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My Journey As A Professional Poker Player (24 Viewers)
- Thread starter Anthony Martino
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Anthony Martino
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It came in the mail today, but was already at poker
No kidding in my home game sets of twos and fours are folding to all but the tiniest c bets. Even top two is only making crying calls. You got some live ones down in Florida.
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Anthony Martino
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He is a fish. But in his defense, with $800 in the pot, if he puts me on AAxx there and he's flopped top pair and has 3 live cards and has to risk $250 he's getting the right price
Not to mention he shoved the flop. There is a slim chance he gets folds and wins unimproved
fair enough. i'm not much of an omaha player, though this thread has inspired me to dabble a bit on ignition.
That's interesting. Your thread has inspired me to check the equity calcs on omaha hands more often. I created a private club in pokerrrr just to share hands to and study later on. Lately, I've been discovered some of my equities were a LOT lower than i thought or that my opponent's equities were higher than i thought. Now to work on those adjustments....
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Anthony Martino
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Even if I turned my hand faceup he's getting the right price to put his money in, given the size of the pot. When you're deeper-stacked things change.
But the game at Luckys a large majority of the players are buying in small and trying to play Bingo and 5x their stack without a lot of risk.
While that sucks in some ways, because my opponents aren't making as large of a mistake when they get their money in if we were deeper stacked and the equities change, it's also nice because they're willing to put their money in with some pretty weak hands and draws.
So while these games are certainly swingier and not exactly ideal for my skillset (which is smallball, see flops and let opponents make larger mistakes), it's still overall profitable given their hand selections (since I'm usually showing up with hands more likely to make the nuts than they are)
Like that one dude last week who was chastising another player for constantly putting his money in bad against me when it was obvious I had Aces.........and then that guy does the exact same thing with Q993 against TWO opponents INCLUDING my obvious Aces. And that dude is usually pretty snug and solid, but he just decided he was going to call someone elses preflop raise with that shit-tastic hand, and then stack off with it for $250 more.
Of course he was rewarded for his idiocy, but that just encourages others to play dumb because they like the feeling it gives them to get lucky and 3x or more their stack. Guys with Axxx getting it in against my AAxx, etc. They just cannot help themselves.
I'm truly blessed, despite the previous three sessions not going my way. These guys are DESPERATELY trying to throw money at me, they just suck at throwing sometimes.
Tarheel4Life
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Do you play any hands other than AAxx?
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Anthony Martino
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In my opponents eyes probably not, but yes of course!
I just happened to win with AAxx twice today is all
That sucks, my self employment tax is easy down under. I tell the accountant how much i earnt(earned?) and how much i spent and its done.
Also loving following this once a month when i check pcf glgl
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Anthony Martino
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Before I get my next mortal enemy, responding to a guy on Allen Kesslers page regarding tipping in tournaments
tabletalker7
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Anthony Martino
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I see a red button I gotta push it!
WedgeRock
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I've never played in a tournament in a casino. But I might someday. Can you educate me on the proper tipping structure? Is it percentage of what you win? A percentage of the buy-in? What's reasonable, other than stiffing completely is apparently unreasonable? Aren't dealers employees of the casino, that is already making money hand over fist? Do they not pay them a reasonable wage?
Like I said, I'm completely ignorant here so just wanting to understand before I walk into one and make an ass of myself without even realizing it.
Like I said, I'm completely ignorant here so just wanting to understand before I walk into one and make an ass of myself without even realizing it.
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Anthony Martino
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Generally somewhere in the 1-4% range is considered appropriate for tipping in a tournament. If the room is already taking a portion of the moneys paid by players out for the dealers you generally tip on the lower end of the scale (1-2%). Usually the tournament flyer will show they are taking "x" percentage of the prize pool for dealers, or sometimes rooms offer players an add-on for $5-10 which gives you more starting chips and goes to the dealers as well.
Yes, dealers are employees of the casino, but the majority of their earnings are NOT hourly wages, it is tips. Overall I believe most earn an hourly wage between 25-35/hr. But the portion of that from their employer I believe is usually only $6-8/hr or so, meaning they rely VERY heavily on their tips.
Casinos DO make money hand-over-fist, but the majority of their money is made off of slot machine revenue. The poker rooms are the black sheep of casinos and don't get a lot of love from upper management.
Yeah -- a double knockout by chocolate!
A percentage of the buy-in, or of what you win?
$100 is 4% of $2,500 and 1% of $10.000. If that is a typical casino tournament buy-in, then I guess I won't ever be playing at a casino!
But whether it's winnings or buy-in, if you're winning or dropping that much to play, I agree that an extra Benjamin should not be a problem.
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Anthony Martino
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A percentage of the buy-in, or of what you win?
$100 is 4% of $2,500 and 1% of $10.000. If that is a typical casino tournament buy-in, then I guess I won't ever be playing at a casino!
A % of what you win
So win $1,000 and tip between $10-$40
Kain8
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In the tournaments I cash, I tip 3% of my net winnings.
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grebe
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Can we all agree that reliance on tipping is just a crazy way to earn a living? It's based on trust of people you dont know (for the most part) and tribal knowledge.
Poker Zombie
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If there is a discussion of a chop, I always suggest making a cut for the dealers.
Only the biggest dick of dicks would say no - and their cheap ass is probably not going agree to a chop anyway.
Only the biggest dick of dicks would say no - and their cheap ass is probably not going agree to a chop anyway.
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Anthony Martino
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It works pretty well. I believe most dealers are making somewhere in the $25-35/hr range which isn't a bad living for pitching cards. Granted they have to serve in a front-facing customer-service role with some folks that are not pleasant to interact with, but no job is perfect.
I've seen that a few times, or sometimes when you're signing paperwork to get paid out, the floor staff will ask you if you want to tip anything to the dealer staff
grebe
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Are you suggesting that saying no to chops seems cheap? To me, it seems that it would be opposite. (I have NEVER played in a casino tournament though).
No to chops is fine.
Saying no to paying the bubble if everyone’s at final table is cheap
grebe
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I could make a pretty good strategical argument against wanting to pay the bubble.
for sure.
I guess I’m really talking about the $40 to $100 tournaments where people have been playing for 5 or 6 hours. These aren’t ‘I’m making a living playing poker’. Tournaments
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