Questions tagged [poker-theory]
Poker theory is generally based on mathematical principals to define the theory.
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Does the complexity of poker increase unboundedly as effective stack sizes tend to infinity?
You can assume this question to be about no limit texas hold'em, but answers about/including other variants are also interesting. I'm also not sure how to define complexity mathematically in a way ...
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Full House v. Quads
What are the odds of getting quadded when you have the highest full house on the table? I would reckon it's very rare, but I have done it once to an opponent.
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Re-raise bluffing post flop in heads-up cash game
I am struggling with Post Flop bluff raising, to a bet, playing heads-up cash game.
I am unable to decide, other than big drawing hands, when to bluff raise after flop. How should I make a strategy ...
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Pre-flop Odds of Making a Hand By The River
How do you calculate the pre-flop odds of making a hand after the river card? For example, what are the odds of making a set if you hold a pocket pair after the river card? What are the odds of making ...
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Playing with an infinite copies of a deck
Let's assume we are no longer having a deck with 52 cards, but infinite cards, where every card has a probability of 1/52 to be received. With the logic, if you have two cards, the probability for a ...
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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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Poker with a Tarot Deck
I'm trying to figure out my own variant of Poker using a Tarot Deck. I want to have 5 and 7 card versions. I figure the most practical way to use the Major Arcana is to have consecutive Majors ...
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Poker scénario preflop all in
Question: suppose 1 player all in preflop with 99 for 100$, players 2(AK) and 3(KQ)call:
-Flop is 9K6, p2 bet 200 p3 call..
-Turn 9k64, p2 bet again 500 and p3 call again.
-River 9k64A, p2 all in for ...
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What did Garrett mean when asking about Robbi's Jack's being a club?
Re Garrett Adelstein and Robbi Jade Lew, Robbi says in this part 7:07 here Robbi hero calls Garrett with jack high on hustler casino live | weirdest poker hand
If my Jack wasn't a club, I would've ...
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Would 2 pairs of aces and king beat 3 of a kind of king [duplicate]
I had in my hands a pair of aces.
The table card had 2 kings and 3 low numbers
My opponent had a king and 10 in his hand
Basically I had 2 pairs of aces and kings and he had three of a kind of kings
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Playing bottom two pair
I had played a $1-$2 nl game. I had a hand where I raised from late position. I was dealt 6♣ 7♣ and raised to $12. Only the small blind and big blind called me.
The flop came T♥ 6⋄ 7⋄ .
The small ...
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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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Why does the top guy win the hand?
Hello guys,
I have a question regarding the following poker game i played recently. I lost again the guy on the top despite both of us having a flush of clubs and me even having the higher flush ...
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In this cash game, why did they 're-deal' the river?
Re Garrett Adelstein and Robbi Jade Lew, why do they 're-deal' or whatchamacallit the river from ace of spades to 9 of diamonds? See 4:16 onwards here. I've seen things like this in, say, blackjack, ...
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What does "volatility on hand" mean and how do players use it?
Towards the end of part 1 of "Harrington on Hold'em" in the section titled "A Sample Hand," Harrington writes the following:
I thought I was one of the better players remaining at ...
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Are Poker books like "Book on Tournament Texas Hold'em" trust worthy?
I have recently began reading Dan Harrington's Book on Tournament Texas Hold'em Volume 1. Dan wrote this book, while still participating in professional poker, and won the WPT in 2005, the same year ...
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Why did i lose this hand even if it looks as i was winning?
It is still unclear why i lost this hand. Anyone more insights? I have the pair of 4
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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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Unpaired hand vs probability that the opponent has a pocket pair
My question is the following :
What is the probability of facing a pocket pair (preflop phase) with an off-suit hand?
I made some calculations considering a single adversary. I display them here.
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Please explain me the difference between stake & buy in and their correlation?
Say in a Texas Hold'em game lower stake is $1, upper stake $2, min buy in $40, max buy in $200. What these values mean & what is their correlation?
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Pl. explain me blind structure for tournament
I understand that for a tournament you need a blind structure. I found example in PokerSoup.com. Here are the inputs they have used. No of players = 20. Tournament length 4 hours. Smallest chip ...
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For a table what is average pot?
In a java based poker application, I have to find out average pot.As per front end screen looks like this metric is in percentage. When a player wins, I know the pot amount. Could it be derived from ...
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Two pairs two pairs win 🏆 [duplicate]
On the board is ( 2,2,5,3,3)
Player one has (Ace, 6)
Player two has (7,5)
Both players have a two pair who wins?
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What is flops seen percentage?
In a poker application I have to display flops seen percentage for each table. I understand flop is when 3 community cards are on the table. But what is 'flops seen'? I tried googling but could not ...
