Forum: Poker Theory
11-14-2005, 03:07 AM
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Replies: 31
Views: 280
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Forum: Small Stakes Pot-, No-Limit Hold'em
11-14-2005, 02:59 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 66
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-21-2005, 11:34 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 139
Cold calling hands
According to the book I'm reading, it's rarely correct to call a raise before the flop in hold-em; you should usually either raise or fold. But there are a very few hands where the book does...
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-21-2005, 10:44 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 159
Re: How good is this guy?
If he folded, how do you know whether it was a good hand or not? Or, for that matter, whether or not he was beat?
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-21-2005, 10:41 PM
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Replies: 20
Views: 159
Re: How good is this guy?
> Is the player playing a lot of pots?
This will separate the bad from the medium, but not the medium from the best.
> When he plays a pot, does he always or nearly always raise or is he...
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-21-2005, 07:05 AM
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Replies: 20
Views: 159
How good is this guy?
When you play a game against a table full of strangers, how long does it take you to pick out the good players? And what do you look for, short of observing someone for hours and hours?
In a...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-17-2005, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 17
Views: 131
Re: Bankroll Considerations
The biggest hidden variable in these bankroll calculations is the likelihood that you aren't as good a poker player as you think you are. One of the inputs to the equation is the number of big-size...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-17-2005, 06:46 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 140
Re: holdem, flush draw question
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However, if the remaining players are weak-tight, one might still get some folding equity, if there is no betting coming from other players.
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Seems to me this...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-17-2005, 06:09 AM
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Replies: 22
Views: 177
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Forum: Omaha/8
04-09-2005, 06:14 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 162
Re: Newbie question - playing set
You're so far ahead that you should be thinking not about getting beaten, but about how to keep other people in with their weak draws.
Right now you have the best hand, you're drawing to a full...
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Forum: Poker Theory
03-07-2005, 05:04 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 92
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-27-2005, 01:55 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 89
Re: bets and outs
It's an intriguing idea--a new way to quantify the value of a bet--but I don't think it'll work. If my hand is ahead of yours and you have 9 outs, that means that if any of the other 35 cards falls,...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-23-2005, 03:41 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 149
Re: Game theory question
Because you don't have to use the same strategy, and the optimal strategy is not necessarily the same for both players. Your optimal strategy is the one that gives you the best expectation WHEN HE'S...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-21-2005, 05:30 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 176
Re: If it weren\'t for bad luck........
Since you say you've been losing consistently since you started, the obvious conclusion is that you just aren't good enough and you never were. Book knowledge and a good head for math don't teach...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-20-2005, 11:00 PM
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Replies: 27
Views: 176
Re: If it weren\'t for bad luck........
Thanks, CMonkey; your ideas are more constructive than most of the "you need to learn to play better" posts in this thread.
I'm in more or less the same boat as you: I've been losing rather...
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Forum: Poker Theory
01-14-2005, 06:16 PM
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Replies: 12
Views: 122
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