Compncards Corner » Stud 8 http://jamesguill.com Just another WordPress site Fri, 06 Jan 2012 07:29:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Sweating Tourneys on PokerStars http://jamesguill.com/2008/09/20/sweating-tourneys-on-pokerstars/ http://jamesguill.com/2008/09/20/sweating-tourneys-on-pokerstars/#comments Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:53:03 +0000 compncards http://www.jamesguill.com/2008/09/20/sweating-tourneys-on-pokerstars/ Continue reading →]]> I’m currently sitting here watching a guy on PokerStars play in a couple of tourneys and giving advice along the way in a certain game.  Mostly on Stud 8 and some on Stud.   He has done pretty well and is at the final table of one tourney right now with the chip lead.  Should be interesting to see if he wins.  In the time I typed this sentence he just became second in chips.  It is interesting watching people play mixed games that are weak in a couple.  Fortunately he was bright enough to seek help.  Anywho, not much else going on.

They are down to three.   He has a decent chance to win.  I guess we will see what happens.

]]> http://jamesguill.com/2008/09/20/sweating-tourneys-on-pokerstars/feed/ 0 Obsessed With Holdem???? http://jamesguill.com/2008/08/02/obsessed-with-holdem/ http://jamesguill.com/2008/08/02/obsessed-with-holdem/#comments Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:30:25 +0000 compncards http://www.jamesguill.com/2008/08/02/obsessed-with-holdem/ Continue reading →]]> As hard as it may be for some of you to believe, I have actually been obsessed in the last couple of days playing NL Holdem. Those of you whose jaws just hit the floor, you can pick them up now. I have been playing a lot of HEADS-UP NL Holdem in the last couple of days. I actually do enjoy this version of NL. The main reason is that a lot of people just don’t know how to play heads-up properly. I love the players that try to be uber aggressive with me. I just sit back, pick up a decent hand or wait for them to lure me in when they get their monsters. If my garbage hits when they have a monster, I tend to break them. The players that aren’t uber-aggressive, I tend to play a modified version of smallball with. I had one player last night that played the game as if it were Limit Holdem. Yum Yum. There were only about 5 times total that I have been all-in or pushed someone all-in and was called with the worst hand pre-flop. Two of the times, I sucked out.

The same frustrations that I experience with a ring game of NL Holdem are still there, but it isn’t as magnified. Also, I am playing Sit-N-Go’s and not cash games, so that helps. That reminds me of a talk I had with a friend of mine Mickey last night. He expressed that when he is running bad, the game affects his overall mood. I tend to sympathise with him. One thing that I mentioned to him was the fact that I tend to get frustrated more in cash games as opposed to Sit-N-Go’s. In SNG’s, once I pay the money, I consider it gone forever unless I cash. In a cash game, I see the actual money going up or down depending on how I am running. I am not like some people where the money doesn’t mean anything to me at all, so there is I guess the added psychological pressure. True, this is all in my head, but at least I admit it.

My Stud-8 game has been running really well lately. I’ve only had 2 losing session, and 0 losing days so far. I probably need to work on my Stud 8 tournament game some. It is still hard for me to find the patience to sit for a long tournament online. In a future blog, I will go over my Stud 8 cash at Binion’s during my Vegas trip.

I don’t really feel like talking about much else right now, so have a good one folks.

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]]> http://jamesguill.com/2008/08/02/obsessed-with-holdem/feed/ 0 So you think your a poker player? http://jamesguill.com/2008/04/02/so-you-think-your-a-poker-player-eh/ http://jamesguill.com/2008/04/02/so-you-think-your-a-poker-player-eh/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2008 01:35:55 +0000 compncards http://www.jamesguill.com/?p=18 Continue reading →]]> Today I want you to take a quiz about poker. Try out the questions below and see how you score. Don’t cheat and use other resources to help yourself. Try and answer the questions based on your poker knowledge. I will submit answers in a future posting.

  1. What is a low?

  1. Are wraps a good thing or a bad thing?

  1. How is the size of a bring-in bet usually determined?

  1. Do you even know what a bring-in is?

  1. John has a number 1. What does John have?

  1. What game is John playing in question 5.

  1. A flush beats a full house in what poker game? (This is a casino game, not some odd home game.)

  1. California and Kansas City are forms of what game?

  1. You can make a double bet on an open pair on fourth street in 7 Card Stud 8 or better.

  1. Your starting hand in Omaha is a set of 10’s with a 7 kicker with no suits. What is your play?

  1. At what point do antes come into play in most Limit tournaments?

  1. You are holding Aces full of Kings with a 67 in Razz. Your opponent has a King high straight with an 87. Who wins and why?

  1. You hear 10 people talk about HOE in a casino but there are no prostitutes anywhere. What are they talking about?

  1. In what game is the first raise not truly a raise?

  1. You have a wheel, but only get 25% of the pot. What crazy game are you playing and why are you only getting 25% of the pot??

  1. Badugi. Tell me what it is.

  1. What is the best hand in badugi?

  1. What is HORSE?

  1. You have QJ108, with the Q10 of hearts. You flop Ace of hearts, Jack of hearts and an 8 of clubs. Someone potted and repotted. What do you do?

  1. In the game California referred to in question 8, you have a wheel. How good is your hand and why?

Do you still think you’re a poker player?

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