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What are some examples of good, free poker tournament software?
I'm looking for a good and free software that will help me setup a poker tournament structure.
The idea is to keep simple stats about the game in a screen available for everyone to see during the ...
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What's a good strategy for playing overpairs post flop?
Here's the situation. Hero has pocket kings, raises before the flop and 1-2 people call. Flop comes up something like Q 10 7.
How would you guys play this? And is it significantly different if your ...
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Dealing with Rookie / Novice Players
Having played NLHE and LHE for some time, I am very aware of all the aspects that go into "playing the game".
I am fairly good at the NLHE as my online and casino stacks often show, recently (as seen ...
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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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Can a bettor concede his hand without showing it?
Let's say someone bluffs on the flop, turn, and river with "nothing", (maybe he has AK), and is called all three times, by someone who probably has a small pair.
In theory, he is supposed to show his ...
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What metrics do you use to evaluate your own live play performance?
What metrics do you use to evaluate your own live play performance?
For example, would you record big blinds won per hour at a cash game? Or do you rather try to understand if you are playing well ...
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Is shoving all in with a weaker player the best strategy?
I'm heads up on the final of a tournament. I have around 1200 chips and my opponent around 4800, blinds 25/50. I'm on the small blind with A♥8♥, I go all-in since I've seen him make loose calls and ...
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Are There Good Points-Based Ways To Handicap Home Poker Tournaments?
Currently I am keeping points for my home tourney by assigning the following points:
1 point for play
1 point for each player knocked out before you
1 point for cashing
1 point for heads up
1 point ...
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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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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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What topical resources do you often use to learn more about poker?
To get information that's usually considered cutting edge, it's often good to discuss topics more candidly with experts forging new thoughts on well established theories.
Books of course mostly deal ...
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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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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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Effect of number of players in the probability distribution of poker hands
We have this official rank of hands.
I have a theory (which I do not know how to prove) that the number of players in a texas-hold-em table will affect the probability distribution of the hands.
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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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How many chips do you have left?
In a live poker tournament, the opponent asks how many chips I have left to. Do I have to count my chips and answer his question? Is it poker etiquette to answer the question? Is it OK to just show ...
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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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How to play online horse tournament when you lack knowledge in one of the games?
I really like play h.o.r.s.e and I am pretty good at it.
my problem is that I am a mediocre player at stud. In all the other games I am pretty good (I think I am above average in Holdem, Stud hi/low ...
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NL100: Overpair vs Loose Passive @ Wet Flop. Is The Prior Action Relevant?
Villain is 53/11/3.6 Post-Flop AF; 3% PF3b; over ~60 hands.
I saw villain call a few one-barrel cbets with bottom pair/underpairs at wet flops and make it to showdown passively.
Also, I saw this ...
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What % of tournament winners do it without going all in
Are there any stats I could mine for this (and other) information? I want to get an idea of how much winners go all in, compared with for example me.
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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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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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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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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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The groups of Sklansky starting hands
Which criterion did Sklansky use when dividing starting hands in groups? Computer generated starting hands seems to show a subjective grouping by Sklansky, doesn't it?
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What is the meaning of “D” near with players name?
I have been watching these WSOP 2012 videos. Sometimes there is a D letter near the player's name. What does that mean? Look at the right side of the Robbin's name.
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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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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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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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Site with beatable PLO rake?
I've just started getting into PLO but have quickly realized the low-stakes games are next to unbeatable because of rake. Apparently paying 2buyins/1k hands in rake is not uncommon.
An example of a ...
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What was the fifth card of the dead man's hand?
What was the fifth card of the dead man's hand? Was there any proven information about fifth card of dead man's hand?
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Potential all-in rules, does any game use this rule?
I was thinking about the rules covering side pots for all-in situations, from these guideline:
An all-in player shall gain or lose nothing from actions after they
are all in.
The idea is that ...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Are there times when your bets are more important than your cards at poker?
I heard about some players will bet without considering the cards they hold in poker. Can this be true? That is, can they soundly bet against their opponents' cards if they sense weakness and still ...
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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?
