Questions tagged [online]
Online poker refers to poker that is played against remote opponents using software.
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Scoring call to bet, call to raise, bet and raise plays to generate an index. PLO
I am making offline analysis of the hands I own after playing sometime online.
I play Omaha only, but this may apply to Texas Holdem too.
I want to generate with code notes of my opponents and ...
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What are the odds of being dealt exactly the same 2 hole cards in consecutive hands?
I mean exactly the same two cards e.g. A♥ and 5♠, not just any A5 off suit.
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Even after I win a hand, Zynga poker won't show me the hole cards from other players
Playing Zynga poker on my phopne. One thing that gives me grief is that I make it all the way to the River, win the hand, but without getting to see the hole cards from other players who went the ...
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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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What is the software that every poker site seems to be running? [closed]
Seems like the client on all poker sites are pretty much identical, except for the skin. What is it? Is it open-source?
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Flush confusion [duplicate]
In this scenario I want to know if it is a split pot or if my hand wins.
On the table is spade of KQ1063
My hand spade of A and 2 of diamond
Opponent 3 4 of Spade
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N00b ethics question about calculators in online poker (or choker)
(Actually, I'm asking motivated by a calculator for choker = chess + poker, but I believe the same applies to regular poker, Texas hold'em or whatever.)
My context: I played poker a bit, mostly online ...
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Why to post big blind in online poker?
All the times, before you sit on a table in online playing portal you are asked
"Click to post BB" to play fast.
Why should I click on that button showing to post the big blind option?
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is PokerStars play money algorithm slightly rigged to make players buy more play money?
I have been playing PokerStars Play Money for a while now and I get the feeling that there are some patterns happening during games that make me lose trust on the level of randomness of the algorithm.
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Germany: Online Poker still worth it in 2021?
I just recently got into poker.
Since I have not yet played for real money online, I wonder if that even is lucrative in 2021 in Germany due to the Glücksspielstaatsvertrag?
Not only are online ...
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What's the optimum time to enter a tournament with late registration?
Lately there's been a significant growth in the number of tournaments that stay open for late registration.
It's a good thing in that it allows a far greater number of entrants, and you don't have ...
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Is online poker with fake money illegal?
In the United States, is it legal to play online poker games with play money as long as the winnings cannot be converted to cash or anything of value?
For example, if a user buys 10,000 chips with $5 ...
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Which websites allow you to buy-in with a very small stack?
Recently, I’ve been reading about a small stack strategy for cash games. It involves entering the table with only 20 big blinds. Unfortunately, it seems that many poker websites (e.g. 888poker and ...
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Online Poker Hosting - Legal in USA? [closed]
I'm a developer and have a poker site that I've created.
I have some questions that I need advise on to avoid going down the wrong paths and being taken away in cuffs by some federal agency.
Right now ...
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Pre-flop charts 6-max cash games
I am planning on building a poker bot. The first and easiest part is the pre-flop strategy. Do you guys have any links for a good pre-flop strategy in NLH 6-max cash games, 100BB deep? This includes:
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What does "GG GL" means, and how can I use it?
For example, I know that "GL HF" means "Good luck and have fun". Also, I often see in online poker room that the answer to the acronym "GG FH" is "GG GL". But ...
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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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How was this hand played? Any leaks I should be concerned about?
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Cash Game
6-handed
Hand Info
Cards: A9s (Hearts)
Hero Position: Small Blind (SB)
Other Info
Only 2nd hand played ... just joined about 8 hands ago
No reads on any ...
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What Should You Do When You Miss the Flop
What to do when you miss everything?
Please correct me when I'm wrong, but you only make your hand roughly 1/3 of the time. So, your opponent makes his hand 1/3 of the time too. So, not making my hand ...
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Test to prove deals are not random
I played on a mobile app game engine that I suspect deals non-random hands.
I am looking for a method to prove it. it needs to use a small number of samples since that game engine does not offer ...
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Online Poker confusion Texas Holdem [duplicate]
The board showed two kings and two aces and a 5. I was holding a pair of 10s and the other player had a Queen and 3. The game gave him the win with 2 pair (A and K) with a Q high. Shouldn't that have ...
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Is online poker still a profitable way to make money in 2014?
I knew back in the year 2005 to 2008 time-frame, online poker with mid stakes are profitable to play. I was wondering if one can still make money profitably by playing online poker game?
The reason I ...
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Is GGPoker random and reputable?
Does anyone have any evidence as to the randomness on the site GG Poker? Also, is it a reputable site? I've read some horror stories online, albeit a year or two ago, and I'm wondering if anyone in ...
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Tracking personal bad beats and suck outs
I'm curious if this is common practice, and if it seems logical. In tournament mainly.
Something I have been doing recently is recording when I get a miracle card(or two :-) in all-in situationd.
As ...
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A free online room with long/no time controls
Me and my friends want to play some Sit-n-goes or tournaments with play money (not real money). We want to create private rooms, without people from the outside. The best option would bee MTTs with ...
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Is it legal to play free, private PokerStars tournaments in the USA?
