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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Who wins in this flush vs. flush hand?
player 1 has 5⋄ 3⋄
player 2 has 6⋄ 8⋄
Cards on table: 2⋄ J⋄ 9⋄ T♥ A♥
Who wins and why?
What would be the outcome if ...
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did we tie with a straight in texas hold'em? Or did I win?
A few co-workers and I were playing Texas Hold'em before work. On the table. There was the ten, jack, king and ace. I had a queen and another king. Another guy also had a queen, but a seven. I said ...
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How to deal with a table that always calls?
In my no-limit Texas hold'em home games, players are allotted approximately $2500 worth of chips. The starting blinds are $5/$10, and are increased everytime the button has moved around the whole ...
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Do all players have to show their hand if they check on the river?
I've noticed in a few Poker apps that they show all the cards on a final checked or called round.
What is the law regarding mucking cards in this situation? This answer suggests everyone must show, ...
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Odds Calculation Texas Hold'em
I have created an odds calculator and now I want to check if the calculator gives me the correct results. In my program I use Monte Carlo to calculate the odds. The results from the calculator should ...
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Chipping Up while playing Texas Hold Em
Friends and I play Texas Hold Em once a week. We use various denominations of chips. 10,25,50 and a Dollar. Last week while Chipping Up I gave my Dealer 80 cents in chips. I was expecting a Dollar in ...
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Push/Fold situation
I'm following Kill Everyone tables for push/fold situations but i have some difficulties where there's limping action before me from the big stacks.
Say, i'm in FT and the large stack with about 13.5 ...
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Specific Hand recommended action
I am fairly new to the game (about 1 month in) but have been playing a ton recently. I would love for some input on a specific hand that came down last night and any advice for how to avoid the ...
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Can somebody tell me whom wins in this poker flush?
Which of the pictured hands would win?
Thanks
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Meaning of throwing or motioning with a card protector
What does it mean when a player throws his card protector to the center of the table when the action is on him during a tournament? Can this mean more than one thing?
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Can I raise the blinds without seeing my cards?
In texas holdem
Can anyone raise the blinds without seeing the cards ? and if so does everyone have to match that blind to see cards ?
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Amount to cashout when building a bankroll
When playing 1/2NLHE. Given that a player has a proper bankroll. What is the right amount a player should be waiting to make per session before cashing out?
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Who won in this scenario? Both players have a pair
Me and a couple friends were playing poker and me and one of my friends had a pair. She had a pair in her hands and I had a pair using one of the cards from the flop. She had a Pair Of Q's, I had a ...
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Is the play dead if the player throws his cards face up before calling?
I went all in with one other player still to act. He threw his cards on the table face up got my reaction then said I call. Is this legal or is his hand folded?
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Bluff psychology
The usual advice given when you think you have the best hand, is to value bet both the turn and the river. The reasoning behind this is that you want your opponent to call.
Now, on a bluff, you ...
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Flush draw against very aggressive player
Don't have position. I'm the BB
Got dealt: 5♥ 9♥
Aggressive player raises to $3 (as expected, he raises everything to $3 and plays just about every hand, with few getting to showdown).
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Set vs completed draw on the river - NL2
2$NL 9-max
Hero stack: $1.87
Villian stack: $1.94
Villian is 21/0 over 41 hands
Preflop
Hero is dealt 8:spades:8:clubs:
Villian calls $0.02 from hijack
Hero raises to $0.08 from button
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Can I use the board's cards to have the best kicker?
I have 9,6.
He has 9,7.
The board is 4,4,10,9,3; suits don't matter for this hand.
Is this a split pot using two pair, 4s and 9s with the 10 on the board as the best kicker for both of us? Or does he ...
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Two Pair - what beats what [duplicate]
In two pair - would a Queen Seven two pair, beat a queen three, two pair on the board.
Is it both cards that count or, or just the highest card?
I suppose the lowest card would not count in a two ...
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Kicker cards - and splitting pots
I don't understand that when sometimes I play, instead of a pot being split as I would anticipate, one one player gets the full pot.
Even if the best hand seems to be in the middle - i.e - a pair.
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How to play when you hit a straight
I was playing following hand recently:
iPoker - €0.04 NL - Holdem - 4 players
BTN: 78 BB (VPIP: 63.33, PFR: 6.67, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 30)
SB: 42.25 BB (VPIP: 33.33, PFR: 9.09, 3Bet Preflop: 0....
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Is playing safer poker, safer? [closed]
I'm amazed at the consistency that playing safer poker backfires.
Is playing a low initial bet and waiting to see the 3 cards unfold before judging what to do, rather than playing a more aggressive ...
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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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Why do some Texas Hold Em ring tables have an ante
I can understand what antes bring to a tourney, but why would you have them in regular cash games?
