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Since the Casinos have shutdown, I know a lot of US players are looking for play money sites to play private games with their friends on, so I thought I'd pass a long a Poker Melee league I started on /r/poker that is beginning to grow.
What's nice is that it's turn-based so you can play your hands whenever you have a free moment (not everyone has to be online at the same time) and there is a configurable action timeout to keep things moving and you play hands in rapid succession, so you could fold fold fold raise call fold raise and be onto the 8th hand. As you can imagine you can play tons of hands this way, and you only get a hand back when action is on you.
It also uses an ELO algorithm (similar to in Chess) that rates you VS every other player you play with.
The pool is configured for: 6-max, 100bb stacks, 2 day action timeout. Tables will automatically start when enough players join.
I've been trying to get more members into the games, they are very good for it being free, the highest ELO rated players are at least equivalent to NL25 players IMO.
If you are interested please follow the instructions below:
#1 Signup and then paste this link in to Join the weekly match:
https://app.pokermelee.com/#/matchMaking/Short%20Handed?desc=RIO%20and%20%2Fr%2FPoker%20%20Weekly%20Game
#2 Click the JOIN POOL button here:
#3 Then you are all set and will receive an email when the match starts. Also please post your Poker Melee handle in this thread so we can keep a master list of who is who...
RIO Name | Poker Melee Handlechecky C4pAble
@PrankCallRiver KidDynamite
@Carter2tierd2taco carter2trd2tco
@Kalupso Kalupso
@PrankCallRiver ????
April 4, 2020 | 1:53 a.m.
Kalupso thanks made a note to look into that.
March 26, 2020 | 3:12 p.m.
Kalupso looks like our table just kicked off let me know if you have any questions about the interface or the automator.
March 26, 2020 | 5:18 a.m.
Kalupso cool gotcha on the list, glgl!
March 25, 2020 | 10:14 p.m.
Since the Casinos have shutdown, I know a lot of US players are looking for play money sites to play private games with their friends on, so I thought I'd pass a long a Poker Melee league I started on /r/poker that is beginning to grow.
What's nice is that it's turn-based so you can play your hands whenever you have a free moment (not everyone has to be online at the same time) and there is a configurable action timeout to keep things moving and you play hands in rapid succession, so you could fold fold fold raise call fold raise and be onto the 8th hand. As you can imagine you can play tons of hands this way, and you only get a hand back when action is on you.
It also uses an ELO algorithm (similar to in Chess) that rates you VS every other player you play with.
The pool is configured for: 6-max, 100bb stacks, 2 day action timeout. Tables will automatically start when enough players join.
I've been trying to get more members into the games, they are very good for it being free, the highest ELO rated players are at least equivalent to NL25 players IMO.
If you are interested please follow the instructions below:
#1 Signup and then paste this link in to Join the weekly match:
https://app.pokermelee.com/#/matchMaking/Short%20Handed?desc=RIO%20and%20%2Fr%2FPoker%20%20Weekly%20Game
#2 Click the JOIN POOL button here:
#3 Then you are all set and will receive an email when the match starts. Also please post your Poker Melee handle in this thread so we can keep a master list of who is who...
RIO Name | Poker Melee Handlechecky C4pAble
PrankCallRiver KidDynamite
@Carter2tierd2taco carter2trd2tco
Kalupso Kalupso
March 25, 2020 | 2:08 a.m.
Nice playing on a few tables with you.
March 20, 2020 | 7:38 p.m.
Nice - gotcha. I think I just sat on your table I'm C4pAble on there.
March 19, 2020 | 6:41 p.m.
BigDickPlaya ya no doubt about the financial side, but I'm just saying I enjoy improving my game and watching myself get better, it's like how people play Chess even though there's no money on the line.
March 19, 2020 | 6:19 p.m.
Nice - tables are starting today pretty quickly, what's your handle on there and I'll add you to the list of who's who?
March 19, 2020 | 6:18 p.m.
Nice, what's your Poker Melee handle and I will start a list of who is who?
March 19, 2020 | 4:51 p.m.
Hey man, sorry you feel that way, I'll always enjoy playing got too much love for this game.
March 18, 2020 | 11:01 p.m.
Since the Casinos have shutdown, I know a lot of US players are looking for play money sites to play private games with their friends on, so I thought I'd pass a long a Poker Melee league I started on /r/poker that is beginning to grow.
What's nice is that it's turn-based so you can play your hands whenever you have a free moment (not everyone has to be online at the same time) and there is a configurable action timeout to keep things moving and you play hands in rapid succession, so you could fold fold fold raise call fold raise and be onto the 8th hand. As you can imagine you can play tons of hands this way, and you only get a hand back when action is on you.
It also uses an ELO algorithm (similar to in Chess) that rates you VS every other player you play with.
The pool is configured for: 6-max, 100bb stacks, 2 day action timeout. Tables will automatically start when enough players join.
