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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♥...
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who wins with three pairs if both players have the same three pairs? [duplicate]

this is a kicker question on 3 pairs. the board is QQ885. I have 5-4 and my oponent has 5-2. Are the 5s dead and I would win with the 4 kicker?
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How would Texas Hold'em strategy change if it was possible to fold only in relation to a side pot?

This is an open-ended question about how Texas Hold'em would be affected by a rule change. Suppose we have the following scenario: Short-stack A goes all-in. There are two callers B and C. On a later ...
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Why "M < 10 is basically push or fold"?

I'm learning MIT's Poker Theory and Analytics class. I don't understand the following argument in pre-flop analysis: M < 10 is basically push or fold – Why not raise? A bet of 3BB (i.e. 2 M) lets ...
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How to measure improvement in holdem tournaments

Short version: I recently got into a local pub poker league that holds weekly tournaments, and I'm looking to improve my play. Specifically, I want to measure my improvement. Is there a way to do this ...
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Omaha hi pre flop hand values

I am trying to find something similar to this https://caniwin.com/poker/omahahilopreALL.php for just for Omaha Hi. Does anyone know where I can find one? Or direct me to a python script to be able to ...
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Vegas deepstacks tournament situation question drawing to a flush

In a deepstack tournament with 1,000 entrants and 350 remaining players, the hero finds themselves with 22 BB plus antes. The villain, who has a large stack of over 200x BB, has been consistently ...
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The Mathematics of Poker Example 4.3 Terminology: Does chance of winning means probability or odd?

I am reading a book called The Mathematics of Poker (Chen, Bill, and Jerrod Ankenman. The Mathematics of Poker. 1st ed. Pittsburgh, Pa: ConJelCo LLC, 2006. ). I am a bit confused about Pot ODD and ...
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Should I go all in every time I got a full house?

In general, should it be profitable in the long run to go all in every time your hole cards end up with a full house by show down? This is including all what ifs... I have a full house at some point ...
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How to estimate the value of specific end round situations in a texas hold'em headsup poker game

I am trying to estimate the value of poker situations for texas hold'em headsup poker between two players. My model looks like this sb h0.5 s0 s0 6000-12 sb = small blind (in chips) h = hand ...
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When do you discard in Crazy pineapple?

I have seen conflicting information on when to discard your third hole card when playing crazy pineapple. One source says after the betting after the flop and one says after the River card is exposed. ...
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Is there an example of solver calculations to show how they work under the hood?

I am trying to understand how solvers work, but most GTO books just give examples of easy and straight forward toy games and then they jump to outputs from solvers and I feel there is some gap between ...
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Probability of getting 3 of a kind by at least the river (assuming unpaired hand)

Here's the question: Assuming an unpaired hand of 2 cards in poker (2 & 10, 3 & Q, NOT A&A), what is the probability of having 3 of a kind after all 5 community cards have been dealt? My ...
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Are poker odd charts agnostic of number of players?

https://www.pokerology.com/lessons/drawing-odds/ I've seen a lot of poker odds charts like this that specify a hard-coded value for odds based on outs. Is the chart agnostic of the number of players? ...
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blinds 3000/6000 one player is allin for 4000 another raises 15000 all players fold the big and small blinds how much can the all in win

the blinds are 3000/6000 one player goes all in for 4000 another player raises to 15000 all other players fold including the big and small blinds. how much can the all in player win.
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Getting comfortable with GTO?

I've been studying GTO and such after years of playing without any formal training. I just at the point where I feel like I've learned enough to be dangerous, and am trying to apply my studies to ...
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How to narrow down ranges postflop?

I understand how to use ranges preflop cus it is very well described in many books/tutorials etc., but I often hear that players "narrow down" their opponents ranges after the flop based on ...
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Calculating odds for a 2 run scenario with Combos

So I'm trying to calculate odds of hitting a set or better by the river when holding a pocket pair for the game of flip n go on GG Poker. This is an 8 seat all in game, everyone receives 3 cards ...
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Pre-flop Odds of Making a Hand By The River

How do you calculate the pre-flop odds of making a hand after the river card? For example, what are the odds of making a set if you hold a pocket pair after the river card? What are the odds of making ...
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