Chat box
The chat box is a much debated part of online poker. It is I find generally an area for people to express their frustrations, to abuse players and bemoan their bad beats. I often find that people write the oddest comments!
For example -
In today's $2-$4 game I held AK d, and was sat on a stack of around $620. I raised to $20 pre flop with the button ($125) and the BB ($600 odd) calling. The flop came down 9 high with two diamonds. The BB bet out$25 into the $61 pot. The BB often bet into rag flops in raised pots, so I raised to $75 representing a big holding. I know at this point I'm favourite over any lone pair. The button decided to move in for the last $105 he held, a call of $30 more. The button folded and I called.
This is an obvious call. I am calling another $30 to win around $250, and I call here with almost any hand because of the pot odds, especially in a cash game! In any case there are very few circumstances I can be persuaded to pass here, in a raised pot I would need to be convinced by opponent held trips, because even against KK I'm in good shape. The button turned over ace 9, for top pair. This meant that my ace outs were gone, but i was still left with 9 diamonds and 3 kings twice. By my reckoning I'm around 45% tow in.
I make my hand on the river with an 8 to take the pot.
The following exchange occurs in the chat box -
Player x - You fish
Mosside - Are you serious?
Player X - you called with nothing you moron
Mosside - Lol are you serious?
Player x - can pas AK your an idiot
Mosside - so I suppose you would have passed for $30 more?
Player X - Fish
Mosside - Am I the one who called an EP raise UTG with A9OS?
Player x - **** off idiot
Being abused online is not unusual. I often play drawing hands aggressively, so when I do hit the pots can be huge so any out draw or bad beat I put on someone can be expensive. This particular exchange made me chuckle all the more however as I don't think there is any other way anyone is likely to play this hand!!
I often use the chat box to get under the skin of an opponent. I was as bad as anyone when I first started playing as I tended to let the chat box influence my play. Now I will try my best to use the chat box to my advantage. If I get a bad beat, I will moan like hell, and play the next few hands particularly aggressively if I get the hands to do this. Admittedly this is not always possible as often I find that I need to cool off first, but If I do pick up one or two hands I find it possible to represent tilt when actually I'm strong. This often induces a bad call from an opponent, and bad calls is ultimately what makes money when in possession of a big hand.
On to today - I had to re deposit on VC for the first time in almost a week, however I quickly managed to turn $150 into $800 on a $2-$4 cash game. I cashed out the deposit with a £100 on top. I have £200 on line and am currently chip leader in the 0700 $3000 guaranteed rebuy. I'm looking for a top 3 here, as I have not made a good finish in one of these type tourneys for a few days!
VC - +£2170.77
Best wishes
For example -
In today's $2-$4 game I held AK d, and was sat on a stack of around $620. I raised to $20 pre flop with the button ($125) and the BB ($600 odd) calling. The flop came down 9 high with two diamonds. The BB bet out$25 into the $61 pot. The BB often bet into rag flops in raised pots, so I raised to $75 representing a big holding. I know at this point I'm favourite over any lone pair. The button decided to move in for the last $105 he held, a call of $30 more. The button folded and I called.
This is an obvious call. I am calling another $30 to win around $250, and I call here with almost any hand because of the pot odds, especially in a cash game! In any case there are very few circumstances I can be persuaded to pass here, in a raised pot I would need to be convinced by opponent held trips, because even against KK I'm in good shape. The button turned over ace 9, for top pair. This meant that my ace outs were gone, but i was still left with 9 diamonds and 3 kings twice. By my reckoning I'm around 45% tow in.
I make my hand on the river with an 8 to take the pot.
The following exchange occurs in the chat box -
Player x - You fish
Mosside - Are you serious?
Player X - you called with nothing you moron
Mosside - Lol are you serious?
Player x - can pas AK your an idiot
Mosside - so I suppose you would have passed for $30 more?
Player X - Fish
Mosside - Am I the one who called an EP raise UTG with A9OS?
Player x - **** off idiot
Being abused online is not unusual. I often play drawing hands aggressively, so when I do hit the pots can be huge so any out draw or bad beat I put on someone can be expensive. This particular exchange made me chuckle all the more however as I don't think there is any other way anyone is likely to play this hand!!
I often use the chat box to get under the skin of an opponent. I was as bad as anyone when I first started playing as I tended to let the chat box influence my play. Now I will try my best to use the chat box to my advantage. If I get a bad beat, I will moan like hell, and play the next few hands particularly aggressively if I get the hands to do this. Admittedly this is not always possible as often I find that I need to cool off first, but If I do pick up one or two hands I find it possible to represent tilt when actually I'm strong. This often induces a bad call from an opponent, and bad calls is ultimately what makes money when in possession of a big hand.
On to today - I had to re deposit on VC for the first time in almost a week, however I quickly managed to turn $150 into $800 on a $2-$4 cash game. I cashed out the deposit with a £100 on top. I have £200 on line and am currently chip leader in the 0700 $3000 guaranteed rebuy. I'm looking for a top 3 here, as I have not made a good finish in one of these type tourneys for a few days!
VC - +£2170.77
Best wishes
posted by Mosside at 11:39 PM
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