Pre flop refers to the period of time in a flop game (such as Texas Hold'Em or Omaha) before the community cards are dealt. It consists of the posting of any blinds or antes, the dealing of the cards, and the initial round of betting.
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Why is comparing hands based on how often they win a showdown or on their poker “hand rank” worse than worthless?
From No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice p124
In deep stack no limit, preflop hands derive most of their value from
how well they extract money after the flop from your opponents.
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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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Texas Hold'em: Heads up pre-flop probabilities
Has anyone calculated the probabilities of winning/losing heads up matchups of all combinations of two players preflop hands in Texas Hold'em, and if so, can they provide a reference?
I could write ...
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Thoughts on Chen's formula
These days I came across this post describing the Chen's formula.
The Chen formula is a system for scoring different starting hands in Texas Hold'em. It was created by Bill Chen for use in the ...
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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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Smallest Stack Size for playing 3bet/fold
Assume hero is playing a ring game with short stack. What is the smallest Stack Size you can 3bet a 3bb open raise without being committed. And what is the 3bet size to choose?
To be more concrete: ...
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SB raise in preflop in no limit TH
please correct me if I am wrong:
No Limit Texas Holdem
5 players at the table. Each has bankroll of $1000. SB = $1. BB = $2.
Player1 = BTN
Player2 = SB
Player3 = BB
Player4 = UTG1
Player5 = MP1
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Readless Preflop Strategy for Pokerstars HU Hyperturbo SNGs?
I ran into several materials about hyperturbo heads-up SNGs from different sources, and their preflop ranges readless are really different.
Some reccomend open raising 90-100% hands, others limping ...
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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 ...