I've been trying to get more members into the games, they are very good for it being free, the highest ELO rated players are at least equivalent to NL25 players IMO.
If you are interested please follow the instructions below:
#1 Signup and then paste this link in to Join the weekly match:
https://app.pokermelee.com/#/matchMaking/Short%20Handed?desc=RIO%20and%20%2Fr%2FPoker%20%20Weekly%20Game
#2 Click the JOIN POOL button here:
#3 Then you are all set and will receive an email when the match starts. Also please post your Poker Melee handle in this thread so we can keep a master list of who is who...
RIO Name | Poker Melee Handlechecky C4pAble
PrankCallRiver KidDynamite
Carter2tierd2taco carter2trd2tco
March 18, 2020 | 9:45 p.m.
Yeah above I was talking about both 5-bet jamming or some people work in a 4-bet calling range based on their style. If you go with the 4-bet calling range style above I also mentioned I think a lot of stop-n-go is correct so that we can be realizing instead of our opponents... (sorry if that wasn't clear)
Feb. 15, 2020 | 11:46 p.m.
Could you elaborate on what you mean? I wouldn't think equity realization is much of concern when we are talking about 5-bet jamming... seems like we will always be realizing?
Feb. 14, 2020 | 6:24 p.m.
I would recommend seeing what hands BU in your example is showing down so you can get some idea of their range in this spot (also we can assume that they are likely never folding to 5-bet jams with that sizing).
For sake of example, let's say BU's 4-betting range is: QQ+,AK,Ah5h,Ah4h:
If we take your 15% sb vs bu 3-bet range::
And then we filter for hands in your 15% range that have pot odds to call (looks like you are getting 33.3% pot odds) vs the range we assigned (QQ+,AK,Ah5h,Ah4h) you can see what hands have at least 33% equity:
To answer your original question, it looks like AJo is an easy fold and 88 is at least a call vs the range we assigned. Whether or not you have a 4-bet calling range here is a stylistic choice and there is no correct answer IMO but I assume most people choose to 5-bet jam and keep it simple. For example, a good 4-bet calling range strategy probably includes lots of stop-n-go's.
According to this, JJ+,AK has about 50% equity vs Villain's 4-betting range. So for example, you could mainly jam JJ+ and work some AK into your 4-bet calling range. And then be sure to stop-n-go some AK bluffs on various flops. Essentially think up a strategy that makes your opponents decisions as hard as possible which means you will likely be stealing some equity :-) Also it's very likely BU is 4-betting wider than the range I made up, in which case something like TT+,AK would be good to jam and then maybe AQo,AJs,JTs become flats....
Feb. 12, 2020 | 3:30 a.m.
I think it's important to note Villain's low flop check raise frequency for BB vs BU.
(I've already gotten a few opinions on this hand but also wanted to see what you guys think as well)
Feb. 12, 2020 | 1:38 a.m.
I think Villain has Ahx bluffs a lot more here than the goods. Once he sees he is not going to win showdown vs Tx he decides to check jam repping AhAx or A high flushes since he's blocking the only boat you can have(A4). I think I might prefer a river check back tbh...
Feb. 12, 2020 | 1:21 a.m.
This is a bet 100% of the time. When your opponent x/c flop he likely has a hand like TT or a weak Q. When you are betting turn this is one of the river cards you are hoping for...
Feb. 12, 2020 | 1:13 a.m.
I was pretty much going to comment exactly what DNegs98 is saying - you want to give your opponents a chance to bluff and you don't want to get raised off your medium strength hands. The "overcard scare" mentality kind of goes a way once you play many hands of holdem as you get more familiar with how often your opponents have air vs how often their overcards are hitting. It's less of an issue than you'd think. In other words, when they bet turn after you check back flop, they have bluffs more than they have hands that hit something on the turn (on average). Hope that helps.
Feb. 12, 2020 | 1:09 a.m.
When you say you're trying to rep overpairs it's true you have JJ+ but you also have a lot of AK,AQ,AJ,KQ combos. A T high flop (especially with a 9) tends to favor the BU 3-bet calling range, for that reason I think a x/c is also fine.
Feb. 12, 2020 | 1:06 a.m.
Check/fold turn (against moderate sizings), check/fold river? If Villain is a "passive fish reg" that would imply to me he is going to try to just check back and showdown all non straight holdings that have showdown value (AK,AA) hoping you were just taking a cbet stab and decided to give up.
Feb. 11, 2020 | 2:20 a.m.
Why didn't we just call the 3-bet and avoid the tough decision? For example, we can modify our 4-betting range to: AA,KK,AK and some random Ax.
Feb. 11, 2020 | 2:11 a.m.
Thoughts on checking back flop? Seems like it's a good spot to call Turn and you don't want to call a flop check raise.
I'm calling w/ the sizings used, esp if Villain is sitting short likely a rec player who would ship on a draw
April 4, 2020 | 2 a.m.