Questions tagged [no-limit]
A game played with a no-limit betting structure allows each player to raise the bet by any amount up to his entire remaining stake at any time (subject to the table stakes rules and any other rules about raising).
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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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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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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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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 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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What is the min-raise and min-reraise in Holdem No Limit?
When I play with friends live poker we always ask ourself what are the min-raise and min-reraise rules in Holdem No Limit?
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What strategies can be used to counter a player who consistently raises preflop in no-limit hold'em?
In no-limit hold'em, it can be frustrating to play against a player who consistently raises preflop, especially if they are doing so with a wide range of hands. This can make it difficult to put them ...
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Why is this hand the nuts?
In the book No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice, at page 62, the author gives an example of a bad bluff during the 1979 World Series of Poker Main event. The cards on the table after the river are ...
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Betting strategy with a straight flush draw, ended up losing to a higher flush
The game was cash no limit Texas Holdem. Here is a hand that I had today:
Firstly, I have T♠J♠. The flop came 8♠9♠J♦. I made a minimum bet in order to put some value in the flop and also keep the ...
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Deriving Sklansky's Formula for the Optimal Calling Frequency
The optimal calling frequency is the calling frequency which makes your opponent's expected value of always bluffing equal to his expected value of never bluffing. Theoretically, if you call bets with ...
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Is this a good bluff-shove with AK on the flop?
I was playing a hand at 2/5 cents NL Hold'em online, and I was unsure about whether or not my thought process was good or not. I was in MP, the villain was small blind. I'm asking specifically with ...
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Dealer reshuffles all remaining cards and the discards before flipping the river
This situation happened. There were three remaining players. One is all in. Two remaining players start a side pot. They look to the dealer to show the river. Problem is the dealer made a mistake, ...
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5nl: Did I just light money on fire by shoving AKs 178bb deep?
Hand history below. MP is 17/16 over 142 hands and I haven't seen him do anything very questionable yet at the table. SB has stats 37/11 over 20 hands. When the action comes back to me after MPs 4-bet ...
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Strategy for Tournaments without Antes
I played a tournament in the casino where weirdly enough there were no antes till the end of the tournament. It was my first time playing in a tournament like this.
How to play tournaments with no ...
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When do you or don't bet the river headsup and you last to act?
When do you bet the river heads-up when you're last to act, the villain checks to you, and you feel that you have the winning hand? Rephrase, under what situations do you bet the river after your one ...
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Why does a pair of 9's split the pot with Trip 5's? [duplicate]
Player A: 9♠ A♦ (Pair of 9's)
Player B: 5♥ 5♣ (Trip 5's)
Player C: J♠ K♣
Common Cards: 9♦ 2♣ Q♥ 5♦ 4♦
Player B was all in with the smallest amount
Player A was in with more money (bet fighting ...
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Can a push/fold strategy be optimal (ie EV>=0 against any other strategy) in general
There are many push/fold charts that have been calculated which claim to be optimal in a simplified version of (no limit texas holdem) where only push/fold is possible.
So wouldn't always either ...
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First round all-in
Suppose you play NLH with deep stacks, first round of betting, no raises yet.
Should you ever go all-in with your first bet?
If someone else goes all-in with their first bet, how should you react?
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Are button straddles profitable?
In my local home game scene, we play 1/3 NLHE with a 10 dollar rock, with any position straddles. For some reason, most of the good regs religiously straddle their button, as if it is a +EV play.
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Middle-straight starting with an ace?
I was watching a tournament and was surprised by the outcome of this hand
He wins the hand with a 9 high straight? So A-6-7-8-9? I thought ace could only be used in A2345 or TJQKA. Am I missing ...
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How does average stack size (in BBs) change throughout a tournament?
I played a NLHE tournament with a Starting Stack Size of 25000 and Level 1 Blinds of 50/100.
So that means we started with 250 big blinds each.
There were ~1000 entrants, so 25 million chips in play....
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Easy to memorize starting hand strategy
I am not too good at memorizing stuff. Is there any starting hand set of rules or chart that is easy to remember?
A little bit of context:
No Limit Hold'em
the number of players is not really a ...
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Heads Up NL Holdem: Best strategy against all in every hand
Assume you are playing a NL Holdem tournament heads up where the starting stack is 200 times the big blind. What is the best strategy against these all-in scenarios, and what is the expected win ...
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Does Heads Up Hold ’em GTO assume a linear relationship between utility and money?
Would it be possible to exploit a GTO poker player if you recognized that you have different values than that player? For instance, if there are decreasing returns to money (such that your first ...
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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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Pretty new to poker, wondering how this hand wins [duplicate]
Hand A: Ace of Spades, Jack of Hearts
Hand B: Four of Hearts, Four of Diamonds.
River: Eight of Diamonds, Seven of Hearts, Eight of Spades, Ten of Clubs, Ten of Spades.
Why does Hand A win?
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Where can I find a resource for mathematically optimal plays?
So I've seen some streamer use an online tool that he used to analyse his plays. Specifically, the tool would tell him what actions are considered mathematically correct in the situation at hand.
