Q & A with HectorJelly

Hectorjelly

fuzzbox wrote:

Have you ever minraised :-)?

If yes ... have you ever CHECK/minraised?


What did you have when you check/minraised :-).

What street did you minraise on?
Why did you minraise?

I bet you love minraising.

Yeah I do min raise occasionaly. I very rarely do checkmin raise as well, allthough it really isnt very often. I usually fold if ive been check minraised allthough if I have any outs I ill often call. The last time I min raised was preflop. I made it 10 to go utg with AA(12), 4 callers. The bb then make it 40 to go, he was a total idiot, so I min raised him. I just wanted to make sure I got it heads up. Everyone else folded and he pushed with KTs.

I enjoy playing with players who min raise a lot.

Hectorjelly

BigCityBanker wrote:

What situation makes you uncomfortable at a poker table? (other than playing outside your roll).

Which well renowned Irish player do you think is the most overrated?

Could you ever lay down a set in fear that you are behind to an overset?

What is your tipple of choice?

How would you change the world?

People who sing, very aggressive good players.

A lot of the tournament winners ive seen do some technically awful things. There is a lot of praise given in the poker world and a lot of it is unfounded IMO. That said some of these players are very good at some things, just not the basics.

yes

beer or whiskey

I wouldnt change a whole lot. I would ban religons and stop people with out the ability for rational thought at a reasnable level from voting.

Hectorjelly

ianmc38 wrote:

Do you believe in the idea of a soul? If yes, what would your interpretation of it be?

I dont belive in a soul

ianmc38 wrote:

If you had to follow one religion which would it be and why (assuming you don't already)?

Buddhism is probably the least offensive to me, but im not very close to becoming a buddhist.

ianmc38 wrote:

Have you watched/listened to any material by Bill Hicks? Thoughts?

Very funny

ianmc38 wrote:

Do you gamble at all? Football, GGs etc?

I will be large amounts of money (well not that large) if I feel I have any sort of an edge. So that means i never bet in bookies, and always just with friends. They would be much better of never accepting a bet from me because if they are they are nearly always getting the worst from it. I love going bowling, being clearly the worst at it, but still leaving with 100dollars in my pocket because I gamble well!

ianmc38 wrote:

Do you have a set figure that you want to save before retirement? If you hit this figure, could you genuinely envisage giving up poker and not playing again?

Yeah im not sure, I said above that if I won the euro milllions I would stop playing poker. I think I woulld actually still play, but just as a recreational thing once a month or so. I find it hard to play well if the money doesnt mean anything to me, so maybe I would become a very rich whale. I dont have a set figure, it would just be enough so that I realised I never had to work again!

ianmc38 wrote:

Do you intend to live in Ireland for life or do you see yourself living elsewhere?

I can see myself living somewhere else but im not sure. At the moment im just going to take breaks from ireland as much as possible. Im going to cuba in march and going to travel around Europe before that if I can spare the time.Im going to vist lego land which ive wanted to go to since I was about 6

ianmc38 wrote:

Where do you think most mistakes are made in poker? Preflop/flop/turn/river?

Preflop is really important, and its very hard to fade preflop mistakes no matter how good you are after the flop. That said in a cash game id prefer to play someone who was awful after the flop than someone who was awful preflop but good after the flop. Not that you see many people like that!

The river is where I see good players make a tonne of mistakes. My friends are all generally very good winning players, and they all play the river pretty badly imo. In a cash game the river is really really important. If you can learn to often make very aggressive thin value bets your winrate will shoot up. The river is very important for a number of reasons, not least because its the only street where your opponents (or you) never have any equity. A good player should very rarely check behind on the river against a non tricky opponent with a hand he thinks is probably best.

ianmc38 wrote:

How long do you think it would take you to mentor an intelligent person with no poker knowledge to become a winning player?

Depending on the player, 3 weeks to never.

ianmc38 wrote:

How long were you playing the game before you were a winning player?

About a year of playing once a week and never reading or studying it

Hectorjelly

Rnger wrote:

Could you answer my question in the KK oop thread?

