Questions tagged [betting-position]
Betting position refers to betting/playing strategies based on table position in relationship to the player who is currently the dealer.
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Is this a raise or a 3bet from bb?
Let's assume situation like this:
6 seat table, preflop action, hero is CO, everyone folds or limps including hero who calls.
BB rises.
Should this be considered rise or 3bet from perspective of hero ...
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How to name positions with less than 6 players?
I understand the NLHE positions nomenclature with full 6 seats poker table (sb, bb, utg, mp, co, btn) but what happens position-wise if at the 6 seat table there is less than 6 players?
Do we start to ...
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Poker hand pot split rule [duplicate]
I have a simple question about a hand play in poker. Below is the situation:
Player 1 cards - A3
Player 2 cards - AJ
5 cards on table - QQ995
Who wins?
Do we split the pot or there is a winner here?
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Why is position so important in Omaha?
In this "Top 10 Pot Limit Omaha poker strategy tips" by Tadas Peckaitis it is said (emphasis mine):
Position, position, position
Yes – position. In Pot Limit Omaha, having position over ...
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In dealer’s choice, choose PLO or NLH to maximise advantage of position?
Let’s assume the dealer, and the other players, are equally skilled at PLO and NLH.
Are there any reasons to pick one game or the other when I’m on the button, e.g. is button-position giving more of ...
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Graphic showing the money travelling clockwise
It's said in poker that 'money travels clockwise', from early position toward the button. Has anyone ever constructed a graphic from live data showing this occurring? I'm sure there are stats showing ...
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Which player bets first, relative to the dealer chip, if there are only 3 players left? What about 2?
My understanding, when blinds are involved, is that the following rules apply to "Who Bets First" in Poker:
1) After the cards are dealt, before the flop, the player to the left of the big blind bets ...
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Bet out of turn
If a player bets out of turn may the player that got bypassed by this action check then subsequently raise once action is back to that player?
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Can the big blind be considered late position pre-flop?
I’m reading through the opening hands chart in this poker strategy article: https://www.888poker.com/how-to-play-poker/strategy/texas-holdem/
All the literature I see says that the blinds are in ...
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Putting Crazy Players on a hand
Playing 8 handed 1/2 nlhe at a table with a couple LAG fish, 3 tight passive, myself playing TAG but I get a bit loose from cutoff to button. Lots of limpers every hand. I never limp, I raise or I don’...
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A detailed definition of a Donk Bet
I'm trying to understand what a donk bet is in detail. Searching the web has come up with various ambiguous and inadequate explanations.
What I have understood so far:
A player calling a bet in a ...
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How to bet from button heads up pre flop
Heads up pre flop the button is the sb and bets first
Assume both players are deep like 100 BB
I noticed some pros just min raise and play almost every hand and get called almost every hand. This ...
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Mucking in live poker [duplicate]
I have a big doubt that I can't or other players I've talked to figure out . It's about mucking and showing in live tournament poker . For example if everyone check on the river who is the first one ...
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How to play a straight or flush when the board pairs
I am writing a poker game where you play against 5 bots and I just can't get my head around playing straights and flushes. They are solid hands but you can get stacked by a boat or higher.
If ...
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Playing 99 in early position
In an answer I got a comment who would not play 99 in early position
My reaction is I would not
Assume 8 handed and early position is UTG or UTG+1
Do you play 99 and in early position and if so ...
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Betting rounds in heads-up Texas holdem?
I know that how betting works. Preflop, player on left of dealer pays SB and on his left BB, and on left of BB starts betting. And after flop, Player on left of dealer starts first.
But if only two ...
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Specific Hand recommended action
I am fairly new to the game (about 1 month in) but have been playing a ton recently. I would love for some input on a specific hand that came down last night and any advice for how to avoid the ...
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Does 'super stillness' emphasize strength or weakness?
When an opponent raises pot sized bet on the river after its checked to him/her, and stays very very still, doesn't respond to comments and doesn't move at all, does it mean they are very weak or very ...
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What's the chance of a better hand behind me?
in a very casual round of poker, I'm trying to teach the others a few fundamentals about poker. I often try to back things up with some numbers, but some are too hard for me to get.
On the issue of ...
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When is the true end of round (pre-flop, flop, turn, or river)?
What I would like to know is, on hold'em, lets say, 4 players:
P1. Check on 100
P2. Call on 100
P3. Rise 200
P4. Fold
My question is, after P4 folds, do P1 and P2 need to "Call/Rise/Fold" to match ...
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How can I use a player's decision to check blindly on the flop as a tell?
I was recently at a table with a player who often yelled "check blind!" before the flop was dealt when
he was to be first to act after the flop, and
he had called a pre-flop raiser.
I'm guessing ...
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Pocket Aces in 9-handed
This should be a happy thing when you get pocket aces, but lately I feel bad just looking at the hole cards A♢ A♥, for example.
According to what I read and everyone's advice I should bet strong with ...
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What I did was right?
I'm a newbie in Poker and so I would like you to judge the rightness of my actions on the following hand:
Yesterday I was playing NL Hold'em and my cards were a premium hand, K♣ K♦. We were playing 9-...
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Definition of "lead"
According to Wikipedia lead is defined as
The player who makes the last bet or raise in a round of betting is said to have the lead at the start of the next round. Can also be used as a verb ...
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Position/order of dealing post pre-flop
During pre-flop I understand that one has position over others who are seated in an earlier position than him; and one is out of position to players seated at a later position than himself, but this ...
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Number positions in Poker table
When reading online, sometimes I find people talking of positions with numbers. I know UTG, BB, SB... But what about numbers?
What would be position 1? And position 2 starts counting to the right or ...
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When should you defend your big blind in tournament play?
Should you defend your blinds differently at different stages of a tournament?
Meaning in the early stages should you defend a lot tighter and then get a bit looser as the tournament goes on. The ...
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Position advantage on the table and odds
Is it possible define position advantage on table on terms of correction to odds? Namely, is it possible to quantify the effect of position on a players equity?
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Why do people make the following call, check, call round the table?
I play in a work tournament usually 2 tables of 6 or 7 for a set time period with the top 3 chip counts on each table moving to a final table to win the prize.
It is largely amateurish but with ...
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Dead Button in Rush Games
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What is the position distribution logic in Texas Hold'em No Limit Rush Games?
When I say "Rush" I mean an ability instantly to change table after dealing cards, as it was in FTP.
Sub ...
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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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Correct (preferred) blinding in NLTE tourneys when blinds or the button bust out
What is the correct process in moving the blinds when either the next dealer and/or the next blinds get busted out of the tourney? A good description of how dead blinds work would be greatly ...
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In Texas holdem, how should my betting change as my stack of chips changes?
In tournament style Texas hold-em, how should the amount of chips I have left affect my play? Should I become more conservative as my stack declines and more risky as my stack grows? Does my ...
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