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What mnemonic rules are helpful in poker calculations?
Given that precise EV calculations require one to operate with rather uncomfortable numbers, approximations are used along with simplified models.
For instance, the rule of 4 and 2 allows you 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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When to fold AA pre-flop?
Let's simplify the situation:
you have pocket aces (AA)
cash game
all players but one have folded (heads-up)
the remaining player goes all-in.
we are pre-flop
Is there a situation where folding ...
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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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Gap concept and pot odds
In his book "The Theory Of Poker", David Sklansky states that in order to call an early open/raise you should hold at least the same or a tighter range than the open/raiser opponent.
Sklansky called ...
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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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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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In deep stacked NLHE cash games, in what way do the implied odds of my starting hands change vs shallow stacked games? And why?
(Note: I consider ~175+bb stacks to be deep, and 50bb or less shallow)
How should the depth of effective stacks change my...
Starting hand range? (Tighter/Looser)
Style of play? (more ...
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6answers
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NL100: River Shove with Ace-High?
I'm not sure how to frame this so I'll just post the hand and you can
say what you want about it.
Villain was 18/16/5 AF; 3B 11(7/63); Squeeze 18(2/11) over ~160 hands. I believe he understands ...
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3answers
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Position advantage on the table and odds
Is it possible define position advantage on table on terms of correction to odds? Namely, is it possible to quantify the effect of position on a players equity?
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Classic Books for Texas Hold'Em
What are the classic books for learning Texas Hold'Em, off- or online? Books that every good player should, at least, know the gist of?
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Number positions in Poker table
When reading online, sometimes I find people talking of positions with numbers. I know UTG, BB, SB... But what about numbers?
What would be position 1? And position 2 starts counting to the right or ...
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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 ...
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1answer
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Starting hands probability
The following is a passage from Wikipedia on starting hands probability:
The 1,326 starting hands can be reduced for purposes of determining the probability of starting hands for Hold 'em—since ...
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1answer
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Straight w/ 4 board cards: Reacting to a Nit
I am interested in thoughts about what Hero should do at this point, but I am even more interested in thoughts about alternate lines to lead to a better outcome.
The villain (BTN) in this hand plays ...
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1answer
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Is Colin Moshmans Book Still A Relevant Micro SNG Reference
I am looking for a book specifically about micro SnG games.
Everywhere I look people are saying that I must get Colin Moshmans book SnG strategy but this book was written in 2008. Given that poker is ...
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2answers
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Converting Backdoor Draws Into Equity
During a session, most of the flops you play, you miss. Most of the times that you connect with the flop it's a weak connection, often with "backdoor" outs, i.e. Having to hit multiple cards, over ...
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1answer
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Position/order of dealing post pre-flop
During pre-flop I understand that one has position over others who are seated in an earlier position than him; and one is out of position to players seated at a later position than himself, but this ...
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6answers
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Do two or more players colluding against honest players gain on average more money, or not?
Lets say we have two or more players that collude together playing online poker against honest players. They have an obvious advantage of knowing about more cards that are in the play than they ...
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3answers
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Is There Any Standard Rule of Buy-in Chips?
I just want to know if there is any standard rule of min and max buying chips? What I have noticed in Zynga poker is that the max buy-in chip is 200x of the big-blind. Meaning, for 5-10 blinds it is ...
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1answer
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How do you calculate side-pots when all-in on ante? [duplicate]
Could you please help me, i would like to know how to calculate main and side pots in tournament, when stacks of players less then ante + one/all of this players on sb/bb.
For example:
Blinds ...
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Mathematical Derivation of the Chen Formula
I was wondering if anyone knew how the Chen formula was mathematically derived and moreover what it is exactly that it is calculating?
I always find it very strange that it gives +2 for suited hands ...
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NL100: Facing River Raise After Flopping Straight
Villain is 37/15/9 (3b) over ~450 hands. RFI 32%(7/22) from SB. This is the first time he's limp-called from this spot, altough he does it slightly more than half the time from most other positions. ...
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1answer
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Why is the term “action only” called “action only”?
This is the definition of action only from Pokernews.com:
In many card rooms, with respect to an all-in bet, only a full bet is considered a legitimate wager, in terms of whether this constitutes ...
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Rivering a full house
Context: Cash game (0.50$ / 1$), live. 6-max, but one player was sitting out at the time.
