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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Why are the odds 16 to 6 that any given player does not hold a pocket pair?
In the book Ken Warren teaches Texas Holdem, its explained that there are 1,326 possible combinations of hole cards. Then its explained that if you disregard suits, there are 169 possible two-hole ...
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Is the heads up NLH no mixing Nash equilibrium strategy known?
In real games, it seems an NLH heads up bot is now at the point of (or close to) being able to beat the best human players. http://www.cs.cmu.edu/news/cmu-ai-tough-poker-player
For heads up limit, ...
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What is representative number of hands played?
I am starting playing poker and I would like to track my results to check if I am winning, loosing or flat. This is e.g. useful to decide whether I can start playing higher stakes or if I should ...
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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 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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Why no split-pot when the communal cards are strongest?
In anticipation of a poker night tonight, I'm brushing up on my skills by playing a quick online game with a computer.
I was surprised to have won this hand:
I can see that my 9 is obviously playing ...
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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 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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What does “volatility on hand” mean and how do players use it?
Towards the end of part 1 of "Harrington on Hold'em" in the section titled "A Sample Hand," Harrington writes the following:
I thought I was one of the better players remaining at ...
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Does the order of posting the missed blinds in texas holdem matter?
I know the small blind is posted firstly and big blind secondly, but what about the missed blinds.
Say the current hand has players which missed the small and/or the big blind and they all join the ...
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Are there any good Poker hand history databases for free out there? [duplicate]
I'm doing a project on poker AI's for my senior thesis and I was wondering if anyone knows about any hand history data openly available? By hand history database I mean game logs where everything is ...
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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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Ruling on a non-standard check
Situation: Low-stakes pub game sit-and-go
On the turn:
3 players in the hand.
SB and BB are both very short stacked
Hero in cutoff is chip lead, and the turn pairs his hand.
SB: check
BB: check
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Can I showdown early
I'm the last to act. I have pocket queens. First player bets 10, second raises to 30, the fourth raises to 70. I have 160 chips in front of me. I'm willing to go all-in. I decided to believe that ...
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Pot Odds Paradox in Short Stack
Most if not all poker books/tutorials suggest that a good play is one that causes your opponent to do mistakes regardless of whether you end up winning the hand. For example, after the turn, you have ...
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Why is this a poor play?
This is an excerpt from this webpage.
They're [novice players] also dangerous and can put you off your game.
How many times have you been on Party Poker playing $1-2 No-Limit Hold
'em and ...
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How to fish with nuts?
This is a psychological question.
Sometimes the Murphy's law turns its back on your opponents instead of you: you flop the stone-cold nuts. However, for me, this is the most difficult (though very ...
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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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Player allowed to play for main pot after folding during side pot action?
There are three players: A, B and
A has $25, B has $50, and C has $100
A goes all-in
B and C call
Later in the hand, C makes B fold
Now, as B folded, will B be allowed to play for the main pot?...
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If you put chips out but don't say anything while it's your turn, can you take them back, even if you didn't say anything?
My dad and I were playing poker and it was his turn, he put chips out there, removed his hand from the chips, and I said I call. Then he took his chips back and said he didn't bet yet because he didn'...
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Card flip on deal. Misdeal or next card?
Blinds are out, dealer begins to deal. First card to the big blind catches air and flips. One player says it's a complete misdeal, because the flipped card is going to the big blind. Is that the ...
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What if you get a straight flush on flop?
What should be your strategy once you get a straight-flush [not to a high card as A♠or K♠] after the Flop itself. Keeping in mind the cards in the Flop are sequential.
Should one start ...
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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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Why are there two blinds in Texas Hold 'em instead of just one?
If the primary purpose of blinds is to build pot equity for the pre-flop betting round, why are there two blinds (Small Blind and Big Blind) instead of just a one?
Would not a single blind accomplish ...
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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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Side pot rules on not equal hands
I've played Texas Hold'em and came to next situation. This were the community cards (I can't remember the cards but this was more or less the situation):
7♠K♦A♦9♦6♣
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What are the odds of making a royal flush after the flop in Texas Hold 'Em?
My sister was playing no limit Texas Hold'Em at a table with six players and after the flop she made a royal flush. Can you tell me the odds on that happening?
They must be astronomical.
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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
Villian ...
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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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Someone else took my cards from the muck
I made a big bet and everyone folds. Following this I mucked my hand and one of the losing players reached into the muck and took my hand to have a look at it. What would be an appropriate remedy or ...
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What's wrong with my equity calculation?
When answering this question, I went ahead and tried to do a manual equity calculation for the scenario described (7♥4♠ vs A♠8♣ on a board of 6♥2♥8♥), ...
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Table of flat callers
OK I have been playing poker for 15+ years now and of course the game has changed over the years. I play in a few leagues and in a particular league I play with a bunch of flat callers they don't ...
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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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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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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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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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Flopping a Set with pocket Sevens, was it played correctly?
I was new to the table and I bought in for $200.
It was literally the 5th hand:
1). Preflop:
I limp in the blinds with pocket 7's (6 callers )
2). Flop:
Board comes K 7 4 rainbow
UTG checks
I ...
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Pocket Tens vs Pocket Jacks
hi so I was playing a 1/2 NLH 9 players and I had pocket 10's last one to act ! (I had about 190 or less and he had close 800 and was running good all game)
UTG +2 raised to 15 and it was folded ...
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Difference in strategies with stakes?
What difference in strategies should occur as the stakes change. For example in a tournament(888.com| 24x7 Freerolls) , I have noticed that I have decent rank in the initial stage when the stakes are ...
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About Holdem Manager graphs
When I go to Opponents tab -> Summaries in down right corner I have Group Profile and have option to choose to look different states bar graphs, for example for VP$IP I have these:
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Review of hand played with QQ
Second hand of a tournament. Stacks all at 8000 chips.
10 players at table.
Blinds 25/50. No ante.
Pre
Hero BB: 50 with QQ.
MP: Raise to 150.
Button: Raise to 450.
Hero BB: Call.
MP: Call.
Flop (...
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What is a double belly buster?
I heard this term while playing poker live, it skipped my mind back then but now i'm wondering what it means.
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Bad move/bet or tilt situation?
On an amateur site. Holdem NL. SNG with 10 players. Stacks 50/100. Initial stack 10000. Blinds double every 22 hands.
At the beginning of the game (hand 4), I was on early position (next UTG), with ...
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Is it mandatory to show a hand at showdown to split a pot when playing the board?
Do you have to show your hole cards when playing the board in Texas holdem at showdown after everyone has checked and you are in 1st position and declare "I am playing the board"?
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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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Texas Hold 'Em possibilities
Suppose you have been dealt ā4ā”, 5ā”ā.
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 ā3ā¢, 4ā¢, 4ā£, 4ā , 5ā¢ā?
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combinations from 2 hole card and 7 communal cards
If we have 5 communal cards and 2 hole cards, and its our turn to deal, Can we just select all the 5 communal cards for hand? or do we need to keep our 2 hole cards and only choose 3 communal cards ...
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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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Is NLHE “solved”?
Recently an AI poker program built by Facebook and Carnegie Mellon University had a profitable 12 day run against poker pros. The program was earning 10BB an hour at $50/100 against the likes of ...
