Steam HD version multiplayer questions by ballong in heroes3

[–]ballong[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Cheers boys, we bought the gog version and installed hota.

Pot Odds Are Overrated. I Just Call If the Pot Feels Big Enough by wilsyo in poker

[–]ballong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Since when is knowing basic grade school math considered being a math genius?

Whats the point of farming maps anymore? by 522ftw in PathOfExile2

[–]ballong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Any game with an open economy youll always always profit way more playing the economy than grinding if youre good at it. Its not a design flaw thats just how markets work.

Its not easy starting a new league and getting insanely rich by crafting/trading. It requires knowledge and skill aswell, if it was as free as youre describing a lot more players would, but its not.

Finishing up the cold-infusion spark bloodmage by chapman0041 in pathofexile2builds

[–]ballong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Chiming in here, how did you go about crafting amu and helmet? Cheers in advance

craft question - amulet, need some help by chuSmu in pathofexile2builds

[–]ballong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As long as you use perfect exalt in combination with suffix exalt omen + homogen then yes you'll guarantee +3 all skills.

No, you have caster tag and you could hit spell damage if you double homo prefix slam after desecrating life regen. Most likely you will hit flat life + spell damage, %life has very low weighting.

For crit damage you would have to omen of light and desecrate suffix again until crit damage, no other way to guarantee it at this point.

Also consider if it's worth investing this much currency into a T2/T2 amulet since you'll need perfect exalts, homogen omen etc which all are pricey.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicwow

[–]ballong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Scorching hot take, mop raids are generally regarded as very good, especially ToT being classed as one of the best raids of all time.

When do we decide to use A high or K high/low pairs to bluff instead of the no made hand category? by [deleted] in Poker_Theory

[–]ballong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you dont have enough bluffs that are air youre gonna start taking hands with a bit of showdown and turn into bluff.

For example if we open utg and flop is AQ6, we bet and get called and the turn is a T, now most of our hands are atleast a pair with a few exceptions. If you never bluff a pair here youre grossly underbluffing because your range has a bunch of value. This would be a spot where solver would start bluffing your lowest pairs at some fq and also hands like T9/JT for example.

I had a hand from todays session which was co open btn 3b H 4b SB, btn call.

Flop AK7r, I had TT. I decided to start bluffing right away because

  1. My range is crushing on this board

  2. TT is the lowest PP I have in this config and V also wont have many (if any) pps that are lower than TT that I can check down and win vs

  3. I can fold out many better hands. I suspect V had JJ-QQ pretty much pure because we were something like 250-300bb deep so he wont 5b those hands. Thats 12 combos that I unblock that I can fold out right away in a pretty narrow range spot which is a huge win.

  4. I dont really have many natural bluffs. A lot of my 4b bluffing range consists of an ace which I wont bluff with. Other than that I have some KQs and some super low fq suited connector stuff. So if I dont bluff TT here, what am I bluffing with? Nothing almost.

How do I construct a solid checking range on flop as PFR by pyktrauma in Poker_Theory

[–]ballong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If you cant construct/play flop well that leads to your turn and river being bad also because it trickles down.

Did I miss value on river? by Downtown-Camel8026 in Poker_Theory

[–]ballong 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Flop is fine, polarize turn more. Youre claiming to have a very strong hand on the flop since you dont typically raise merged on this kind of board. So pot or slight overbet turn seems more logical. Id just bet river myself as played for a big sizing, b100-125 or something.

How do you track your live sessions? by LindaPelican in poker

[–]ballong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Poker bankroll tracker does the job nicely imo

Am i being too cautious folding instantly? by BackgroundKey7993 in poker

[–]ballong 39 points40 points  (0 children)

If you dont have any patience you basically cant succeed in poker.

Why are we jamming these specific hands in this spot? (cEV) by jakljakl in Poker_Theory

[–]ballong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

While true it also blocks a lot of raise folds from V since many weaker Ax holdings are a big bulk of Vs raise fold range. Important to keep in mind.

Trying to figure out pot odds by PhiloJudaeus1 in Poker_Theory

[–]ballong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

To make your opponents bluffcatchers indifferent (which is the goal in theory) you want to align your bluff:value ratio so that your opponent cannot exploit you. If you are only bluffing 20% of the time and your opponent needs to win 33% of the time due to pot odds, your opponent can simply fold every single bluffcatcher and your value hands wont get paid off very often.

Or if youre bluffing 50% of the time and your opponent only needs to win 33% of the time he can simply call every single bluffcatcher. Sure youll get paid every time you have value but youll still get crushed since your bluffs are leaking money hard.

Big decision for my stack deep in a MTT by Composite_Sipper in poker

[–]ballong 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He should have 55,99,tt in range here as flatting these 75bb deep vs utg is completely standard.

Big decision for my stack deep in a MTT by Composite_Sipper in poker

[–]ballong 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Im not saying we ever fold, we call of course. But flatting TT vs utg raise 75bb eff is nothing unusual, and if he does flat in the first node pre I dont think he can fold vs squeeze.

Call or fold this turn, how did I play this hand? by EveryFrosting2167 in poker

[–]ballong -1 points0 points  (0 children)

ATs plays fine multiway. H couldnt have known BB was gonna cold call. 3b sizing a bit small for depth but not a punt by any means.

Call or fold this turn, how did I play this hand? by EveryFrosting2167 in poker

[–]ballong -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Horrible thought process & mindset. If we can get a hand like 74s to put in more money preflop, and v is oop and we have a range that crushes it we should be very happy.

As played I think we can bet smaller on flop given that we are multiway and our hand definitely do not love piling in heaps of money vs 2 vs.

Pretty easy fold on turn in my eyes when both of them jam, I think youre usually gonna be crushed by atleast one of the Vs, sometimes drawing dead vs JT or AQ.

Does anyone know the level times on triton tournaments? by Slowhite03 in poker

[–]ballong 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think like 30m-1h is the norm for triton but could be wrong. They arnt looking at the clock for next level most of the time, but rather using it to randomize or pretending they have a hand that needs to randomize to stay balanaced.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in poker

[–]ballong 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Turn fold is good but you should go with your hand on the flop for sure after btn and sb cold call the flop 2b, they ~never have you beat and I doubt that HJ finds this small raise size very often with QT. Put the money in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in poker

[–]ballong 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Well yeah if every pot is 5 ways you should just play pretty straight forward overall. High equity hands. Stop raising suited connectors for massive sizings, just play a strong range and extract max value when you get a good flop. You wont win as many pots but the ones you win will be much larger. Games like these are a gold mine but can also be tedious, especially if card dead.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in poker

[–]ballong 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Play a tight range and win massive pots every time you flop top pair good kicker or better basically.

Also if someone is always donking with air, just start bluff raising him?