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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Most common freerolling situations in holdem?
Player1 K♣T♣
Player2 K♥T♥
Board is A♣ Q♦ J♥ 4♣
This one is most common, what are the few others(most common)?
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Easy to memorize starting hand strategy
I am not too good at memorizing stuff. Is there any starting hand set of rules or chart that is easy to remember?
A little bit of context:
No Limit Hold'em
the number of players is not really a ...
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Does Holdem Manager 2 have built in hand convertor?
Does Holdem Manger 2 have built in hand convertor for posting on forums or I can only copy hand to some online covertor? Also is there some hand convertor that I can download that works with ...
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Why does 555 beat QQQ in this Doyle vs Elezra hand?
I am confused about this video:
Doyle Brunson vs Eli Elezra
Why does 555 beat QQQ? Or I am missing something?
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Inactive player problem: Where should the money be distributed in this situation?
Immagine the situation: Texas Holdem, No Limit.
5 players at the table. At some point in the betting, Player 3 makes a raise and suddenly leaves the table. So, betting may looks like this:
Player 1 (...
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Complex split pot semantics for multiple All-In winners with differing amounts
I'm writing a Poker Server piece of software and well, I want it to be accurate...
Basically I want to know what the correct way to deal with this following situation is:
[ second round of betting. ...
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Dead Button in Rush Games
Main question:
What is the position distribution logic in Texas Hold'em No Limit Rush Games?
When I say "Rush" I mean an ability instantly to change table after dealing cards, as it was in FTP.
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Online vs live tournament pace
How would the two generally compare in terms of hands per blind level etc.?
Context: I'm planning to buy into a live regional event later this year, which historically had ~125 players. I find myself ...
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Online vs Live problem
I am having somewhat of a problem, I read books, I study hands, and I do everything a growing player should do, and I can see my progress when playing poker online. I am confident and I would like to ...
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Classic Books for Texas Hold'Em
What are the classic books for learning Texas Hold'Em, off- or online? Books that every good player should, at least, know the gist of?
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Is online poker legal or not in the United States ?
I am just starting to learn Texas holdem, and I've heard that online poker is not legal, and also that it is. Which is it?
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Main differences between Limit and No Limit Hold'em
I have some No Limit experience, but this hasn't stopped me from getting fleeced at Limit games, which I started playing out of curiosity.
What are the strategic adjustments that must be made to move ...
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Spread Limit vs Pot Limit
Are there any advantages to a spread limit game over a pot limit game? The variable bet structure tend to throw several people's sense of betting seemingly to make it either a looser bet or everyone ...
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Texas Holdem poker software for LAN
Is there any free/paid multi-player (in LAN) poker software available? Please suggest a good one you know.
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What is the"Top Five Cards" rule and how does it apply to splitting pots?
Before you answer the question I will give a scenario that confused me thus prompting this question. The other week I was playing a game and we had this scenario :
8 players - down to me and a pal ...
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Set Mining: betting pre flop with 22+
When I set mine I usually raise pre flop with my pocket pair to build a large pot.
I use the 10 to 1 rule for stack size to bet ratio when calling with a small pocket pair, but when you're raising ...
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What is the definition of a "redraw"?
Very simple question...
When people talk about outs and card odds they often will something to the like of, "i have about 4 outs not counting redraws" - what defines a redraw?
If it matters, I am ...
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Handling "running it twice" situations
When players agree to "run it twice" (or more times), should any additional cards be burned before each replayed step?
Also, shouldn't the cards turned in the first run be shuffled back into the deck ...
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Is Small Ball Poker In Cash Games A Good Strategy?
I have read Daniel Negreanu's book on small ball poker strategy in tournament play.
Essentially, small ball poker involves playing a wider range of
starting hands more aggressively, but only ...
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What are the most important elements of poker to model in a Monte Carlo simulation?
A few years back, I built a MC simulation with the following parameters:
Betting wasn't simulated
Fixed number of players
Cards were dealt, and then flop/turn/river
The best hand was recorded
After ...
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What tournament size is best to play if completely new to on-line playing Texas hold-em?
Should I be playing large tournaments ie 600 players for a very small buy-in to get more practice or small tables of 6 - 9 player for a slightly larger buy-in?
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What are the odds of getting the same four-of-a-kind twice in a row?
Several years ago, I was playing Limit Hold'Em at the Palms. I had pocket sixes, and ended up turning those into quads. Then, the very next hand -- from a different, auto-shuffled deck -- I got pocket ...
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Is using a "straddle" a valid strategy or is it just for fun?
