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Just to let the community know that I’m running a $10+1 private tournament on Stars tomorrow (Wednesday) at 15:00 ET (20:00 GMT). It ran last week for me and some friends from my local pub game but it’d be cool if anyone from this community wanted to join in with the microdonk action as well, particularly as there will probably only be two or three of us tomorrow.

Go to Tourneys > Private > Red Lion Notts Game and register. Password is redlion

My username is sello_tape. See ya there!

Low stakes, single table tournament.  My opponents are an even mixture ranging from experienced to virginal.  A very loose passive calling station kind of crowd.  How do you play strong starting hands from out of position in the first few blind levels (starting stacks of t1500, blinds at 5/10 to start and double every 20 min)?

-R

Barry Greenstein sure looks odd without a beard. I’m currently watching the movie “Lucky You” and he is a poker player (surprise, surprise).

You can read the gory details here.

I still have money in my account and I am not in trouble, but I have gone shy I know it, and just seemed to have immersed myself into reading poker books and figuring out why I sucked. How do you guys get over the bad beat and get back into the game

Hi everyone :

It was a pleasure meeting some of you on Pokerstars last week.  In light of this I figured I’d come out of lurking and make a post.  

I’ve played for years with my own family but have only recently started to play for minor stakes at casinos and online.  (1/2 NL at casinos, Microstakes online.)   An early christmas landed me at 3rd and 1st on 2.20 buyin multitable tournaments, and I’ve taken the unexpected boost to my online bankroll for a ride.   2000 hands later (hey, I’m only a weekend player k?) I’ve tried out multi-table play, HORSE, and Badugi.  I’ve also taken a liking to the pacing of 5/10 Limit 6-Max.
 
Just for fun here are a few hands I played recently that I posted to Pokerhand.org.  Please feel free to examine and critique my play.  Missteps?  Crazy?  Solid?  Nowhere near enough information?   Curious cats are waiting to be evicerated.  :)

Hand 1 : A recent hand where I sat down at the 5/10 Limit table and landed KK on the Big Blind, and flopped top set.  (Very lucky, I know.)  In the face of aggression the first to act after big blind keeps reraising me.  Am I missing something, or was the opponent totally insane?

Hand 2 : Same table, subsequent hand where I flop top pair and improve to two pair on the turn flop two pair.  Note : I didn’t think the opponent had their flush. How was my play here?

Hand 3 : Another night, where I was playing for a top flush draw and being a bit aggressive.  The flop gives me top flush, but the board being paired and the opponent’s betting makes me think the pair gave him a full house.  I turned out to be right.  Should I have gone to the river?  Was my final check / call worthwhile or should I have not even bothered?

Hand 4 : Heads up play, this is the final hand in one of the tournaments I took down.  It was late, I was playing aggressive and decided to chance ending the game on an open end straight draw.   Good move, or a tad aggressive/chancy?

Look forward to playing at a table with all of you!