I've noticed lately that a good number of players are over-betting the pot on the flop. I have seen successful players using this tactic and have seen people trap themselves also. Any pros out there have comments on this subject? When to employ this tactic? Should I? Why?

LoF

After a rough month, I cashed out and took some time off. I finally have a few things to talk about so here goes.

I started playing BoDog again this week with 400 points and haven't looked back since. I entered the 400 point tourney and won, giving me a whopping $100 to start playing with. The second tourney I entered was the daily $30 dbl stack. I had a ridiculous chip lead with 12 players to go but lost with AQvs AJ (twice). I played well after that to recover but eventually lost with QQ vs KK o finish in 7th place. The third tourney was the daily $20 rebuy, where I had the chip lead (again) when we got to the final table where I went card dead. I was 3 betting from the button when it was raised from the CO, but it wasn't enough. I eventually lost with AQ vs AJ (again)! After that "hiram" and "daisyxoxo" proceeded to kick the crap outta me...OUT IN 7TH PLACE AGAIN. Bastards!

I couldn't sleep last night so I played the $50 12a tourney and I took 2nd place (getting better). The guy kept limping with huge hands and I just couldn't get there on him. So, today I played a couple $100 HU and won both.

I will try to post some hand histories and any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks for reading!

LoF

I was playing a 1/2 game at the Imperial Palace on my off time while I was in Vegas. The poker room is new at IP , and the action is not bad. The 1/2 game plays like a 2/5 and a 5/10 at times (200 max buy-in). The first night I was up about $500 for a couple of hours, so I thought I would try again. The table had two guys who were very aggressive, raising every hand and chasing every draw, no matter what the cost.

Here is a big pot I think is worth talking about. I was in 2nd pos with 66 when it was raised utg by crazy iPod having, gold rim glasses wearing, guy. I called $20, and there were two more callers. The flop was K610. UTG checks, I lead right out for $60. MP raises to $120 and LP calls. I have about $450 behind and move all-in. MP labors for a while and folds. LP labors even more and calls...WTF?. I am really hoping a doesn't fall, but whatta ya know, BAM! a on the turn. I am hoping at this point he has the A and a blank king (he hasn't turned his cards up yet). Here comes the river, the largest I have ever seen, the table faded into the background, and then I got a little dizzy. I stood up thinking, you chasing mutha, mutha, but he didn't turn his cards over. He held the cards for what seemed like two minutes while I was choking down the vomit in my throat. Finally, he mucks! What? You're mucking after all of that? I raked the 1K pot while muttering to myself... what was he doing?

Enough said...no comments required.

Has anyone been able to use the "new" pokerdb, since BLUFF took over?