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Originally Posted by fatman1234

Surprised no one has mentioned Stars buying Tilt, FT will be back online in 90 days and rest of world(non-US) players get their money in 90 days.

thats good news, ive only got about $60 in FT but glad to get it back.
do any of you guys play against each other or have a ITM tourny going?
if anyone feels like a game let me know im keen.

Final Table on . Anyone watching?

Yeah been watching all morning.. Don't want to leave for work but I have to.

Heads up finally after 11 hours of 3 handed - what a battle...

yeah crazy stuff

im thinking mercin might win it

Epic night of poker, 12 hours at the final table. Crazy how Merson kept his composure for so long.

Can see balsiger being big in the next few years, and 3.8 mill is a good starting block

yeah, it was fucking epic.

Couldn't believe it when I got home from work and it was still 3 handed.... then got back from a Concert just before midnight and it was STILL going!

surprised they didn't fall asleep

Yeah crazy shit.. Started watching at midday, left for work at 2, got home 11:30 and couldn't believe it was still going.

Merson was cool as a cucumber. Didn't see him make a bad play all final table.

Full Tilt is back on Tues!
I get my $$$ back

Finally catching up on the final table play...curious on peoples thoughts on Koroknai's exit...the 5 bet ship of 80BBs with KQos into Merson who snapped it off (for all but 2million/4BBs of his stack) with AK.

Blow up by Koroknai?
Loose call by Merson?

Initially I thought it was a pretty ugly move, but looking back at how inactive Andras was, his image was super fucking tight, and I actually think that Merson calling that size bet with only AK, for more or less his whole stack is pretty fucking ugly...he must have had some solid read on Andras as what else could you possible be thinking you're ahead of? It repped such a monster hand, so what, you're hoping it's only JJ or QQ and it's a flip? You put him squarely on AK and think it's a chop? Either of those thought processes aren't exactly attractive to call your whole stack off with.

Wonder what it was that let Merson know he was so dominatingly ahead to snap it off so quickly? To me, the flow of play and Andras's image screamed that AKos was crushed

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Originally Posted by Random_Kiwi

Finally catching up on the final table play...curious on peoples thoughts on Koroknai's exit...the 5 bet ship of 80BBs with KQos into Merson who snapped it off (for all but 2million/4BBs of his stack) with AK.

Blow up by Koroknai?
Loose call by Merson?

Initially I thought it was a pretty ugly move, but looking back at how inactive Andras was, his image was super fucking tight, and I actually think that Merson calling that size bet with only AK, for more or less his whole stack is pretty fucking ugly...he must have had some solid read on Andras as what else could you possible be thinking you're ahead of? It repped such a monster hand, so what, you're hoping it's only JJ or QQ and it's a flip? You put him squarely on AK and think it's a chop? Either of those thought processes aren't exactly attractive to call your whole stack off with.

Wonder what it was that let Merson know he was so dominatingly ahead to snap it off so quickly? To me, the flow of play and Andras's image screamed that AKos was crushed

The later in the tournament is...the value of Ak and Aq go up....Aces-queens pairs are just super rare. Play them like aces as they have way to much flop equity too waste at a late stage of a tournament. Early stages...yes definitely not a snap call but final table....ship sip ship

Yeah, deft was the right call and a good read to snap-call it so quick, just mulling it over...Andras was hard out trying to rep KK or AA, so kudos to Merson for calling it...did feel a little thin though, like a flip was the absolute best case scenario you're hoping for

Up to the 11th hour of play now...madness they're still 3 handed...Balsiger finally gets huge double up to chip lead, 2 hands later all the chips go back to Silvia as he luckboxes 2 pair and a straight and it's all back to square one...so epic!

Nah he pushed KQ for value....he tried to soul read Merson on a light 5 bet

Yeah, perhaps...dubious play whatever he was thinking

Booked in my Vegas trip for 2013! I'll be there for 8 days in spring, will prob play the daily tourneys at Ceasars, Venetian and Bellagio.

Alright, jumping back on the horse. Grabbing Pokerstars and Poker Tracker 4. This will be interesting.

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Originally Posted by Marshwah

Alright, jumping back on the horse. Grabbing Pokerstars and Poker Tracker 4. This will be interesting.

Holdem manager crushes PT4 nowadays

Anyone going to the APL Main Event next month?

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Originally Posted by Slapppa

Holdem manager crushes PT4 nowadays

And Full Tilt is back up and running, which crushes Stars

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Originally Posted by Random_Kiwi

And Full Tilt is back up and running, which crushes Stars

Full tilt is owned by stars now so stars crushes life.

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Booked in my Vegas trip for 2013! I'll be there for 8 days in spring, will prob play the daily tourneys at Ceasars, Venetian and Bellagio.

Weren't you supposed to be going in 2012? What happened to that? How big is your facebook roll now?

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The later in the tournament is...the value of Ak and Aq go up....Aces-queens pairs are just super rare. Play them like aces as they have way to much flop equity too waste at a late stage of a tournament. Early stages...yes definitely not a snap call but final table....ship sip ship

So calling AK for 76 BBs in the main event is "value goes up later in the tournament?" .... I think you are referring to the later stages of the APL Sunday $50 high roller when they have 15 min blinds going up exponentially. The call with AK in just about any spot for 76BBs is uber bad. Just as the shove with KQ is in that spot no matter what your image is. But I hate the call more. NOt in that spot, not in the main event. can pick a better spot than that.

