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Question From jesus477: what would you do if you pick up ak in late position and are faced with a 3x raise smooth call or reraise?
Michael Craig: Depends on the stacks, stage of the tournament, and the opponent. With a lot of chips and tight opponents, especially later, I want to just call. Even if I don’t hit my hand, if my opponent misses, he may check and I can pick it up that way. Or is scared by the board. Imagine the guy has 7-7. He raises. If you reraise (and he doesn’t have a huge stack), he’ll be pushing. But if you call and the flop is Q-9-5, he may give up on the pot.
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Question From xArtShellx: whats the most you ever won/lost in a night?
Michael Craig: The most I’ve won was $48k – I finished 3rd in the Sunday Brawl and won the Sunday HORSE in Feb. Most I’ve lost has been my Main Event buy-in, 3 times.
Question From alsr1: Would you have any advice for a new tourny player
Michael Craig: Read The Full Tilt Poker Strategy Guide – Tournament Edition. Seriously, it has a lot of good advice for a starting tournament player.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, I = Genius, I = Idiot, My family, My Life
Part of my duties hosting FTOPS Event #15 – one of which was NOT busting out in 1,722nd place; I did that on my own thank you very much – included hosting a “pro chat.” I chatted for two hours and answered just about every question put to me, some several times. I’m reprinting the transcript for anyone interested, exactly as it appeared online. Because of the length, I’ve broken it into four parts.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under FTOPS, Me in online tourneys, My Life
I was also thinking that maybe I’ve thrown off my FTOPS jinx, though that was a very new feeling. My first event, the $200 + $16 NLHE, started like most opening FTOPS events: I didn’t get cards, I lost a hunk when a crappy hand in the blind turned into something good but someone else made better, and then got my last chips in with a good hand, but ran into a better one. It seems every opening event starts with me never having a chance.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Me in online tourneys, My family, My Life
I haven’t disappeared from the face of the Earth, but almost.
I’m with my family this week on the Big Island of Hawaii, renting an oceanside condo on the Kona coast from my friend Marissa. My good friend Marissa. My wonderful friend Marissa.
Have I mentioned how wonderful and terrific Kona and Marissa are?
Because they are. Wonderful and terrific, that is.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Me in live tourneys, Me in online tourneys, My Life, WSOP 2008
As I was finishing out the World Series of Poker in the backwater of “other daily events,” I naturally considered my future in tournament poker and, while playing the Venetian’s “deep stack extravaganza” events, wondered if this was a fertile place for my next move.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by Editor | Filed under Clonie Gowen, My Life, WSOP 2008
I don’t know if Tony Holden was kidding when he mentioned over breakfast that David “Devilfish” Ulliott had been spotted at the Rio asking about me. I couldn’t afford the luxury of joviality, only of flight. After making (phony) plans to meet Holden at the Mirage Showroom to throw those Englishmen – assuming they are all in league – off my scent, I hightailed it to the Venetian.
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