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| 13 Apr 2006 11:45:43 am |
 Trip to Vegas |
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Here's a few pics of some of Ante Up's friends and family. These were taken during a trip to Vegas last month that mixed both business and pleasure. Apparently pleasure prevailed!
Notice poker professional Gus Hansen in the first pic!
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Category : General
| By : Dave |  Comments
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| 31 Mar 2006 02:10:06 pm |
| WE ARE OPEN FOR BUSINESS! |
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Hey everyone,
We are now accepting online orders here at Ante Up! It's simple, fast, and secure to order from us. For tips on how to place an order check out our FAQ page and select your question under the heading entitled "Ordering". Thanks for visiting us, and thanks for your business! |
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Category : News
| By : Dave | Comments
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| 24 Mar 2006 02:38:42 pm |
| How Would You Play It? Vol. 1 |
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I’m going to tell you about a hand I played late last night at the Coquitlam Boulevard Casino, and I encourage you to write in and let me know what you think and how you might have played it.
I was playing at a $1/$2 no limit table, and I picked up J-J in mid-position. I hate pocket jacks because of the many ways they can be beat, so I limp for $2. Almost everyone calls around to the small blind who raises the bet to $7 – a good pot building bet, but not necessarily the sign of an extremely strong hand. Often this raise might indicate a hand like AQ or AJ offsuit or perhaps a suited connector of some sort. The 4 or 5 players ahead of me call $7 and I decide to re-raise to $35 to narrow the field. The player directly to my left instantly flat calls $35 (having only $2 previously invested) and the small blind who first raised the pot calls the $35, as well as one other player ahead of me. The flop brings 3, 4, 7 with 2 clubs. The two players ahead of me check and I bet out $60. The player to my left, who also has best position now, quickly raises to $120. The other 2 players fold. Straight away I put him on a set, having called pre-flop with 3-3, 4-4, or 7-7. Chances are good he would have limped in with one of these hands, yet be willing to call a sizable raise pre-flop. Then I think back to the hands I had seen him play earlier. He was by far the most aggressive player at the table, but also liked to slow play hands when he had the nuts. I sat there for a while contemplating my options. I could fold, as there was a good chance he had me beat. I could call the $120, and likely face a large bet or an all-in on the turn. Or I could re-raise (likely all in if I thought I was ahead, to avoid the risk of him hitting an overcard, or making a straight or a flush draw). After taking note of the size of the pot as well as the aggressive nature of the player, I decided I would go all in for the remaining $250 or so I had in front of me (his stack had me covered). He thought about whether to call for quite some time and eventually laid his hand down. I showed him the pocket jacks and he said he folded a mid-pocket pair, although I never actually saw his hand.
Why did I decide to play the hand this way? Did I have a gut feeling I was best, or was I just tired deciding it was time to “go big or go home”? No, I simply pieced together the way the hand played out, factored in the playing styles of the players around me, as well as the amount of money I had already invested in the pot and the overall size of the pot. The decision made itself clear. Then again, the guy could just as easily have had a set of 7s and taken my stack!
Post your comments and let me know how you might have played this hand differently. I look forward to hearing your thoughts. |
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Category : How would you play it?
| By : Dave | Comments
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| 23 Mar 2006 12:10:11 am |
| The shirts are here! |
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Hey everyone,
The long awaited first line of Ante Up shirts are now available. The site will be open to online orders shortly, but in the meantime email us at and let us know what you'd like. See you at the tables.
-DL |
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Category : News
| By : Dave | Comments
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| 26 Feb 2006 03:48:24 pm |
| The Poker T-Shirts arrive soon!! |
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Hello people we cannot wait the shirts will be arriving soon!!  |
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Category : News
| By : pokerShirt | Comments
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