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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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Does a bounty chop?
In a poker tournament with a bounty on a player, the all in player was against two others at the table. The two remaining players chopped the hand and beat the all in.
We split the side pot and the ...
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3answers
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How often will pocket aces lose to 4 flush or set after the flop?
Having pocket aces in good position I make a reasonable bet so as not to blow everyone out of the pot, and get a lot of callers which I wanted. There is some betting on the flop but not enough to ...
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1answer
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NL400: Live Hand vs Semi-Loose Passive Player At Dry Board. What Would You Do?
This is a live hand in a London Casino. The place was a little busier than the norm. The regs seemed to be drinking more than usual (Tough week perhaps?!). The atmosphere was more playful, less ...
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2answers
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What are the most important things to consider when choosing a poker coach?
To me there seems a lot of noise coming from the poker community about coaching best practices. Particularly about what makes a coach valuable to someone. How is this value judged? Is getting a coach ...
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5answers
522 views
How are side pots built?
While playing online, in a lot of situations side pots are built. This happens if one or more players goes all-in but I can't figure out the rules on which these side pots are built.
The only thing I ...
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1answer
405 views
Las Vegas: Best casino for 1-2 no limit?
I would like to know where an intermediate player stands a chance of not losing their shirt playing 1-2 cash game in Vegas. :) What would be your choice for a casino?
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3answers
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What are the most important elements of poker to model in a Monte Carlo simulation?
A few years back, I built a MC simulation with the following parameters:
Betting wasn't simulated
Fixed number of players
Cards were dealt, and then flop/turn/river
The best hand was recorded
...
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2answers
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NL200: Deep Stacked IP; 4Bet pot
Flop opponent is a TAG with 22/20/2.7 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~300 hands. I've been playing a similar style to him.
My hand has good IO IP here as we are deep and I can play this type of hand aggressively ...
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3answers
417 views
Main differences between Limit and No Limit Hold'em
I have some No Limit experience, but this hasn't stopped me from getting fleeced at Limit games, which I started playing out of curiosity.
What are the strategic adjustments that must be made to move ...
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3answers
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99 short stacks reraised under the gun tournament
Hero is under the gun with about 7000 in chips, just doubled up. 6 handed, blinds are 200/400 and 25 antes. Hero has 99. Hero raises to 1200. Chip leader, about 15000 in #2 raises to 3000. Hand ...
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2answers
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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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4answers
478 views
What can I do to calculate my odds in a hand?
How do I calculate the odds of making my hand for any given game of poker?
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5answers
323 views
How does Lo work in Omaha Hi-Lo
I have never really understood how the lo hand works. I understand that you have to have a qualifying lo hand but what does it take to qualify? Is it the best low hand or the worst?
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2answers
217 views
What's the order for showdown?
I have a few questions about the showdown moment.
I wanted to know how is supposed to be the showdown order after a poker hand, for instance in hold'em, do you follow the order, like first the small ...
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1answer
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Are WSOP hand logs available to the public?
Are there any textual logs available to be read? Obviously there are the video records, but that's not really what I seek here. My search turned out nothing, so I am skeptical there are any. I would ...
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1answer
122 views
What's considered an acceptable rake in tournaments?
What percentage would be considered an acceptable rake compared to the buyin? For instance, there is a local casino that runs a $40 buy in $25 dollar bounty and $15 dollar rake. To me, this seems ...
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2answers
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Are mucked and burnt cards significant in odds calculation?
Standard odds calculation assumes that all unseen cards are still in the deck. For instance for a flush draw with two suited cards showing on the board, we assume 9 outs.(13-2 hole cards-2 on the ...
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4answers
446 views
What online poker sites charge/rake the least?
I am pretty new to online poker. As far as I understand, the sites differ only by special events (which don't matter to me at all) and rake structure. Thus the question, which sites are the most ...
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2answers
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Insurance in cash games. In which situations is it a good idea and for how much -EV?
You get it all-in with the better hand and get offered insurance. (Either by your opponent or by a third party)
How would you determine if the value in insurance is worth the -EV?
I pay for private ...
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4answers
191 views
Burning cards in home games
Do you burn cards in home/friendly games?
As far as I am concerned, it's pretty much just a complication with no merits to us. There's no risk for the cards to be marked and the stacks we play with ...
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8answers
789 views
Is it impolite to leave a cash game when I'm about to be the big blind?
In games with a small blind and big blind structure, I've always thought that the blinds are a kind of fee you pay to be allowed to see the next round of hands until your next blind. Therefore, I ...
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4answers
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NL400: Vs a TAG Regular. Interesting River Decision
Opponent is a standard TAG regular, nothing unusual. No specific reads. 22/16/2.5 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~300 hands.
$4 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
SB: $155
BB: $361
UTG: $190
MP: $444
Hero (CO): ...
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1answer
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Area under graph in PPT simulations
On the site http://propokertools.com/simulations you have the ability to do equity simulations and also to graph the minimum equity% on flops.
What does the area under the curve of the PPT graph ...
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3answers
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Set Mining: betting pre flop with 22+
When I set mine I usually raise pre flop with my pocket pair to build a large pot.
