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You're missing the whole betting process, which is key in poker. Cards are dealt randomly, but afterwards, the players will wager on the strength of their hand until one of two things happen:
all players but one have folded their hands or;
the latest bet have been called by everyone still at the table.
So if you are a winning poker player, your betting ...
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When it comes to seat positions in poker, you have to keep in mind that it varies depending on how many players there are at the table.
So, here they are:
2 players: Dealer, Big Blind (in this case, the Dealer is also the Small Blind). The Dealer acts first preflop, but last post-flop
3 players: Dealer, Small Blind, Big Blind
4 players: Dealer, Small Blind,...
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When I tell my non-poker playing friends that I play poker they think I'm gambling - until I give them the following explaination.
Poker, played correctly, is not gambling in my opinion. And I think this is a good way to explain EV to non-poker players or new players. The idea in poker is to do two things - make correct decisions based on available ...
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Probability: the chance of a particular outcome.
More precisely, the probability of any given outcome is the ratio of all the favorable outcomes and every outcome that is possible. (so favorable / everything)
The probability of throwing 6 with a dice is exactly 1/6 because all the sides are perfectly equal, there are 6 of them but only 1 is favorable in ...
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The books your are reading are telling you to play this way as it will help you to exploit these kind of players and its correct.
Its not telling you how they need to react to counter your play style.
If you are playing against a tight player you can definately open up your range a lot more and make aggressive plays. If they miss the flop then they are ...
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Say we have a $1 million raffle that has only two tickets: a winner and a loser.
I give you a random ticket and tell you that you MUST sell it. How much money should you sell it for? (I.e. how much is it worth?)
A. $1 million?
No, because it could just as easily be worth $0.
B. $0?
No, because it could just as easily be worth $1 million.
C. $0.5 million?
...
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Yes, you can and you should. The concept you're describing is called implied odds (the estimated profit you'll make if you make your hand).
Notice is a much less concrete value as it is an estimation of whether your opponent will call when the draw comes and the amount he'll be willing to pay. There's also the concept of reverse implied odds which are the ...
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You haven't provided enough information. This is entirely dependent on what the action was leading to the all-in, current stack sizes, and the frequency with which your opponent is taking said action. I can tell you, just from experience, that your opponent would either need to be very short stacked, ~13-15BB or less, or jamming all-in with a very wide range,...
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I found some opening charts here which you might find useful:
Semi-Loose
Tight
There is also a chart here with calling, 3-betting and 4-betting ranges:
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You can't adjust the "outs" because you don't have enough information (that's what poker is, a game of incomplete information) but that's perfectly ok because the outs themselves do mean absolutely nothing.
If I tell you, you have 16 outs to win... are you ahead or are you most likely dead? You don't know, 16 outs means you're ahead in the flop but you're ...
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Your preflop actions look fine. You have the second best starting hand in poker, so 4betting strongly is correct.
The 3-5-6 rainbow flop is coordinated, but you worrying about hands like 2-4 and 4-7 is just silly. Think about it: would you call a 4-bet preflop with this kind of hand? Probably not unless you were super deepstacked (which you didn't mention, ...
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It affects strategy in no-limit, and especially pot-limit play. Some simple examples: There's $300 in the pot, and you plan to try a $200 bluff to take it. Well, if one of your opponent's only has $50 left, then you're really only betting $50 at him, and he can call with much less risk. Similarly, if you make a $50 bet on an early round, and your opponent ...
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*Range charts made with https://premiumpokertools.com/equity-calculator
Here's my analysis! Assuming your opponent is min-raising about 80ish percent of hands preflop, a reasonable calling range against your small 3-bet size might be this:
After the flop, removal effects make villain's range look like this:
When you shove 3.5 times the flop, the villain's ...
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To convert backdoor draws into probabilities, you need to multiply the probability of hitting the first card by the probability of hitting the second card given that you hit the first card.
How do I measure the probability that my straight backdoor draw will be realized at the river?
It depends on the number of gaps you have in your draw;
Suppose we ...
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In my experience:
One approach in this spots, is enter the pot only if you have position
If you don't have position enter the pot only if the rest of players are very passive
If you have premium then stab the pot strongly, since pot is very small you may want only one player to stay at it.
