Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2005, 05:01 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 69
Re: Anyone know any good beginner\'s guide?
ed miller : small stakes holdem
sklansky: the theory of poker
the first is the definative guide for small stakes hold em. and the second is pretty much the poker bible.
goodluck to your...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2005, 04:54 AM
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Replies: 82
Views: 271
Re: Best cards to have against AA?
65suited. 23.1% chance to win (the suit, of course, being of neither ace's suit). i checked it out on the stats website:
http://twodimes.net/poker/
i dont know why i bothered. this...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
07-09-2005, 04:42 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 86
Re: Ethical question....
if you say something, thats very nice of you and works to your advantage in a couple ways. 1) it gives you the image of a friendly player that you can use to crush people later and 2) it may calm...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-22-2005, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
Re: play in a large field
right, that makes alot of sense. but i was trying to specifically focus on the times when you are at a relatively tight table (or a table with a good amount of tag players) and the few occassions...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-22-2005, 12:46 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
Re: play in a large field
wow, amazing reponse. im so glad that you provided me with that extremely profound--ahem, i mean texkbook--answer (yes... i think we have all read sshe) but you missed my point. the post was about...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-22-2005, 04:06 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
play in a large field
i spend most of my time playing at 3/6 tables on empire and pacific. on occassions there are times when 8 or more (on very rare occassions all 10) players see the flop. what i have noticed is that...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-15-2005, 02:06 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 39
Big Pocket Pairs in Early Position
alright, i think im having trouble getting a handle on playing big pocket pairs (like qq-tt) in early position when an overcard drops on the flop and the pot is multiway. i know that if an A drops...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-14-2005, 04:23 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
Re: outs to non-nut hands
good points. youre totally right about how getting caught up with such specific calculations can mess a player up. thanks alot.
about the implied odds though. with these hands, it is very likely...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-14-2005, 03:48 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
Re: outs to non-nut hands
yes, i acutally have read ed millers book and this is what got me thinking about the topic to begin with. i suppose i just wanted a more specific way of counting outs, something down to the tenth...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-14-2005, 02:41 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 139
Re: What is a bad beat, really?
i would have to differentiate between a bad beat and just being plain unlucky -- a bad beat being worse. like say you go all in preflop with AA and your opponent calls with KK and he hits his set on...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-14-2005, 01:54 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 81
outs to non-nut hands
lately i have been spending alot of time thinking about times i called at the limit tables i play hoping to pick up what are essentially drawing hands that still would not give me the nuts. by this i...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-08-2005, 01:54 AM
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Replies: 4
Views: 41
Re: Nasty hands, AJ vs AQ, KJ vs KQ
a couple things you have to consider when making youre preflop bets are position and whether or not the hands are suited. most likely, youll see all of these hands for the flop, but if youre in late...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
06-08-2005, 01:10 AM
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Replies: 360
Views: 1,097
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Forum: Poker Theory
06-01-2005, 03:15 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 177
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-30-2005, 01:14 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 45
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-28-2005, 05:19 PM
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Replies: 5
Views: 41
Re: How to play a Straight
yea, i think you made the right play on that. if you had raised, then under normal circumstances if he reads you having a strong hand he would fold unless he actually made teh flush in which point he...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-28-2005, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 162
Views: 497
Re: wtf...is this legal?
i would just consider it a valuable lesson and be thankful that he didnt ask you for 100 or something.
basically, you paid 10 bucks for a pretty valuable piece of info. thats a good buy in my...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-28-2005, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 79
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-28-2005, 04:47 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 79
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-28-2005, 04:44 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 79
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-28-2005, 04:01 PM
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Replies: 286
Views: 1,041
Re: Head Up Theory Question
well, i dont think infinite betting would be right because of the same reason that inifinte betting in skalnsky's question would be wrong even if youre getting 99.9999% equity. at some point, you...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-27-2005, 04:43 AM
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Replies: 286
Views: 1,041
Re: Head Up Theory Question
well, it would seem that mathematically if you put in more bets past that point youre setting yourself up for a big let down if he has aces. just playing the odds it figures that thats the maximum...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-26-2005, 11:47 PM
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Replies: 286
Views: 1,041
Re: Head Up Theory Question
ok, wait a second. i was thinking about the example i used in my previous post with KK vs possible AA and i think im a dumbass. i would not in practice raise KK 110 times because of the 220:1 chance...
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Forum: Poker Theory
05-26-2005, 10:01 PM
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Replies: 286
Views: 1,041
Re: Head Up Theory Question
bet/raise straight through to the 499,999th bet. call on the 500,000th bet if your opponent raises instead of calls.
say you are playing in a limit game that you can bet-raise until you are out of...
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Forum: Beginners Questions
05-26-2005, 05:50 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 114
Re: Hi, I\'m a LAG
just start spending more time on the forum reading and then practicing what youve learned. somewhere on this sight malmuth has a list of books he recommends serious players read. check a couple of...
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