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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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Who wins in a situation like this one involving a straight?

Both of you have Ace high Straight with the best 5 cards, so it is a split pot. It doesn't matter if the cards are in your hand or on the board. the assumption is neither player hit a flush.
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Why call with the top X% of your range when being laid X% pot odds (by an opponent playing G...

JL approaches this hand from two POVs. I don't think the villain here knows the hero's actually betting range. (this is my interpretation of JL's material). Also, its good to note that achieving GTO …
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Do top hands also have the top expected winnings?

I agree with Timmermans that knowing average tendencies is not very useful as a whole. Some people can play low pockets (or other mid-value hands) well, some can't. Your job is to figure out whether y …
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Who gets what and why does a player making three others fold get nothing

"What does the player that bet all in at 36000 get for making the 3 players fold?" She gets them to fold. "What can the player that only bet 6000 play for?" He/she can play to a maximum of 6000 per …
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Texas Hold'em blind raises

Im familiar with 2 straddles from the button (Mississippi/Sleeper Straddles). Since based on your description SB acts first, this is probably a Missi straddle where action preflop starts with SB and e …
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Theory of Preflop Opening Ranges

This is an interesting question. I don't have the exact mathematical answer as to why a 13.1% opening range early position is sound, but i will try to answer the two follow up questions you posted. No …
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Tilting when chip is growing?

Theres quite abit of information missing in your post, but two things come to mind, none of which are related to tilt. 1 - Risk of ruin: If you're playing against villains with matching stacks, the p …
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Do older players tend to never bluff?

I would say yes, older persons tend to bluff less. But there are older persons that bluff alot, and i dont think its a good strategy to assume a player falls into one category or the other without add …
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Tracking personal bad beats and suck outs

The tracker i use (for cash games) track expected EV and eventual win/loss for all in hands, which i think is fairly common. If i've been getting bad beats, then my EV graph will be much lower than my …
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How to play against a limp call?

Kind of disagree with @raymond so i'll add my own answer. When everyone plays really loose, i find that loosening up is quite profitable (but still tighter than the rest). IE if my opening range is a …
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Is there a term for raising in Hold’em while only looking at one of the hole cards?

I think Doyle Brunson did it once on video, definitely not his standard practice. Possible if youre SB/flatting or Button/raising any Ace, but if people notice you've only looked at one card, then you …
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Please advise if there was a better way to play pocket T

Preflop is ok. Flop: I would prefer a much smaller flop bet ($0.55-$0.80) because a) TT has some showdown and im not looking to inflate the pot and b) OOP there are many bad turn/rivers, and not many …
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Cash Game situation

Did some math. Basing purely on your action after the check raise, If fold, EV = 0. If shove, paying $73 to have 64% equity in $182 pot, or $116. EV is +$43. If call, assume you will fold when diam …
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How to play with pocket 10 in low stack situation?

If its a cash game, you should reload. If its a tournament, all-in is likely the best play. Its probably better for this particular hand if you raise to somewhere between $2-3 since its a premium han …
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Preflop and Flop action with KK

1/1 cash home game with mostly recreational players. Villain (~$200) is loose (opens 80-90% of hands and generally will call opens prefrop with any 2 cards) but the table rarely sees 3-bets, and almos …
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