Done!

Rnger wrote:

Keeping your emotions in check is an important part of any good poker player's game. Do you think practising such a thing has adverse affects on you as a person?

No the opposite in fact, I think it makes you a stronger person more capable of dealing with things.

Rnger wrote:

On a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being fuzzbox and 1 being whoever you think is terrible, how good a poker player do you think I am compared to the other posters on this board?

This is only a very rough idea, but from a few of your comments questions 7 or 8.

Rnger wrote:

Do you tend to play things by ear? or play things by year?

I usually use my fingers

Hectorjelly

El Stuntman wrote:

Ola Senor Jelly,

what has been the most important lesson you've learnt at the poker table?

Keep your cards protected

El Stuntman wrote:

any good 'poker as metaphor for life' stuff to share with us?

Not off the top of my head, sorry!

El Stuntman wrote:

is this Tournament Life Syndrome all a bunch of crap or what?

Well its not completely crap, but its not something that should be foremost in your mind. Also it only makes sense if you are genuinely the best player, or maybe the second best at the table, and you have a large edge over the others. This is probably the case a lot less than people imagine.

A lot of what is written about tournaments on this forum is really wrong though, and the type of thinking that is bandied about will lead to bad results. Disregarding pot odds in a poker tournament is like a football player choosing to ignore the flight of a ball in a football game because its a tournament rather than a league game.

El Stuntman wrote:

which pro poker player would you least like to be in a fight with?

Sam grizzle , or the eskimo

El Stuntman wrote:

do you ever speechplay live? are you ever affected by your (live) opponent's speech play? do you place much store in speech tells?

I have done, but not very much. Usually only when ive been drinking. I talked someone into folding aces in a large pot in vegas which was great. I like when people talk to me during hands because their intentions are usually clear.

Goodluck2me

Hectorjelly wrote:

im not sure Im going to answer this post. Did I care if was I ahead? No I was hoping he had aces so I could get knocked out

i dont mean to sound like that; i meant it in the sense along the lines that you felt maybe you were getting the odds to call.
For example if you had Ako, and thought that even though there is a chance he may have a pair you were either pot committed/getting the odds to call. i only ask because of all the talk recently about calling imaginary all ins on 50-50`s. sorry if it came across differently.
i was interested when i seen the hand play out (from the rail) to hear your opinions on it. no sweat if you dont feel like answering it, i know it wasnt all that long ago.

Hectorjelly

5starpool wrote:

Do you think you are a much better player now than you were at this time last year?

Yeah without a doubt, I am much better.

5starpool wrote:

Do you hope to be a much better player again this time next year?

If im not, I wont be playing

5starpool wrote:

When was the alst time you identified a weakness in your game (aside from tilting and boredom) that you corrected and what was it?

It hasnt happened recently that ive found any large weaknesses, but I continually adjust how I play depending on the games im in. The lower stakes games im in the more passively I tend to play ak and so on, and the less bluffing I do.

5starpool wrote:

Do you have any desire to learn to play any other games to a high standard and profitable level or are you happy being a Hold'em head? If so is it only potential loss of earnings that are holding you back?

I find it hard to play more than one game to an expert level. I think hold em is a real art form that I have a flair and a really good feel for. When I play omaha I literally feel at sea and I can feel it disrupting my hold em game. I can see it disrupting my friends hold em games as well. I admire players who can play 2 games interchangably.

The other point on this subject is I already spend too much of my time on poker, I like to keep it to a minimum. I think if I tried to pick up a new game I would have to invest more time which I dont want to do.

5starpool wrote:

Do you ever set yourself challenges or goals?

Sometimes!

5starpool wrote:

Do you genuinely not care if people think you are a condescending poster, or are you somewhat upset by it, but don't think you can get across your point in another fashion?