I ...
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C-Betting on Flops that Missed Both You and Your Opponents?
From Analytical No-Limit Holdem:
I don't understand the author's point very well here on why you should tend to c-bet pairs and ace highs (as well as weaker hands that are more likely ...
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Why is short-stacker pot committed in this instance?
From Analytical No Limit Holdem:
Question: Why exactly does our opponent have reason to "put his money into the pot with almost any hand", leaving us with almost no fold equity?
I get that ...
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Was this a good all-in with trip 8s on the turn?
Game is 1/2 NL at the Venetian.
Hero has approx 225. Villain has 700-800; not particularly stellar player IMO but made money on splash pots. Villain is super tight post-flop and hero repeatedly ...
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What is minimum raise when starting a new round of betting in NLHE?
Generally speaking what is the minimum raise amount after a new card is dealt in No-Limit Texas Hold 'em?
Examples:
Pre-Flop. Small Blind $1, Big Blind $2. Everybody calls.
Post-flop. Is the ...
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No-Limit Holdem first bet after the flop
Say the BB is $100 and that this is post flop action. After the flop the SB is first to act (if they are still in the hand) Can the first player betting make a bet of $150 when they are not going all ...
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Distinct head-to-head match ups in holdem
So I'm not very good at math,
but I'm trying to improve.
I'm trying to understand this calculation that I read in Wikipedia,
But I find it to be confusing, I would appreciate a clarification.
I ...
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How to make the most of a very good hand when you've been playing conservatively?
The other day I was playing a game where I was playing relatively conservatively, waiting for a good hand. Then I got a pair of aces, and as soon as I bet just a couple of chips, everybody ...
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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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How to deal with a table that always calls?
In my no-limit Texas hold'em home games, players are allotted approximately $2500 worth of chips. The starting blinds are $5/$10, and are increased everytime the button has moved around the whole ...
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Nash-like table for a full 9 players table?
I'm wondering, is there anything like the Nash Equilibrium that I can use to know when to go all in if my blinds a low in a full 9 players table?
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Confused about pot odds
I wanted to practice my implied and pot odds calculating skills and found this website online
http://www.philnolimits.com/uploads/8/1/8/9/8189328/practice_pot_odds_and_expected_value_problems.pdf
And ...
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How to play a pair against a maniac?
I was playing against a maniac who was winning the pots by continuously reraising me (and another players) on flop and on the turn with nothing. Finally we had the following hand:
We were playing 0....
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Push or just call on the turn with trips against an over-pair and you know it?
I faced a situation the other day where in a 4-handed final table in a small stake Texas No limit holdem live tournament.
I honestly can't remember the action 100% but it was more or less in the ...
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Pocket Aces, preflop call or re-raise. 4max
I'm currently watching the 1998 movie Rounders. This scene occurs at the very beginning of the movie.
Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) sits under the gun at a 4-max table with As-9s. He raises 3x.
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Should I call 3 bet when having two pair?
I have recently played following hand:
iPoker - £0.02 NL - Holdem - 6 players
BTN: 132 BB (VPIP: 22.60, PFR: 16.95, 3Bet Preflop: 7.81, Hands: 358)
Hero (SB): 109.5 BB
BB: 129 BB (VPIP: 48.28, PFR:...
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Running it twice, odds calculation
I'm looking at a setting in a No limit Texas Hold'em hand. We start the hand with 6 people, only two will go to the flop.
Ok, I'll admit this is a very unlikely situation:
Player 1 starts the hand ...
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playing with wrong two cards
home game - we play two decks to be more efficient (red deck / blue deck rotating).
9 players around the table. one of the plays..
pre flop 5 players call BB.
flop comes 234. one player goes all ...
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What would be the correct river play?
I was playing heads-up 2NL against a massive fish. He played relatively straight forward and called correctly in most spots, but he never raised to a bet. My strategy was therefore to continuation bet ...
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Should I have bet this river? - KK vs potential flush
Playing 2NL. Hero has only seen villain in one hand where he called some large bets with top pair mid kicker and got lucky on the river. Villain has 9$ and hero has $1.90.
Preflop
Hero is on button
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Poker Outs Odds Tourney Heads Up
I was watching poker on tv and one guy had 7♥4♠, the other had A♠8♣ and the flop was 6♥2♥8♥. The commentator said it was a flip between the two - wouldn'...
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Micros online hand review. AKs from the SB
6 max Cash - Micros - Ignition
Hero on SB w/ ~150 BBs
UTG+1 calls w/ ~115 BBs
Button w/ ~115 BBs raises to 4xBB
Hero calls with A⋄K⋄
BB folds
UTG+1 calls
Flop comes 3⋄J&...
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Hand discussion: QJc vs A8o on A84 T K
I think that I played this hand (link to replay) quite well and my opponent did a mistake because he didn't protect his two pairs.
If he would did a good raise or reraise on flop or turn, I would ...
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Mathematically speaking, is open-limping that bad?
I do not limp, well in some rare situations I do but that's not the question. I would like to know why limping is bad mathematicaly speaking. There are many responses to the "limping is bad" question ...
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