Questions tagged [soft-question]
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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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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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Dealing cards to a player not there
So we had a player at a private tournament not attending that night although he had chips from earlier on. Thus people thought he should have cards just to fold them. Ultimately, one time he didn’t ...
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I don't understand why I lost this hand in Texas Hold'em (help please) [duplicate]
I am still new at Poker and I have been learning all the hands, but on this all in scenario I lost when I had two pairs King(hearts) 5(clubs) the other player had King(diamonds) Ace(hearts) the ...
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What are the best open source bots available for NLHE (2 player and multiplayer) [closed]
Seeing bots that play as well as Libratus and Deepstack is pretty fascinating but, aren't there any good open source implementations available?
I found a couple of reimplementations on GitHub that ...
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Having a big debate need a third opinion helllp [duplicate]
So, player one has Q 5 in his hand, and player two has 2 4 .
Now on the table there are 7 7 2 8 8 .
Somebody please tell me, who is the winner player 1 or player 2?
I say it is player one since it ...
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Explaining poker to a chess player
I am beginning to learn poker (so far, I already know the rules of the game) and wonder how can I improve my game proper.
In chess (which I play to a reasonable level), strategy can be explained ...
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Bar room free roll poker
So I work in a bar that does free roll poker, all good and well, but is there a way to weed out non buying customers from winning? Would that not fall under loitering for gambling purposes under the ...
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Play every hand or not
in a tournament where the level increases approximately every 5 minutes, do i have more chances winning by:
playing as many hands as possible, and fold after the flop if I have nothing
calling just ...
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What are the key lessons that Poker teaches that can be applied to successful speculation?
There are several well-known successful hedge fund managers who love Poker. David Einhorn, Jim Chanos are just a few examples. On a personal level, I hear of successful investors who are fond of Poker....
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New school and old school [closed]
I heard a lot of this two way of play, but I actually don't understand in which they differs. Which are the differences between old school of poker and new school?
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The Importance of Mathematics in Poker
Poker is an awesome and very difficult game. But as a probability/strategy game is a subject of mathematics. However, I found a lot a rounders, even pros, that are completely blind to the power of ...
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