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Comment on Kid With a Dream by Adam

Adam — Tue, 22 May 2012 06:09:09 +0000

Congrats on making the final table at Galway a year after winning it! It was cool to see Melissa cheering you on in the recap video.

Comment on Kid With a Dream by Aidan Connolly

Aidan Connolly — Sun, 13 May 2012 08:19:10 +0000

Brilliant. The definition of professional. You and Max also act like gents on the tables, well deserved lad.

Comment on Shots Shots Shots! by Evan Tare-e-air-e-oooooo

Evan Tare-e-air-e-oooooo — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 19:44:09 +0000

Sweet!

Comment on Teh Online Pokers with a Controller! by nickabourisk

nickabourisk — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 15:59:04 +0000

Hmmm… I’m not sure how it works with a standard Xbox360 controller. I got one of the PC-friendly ones that connects to a wireless USB adapter.

Comment on Cause I’m Out Here Grinding by Evan

Evan — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 02:34:17 +0000

Sounds expensive, that nuts.

Shitty, sounds like he lost his nuts.

What kind of guy loses his nuts.

Those are expensive nuts.

I could go on.

Comment on Teh Online Pokers with a Controller! by MelV

MelV — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 20:21:28 +0000

Hi,
Thx for the great writeup!

One noob question…..do i need an adapter if im getting an Xbox350 wireless controller?

Thx.

Comment on Won Live Poker Tourney for £6150! by nickabourisk

nickabourisk — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:32:50 +0000

I agree about the AK in this spot in tournaments now that I’ve thought about it. However, I think it’s probably an overshove in this spot had it been a winner-take-all or a short stacked cash game (i.e. cEV instead of $EV).

Yeah, your “push-pull” reminds me of what Harrington called “first in vigorish” in his NLHE books.

Comment on Won Live Poker Tourney for £6150! by nickabourisk

nickabourisk — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:26:34 +0000

Haha, I sure hope I can keep that record up for UKIPT Dublin and EPT London

Comment on Won Live Poker Tourney for £6150! by darse

darse — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:42:10 +0000

Looks like the Hendon Mob linked changed (or doesn’t stay constant over time).

Currently:

http://pokerdb.thehendonmob.com/player.php?a=r&n=171450

I wonder how many people in the database have two entries and two wins? :-p

Comment on Won Live Poker Tourney for £6150! by darse

darse — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 03:22:58 +0000

AK is pretty shaky in that 3-way spot. Sometimes you’re in an AK-AK-pair situation (or the pair is KK or AA), which is seriously unfun in terms of equity. Regardless, you’re in a a game of chicken, where you want others to get into big conflicts. I call that stage of the tourney “push-pull” (push or dodge for cover — very common to fold hands you would have pushed with if someone hadn’t beaten you to it).

Mind you, it’s hard to remember the theory when you’re in the heat of battle, I once failed to fold KK near the biggest bubble imaginable (very flat payout structure with a shelf of about 200 players, mostly inexperienced), and duly lost to AA, out of the money. “Oh ya, i remember that little tournament math tidbit now”.

The Nash analysis is pretty funky, to see some objective ranges given their stack sizes. I think the kids and the software may have passed the analysis i did in the early 90s…

Congrats on the win, and good luck in Edinburgh!