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Why did I lose this hand?
I was playing hold 'em and there was a show down.
The board was:
K:diamonds: 2:diamonds: J:diamonds: 8:diamonds: 6:diamonds:
My opponent had:
9:diamonds: T:diamonds:
and I had:
7:spades: ...
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Teaching source for putting players on hands?
Is there a teaching source (book/website) that specializes in putting players on hands?
It seems that every other specialty has been addressed (Caro's tells, Sklansky's starting hands, etc.), but ...
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Most important tells
I would like to start to play poker at casino near my home. I usually play on line. I would like to know which are, in your opinion, the most important tells to take care at brick and mortar poker.
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Fictitious play for multiway hand in push or fold regime
I know the theory behind the push or fold in heads up (Is well explained in The mathematics of poker of Chen & Ankenman). I know that exists software (e.g. ICM trainer) that computes the push or ...
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Check Raise vs Donk Bet
I am confused. What is the EV difference between a donk bet and a check raise? In which cases is it better to be donk betting and in which cases is it better to check raise?
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Is This a Bet or a Raise?
Assuming more than 3 players at the table in no limit game.
SB and BB just places blinds.
Next to act is UTG1.
Which of the following options is terminologically correct?
Call, Bet, Allin, Fold
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Have people been playing “40% strategies” in tournaments in the current century?
A so-called "40% strategy" is one that is theoretically unsound "heads up" because it is less than even money, but that can work very well if it hits. An example is going "all in" heads up, on the ...
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What is the maximal pot bet if one of the players has less chips than minimum raise
Assuming 3 players in a pot limit game.
Dealer has 1000$ in chips
SB has 1000$ in chips
BB has 100$ in chips
blinds are 100/200
SB puts 100, BB is all in with 100 (instead of 200).
if Dealer ...
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Determining the proper play on the turn
This hand came up in a local WPT event (not the main event for the series) that had a $340 buyin. Everyone started the tournament with $15K in chips and the structure was good with 40 minute blinds. ...
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What is the odd of hitting flush when you have nothing
What is the odd of filling 4 suited cards by river to make a flush? This would be starting from the "flop" in hold 'em, and starting from the fourth card, all of which are suited, in seven card stud.
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Does a poker party always end with one player winning all the chips? [closed]
I've seen some guys playing Texas Hold 'em and each time it ends with one of them taking all the chips on the table. Does it always work that way, or are there some limits?
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Teach poker in a home game
I am a huge poker fan. I played on the Internet for a long time, before my free time completely ran out, however my love for poker didn't and I still enjoy playing the game, and I feel that the best ...
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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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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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What is the protocol for dealing the “draws” in “draw poker”?
In draw poker, you will initially deal out, say eight hands of five cards each (40 in total), leaving 12 "unseen" cards. Some players will fold, others will choose to draw.
In "The Education of a ...
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What happens when you break the “No talk rule”?
I just read the Is trash talking legal in WSOP? question and answer and it made me wonder, what kind of punishment would you get for breaking the no talk rule?
Also, I wonder, do casinos have similar ...
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Why Prahlad Friedman's hand called dead againist Ted Bort on WSOP 2010?
First of all, watch this video;
WSOP ME Controversial Hand - Friedman vs Bort (2010)
I really don't understand why Friedman's hand called dead. He said "call" in his last second exactly but the ...
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Name for limpers that call a pre-flop raise?
I've been watching some videos over at pokerstars.tv and the commentators have a name for limpers that call a later pre-flop raise. I think it was the name of the first (american?) tournament player ...
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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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Is online poker safe?
I'm sure many of you remember the story of various poker websites being seized by the FBI back in 2011 (such as Full Tilt, Pokerstars etc.) and how the assets of many American players were frozen ...
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Best playing style for MTT's
When I read the question Quantifying the amount of luck required to win a tournament and the answer to that question I started thinking about different playing styles. Could this method of calculating ...
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Adjusting strategy for MTT
I've been playing low stakes SNG's (10-50 participants) for a while and learned to beat the game to such a degree that I can play profitably. However, when I attempt playing in MTTs I rarely make it ...
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Moving from online to live games
What are the most important considerations in moving from online to live games? I usually play low stakes SNG with somewhere between 10-50 participants and want to try playing live tournaments with a ...