I am wondering if posting a straddle makes the game more fun, if it's a pure gamble or if it actually has any hidden strategic value (well, of course the straddeler gains a better position pre-flop by ...
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What is the purpose of a continuation bet, and when is it best applied in Hold'em?
Please clarify what a continuation bet is in poker, what its purpose is. And if possible, when is it most useful within Texas Holdem?
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Call river all-in after missing flush-draw but hitting AK?
The villain just sat down a few hands prior to this, so neither of us should have had any reads on the other.
$1/2 NL (10 handed)
SB Villain (~$190)
BB Hero (~$300)
Normalish stack sizes for non-...
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Correct (preferred) blinding in NLTE tourneys when blinds or the button bust out
What is the correct process in moving the blinds when either the next dealer and/or the next blinds get busted out of the tourney? A good description of how dead blinds work would be greatly ...
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Looking for the BB/M math to build good NLHE Tourney Blind Structures
I'm running a home game and I want to better design NLHE Tourney Blind Structures.
So far the auto generators I've found either bias slow build up or long tourney times.
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In deep stacked NLHE cash games, in what way do the implied odds of my starting hands change vs shallow stacked games? And why?
(Note: I consider ~175+bb stacks to be deep, and 50bb or less shallow)
How should the depth of effective stacks change my...
Starting hand range? (Tighter/Looser)
Style of play? (more Aggression/...
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When should I use a polarized vs. a merged range?
In what situations would I want to use a polarized vs. a merged range? Are there situations where it is best to have a purely high or low value range?
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Over the long term, how often will AA lose a hand? [closed]
On average, how often would a pair of aces win a hand?
I dealt at a fairly large hold-em tournament last weekend, and 4 of 5 times AA was shown the hand lost. The one time it won it was because a ...
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Preflop range for representing the nuts on every board?
What is the minimum preflop range I have to play to have on every 5 Card board the nuts in my range?
E.g. On a: A♠4♠5♠K♣Q♠ Board I would need 2♠3♠
But ...
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Minimum re-raise in Hold em
What is the minimum re-raise in Texas hold em? I have heard both that you need to double the previous bet and that the minimum raise is the big blind. Which is it?
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How do you sniff out a set NLHE?
This question may well be subjective and may well be closed for it but it's a question i've been dying to ask since this site was proposed:
What are some signs that you're up against a set.
Let me ...
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Do I call a turn all-in with KK with against a possible flush?
I don't recall all the details about this hand, but here's what I do know.
Some folds and possibly some limps; I forget exactly.
$1/$2 NL
Villain (Has hero easily covered) in Seat 1
Hero (~$450) ...
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Smallest Stack Size for playing 3bet/fold
Assume hero is playing a ring game with short stack. What is the smallest Stack Size you can 3bet a 3bb open raise without being committed. And what is the 3bet size to choose?
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How to Calculate Hand Odds in Texas Hold'em [closed]
What resources are available for mastering how to calculate current-hand odds in Texas Hold'em? ...books, websites, computer or phone apps are all helpful.
Note: On the iPhone I have found the ...
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Balanced Continuation Bet range
Assume a 100bb NL game 6max game. Hero is on the Button on Open raises 3BB with a 55% range
The BB calls (25% range). On a Board Axx a lot of players cbet a large portion of their range (60% - 90%) ...
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In Texas holdem, how should my betting change as my stack of chips changes?
In tournament style Texas hold-em, how should the amount of chips I have left affect my play? Should I become more conservative as my stack declines and more risky as my stack grows? Does my ...
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Should I call this river overbet with an overpair?
1/3 at Rivers Casino, Pittsburgh Pa. Villain is a Hines Ward lookalike - he started out playing as a seemingly competent LAG, playing lots of hands fairly aggressively, putting opponents in tough ...
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How do you bet pre-flop when there's no action, you're on the button, and you have pocket rockets?
In a no limit cash game, if I'm sitting on the button pre-flop with pocket aces and no one has bet ahead of me, I usually don't want to limp because I don't want to offer free opportunities to draw to ...
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How wide should my 3-bet range pre-flop be in low-stakes NL live play?
When playing $1-$2 NL live, many players do not 3-bet very frequently pre-flop. Although important in theory, I rarely do so with less than QQ. Is this likely to be exploited at this level, or is it ...
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Texas Hold'em Rules [closed]
This is my favorite poker game. I never found a list of all the rules of playing.
For example I play with my friends every weekend and in some cases we argue, if we where supposed to split or one to ...
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What are the odds I will hit my flush? [duplicate]
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What can I do to calculate my odds in a hand?
If I have 2 cards of the same suit in the hole, and 2 board cards with those suits on the flop, what are the chances that I will ...
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