Questions tagged [poker-theory]
Poker theory is generally based on mathematical principals to define the theory.
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How to mathematically calculate equity
I am wondering how to mathematically calculate equities in equity based poker variants( holdem, omaha, Stud ect).
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Looking for mathematical paradoxes in Poker
I have been working on mathematical paradoxes.
I am looking for paradoxical situations in Poker for a deep study. I found things, like Morton's Theorem, Implicit Collusion or "all in" strategy, could ...
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Fundamental Theorem of Poker vs Morton's Theorem
According to the Fundamental Theorem of Poker, our expectation is increased every time the opponents make a wrong decision.
On the other hand, Morton's Theorem states that a player's expectation may ...
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Flush in Texas holdem
How is it decided in Texas holdem which flush is higher, if the five highest cards in the flush are community cards and then each of the players has another card of the same suit, but lower than all ...
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Full House vs. 2xThree of a Kind Texas Holdem
I have the following constellation: Player 1 has a full house, and player 2 has 2 three of a kind. I'm aware that because of the five card rule, player 2 also has a full house. But the question is, ...
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"Waiting for a better spot" in tournaments
When watching instruction videos or reading online discussions, you often read about the concept of "waiting for a better spot". The player often mentions that they have an "edge over the field" and ...
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NL Hold Em coming into the blind
In a cash game. The button is on seat 10, seat 1 is the small blind and seat 2 is the big blind. Both seat 2 and seat 3 bust out and are not rebuying into the game. Only 1 player is coming to sit ...
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Video poker RTP
This site shows that using a 'simple' strategy or an 'optimal' strategy in Jacks Or Better fullpay video poker results in 99% return-to-player (RTP). RTP is defined as the fraction of money won to ...
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How many ways to shuffle a standard deck of 52 cards?
Most likely you've had a situation, where you look down at your pocket cards, and they're exactly the same as the hand before. If they're junk, you suspect that the dealer is being lazy and didn't ...
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Ideal bet size based on EV
I'm trying to determine what the ideal bet size is on strong hands. I do understand the concept of EV. So I can calculate what the maximum bet size is with a positive EV. However, that would be too ...
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What are practical differences between 8-max and 9-max tournaments?
Most online poker sites offer specialized tournaments with 8 players vs 9 players on a table, and some people have been advocating 8-max for live games as well.
For 6 max, the difference is pretty ...
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What is the best approach to playing against an aggressive player?
I often play against colleagues and friends in home games, but some of them are very agressive and seem to be constantly trying to steal the pot and scare other players off.
Are there any rules that ...
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Poker Tournament Application - Chip Logic
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In a poker tournament, what is the formula used to define how many of each chip does a person receive?
I'm currently trying to do my research to make my game as accurate as possible. If I ...
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How to decide winner between equal double pairs in Texas holdem? [duplicate]
I have played the free Texas Holdem in one online poker app.
I do not understand why the winner is approximated apparently randomly when two players both have pairs of exact magnitude, for instance
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How to Play Poker on many tables at the same time?
I am searching some web applications which makes it possible to play simultaneously Poker Texas Holdem, for instance in 9 tables.
Which online sites or applications are good for playing poker ...
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Is it good/practical to calculate EV, odds, etc. during games, or only when reviewing them afterwards?
Do good players actually do mental calculations of EV, odds, etc. of their hands during games, or is this kind of thing mostly just done when reviewing games after play has finished?
The reason I'm ...
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Out, how do you calculate them? [duplicate]
What are outs and how do I calculate them?
I have heard this term tossed around by the big boys but I don't full under stand it. Is this the right place to ask? Anyway it would be nice to get a ...
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Are online poker sites rigged? [closed]
This guy tries to prove they are not http://www.thepokerbank.com/articles/online/rigged/
but in the comments everybody says the opposite
So are they rigged or not?
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Why would a player ask how many chips another player has during a hand?
Have seen this multiple times, in both cash games and tournaments. Just wondering when is this an important factor? How does it affect strategy?
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Probability Of Getting A Straight Flush Or Royal Flush When Holding QJs
Given that you are dealt the J♥ and Q♥, what is the probability that you will eventually make a straight flush or royal flush?
Having these cards in your hand means that:
1). the only ...
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At least one ace
It's Texas Hold'Em with 6 players. What's the probability that at least 1 player is dealt an ace? What is the distribution model for 0..4 aces?
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High Card only count
How many 5 card poker hands only have a high card, i.e no pair, straight, flush, e.t.c? A breakdown of high cards would also be appreciated.
I do know what is special about 23457 off-suited - any ...
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Defending a made hand, is it good to make a high bet?
Cash table with 7 opponents.
In early position Q♥6♥ and I opened for 3BB pre-flop. Three opponents called.
The flop was 7♠Q⋄8♣ giving me top pair. I opened for ...
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Preflop action when you hold good pocket pair or draw
Consider you have a made hand like a pocket pair, or a good preflop draw like two suited cards, would it be good to play aggressive, even go all-in, if you have i) a low stack, ii) a medium stack, or ...
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Who has advantage if one player is known to have an Ace?
Suppose that in a Texas hold'em heads up both player 1 and 2 know from the beginning that player 1 has an Ace.
(This cannot happen in a normal game, of course.)
Who has an advantage, player 1, since ...