Always take in mind the size of your stack, it may help you to take ...
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The correct bluffing frequency is a subjective measure. It all depends on the perceived probability that your opponent will call your bluff, and the estimated equity you have at that moment, whichever street you're on.
Similar to the question How Do I Calculate EV Of Shoving..., you can work out how often bluffing would be a profitable play by manipulating ...
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I think we should not consider heads up match here, when players are "tuning" their style to the opponent. This approach is reasonable against the average field. For example, if you play on a tight table, the aggressive style is beneficial, and on the contrary being neat is profitable against "loose" table on the average.
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Probably but these "thinking procedures" only apply when given a hand to analyse. When you're sitting at a table, you're aware of everyone's stack sizes, positions, previous actions, table image, etc. all the time so the only things that you really look at in each hand are the pot size and the two cards you put players on.
Then, depending on who's in the ...
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First calculate the probability that no aces are dealt to 6 players (12 cards):
Prob of no aces 48/52 * 47/51 * ..... * 37/41 = 0.3376 = 33.8%
Therefore the probability of at least one ace being dealt is given by 1 - 0.3376 = 0.6624 = 66.24%
The probability of 1 and only 1 Ace being dealt is given by:
12 * 4/52 * 48/51 * 47/50 * ... * 38/41 = 0.4379 = ...
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There are five board cards in hold'em. Since you start with two known cards, there are 50 unknown. That means there are 50x49x48x47x46 ways the board can come. Since the order of the cards on the board doesn't matter, divide that by the number of ways 5 cards can be arranged (120), that's 2118760 total distinct boards. There are 47x46/2 of those boards that ...
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I have over 1M hands in my poker database and everything holds true for the RnG of any site. Stats I can look up are frequency I get hands like AA and odds of calling and shoving all in's. Everything is fine and well within the norm.
The RnG is the same for all, there are no juiced hands. As vlzvl says if you lose regularly then the only person to blame is ...
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This is pretty complex question and proper answer is worth a chapter in book
(Try Collin Moshman's SNG strategy it's a must read for every sng student.)
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No one ever solved Nash equlibrium for such complex game as poker, if such strategy was found, it would be unbeatable strategy. (Not most profitable though, because its static strategy and doesnt ...
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I think it's more of a convention than a rule of logic. That said, there are compelling reasons why this is the case.
Mostly, it's to address the imbalance that would be created if, in heads-up play, the button was also the Big Blind (BB). Here are my thoughts:
If you give the BB the button, then they act last pre-flop and post-flop. Acting last is one of ...
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Say that we decide to bet on coin flips.
In the first case, I will give you $1 every time that it is heads, and you will give me $1 every time that it is tails. Simple logic will tell you that since 1/2 of the time I owe you $1 (heads) and the other 1/2 of the time you owe me $1 (tails) that if we flip the coin enough times, it will even out. In this ...
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You can only lose the low hand if you get counterfeit (when a low card hits the board that also pairs one of your low cards), so that you don't hold the nut low on the river anymore.
If there is a low hand possible, and no A or 2 on the board, you always have the nut low. At worst, you will split the low pot if someone else also has a A2XX hand. With that ...
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Definitely yes, its worth it.
For example: you play MTTs, in the middle of tournament, and you've got a decent stack of chips (not short stacked). Blinds are going high, and a lot of short stacked players will start going all in. And that's where poker math comes into play. Its the best time to increase your stack by doing some calls, if odds / pot odds are ...
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In the big scheme of things at the poker table there are upsides and downsides to math, as well as with intuitive play. For the sack of clarity, generally speaking intuitive play is doing what you feel is right, and mathematical play is what you figure out is right based on a range of factors. Neither is a strategy, they are how you approach the game.
The ...
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I'll give you my perspective as someone who has abandoned cash games in favor of only doing live MTTs.
I think a lot of this will depend on your current level of experience and your game will change over time. Of course, you need to be sound in things like picking your pre-flop hands, but these are some things that I know I need to work on for my tourneys:
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I think it's important to not try to bite off too much at once. You're right that you have a lot of options, but focusing on one thing and really attacking that is IMO always going to be more productive than a casual perusal of a variety of topics.
You might want to look at some of the online coaching sites like CardRunners, Run It Once, or Tournament Poker ...
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