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looking to see what card would have come
Whilst playing texas holdem, two players are left in a hand - one as the dealer, on the turn the other player bets, and the dealer folds meaning the other player has won the hand - but the dealer out ...
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Distinct head-to-head match ups in holdem
So I'm not very good at math,
but I'm trying to improve.
I'm trying to understand this calculation that I read in Wikipedia,
But I find it to be confusing, I would appreciate a clarification.
I ...
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Question of declaration in Texas Hold em
If a player whom is considering a call says, "I want to call..." ambiguously as he is deliberating, is this considered a binding declaration in Hold em?
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Missing the blinds in heads up play
Depending on the blinds positioning system, i've seen situations when a player can miss either the small or the big blind alone or both. Pokerstars (and not only), due to it's forward button system, ...
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Split Pot question?
The shared cards on the table are 7,9,10,J,Q of Random suits with no flush possibility. One player has 8,8 and the other has 8,9. Is this a split pot since they both have a straight of 8-Q? Or does ...
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Flopping a Set with pocket Sevens, was it played correctly?
I was new to the table and I bought in for $200.
It was literally the 5th hand:
1). Preflop:
I limp in the blinds with pocket 7's (6 callers )
2). Flop:
Board comes K 7 4 rainbow
UTG checks
I ...
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What kind of results are people getting with short stack strategies in no limit holdem?
starting a small poker school and using ed miller's short stack strategy.
can anyone share their online experience with this or similar short stack strategies?
mine for the last few weeks are below.
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how to get nice reports easily from poker tracker 4?
my students and i are using pt4 at a couple of online casinos.
we would like to have reports that we can easily convert to html so we can all see how we are doing.
but the only way to get reports ...
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Is this a bug on PokerStars?
Pokerstars uses the forward moving button rule in cash games.
I have recorded a video to try to show the exact situation when it happens. The first table shows myself leaving the game in the big ...
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Going from two to three players and back again. Texas holdem ring game
In a heads up game, the dealer is also the small blind. Because of this, when the game goes from three to two players or from two to three players, separate rules apply in order to accommodate for the ...
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Poker Ready Reckoner
This is a table with Card 1 along the top and Card 2 top to bottom on the left. When you are dealt a particular hand, you can make notes in the appropriate box. Does anyone do this?
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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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Joining and rejoining a texas holdem poker game that is already in progress
As i am coding a poker game at the moment, i am facing with the problem of a new player joining or rejoining a hand already in progress. That being said i have drawn an image to better illustrate what ...
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Probability of flopping the unbreakable nuts
So I've been trying to figure out the probability of flopping the unbreakable nuts. And I'm a little confused on how exactly it will work out. Essentially, I think that having some sort of straight ...
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Are there any forms of poker where some of your personal cards are displayed from the start of the hand?
I'm thinking something like Texas Holdem or Omaha where one hole card would be displayed at all times.
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What are the rules for when you're dealt in to an online poker game
While you are free to leave a table whenever you wish to avoid the BB, there seem to be rules in place that govern when you're first dealt in. What are these rules - and do they vary from site to site?...
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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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Choice of hands, would you choose 8/9 or 7/J
The title says it all really. Both are either suited or not, so it's a fair call. The slight bias with the Jack (you were expecting 7/10 hey?) is intentional.
If the range was shifted up/down, would ...
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Minimum raise after flop
Game: Texas Holdem No Limit, blinds 5/10.
What is the minimum raise allowed after the flop in the following cases?
Case 1: player A first to act goes all in with 1 chip.
Case 2: player A first to ...
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Help with a tournament hand - KK in SB
If you are a tournament specialist, I would appreciate your input on this hand.
Daily tournament at a large Las Vegas casino, 24 people total, 8 of us left, 3 get paid
Buyin for the tournament was $...
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What is the right way to list tourney structure for a level?
Let's say I want to write an email to a friend (or post a question here!) and I want to write the structure for a THE tourney level. The small blind is 200, the big blind is 400 and the ante is 75.
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How to play the flop when two aces appear?
The game was Texas Holdem NLHE 1$/2$ 6 player game.
I was in the big blind. Two players limped in, one of them was a new player.. I got Q♠Q♥ and made a standard 3BB raise. both players ...
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Good Poker AUDIO Books
I am looking to do more walking in order to increase my cardio. I usually listen to books on Audible (MP3) when I walk. By nature, most poker books involve charts and graphics (and that's OK). So I'm ...
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Does the % of winning when someone goes all-in count cards in hands which have been folded?
In poker, when someone goes all-in, and another player calls, they both reveal their cards, and on TV or internet poker websites, they show the percentage each player has of winning.
For example:
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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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Mucked hand. who wins?
I was playing heads up in a Texas holdem game and I mucked my hand. and the other player didn't realize and mucked also. Who gets the pot?
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