Okay, poker

[minimetoo26]

Very good! You must have done some reading and practicing at home?

I knew HOW to play, but had never done a tournament-style thing. I had a list of all the starting hands ranked in order of probability of winning and wrote down the top 20% and only played those, unless I had position or a good shot at bluffing. You can't bluff someone who never folds so I didn't try, and if I had a good hand I'd raise to make more money. There were a lot of cautious players checking everything and I took advantage of that, plus people playing garbage and chasing draws, so I crafted an image and took advantage of it. I built up a stack in the early going that carried me through until the blinds got very high and I stopped getting anything to play. I think I only lost two pots that I played, until the last one that busted me.

[Bob Juch]

Very good! You must have done some reading and practicing at home?

I knew HOW to play, but had never done a tournament-style thing. I had a list of all the starting hands ranked in order of probability of winning and wrote down the top 20% and only played those, unless I had position or a good shot at bluffing. You can't bluff someone who never folds so I didn't try, and if I had a good hand I'd raise to make more money. There were a lot of cautious players checking everything and I took advantage of that, plus people playing garbage and chasing draws, so I crafted an image and took advantage of it. I built up a stack in the early going that carried me through until the blinds got very high and I stopped getting anything to play. I think I only lost two pots that I played, until the last one that busted me.

That top 20% is good for a full table, but with fewer players you need to be looser. At a full table I don't play anything worse than KT.

[minimetoo26]

Very good! You must have done some reading and practicing at home?

I knew HOW to play, but had never done a tournament-style thing. I had a list of all the starting hands ranked in order of probability of winning and wrote down the top 20% and only played those, unless I had position or a good shot at bluffing. You can't bluff someone who never folds so I didn't try, and if I had a good hand I'd raise to make more money. There were a lot of cautious players checking everything and I took advantage of that, plus people playing garbage and chasing draws, so I crafted an image and took advantage of it. I built up a stack in the early going that carried me through until the blinds got very high and I stopped getting anything to play. I think I only lost two pots that I played, until the last one that busted me.

That top 20% is good for a full table, but with fewer players you need to be looser. At a full table I don't play anything worse than KT.

I was never at a table with fewer than 7 players, unfortunately. I would play worse hands with position against the scared players, though. I learned pretty quickly!

[Bob Juch]

I knew HOW to play, but had never done a tournament-style thing. I had a list of all the starting hands ranked in order of probability of winning and wrote down the top 20% and only played those, unless I had position or a good shot at bluffing. You can't bluff someone who never folds so I didn't try, and if I had a good hand I'd raise to make more money. There were a lot of cautious players checking everything and I took advantage of that, plus people playing garbage and chasing draws, so I crafted an image and took advantage of it. I built up a stack in the early going that carried me through until the blinds got very high and I stopped getting anything to play. I think I only lost two pots that I played, until the last one that busted me.

That top 20% is good for a full table, but with fewer players you need to be looser. At a full table I don't play anything worse than KT.

I was never at a table with fewer than 7 players, unfortunately. I would play worse hands with position against the scared players, though. I learned pretty quickly!

Good. You know to tighten-up when you're in the BB or SB, right? I don''t loosen-up when I'm dealer. I was taught to but have found it's not safe, even when playing at big money tables.

[SportsFan68]

I intended to leave my picks for your consideration at a dozen, so I was faced with a choice: Supplant one of the current selections with Clem's Proposal, add it to the current list for a non-even 13, or leave it off. I went with Choice One.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. DK's Cold Day in Hell
4. Stinky and the Perfect Game
5. Clem's Proposal
6. Pink
7. Serenading Angel
8. Doggie Dance Class
9. Mini-Poker
10. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
11. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
12. Mellow Skanki and Buster[/quote]

[SportsFan68]

I can't leave off the Bestest Avatar Ever.

1. Sunchine
2. Mini-Doughnut
3. DK's Cold Day in Hell
4. Stinky and the Perfect Game
5. Clem's Proposal
6. Pink
7. Serenading Angel
8. Doggie Dance Class
9. Mini-Poker
10. Gladys MBRS and the Pips
11. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake
12. Mellow Skanki and Buster
13. 500 SOB

[SportsFan68]

I can't leave off the Bestest Avatar Ever.

1. Sunchine - #350
2. Mini-Doughnut - #352
3. DK's Cold Day in Hell - #383
4. Stinky and the Perfect Game - #385
5. Clem's Proposal - #444
6. Pink - #417
7. Serenading Angel - #405
8. Doggie Dance Class - #409
9. Mini-Poker - #439
10. Gladys MBRS and the Pips - #370
11. Mangy rodent and other vermin eating snake - #391
12. Mellow Skanki and Buster - #437
13. 500 SOB