Questions tagged [live]
Live play is poker that is played in person, whether in a casino or a home game.
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Why do so many players immediately muck their cards when they think they won the hand?
When playing live, no matter cash games or tournaments, many players will muck their cards as soon as they think they won the pot. Of course most of the times they will be right and nothing happens ...
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Is it possible not to use HUDs and still be good at keeping track of opponents moves?
I am very new to poker, mostly playing online ofc, but I hope with time I will also participate in some live events. My concern is that I want to develop some sort of "keeping track of my ...
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How do you correctly announce a raise in live poker?
Setting:
We are on the flop. After a few checks a player bets $500, and I am next in line.
My goal:
I want to raise to $1500 (in my mind I want to triple his bet). I want to eliminate string betting ...
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Fold AKo preflop?
When do fold AKo preflop?
Let's say you just sat down at a $1-$3 $1,000 cap NLHE table with $500. Hence, you have no reads on the players. A mid position player opens with a $25 raise and has about $...
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How does the chip transactions happen throughout a hand on a live game?
Everyone has 100$ chips on their stack. Then 10/20$ blinds are posted. Where do these blinds physically stand as they are posted, in front of the stacks, or put in the main pot in the middle. Then ...
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How do you break chips for a small raise if there is no smaller chips left on the table
For example I want to call a 30$ bet, there are 1 25$ and 1 5$ chip on the middle, I have 1 100$ chip. I put that in the middle and want to take the remaining 70$ worth of chips back. How does this ...
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Multi flight tournament selection
I have been trying to find some articles/information on this but couldn't find any so I'm asking here.
In a live 2 day tournament with multiple day 1 flights, is there any advantage on being in a ...
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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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Positive EV play verse LAG in $1/$3 live game
Recently, I was at a $1-$3 NL table with a couple of villains with more than 2K stacks. One of the villains was a LAG who raised "every" preflop hand to $25. Often times the flop would ...
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Can I reduce a bet after moving the chips past the betting line?
I had an odd situation at a live poker game in a casino recently. It was heads up and we got to the river. I checked and he bet $200. I told him that I can't call $200 but I could do $100. He said OK ...
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Fight, Flight, and Freezing At The Table?
I'm not sure if this is the correct place to ask this question since the issue seems so subjective and I have not found any poker-related material related to this issue.
I'm talking about the fight, ...
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Slow play backfire
In a loose $1/$3 NL holdem I recently played, I had KsJs in small blind with about $430 stack size. I raised to $16, there were 3 callers: the big blind, MP and button, flop 9TQ rainbow, I had the nut ...
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Host Website or App for Limit Hold ‘em Tournaments
Looking to find an app or website where I can host a poker tournament that is limit hold em. I’d like to have the ability to raise the limit every 30 min.
For context, we have a time limit poker ...
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What happens when a player announces a check while there is an active bet?
Example situation:
The flop comes.
Alice checks.
Bob pushes forward a small bet.
Eve (perhaps misreading) says "check."
Does Eve have to:
fold
call
act again by announcing a fold, call, or raise
I ...
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Can I top off my stack and add more chips without telling the dealer?
At the casino, I carry extra chips in my pocket that are not in play yet. I use those chips to top off my stack whenever it goes below 100 BB. As long as I respect the maximum buy-in rule, can I ...
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Learning modern MTT basics in limited time
I am a winning low-stakes live cash game pro with mediocre abilities. I have qualified for a day 2 of a big live tournament, with a well above-average stack. Day 2 starts in 5 days. (There is a TL;DR ...
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Small stakes $1-$2 $200 Cap - What to do inside straight flush draw?
This is a Monday night game, so players aren't to splashy, everyone is playing pretty tame somewhat of a laggy, passive table. I am able to take advantage with some aggressive
bets and increase my $...
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How does a bad beat jackpot work?
I have been hearing about bad beat jackpots ever since I started playing poker, I am not sure how they work. I have a few questions:
Does the casino give out the bad beat jackpot at a set amount or ...
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Small Stakes NLH 1-2 $300 Cap - What did villain have?
This is a newly formed $300 max $1-$2 No-Limit 10 man live game. I am in the small blind with:
8♥ 7♥
It goes fold, fold, limp, limp, raise to $12(villain), call, call, I call, $11, ...
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All in or fold strategy
I played in my first live tournament at the casino Saturday night, not a bad turn out, 61 entered. Starting chip stack 15,000.
I have been playing online for about 5 or 6 years now and something ...
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1/3 NL: Was going all-in against villain with AK the best choice?
Playing 1/3 NL Hold'em at a B&M casino. Apologies if description is a bit light on details; this hand is from a couple weeks ago and details are a bit fuzzy.
Hero table image - hero has been ...
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Where is Jeff Changeley [closed]
Does anyone know if Jeff Changeley is still alive? I have not seen or heard anything about him since the espn special in the Monaco Classic where he took down J.J. Lynch in the final table in January....
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Whats your move on this hand?(KK) High Level Table
£10/20NL DeepStack
Player Reads
Seat 1 fish around 8K stack LAG
Seat 2 high lvl player 20K stack TAG
Seat 3 ( Hero ) 16K stack LAG
Seat 4 Small Roller champion 10K stack TIGHT
Seat 5 Big Tournament ...
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Unusual Tournament spot
Ok this was when I first started playing so please go easy on me, live tournament 80 players down to 13, paid at 7th
8 handed
blinds are 1500/3000
Hero (120,000 ) average stack
V1 (250,000)
V2/V3 (20,...