It doesnt really bother my too much what people think of me. My friends all think im a condescending cnut as well. Ive made an attempt to be more reasnable in my posting this year, I dont know if anyone noticed. I never set out to offend people, but I have a very low tolerance for bad logic. I also want this board to be truly excellent and a source of top quality advice for all irish poker players. I want to see irish poker players do as well as possible, and that success will depend on resources like this board. That means that everyone who posts here has a duty to not post bad advice. I would much rather be known as a prick who posts good advice than a nice guy who posts bad advice.

5starpool wrote:

Do you ever wear pink shirts, and if not do you have any opinions or ever make fun of those that do wear them?

I think they look ridiculous and i often make fun of them. My dad wore one recently which was very embaressing. Salmon pink!

Hectorjelly

breadmonkey wrote:

What do you see as the main differences between PES6 on XBox and Playstation?

Do you place much importance on form. i.e. woiuld you take off someone like Ronaldinho if he was on blue form?

How can I improve my PES?

Ive only played pro ev 6 on the xbox very briefly. It seems totally differnent. The graphics are way nicer.

When I play we always put all players to top form.

Play a lot of the free practice and get a good feel for the game, and the movement of the ball. Really concentrate on shooting when your players body is in just the right spot.

ianmc38

Hectorjelly wrote:

I think they look ridiculous and i often make fun of them. My dad wore one recently which was very embaressing. Salmon pink!

Surely it isn't

sikes

what are the last three non fiction books that you read? or do you read books?

Hectorjelly

goodluck2me wrote:

i dont mean to sound like that; i meant it in the sense along the lines that you felt maybe you were getting the odds to call.
For example if you had Ako, and thought that even though there is a chance he may have a pair you were either pot committed/getting the odds to call. i only ask because of all the talk recently about calling imaginary all ins on 50-50`s. sorry if it came across differently.
i was interested when i seen the hand play out (from the rail) to hear your opinions on it. no sweat if you dont feel like answering it, i know it wasnt all that long ago.

Ok sorry, flew off the handle there a bit!

I was 100% sure I had the best hand. I raise in the cutoff with 77 to 18k. Folded to the button who is an aggressive and not superb player. He looks at his cards and immmediately announces all in. Now I know from watching him he doesnt not have a monster. He pushed all in immediately, which is not what someone does when they get AA or anything decent at all. If he had AA KK QQ JJ he would want to get some value from the hand, the way he played it it was clear to me he wanted me to fold. I put him on a range of any pair up to TT, alot of aces. I dont even think his hand is as good as AK. Now it was 130k or so for me to call, and If I thought there was any chance I was dominated I wouldnt of called. I wasnt getting that good a price, so im only calling if I pretty sure im ahead. In fact because its the bubble its probably a slightly bad EV call, but part of my strategy for tournaments is to never fold in a spot where I think im a favourite. Im never going to let myself be bullied or pushed off a hand. Also I think given the circumstances if I win that pot I can do a hell of a lot with those chips. As a short/medium stack I cant really put that much pressure on my opponents. If I win that pot I think I go second in chips!

Hectorjelly

handsfree wrote:

what age are you?

i always had you pinned down as a grumpy 40 yr old!!;)

Soon to be 27

Hectorjelly

sikes wrote:

what are the last three non fiction books that you read? or do you read books?

I dont read that much non fiction, I read a lot of fiction. The last three non fiction books I read were a book on infinity that was excellent, a mathamatican plays the stock market which was excellent as well, and a book on the history of computers which was ok.

LuckyLloyd

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Hectorjelly

White Knight wrote:

Do you enjoy confrontation?

You have AsQs in middle position. An early position player calls before you preflop, and you raise. One late position player calls the two bets, and the early position player calls your raise. Both blinds fold. Three of you see the flop: Ts4cJh. The early position player bets. Should you call, raise or fold?

When people ask "what three things would you bring with you on a desert island?" no one ever replies, "A BOAT" - what would your 3 things be?

Yes

Depends on the stacks and players. Sometimes raise, sometimes fold, sometimes call.

A helicopter, a magic genie to grant me wishes and a neverending gobstopper


EDIT, Just realised that was alimit question. I never play limit, id guess the answer is raise though.

