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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If you could design your own poker tools what would they look like?
I've been working on my game more & more an enjoying the process. I'm also a software engineer by trade and got to thinking: if you could design your own poker training tools, what would they look ...
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Probability of flopping straight flush
Assume you're given 2 cards of the same suit, and the next three cards (flop) are also the same suit as your hole cards. What is the probability of that happening?
So I figured out that 2 cards have ...
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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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Odds of predicting the flop (twice!!)
At a weekly pub tournament game, final table, TD is dealing for the table.
Hand 1, he calls out (predicts) the flop cards, values only, not suits.
eg: 9, Queen, 3
He then turns over the flop cards, ...
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Best way to put your poker learning into a cohesive plan?
I am a tourney player exclusively and I want to improve my poker significantly in 2015. I'm also a person that likes to put a plan/goals into place in order to measure myself against that progress.
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Should I slow play a set?
$1-2NL, I am in UTG + 1.
UTG raises to $7.
I have 2-2 and call the $7 (questionable call considering I am down to about $150...should I raise? fold?)
Couple other callers.
Flop comes Q-8-2...two ...
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MTT - flush draw vs loose big'o'stack
So i am in the money on a 0.10$+0.01$ MTT with M=5 and playing tightly waiting for a decent hand to shove. I'm UTG in this hand. I had a recent, won shove and decided to just call A⋄T⋄ ...
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Am I obligated to show my cards if I get called and we go to showdown?
There are two players left after the river card has been delt. Player 1 bets and player 2 calls. Does player 1 HAVE to show his cards, since it's HIS turn and he got CALLED, or is he allowed to muck ...
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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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Pocket Tens vs Pocket Jacks
hi so I was playing a 1/2 NLH 9 players and I had pocket 10's last one to act ! (I had about 190 or less and he had close 800 and was running good all game)
UTG +2 raised to 15 and it was folded ...
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What happens if the last two live players fold at the same time?
In a no-limit hold em cash game, only two players remain live in the hand. Who claims the pot if both of these players muck their cards simultaneously?
There are no verbal declarations - both players ...
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What should a new player memorize?
As a new poker player, what information should I memorize? Odds for making common hands? Odds for a given number of outs? Other information?
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Should I have bet this river? - KK vs potential flush
Playing 2NL. Hero has only seen villain in one hand where he called some large bets with top pair mid kicker and got lucky on the river. Villain has 9$ and hero has $1.90.
Preflop
Hero is on button
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ZOOM FR NL2 - AA on wet board
This is a hand i played on ZOOM full-ring $0.01 - $0.02
I dealt bullets A♣A⋄ and was on MP.
I raised the pot 3.5 BB ($0.07), got a call from CO.
Flop came wet 7♠9♥8♠...
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Calculating Poker Outs
Hi this is probably going to seem like a dumb question but I don't fully understand how you calculate outs and feel I must be missing something.
Say I have 2⋄ 2♣ and the flop is 4&...
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Get all-in on a steal by a deep stack with avg hand
I played a play money MTT on Pokerstars and was wondering about a stealing situation. I was already In The (play) Money but had a short stack, specifically 3.53 BB with an M of 2.
My opponent was a ...
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Must you show your cards if you are playing the board?
I was curious, if you do like a monster bluff in hold em' and your hand is literally the board, someone calls you and its time to show your cards. Do you legally have to show your cards in this case, ...
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What is the correct calculation to make various combinations of Hold'em hands?
For example, if I hold two different cards, what's the probability I get a pair at river?
Here is my calculation:
(3/50 + 3/49 + 3/48 + 3/47 + 3/46)*2
Is it correct? How does one calculate the ...
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What is the maximum number of players in Texas Hold'em?
I've been told the maximum number of players at a Texas Hold'em table is 10. Why?
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Cost Effective Ideas for Promoting a Poker Wiki?
I live in Las Vegas and I am tired of relying on message boards and directories to provide current information on Las Vegas poker rooms. So I have decided to create a non-commercial venture and create ...
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Metrics on time to make decisions in live play?
Are there any metrics out there that determine the average length of time you have to make a decision in live poker?
For example, let's take a tournament scenario, the antes and the blinds are out ...
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Good holiday gifts for poker players?
I run a poker discussion group where we all get together and talk about hands and help each other out with our games. It's a relatively new group but it's getting a lot of success. I consistently get ...
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Correct way to play Three of a Kind in the flop
I had 100 chips and As4h, I only called the bet, 12, so I would see the flop. Flopped 7hAhAc. I bet 25. My opponent called. Turned 9h, I went all in. My opponent called. Turned 2h and he made a flush ...
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Do odds depend the the number of hands folded preflop?
In a game with 8 players where 6 fold, two players went all in pre flop, one had JJ and the other had KJ. I know JJ means that you are ahead before the cards are played and the probability of winning ...
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Do you HAVE to show your cards in an all-in heads up situation?
Let's say we have a heads up game, or a hand in which only two players remain.
After the... let's say turn, player one goes all-in and player two calls.
Are there any official rules about showing the ...
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I lost and i dont get why, can any one help?