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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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Most important tells
I would like to start to play poker at casino near my home. I usually play on line. I would like to know which are, in your opinion, the most important tells to take care at brick and mortar poker.
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Moving to offline poker tournaments after playing exclusively online
I have played exclusively online poker so far. All in all, I have a positive balance, and would like to move offline for some minor tournament (for curiosity, and because it's the real thing, actually)...
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Micro/nano skin implants to signal hole cards at the WSOP?
Given that it is possible to send remote electric shocks, skin itches and muscle twitches to specific areas of the body using nano/micro-implants, is it possible to rig the WSOP which uses cameras and ...
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How much should I buy in for when playing live?
I am going to play some live 1/2 NLHE with some friends soon. The minimum buy-in to the cash game is $40 and the max is $200. Assume personal finances/bankroll is not an issue. I am playing in a poker ...
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Can I fold in response to a call?
Let's say I put in a large bluff on the river in a live homegame. My opponent thinks long and hard about it and decides to make the call. I'd rather not reveal exactly what I had, knowing they are ...
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What ruling should be made when a verbal declaration is not heard by the dealer?
Playing against a novice opponent in a $1-$2 game in Las Vegas, I'm wearing headphones and flop bottom set. I bet the flop, bet the turn and then bet all in on the river. My opponent in the hand tanks....
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Why does Dealer call over floor if there is 3 of a kind on the flop in live poker?
I was playing live poker recently, and during one of the hands the flop came AAA (3 aces). The dealer called over the floor to watch the rest of the hand, and I was confused why this was necessary. ...
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How to best teach poker to a novice in 1 month?
Note: I am interested in playing NLHE.
Short version:
I live near a large casino. I would like to eventually get good enough to play there and consistently win money. However, the lowest stake table ...
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How would you play AK here?
Game is 1/3 NL Hold'Em at Encore Las Vegas.
Pre-Flop:
Hero (in late position) has Ah Kd. Raises to $10; has $450 behind. Three players call.
Flop:
As 4c 2c
Player 1 acts first. Is all-in for $60
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Is it rude to cash out when ahead, then buy back in?
I’ve noticed that in the times that I get ahead during a cash game, my “winner’s high” makes me vulnerable and I can lose quite a bit of my stack this way. Is it rude or not if I decide to cash in ...
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How should money won by a cheater be distributed?
At some point during an ongoing game one player is caught red-handed cheating. The abuse is of the same level of severity as the proverbial ace up his sleeve.
The player is kicked out and told to ...
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Should I call opponent's flop re-raise with trips?
I'm looking for some advice on a particular hand I played last night.
1/3 NL.
Villain (~$350) - Playing loose aggressive and seemed like a reasonable/good player overall. Definitely raises more pre-...
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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 non-...
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Is all-in calling 2 all-ins with KK a bad move pre-flop?
Context:
NLHE live tournament, freeroll, 2K GTD, table with 8, blinds 2000/4000 (started with 50/100, 15 minutes). I have about 14BBs. Some stacks have more, some have less.
The action:
UTG folds
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Do I call a turn all-in with KK with against a possible flush?
I don't recall all the details about this hand, but here's what I do know.
Some folds and possibly some limps; I forget exactly.
$1/$2 NL
Villain (Has hero easily covered) in Seat 1
Hero (~$450) ...
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How much must Hero bet for Villain to fold?
Game is $1/$3 NL
Hero (~315) - Been playing TAG; up $115. Played villain in one earlier hand; villain folded on river (I filled a straight, which he may have discerned).
Villain (~140) - Seems like ...
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Online vs Live problem
I am having somewhat of a problem, I read books, I study hands, and I do everything a growing player should do, and I can see my progress when playing poker online. I am confident and I would like to ...
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Should I have went all-in with KK on this flop?
Game is $1/$3 NL Hold'em
Hero is BB with $440.
Villain is UTG with about $310.
Pre-Flop:
Villain raises UTG to $12.
4 callers.
Hero happily discovers that he has KK and raises to 110.
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Should I call this river overbet with an overpair?
1/3 at Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh Pa. Villain is a Hines Ward lookalike - he started out playing as a seemingly competent LAG, playing lots of hands fairly aggressively, putting opponents in tough ...
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Should I call all-in here with bottom set?
Game is $1/$3 NL Hold'em
Hero is in a middle position with $410. Villain is in an earlier position with approx $540.
Pre-Flop:
A few callers, including villain. Hero sees 22 and calls $3. In total, ...
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Muck before river
Cash game. A player is all-in pre-flop for example with 10$ only left and two other players with big stacks call him. Flop is opened and one of the players with big stacks open for example 15$ and ...
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Should I have called an all-in with KK against a TAG?
The game is 1-3 NL. Hero has ~$250 as does villian. Villain is directly to the hero's right; I don't exactly recall button position but neither hero nor villain was on the button.
Pre-Flop:
A couple ...
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How do you play AQ or AK (off or suited) on $1/$2 Live?
This week I had this peculiar situation. The villain is 60+ old black woman who came and sat next to me with about 100$ on $1/$2 and ofcourse with a stone-cold grim-poker-face with no smile. She ...
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Was I right to call off a <10BB stack in late position with 66?
I was playing a free tournament live with approx. 30 players remaining from 50 entrants, blinds were 150/300 and I had 1k or 2k in my stack.
I had 66 in relatively late position and a player who had ...
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How do you hide your tells?
How can you identify what your physical tells are, and hide them? Once you've identified your tells, should you work at suppressing them, or is it better to deliberately give your tells at strategic ...
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