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Which hand wins? [duplicate]
Dealers hand: 8♠8♣3♠T♥Q♣
My hand: 2♥3♦7♣Q♠A♦
Does my hand beat the dealers?
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Practical odds of some hand hitting flush in hands played to showdown
Given the strong lean of hole cards played to the flop towards suited cards, the actual percentage of hold 'em hands that get to the river that end up hitting a flush is surely higher than the ...
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Why does the flush not beat the 3-pair here? [duplicate]
Player 1: QS and QC
Player 2: 4H and 4C
Board: KC, KS, 4S, 9S, 2S
Player 2 won with the trip 4’s, but how come player 1 didn’t win with the flush? Is it because of the top 5 cards rule and that player ...
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Tx Hold’em All-in
No limit Tx Hold’em, 2 players left, pre-flop, cards not dealt yet, BB 1000, player #1 goes all-in for 300: can player#2(BB) call the 300 or must he/she bet the 1000BB?
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Minimum Legal Re raise before All in
I posted a picture below for clarity.
Blinds 100 / 200
SB = posted 100 blinds
BB = posted 200 blind
UTG = Bet 400
Low Jack = Raise 600
High Jack = Goes for all in 900
Cut off = 1,200
Is this correct ...
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Omaha Hi/Lo hand question comparing two low hands
We had a hand that came up this past weekend in Omaha Hi/Lo with regards to Low. The board was A, 7, 8, J, K. Player A's low cards were 2, 5 while Player B's were 3, 4. My opinion is that player A'...
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Why is the winning hand a A-high flush? [duplicate]
In a home game of Omaha, the board is: J♦ T♦ 8♦ 6♦ K♣. Winning hand took the pot with a flush with his A♦ 3♦. If both cards have to play how can the three be played in place if all higher cards?
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Is there some term that unifies "buying in", "rebuying" a player and or "average" and "addon" being purchased by a player?
To say that a player bought in to the game means a very specific thing and the same goes for rebuying and adding on or buying the average. Is there some term that could mean all of them? Like "...
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How to calculate the side pots when the BB is all in for less than the SB who fold
the case:
we are at 4k/8k and we are in the preflop.
player 1: is the SB put 4K
player 2: is BB and goes all in for 2k
player 3: goes all in for 2500
player 4: is in and put 8k
player 1 : who is the ...
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Why i lost this hand? [duplicate]
Table straight. so tied or do I have higher card? How come I lost? Like my hand was 'a straight, ace high', and I assume, he had the same? What am I missing. This is from Unibet site and I really don'...
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In Texas Holdem, who wins when community cards are five clubs, ace high? Only one of the five players is holding a club [duplicate]
TH community cards are a flush, ace high, clubs.
Who wins?
This happened yesterday. The winning hand was awarded the player with the highest card, any suit. But is this correct? One of the 5 players ...
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Does PokerSnowie have any weaknesses in its game? If so, what are they?
I'm using PokerSnowie to help improve my game but have seen a few comments on other sites suggesting that it compares poorly with genuine solvers that find the Nash equilibrium strategy. I currently ...
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Heads-up: Shoving pre-flop
Heads-up no-limit texas-holdem: You are the button with the SB. Both you and your opponent play perfect poker.
How deep (in BB) can your (or your opponent's) stack be, so that all-in or fold are your ...
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Who wins? I’ve got two pairs [duplicate]
Since the best five cards win, for example I have a J & 3, opponent with his J & 5.
The table has A, J, A, 3, 10.
So I should win the hands since I got two pairs originally? But with the best ...
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What to do when deck is exhausted during the first draw of a draw game?
According to page 25 of the WSOP 2023 Rulebook, if the deck is depleted during a draw only mucks and discards from previous draws can be reused, NOT the current discards.
According to pages 26 and 27 ...
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Are all cards revealed immediately after all possible betting has concluded in Badugi?
Three players A, B and C are in a hand in Badugi in that particular order. With two draws to go, A goes all in for 100, B goes all in for 200. C having 1000 calls the 200. If this were Hold'em, as ...
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Order of drawing cards in 2-7 Triple Draw
Suppose A, B, C, D and E are playing 2-7 Draw poker together, sitting on a table in that exact order. A is the button and B and C are SB and BB respectively. I know that the players announce the ...
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About to be knocked out, all in
I’m about to be knocked out and call all in. There are still 2 players who are able to bet/raise for a side pot, do I immediately have to reveal my hand because I called all in or do I wait until the ...
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Dealt 3 cards goes to showdown…
Tournament game of Texas hold’em. Hand is dealt, and goes to two players all the way to showdown. I show my cards A/4 and opponent shows 3 cards 8/6/3 clubs and makes no hand. They declare a ...
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All in, with 2 caller, cards then accidentally mucked
Dealer goes all in pre flop, a 2nd and a 3rd person then went all in.
Dealer accidentally muckes her cards when cleaning up everyone else’s after going all in but before the flop.
Dealer whose cards ...
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What are the odds of the case A hitting the flop when 3 of 4 players at a 9 person table are holding an A?
For example let's say its A4 vs AT vs A8 vs KJ. What are the odds of that 4th A hitting the flop?
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How to determine 2nd/3rd positions, following a 3-way all in, and the big stack wins
I am involved in a regular, weekly home tournament league. We play two tournaments each week, 51 weeks a year, points awarded for positions in each tournament.
Our 'house rules' have devloped over ...
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How was my call 'stong'?
I was playing in a tournament, running well (2x average stack) and had a strong table image (knocked out a couple people). Last hand before the second break, 4 hours in. A middle position raises. I'...
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How often are the 5 community cards the best hand?
Can we calculate the probability that the 5 community cards are the best hand, i.e., that all remaining players chop the pot? I imagine that this probability drops as the number of players increases.
