Questions tagged [texas-hold-em]
Texas Hold'Em is a poker variant in which each player receives two cards (hole cards) that are dealt face down and then five community cards are dealt face-up by the dealer. All players may use their hole cards and the five community cards to make their best five-card poker high hand.
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Can anyone suggest a limit holdem training app for Android?
First time poster in this part of the world, so apologies if I've posted this in the wrong area.
In short; I used to play a lot of Poker in University over a decade ago, and then continued to play ...
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Should I always call a min raise on the river?
When someones been checking/calling all the way to the river and then min raises on it, is it worth always calling to see their hand even if I know I definitely have the worst hand possible? (...
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I gamble too much during the game when I play NLHE
Its seductive. I'm a gambling addict, but at the same time I'm also a full time professional (losing) texas holdem player trying to make this profitable for me.
During the games I'm mindful in my ...
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Poker pre-flop probability training tool
Is there a freeware, better FLOSS, online or preferably offline trainer for preflop probabilities. I imagine different play modes with entering percentages under measurement of time resulting in ...
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How to calculate win percentages during a showdown?
I've been trying to figure out how to calculate win percentages during a 2-3 hand showdown.
Up until now i know how to get to the percentages on the right side of the image (was taken from an online ...
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What happens if two players reach the showdown and one of them is out of chips?
When there are two remaining players in Texas Holden, and one of them has gone all in on the turn, what happens if the other player calls and the river is dealt? There’s one player with no chips left ...
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Paradox after an evening of hold-em with 5 to 7 players
After almost a hundred hands, I would have expected that each player's chip stack at the end of the night would be just as likely to be odd as even. Instead, almost always, zero or two players have ...
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Odds of getting four-of-a-kind three hands in a row
What are the odds of this happening?
Texas Hold 'em. 7 Players.
Someone got 4 of a kind (8's) on a hand. Pocket 8's and 2 on the board.
On the next hand, someone else got 4 of a kind, and it was ...
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How to determine 2nd/3rd positions, following a 3-way all in, and the big stack wins
I am involved in a regular, weekly home tournament league. We play two tournaments each week, 51 weeks a year, points awarded for positions in each tournament.
Our 'house rules' have devloped over ...
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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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Should I bet small or large on this flop
Action as follows:
Folds to cutoff
Cutoff raises
I re-raise with AA
Cutoff calls
Flop 9-7-8
Cutoff checks
We are 250 BB deep and I was wondering if on this flop I should bet small or large with aces,...
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Optimal strategy for known card distribution
Are there any optimal strategies in THNL if I know the distribution of opponent's cards at each turn?
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How does this 3 of a kind beat the opponents full house?
I only have a 3 of a kind, while opponent has a full house, why do I get the majority of the money?(The opponent went all in if that matters)
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Getting comfortable with GTO?
I've been studying GTO and such after years of playing without any formal training. I just at the point where I feel like I've learned enough to be dangerous, and am trying to apply my studies to ...
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Should Hero call 3-way all in with flush draw?
6-max Cash game, 100BB deep
Hero holds A♥3♥
Goes 5-way to the flop, single raised for 3BB
FLOP: 6♣8♥T♥
SB bet 10 BB
BB folds
UTG raises 20BB
HJ folds
CO (Hero) calls
SB all in for 100BB
UTG all in ...
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What is your best laydown
this question is inspired by this question: What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker? and is what are your personal best laydown stories? tell us about the best laydowns you ever made, ...
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Probability of one player making Royal Flush in a 6-person Texas Hold'em game
See also: Probability of two royal flushes' played in a row
One person making Royal Flush in Texas Hold'em with 5 community cards is 1 in 30,940. How about 6 players combined, assuming no one ...
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Why is this hand the nuts?
In the book No Limit Hold 'em: Theory and Practice, at page 62, the author gives an example of a bad bluff during the 1979 World Series of Poker Main event. The cards on the table after the river are ...
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How to calculate the probability of flopping four of a kind with no pocket pair?
My hand is any 2 cards that do not have the same rank. What is the probability of flopping a four of a kind?
The formula I used is:
(2 c 1)(3 c 3) / (50 c 3)
c = chooses
2 c 1 - We have 2 ranks in ...
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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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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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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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Two Pair Question
So me and my buddies where playing poker and they both had 2 pair one had a 9 as the fifth card and one had an 8 but there was an ace on the board which is higher than both there 8 and 9.
Is it a ...
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Theory of Poker vs Theory of Poker Applied to NL
I am a beginner poker player who just started NLHE at the small/micro stakes. I was looking online for beginner books and saw several recommendations for The Theory of Poker by David Sklansky to be a ...
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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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Who would win a choker game: a poker pro strong in chess or a Grand Master with some poker knowledges?
Choker was released recently.
I would simplify the rules (full rules bellow):
The game is head-ups only.
First a holdem hand is played. The sequence of streets is different. 2 cards are shown on flop, ...
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How are pots built with folded players
I am trying to implement how pots are built involving folded players. Any additional examples that demonstrate all the edge cases are appreciated.
For example:
A is all-in with 100
B is all-in with ...
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Odds for AAAKK Full House in Flop with 8 Players
Today we have a casual game with 8 people (including me), and in table was Full House with AAAKK.
What are the odds for this flop?
also, have you seen this in recorded games?
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Texas Hold'em blind raises
In a 1/2 NL Texas Hold'em game with a $4 straddle on the button.
The original under the gun player places a blind raise of $10 before the cards are dealt.
The small blind who has only $1 in the ...
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Looking for a software is able to simulate each situation and verify the results of Texas Hold'em
A software is able to verify increase/decrease of stacks. For example, what if I do repeatedly, 10000 times the same actions set up below.
In the case of I have AK off, an opponent did 3bet of 9BB ...
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blinds 3000/6000 one player is allin for 4000 another raises 15000 all players fold the big and small blinds how much can the all in win
the blinds are 3000/6000 one player goes all in for 4000 another player raises to 15000 all other players fold including the big and small blinds. how much can the all in player win.
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Introduction to Probability with Texas Hold’em Example #4
Suppose in a tournament with only three players left, first place receives $6,000, second place receives $3,000, and third place receives $500. You have a 32% chance of winning first place, 30% chance ...
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How does the middle pot's built between flop turn river
I want to know how the pot's built, for a poker app project. Consider an example:
100/200 blinds 3 handed Button SB BB. Cards are dealt, the middle pot is 0 with actions bb 200 and sb 100. On preflop,...
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Got beaten three times by the same 4 of a kind, then won with a straight flush. In the span of 141 hands. What are the odds?
I hope anyone can help me, the math goes way over my head. I just had the most unlikely game. At a 9 person hold'em table, I first got beaten by three separate people, all with 5555. Then I won a hand ...
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Texas Hold Em: How did I lose this hand?
The board: Kclub, 5club, 2hearts, 3diamonds, 8diamonds.
Opponent: Adiamond, Jdiamond
Mine: Qdiamond, Kheart
Thanks in advance!
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What to gain from opponent hand?
Chen in his book stated that seeing the opponent's hand (mostly during a showdown) is the best information to gain. I want to know how to apply that practically.
What I'm doing now: I have the action ...
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