I use the 10 to 1 rule for stack size to bet ratio when calling with a small pocket pair, but when you're raising ...
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1answer
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WSOP 2011: -1% badge - what it is for?
Can you please explain what does this -1% badge some WSOP players wear do?
Thanks
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4answers
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What tournament size is best to play if completely new to on-line playing Texas hold-em?
Should I be playing large tournaments ie 600 players for a very small buy-in to get more practice or small tables of 6 - 9 player for a slightly larger buy-in?
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3answers
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Optimal Win Rate Standard Deviation
I've been tracking my live sessions for some time now. After 35 sessions (about four hours a session) my win rate is 34.42 an hour. My win rate standard deviation is 157.67. This seems high to me. ...
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7answers
193 views
NL600: Should I Make This River Bluff vs Reg?
Opponent is a smart semi-tight player, a TAG with tricks. 27/22/2.8 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~980 hands. I've been playing a similar yet slightly tighter style than him.
Villain's a good player so I know ...
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4answers
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Is using a “straddle” a valid strategy or is it just for fun?
I am wondering if posting a straddle makes the game more fun, if it's a pure gamble or if it actually has any hidden strategic value (well, of course the straddeler gains a better position pre-flop by ...
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5answers
204 views
Revealing a Friend's Tells
You have a friend with whom you play regularly. You want to help each other get better, and you frequently discuss strategy, hands, etc. You've picked up on a tell of his.
Do you ...
Tell him about ...
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7answers
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Is Small Ball Poker In Cash Games A Good Strategy?
I have read Daniel Negreanu's book on small ball poker strategy in tournament play.
Essentially, small ball poker involves playing a wider range of
starting hands more aggressively, but only ...
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3answers
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How can I gain an advantage in a weak no-limit Omaha Hi-Lo game?
I know that Omaha Hi-Lo is normally played for limit or pot-limit stakes and I think I remember there being specific reasons, but I play in a home game that occasionally plays Omaha Hi-Lo at no-limit ...
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5answers
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5/5 NLHE Flop decision against maniac and solid player
Not my hand...
Villian 1, complete spewtard, he is down ~2K, been raising like an
idiot preflop to 30-50 when the table is opening to 15-20. In total
gamble mode.
Villian 2, Prob the best ...
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3answers
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What does “run it twice” mean?
This question mentions "running it twice" - I can infer the basics, but can someone define exactly what this means, and how (and why) it happens?
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3answers
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NL600: River Decision OOP vs Thinking Regular At Very Wet Board
Opponent is a good, thinking semi-loose regular, capable of almost all the things you'd imagine. 28/21/2.5 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~1200 hands.
This is early in this particular session although we've ...
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3answers
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What is the definition of a “redraw”?
Very simple question...
When people talk about outs and card odds they often will something to the like of, "i have about 4 outs not counting redraws" - what defines a redraw?
If it matters, I am ...
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4answers
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What is the purpose of a continuation bet, and when is it best applied in Hold'em?
Please clarify what a continuation bet is in poker, what its purpose is. And if possible, when is it most useful within Texas Holdem?
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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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1answer
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Standing of all-in losers in a tournament
When multiple players go all-in during a hand in a tournament, and lose, how is their relative standing (5th, 6th, etc.) determined?
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4answers
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How to deal with people who randomly go all-in
In many free or low buy-in tournaments some people just goes all-in every time or bet too high for no reason. This is a bit annoying because it scares me a bit, but also it might be an opportunity I ...
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3answers
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Call river all-in after missing flush-draw but hitting AK?
The villain just sat down a few hands prior to this, so neither of us should have had any reads on the other.
$1/2 NL (10 handed)
SB Villain (~$190)
BB Hero (~$300)
Normalish stack sizes for ...
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2answers
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Why is it easier to make a flush than a straight with four cards already matching?
In draw poker with five cards, if I have four cards with an open-ended straight draw, why is it a lower probability to get the fifth card for the straight than if you have four cards in a flush and ...
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3answers
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At what point does poor etiquette turn into cheating?
Similar to How do you deal with severe violations of table etiquette, I ran into a situation at a recent game that threw me. A player I was not familiar with kept doing really odd things. For example:
...
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2answers
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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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PLO100 - Top Two Facing Turn Aggression on Wet Board
Pot-Limit Omaha, $1.00 BB (6 handed)
Limited time at the table, so not a lot of history with anyone. As far as I can tell, MP plays straight-forward and is a bit weak/passive. In one hand in the last ...
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Looking for the BB/M math to build good NLHE Tourney Blind Structures
I'm running a home game and I want to better design NLHE Tourney Blind Structures.
So far the auto generators I've found either bias slow build up or long tourney times.
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4answers
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In a private live game, how do you deal with severe violations of table etiquette?
In some of the early cash games I played, we had one player who would consistently hold his cards below the table, out of sight. It was a group of friends, so the assumption was that he was not ...
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2answers
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What is a straddle bet?
I've seen this term used in various questions, but have no idea what it means, so could someone please define or explain it for me please?
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3answers
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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 ...
