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What hand is this?
A poker hand is 5 cards, so the dealer is showing that the winning hand is JJKQ7. If, instead, the winning hand had been AhKh for a flush, the dealer instead would have raised the Qh 4h and 7h.
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What is the official procedure for starting a hand in texas holdem heads up?
The key is the button represents the dealer, the dealer doesn't deal himself/herself first. So, the first card goes to the big blind player in heads-up.
According to heads up poker rules, the ...
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Turn and river dealt twice, what is going on?
In a cash game, players can, if they agree to it, have multiple run outs of the board when one or more players are all-in.
Basically think of it as two separate hands with the same flop. The idea ...
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Should dealer continue dealing after one of the players hits royal flush in heads-up showdown?
In the video, the dealer does in fact, deal 5 cards. It has no effect on the game's outcome, but a pro dealer will pitch all the cards in a showdown. The main reason is to not confuse the eye in the ...
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Should dealer continue dealing after one of the players hits royal flush in heads-up showdown?
I'd say the entire board is dealt in all cases, but I don't see why that earlier stop may cause any problem.
There are no standardized inernational rules for poker, so I guess the house gets to ...
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If another player thinks he saw a dealt card, when must it be replaced?
This is the general gaming rule typical at a casino:
If a single card is exposed by the dealer in dealing the hole cards,
the dealer must—
(a) complete the initial deal; and
(b) exchange the exposed ...
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Is the hand a player receives completely determined by the way the deck is shuffled?
Combinatorically, it doesn't matter whether the shuffle occurs before any card is dealt or if the cards are constantly being shuffled, provided there's no observation made by anyone in advance of ...
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Is the hand a player receives completely determined by the way the deck is shuffled?
It mostly depends on the game you might be playing, some games like stud and draw poker, rather a player drops out or stays in the hand can effect the cards A player receives, with omaha and hold-em ...
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Is the hand a player receives completely determined by the way the deck is shuffled?
There are draw poker games where the cards available to a player depend on how earlier players in the hand have drawn. This isn't the case for hold'em.
If you have a game where people might join or ...
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Is the hand a player receives completely determined by the way the deck is shuffled?
I'm not 100% clear on your question, I can interpret it two ways, and I'll answer both ways.
Yes, assuming we're talking a clean casino shuffle, the deck will be sufficiently randomised but once the ...
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What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker?
once playing online I was dealt pocket aces, and the action went hot, very hot one player raised me everytime I bet. the flop came A 4suited in hearts. so I kept betting and raising my live one, it ...
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What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker?
playing a SNG online, once I was dealt 99, the flop came 9X9, I bet out, and was raised I knew I had the hook sunk deep so I pushed all in, and was much to my delight called, byt the river a second 10 ...
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What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker?
Ok, I kind of cheated with my first answer because I was not witness to it. but one hand I saw I was dealing at a 10/20 NLHE game, a Player raised preflop, and was re raised, and he shot back one more ...
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What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker?
You've tagged it as 5-card Draw, but I hope you'll allow a Hold-em story.
Some betting pre-flop.
The flop comes down Deuce, King, Nine, rainbow.
Player 1 bets.
Player 2 raises.
Player 1 re-raises all ...
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What is the biggest WOW! moment you ever saw in poker?
I did not witness this, but heard from an old friens of mine, in a low limit seven card stud, game back in the 80's at the Sahra poker room a pot was split between two players with royal flushes. the ...
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Should dealer continue dealing after one of the players hits royal flush in heads-up showdown?
In principle, yes. The dealer should deal all five cards and that's what will happen in a serious event.
But anyway, what's the difference? Who cares?
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Should dealer continue dealing after one of the players hits royal flush in heads-up showdown?
In fact the dealer does have to deal all 5 cards.
Consider this:
Player A: 10dJd
Player B: AcAs
Flop: QdKd2s
Turn: Ad (Royal Flush Made)
River: Ad
So, there are 2 Ace of diamonds in the deck and ...
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playing with wrong two cards
If this were to happen in a casino it would be declared a misdeal and they would try to refund the money of everyone that had something invested.
this is unlike the situation where someone who had ...
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What happens if the card wasn't burned?
The considerations are these:
(1) Everyone must have equal information. The fairness of the game is paramount.
(2) Once betting action has taken place, cards stand as dealt.
(3) If at all ...
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