Comments on: Huge Fish, Little Pond http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/ Huge's Poker Exploits Sun, 20 May 2012 18:59:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Peter Nichols http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/#comment-8652 Peter Nichols Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:47:22 +0000 http://hugepoker.info/blog/?p=524#comment-8652 Hahah thanks Laurence. It just occurred to me that you might be a pro, that there probably aren't a lot of pros in Seattle named Laurence and that it might be cool to see how good the guy was who beat me. Five minutes of searching and the magic of Google and there you were. Sorry, I didn't mean to freak you out, but after reading how "decent" I was, I just had to say something. You are right, 3 betting out of position with anything other than a real hand against a guy who has very clearly just told me he has a hand was a bad tactic. I get so aggressive and so confident in my abilities to play any hand that sometimes I forget the basics of poker and, against a far better than decent opponent, that type of play can, and probably did, cost me the game. And by the way, thanks for the compliments. That was a fun game. I know you do this for a living so you probably wouldn't be interested in playing at one of my little $10 buy-in home games with me and my friends, but if, instead, you just happen to randomly like playing frisbee golf let me know, you would be more than welcome to join me and my buddies frolf-ing some weekend. It's not quite as exciting as poker, but it's easily just as fun. Either way, it was nice meeting you and best of luck to you out there. Hahah thanks Laurence. It just occurred to me that you might be a pro, that there probably aren’t a lot of pros in Seattle named Laurence and that it might be cool to see how good the guy was who beat me. Five minutes of searching and the magic of Google and there you were. Sorry, I didn’t mean to freak you out, but after reading how “decent” I was, I just had to say something.

You are right, 3 betting out of position with anything other than a real hand against a guy who has very clearly just told me he has a hand was a bad tactic. I get so aggressive and so confident in my abilities to play any hand that sometimes I forget the basics of poker and, against a far better than decent opponent, that type of play can, and probably did, cost me the game.

And by the way, thanks for the compliments. That was a fun game. I know you do this for a living so you probably wouldn’t be interested in playing at one of my little $10 buy-in home games with me and my friends, but if, instead, you just happen to randomly like playing frisbee golf let me know, you would be more than welcome to join me and my buddies frolf-ing some weekend. It’s not quite as exciting as poker, but it’s easily just as fun. Either way, it was nice meeting you and best of luck to you out there.

]]> By: huge http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/#comment-8651 huge Wed, 17 Aug 2011 07:39:34 +0000 http://hugepoker.info/blog/?p=524#comment-8651 well, let's see ... where to begin ... sorry for the criticism in my blog post, and how the hell did you find it? ... I'll repeat that you, me, and the guy who finished third were the three best players I saw in the whole tournament ... if that was your first outing at casino poker you played *PHENOMENALLY* well. On the A9 hand, maybe the fold on the end is OK if you were confident you were dominated, but the bigger-picture tactic of 3-bet-folding I think is the problem - I think flatting, 3-bet-shoving, or even just folding would have been preferable. This is all coming from someone who, in the wider poker pond, is merely "decent" at heads-up... Congrats on a spectacular first outing. well, let’s see … where to begin … sorry for the criticism in my blog post, and how the hell did you find it? … I’ll repeat that you, me, and the guy who finished third were the three best players I saw in the whole tournament … if that was your first outing at casino poker you played *PHENOMENALLY* well. On the A9 hand, maybe the fold on the end is OK if you were confident you were dominated, but the bigger-picture tactic of 3-bet-folding I think is the problem - I think flatting, 3-bet-shoving, or even just folding would have been preferable. This is all coming from someone who, in the wider poker pond, is merely “decent” at heads-up… Congrats on a spectacular first outing.

]]> By: Peter Nichols http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/#comment-8650 Peter Nichols Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:58:54 +0000 http://hugepoker.info/blog/?p=524#comment-8650 It's true, folding to that 4 bet when it meant losing such a large portion of my stack, and when, objectively, I had odds to call, may seem like a weak play, but then again, like I told you, I knew my A9s was no good and I would have hated to end my tournament as a 3 to 1 dog. :) Sigh, I clearly need to work on my heads up skills. It kills me to be referred to as "decent". Although considering that's the first time I ever even played poker in a casino, I feel like maybe that was a "decent" first outing. Let's face it, I was crushing everyone... well, almost everyone. It’s true, folding to that 4 bet when it meant losing such a large portion of my stack, and when, objectively, I had odds to call, may seem like a weak play, but then again, like I told you, I knew my A9s was no good and I would have hated to end my tournament as a 3 to 1 dog. :) Sigh, I clearly need to work on my heads up skills. It kills me to be referred to as “decent”. Although considering that’s the first time I ever even played poker in a casino, I feel like maybe that was a “decent” first outing. Let’s face it, I was crushing everyone… well, almost everyone.

]]> By: Pamela http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/#comment-8648 Pamela Tue, 16 Aug 2011 19:34:09 +0000 http://hugepoker.info/blog/?p=524#comment-8648 1st place is always good. Congrats! 1st place is always good. Congrats!

]]> By: Ace http://hugepoker.info/blog/2011/08/15/huge-fish-little-pond/#comment-8641 Ace Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:17:05 +0000 http://hugepoker.info/blog/?p=524#comment-8641 Was up at Phils ranch last week and got a copy (pre release) of his Little Gold Book. He hired Galafond and Annette15 to teach him how to beat the Internet kids. I'm in Vegas putting it into practice. At Ven noon my flopped str8 was rivers b a flush so I walked over to Ceasers for their 2pm $225 With four left we chopped with me taking $3445. Some of my success was some techniques from Phils book, and most from my hands holding when they were ahead and two doubles when I was short and got it in as a 30-70 dog. Was up at Phils ranch last week and got a copy (pre release) of his Little Gold Book.

He hired Galafond and Annette15 to teach him how to beat the Internet kids.

I’m in Vegas putting it into practice. At Ven noon my flopped str8 was rivers b a flush so I walked over to Ceasers for their 2pm $225

With four left we chopped with me taking $3445. Some of my success was some techniques from Phils book, and most from my hands holding when they were ahead and two doubles when I was short and got it in as a 30-70 dog.

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