PTOTW #53 Week 14 - April 2009

[Rosch]

Here are the nominated threads, posts and blogs for the poker Thread of the Week.

Again all the Nominees will have the chance to play in a $100 private tournament at Poker Nordica on Sunday, April 12th.
The tournament is now in the client via tabs: > Tournament > Private > Scheduled.



dew12109
Strong Short Stack Players vs Weak Short Stack Players

phaul
Strong Short Stack Players vs Weak Short Stack Players

thegrizz1111
When To Post Big Blind At A NewTable

legroux
Sng or Tournament HU

pokerbucket
Funny youtube video

allthatremains
Q - where would u play to get the easiest bonus

RiverstarsVictim
Omaha hi/lo-Too many KKK's

fharmas
Handling Three Bettors in 6 Max Cash Games

braveboat27
March Results

frob23
Was this a donk move?

travz21
Was this a donk move?

liladypokerpro
Was this a donk move?

emoneypitt
Was this a donk move?

gamer4life27
Was this a donk move?

C4R15
Not much play

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[liladypokerpro]

As always, thanks for the invitation. It's not likely I'll make this one either, unfortunately. And it would be my last chance to play with you all for a while...net will be off April 15th, and we've just about completely finished moving. I'll miss you all while we're on our internet hiatus. I'm hoping in a month or two we'll be able to get it back on again without a hitch. Til then, y'all behave!

[gamer4life27]

I finally get internet at home and your internet is going to be turned off. Oh well, I guess thats how life works. I will be there.

[roceru]

where's the password????

I made a account in PokerNordica and don't have the freeroll password...

someone can help me????

thanks.

[dew12109]

You don't have the password because you were not invited since the above is your first post. You have to be invited into the PTOTW. If you are looking for the Full Tilt tournament, it's on here as well. The password is in red. It's under the bonuses and promotions category, so you should be able to find that as well.

[gamer4life27]

I forgot to mention that I feel this tourney is suitable for a tourney because it is Easter. We al have things to do with family etc. so this is just a little get together before we spend quality time with out familys.

Good luck everyone and have fun both at the tourney and with familys.

[frob23]

Well, I am 2500 miles from any of my real family today. So I'll have to play with my poker family today.

[gamer4life27]

Forgot to mention this as a PTOTW idea:

Could we possibly do a bounty tourney? Like $5 per person taken out of the prize pool? I think it would be a cool idea and something new that we could add into the mix of the many games that we have played on here. What does everyone think?

[emoneypitt]

Thanks for the invite. GL all.

Hurry back Erica! This place needs you!

[dew12109]

gamer, tilt management seems to be something that could really really really help you out.

[phaul]

Who is Stellafella?

[phaul]

GG everyone. Got knocked out on a curious hand with a vomit-inducing river! Good win Dew.

[dew12109]

Not sure. GG everyone.. Braveboat... the last hand I just shoved because I thought you were weak since you limped in with 1400 or so left. The rest of the shoves, I had at least a King in hand, sometimes better. You picked the time I actually had the weak hand and I sucked out. GG though.

phaul...Lol, I wasn't sure where you were when you re-raised me so I called to see what you were going to do on the river. I wasn't calling an all in until I hit the nuts on the river and I figured since you re-raised you might have a hard time laying down your hand especially if you were strong...so a "bluff"-like shove seemed like I could get a call. That was a pretty nasty river for my K10 to beat your KJ.

And Frob, I was really close to folding my hand when you shoved UTG... I figured we were close in hand ranks, so I just decided I'd go for it and hope my pair was higher or you had AK or something, because it was going to give me an abounding chip lead moving in close to the bubble.

[phaul]

Originally Posted by dew12109 phaul...Lol, I wasn't sure where you were when you re-raised me so I called to see what you were going to do on the river. I wasn't calling an all in until I hit the nuts on the river and I figured since you re-raised you might have a hard time laying down your hand so a "bluff"-like shove seemed like I could get a call. That was a pretty nasty river for my K10 to beat your KJ.

River is quite cooler-ish. In fact any A,Q or T river sucks. You're not bluffing the river very often but then you don't have a hand that beats me very often cos you didn't ship the turn. It kinda sucks though cos AQ and AT just overtook me. So it's confusing, you can be doing a weird bluff or maybe have A9, I'm getting 3-1 so I call. It may be slightly bad. I kinda expected to see AT, KT shocked me a little.

Fwiw I had a think about my line and once I've checked the flop I'm never bluffing the turn, because you have that exact thought process and my line doesn't really make any sense. Unless I have KJ or JJ.