Texas Hold'Em is a community-card poker variant in which each player receives 2 down cards. A flop of 3 cards is dealt face up, followed by a single face-up card (the turn), and a final face-up card (the river). The best 5 card poker hand, using any of the player's 2 cards and the 5 community ...
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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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combinations from 2 hole card and 7 communal cards
If we have 5 communal cards and 2 hole cards, and its our turn to deal, Can we just select all the 5 communal cards for hand? or do we need to keep our 2 hole cards and only choose 3 communal cards ...
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Could I have won more money with top set on the flop?
$1/$2 NL
Hero is in late position with about $260 and picks up 10♣ 10♠ . During pre-flop, Villain raises to $10 in middle position. Villain seems tight; more passive than aggressive, thus making the ...
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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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Should you use average value or marginal value when deciding which hands to play?
This example comes from Sklansky: Suppose you are in a very loose wild limit game, where seven players (other than yourself) call for the maximum four bets on every hand. Sklansky then asserts that ...
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Name of five card Texas Hold'em game?
I got shown this game during a break at a recent local tournament I was in that is just like Texas Hold'em except one is dealt five cards, not two. Then at the end of every betting round (pre-flop, ...
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Easy to remember push/fold/callpush table/formula
I've tried to generate a push fold table that's easy to remember in my head. This is what I've got so far:
Take the highest card:
A = 10
K = 8
Q = 7
J = 6
T = 5
9-2 = Face value / 2
Add the ...
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Are there any good Poker hand history databases for free out there? [duplicate]
I'm doing a project on poker AI's for my senior thesis and I was wondering if anyone knows about any hand history data openly available? By hand history database I mean game logs where everything is ...
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Why does 555 beat QQQ in this Doyle vs Elezra hand?
I am confused about this video:
Doyle Brunson vs Eli Elezra
Why does 555 beat QQQ? Or I am missing something?
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Complex split pot semantics for multiple All-In winners with differing amounts
I'm writing a Poker Server piece of software and well, I want it to be accurate...
Basically I want to know what the correct way to deal with this following situation is:
[ second round of betting. ...
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Position when joining a Texas Hold'em table
Is it allowed to join a Texas Hold'em table as the Dealer, the Small Blind or the Big Blind?
If it is, are there any rules to avoid players having to pay the blinds twice?
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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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Starting a Friendly Poker Ring
Not sure if this is applicable to the decorum of Poker.SE but here goes:
What is a reasonable way of getting a regular ring together? I have a group of 6-8 friends at work who are fairly interested ...
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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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How to maximize expectation with pocket aces and an Aces Cracked bonus running
I was playing $3-$6 Limit live Texas Hold'em and there was a $200 Aces Cracked bonus running - meaning if you have pocket Aces and lose, you get $200. The house rake is pretty steep - $3 per hand + ...
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Difference in strategies with stakes?
What difference in strategies should occur as the stakes change. For example in a tournament(888.com| 24x7 Freerolls) , I have noticed that I have decent rank in the initial stage when the stakes are ...
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About Holdem Manager graphs
When I go to Opponents tab -> Summaries in down right corner I have Group Profile and have option to choose to look different states bar graphs, for example for VP$IP I have these:
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Start playing NL Hold'em or Limit Hold'em?
I am a novice who is beginning to take poker seriously and invest a fair amount of time into improving. Limit holdem seems to be a less complicated game than holdem and seems like it may be easier to ...
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Tricky Tournament Bubble Situation
How (and why) do you play this hand as big stack on the bubble of a short-handed SNG? All players are reasonably skilled. BB has played pretty tight in the previous ~100 hands this tournament, and in ...
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What are the odds of getting the same four-of-a-kind twice in a row?
Several years ago, I was playing Limit Hold'Em at the Palms. I had pocket sixes, and ended up turning those into quads. Then, the very next hand -- from a different, auto-shuffled deck -- I got pocket ...
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Do you have favourite hole cards - and do these change over time
Bad as they are, I used to like playing Q8 off/on suit and more recently A & a low number card (say 9 or less) on suit. I know these cards are pretty raggy, but do any of you often find yourselves ...
