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"....Think this might be the hand with eon think i seen it as a good solid high hand and everyone knows the big stack always wins lol no just seen this as a good hand for heads up and it seemed a good spot too defend with as would still have 7 bbs left if it went wrong...."
Not sure I can buy into that, Brian. For starters, you have 4 cards,& Eon has five - his Ace plays BOTH ways, so you start at a disadvantage.
I've never seen Eon (in this exact spot) get it in without an Ace in his hand so that GUARANTEES you need to outdraw him.
Anyway, enough opinions, here's the facts.
Your hand SCOOPS 29% of the time
His hand SCOOPS 48% of the time
Your hand wins the HIGH 51% of the time
His hand wins the HIGH 49% of the time.
Your hand wins the LOW 0% of the time.
His hand wins the LOW 60% of the time.
Overall equity pre-flop - YOUR hand 40%, HIS hand 60%.
So, taking all that into account, lets go back to that first mistake thing we discussed this morning.
One player is OUT
One player is AWAY
One player is roffling around in every pot.
You have 3,300 chips.
I have around 1,200.
Do we NEED to get involved with this very marginal hand, or can we await a better spot? We might not even need to play another hand. Once AWAY man disappears, that's 3 Big stacks, + me trundling along with 4 Bigs, & guaranteed to widen my range & take a stab shortly.
In your spot, I'd be sitting nice & quietly here. We don't get any extra for having most chips. In a 6 Max, yes, in a DYM, no.
Andrew, Karen - will reply tomorrow.
And for the children aged under 3 amongst you, please take note of Macacgirl's Avatar.
Two questions, please answer A or B. You may only answer "YES"
a) Is it ridiculously stupid?
b) Is it ridiculously stupid?
I'll definitely mention that to Upstairs.
There is no doubt in my mind that "Turbo" is extremely popular these days, many players don't want a DYM to last 35 to 40 minutes, they don't have the patience & just cba to sit there for so long.
You may be surprised to know that, up to a point, I'd probably play them, too.
I'm very much a glass half full sort, I'm happy with what is on offer, & if I were not, I'd not play, or I'd play elsewhere. It does often occur to me though, that due to the nature of PLO8, in effect, the first 4 levels in the current structure are almost meaningless, especially as it's PL, so there's no jamming.
Lots of folks play every hand of course, Team Limpy Limp Limp, but if it were a Turbo, they'd soon become Team Skinty Skint Skint.
The danger is spreading the thin liquidity too wide, but definitely worth considering.
For someone who plays a lot of PLO8 DYM's, it also gives them a shot at earning decent Reward Points. At present, there is an absolute cap on how many points we can earn per day in these, & it requires a lot of hours to earn 1,000 points (£12.50) in a week.
I just wanted to say "thanks Karen, you are the greatest".
I've met many lovely people in poker, made loads of smashing friends & acquaintances, & of course an enemy or two along the way. I'd say most are acquaintances, the Facebook definition of a "Friend" does not meet my criteria, real friends are very special, & far & few between.
I've never met Karen, but we are kindred spirits, soul brothers (sisters), and I admire her & respect her unreservedly.
If only everyone played the game in the same spirit as Karen. Played many thousands of games here, & never once had a bad beat chunter, just moves onto the next game like a proper grown up. Plays technically perfect PLO8, too, when you take on Karen, you'd better have a good hand, & she is very much a raiser not a caller.
I'll miss her immensely.
Hope I'm still around when she returns in November.
You'll be very much missed Karen, by all of us.
bon voyage
xx
Sam's a bit under it at the mo - been on holiday again - but I'll ask him to consider it.
I played 4 hands in a row? Maybe my Bet button stuck down?
I do get a bit busy 4 handed, fair to say, I do the gear change thing. Always got the goods, obv. Just, you know, lesser quality goods, Tesco instead of Waitrose.
I've had a bad run since Xmas, bad everything, including bad play, but it's turned this week, & I've made money 3 nights in a row. Time for a 4 timer imo.
My word you are on form today guys, "zing" asda kids say.