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Month: August 2020
Basic No Limit Hold ‘Em Poker Strategies
There is an essential difference between limit and no-limit Texas hold’em and this difference is based on the position you have at the playing table and on the value of the hands. When you are playing no-limit hold’em you will find that position is much more important than in the limit games. The explanation is quite simple actually because there is no limit so more money are involved and the goals you set depend on your position and they will have a bigger impact on you bankroll. If somehow you manage to get someone into a position trap you will here have a change to get that person’s entire stack, not only a few more bets like in Limit hold’em.
In no-limit poker the big connectors are not to be played because they have a much lesser value overall: they can cause you to win but just small amounts of money and they can also cause you to lose greatly. If we are talking pairs, they increase their value consistently in no-limit Texas hold’em. They give you the opportunity to trap someone (especially the big pairs) and they can get you the entire bankroll of those persons or simply double the value of the pot over a betting round.
When playing no-limit you must before all keep an efficient list of all money spent by you and your opponents. Variations in the stack affect the whole hand and you must be aware of that. So pay attention to all amounts of money players have on the table and to the pot size at all times. The game here is about leaving the others with no money on the table not just about winning small pots and hands.
Let’s take an example to better demonstrate how and why important the amount of money each player has on the table is so important.
Let’s just say you have now $250 and another player has $25. You are playing a game with blinds of $1-$2. Your position is the small blind and the cards you have are QJ suited. Your opponent is in first position and he goes all-in. All other players consider the risk and decide to fold, as strategy requires in this case. Now, you are faced with a problem: to call and risk $24 for his $25 bet or to simply fold like the situation requires. Betting for that kind of money the almost exact amount is an unnecessary risk you should not take. If however your opponent would have an amount of $250 just like you have, then the risk can be acceptable as you were going to risk the money for 10 times their value.
Sneaking Out Wins Rancho Bernardo, Giving Rispoli Fourth Win Of Day
KMN Racing's Sneaking Out put it in gear at the head of the lane and drew off from seven rivals to tally a handy 3 3/4-length victory Friday in the 49th running of the Grade 3 Rancho Bernardo Handicap at Del Mar near San Diego, Calif.
Packing top weight of 123 pounds and Del Mar's leading rider, Umberto Rispoli, the homebred daughter of Indian Evening scampered the 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:15.57.
It was win number four on the day for Rispoli, the newcomer to Del Mar this season who has established himself as its top rider and now has 32 victories at the session after 17 days of racing.
Sneaking Out earned $60,000 as the winner's share of the $101,500 purse in the Rancho Bernardoi, enlarging her bankroll to $491,441 following her sixth victory in 12 starts. The 4-year-old bay, the lone California-bred in the lineup, paid $5.60, $3.40 and $2.80 across the board as the favorite.
Finishing second was Claiborne Farm, Bass or Dilschneider, et al's Amuse and running third was Kelly and Wiltz's Gingham.
Winning trainer Jerry Hollendorfer, a member of racing Hall of Fame, captured his third Rancho Bernardo and his 40th stakes at Del Mar. Rispoli now has five stakes wins at the seaside oval.
In the day's Pick Six wager, nobody was able to sweep the bet resulting in a $59,375 carryover into Saturday's card.
Del Mar will present its biggest racing day of the year on Saturday when it showcases five stakes races headed by the 30th edition of the Grade 1, $500,000 TVG Pacific Classic. First post is 2 p.m.
UMBERTO RISPOLI (Sneaking Out, winner) – “This is my first time on her. We can't work horses here, so we have to watch a lot of videos. I like what I saw. She did all this today herself. She switched leads nicely, then 'bang,' she just went. At the end she was really rolling; I couldn't stop her. She's a really nice filly.
JERRY HOLLENDORFER (Sneaking Out, winner) – “I think she was even better today (than when winning the Grade 2, Great Lady M at Los Alamitos on July 4) and my rider told me he was very impressed with her. She's getting good right now. She wins a Grade 2 and then puts weight on and still wins; you always hope she can be better. (Breeders Cup?) You always have those thoughts in the back of your mind. I think there's more that she can do.”
FRACTIONS: :22.35 :45.35 1:09.34 1:15.57
The winning owners – KMN Racing – are Kevin and Kimberly Nish of Fairfield, CA.
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Donna Veloce Works Ahead of Ky Oaks
GSW Donna Veloce (Uncle Mo) posted a six-furlong work at Del Mar Friday afternoon in advance of an upcoming start in the GI Kentucky Oaks at Churchill Downs Sept. 4. Campaigned by Kaleem Shah, Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith, the filly completed the task in 1:11.60, the fastest of seven moves at the distance Friday. Commencing at the five-furlong pole, she completed her first quarter in :25.00 followed by a half :47.80 before hitting the wire :59.80. She galloped out seven eighths in 1:26.20.
An $800,000 2-year-old in training sale buy at the Fasig-Tipton Florida sale in 2019, she realized $450,000 at Keeneland September a year earlier. A first out winner at Santa Anita last September, she closed out her juvenile campaign with seconds in both the GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies and GI Starlet S. before resuming in 2020 with a victory in her most recent start in the GIII Santa Ysabel S. Mar. 8.
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