Why did I do this? (1 Viewer)

[Stryker]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

 

[Clifton]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

 

[Stryker]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

 

[basher]

should have listened to the umpteen packer fans who said that Jackson was a scrub.

 

[videoguy505]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.

Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.

Flop is A 8 8

BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.

I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."

Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.

Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

 

[netnalp]

Mistakes get made, in 2003 I picked up Domanick Davis off waivers and then dropped him for Artose Pinner. Davis finished with 1382 yds 8TDs, 47 receptions and Pinner had 139 yds and 5 receptions.

 

[The_Underachiever]

Last friday I dropped Lance Moore to pick up Keiland Williams. Whoopie!!!!!

 

[Clifton]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

How did you lose?

 

[westbrook36]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

LOL

 

[Mario Kart]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

How did you lose?

Jack on the turn + Jack on the River = own3d

 

[videoguy505]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

How did you lose?

I might have actually mumbled to myself "How did I lose?" as I was shaking my head and putting on my jacket, walking out the door. That one hurt.

 

[westbrook36]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

How did you lose?

Jacks came out

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

How did you lose?

I'm guessing the turn and the river were the 11 of squares and 12 of horeshoes.

 

[Kit Fisto]

Turn = Jack

River = Jack

Videoguy505 has 8s over As.

Other dude has Js over 8s.

 

[Ignoratio Elenchi]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

What's the rest of your roster look like? Is it PPR?

 

[fred_1_15301]

I was on the bubble of a tournament, running over my table and only had a few more guys to knock out before making the money with a nice, big chip stack. The chip leader at the table was getting annoyed with my over-aggressiveness, it was obvious I was just betting to get people off their hands so I could scoop the blinds & antes, and he thought since he was the chip leader, it was his right to do that, not mine... even though he was playing too tight and folding instead of betting out. Anyway, I had lulled him and the table down to where I could just steal outright--until a couple of hands in a row where they finally played back at me and made me fold my bluffs. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.Until it was the chip leader's big blind two or three hands later. UTG called. I call in middle position with A 8 . Button limps, small blind calls, chip leader in the big blind checks.Flop is A 8 8 BINGO! Flopped full house. Small blind checks, chip leader checks, UTG limper checks, I bet out my small, minimum raise, typical "steal" bet, representing that I'm bluffing that I might have a weak Ace. Button looks annoyed at me and folds, small blind folds, chip leader stops to think for a moment.I know I have him. I can feel it. I can see it on his face. I watch him think "He's stealing. Or, he's betting an Ace. But I can easily represent an 8 here and get him off his hand, take this pot, and punish him for being so aggressive on my blinds. No way he can call with just an Ace here, on the bubble. I'm the chipleader... he might even fold an 8 with a bad kicker to me here." He pauses for a half-minute then announces "All in."Guy between us mucks and I can't get my chips in the middle fast enough. I jump out of my seat as I say call and start pushing stacks in. Chip leader frowns. "That wasn't supposed to happen. Well, you caught me bluffing," he says, and turns over nothing. Jack high. Jack-Four offsuit, if I remember right, versus my flopped full house. "I thought I could bet you off the hand," he shrugs, and starts to count out how much he's going to lose and he starts trying to figure out if he's in danger of bubbling out now himself.Dealer shows the turn and river. I pack up my stuff and go home, two spots out of the money.

Thoughts and prayers to you and your family............... :(

 

[Kit Fisto]

Similar thing happened to me.

I'm struggling to keep up with the sharks at a table, and I'm the small stack, barely hanging on. If I remember correctly, I'm the big blind, and I check in with a pair of Qs.

Flop comes and it's 8-8-Q. Sitting with a full house of Qs over 8s! The only guy still in at the table pushes all his chips in. At this point I'm thinking "He sees I'm small-stacked; he saw I checked the blind... he's trying to scare me off. No way he beats my full house, especially when he originally just called the minimum bet."

I call, I'm all in too. I flop my full house. Oohs and Ahhs from the guys out of the game. Dude flops his hand. Pocket 8s. Four of a kind.

Worst beat I've ever had.

 

[Black]

You picked up BJax b/c everyone out there (save a few people who remember how BJax plays) said 'blow your budget on him!' Meanwhile:

[*]I picked up Vick strictly for 1 week since I wasn't sure about Cutler. I was slow to drop him after the week, and got Reid's news in time to NOT drop him

[*]I had Hillis, but dropped him assuming the BAL game would be the end of him....or James Davis or whoever Mangenius threw in there.

