it. by him making a mistake on two streets, he indirectly caused me to make a mistake, had i known what he held. itā€™s comparable to having a bad player make a call with a worse hand then suck out, where the mistake is him calling a bet. instead my hand was a little more complex.

oh and imaginevc, i donā€™t even know what kind of trip youā€™re on now. i made a bet not a call, and can you tell me why you think it is wrong or youā€™re just going to take everyone elseā€™s word for it. keep doing that in life, youā€™ll go far.

OK, I now noticed alot of people at the Play Money side seem to call on any hand. Well, its reasonable since its not real money.

Hell, its also like this on the Play Money tournaments as well, like someone playing 64o and sucking out.

Kinda like playing the CPU on World Championship Poker.

Yeah not many people take play money serious at all and its probably not the best of practice because of that. You should play somewhere that offers micro stake tourneyā€™s/ cash games where youā€™d be suprised how many people play serious.

I know Tricecaa Network (doyleā€™s room, victor chandler etc) offer cash games from $0.02/0.04 and Sit n Goā€™s from like $.10 Very hard to lose any real money and u gain a lot more from it than play money tables.

^^^anyone?

write to the support guys on the site

oh yea, you have to e-mail support. donā€™t hold me to this, but i heard you have to give them a legit reason as to why you want it closed, you canā€™t just tell them to close it without explaining yourself, especially if they know/suspect you are using more than 1 account.

:rofl: I guess I should stop being a dick on pokerstars and getting my chat revokedā€¦

LOL my chat got revoked onceā€¦i said, something about him being a dickface muthafucker

i always turn the chat off, f that.
i dont wanna hear people whining

Whenā€™s the next SRK tournament? Are we using something like Empire Poker (which seems to be pretty badass)?

No to empirepokerā€¦

opticallyinviz, is there any way you can swap me $100+9 for the 30k on FTP? Iā€™ll give u the money on stars, I just wanna play the 30k Guaranteed, hopefully us ee this before the tourney starts (6 pm est), but if not then forget it.

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i just saw this now
sorry man

if we do another srk tournament it should be horse on ftp, or hoe if they have that.

:rofl: I told a guy I hoped his whole family gets aids. Apparently he didnt think it was too funnyā€¦

heh, its ok, woulda liked to break my slump at that tourney.

Shorthanded limit can be so frustrating

I love sh nl though.

PokerStars Game #3939695684: Holdā€™em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) -
2006/02/11 - 18:38:03 (ET)
Table ā€˜Harpalyke IIā€™ Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: milo21 ($44.40 in chips)
Seat 3: TxsRT ($38.20 in chips)
Seat 4: XxTempestxX ($78.90 in chips)
Seat 6: scootbudvt ($45 in chips)
TxsRT: posts small blind $0.25
XxTempestxX: posts big blind $0.50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to XxTempestxX [Jh Qs]
scootbudvt: folds
milo21: raises $1.50 to $2
TxsRT: calls $1.75
XxTempestxX: calls $1.50
*** FLOP *** [Qc 5c Qd]
TxsRT: checks
XxTempestxX: bets $5
milo21: folds
TxsRT: calls $5
*** TURN *** [Qc 5c Qd] [Kc]
TxsRT: checks
XxTempestxX: bets $15
TxsRT: raises $15 to $30
XxTempestxX: calls $15
*** RIVER *** [Qc 5c Qd Kc] [7s]
TxsRT: checks
XxTempestxX: bets $1.20
TxsRT: calls $1.20 and is all-in
*** SHOW DOWN ***
XxTempestxX: shows [Jh Qs] (three of a kind, Queens)
TxsRT: mucks hand
XxTempestxX collected $76.40 from pot
TxsRT leaves the table
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $78.40 | Rake $2
Board [Qc 5c Qd Kc 7s]
Seat 1: milo21 (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 3: TxsRT (small blind) mucked [Td Ad]
Seat 4: XxTempestxX (big blind) showed [Jh Qs] and won ($76.40) with
three of a kind, Queens
Seat 6: scootbudvt folded before Flop (didnā€™t bet)

Am I crazy for calling that check-raise? I thought it was suspicious. Why leave 1.20 in your stack? Thoughts?