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### How does the pot split in Texas Hold 'Em?

Playing poker with some friends and the software made a decision we don't understand. We need some help understanding a potential three way split in Texas Hold 'Em. Final cards were as follows: Table:...
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### if I have a pair of Aces in my hand and the other players has a pair of kings with the board, who wins?

my hand: AA other player's: K8 community cards: K79J3 who wins? is his pair stronger because of the community cards?
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### Best Books for Beginners PLO

I am looking for recommendations for the best books for beginners. I want to learn with a focus on omaha, however it seems like the books that deal with omaha are for players who have already studied ...
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### Playing monsters against nits

0.1/0.25 6-max cash game online. Field is generally tight fit/fold players, who generally wont continue without hitting the flop (unless they think youre loose and will play some hands back). Against ...
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### Odds playing Texas hold 'em

What are the odds of the flop coming three of a kind while heads up and one player having the fourth card?
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### Online poker OS restrictions

I asked around websites that offer online poker in my country. I was always told that to play with them on a desktop, I would have had to be a Microsoft customer, or at least not a Linux user. Is this ...
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### Should big denomination cihps be explicitly separated in a raise if they are in the same stack with smaller chips?

I have experienced this recently: a player raised 100 over a 60 bet made by another player, but upon doing so, put the 100 chip at the bottom of the 6x10s comprising the initial bet and just barely ...
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### Player fold in split pot, is he part of main pot?

Player A is all in to which player B and C matches the amount, then we created a split pot for player B and C and now Player B puts some amount to which Player C folds. Would player C win anything ...
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### Are players allowed to show one card mid-game?

Is there any rule forcing players not to show their cards before showdown, while a hand is being played? Can players talk aloud about their hands? That is, not a folded hand. What would happen if a ...
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### On a round if everyone has called or folded, could the person after the last to call, raise and make everyone have to call again?

If every one on the round has called, can the person left of the last to call, raise and make everyone call that new bet?
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### Player throws cards face up

A player thinking he was the only player left in the hand. Throws his cards face up into the muck. Would those cards be dead?
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### When to make -EV plays that put opponents in tough spots

Scenario: 9-hand SNG midway, with most players quite regular (no fishes, no professionals). I raise 66 UTG+2 and get called by HJ. i CBet flop and continue turn for 2/3 pot each street, HJ calls both....
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### What hand is this?

I've been starting to learn poker recently (as a reference, I tend to use this list of hands). I was watching a tournament and this hand showed up. One player has a 99, the other a JJ. I understand ...
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### What would be the main difference to poker if the deck would be extended?

Let's assume we had the following deck: Suits: ♠♣♥♦▲⬤ Values: 2 - 10, Soldier, Guard, Princess, Queen, King, Ace Would the ranking of all hands (flush, trilling, etc.) be still in the same order, or ...
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### Is a straight and a flush a straight flush? [duplicate]

e.g. having the cards on table 5♡6♡7♡J♡A♠ Player 1 has 8♡4♡ Player 2 has 8♣9♡ Player 1 obviously has the straight flush 4-8 ♡ and is much higher than Player 2 who has a flush of hearts and a higher ...
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### Initial betting options on the preflop, and other streets on poker software

On preflop, action starts with three options Raise 2BB, 3BB, 4BB, and when someone raises, action continues with, minimum raise, half pot raise, pot raise. on the flop action starts with a BB bet, and ...
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### Chance of winning heads-up by always shoving pre-flop

I've been generally wondering about what sort of winrate good players can expect vs. worse players, and thought of an interesting limit to this winrate. In NLHE, if the worse player just blindly ...
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### How are all the raise options calculated in poker software

I am writing a poker software and trying to figure out how the raise system works. There are a few parameters at play when raising: Blinds: Blinds being played at Last Raise: Last raise a player ...
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### Which probability to get any combination on flop with AA?

I want know which probability to get various combinations with AA vs 1 opponent to flop: Which probability to get one pair? Which probability to get two pair? Which probability to get set? Which ...
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### Postflop guidelines

I am currently trying to expand my knowledge of hyper-turbo heads-up SNG (stacks starting at about 25BB) It is pretty easy to find GTO charts for pre-flop ranges, both from the SB and the BB, but ...
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### Pluribus games data

Do you know if there is a way to retrieve data from the 10 000 hands played by Pluribus. Pluribus is an IA which dominated in 6-player table against very strong human players. The developers said ...
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### Would this be a shared pot on table k.j.8.5.4. Diamonds player1 has q of diamonds player 2 has 8.5. Spades who wins [duplicate]

On table k.j.8.5.4 of diamonds 2 players left player Player 1 has the queen of diamonds does this count ?
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### Why is full house called full house?

I am curious about the word origin of full house. What is the relationship between three of a kind and a pair and a house?
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### All in for less than big blind, post flop [duplicate]

So, how are rules handled in this case? Big blind amount is: 100 Player in question has 150 and calls big blind in the pre-flop round (and now has 50 left) Post-flop, Player 1 is the first to act ...
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### Call all in decision

Interesting situation. Hold'em tourney, 4 tables of 10 people to start. WSOP rules. I make it to the final table, so 10 people left. While the dealer was dealing cards to everyone, one of the cards ...
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### Winning with pocket quads at omaha hi low

Surely 4 of a kind in your hand has very very little chance of winning the high or low pot in Omaha High Low, right?
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### When to fold second best flush on the River (got three bet shoved and lost to full house)

Trying to figure out if I played this hand right or wrong, any input would be appreciated. Hero is in the SB and gets dealt QJ spades. Preflop Villain raises to 3BB from the cutoff Hero calls ...
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### Why not wait for the river [duplicate]

Watched a WPT final on TV. Final head-to-head, Player A holds As5c. Player B holds 2c2s. Player A goes all-in; Player B calls. The flop throws up an Ace, 8 and 9. The turn throws up a 2. Both players ...
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### Ace vs King and Queen (texas holdem) [duplicate]

Who wins? I had King and Queen while my friend had Ace and 2. We got in an argue. Please explain and thanks. (we played texas holdem)
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### How is cash game winner reward calculated?

I was watching other people playing online cash games, and just can't understand how the reward was calculated. See the picture below: Why the winner only took a portion of the pot? Although the ...
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### Shortstack SB calling range against UTG

Small home tournament, 6 handed. Full Big blind Ante. UTG: 16bb SB (Hero): 9bb BB: 13bb UTG shoves 16bb preflop. What should be our calling range? Hero had AQo, and called to flip against JJ. ...
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### ROI in multi-table tournamments

I have in the past played HU microstakes with some degree of success. I've experienced the advantage of being able to put in a huge volume, but I'm also a bit tired of the high rake/low edge of these ...
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### Rules on players exposing card before all players bet

I was playing poker, and went all-in on the flop. I got called by multiple players, but those players had more chips than I did. I exposed my cards at the river before the final round of betting. What'...
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### What to do if you are dealt AA at the begining of a tournament

Imagine you are in a tournament no rebuys allowed, you are on the big blind with AA and someone on early position pushes all in, should you take a chance on variance against a probably (AA, AK, KK, QQ)...
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### what are the odds of hitting a flush with 2 suited cards before the floop [duplicate]

what are the odds to hit a flush if you hold two suited cards pre flop. In a tournament 3 guys go all in I was in last position. I had suited 10/J and called as I was getting 4-1 on my money. was ...
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### Poker game notation PGN as in chess

Is there a notation for poker hands, as in PGN for chess? If not can you suggest one.