[*]I cut Reggie Bush and instead of adding Lance Moore, who I have had on rosters since end of 2008 (good), 2009 (un-good), I add Rashad Jennings b/c I am worried about MJD being injured. I KNOW Moore is essentially Bush's handcuff (in PPR leagues), it was even reinforced in the Audible (my FF Bible), but I didn't pick him up. Then I realize JAX is injured, not MJD.

[*]This morning, AFTER Waivers clear, Lance Moore is sitting there as a FA. I now have Lance Moore. I also know Lance Moore can do nada this week, or continue being 6 catches for 60 each week until Re Bush comes back.

Easy come, easy go.

Welcome to Fantasy Football...it's a long season, so just go with your gut and have a good time, knowing you'll be wrong about 1/2 the time, just like the experts.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

"Why did I do this?"

Can this be a permanent feature?

I do something boneheadedlly stupid every year.

I traded away Floyd for Moreno.

The thinking made sense at the moment, talked myself into it, clicked the button.

I've always believed in Floyd; never believed in Mareno. I still have no idea how or why I did this.

Go back to the 'talk yourself into it' moment; that's where it all begins.

 

[Stryker]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

What's the rest of your roster look like? Is it PPR?

Just standard, no PPR.QB-Eli and Carson, I try to play the matchups each week, so this is why i feel stupid for not picking up Vick.RB-Turner and Mathews, with Best, Jackson, Snelling, and Tolbert on the benchWR, Floyd, Santana, Desean are the starters with Steve Smith (NYG), Jacoby Jones, Steve Breaston on the benchTE-Keller, and CelekK, CrosbySo seeing that Jackson probably will never get into my lineup and how Vick has been studly so far not compared to just the NFL but Carson and Eli particularly. Vick would probably have gotten me 1 more win and being 2-1 rather than 1-2.Nice to see I'm not the only one that passed up on him

 

[coyote5]

Just a fascinating topic. Please keep us updated on future roster moves.

 

[Sam Quentin]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

Is there anybody else in your league?

 

[atl3695]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

What's the rest of your roster look like? Is it PPR?

Just standard, no PPR.QB-Eli and Carson, I try to play the matchups each week, so this is why i feel stupid for not picking up Vick.RB-Turner and Mathews, with Best, Jackson, Snelling, and Tolbert on the benchWR, Floyd, Santana, Desean are the starters with Steve Smith (NYG), Jacoby Jones, Steve Breaston on the benchTE-Keller, and CelekK, CrosbySo seeing that Jackson probably will never get into my lineup and how Vick has been studly so far not compared to just the NFL but Carson and Eli particularly. Vick would probably have gotten me 1 more win and being 2-1 rather than 1-2.Nice to see I'm not the only one that passed up on him

Could you let us know the rosters of the two teams in first and second place? Thanks in Advance!

 

[The_Underachiever]

Just a fascinating topic. Please keep us updated on future roster moves.

This needs to be posted every Tuesday for the week. I like to know I am not the only one occassionally making self-destroying moves!

 

[SSOG]

Mistakes get made, in 2003 I picked up Domanick Davis off waivers and then dropped him for Artose Pinner. Davis finished with 10382 yds 8TDs, 47 receptions and Pinner had 139 yds and 5 receptions.

Man, I remember Domanick Davis (nee Williams)'s 10,000 yard season. He won me a championship that year.

 

[Sam Quentin]

Mistakes get made, in 2003 I picked up Domanick Davis off waivers and then dropped him for Artose Pinner. Davis finished with 10382 yds 8TDs, 47 receptions and Pinner had 139 yds and 5 receptions.

Man, I remember Domanick Davis (nee Williams)'s 10,000 yard season. He won me a championship that year.

That 1200 and a TD he put up v. Indy was amazing

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

We've all been there. You devoted too much energy just starting this thread. You have to forget it and move on. You gain nothing by dwelling on it. Save that for the offseason with your leaguemates and a lot of beer.