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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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Heads Up NL Holdem: Best strategy against all in every hand
Assume you are playing a NL Holdem tournament heads up. What is the best strategy against these all-in scenarios, and what is the expected win percentage when implementing the best strategy against ...
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is there an open source algorithm for a fixed limit holdem
I'm looking for an AI algorithm in any programming language for studying. The simple - the better. I've read that Polaris is the best implementation for a fixed limit holdem so far. I'm looking for ...
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Most common freerolling situations in holdem?
Player1 K♣T♣
Player2 K♥T♥
Board is A♣ Q♦ J♥ 4♣
This one is most common, what are the few others(most common)?
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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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Online vs Live problem
I am having somewhat of a problem, I read books, I study hands, and I do everything a growing player should do, and I can see my progress when playing poker online. I am confident and I would like to ...
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Why is this a poor play?
This is an excerpt from this webpage.
They're [novice players] also dangerous and can put you off your game.
How many times have you been on Party Poker playing $1-2 No-Limit Hold
'em and ...
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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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Dead Button in Rush Games
Main question:
What is the position distribution logic in Texas Hold'em No Limit Rush Games?
When I say "Rush" I mean an ability instantly to change table after dealing cards, as it was in FTP.
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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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Handling “running it twice” situations
When players agree to "run it twice" (or more times), should any additional cards be burned before each replayed step?
Also, shouldn't the cards turned in the first run be shuffled back into the deck ...
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Texas Hold'em Rules [closed]
This is my favorite poker game. I never found a list of all the rules of playing.
For example I play with my friends every weekend and in some cases we argue, if we where supposed to split or one to ...
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What is the D on table and the terms defining players?
Please tell me what is The coin like thing on table [playing online]with written D on it?It keeps on circulating, after every pot it is passed beside next player.
Also tell me if the terms like ...
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What if you get a straight flush on flop?
What should be your strategy once you get a straight-flush [not to a high card as A♠or K♠] after flop itself. Keeping in mind the cards in flop are in a row.
Should one start raising ...
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Online vs live tournament pace
How would the two generally compare in terms of hands per blind level etc.?
Context: I'm planning to buy into a live regional event later this year, which historically had ~125 players. I find myself ...
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Correct (preferred) blinding in NLTE tourneys when blinds or the button bust out
What is the correct process in moving the blinds when either the next dealer and/or the next blinds get busted out of the tourney? A good description of how dead blinds work would be greatly ...
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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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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 ...
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Over the long term, how often will AA lose a hand? [closed]
On average, how often would a pair of aces win a hand?
I dealt at a fairly large hold-em tournament last weekend, and 4 of 5 times AA was shown the hand lost. The one time it won it was because a ...
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Preflop range for representing the nuts on every board?
What is the minimum preflop range I have to play to have on every 5 Card board the nuts in my range?
E.g. On a: As 4s 5s Kc Qs Board I would need 2s3s
But I guess there is no board where you need any ...
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Best Poker sites on net [duplicate]
I just want to ask which is the best online poker there is on the net.
I am currently on Zynga Poker on facebook.Can u please suggest any good poker sites for free
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Does Holdem Manager 2 have built in hand convertor?
Does Holdem Manger 2 have built in hand convertor for posting on forums or I can only copy hand to some online covertor? Also is there some hand convertor that I can download that works with ...
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How to Calculate Hand Odds in Texas Hold'em [closed]
What resources are available for mastering how to calculate current-hand odds in Texas Hold'em? ...books, websites, computer or phone apps are all helpful.
Note: On the iPhone I have found the ...
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Inactive player problem: Where should the money be distributed in this situation?
Immagine the situation: Texas Holdem, No Limit.
5 players at the table. At some point in the betting, Player 3 makes a raise and suddenly leaves the table. So, betting may looks like this:
Player 1 ...
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Texas Hold'em and pocket ace
What are the overall chances that a single pocket ace in texas hold'em will be the winning hand, regardless of the other card?
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Poker hands - betting - best hand [closed]
I know the poket rockets (A A) is the best drawing hand in poker.
But if you see a king in the flop, what strategy would you follow in betting?
Also, which hand do you consider the best hand to ...