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Term for range with only good hands
A capped range has a clear upper bound
What is the term for a range with a clear lower-bound?
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Is the hand a player receives completely determined by the way the deck is shuffled?
I am wondering whether the hand which a player receives is completely determined by the way in which the deck is shuffled- that the permutation of the cards after they are shuffled completely ...
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Is it acceptable to show only the winning cards of a hand?
In some cases when I win a pot, not all of the cards in my hand are used to create the best combination. For instance, in Texas hold'em if there are four spades on the board and one of my cards is the ...
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Re-raise bluffing post flop in heads-up cash game
I am struggling with Post Flop bluff raising, to a bet, playing heads-up cash game.
I am unable to decide, other than big drawing hands, when to bluff raise after flop. How should I make a strategy ...
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Card Club game is rigged
What are the odds of losing 16 straight Texas hold ‘em poker hands when bets and folds are nonexistent and hands are completed without prejudice.
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Open stakes vs table stakes: did cash trump anything else?
When I first played at a card room, I had only previously played in home games and you had to borrow money if you could not cover the bet although I do not recall this happening much probably because ...
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Should I bet small or large on this flop
Action as follows:
Folds to cutoff
Cutoff raises
I re-raise with AA
Cutoff calls
Flop 9-7-8
Cutoff checks
We are 250 BB deep and I was wondering if on this flop I should bet small or large with aces,...
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Should I shove all in with JTT9
We are playing pot limit Omaha. I'm in the mid position plus two, it's limped to me and I call. Hijack, cutoff both folds while the dealer, SB and BB calls.
Flop is 8 9 2 rainbow
It checks to me and I ...
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Dealer mistake in a cash game?
Villian bluffs all-in on the river. Hero snap calls and Villian immediately mucks their cards in disgust. Hero reveals Ace high. Dealer turns over Villian's mucked cards, revealing bottom pair and ...
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Why was this a split pot? PLO8
Please see the image attached. I don't understand why I didn't win here.
My hole cards: 7c Ah 7d 7h
His hole cards: 10d 3c 10h 8s
Cards Dealt:5d,As,9h,2s,2c
From what I understand:
I made two pair (As,...
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Post-River Action Folding
What happens if we're heads up and the board is AKJ83 and I have Q4, my opponent has 99. I am dealer, he was small blind. We both check and I say "Oh my God I have a monster". He then folds ...
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Bounty game, multiple pots, who gets the chip?
The following situation happens in a bounty game:
Hero is short-stacked, goes all in.
Villain #1 has a bigger stack, raises all in.
Villain #2 and #3 have even bigger stacks, and call.
Chips are ...
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Can I export my hands from Sharkscope HUD to poker tracker 4, DriveHUD, etc?
I'm using Shark scope HUD for tournaments and have about 55k tournament hands and 4k ring game hands. I am switching from focusing on tournaments to ring games, so I have decided to use Poker Tracker ...
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Should I check or bet ten 8 of spades?
Blinds are 0.5-1. Preflop, hero is on the button with T♠8♠, hero raises to 2.50 dollars, BB calls.
Flop: 7♠6♦️4♦️. BB checks hero bets 6 dollars, BB calls.
Turn: J♣️. Hero bets 20 dollars. BB calls.
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Optimal strategy for known card distribution
Are there any optimal strategies in THNL if I know the distribution of opponent's cards at each turn?
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What is the standard procedure for shuffling multiple decks of playing cards?
The following are the typical steps for shuffling one deck of playing cards in Texas Hold'em and other poker games.
Wash the cards
Riffle shuffle
Riffle shuffle
Box the cards
Riffle shuffle
Cut the ...
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Pre-flop round Texas Holdem UTG bet
In a tournament with blinds at 200/400. UTG wants to bet 600. Is this a valid bet or does bet need to be at least double the BB (800)?
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what should a dealer say when a player places a bet after the river card, and all other players fold?
As a dealer: player A places a bet after the river card, and all other players fold.
what should I say while passing the pot chips to player A ?
in italian is "respinto", I wonder if it is &...
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Books of examples of positions for beginners (Texas Hold'em)
I am new to poker and I am looking for books to learn the basics of no limit Texas Hold'em from, however the resources I have found so far explain the basic principles, but without examples that would ...
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Slapping cards down face up, one card flips into muck
I go all in on the turn, the river gives me a full house which beats the other players three of a kind that he showed, I slap my cards down face up to show and one flips itself over and goes into the ...
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How are hands compared in low poker?
Me and my friends had different opinions on how hands are compared in low poker. Take the following two hands for example.
As 4h 8d Jc Qs
Ah 2d 5c 9s Kc
Neither of the hands have any pairs so we ...
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Is there any poker variant thats use more than five cards to form hands?
While learning poker I stumbled upon a site discussing "7 Card Poker Hands" As well as discussing the well-known five card hands, it noted the existence of three card hands while denying ...
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Rules Clarification Needed Please
A friend and I were playing heads-up texas hold-em. She had $21 left in her stack. I had $229. The blinds were $16/32 and she had the button and therefore had the small blind. She put in her $16 ...
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Can a winner muck their hand and purposely lose on showdown?
On the poker website I play on, everyone who stayed until showdown has their hands revealed at the same time. However while watching tournament videos on demand I noticed that losing player(s) ...
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How does this 3 of a kind beat the opponents full house?
I only have a 3 of a kind, while opponent has a full house, why do I get the majority of the money?(The opponent went all in if that matters)
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Why should ACE JACK SUITED CHECK HERE?
I watched a Doug Polk video on single raised pot is the Preflop caller, and it went like this. The hijack is the Preflop raiser with A♦J♦ and the button calls with Ace Queen off suit.
Flop comes 8♦J♥T♥...