 

[basher]

Week 2 waiver wire, I was stuck between Vick and Brandon Jackson with Eli and Carson at QB, I thought Jackson would be a solid back up for provide depth and figured that Vick would only start one game like Andy Reid "said" With Desean at WR the Vick/Desean Combo would be soooo dirty in fantasy, so I asked a guy who he'd pick up because I was practically split 50/50, anybody else want to bring me down? Im done venting now.

What other moves have you made?

Just picking up Snelling and Tolbert when Turner and Mathews went down. Otherwise I'm pretty well set.

Is there anybody else in your league?

My hunch is yes ... otherwise he would have to be pretty sadistic to opt for Eli and Carson as his QBs

 

[Dragon1952]

I was in love with Cheryl Jones in 6th grade but thought she was out of my league. After we moved away I found out she liked me too.

 

[Sam Quentin]

I was in the supermarket and picked the checkout line that had the carts with less items. Person in front of me wrote a check and had a price check. The other line would have had me out 1 1/2 minutes sooner



FML

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I was in love with Cheryl Jones in 6th grade but thought she was out of my league. After we moved away I found out she liked me too.

I married her, you know. Her dad's filthy rich, too. What a frisky little tiger she is! Glad you kept quiet back in 6th grade.

 

[John 14:6]

Mistakes get made, in 2003 I picked up Domanick Davis off waivers and then dropped him for Artose Pinner. Davis finished with 10382 yds 8TDs, 47 receptions and Pinner had 139 yds and 5 receptions.

Man, I remember Domanick Davis (nee Williams)'s 10,000 yard season. He won me a championship that year.

He and Willie Parker were my starting RBs that year, both picked up as free agents after our keepers and draft. I also won the title. Good times...

 

[Zoomanji]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

 

[MDSkinner]

I really should not read a thread like this while I am at work.

 

[basher]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

He was looking a little too far ahead at getting paid off.

 

[thecardiackid]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

yes, let's get back to the bad poker beats hijack. much more interesting.

 

[fred_1_15301]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

yes, let's get back to the bad poker beats hijack. much more interesting.

 

[basher]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

ahhh I missed this part when I first read his writeup....

. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.

loose/aggressive is no way to go through life.

 

[Jayrod]

My biggest error this year was a pre-season waiver pickup in my IDP dynasty league.

So I'm sitting on an LB corps of Beason, Lofton, Levy, Cooper & Barnett in a tackle heavy league with 2-2-2 start & 2 flex. I trade away Barnett to upgrade at TE and think I can pick up some guy off the waivers in the preseason and be my bye week fill in. So I'm paying attention to news and camp reports and notice two guys I really like. One is Rocky McIntosh who is moved into the WILB spot in the 3-4 from being a WLB in a 4-3. I think that Rocky has been quality at his old spot, but just never had enough tackle opps to be overly relevant. There is also a lot of discussion on Boley. Idea is that he'll be the only every down LB for the Giants. WLB in a 4-3 that funnels to the weakside and the primary nickle & dime LB. I think Boley could be a homerun and pick him up.

With injuries to Levy & Cooper, I'm left having to start Boley every week so far. Week 1 bad, week 2 great and week 3 awful....he looks to be solely a matchup play and doesn't get much action vs. the run. Meanwhile McIntosh is looking like a superstar next to an ancient London Fletcher and never comes off the field.

If I pickup McIntosh instead of Boley, I'm 2-1 instead of 1-2 and have a much stronger LB corps going forward.

 

[bonesman]

sure a lot of football talk on the 2+2 forums this afternoon.

 

[Dragon1952]

I was in love with Cheryl Jones in 6th grade but thought she was out of my league. After we moved away I found out she liked me too.

I married her, you know. Her dad's filthy rich, too. What a frisky little tiger she is! Glad you kept quiet back in 6th grade.

You're welcome.....enjoy

 

[videoguy505]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

ahhh I missed this part when I first read his writeup....

. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.

loose/aggressive is no way to go through life.