Hectorjelly

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Darragh, I think you made a wonderful call in this hand and it was, IMO, the call of a player that was purely interested in winning the tournament. And I think you might have done if you had held up.

However, I really disagree with the above comment for I cannot think of many Irish players who are better than him from what I have seen. That said, we might simply not agree - and so what...:)

I havent played with him very much, just a few cash games where he was continually overaggressive, so Ill accept your judgement.

Lafortezza

1000BB headsup HE match, blinds do not increase.
You play against fuzzbox, PillowTalk, Dathio, Roundtower. Which of these matches do you win/lose and why?

bohsman

Who knocked you out of the GJP ME?

Flipper

Do you prefer 6-max or full 9/10 handed tables? Why?
How many tables do you play at once?
Who is the best player(s) you've ever played with live?
Do you think collusion is much of a problem online?

Hectorjelly

lafortezza wrote:

1000BB headsup HE match, blinds do not increase.
You play against fuzzbox, PillowTalk, Dathio, Roundtower. Which of these matches do you win/lose and why?

ok, well Dathio may be the easiest. He is mainly a tournament player (a damn fine one as well!) and the thouand blinds may thow him a bit, Pillowtalk would be tough as I think he has a lot of high limit heads up experience. It may come down to who runs well or whoever adapts to the others game the fastest. Fuzz and I I think would quickly turn into me trying to run him over, allthough with 1k blinds he can afford to do a lot of waiting. Maybe my best plan would be to outrock him knowing he would want to get backto his newly enlarged family.

I should probably note that I think I played Dathio heads up once and lost!

Against Roundtower it would be just a case of waiting him to shove preflop with 22.

Hectorjelly

Flipper wrote:

Do you prefer 6-max or full 9/10 handed tables? Why?
How many tables do you play at once?
Who is the best player(s) you've ever played with live?
Do you think collusion is much of a problem online?

I much prefer 6 handed because it gives you a much bigger chance to actually outplay people. 9 handed is much more about just waiting for a good hand, there are so many more intresting and marginal situations 6 handed where a good player can use his edge.

I play 3 at once usually, sometimes 2 and sometimes 4. I dont enjoy poker very much if I play more than 4.

I havent played a great deal of live poker. One of my friends John Casey is probably the best live player ive played a lot with. Peter Heleseltin (not sure of the spelling!) is excellent as I mentioned before.

Not in any of the games Ive played. I think that most of the people who collude are probably losers and I doubt that they collude successfully. Now i have no experience of the big online NL or POL games so I dont know about there, but I would imagine it would be very difficult to get away with considering the railbirds and the sites tracking software. The thing about colluding is that to do it successfully you need to have a good understanding of poker, and if you have that you are probably a winner anyway, and dont need to collude.

I would imagine there is quite abit of low scale colluding going on at the mid or low levels, with players using msn and so on, but they would all be long term losers anyway.

Solksjaer

One last question for you! Some (only) of your posts can come across as arrogant;) , (just how they read that's all) which of course I have no problem with as I'm better than everyone in the world at nearly everything (except girly stuff and wearing pink shirts) , so I understand the confidence factor :-)

What was the most outrageous/arrogant statement made by a 'known' player in your time in the game. You don't have to name him/her just the statement. (doubt it's a her though)


Enjoying these Q&As good idea.

BigCityBanker

Actually I have another question.

Have you ever taken a certified IQ test? If so what is your IQ? Was this achieved in Culture Fair or Catrell B? If you have taken both by how much did your scores differ?

Scotty #

Do you think there is much collusion in online poker??

Goodluck2me

Hectorjelly wrote:

Ok sorry, flew off the handle there a bit!