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So calling AK for 76 BBs in the main event is "value goes up later in the tournament?" .... I think you are referring to the later stages of the APL Sunday $50 high roller when they have 15 min blinds going up exponentially. The call with AK in just about any spot for 76BBs is uber bad. Just as the shove with KQ is in that spot no matter what your image is. But I hate the call more. NOt in that spot, not in the main event. can pick a better spot than that.

meh..with peoples ranges so wide in today's modern game your value range needs to increase to include AQ suited+ otherwise you'll get run over. It was obv based on read as well....i doubt he would have "snap" called against a Steve Gee 6 bet but against Korok who has shown to be spewy, its a pretty easy call. I believe Korok thinks he was shoving for value and not as a bluff and Merson soul read all of that

And Merson is a Supernova Elite cash game player and not a spewy tourney player like Heinz or Cada so it all adds up to him knowing exactly where he was at all times....probabaly out him on something along the range of Ace 10o etc

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And Full Tilt is back up and running, which crushes Stars

I personally dont see why people ark up over the two...their both poker sites, they both have fish. The only site i don't like is the web version of 888 because the the interface is a little tilty

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I personally dont see why people ark up over the two...their both poker sites, they both have fish. The only site i don't like is the web version of 888 because the the interface is a little tilty

FT software plays nicer imo

And I don’t know what it is, perhaps it is just shitty luck/variance, feels well beyond just that though...I used to be quite profitable on FT, yet cannot for the fucking life of me get anything happening on Stars, the Fish Play VS Reward ratio is just atrocious

AIOF of 8 3 2 with A8 vs K8...binks the turn
AIOF of 9 4 J with KK vs A9...binks the river
AIOF with flopped straight...blinks flush on the turn

So consistently losing the hands I should be winning a good 70% of the time, it's beyond a fucking joke...and it's always to fucking fish morons with 35 percentile ranks, no ROI, ITM 6% of the time if they're lucky...3 hands later they've donked them off to someone else and are busto...in the fucking eye, Pokerstars, right in the fucking eye!

FT just need to bring out a mobile app and Stars can then get the fuck out, will never play on that piece of shit site again

Also profitable live last 5 out of 6 outings at Crown, but on Stars? Nope, not on your fucking nelly does anything that should hold, actually hold...the amount of times in the last month alone AK has been out-binked by AQ/AJ et al is fucking ridiculous!

/rant

Mmmmmmmmmmm Irish Poker on Full Tilt...Hold 'em with 4 hole cards, 2 of which must be discarded after the Flop betting...discarding Aces, solid

Full Tilt Poker Game #32304604214: Table Candlas (6 max) - $0.10/$0.25 - No Limit Irish - 03:46:05 ET - 2013/03/14

Seat 1: InsanityNZ ($31.84)
Seat 2: PokerPaulMZ ($25)
Seat 3: Kazantsev ($17.79)
Seat 4: lisuxa ($23.75)
Seat 5: TAPORishko ($25)
Seat 6: Jeremi_g ($25.35)
lisuxa posts the small blind of $0.10
TAPORishko posts the big blind of $0.25
The button is in seat #3

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to InsanityNZ [Ah Ad Kd Ks]

Jeremi_g folds
InsanityNZ raises to $0.85
PokerPaulMZ folds
Kazantsev folds
lisuxa calls $0.75
TAPORishko has 15 seconds left to act
TAPORishko raises to $3
InsanityNZ has 15 seconds left to act
InsanityNZ raises to $5.75
lisuxa folds
TAPORishko has 15 seconds left to act
TAPORishko raises to $25, and is all in
InsanityNZ calls $19.25

*** FLOP *** [Kh 6c 5h] (Total Pot: $50.85, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
*** DISCARD ROUND *** (Total Pot: $50.85, 2 Players, 1 All-In)

15 seconds left to act
InsanityNZ: discarding aces lol
InsanityNZ discards [Ah Ad]
TAPORishko discards

TAPORishko shows [Ac As]

InsanityNZ shows [Kd Ks]

*** TURN *** [Kh 6c 5h] [3c] (Total Pot: $50.85, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
*** RIVER *** [Kh 6c 5h 3c] [9h] (Total Pot: $50.85, 2 Players, 1 All-In)
TAPORishko shows a pair of Aces
InsanityNZ shows three of a kind, Kings
InsanityNZ wins the pot ($48.31) with three of a kind, Kings

Villian claimed to have AAQQ as opening hand...so stupidly sick!

Played in the Aria 1pm $125 tournament last week. Sitting just outside the Ivey room next to Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Jean-Robert Bellande

120 starters, 10,000 starting stack and 30 minute blinds.

16 players left with top 11 in the money, called a 15BB shove (UTG) with pocket 6s from the BB. He flips over KQ and hits the K on the flop.

Next hand was the SB and called all in. Would have made the final table with a decent stack if my 6s had held up.

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Played in the Aria 1pm $125 tournament last week. Sitting just outside the Ivey room next to Doyle Brunson, Phil Ivey and Jean-Robert Bellande

120 starters, 10,000 starting stack and 30 minute blinds.

16 players left with top 11 in the money, called a 15BB shove (UTG) with pocket 6s from the BB. He flips over KQ and hits the K on the flop.

Next hand was the SB and called all in. Would have made the final table with a decent stack if my 6s had held up.

Dont like the 66 call...especially that close o the money..especially as shover was UTG. 99+ ATs+, Ajo+ seems about right. Antes?

If shover was SB that 66 is bottom of value range. Unlucky either way adn congrats on the deep run