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Can I have a lesson on stack sizes.
I read a lot of answers to questions on here, and an awful lot contain an answer which involves relative stack sizes, at which point the response makes no sense to me! So could I have a quick lesson o…
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Started by ZedsDeadBa
Most recent by unknown_username
17 Jul 2011
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New super turbo dym bubble- Am I pot committed here?
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceKeevil Small blind 200.00 200.00 160.00 DOHHHHHHH Big blind 400.00 600.00 45.00 Your hole cards * Q * 3 Tottenham1 Call 400.00 1000.00 2265.00 darrenadd7 Fold 3025.00K…
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Started by DOHHHHHHH
Most recent by grantorino
17 Jul 2011
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AK facing 3bet and 4bet. pre......
FRANKIE247 Small blind £0.02 £0.02 £1.34 X Big blind £0.04 £0.06 £19.77 Your hole cards * A * K Dudeskin8 Raise £0.20 £0.26 £4.46 Hancox Fold Y Raise £0.52 £0.78 £4.63 manfred Fold FRANKIE247 Fold X R…
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by grantorino
17 Jul 2011
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Playing trips
Did I play this right? I knew y was pretty desperate. PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancejimb0d1 Small blind 50.00 50.00 1935.00 x Big blind 100.00 150.00 7013.75 Your hole cards 10 s9 s yCall 100.00 25…
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Started by jimb0d1
Most recent by grantorino
17 Jul 2011
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Checking tournament History
is it possible to check the results of a tournament that happened say 2 days ago? I go to check a tournament that happened last night but can see how to do it?
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Started by kingspoof
Most recent by debdobs_67
17 Jul 2011
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Bet or Check no. 2?
No reads...... Dudeskin8 Small blind £0.02 £0.02 £3.94 who_am_i Big blind £0.04 £0.06 £3.96 Your hole cards * A * A Badger68 Call £0.04 £0.10 £7.74 Rolaz Fold X Call £0.04 £0.14 £3.49 Dudeskin8 Raise …
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by rancid
16 Jul 2011
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call or raise the river?
player had just joined thegwolfSmall blind £0.25£0.25£57.73davethe101Big blind £0.50£0.75£32.82 Your hole cards55 oakley04Call £0.50£1.25£22.95TonyPNutsFold pod1Raise £2.00£3.25£45.80varneyFold gwolfC…
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Started by pod1
Most recent by Dudeskin8
16 Jul 2011
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Can/Should I fold here?
X is REG and plays like most do at this level. Y is unkown, no significant shwdowns seen yet but plays just 1 table so goes in recreational player catorgory. Raise could have been 24p pre but I'm tryi…
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by unknown_username
16 Jul 2011
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Note Taking Help.
I'm looking at revamping my note taking. I'd like to know what you should be typing in the box and how you'd go about it. It's something that although I've been around a while, I've never utilised to …
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Started by NColley
Most recent by Mohican
16 Jul 2011
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fold or call????
the villain had been making fairly loose calls pre with raggy aces etc... was my c-bet on the flop too small here?? when i get the call i'm worried my kicker might be beat but when the turn gives me 2…
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Started by waller02
Most recent by debdobs_67
16 Jul 2011
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effective nuts vs donk player sat deep, how do you price re raise?
In Response to effective nuts vs donk player sat deep, how do you price re raise?: This really made my head hurt. Why dont you put him on 66? He seems to be repping strength or am I missing something …
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Started by AMYBR
Most recent by 5toneFace
16 Jul 2011
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River calling station???
1)PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalancejam426005 Small blind £0.25 £0.25 £10.34 AyrGraeme Big blind £0.50 £0.75 £50.65 Your hole cards * Q * Q Flatcapper Fold DOHHHHHHH Raise £2.00 £2.75 £47.25 jam426005 …
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Started by DOHHHHHHH
Most recent by DOHHHHHHH
15 Jul 2011
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Bet or Check?
Readless, very new to table Can I/Should I consider bet folding here and would checking be too weak ?kennydoome Small blind £0.02 £0.02 £0.69 Sortof1 Big blind £0.04 £0.06 £2.96 Your hole cards * Q * …
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by grantorino
15 Jul 2011
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KK, spewy table NL10......yes 10
saw this table at NL10 with average pot of £10. Sat down. watched all participants throw money around like confetti. decide to have a shot. by the time im dealt in 2 have gone busto. All players are l…
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Started by tapeworm
Most recent by YOUNG_GUN
15 Jul 2011
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Is this a bad call or would only a major nit fold here? NL4 very loose table...
gibbzySmall blind £0.02£0.02£7.63shirley02Big blind £0.04£0.06£7.10 Your hole cardsA5 tapewormFold xCarolinexRaise £0.12£0.18£3.70duxrsCall £0.12£0.30£2.71gibbzyCall £0.10£0.40£7.53shirley02Call £0.08…
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Started by xCarolinex
Most recent by TommyD
15 Jul 2011
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20nl, did i "value own" myself?
