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	<title>Comments on: The Fish Come Out At Night</title>
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		<title>By: Hdouble</title>
		<link>http://www.chrishalverson.com/archives/200312/the-fish-come-out-at-night/comment-page-1/#comment-28</link>
		<dc:creator>Hdouble</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chris-- sounds like your game is coming along!  I wouldn't worry about counting bets at first.  Although it's a good habit to get in, there are more important things to focus on at this point.  Check out this webpage:
http://www.posev.com/poker/holdem/strategy/outs-abdul.html

Memorize these rules of thumb for now:
"Rules of thumb for calling on the turn: Usually, call one bet with open-ended straight draws and flush draws, and with a medium pot size you can call two cold. With a set you should usually be calling all bets (or raising, of course.) Two overcards are usually no good to draw with on the turn, except sometimes heads-up. When the pot is big, you can call with a gutshot straight draw to the nuts. 

Rules of thumb for calling on the flop: Call with any draw that you would call with on the turn, often for two bets cold or more. Call with gutshots to the nuts if you can be pretty sure you will only have to pay one bet. Also for one bet, a pair with a backdoor flush draw is very worthwhile, and so is a backdoor flush draw with a backdoor straight draw, and similarly for other combinations of weak draws that together become worthwhile. Be reluctant to call with overcards, unless heads-up or the board does not have many draws and you are pretty sure you have the best overcards, like AQ in an unraised pot."</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris&#8211; sounds like your game is coming along!  I wouldn&#8217;t worry about counting bets at first.  Although it&#8217;s a good habit to get in, there are more important things to focus on at this point.  Check out this webpage:<br />
<a href="http://www.posev.com/poker/holdem/strategy/outs-abdul.html" rel="nofollow" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.posev.com/poker/holdem/strategy/outs-abdul.html?referer=');">http://www.posev.com/poker/holdem/strategy/outs-abdul.html</a></p>
<p>Memorize these rules of thumb for now:<br />
&#8220;Rules of thumb for calling on the turn: Usually, call one bet with open-ended straight draws and flush draws, and with a medium pot size you can call two cold. With a set you should usually be calling all bets (or raising, of course.) Two overcards are usually no good to draw with on the turn, except sometimes heads-up. When the pot is big, you can call with a gutshot straight draw to the nuts. </p>
<p>Rules of thumb for calling on the flop: Call with any draw that you would call with on the turn, often for two bets cold or more. Call with gutshots to the nuts if you can be pretty sure you will only have to pay one bet. Also for one bet, a pair with a backdoor flush draw is very worthwhile, and so is a backdoor flush draw with a backdoor straight draw, and similarly for other combinations of weak draws that together become worthwhile. Be reluctant to call with overcards, unless heads-up or the board does not have many draws and you are pretty sure you have the best overcards, like AQ in an unraised pot.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: iggy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>amen to what hdouble said. abdul is the nuts. i keep meaning to reference him in every post i make, but i keep forgetting.

make sure you get the pokertracker help doc to explain everything the software can do. email pat or i can send you mine.

just remember, even the best players in the world are going to lose out of the blinds, long-term. focus on tightening up more in early and loosening up a tad in late. read and re-read carson's sections on drawing hands. think about hand 'potential' in these loose, crazy games. 

it's great to see you moving forward in your poker thinking.


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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>amen to what hdouble said. abdul is the nuts. i keep meaning to reference him in every post i make, but i keep forgetting.</p>
<p>make sure you get the pokertracker help doc to explain everything the software can do. email pat or i can send you mine.</p>
<p>just remember, even the best players in the world are going to lose out of the blinds, long-term. focus on tightening up more in early and loosening up a tad in late. read and re-read carson&#8217;s sections on drawing hands. think about hand &#8216;potential&#8217; in these loose, crazy games. </p>
<p>it&#8217;s great to see you moving forward in your poker thinking.</p>
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