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My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (9 Viewers)
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Anthony Martino
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The gutshot chasers can't help themselves
Love your new avatar BTW. 
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Anthony Martino
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Love your new avatar BTW.
Was hoping you'd see it, I'm a fan of hilarious creative things
moose
4 of a Kind
This is the 2nd 2/2 PLO table that was recently called. Lineup pretty bad, not much action
Limpedafter the rock, few limpers, guy on rock makes it 30
I call, MP calls, LP soves for 90, rock repots, I fold, MP calls off
Back on PLO
MP straddled to 10, BB has restraddled to 20
MP calls, HJ calls, we pot to $105 with a total stack of $124 remaining, so $19 behind (only $15 of it plays) from the CO holding
Aaannnddd..., stuck $600
LAG raises pre to 25, two callers, I repot to $150 with $50 behind from the SB with
Bong raises to 20, I repot and we get it in three ways, I have
Maybe you are playing your opponent or whatever but aren't these mostly pretty terrible starting hands? Mostly 3 card hands, two gappers at the top end (so you can never have a redraw to the nuts), ugly useless danglers, disconnected cards that can't flop wraps etc.
The kings hand especially is essentially a 2 card hand. I can't imagine any flop that you like that uses all four of your cards. You pretty much need to flop a K to have any value but that cuts out one of your board cards you need to flop a flush draw. In addition you hold one of your flush outs. Any low flop that doesn't have an A doesn't give you a nut straight draw but if you do flop an A it makes your kings useless. Maybe 34dd but then you have two non-nut draws that you don't love.
How do you even get an image of being tight with these hands? Not criticizing but wondering your thinking.
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Anthony Martino
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Few limpers, I'm on button with 
and raise to 35. THREE callers
Flop
Checked to me, I bet 50. Only the last player calls.
Turn
He checks, we check behind for pot control
River
He bets $200, we fold
and raise to 35. THREE callersFlop
Checked to me, I bet 50. Only the last player calls.
Turn
He checks, we check behind for pot control
River
He bets $200, we fold
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Anthony Martino
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Very valid questions
Mostly because I'm buying in short for $200 in a lot of these hands, so my exposure/risk isn't all that great
Plus the hands some of these guys will go to war with are far weaker.
Hand equities preflop run much closer together
In the QQJ6 double suited hand, ot's been restraddled to 20 and I only have about $125 in my stack.
With a couple of people calling, I pot hoping someone behind repots and we narrow the field then we get dead money in the pot
Plus, unless I run into KK or AA, I'm not in terrible shape equity-wise, plus my dangler is at least suited
The AQJ3 one suit hand, again I'm trying to get it headsup with dead money in the pot. My hand is connected and suited and headsup with dead money when I'm playing a shallow stack is fine
Same with JJ86 double suited. My cards have connectivity, suitedness and I have a pair. I'm trying to isolate the gambler since my hand should have a slight equity edge against his range
This really only applies to shallow stacked spots. When I'm deeper-stacked AND facing deeper-stacked opponents where I can't rip it in pre with dead money and close equities, I'm playing a vastly different and tighter strategy
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Anthony Martino
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Legit have a girl next to me that SAYS L-O-L instead of laughing
You rang?
Probably a bit late, but I’ll share anyway.
I play a lot of $50-$150 tournaments, most of them in smaller cars rooms with lots of regs. I’ve probably averaged 3-5 a month over the past few years (not last year, thanks covid) and I’m my ROI has been good.
My tipping habits, influenced by the smaller rooms, have been 5-10% of my net profit. If I net $500, I’m tipping $40ish. If I net $2k, I’m tipping $100 or close to it. I’ve never won much more than that, so I don’t know where I’d go from there. These tips are very much in line with the decent regs who play in these rooms, but very much more than the general consensus (which is more in line with what @Anthony Martino is paying.)
It’s worth mentioning that when I cash in a Foxwoods, Mohegan, Encore type place, my tips are more in the 3-4% range, or less. I don’t stiff the dealers at the big casinos, but I don’t take care of them like I do the dealers I see all the time in the smaller joints.
Chopping is the norm at these smaller cardrooms, for a variety of reasons. I never suggest chopping a piece for the dealers, but I like it when somebody else does. And I can’t remember seeing anybody refuse a proposed chop because there was a reasonable piece for the dealer.