Ive read this hand over a few times and Im not happy, and i cant work out why... No reads on villain as far as i can recall! I assumed he probably had a king, so i value bet river!. comments on bet si…
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Started by GREGHOGG
Most recent by grantorino
15 Jul 2011
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Shove or tactical fold?
Final table bubble in Deep Stack. 3rd in chips and playing 1st and 2nd. I always sit here in these positions thinking "ladder up" but KJ 3 handed on this flop? Was this poor tactical play, given the s…
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Started by Prop60
Most recent by 5toneFace
15 Jul 2011
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J10s on btn after limps
Well I know I'm tight, like super tight but should I be playing this hand and what is best way to do it ? bango Small blind £0.02 £0.02 £4.01 Poker__Boy Big blind £0.04 £0.06 £4.63 Your hole cards * J…
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by mattless
14 Jul 2011
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Advice on how i played this one please.
Just bombed out of a £60 gtd tourney, and i want to know - based on my thinking - if i could have / should have done it differently. Just after the 1st break, 10 players left, blinds 50, 100. i'm shor…
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Started by _tboy823_
Most recent by Dudeskin8
14 Jul 2011
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you know when your aces are beat lol!!
TonyPNutsSmall blind £0.25£0.25£102.67WildDogBig blind £0.50£0.75£99.50 Your hole cardsAA payray10Raise £2.50£3.25£227.10pod1Raise £8.50£11.75£109.19rats107Fold supersid12Fold TonyPNutsFold WildDogFol…
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Started by pod1
Most recent by pod1
14 Jul 2011
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AK or AQ from the small blind
No hand example as i havent figured out how to post a hand yet but i have picked up a big ace in the small blind a few times in a cash game in a pot where there are 2 or 3 players already in the pot e…
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Started by jams88
Most recent by yuranASSet
14 Jul 2011
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I was gonna shove any C bet anywayz but....
..should I still call this? I normally know when I've been a donk(quite often as it happens) and I know I'm not getting the odds(even more chance I'm a donk) but is this really that bad????lol Had him…
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Started by Mohican
Most recent by 5toneFace
14 Jul 2011
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Rake on heads up split pots - can this be right? max rake should be £1 per pot???
get whole stack in as 91.95% fav 1.25% split pot and lose 75p on the deal in rake anyone out there understand better than me how this is calculated? PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceEASYFIXSmall blind…
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Started by simonnatur
Most recent by simonnatur
14 Jul 2011
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Omaha hand is the nuts going to be good enough to hold from the flop?
PlayerActionCardsAmountPotBalanceGUTNUTDRAW Small blind £0.25 £0.25 £44.74 toro666 Big blind £0.50 £0.75 £49.50 Your hole cards * A * 10 * Q * Q Batkin88 Raise £1.75 £2.50 £116.03 DEXTROBLOC Call £1.7…
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Started by Batkin88
Most recent by rancid
14 Jul 2011
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Hand from TSP classic
bout 8 players left been fairly agressive from bout 3 tables to go. Player Action Cards Amount Pot Balance DOHHHHHHH Small blind 600.00 600.00 28920.50 Fozibear Big blind 1200.00 1800.00 12914.50 Your…
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Started by PiAnOpLaYa
Most recent by YOUNG_GUN
14 Jul 2011
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Bet or Check?
Readless. Also yes I know I'm limping UTG with 99, this might be wrong but I hate being reraised if I raise so find limp calling easier. Bad turn but do I have to continue and can I bet fold against b…
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Started by Dudeskin8
Most recent by DeuceAK_47
13 Jul 2011
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50NL: Fistpump call?
Villain 24/22/3.5 with 3bet 8 over only 40 hands. Havent noticed him getting out of line, and havent really clashed with him. For those of you who dont use stats that means he seems to be a decent TAG…
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Started by grantorino
Most recent by DeuceAK_47
13 Jul 2011
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river 3bet sizing after spawning nuts vs spew box after repping flop and turn (badly)
Shuffle your chips, pull some funny faces, then say all in :)
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Started by AMYBR
Most recent by AMYBR
13 Jul 2011
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KK, 2 callers pre, board drawey on Flop - NL4
This is not a brag post, serious question. Player 1 has just sat down, Player 2 is fairly solid NL4 reg(...... who always seems to appear on my table as soon as I sit down, which is worrying lol) he w…
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Started by tapeworm
Most recent by debdobs_67
13 Jul 2011
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mugged myself again!
how do you get yourself out the habit of worrying they will fold if you bet too much!pod1Small blind £0.25£0.25£85.13saints01Big blind £0.50£0.75£27.65 Your hole cards9K DACRUNCHERFold xxxxRaise £1.50…
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Started by pod1
Most recent by pod1
13 Jul 2011
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