Agreed, and that's not how I played the rest of the tournament, but we were at the bubble point. Basically, everyone was folding everything, just hoping to make the money. No one wanted to tangle in a hand and get knocked out unpaid. When that point in a tournament comes along, it's very easy for the bigger stacks to get bigger. So for the 2 or 3 rounds, 20-30 hands, when everyone was folding unless they had AA, it's very easy to make a minimum raise and scoop the blinds and antes at (almost) no risk.I think blinds were 1000/2000 with a 100 ante. That means there's 4000 in the pot when the cards are dealt. A minimum raise to 4000 scooped the pot preflop almost every hand. If there was a flop, whoever bet out first won the pot unless the other guy hit a set. Free chips, in other words, to anyone who'd bet. I might have had 50,000 in chips, so it'd cost me 4000 every hand I got played back at, and would gain me 4000 every hand I didn't. For those 30 hands, I took it down without a call on maybe 15 of them, and lost my 4000 twice. I basically doubled up on just blind stealing. It's not exactly loose/aggressive because my starting cards didn't enter into the equation at all. I was raising every time I was able to open the pot. That is, if no one else limped or raised ahead of me, I just said "raise" and put in the minimum. Regardless of what I had. If someone had entered the hand already, I wouldn't play unless I had good enough cards. As second or maybe third in chips at the table, the blinds were too shortstacked to call and try to play the flop, they either had to reraise all in (and risk not getting any money), or they'd just fold and hope someone else got knocked out on another table so they'd get paid. Unless they've got AA, KK, or AK suited, they folded.And I didn't stop doing it until I got called preflop and then check-raised on the flop. Twice. Then I knew that I'd worn out my welcome to steal.I was playing the table, not my hand. I knew I was over aggressive. I knew they were getting ticked at me. I was just waiting for the opportunity to trap and it came along and I lost on a 99-1 shot. I don't think any of the tourney players on here would disagree with how I'd played the bubble or the hand.

 

[videoguy505]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

It wasn't good enough to raise with an under-the-gun limper. Especially if he was trapping. Him not raising was suspicious.

 

[bweiser]

So I pick up 66 in a live $1/$2 game a few months ago ... Family pot ... I limp in hoping to hit a set.

Bingo. Flop comes K 6 5 ... Its checked to me and I bet. Get one caller. Turn is an A. Even better. I bet again and get called. River is another A. Now I've got a full boat ... I bet out half my stack and opponent says 'all-in.' I pull a Phil Hellmuth and knock my chips over to get them in the middle ... No raise preflop and no continuation bet, I know this guy doesn't have AK and is making a play with an A here, so I can't call fast enough.

He turns over A5 ... Pot-sized bet and he calls on the flop with bottom pair to hit runner/runner.

I could share more bad beats but I'll stick to that one for now.

 

[basher]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

ahhh I missed this part when I first read his writeup....

. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.

loose/aggressive is no way to go through life.

Agreed, and that's not how I played the rest of the tournament, but we were at the bubble point. Basically, everyone was folding everything, just hoping to make the money. No one wanted to tangle in a hand and get knocked out unpaid. When that point in a tournament comes along, it's very easy for the bigger stacks to get bigger. So for the 2 or 3 rounds, 20-30 hands, when everyone was folding unless they had AA, it's very easy to make a minimum raise and scoop the blinds and antes at (almost) no risk.I think blinds were 1000/2000 with a 100 ante. That means there's 4000 in the pot when the cards are dealt. A minimum raise to 4000 scooped the pot preflop almost every hand. If there was a flop, whoever bet out first won the pot unless the other guy hit a set. Free chips, in other words, to anyone who'd bet. I might have had 50,000 in chips, so it'd cost me 4000 every hand I got played back at, and would gain me 4000 every hand I didn't. For those 30 hands, I took it down without a call on maybe 15 of them, and lost my 4000 twice. I basically doubled up on just blind stealing. It's not exactly loose/aggressive because my starting cards didn't enter into the equation at all. I was raising every time I was able to open the pot. That is, if no one else limped or raised ahead of me, I just said "raise" and put in the minimum. Regardless of what I had. If someone had entered the hand already, I wouldn't play unless I had good enough cards. As second or maybe third in chips at the table, the blinds were too shortstacked to call and try to play the flop, they either had to reraise all in (and risk not getting any money), or they'd just fold and hope someone else got knocked out on another table so they'd get paid. Unless they've got AA, KK, or AK suited, they folded.And I didn't stop doing it until I got called preflop and then check-raised on the flop. Twice. Then I knew that I'd worn out my welcome to steal.I was playing the table, not my hand. I knew I was over aggressive. I knew they were getting ticked at me. I was just waiting for the opportunity to trap and it came along and I lost on a 99-1 shot. I don't think any of the tourney players on here would disagree with how I'd played the bubble or the hand.

fair enough. Tourney style can also force you to be overly aggressive if the situations either feels right or you are short stacked ... granted with you being so close to money it might be cause for you to tighten back up

 

[videoguy505]

I don't know why you would just call in middle position with A8

ahhh I missed this part when I first read his writeup....

