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Short stack play - best way to deal with it?
Short stack play - the extreme measures/adaptive game-plan a
short-stacked player will undertake to stay in the game.
The characteristics of this effect/game-plan tends to include higher levels ...
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Short stack strategy
In Bodgan's answer to Is it advantageous to buy into a NL cash game at the maximum amount? I read:
There is even a known, mechanical strategy, called short stack strategy, designed to play if you ...
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Small Pairs on early and middle positions
I'm still uncertain about best way to play small pairs on early or middle positions. 22, 33, etc. even up to 99.
Straight and Flush possibility are low, and even if you catch one of these - someone ...
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Poker Tools : Recording Hands / Outcomes
Not really looking for a bank manager as I've already looked at:
Tools for Managing Bankroll, Income and Losses
and it's not what I'm looking for.
I want to know if you guys have any tools that ...
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Why do people make the following call, check, call round the table?
I play in a work tournament usually 2 tables of 6 or 7 for a set time period with the top 3 chip counts on each table moving to a final table to win the prize.
It is largely amateurish but with ...
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Is just calling the big blind a poor strategy?
I came across this quote concerning the Chen Formula:
Just calling the big blind is not a profitable way to play NL Hold'em for the most part.
He is basically saying that you should always ...
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Micro Stakes, playing Big Aces pre-flop against multiple very loose opponents
I'm kinda new to poker online so i'm sorry if my question is kinda silly.
I decided to start building my bank-roll by start playing from micro-stakes, where i'm more comfortable in having some losing ...
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Main differences between Limit and No Limit Hold'em
I have some No Limit experience, but this hasn't stopped me from getting fleeced at Limit games, which I started playing out of curiosity.
What are the strategic adjustments that must be made to move ...
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Spread Limit vs Pot Limit
Are there any advantages to a spread limit game over a pot limit game? The variable bet structure tend to throw several people's sense of betting seemingly to make it either a looser bet or everyone ...
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Set Mining: betting pre flop with 22+
When I set mine I usually raise pre flop with my pocket pair to build a large pot.
I use the 10 to 1 rule for stack size to bet ratio when calling with a small pocket pair, but when you're raising ...
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Is Small Ball Poker In Cash Games A Good Strategy?
I have read Daniel Negreanu's book on small ball poker strategy in tournament play.
Essentially, small ball poker involves playing a wider range of
starting hands more aggressively, but only ...
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What is the purpose of a continuation bet, and when is it best applied in Hold'em?
Please clarify what a continuation bet is in poker, what its purpose is. And if possible, when is it most useful within Texas Holdem?
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In Texas holdem, how should my betting change as my stack of chips changes?
In tournament style Texas hold-em, how should the amount of chips I have left affect my play? Should I become more conservative as my stack declines and more risky as my stack grows? Does my ...
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How do you bet pre-flop when there's no action, you're on the button, and you have pocket rockets?
In a no limit cash game, if I'm sitting on the button pre-flop with pocket aces and no one has bet ahead of me, I usually don't want to limp because I don't want to offer free opportunities to draw to ...
