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I might go to the casnio again tonight - its just so donkalicious.....perhaps later in the week though...hmm...

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Snowva wrote:It's called Hold'em manager, and I believe it costs around $100. It's THE most useful thing you will ever buy for poker, without question. Just brilliant.

The Pro version is $90 but for $55 you can get the small stakes version which is exactly the same but doesn't record cash games over $50nl or tournaments over $22.

If you are only playing small stakes then stick with the $55 version (it's what I still use) as you can always upgrade at a later date.

DML wrote:I might go to the casnio again tonight - its just so donkalicious.....perhaps later in the week though...hmm...

Have you thought about trying to put together a bankroll proper yet DML?

I know you may just be going to the casinos for fun, but I genuinely think you'll do even better (which I'm sure you do there anyway) if you have a BR, even if it's perhaps a little underrolled.

I'll be heading down the casino next week myself, probably. I think I'll be playing a £15 1R or A which, if I don't out early from, will probably end in me playing the £1/1 cash tables. I've worked very hard on my roll though, so I'm a little nervous having only like £1100 or something. I was thinking about taking £50, but is that pointless? I don't think it'd be horrendous considering that when you go to a particularly passive game, you can see a lot of cheap flops and still be paid off by the OMZGZ TOP PAR types.

Jellon Lamb wrote:

Snowva wrote:It's called Hold'em manager, and I believe it costs around $100. It's THE most useful thing you will ever buy for poker, without question. Just brilliant.

The Pro version is $90 but for $55 you can get the small stakes version which is exactly the same but doesn't record cash games over $50nl or tournaments over $22.

If you are only playing small stakes then stick with the $55 version (it's what I still use) as you can always upgrade at a later date.

it does record tournaments over $22 :S well for me it does lol

lol you can sit with £50 but you have to be prepared to gamble it then leave. Standard hand when playing £1/£2 is 7 people limp £2. I make it £25. 5 folds and 2 callers. Check check, I bet in position and TID.

You might want to try 3bet shoving pre to build that stack.

Just cashed out $2000 from party poker to buy a new gaming rig. HOW EXCITING!!

Snowva wrote:

DML wrote:I might go to the casnio again tonight - its just so donkalicious.....perhaps later in the week though...hmm...

Have you thought about trying to put together a bankroll proper yet DML?

I know you may just be going to the casinos for fun, but I genuinely think you'll do even better (which I'm sure you do there anyway) if you have a BR, even if it's perhaps a little underrolled.

I'll be heading down the casino next week myself, probably. I think I'll be playing a £15 1R or A which, if I don't out early from, will probably end in me playing the £1/1 cash tables. I've worked very hard on my roll though, so I'm a little nervous having only like £1100 or something. I was thinking about taking £50, but is that pointless? I don't think it'd be horrendous considering that when you go to a particularly passive game, you can see a lot of cheap flops and still be paid off by the OMZGZ TOP PAR types.

Yeah I have considered it, but i wouldn't have enough for a live roll, and my computer is too unreliable for me to really want a proper roll online, plus the fact I am up and down the country. When I have a new lptop then I will definitely do it.

Sneezy Chimney Droppings wrote:

Jellon Lamb wrote:

Snowva wrote:It's called Hold'em manager, and I believe it costs around $100. It's THE most useful thing you will ever buy for poker, without question. Just brilliant.

The Pro version is $90 but for $55 you can get the small stakes version which is exactly the same but doesn't record cash games over $50nl or tournaments over $22.

If you are only playing small stakes then stick with the $55 version (it's what I still use) as you can always upgrade at a later date.

it does record tournaments over $22 :S well for me it does lol

I think it does for me too, but officially it's says it doesn't.

Rex McGee wrote:lol you can sit with £50 but you have to be prepared to gamble it then leave. Standard hand when playing £1/£2 is 7 people limp £2. I make it £25. 5 folds and 2 callers. Check check, I bet in position and TID.

You might want to try 3bet shoving pre to build that stack.

Yeah, I played that exact situation a few days ago with the £50 stack. Guys were making it £7 to go pre-flop. You can see how drastically that cuts your options. Rex is right, its gamble or leave.

When I had the A-K the other day, I had already decided if I hit anything it was going in the middle.

Yeah well that's what I was thinking. It's £1/£1 btw, def not £1/2. I hate playing with reduced options, but I know I'm going to get called a lot when I hit, so I may just gamble the £50, work up to £100 or bust, then work from there.

Then again, if everyone is sat on £100, I'll sit on that as well. No point if the game is softish. Just quite a big shot.

Anyone else following poker legislation news ?

Exciting stuff going on.

I heard about it on this week's edition of the Final Table podcast with Dennis Phillips.

It's retarded.

Snowva wrote:For anyone continuing to play poker on FTP or PS, there is some interesting movements in US legislature set to pass this week that will affect us a bit in terms of US traffic: (there's a summary in the OP)
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/57/po ... ns-930754/

When I said it no-one listened

I originally read that post in work and TPT is blocked here.

Somewhat irrelevant, but http://www.worldpokertour.com/Live_Upda ... ?p=1&c=all

The prop bets on HSP next season are going to be off the chart.

That's awesome

Just qualified for the miniFTOPs event 2 - $26PL Omaha Knockout tourney. $50k GTD and cost me $7 to get in, so happy days.

I have like $60 in FT and probably going to try to win tickets into miniFTOPS events this week.

I bloody love it when donks give me value to call. This guy just bet an 1/8th of the pot on the flop (less than his pre-flop raise), where I just had a gutshot, I call to bluff on the turn, considering how weak he looks. I hit an open-ended straight draw and a flush draw on the turn, bluff at it, he calls, I hit my straight on the river and he pushes with his now mid-pair (top pair on the flop). Then he goes mental, calling me a donk! ( ). I hope it's a lesson in bet sizing for him.

Site/username, Phatman?

I played a few games yesterday and had horrible run bad (for once ). In one tournament I got it in on the turn twice in a row as ~75% favourite and lost both times, to the same guy as well. It was a $22 MTT, close to the money, and I had a decent stack so would have been in great shape if they had held.

I'm trying to earn enough VPP's for another $50 stellar bonus and also possibly enough to get goldstar this month. At the moment I need 1788 for the bonus which is perfectly doable with the games I play, but the 2780 for Goldstar will be a bit tougher. It's equivalent to 506 $12 180mans, or 22 a day.

I best get started then...

Gl sat! I think I could be able to grind GS out through cash this month, but I need 2500 points still.

Just played a large session of 6-tabling Omaha $10, ended up 3 buy-ins. People have no idea what odds are