No-Limit Variant; 100bb = ($)200. Currency is (Variable).
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1/2 NL: Call this villain's all-in with top pair, ace kicker?
Game is $1/$2 NL Hold'em at the Venetian
Hero (~$200) - Been playing TAG for the first couple hours and went up about $100. Then switched to loose play since I've been wanting to improve that skill ...
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NL200: Am I A Super-Nit For Considering Folding The Turn With TPGK?
First off, I flatted the CO opn as I'd just 3B that player very recently. I didn't want to get 4B off what was likely the best hand, and IP, it plays well enough postflop to be +EV IMO. Not certain ...
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NL200: TPGK In Squeezed Pot OOP
Villain is 22/11/0 3B(0/28) over ~80 hands. Folded to 3B 67% all positions (2/3). He seems Tight, and relatively passive Pre- and Post-flop. This is the first time he's faced a 3B from a steal ...
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Bet with Ax3x3x on river?
From the small blind on a 1-2nl cash game, hero calls ($1) with Ax3x. About half the table has called so there is about $10 in the pot. Everyone checks on the flop and turn. The river is a 3x so now ...
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How do you play AQ or AK (off or suited) on $1/$2 Live?
This week I had this peculiar situation. The villain is 60+ old black woman who came and sat next to me with about 100$ on $1/$2 and ofcourse with a stone-cold grim-poker-face with no smile. She ...
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$1/$2 Live - Bottom set on flop and facing 3bet
I play weekly at my casino and at $1/$2 they have buy-in of $60 min-$200 max. This is one of my hand I played last week and I am interested in seeing how you would play this hand when you have a top ...
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$1/$2 Live - Turned top two pair facing heat (line check)
Playing some 200nl at a casino in New Mexico. The place is a local joint so the vast majority of players are tight-passive regulars who are typically older men.
The villain in this hand is a typical ...
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NL200 Zoom: Top 2-Pair Deepstacked @ Wet Board
Villain is 29/21/1.6AF; 6% 3bet; Fold to 3Bet 13%(1/9); Steal from BTN 67%(10/15), 41% overall steal (16/39); over ~160 hands.
I believe he's positionally aware and aggressive. I think he's at least ...
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NL200: Deep Stacked IP; 4Bet pot
Flop opponent is a TAG with 22/20/2.7 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~300 hands. I've been playing a similar style to him.
My hand has good IO IP here as we are deep and I can play this type of hand aggressively ...
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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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Optimal Win Rate Standard Deviation
I've been tracking my live sessions for some time now. After 35 sessions (about four hours a session) my win rate is 34.42 an hour. My win rate standard deviation is 157.67. This seems high to me. ...
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NL200: Many possible lines to showdown in this 3-bet pot
Villain is a semi-loose regular for 6 max. He's solid enough, but generally straight-forward OOP. 27/16/2.5 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~180 hands.
$2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
SB: $180
BB: $211
UTG: ...
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NL200: Difficult River Situation; Whether To Bluff Or Not?
Villain is a TAGgy regular. 24/17/2.1 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~270 hands.
$2 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
SB: $161
BB: $218
UTG: $63
MP: $157
Hero (CO): $290
BTN: $245
Pre Flop: Hero on CO has ...
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Call river all-in after missing flush-draw but hitting AK?
The villain just sat down a few hands prior to this, so neither of us should have had any reads on the other.
$1/2 NL (10 handed)
SB Villain (~$190)
BB Hero (~$300)
Normalish stack sizes for ...
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How do you sniff out a set NLHE?
This question may well be subjective and may well be closed for it but it's a question i've been dying to ask since this site was proposed:
What are some signs that you're up against a set.
Let me ...
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Do I call a turn all-in with KK with against a possible flush?
I don't recall all the details about this hand, but here's what I do know.
Some folds and possibly some limps; I forget exactly.
$1/$2 NL
Villain (Has hero easily covered) in Seat 1
Hero (~$450) ...
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How wide should my 3-bet range pre-flop be in low-stakes NL live play?
When playing $1-$2 NL live, many players do not 3-bet very frequently pre-flop. Although important in theory, I rarely do so with less than QQ. Is this likely to be exploited at this level, or is it ...