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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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Zoom/Rush poker type of player batch seating distribution : not even
Assume that you are developing player batch management for Zoom/Rush poker type of game.
Conditions:
Once a player folds, he moves to free player batch.
You have to place him in optimal place in pool ...
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Blind period suggestions
I'm currently building a Hold'em Poker game that enables people in the same room to play poker together digitally. When setting up a game players can configure how often blinds should increase (based ...
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How to calculate winning percentage in a poker game?
In some of the online poker apps they show winning percentage - which I interpret as chances of winning. How to calculate that - I understand that it is based on combinatorics. Suppose at Flop I have ...
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Does the "the theory of poker applied to no limit" cover all the contents in "The Theory of Poker" both by David Sklansky?
I haven't read the "The Theory of Poker" and am planning to start reading. Then I found the newest book "the theory of poker applied to no limit". So I am wondering which one should I start? I play ...
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Does the OTG strategy for heads-up limit Hold'em give a positive reward against a non-optimal opponent?
Consider the game of Rock-Paper-Scissors (1v1), +1 when we win, -1 when we loose. An OTG strategy is to select each sign uniformly at random. Unfortunately, this strategy will give you an expected ...
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Who wins the poker hand if there are 5A's on table?
So I was watching this song by Adam Levin where Adam had 2K's and SZA had 2A's. And the table had 5A's, I thought in this case it should be a tie and they both will split equally. But it seems from ...
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combinations from 2 hole card and 7 communal cards
If we have 5 communal cards and 2 hole cards, and its our turn to deal, Can we just select all the 5 communal cards for hand? or do we need to keep our 2 hole cards and only choose 3 communal cards ...
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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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Online Software Tournament Test Case
I am working on online poker software and there is 1 issue we faced when testing with tournaments.
Let me explain the case
There were 6 players in the hand
p1 (SB) 2820 chips
p2 (BB) 100 chips
p3 ...
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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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Tournament Ante Deduction Player All In
I am writing an online poker game software in which I want to conduct tournaments.
In tournaments sometimes players remain to "sit out" throughout the tournament. There is 1 case that's ...
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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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Rake Deduction Logic
I am writing an Online Poker Game and I was wondering about how the Rake will be deducted for each hand in a cash game.
I know there is rake percentage and rakecap concept and the rake is calculated ...
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Probability that any player will receive any similar hand of the previous hand of any player?
I want ask, how to count this case? I understand that every deal of cards is a separate event, and does not depend on the previous one.
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Two players have two pairs. Who wins? [duplicate]
On the board is ( 10,10,Ace,8,6)
Player one has (Ace, Jack)
Player two has (Ace,3)
Both players have a two pair who wins?
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Have you noticed any poker bots in your games?
I know that poker bots topic been around for as far as I can remember, but it seems that now it becomes more relevant to general players and can actually be a threat in the future, especially for cash ...
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Clairvoyant Game : Modern Poker Theory Page 74 Mistake?
I have been following the Clairoyant Toy Game for Two players up against eachother and the play is on the River. The Solutions in the book are for eliminating dominant strategies, pure stragies , and ...
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Variant on Poker with 3 card deck
Imagine a 3 card deck consisting of J, Q, K. The two players are each dealt one card at random. Small blind is $1 and big blind is $2. What is the optimal strategy for small blind position and big ...
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Poker starting pairs ranked by probability?
Where can I find the 1326 Texas Hold'em combinations of starting hands ranked by a probability of winning against a random pair? Some reliable overview by the probability would also cut it!
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How to calculate Poker hand percentages?
https://www.888poker.com/poker/poker-odds-calculator
Like on the link above, all I get when I google this is how to calculate pot odds. I am not looking for that.
If you go to the link above and add ...
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Tying the pot and EV of a poker hand
Just recently heard of the concept of Expected Value of a hand.
This guy explained it well:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jiPmaif9szQ
But there is still one case he hasn't looked at. It is a split ...
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Burning cards in poker
Why does the dealer burn cards while playing poker? I was told that it is done to prevent cheating but I still don't get it. I apologize if my question seems silly; I am a novice at poker.
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Average graph of high-ranking players' chips vs. hands played in major tournaments
(I haven't been able to find information elsewhere, so I'm asking here.)
What is the typical graph of chips vs. proportion of tournament lifetime for players who did very well in a tournament (...
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explaining the terms regarding Outs
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I was reading about calculating Odds of hitting the draw but i did not understood how they calculated the following data. Let say, if Outs is 1(which case would it be ? ), so how they ...
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What topical resources do you often use to learn more about poker?
To get information that's usually considered cutting edge, it's often good to discuss topics more candidly with experts forging new thoughts on well established theories.
Books of course mostly deal ...
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