Questions tagged [poker-strategy]
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Poker hand analysis
NLH tournament in the money
blinds 15 30
sb 1,950 J♠8♠
bb 1,889 K♠Q♣
Prelop
sb bet 75
bb call 75
pot 150
Flop
6♣2♠7♠
sb 45
bb 175
sb call
pot ...
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Pocket Jacks with two higher cards on flop
During the first hand of a cash game against an unknown opponent, I was dealt JJ and I raised maybe three to four BB and the villain who was big blind was the only caller.
The flop was then a ...
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Hand analysis could you lay this down
Late in a tournament. Blinds at 25/50. Hero and villain are top two stacks and hero has villain covered. Like 6 or 8 handed.
Preflop
Hero UTG with Q♥J♥ raises to 70
I know that is ...
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Poker bankroll management in cash game [closed]
A player has a bankroll of Rs. 200 k and has 4 different ids on 4 different websites .
He has to play only cash games and no MTT’s on all 4 ids every day .
Playing cash games is his only profession ...
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Calculating Nash Equilibrium for HU NLHE push fold game
This question has been asked before here and here. But what i am looking for is the specific calculation methodology or pseudocode.
Additionally my understanding itself of Nash equilibrium is this ...
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Probability of tie [duplicate]
what is the probability of tie and how to calculate it? How to determjne winning percentage
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Strategy vs Donkey Supreme?
How would you play against someone with a seemingly unlimited bankroll, going all in preflop with every single hand and rebuying max limit every time he lost?
Seems like a dream scenario, yet I ...
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How should I play against a limpers?
How should I play against limpers? When I play online I play little aggressive so people start limping so how should I deal with this?
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Hand analysis no limit
1/2 no limit 6 handed
All players are deep
Pre flop
Hero UTG
Q♠J♠
opens for 5
CO
calls
BTN
raises to 15
SB
fold
BB
calls
CO
calls
Flop
Pot 46
T♠7&...
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Rules for Full house [duplicate]
How the full house winner is chosen. Best of five or the card user has?
There was a scenario in a popular mobile app poker, where I had J, 4
On the board J J 4 7 8
I Guess, I have the best ...
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Heads up with chip advantage but you are the weaker player
Related question on how many blinds does a better player need against a bigger stack.
Say an amateur is heads up against a pro with a 4:1 chip advantage. Pro has 40 bb. Blinds are 1 and 2.
Pro is ...
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HU you know your opponent will bet pre with any two cards - what should your range be
Based on this range answer of play top 70% against 100% it got me thinking.
Pre your opponent will open or call 3x with any hand.
Your choice is to open 3x, call 3x, or fold.
Clearly you can ...
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Pre shove range
Say you want to play mathematical poker and you want to balance your pre shove range. A range where your opponent has shown strength. Either they came in for a raise and you are in position or they ...
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Straight hand in poker [duplicate]
Is it a straight if let's say you have a 3 and a 4 and down on the table are a K an A and a 2?
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Over pair in position
Cash game players like 40 bb
Hero in button with K♠K♣ bets 2.5 bb
BB calls
Flop
J♠8♥2⋄
BB leads out a little over 1/2 pot - 3 bb
What would you do as ...
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How to deal with players always betting big post flop
I have been playing a lot of poker lately in a casino and am learning a lot.
However there is one aspect of the game that gets me every time. So much so that I will usually leave the table and go ...
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Crazy Hand WSOP
tournament in the money
sb 30 bb 60 ante 10
like 7 handed
Pre
hero sb deep has villain covered
K⋄ K♠
bet 160 to go
villain bb deep
Q♣ T⋄
call 160
pot 370
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Speculative hand with a lot of draws
Say you are playing 7♥ 8♥ in position and call a min raise pre.
Flop comes up Q♥ 7⋄ 6♣
On the flop villain bets 1/2 the pot. How do you play it out?
Both ...
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Folding with 3 of a kind on the flop?
I'm a decent poker player, but get pushed out of pots too easily and often don't know when to hold and raise.
I had J 6 and the flop was JJQ giving me 3 of a kind. Well a guy raised $80 (2-5 NL)and ...
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What is the formula in getting Outs?
I've been reading about outs and its hard to tell what is the exact formula for getting them. Is there a formula for calculating outs? I want to add a functionality to my app where players can see ...
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Erratum in “The Mathematics of Poker” [closed]
I think there is a little erratum in a computation
p 79:
the result of subcase c) should be 186.36 instead of 346.21.
I didn't see that one listed in the official errata list (https://www.conjelco....
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Hand analysis - all in
This was on The Poker Guys and they titled it Train Wreck.
This is WSOP Main Event 12 players left so you would expect better play.
6 handed. I think the BB is 200 plus antes.
Kopp UTG deep ...
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How to play the hand
This is from Conscious Poker hand of the day on you tube. To me it is a fascinating hand.
NLHE $5, $10 nine handed
Pre flop
Hero is in the SB with a stack of $3800 with J⋄T♠
...
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Straight vs Straight + Highcard [duplicate]
1s hand: J ♥️ 4♣️
2nd Hand: J♣️ K♣️
Table: 1♥️ K♦️ K♥️ Q♠️ 10♠️
Who wins this hand???