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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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Is it possible to make profit from Online games? How? [closed]
Is it realistic to think that I can put time on online casinos, invest my money on poker and be always the winner and have profits?
In case, your answer is yes, please tell me how? Is there any books ...
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Systematic all-in
This is a theoretical question, following what I have seen in some low blinds cash games. You generally cannot buy-in more than 100BB.
Say at some point, you reached 10,000 BB. All you adversaries ...
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Who has the higher hand: 44 vs. A2 on a JJKK2 board?
I played with my friends yesterday and run into the following situation:
player 1: 4 4
player 2: A 2
table: J J K K 2
Both players have two pairs: J J K K.
However, player 1 have one pair in ...
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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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Is it advantageous to buy into a NL cash game at the maximum amount?
Is there an inherent advantage/disadvantage to having a larger stack than your opponent in a cash game? I know it can affect tournament play.
I would think if you expect to have a skill advantage over ...
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Quantifying the amount of skill required to win a tournament
I was thinking about this topic: Quantifying the amount of luck required to win a tournament And I wondered if there is a way to quantify the relation between skill and final place.
It's seems hard ...
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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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Considering Weighted Ranges
When reading about range analysis in books and looking at range analysis tools online it always seems that the ranges are not weighted, is there some reason for this?
What I mean here is that say ...
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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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Joining an offline poker league - can being new be used to my advantage?
I plan to join a poker league at a local pub. I'm told roughly 10 to 15 players are involved each week, most of them regulars. While I played in a similar poker league in the same area in the past, I ...
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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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Strategy Against Aggressive, Maniacal Player
I have just lost 5 buyins against a very lucky aggro monkey (87/65/33). 3 All-In's starting very much a favourite and lost, and a plethora of coolers left me completely tilted. I don't want this to ...
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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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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 the Flop itself. Keeping in mind the cards in the Flop are sequential.
Should one start ...
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Definition of “lead”
According to Wikipedia lead is defined as
The player who makes the last bet or raise in a round of betting is said to have the lead at the start of the next round. Can also be used as a verb ...
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Quantifying the amount of luck required to win a tournament
If we disregard deals, players accidentally mucking winning hands, and time-limited tournaments, in order to win a poker tournament, you must win the very last hand of the tournament. In order to win ...
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What is the best strategy once you are chip leader in a tournament?
I am talking about tournaments(MTT) with about 30-40 players.What should be the strategy:
Go loose: Force other players to either go all in or fold, if you have slightly good cards
Go tight: Let ...
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Equity calculation at brick and mortar poker
Pokerstove is very usefull tool for online players, but when you play live you simply can't use it. Does exist (even aproximate) an algorithm in order to estimate your equity against the range of your ...
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What to do when a third suited card appears on the river
9 player cash game. Blinds 1c/2c. I am UTG with K:hearts: K:diamonds: I raise to 8c. Everyone folds to the button who calls. SB and BB fold. The pot is 19c. Flop comes 9:spades: 2:spades: K:clubs:. ...
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How is Poker a game of skill?
First of all, I'm a newbie so excuse my stupid question but I have to know :(
I notice a lot of people say this, especially those who play a lot of poker.
I'm not really a poker player, but I know ...
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Tough decision on the turn
The tournament has 30 minute blind levels, everyone began with 10K in chips, and the play is 10 handed. At this point the blinds are 200/400 with a 50 Ante. Hero starts the hand with 7825 in chips ...
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Poker etymological dictionary
Is there a Poker etymological dictionary out there that explains the origin/history of the poker terms? There are many terms in Poker with meanings that are not immediately obvious and it'd be nice to ...
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What do you do when you are running bad
I have been running pretty bad recently, I now feel that I have started to play worse as a result. What do you think is the best way to reset yourself so you can start to play better?
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Are there any 5-card-draw games with the joker online?
I used to play a lot of this in gardena before holdem became popular. I did find some draw without the joker at poker stars a few years ago, but there were very few games.
Is there any 5-card-draw ...
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Pocket pair starting hands vs. probability of opponent having a pocket pair
According to Wikipedia, the probability of being dealt any pocket pair as the starting hand is ~6% (78/1326=0.0588), but yet the probability of facing another player holding a larger pair when holding ...