If I use PokerStars software in the US (not in NJ or Penn) only to play a private, free game (no money), is that legal?
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What's the probability of each poker combination winning the showdown?
I play a poker-like game on a casino site, which offers dynamically changing coefficients for each hand on the table.
Each round (blind, preflop, flop, turn) gamblers can bet that one of each hands ...
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NL500 - Gutshot straight draw improves equity on turn
Players are all solid regulars in this game. The game is typically aggressive, but not wild.
SB $250
HERO $593 J♥ T♣
UTG $883.63
Cut-Off $279.25
Dealer $352.98
Small blind ...
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How to keep recreational players in poker?
Poker is experiencing a boom at the moment. Many players are searching for this topic, visiting related sites and poker rules while they have to sit at home. Here is a screenshot of google trends for ...
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Playing PokerStars from US
I'm curious how this is possible, do you have to live in Nevada?
I hear chatter of pro players being seen in poker stars all the time, streamers who I'm pretty sure stream from the US playing on ...
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What to do if we suspect online poker server is cheating?
This question applies to both free to play or paid servers. It is very much possible that the online poker host can cheat by playing intelligent bots.
I suspect Zynga Poker is all time big cheater. ...
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How to play with friends that are using different online poker sites?
My friends are registered on many different online poker sites i.e. Paddy Power, Betfred, Skybet, William Hill.
I want to know how we can play against each other online on the same table but using ...
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How to calculate bounty prize for 1-st place?
I try to calculate bounty prize for 1-st place in standard structures of bounty MTT. I observed ~10 tournaments, where I can see player who won tournament, he received ~20%-25% of bounty prize pool. ...
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Estimate (online) tournament expected duration?
Given the entrants and the speed (e.g. 45 Players Turbo), is there any formula out there to estimate a tournament duration?
Even better, any formula to estimate times for each finish position?
As an ...
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What happens when a big blind player is low on chips in heads-up game
Let's Say it's an online NLHE game and there are two players on the table.
SB/BB = 10/20
Players:
Player 1 (BB): 10 chips left
Player 2 (SB) (Button) : 1500 chips left
So What Happens now is that ...
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What software to use when playing online?
I want to use some software for online play that would help with better information about my opponents. I think I saw over the years some screenshots with such software, but I don't know their name.
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What sites are most played?
Where do most of you guys play?(online) I have been playing on ACR for a while now and just wondering if I should be looking for other options.
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How to stay alert during long tournaments
I was qualified for a $500.000 online tournament which starts in a few days. The tournament starts at 19:00 and blinds go up every 20 minutes so it's a slow tournament. This means that if I'm running ...
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NL600: Should I Make This River Bluff vs Reg?
Opponent is a smart semi-tight player, a TAG with tricks. 27/22/2.8 (VPIP/PFR/AF) over ~980 hands. I've been playing a similar yet slightly tighter style than him.
Villain's a good player so I know ...
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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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What measures can I take to verify that an online poker site has rigged hands?
I have always heard accusations of sites being rigged but I cannot tell whether this has happened to me, or not.
I was about to download the WSOP mobile poker application and there were a lot of ...
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Playing fast and slow ... with apologies to Kahneman
Most of us are familiar with the strategic use of stalling tactics at points in tournament play; for example, adjusting your playing speed to ensure the blinds increase before they pass through the ...
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I started playing on a poker site in India. Is the following scenario possible :
Tournament Day 1
Player A cards : AK
Player B cards : 33
Board outcome : Player A gets one pair K ( on flop ) and player B gets 333 trips ( on turn )
Tournament Day 2
Player C cards : AK
Player D ...
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Facing donk lead and call on flop ... what now?
Opening hand of $7 Spin & Go on PokerStars. Both opponents unfamiliar.
For those unfamiliar with the format, you play a winner take all tournament, starting at 10/20 blinds with 500 chip ...
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Playing the SB pre-flop in omaha cash games general strategy
When playing low stakes, no ante 6-max omaha cash games, I often find myself completely clueless on what to do pre-flop when I am in the small blind. Whether someone opened or it folded to me. The ...
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How do poker sites detect bots?
Most sites do not allow bots.
How do poker sites detect bots?
I figured they scanned memory like how HUDs are detected.
Based on an answer on another question they also detect it on the server side....
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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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$2100 High Roller Event #1 hand review
We are at the final table of the high roller event #1 on pokerstars. On the previous hand 'calculer_' lost most of his stack. We are 5 handed.
I will explain the hand with text, but you can also ...
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How does one get comfortable with the honesty of online casinos? [duplicate]
I occasionally play microstake NLHE on PokerStars, and there I've recently witnessed (what feels like) a suspicious number of "unlikely" deals.
The most recent was in a 6-ring game, in which 1 seat ...
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How to play online horse tournament when you lack knowledge in one of the games?
I really like play h.o.r.s.e and I am pretty good at it.
my problem is that I am a mediocre player at stud. In all the other games I am pretty good (I think I am above average in Holdem, Stud hi/low ...
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