Paying the bubble - again, very common at the smaller joints, but not quite expected. I think most people recognize that it’s just decent to give the bubble his money back after 6-7 hours of play. I’ve seen it refused plenty though, and I can’t argue with it. It’s clearly -ev for a big stack to pay the bubble (for a couple of reasons) and people recognize that too. It’s not often you’ll see an argument when somebody refuses to pay the bubble in a smaller room, but you’ll definitely see a lot of eye rolling. And god forbid you get paid as the bubble, but then refuse to do the same a month or two later - people WILL talk about that. In the bigger casinos, I don’t see the bubble paid as often but it happens sometimes. I remember getting to the final table at an encore $150. I believe 7 were getting paid. When we got down to 8, I was the very short stack, and I meekly, almost jokingly suggested we pay the bubble. I was shocked when they agreed. So it happens.
God I miss live poker.
Is she even old enough to play? No self respecting adult would do that
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Anthony Martino
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Her name is Brittany and she has the voice of a valley girl
I've played with her before, been awhile since I've seen her
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Anthony Martino
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Oh crap! She hasn't threatened to cook my cats...yet
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Anthony Martino
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Up $600 as I pick off a guy trying to bluff me
What is a valley girl? What does the voice sound like? Is it a specific valley?
Pretty pathetic of her SAYING L-O-L instead of being able to laugh.
I can imagine a sex scene with her "Brittany, I 'm coming - Her: So am I, but I don't make it an issue".
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Anthony Martino
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What is a valley girl? What does the voice sound like? Is it a specific valley?
Pretty pathetic of her SAYING L-O-L instead of being able to laugh.
I can imagine a sex scene with her "Brittany, I 'm coming - Her: So am I, but I don't make it an issue".
Like a girl from The Valley in California, like O-M-G!
Sorry for trying to get culturally educated while you 're probably playing, but is it the Silicon Valley, the Nappa Valley or the much wider valley between the Sierra and the coastal mountain range, running from Redding to Bakersfield?
the "valley girl" moniker is associated with the san fernando valley, a los angeles suburb area
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valley_girl
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Anthony Martino
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Booking the $600 win and calling it a night. Finally broke the hard rock curse
Think over the past 2 weeks all my hard rock sessions were losers and Luckys were winners
Think over the past 2 weeks all my hard rock sessions were losers and Luckys were winners
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Anthony Martino
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About to make friends with a "winning tournament pro".
He has 221k in cashes since 2016, so roughly 45k/year before factoring expenses. Yeah, I'd say I crush that bro, and I work a lot less hours too.
He just bubbled a final table for 31k recently so must feel like the cats meow
He has 221k in cashes since 2016, so roughly 45k/year before factoring expenses. Yeah, I'd say I crush that bro, and I work a lot less hours too.
He just bubbled a final table for 31k recently so must feel like the cats meow
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Anthony Martino
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I'm pretty polarizing, it's love or hate, not much inbetween
tabletalker7
Full House
The haters are just jealous. They can't get two dudes to fight over them like you did for you
Rhodeman77
Straight Flush
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Anthony Martino
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In for $200 and on the $5 button straddle first hand I get dealt 
One limper, I pot to 25, he calls
Flop
He checks, I bet pot of 55, he checkraises all-in. I call, he only runs 1 time
Turn
River
I scoop, he only shows a turned set of Jacks (we got it in on the flop)
One limper, I pot to 25, he calls
Flop
He checks, I bet pot of 55, he checkraises all-in. I call, he only runs 1 time
Turn
River
I scoop, he only shows a turned set of Jacks (we got it in on the flop)
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Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
A few hands later we see a flop of 
I have
Guy who believes the earth is flat bets pot, I call
Turn
He bets 90, I shove. He calls off with J765
We go twice
River
River
We scoop both boards with our straight
I have
Guy who believes the earth is flat bets pot, I call
Turn
He bets 90, I shove. He calls off with J765
We go twice
River
River
We scoop both boards with our straight
I also always liked "when someone says he's a good guy once you get to know him, what they really mean is he's an asshole, but you get used to it."
grebe
Full House
Why go twice here? Just curious. Seems like you give the flush draw (or the set) two opportunties to catch, and if they are only holding 1 or the other, they are drawing so thin.A few hands later we see a flop of
I have
Guy who believes the earth is flat bets pot, I call
Turn
He bets 90, I shove. He calls off with J765
We go twice
River
River
We scoop both boards with our straight
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Anthony Martino
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I hadn't made my hand yet, and the flush is a backdoor draw that I'm not overly concerned with since this guy was bombing the flop
Plus, I don't pick and choose, I always go twice
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