Topic: #4 Bitcointalk Poker Series @ SwC Poker (0.06 BTC, BIG BTC Ticket by SwC) - page 19. (Read 31838 times)

Play together with her, mate. Talking from my own experience: first watch some high stakes poker on YouTube(together), explain to her rules and strategies, which is lots of fun already , then invite her to watch how you play, and listen to her advices, from time to time, OR explain why you act differently. ... Winning and losing together, isn't that what married life is about?

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400 chips sent "youcantwin". Registration done.

Can't wait for the start! GL to all!

Excited for tomorrow! Still need the password for tomorrows tourney! Chips already sent to youcantwin aka efialtis!


Btw.. someone else who is watching Day 3 of the 5k WSOP Main on GGPoker?
Final 3 Tables, 3,9 Million for 1st. Right now I'm watching the stream of RaiseYourEdge, they are railing the Ben "bencb789" Rolle from RYE, right now 2nd in chips.
There is also an official stream of GGPoker aswell, you can find it here -> GGPokerOfficial

i'm glad you think so.


i haven't missed a game in months but i might sit this one out. moving/renovating is so exhausting, i could really go for sleeping in tomorrow. technically i'll be around so i'll see how i feel and play it by ear.

Mine is still bitching about it but on a low level. You know just so she lets you know that it isn't the way grown men with family should spend their Sunday afternoons

I have to make my own snacks, meh. So I usually end up with some chips and 6-pack of beers. One of these days I'll have to make an effort and go for some finger food + cocktails.

Mine too and I thought she would be pissed off with me. Its managed to just become a thing.

She even asked if I wanted any snacks for poker this week!

Winning.

We all feel cheated when we raise/call to see that flush, especially after flop where you got 2 suited cards and you need just one more! But twice!? Well he got me two times in almost the same way, and he won both hands thanks to that river card, I will not forget that anytime soon! Maybe I even had some nightmares about that, but I won't admit anything!

My wife get used to my Sunday poker nights, she doesn't even ask me anything, she just gives me free space! I try to return the favor as always!

As I said this Sunday is my night shift, so I will play from the phone. How free I will be I can't tell, like always that will depend on Sunday evening, I can be free to play, but if I have some serious problems I will not be able to put all my attention on the game. I will try to give my best in any case, and we will see how well will that go!

I see you guys already had a tourney without me 😂
I am in the process of changing email of my SwC account and hopefully this will end soon. Once I am done with them I will join the tournament.

Congratulations Hhampuz!

Hell yeah, will send you the chips in a few hours.
I got addicted to this series I guess. Was fun last week but was almost card dead the whole time, playing stupid spots so I lost most of my chips extremely fast. Wasn't deep at any time but for this sunday I will clean up the field from behind  Be prepared!

Of course, ready and already registered. Just that 500 krill for chat is killing my mojo. I got around 400 krills so a little more grind and I should be there, not yet this weekend but maybe next one.

Then SwC will come out and say now the limit is 5000 krill and I will rage quit the page and our series

Probably the tightest among all participants in this series. If he calls / check raised then there is almost 95% this dude has a good card on his hands.


Canadians are all nice folks 


Too bad for you but family comes first obviously  . Try to pull a 'sygambler' and see if you might end up in top ten without playing  . Well still you might still be able to catch up with the points with the other 6 qualifer to go. Drive safely !


Im ready again, Im so fired up last week. I knocked out alot and probably was my best KO count throughout the whole series ever since I play on this. I might pull another one this weekend 

I can't think of anyone who would jam their stack in with a flush draw on the flop   . FOMA is way tighter than i am, he labelled me quite early on and was spot on LAG he's very TAG. If the odds are there he's calling, albeit there are probably some tight folds for better spots... oh my he's speaking through me. When it comes to stacks on the flop it gets more interesting with his style of play, it's how I get my best suckouts. I can't say for sure but I bet he would have folded to a jam on the turn, but I'd have to look at what the stacks and pot size were again. After reviewing the image, I'd say he would have laid it down, with you outstacking him, bu ti can't see what was in the pot on the turn.

In his spot I actually feel cheated if I don't hit my flush lol.

Although I would have probably apologized and said i feel gross. (Very Canadian of me)   Only in this series though, hate busting my internet friends.

Might be... think I might be on the road with the family. Wife still doesn't know the series fired up again, so I may have to sit it out or casually look at my phone a bunch in secret without letting her see. That always ends well right?

