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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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Do you have show your cards at end of Texas hold'em hand if asked by person who won?

It varies from casino to casino. Typically, yes you do, although some rooms are moving away from that rule or are disallowing players from asking to see mucked hands, if they abuse the rule. Primary …
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How do you play a suited Ace-Rag?

As with playing any hand in poker, it's entirely situational. As a beginner or novice, though, you should be throwing away all but your premium hands. The times you will flop two pair or a flush draw …
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What is a double belly buster?

It's a term for a double gut-shot straight draw. For example: Hero - 6H, 7H Board - 3D, 5C, 9S Hero would need to hit either a 4 or an 8 to have the nut straight.
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Complete all-in rules of fixed-limit hold-em

In your first example, player 2 is not raising, but rather calling, as the minimum bet is $20. So player 3 would have the option of raising to $40. Example 2 is similar. None of the first 4 players a …
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What are the Hero's outs?

You don't show the suits, so it's possible there may be outs to a flush as well. In general, Hero would need a king and queen on the turn and river, which would give him a straight to win the hand.
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Why doesn't the United States make online poker legal and tax it?

It is not strictly illegal. Some states have specifically outlawed it, such as Washington and I believe Kentucky and New York, while others have expressly legalized it, as @Paparazzi mentions in his a …
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Tracking personal bad beats and suck outs

I can't say about tracking just bad beats or suck outs, but it's not uncommon for players to keep track of the hands they play. I've seen it recommended in a few books, and there are both professional …
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Closing out a tournament

Generally you should be getting more aggressive and building your stack as the bubble nears, if you haven't already done so. Attack the short stacks when they are in the blinds. Avoid the larger stack …
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How would you play this?

Raising more pre-flop would definitely be better, around 2.5-3BB, as with the antes, he's getting good odds to call with any two cards with your min-raise. An all-in is ok, but this way you are likely …
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Not announcing raise on purpose

Yes, that's going to be considered angle shooting in most places.
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Special entries like "C>4" or "R<2" in this chart

I think that the conditional refers to the number of players in the hand. "C > 4" means call, if there are more than 4 players who are in the hand/have acted in front of you. "R < 2" means raise, if …
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Player fold in split pot, is he part of main pot?

No, once C folds, he is out of the hand, and has no claim to any main or side pots.
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Micros online hand review. AKs from the SB

That's a tough decision, but I would probably fold. First off, Flatting the turn should set off bells. A flush card falls that pairs the board, and rather than raise and possibly have you fold a w …
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How deuces play in this?

Your image doesn't reflect the correct state of the hand. The question is actually referring to the outs after the turn. Hero: A♣ A♠ Villain: Q⋄ 9⋄ Board: 9♣ J♥ Q♣ Turn: 2♣ Here there are the 16 outs …
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What's wrong with my equity calculation?

I'm not sure how much it affects your equity calculation, but you are missing where the villain hits Aces full.
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