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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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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Have a question about texas holdm questions [closed]
if the table has Q9922 and there are three players playing.
P1= 10 6
p2= 10 8
p3= 6 5
who takes the pot..
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Texas Hold'Em Fullhouse Battle [duplicate]
Which one wins?
I had 77 in my hand.
He had J8 in his hand.
Community Cards on table:
8 8 7 2 2
So who wins here?
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Heads-up river, first to show mucks. Does second player have to show to win pot?
Situation in NLHE tournament: One player was betting on heads up river and got called. He mucked his hand and said "The pot is yours." Does the second player have to show his hand to claim the pot?
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What's the chance of a better hand behind me?
in a very casual round of poker, I'm trying to teach the others a few fundamentals about poker. I often try to back things up with some numbers, but some are too hard for me to get.
On the issue of ...
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Shuffle in middle of hand
An unusual situation arose recently playing a home game of NL texas holdem. Three people went all in after the flop. The dealer by mistake did a small hand shuffle before burning and turning. What ...
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Unexpected aggression and a premium hand
I was recently in a ten-handed 1/2 NLHE cash game. The table had a decent mix of tight and loose players, but nobody completely crazy. Generally, pre-flop raise to 25 was enough to limit the field to ...
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KQo on wet board
i want some opinions on a hand i played on Pokerstars 6-max cash game $0.01 / $0.02.
I am in cutoff and open-raise to 3bb with K♠Q♥ and get called by SB, a very loose player. I was only ...
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Player with 3 cards in Texas Hold'em. Now what?
We had a situation pre-flop where the UTG+3, when at his position to act, as he went to look to his cards, there were 3 cards total.
At this point, the UTG had already raised, and the UTG+1 went all ...
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How much must Hero bet for Villain to fold?
Game is $1/$3 NL
Hero (~315) - Been playing TAG; up $115. Played villain in one earlier hand; villain folded on river (I filled a straight, which he may have discerned).
Villain (~140) - Seems like ...
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Should I go see the flop more often if I'm chip leader
I make my way to chip leader by playing strategically my hands and folding so-so hands.
Now that I'm the chip leader, should I revise my strategy and go see more flops? Will it be advantageous to see ...
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How long should I wait for a decent hand
Poker beginner here.
I play a lot of online poker and I was looking for ways to improve my game. The thing that came the most often in guides like The most common beginner mistakes or Poker Tips is ...
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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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Is my pair better than my opponent's pair?
I have a pair of eights in my hand and my opponent has a Jack and a Queen in her hand. If a Jack turned up on the flop, does my pair of eights still win ?
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Hillbilly texan
2 players in the hand. Does a player have to show, expose his/her hand if, at the completion of the river and final betting the calling player makes the mistake of exposing their hand first. The ...
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How to identify low sets against top pair top kicker? (Online Poker)
When I get busted it is because I did not identify that my opponent held a set and I thought my top pair with top kicker is best.
I often run in situations where I held something like A♠K&...
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Hand discussion: QJc vs A8o on A84 T K
I think that I played this hand (link to replay) quite well and my opponent did a mistake because he didn't protect his two pairs.
If he would did a good raise or reraise on flop or turn, I would ...
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What is an open limp?
What is the difference between limping and an open limp?
I know that when you just pay the bigblind on preflop it's called limping. But what is an open limp?
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What is the min-raise and min-reraise in Holdem No Limit?
When I play with friends live poker we always ask ourself what are the min-raise and min-reraise rules in Holdem No Limit?
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When is the true end of round (pre-flop, flop, turn, or river)?
What I would like to know is, on hold'em, lets say, 4 players:
P1. Check on 100
P2. Call on 100
P3. Rise 200
P4. Fold
My question is, after P4 folds, do P1 and P2 need to "Call/Rise/Fold" to match ...
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Poker program that tells you the best-known multistrategy in limit hold'em
Following up on an article I read in the NY Times I've learned that the best limit hold'em bots are better than the best humans. My understanding is that for each game state they reach these bots must ...
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Do I have to show my hand in an "All-In" situation?
This question is concerning Texas Hold'Em rules.
If my opponent goes "All-In" and I call with more chips than he does, do I immediately show my cards?
During a recent game, my opponent called "All-...
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Hold'em hand history with hero
I'm looking for a significant number of hold'em hands with hero as I'm doing some specific statistical analyses and having hole cards only when they are shown at showdown creates some significant bias ...
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What Is The Rationale Behind A Check-Raise?
A "check raise" consists of a check (in early position) followed by a raise after a later position player bets.
In my opinion, check-raising seems to be viewed in rather a pejorative way.
I ...
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Bet sizes in Limit Texas Hold'em in cases of a players all-in [duplicate]
I wonder what the valid bet sizes are in Limit Texas Hold'em in case of a players all-in.
Consider the following example:
5/10 Limit Texas Hold'em game.
Three players A, B and C. On the flop Player A ...
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Bank Roll Management @ Multiple Tables
I'm curious, how do the basic rules of bankroll management apply to multi-table play?
For example, I'm about to join a new poker site where I will be play 5cent/10cent NLH. Because I know the players ...
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Texas hold'em: Why did I lose this hand?