SB: 90$ (fairly straightforward player)
BB: 250$ (loose canon, bluffs too much)
UTG: 100$ (loose canon, ...
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How to learn a new poker game ?
I wanted to know what are the steps you take in order to learn a new game.
I am not talking about the basic rules; more on the strategies and statistics of the game.
I always start playing the "play ...
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6answers
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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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1answer
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Trying to express NL betting rules formally, did I miss anything?
I'm writing a poker app and need to implement the betting logic for the no-limit games. The basic rules behind min-raise/reopen have been discussed here before and I'm trying to express them (semi-) ...
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Play in position against BB preflop raiser
I'm on the button, with AJ unsuited. Blinds 3000/6000. Folded to me, I raise the pot, BB calls. My stack before the start of the hand is around the 110000 mark, slightly lower than the caller.
Flop ...
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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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Postflop play books references
I feel quite comfortable playing pre flop, but I feel that I am weak in post flop play. I lack the big picture of post flop play.
Can anyone give me a good reference for post flop play?
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Add-on value and “bubble factor”
Bubble factor represents the value ratio of winning X chips versus losing X chips in a given tournament - and is named so because the ratio grows steeply as the money bubble approaches. An exaggerated ...
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How does one combat “casual” gameplay habits in “professional” games?
I have been away from home for some time and have not been able to attend my weekly or bi-weekly poker cash rings at the local pub.
On my extended business trip, I filled that void with some of the ...
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What happens if the card wasn't burned?
I understand the purpose of burning the cards - so that one cannot possibly use any marks to see the next card in deck. But in home games, sometimes the dealer will forget to burn a card on the flop, ...
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New school and old school [closed]
I heard a lot of this two way of play, but I actually don't understand in which they differs. Which are the differences between old school of poker and new school?
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Does This Qualify As A Split Pot?
My partner and I are fighting about this.
I had 10 and something, don't remember and he had 3 and 2.
On the table : 10 J Q K A.
I think I win with my 10 completing my straight but he said we had to ...
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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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1answer
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How to use fpdb HUD in the game
I am trying to use fpdb to improve my understanding of the table opponents.
I understand few displayed numbers as VPIP, hands, net profit. But are presents other numbers that I don't know how to use. ...
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How to behave in crowded pots
I noticed that in small stakes tournments and freerolls, the early stages of pots are very crowded.
What is the best strategy in this kind of situation? Limp in the hope to flop somthing? or what?
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How to count the power of cards in hand?
I don't want to get the results, but to calculate them by myself.
I am a C++ programmer and I want to make for fun a program to calculate the power of cards held in hand (described as "odds"?). It's ...
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When Is It A Good Tactic To Slowplay A Hand?
I was looking through some hand histories and recognised a few situations where I might improve my decisions regarding slowplaying hands.
Generally, understanding that slowplaying is often worse than ...
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2answers
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Why is it forbidden to check-raise in some Casino?
I've heard that check-raising isn't allowed everywhere. What is the reason behind that?
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When should you defend your big blind in tournament play?
Should you defend your blinds differently at different stages of a tournament?
Meaning in the early stages should you defend a lot tighter and then get a bit looser as the tournament goes on. The ...
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2answers
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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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Why can't folded hands compete for sidepots?
I'm just wondering the rationale for preventing folded players from competing in sidepots. My feeling is that once a player has as much in the pot as an all-in player, they should be allowed to ...
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The Importance of Mathematics in Poker
Poker is an awesome and very difficult game. But as a probability/strategy game is a subject of mathematics. However, I found a lot a rounders, even pros, that are completely blind to the power of ...
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Is it possible to play for real money online in the US?
I know that after "Black Friday" many online poker sites didn't allow U.S. Players to play for real money anymore. I've heard/seen that it's possible to play via bitcoins and/or other proxy methods. ...
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Can someone offer a comparison (pros and cons) of the sites that one can play for real money on in the US? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to play for real money online in the US?
I would like to play online for real money. I am a US resident. I understand that there are several sites where I ...
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How to best teach poker to a novice in 1 month?
Note: I am interested in playing NLHE.
Short version:
I live near a large casino. I would like to eventually get good enough to play there and consistently win money. However, the lowest stake table ...
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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?