I was 100% sure I had the best hand. I raise in the cutoff with 77 to 18k. Folded to the button who is an aggressive and not superb player. He looks at his cards and immmediately announces all in. Now I know from watching him he doesnt not have a monster. He pushed all in immediately, which is not what someone does when they get AA or anything decent at all. If he had AA KK QQ JJ he would want to get some value from the hand, the way he played it it was clear to me he wanted me to fold. I put him on a range of any pair up to TT, alot of aces. I dont even think his hand is as good as AK. Now it was 130k or so for me to call, and If I thought there was any chance I was dominated I wouldnt of called. I wasnt getting that good a price, so im only calling if I pretty sure im ahead. In fact because its the bubble its probably a slightly bad EV call, but part of my strategy for tournaments is to never fold in a spot where I think im a favourite. Im never going to let myself be bullied or pushed off a hand. Also I think given the circumstances if I win that pot I can do a hell of a lot with those chips. As a short/medium stack I cant really put that much pressure on my opponents. If I win that pot I think I go second in chips!

im gald you see where i am coming from as you answered exactly the question i was asking. i wasnt sure from a personal poitn of view if i would have had the balls to call that and ollieboy was standing beside me and said you would never fold if you thought you were ahead no matter how much that was. good to hear it from the horses mouth to speak and you re-iterate what he said. its one of the best qualities in a top class player able to make tight calls in tough situations, it where the difference in class is imo. once you know you are ahead you simply wont fold the best hand.
i also thought that your reasoninf for it may have had something to do with you playing for first rather thank limping which you outlined too. hl and thanks for the reply.

Solksjaer

goodluck2me wrote:

im gald you see where i am coming from as you answered exactly the question i was asking. i wasnt sure from a personal poitn of view if i would have had the balls to call that and ollieboy was standing beside me and said you would never fold if you thought you were ahead no matter how much that was. good to hear it from the horses mouth to speak and you re-iterate what he said. its one of the best qualities in a top class player able to make tight calls in tough situations, it where the difference in class is imo. once you know you are ahead you simply wont fold the best hand.
i also thought that your reasoninf for it may have had something to do with you playing for first rather thank limping which you outlined too. hl and thanks for the reply.

Well from reading the boards (a short time) HJ is obviously a very very good player. BUT, I simply think callin a ALL IN with 77s is not exactly that 'classy' a play. (So I don't agree with the other lads here). If you put a players range up to a pair of 10s then by your own reckoning you could well be behind. Personally I think to call here is a very risky play regardless of who you are. You are more than likely up agianst another pair or a race against two overs.
I don't think I would ever call in this PARTICULAR situation and I do like to gamble. I suppose until I understand this I won't ever make it to the standard of very good player. I guess not all of us. (guess I won't turn pro so) From this I ask the man himself. If this was the WSOP and the exact same situation arose, would you call with 77 agianst an ALL IN when the VERY lucrative bubble was at hand. I think the bullying can be answered in other hands.

I just don't see it as a 'classy' play/call.

califano

Solksjaer wrote:

I just don't see it as a 'classy' play/call.

I didnt see the hand even though i was there at the other table. I was too self righteous to go over so stayed in my own seat. I told the salavating LuckyLloyd to report back what happened.
If you saw the suit he was wearing you would have been more impressed. And the Andy Dufrain walk as he made his exit was particularly classy i thought. Its the whole picture you see.

jimbling

rounders123 wrote:

I didnt see the hand even though i was there at the other table. I was too self righteous to go over so stayed in my own seat. I told the salavating LuckyLloyd to report back what happened.
If you saw the suit he was wearing you would have been more impressed. And the Andy Dufrain walk as he made his exit was particularly classy i thought. Its the whole picture you see.

lmao

ianmc38

Solksjaer wrote:

I just don't see it as a 'classy' play/call.