. After taking a hit like that a couple of times, I slowed down just a bit and actually folded a hand preflop.

loose/aggressive is no way to go through life.

Agreed, and that's not how I played the rest of the tournament, but we were at the bubble point. Basically, everyone was folding everything, just hoping to make the money. No one wanted to tangle in a hand and get knocked out unpaid. When that point in a tournament comes along, it's very easy for the bigger stacks to get bigger. So for the 2 or 3 rounds, 20-30 hands, when everyone was folding unless they had AA, it's very easy to make a minimum raise and scoop the blinds and antes at (almost) no risk.I think blinds were 1000/2000 with a 100 ante. That means there's 4000 in the pot when the cards are dealt. A minimum raise to 4000 scooped the pot preflop almost every hand. If there was a flop, whoever bet out first won the pot unless the other guy hit a set. Free chips, in other words, to anyone who'd bet. I might have had 50,000 in chips, so it'd cost me 4000 every hand I got played back at, and would gain me 4000 every hand I didn't. For those 30 hands, I took it down without a call on maybe 15 of them, and lost my 4000 twice. I basically doubled up on just blind stealing. It's not exactly loose/aggressive because my starting cards didn't enter into the equation at all. I was raising every time I was able to open the pot. That is, if no one else limped or raised ahead of me, I just said "raise" and put in the minimum. Regardless of what I had. If someone had entered the hand already, I wouldn't play unless I had good enough cards. As second or maybe third in chips at the table, the blinds were too shortstacked to call and try to play the flop, they either had to reraise all in (and risk not getting any money), or they'd just fold and hope someone else got knocked out on another table so they'd get paid. Unless they've got AA, KK, or AK suited, they folded.And I didn't stop doing it until I got called preflop and then check-raised on the flop. Twice. Then I knew that I'd worn out my welcome to steal.I was playing the table, not my hand. I knew I was over aggressive. I knew they were getting ticked at me. I was just waiting for the opportunity to trap and it came along and I lost on a 99-1 shot. I don't think any of the tourney players on here would disagree with how I'd played the bubble or the hand.

fair enough. Tourney style can also force you to be overly aggressive if the situations either feels right or you are short stacked ... granted with you being so close to money it might be cause for you to tighten back up

Yeah, just my luck I get mixed up in a hand with the only guy there who could bust me. Anyone else and I live through it. He decides to get belligerent because I'm stealing before he can and it costs me the cash.Still hurts.

 

[Neil Beaufort Zod]

I know this is way off topic and has been discussed before, but I'm always amazed at how many fantasy football players are also attracted to poker in an enthusiastic (if not obsessive) way. Maybe it's the luck wrapped in moments of skill and balance of control and lack of control...or just another way to make some money off your buddies. But they do seem related. You guys talk about poker hands as easily as you do backup running backs.

 

[prgromek]

 

[SSOG]

I know this is way off topic and has been discussed before, but I'm always amazed at how many fantasy football players are also attracted to poker in an enthusiastic (if not obsessive) way. Maybe it's the luck wrapped in moments of skill and balance of control and lack of control...or just another way to make some money off your buddies. But they do seem related. You guys talk about poker hands as easily as you do backup running backs.

Poker players make some of the best fantasy football owners. They know how bad it is to be results oriented, they understand concepts like EV, and they're most at peace with the fact that, at the end of the day, it's all a crapshoot and all you can do is make enough right calls to give yourself a better-than-average chance of winning it all.

 

[basher]

I know this is way off topic and has been discussed before, but I'm always amazed at how many fantasy football players are also attracted to poker in an enthusiastic (if not obsessive) way. Maybe it's the luck wrapped in moments of skill and balance of control and lack of control...or just another way to make some money off your buddies. But they do seem related. You guys talk about poker hands as easily as you do backup running backs.

as SSOG said ... there are a lot of similarities between the games from an analytical standpoint. Kind of funny, I didn't expect to hear anyone talking about expected value around these parts.