Was just playing some free poker and i don't get why i lost
On the board there was a 9♣K⋄3♣4♠K♠.
My opponent had Q⋄9♠.
I had 9♥3♠
i have ...
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How to use poker odds calculators?
I know that odds calculators are a very prominent part of poker but I am a bit confused on how to use them most effectively. Are odds calculators meant to be used during the game to suggest a ...
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Can an Ace be low in a straight?
I was under the impression that, in Texas Holdem, "Aces are always high". However, I have been playing online and I noticed that aces are used in a low straight (A, 2, 3, 4, 5). Was I mistaken that "...
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Miracle Full House Beats Me
The other night I was playing in an online no-limit tournament (Bovada) and had the following experience: My pocket cards were 9K (suits don't matter here) and the flop was TJQ to give me a straight ...
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How is the pot split in this texas holdem hand?
Player 1 has pair of jacks and goes all in...$2000.
player 2 has pair of kings and goes all in...$500.
player 3 has pair of queens and goes all in...$2000.
So what does each player win?
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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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Should this hold'em pot be split?
Say I have a 10 and Q. Opponent has a 10 and K.
On the table there is 10 2 3 4 A
Is this a split pot, as we both have a pair of 10s, and then we both use the Ace?
Or does the tie-breaker always ...
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Is there a rule variation where only a single high card (not 2nd,3rd etc.) is used to resolve 2 flush hands?
We were playing Texas hold'em, but didnt clearly define which variations are acceptable in our game.
Board: K♠ 7♠ 4♠ 3♠ 4⋄
Player 1 : 2♠ J⋄
Player ...
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Split staight between players [closed]
i need some help
there were on the table staight - 8,9,10,J,Q
i had J and Q and the other player had 7 and A
is this split ?
thanks
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Preflop game in 50/50 sit'n'go
I tried to explain a friend of mine, that there happened several mistakes or bad play in this preflop situation:
6 Players left
Blinds 100/200
UTG (355) with 9♥9⋄ moves allin
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Is it correct to go all-in when you have KK?
I was playing a cash game online and I got pocket Kings. If someone else keeps raising me pre-flop, should I go all-in or should I hold back in case he has pocket Aces?
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No-Limit Holdem Partial Raise Clarification
Referencing the following from this link http://www.rgpfaq.com/no-limit.html
Now let us consider when a player has gone all in with a partial raise. Other players may not reraise on a player's all ...
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Number of hands played by a November Nine? [closed]
What is roughly the number of hands that a player has to play during the tournament to reach the final table of the WSOP main event? Let us say over the past five years.
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How to make the most of a very good hand when you've been playing conservatively?
The other day I was playing a game where I was playing relatively conservatively, waiting for a good hand. Then I got a pair of aces, and as soon as I bet just a couple of chips, everybody ...
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How do you play at a table where everybody always goes all in?
Playing online texas hold em, sometimes I sit at a table where it seems like almost every hand, everyone goes all in right from the beginning. If I don't have that kind of risk appetite, how should I ...
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What is the minimum raise after an all-in?
I am hosting a home game (NL Texas Hold'em sit N go), and would like to make sure we get all the rules right, but there is one situation that I'm having trouble with. What is the minimum raise after ...
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Four of a kind and Three of a kind at the same time. What are the odds?
I recently got 3333KKK at Texas Holdem in one round. I know that only the Quads 3 count, but I still wonder what the probability of such a "Big Full House" is. Haven't found anything about it on the ...
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how does zynga poker works
I know some rules of normal Texas Hold'em (I am a beginner of poker), but what I don't understand is the rules of zynga poker on facebook. It's absolutely normal there, that people with worse ...
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Probability of x pocket pairs at a table of n people (NLHE)?
With n people at a table, what is the probability that x of them are dealt pocket pairs? There are several easy ways to approximate this but I was wondering there was an elegant solution. Any takers?
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How long does it usually take for an online tournament to start?
I registered for my first online tournament at FullTilt about half an hour ago. The tournament has the following structure:
4$ buy-in, 4 placed paid and starting when 18 people have registered.
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Is there a situation where just calling is justified with AK on a QKA suited flop?
Suppose you raised pre-flop with the AK and have one caller, so you go heads-up to the flop. On the flop comes QKA which are all spades. This is clearly a very draw-heavy board, and your two pair AK ...
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What is the best TH Poker Strategy (Math Based)? [closed]
What is the best Texas Hold'em Poker Strategy, that has been mathematically well justified? And what's it's mathematical proof?
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Order for revealing hands with multiple side pots in play
The scenario (6 players):
Flop:
Player A is all-in ($50)
Player B is all-in ($50)
4 others call.
Turn:
Player C is all-in ($100)
Player D is all-in ($100)
River:
Player E (the button)...
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In Hold'em games, how do the blinds move if the dealer is stationary (house)?
What if the dealer is stationary, not changing its position at the end of a game?
In a normal game, as I know, the small blind is the first person from the left of the dealer and the big blind is the ...
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various small questions
no matter where I've looked I've failed to grasp the concept of position/blinds, what's advantageous of a certain seat of the blinds and dealer button are going to change every turn anyway?
Can you ...
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