I think the exact opposite. It's a great call that was made instantly knowing he was ahead. To make that play on the bubble where so many people tighten up like molluscs is something that'll only be done by great players.

cardshark202

Solksjaer wrote:

Well from reading the boards (a short time) HJ is obviously a very very good player. BUT, I simply think callin a ALL IN with 77s is not exactly that 'classy' a play. (So I don't agree with the other lads here). If you put a players range up to a pair of 10s then by your own reckoning you could well be behind. Personally I think to call here is a very risky play regardless of who you are. You are more than likely up agianst another pair or a race against two overs.
I don't think I would ever call in this PARTICULAR situation and I do like to gamble. I suppose until I understand this I won't ever make it to the standard of very good player. I guess not all of us. (guess I won't turn pro so) From this I ask the man himself. If this was the WSOP and the exact same situation arose, would you call with 77 agianst an ALL IN when the VERY lucrative bubble was at hand. I think the bullying can be answered in other hands.

I just don't see it as a 'classy' play/call.

Its poker. P-O-K-E-R.

Solksjaer

rounders123 wrote:

I didnt see the hand even though i was there at the other table. I was too self righteous to go over so stayed in my own seat. I told the salavating LuckyLloyd to report back what happened.
If you saw the suit he was wearing you would have been more impressed. And the Andy Dufrain walk as he made his exit was particularly classy i thought. Its the whole picture you see.

LOL

There is only ONE walk, and it's the 'groucho walk' cigar twiddling in one hand, bent over, eye blows flashing
Now there was a walk.

Solksjaer

ianmc38 wrote:

I think the exact opposite. It's a great call that was made instantly knowing he was ahead. To make that play on the bubble where so many people tighten up like molluscs is something that'll only be done by great players.

Agree to differ on that one so.

Guy made similar call on me in a mickey mouse tourny. I just didn't realise then what a classy call it was. At least now I know. He left the building

Still be interested to see if it were a million dollar call if it would have been made.


Opinions differ I'm sure he is a great player but I don't see the correlation with this hand and that quote. even if it is P O K E R

ianmc38

Solksjaer wrote:

Agree to differ on that one so.

Guy made similar call on me in a mickey mouse tourny. I just didn't realise then what a classy call it was. At least now I know. He left the building

Your comparison of two totally unrelated stories to somehow debase the quality of HJs call is absurd. They are both indiviudal events that have no direct correlation. In your hand the guy made a bad read. In Daraghs case he made an excellent read.

Solksjaer

ianmc38 wrote:

Your comparison of two totally unrelated stories to somehow debase the quality of HJs call is absurd. They are both indiviudal events that have no direct correlation. In your hand the guy made a bad read. In Daraghs case he made an excellent read.

Absurd..not really, they guy was correct on his call, he got unlucky, his 55s were haead of my AK, I just got lucky the borad paired twice. What's absurd. The guy who called could have wiated for a better opportunity but he didn't as he thought he was ahead. Same logic for him. He was just playing a few months but I will tell him it was a classy move, at the time I adivsed different. My opinion of absurdity also differs from yours.

BigCityBanker

Lads this is a high quality thread - dont spoil it.

LuckyLloyd

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Solksjaer

LuckyLloyd wrote:

Willie, we all have differing opinions which is good. I happen to disagree with you on this one.

There is context: Darragh's opponent in this hand is a very aggressive player who is unafraid to get his chips in. The previous player out of the tourney had been eliminated by the villian when they got it in pre - flop 88 vs AK. The villian hit the flop to outrace the pocket pair.

There is also the fact that 1,500 wasn't making a difference to any of the participant's lives. In reality, everyone who was left in the tourney at that stage should have been thinking about the final table - and shooting for the big money. Darragh was clearly playing to win.

So,

Darragh riases with 77 and is stuck in by his opponent. If Darragh is certain that his opponent has two overcards then he is marginally ahead. Considering the fact that the pot already contains his initial raise, plus the call of that raise, plus the blinds - then he is getting a price that is better than 1 / 1. He has a mathamatical edge and is getting value in the pot.

If he stands up (which he will do more than half the time versus AQo), he then has a big stack and can confidently come back the next day with a better opportunity to use his edge shorthanded before the final table. He would be looking at a good chance of hitting the final table in the top three in chips and going for the outright win.

As such, it is a brave and correct call. Most players won't have the guts to make it - that's why it is impressive.