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How to calculate probability of flopping a set (with pocket pairs)?
Building a poker program and would like to make sure I have my calculation correct. If a player is holding pocket pair, how does one calculate the probability of flopping a set (one card out of the ...
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odds and pot odds and when to bet what
I am wondering in what cases it is more profitable to play with your odds (for example bet 15% of pot when you have 18% winning odds) and when its better to give your opponent bad odds to call?
Take ...
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General strategy shortstacked PLO cash games
I heard that playing shortstacked PLO in cash games can have a big advantage. Say ~50BB deep. I have a couple of question about this.
How can this be a big advantage?
What would be a good general ...
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How to deal with players who limp into every hand - and always see the river [duplicate]
I play poker quite regularly with friends. A smallish game usually between 5-7 players. Generally I can read the other players easily. They either play too tight so i fold early or as soon as they try ...
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What is your maximum stack size when shoving?
Is there a general rule when shoving in a sit-and-go? in short stacked situations, how many big blinds would you put in the middle and why?
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Strategy tournament vs. table [duplicate]
How does the strategy that we play at a tournament differs from the strategy at a table? What should we do differently?
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Great Poker Hand Daniel Negreanu vs Alec Torelli
One of my favorite hands
100/200 tournament 6 handed
pre
Daniel Negreanu
UTG+1
A♣J♠
raise to $400
Alec Torelli
UTG+2
5♠5⋄
call $400
not going to cover the rest ...
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8 handed play strategy
100 bb and everyone has about 18,000
Tournament
Pre
UTG, HJ, limp, BTN raises to $600, SB, UTG, HJ all call
Pot $2500
BTN has 8♥ 8⋄
Flop
8♠ K♣ 5⋄
Checks to ...
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What is a small card in a texas holdem preflop hand?
How do you define a small card in a texas holdem preflop hand?
In the book "Holdem poker for advanced players" by Sklansky and Malmuth on page 14, they mention that "an x represents a small card". ...
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What is small ball poker strategy
There is a style of poker called small ball. Negreanu has a book on it.
What is small ball and when is it effective?
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You have AA in the BB. The BU opens to 3.5x. What is your line?
You have AA in the BB. The BTN opens to 3.5x. What is your line ?
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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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Hidden chips - how to handle when a player goes all in and chips were hidden
Cash game poker night in america
hand
This hand was over a year ago with Alec Torelli
Recently Doug Polk posted on his channel with some creative editing
Alec had two 5K that are hidden from ...
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Should you play low suited connectors?
This has been a tricky hand for me. It seems like folding 34, 45, 65, 32, suited is somewhat of a waste but then again it isn't often you hit the flush or straight you need. What's the best way to ...
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Spin n go system [pokerstars or 888]?
Guys what do you think for regular online players which system is better to stick to in general.
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EV of 1 gapper versus connected
There are less ways to hit a 1 gapper but if you hit it is better disguised
Assume only play suited connector under jack and above 4
Does a 1 gapper get paid off enough more to overcome the chance ...
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Tournament versus cash game
How should your strategy change in a tournament versus a cash game?
Assume a tournament with no or one re-buy. And you have a sufficient bankroll.
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Closing out a tournament
So let me just preface this question with a little background. I used to solely play tournaments a few years back, but for the last 3-4 years I have only played cash. I've recently made a switch back ...
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Straight on the river, how to play it?
This was a Cash Game, no limit games ¢1/¢2
Hero ($1.19)
Villain ($4.22)
Hero Small Blind 8♣5♣
Big Blind raise to ¢4 Villain and hero calls.
Flop T⋄2♠4♣
The three ...
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What's the optimum time to enter a progressive knockout tournament?
Primarily focusing on getting the most bounty-money per hour, what would be the best time to register a progressive knockout tournament? The way I see it, there are a couple options.
Registering from ...
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Is this proper GTO
A popular hand between Alec Torelli and Doug Polk at the Bike
Both solid pros and have popular YouTube channels
They both have reviews of this hand
Polk will play exploitative but he is more GTO
Alec ...
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What are some good strategies for fooling players?
One can give a false image of themselves by various ways, such as pretending to be careless or unfocussed, or otherwise appearing overly meticulous to intimidate new players. This could be using the ...
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Turn play on a wet board with top-top, flush and straight draw
Cash game (2/2€), 9-players, lots of players limp / call any raise pre-flop. Lots of hands involve 4, 5 or even 6 players after the flop. Been pretty much card dead for the last hour.
Due to the ...
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In Poker tournament, when we need to start Hand in Hand (Bubble)?
Suppose, in tournament we have Prize Payout is 10 and 20 Player left on 4 tables. Out of 20 Player, 10 go allin in 2 tables and in rest 2 table game are just to start, so in that case do we need to ...
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Why is AK vs 22 a coinflip?
Why is 22 vs AK a flip? What's the calculation behind this theory because AK has more outs than 22, as AK has 6 outs and 22 has 2 outs, is that right?
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Facing a shove after turning an OESD with JJ deep in MTT
Blinds : 100K/200K
Hero: 27.1M.
Villain: 26.5M.
7 players
Hero : J♣ J♥
Villain : A♥ A♠
Preflop
Hero opens for 800K.
Villain raises to 2.2M.
Hero re-raises to 5.0M.
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