Everyone ready for Sunday's game? I am pretty sure I'll own you guys this time... Last week you got a foretaste of what's awaiting you in series #4... 

on the flop, i was the favorite to win. i may not have had a made hand, but it's a little odd to say i didn't have anything when i was the most likely to win at showdown.

would i pay if you check-raised all-in? it depends on the situation---pot odds, whether i feel pot committed, whether i feel like gambling when i'm a 60/40 favorite etc. there are many situations where it would be acceptable to call, especially if i've made significant bets already.


i was not chasing draws. that usually implies passively calling down with bad odds. i rarely do that outside of multi-way pots that pay me off huge if i hit.

i was the preflop aggressor betting in position to a passive checker---big difference IMO.

on that AQ vs 77 hand, i'm sure if you hit one of your 6 non-diamond outs to a straight on the river, you wouldn't be complaining. i'm sure that open-ended straight draw factored into your decision to call the turn, right? and so you must understand the equity of draws even if it feels shitty when your opponents hit them. that's just poker.


again, it depends on the pot odds, but quite possibly. i would maybe just 4-bet shove all-in on the flop, especially in a MTT where i'm looking to build a stack as early as possible or get knocked out.

if you check-raised me on the flop and again on the turn, then yes i would call. without knowing the exact stacks/pot, i assume i'd be pot committed by that point.


the chances to make a flush by the river when on a flopped flush draw = 35%. (and that's not taking into consideration straight draws or draws to a higher pair)

it's a very frequent occurrence, so it should be no surprise that it happened twice. this is why flush draw + open-ended straight draws are extremely valuable semi-bluffing hands because you will improve to a straight or flush by the river the majority of the time. by default, that makes it stronger than any pocket pair on an unpaired flop board.

what you're also not considering is all the times i did not hit my outs by the river, including those times where we did not show down and you did not see my hand. you're thinking "this guy is so lucky every time" (who do you think i am, @Hhampuz? ) because you have selective memory for these 2 hands. in truth i am running quite bad in this series.....

Thank you for explaining what is semi-bluff, but I think you miss the point here! You didn't have anything after flop and turn, you had outs that's true, but on your first 200 chips bet on flop would you pay all in to see that flush?! Would you chase your outs in tournament without re-buys in the middle of the game? Now it's late to talk about what we would do, but if I reraised you on flop and make a big raise on turn would you pay that river?
And don't get me wrong, what bothers me how similar both hands are and how you got flush on the river in both hands! I'm looking forward to all our next hands, I will watch you more closely definitely!


That's a nice long holiday!
Glad to have you back, see you at the tables!

yes! semi-bluffing is an important strategy to have in the toolbox IMO. don't dismiss it so easily. https://www.cardschat.com/semi-bluff.php


i was lucky you rivered the straight.


jamming in someone's face when you have a made hand is a good way to deal with this type of aggression. but keep this in mind: my intention is to play a made hand (set, overpair, etc) the same way i play a semi-bluff. that way, you can't tell if i have a hand or not, and if you do call my bets then i have good outs to a better hand.


no offense take. i don't mind a little trash talk anyway. i only wish i could talk back lol.

i'm in the middle of moving right now, very little time to play poker outside of our weekly game. one of these days i'll get the 500 krill. and then they will lower the chat requirement.


glad to see you back dude!

Hey guys,

have been on holiday for almost 5 weeks, so sorry that I missed the recent tournaments.
Next Sunday I´m in, can´t wait to kick ur a**** 

You are welcome to join! All you need to know you can read in the OP, namely in the "Entry Fees & Passwords" section. Also, maybe take a look at "The Lottery" section. Fun fact: there is a possibility of joining just one game, taking the last place in it, and still winning several-fold of your "investment" during the draw.


I can't chat myself since I don't have enough krill for that, but I enjoy reading you guy's chatting. SO, Please, don't be quiet! Trust me, your audience is wider than you think.

Will you join us?



You just need to add more tickets! Everything else is fine!


At least I make some people smile! You had some good calls in the last game, so warning received, will take extra precautions when I get in hands with you!
Next game I will play from phone, I am working, so I will be more quiet!

The tournament series are intense but at the same time people are having a lot of fun too. So worth, dropping in to see what it is all about 
So from the total of 8 tournaments we got 7 more to go hahaha...

Q#1: 08/30/2020
Q#2: 09/06/2020
Q#3: 09/13/2020
Q#4: 09/20/2020
Q#5: 09/27/2020
Q#6: 10/04/2020
Q#7: 10/11/2020
Q#8: 10/18/2020

To register you need to send 400 chips to youcantwin, get the password and register for the tournament for a fee of 1,000 chips. It is advised to register early though. Time for round 2 

5pm UK time.*