Well my point is not that is wasn't a correct or good call. I just disagree it was such a GREAT call. I probably would not have done it and went home anyway but as I've seen players of all levels make a similar calls I think it was just a good standard call. I totally disagree it was so 'high class' that's all. Well it didn't exactly impress me as it did you guys.

Thanks for the background though lloyd.

Solksjaer

BigCityBanker wrote:

Lads this is a high quality thread - dont spoil it.

you are right! No more comment on it! MODs delelte my posts so the Q and A stays on track.

ianmc38

You're right BCB.

Back on topic.

You're playing against a table of average opponents all with 100BB stacks. You also have a 100BB stack. There's raise from UTG to 4xBB.

What range of hands will you call with:

1. On the button
2. From the cutoff

Will this range widen if more people have called the preflop raise?

At the same table it's folded to you in the cutoff/button. What range of hands will you raise with?

How do you play rag aces from these positions in an unopened pot? Is it an autoraise?

The_Chopper

Is there any person you've played with live in the last few months that's really impressed you?
Have you witnessed a hand play out and think "wow he played that well"

ocallagh

Were you bluffing when you raised me in the last boards 200 game in the SE?

4 limpers including me in cut off, you on button and two others. Flop (600) A75r checked to me, I bet 400 and you made it 1100. I folded. It was quite obvious neither of us had an ace, unless of course you limped on the button with one. I had 56 and was close to pushing. Do you think a push would have been stupid against your range?

Sparky1808

Fortunately i've asked Hector a lot of questions in the past, so can't think of any off hand at the moment. Just wanted to say this is a quality thread and I have a lot of time for Hectorjelly, always.

Top class player and great craic!

Keep 'er lit mate and good luck with the bankroll.

Your number 1 fan

Hitman Actual

Unfortunately all the questions have been asked, so none left for me. But I agree with Sparky, quality thread. These 'well' posts should be linked in the WIKI and/or Musicians beginners sticky.

nicnicnic

Cheers for doing this hector great read, also Bops fuzzbox and NOD think it was only four so far, but already proving a great addition to the forum.

If the blogs get stickied might be an idea to link these treads there also

DeVore

Best thing about poker being a part of your life?
Worst thing about poker being part of your life?

DeV.

Hectorjelly

Solksjaer wrote:

What was the most outrageous/arrogant statement made by a 'known' player in your time in the game. You don't have to name him/her just the statement. (doubt it's a her though)

Ive never heard anyone say anything that outragous in real life.

Hectorjelly

BigCityBanker wrote:

Actually I have another question.

Have you ever taken a certified IQ test? If so what is your IQ? Was this achieved in Culture Fair or Catrell B? If you have taken both by how much did your scores differ?

No I havent. Id be kind of scared to do one, what happens if it turns out im an idiot!

Hectorjelly

Solksjaer wrote:

If you put a players range up to a pair of 10s

He can have any of the following hands

AT AJ AQ
22 33 44 55 66 77 88 99 10 10
only 3 of them beat me (and all the ax hands are more common than the pairs). Also there is a small but significent chance his range is a little looser and he has things like A5.

Hectorjelly

Scotty # wrote:

Do you think there is much collusion in online poker??

Not really. I answered this in a bit more detail above somewhere!

Hectorjelly

ianmc38 wrote:

You're right BCB.

Back on topic.

You're playing against a table of average opponents all with 100BB stacks. You also have a 100BB stack. There's raise from UTG to 4xBB.

What range of hands will you call with:

1. On the button
2. From the cutoff

Will this range widen if more people have called the preflop raise?

At the same table it's folded to you in the cutoff/button. What range of hands will you raise with?

How do you play rag aces from these positions in an unopened pot? Is it an autoraise?

It depends on who the player is. The worse he is the wider the range. I do very little cold calling preflop though and unless he is real bad im probably folding everything below 88. If another person calls I will call with any pair. From time to time I may call with suited broadway or connectors but my default would be to fold.

From the cutoff and button my range is very wide. I consider ax an autoraise from these positions, you probably have the best hand.