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What do you study for poker? What do you focus on?
As the title says I would like to know what do you most focus when studying poker. Math? Human behavior? MTT strategy? Poker theory? Analyse session errors? Cash games strategy? Videos of live/online ...
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What would happen in a professional tournament if a player was obviously taking performance enhancing drugs?
Recently I stumbled across the field of nootropics.
I don't know anywhere near enough to say whether they really work, and I'm not willing to try any of the unregulated drugs unless a regulatory ...
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What is the nature of Omaha starting hands?
When I first started to play Omaha coming from a Hold em back ground it seemed to me that the nature of a four card hand was different then the nature of two a card hand. It seemed that at a very ...
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Do you have any "in-hand" thinking procedures?
i'm kinda new to poker and i have problem with making too fast decisions. Do you guys have any standard "in-hand thinking procedures"?
For example, when you're in hand, do you always think in the ...
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Best strategy you know of for winning at texas hold'em [closed]
I host a local texas hold'em games at my house every friday. However, I always lose money while my friends are usually win some/lose some. How can I increase my odds of winning? I don't know much ...
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Studying poker math - is it worth it?
I've done some studying, learned about ranges for stealing, raising, calling, positional play etc. but I get bored with all that theory. I don't really care about my odds and outs and I probably make ...
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In what situations will you lose the low-pot in Omaha Hi/Lo while holding Ace-Deuce?
In Omaha hi low, will holding an Ace and a Deuce card automatically give you the "nut low" hand in the event of a qualifying low hand?
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Pot odds for chasing a flush against unknown opponent
Consider 2 scenarios, in which a flop has given you an approx. 33% chance of making an Ace high flush by the river. The pot size is currently 600 and there is 1 player remaining. It costs 200 to ...
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What kind of plays could I make to convince my opponents that I have a polarised hand range?
In other words:
What actions could I use to make it harder for my opponents to figure out what I'm calling, raising or folding with?
Aside from chucking a curve ball at them, i.e. an oddly timed/...
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Calculating the Probability of Reaching a Certain Amount of BB vs Hero
I'm looking for help to build a statistic in excel or just mathematically. What I want to figure is the chance of another player (villain) increase his stack with X BBs when I estimate his BB/100 to ...
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When to call all-in in heads-up game? [closed]
When to call all-in in heads-up game?
if I've a A/4, and my opponent raise all-in, is a good idea call?
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I have the same amount of chips than my opponent.
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Question on Strategy Calculation (from Bill Chen's Book Math of Poker)
I have a question regarding an example from the book Mathematics of Poker by Chen and Ankenman. There on p. 48 he gives
Example 4.1
Two players play headsup limit poker on the river. Player A has ...
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Can the optimal strategy for low stakes holdem be considered simpler as a general rule?
It appears that some of the subtleties of the game of poker are actually counterproductive against weak players. For example, raising is better than calling in many situations because it provides you ...
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Simplified poker games
Is there a list of simplified poker games - preferably ones for which there is either a complete solution (ie the optimal strategy for all players is known) or at least some extensive analysis, either ...
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Can you call when the pot odds don't favour you?
Say you're drawing to a made hand in a $10-$20 limit hold'em game and you have N outs.
On the turn, one line of thought is that you should only call if the pot odds are in your favour, i.e. if there ...
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When do you need to think more than 1 decision ahead in limit hold'em?
Say you're in a $10-$20 limit hold'em game holding A♥8♥ against a flop of K♥3♥6♣ so you have a nuts flush draw against an opponent who bet pre-flop, and has just bet ...
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How to use (or not use) Chen formula valuation in different scenarios?
Let's say that using Chen's formula and a bit of practice one calculates the score of his hand preflop very quickly when playing. The problem is that I'm sure you shouldn't act in the same way in ...
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Final Table of Tournament - Hand History Example
I was recently at the final table of a 40 person freeze out tourny and wonder if I played the following right.
Background: When this hand came up I was 3rd in chips out of 8 players on a final table. ...
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Some Mathematical Poker Questions (Discrete Math)
Mathematically speaking, I have two questions:
How many ways can a 5-card draw-poker hand be dealt?
How many 5-card draw-poker hands exist?
Thanks!
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What data should you keep track of to improve your game?
If you wanted to improve your poker game, what statistics should you track? Do players that keep a track of how much they have won/lost and where do better than players who don't?
I play online (for ...
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Texas Hold 'Em possibilities
Suppose you have been dealt “4♡, 5♡”.
Suppose you have one opponent. What is the conditional probability that you will win, given
these two cards in hand, and that the board is “3♢, 4♢, 4♣, 4♠, 5♢”?
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How to Decide Whether to Buy the Add On or Not in Rebuys
Sometimes rebuy tournaments go very well at the beginning and I accumulate a lot of chips, when I've already got lots of chips it seems silly to pay more money for the add on - usually costing the ...
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Simplest Way to Explain EV to Beginners
I've recently been teaching a few of my friends to play poker, and I've explained various facets of poker play to them, now I want to explain Expected Value.
It's not a simple concept and I don't ...
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What different types of poker game are there? [closed]
How many different types of poker game are out there? I know of Texas Hold'em and a few others which names escape me... what are the rules to these other poker games? because as much as I enjoy Texas ...
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