I was playing Texas hold'em in WSoP 2008: Battle for the Bracelets. It came down to me and one other player, and I lost but I don't know why.
Her hand:
T♥J♥
My hand:
J♠J♣
Flop:
T♠Q♦K♣A♠A♦
It looks ...
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Holding pocket tens and flop in KQT suited in Texas Holdem 5 handed cash game
I played this hand that I thought was interesting, and wanted opinions on how I could have played it better. Texas Holdem with 5 players, sit-and-go cash game. Blinds are 2/4 and everyone has chip ...
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Are non-standard verbal declarations such as "same bet" or "I put you all-in" binding?
Obviously verbal declarations using standard language (e.g. "I bet $20") is binding in most casinos. However, sometimes players get a little "cute" with their choice of language. For instance, when ...
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Which hand wins: 23 vs. 9J on a AAKKQ board? [duplicate]
Ignoring any flush possibility, who would win?
Board: AAKKQ
Player 1: 23
Player 2: 9J
I think both players split the pot in half because they both have two pairs and Q as kicker, but people keep ...
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What are best books, programes and sites to improve Texas Hold'em (Limit and No Limit) skills? [closed]
What are best computer programes and web sites one should use to upgrade Texas Hold'em (Limit and No Limit) skills? There are thousands of books, hundreds of web pages a many programes to teach poker. ...
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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 does the strategy for Omaha and Hold Em vary pre-flop? [closed]
Is it as simple as picking two cards out of the four that would make a decent Hold Em starting hand or is the playable range completely different?
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What are the overall odds of winning a heads up, texas hold em hand?
I was wondering if anyone has the odds of a heads up hold em hand. I've done some searching and haven't exactly found the answer. I did try adding up the odds of winning for all 169 possible ...
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How to deal with overcards in the flop
OK, so you've been dealt QQ and you're feeling pretty good about things and throw out a few BBs. Everyone folds but the villain.
The flop comes and it contains a rocket.
Whatever happens next, I ...
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Why offer guaranteed prize pools?
Almost all of the tournaments I choose to play have a guaranteed prize pool but often, the number of buy-ins exceeds the guarantee and then it becomes a standard prize pool equal to the number of buy-...
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How can I use a player's decision to check blindly on the flop as a tell?
I was recently at a table with a player who often yelled "check blind!" before the flop was dealt when
he was to be first to act after the flop, and
he had called a pre-flop raiser.
I'm guessing ...
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What if a home game player is physically unable to deal? Skip or substitute?
A friend has hand tremors that make him unable to deal the cards. Otherwise he's fully able to play. How best to include him in a home game?
It seems the two options are to skip his deal or have ...
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What are the odds of being dealt exactly the same 2 hole cards in consecutive hands?
I mean exactly the same two cards e.g. A♥ and 5♠, not just any A5 off suit.
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The more advice I read - the worse I play. What am I doing wrong?
I have been playing online Texas Holdem for years. At first I was getting better all the time. Not good enough to make a living or anything but steadily accumulating money on the low stakes "penny" ...
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What I did was right?
I'm a newbie in Poker and so I would like you to judge the rightness of my actions on the following hand:
Yesterday I was playing NL Hold'em and my cards were a premium hand, K♣ K♦. We were playing 9-...
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Why did I lose this hand?
I was playing hold 'em and there was a show down.
The board was:
K:diamonds: 2:diamonds: J:diamonds: 8:diamonds: 6:diamonds:
My opponent had:
9:diamonds: T:diamonds:
and I had:
7:spades: J:clubs:...
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Have people been playing "40% strategies" in tournaments in the current century?
A so-called "40% strategy" is one that is theoretically unsound "heads up" because it is less than even money, but that can work very well if it hits. An example is going "all in" heads up, on the ...
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Determining the proper play on the turn
This hand came up in a local WPT event (not the main event for the series) that had a $340 buyin. Everyone started the tournament with $15K in chips and the structure was good with 40 minute blinds. ...
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Best Poker sites on net [duplicate]
I just want to ask which is the best online poker there is on the net.
I am currently on Zynga Poker on facebook.Can u please suggest any good poker sites for free
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1/2 NL: Call this villain's all-in with top pair, ace kicker?
Game is $1/$2 NL Hold'em at the Venetian
Hero (~$200) - Been playing TAG for the first couple hours and went up about $100. Then switched to loose play since I've been wanting to improve that skill ...
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Short stack play - best way to deal with it?
Short stack play - the extreme measures/adaptive game-plan a
short-stacked player will undertake to stay in the game.
The characteristics of this effect/game-plan tends to include higher levels of ...
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Should you use average value or marginal value when deciding which hands to play?
This example comes from Sklansky: Suppose you are in a very loose wild limit game, where seven players (other than yourself) call for the maximum four bets on every hand. Sklansky then asserts that ...
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Who has the higher hand: 44 vs. A2 on a JJKK2 board?
I played with my friends yesterday and run into the following situation:
player 1: 4 4
player 2: A 2
table: J J K K 2
Both players have two pairs: J J K K.
However, player 1 have one pair in hand....
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Short stack strategy
In Bodgan's answer to Is it advantageous to buy into a NL cash game at the maximum amount? I read:
There is even a known, mechanical strategy, called short stack strategy, designed to play if you ...
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