Posts Tagged ‘hand’
December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I have a bunch of questions to ask. But before I start, I would like first to commend you and thank you for this nice, very helpful site. It has been a great help to me. It has been providing me very useful info, tips, etc. Thank you very much!
Now, ... Click to read more
Tags: action, bet, betting patterns, big ace, bluff, bottom pair, check, continuation bet, flop, hand, hand ranges, mannerism, middle position, monster hands, odds, pair, preflop, raise, record, set, short stack, small pocket pair, stack size, table
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
I’ve been into local free rolls in my area. Well, I play two or three times a week. Most of the time, I face bunch of players with different approaches.
Majority of the players I come to face are loose type making it hard for me to steal pots even with ... Click to read more
Tags: bet, bluff, check, continuation bet, flop, free card, free rolls, hand, position, preflop, preflop raise, river, turn
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
First, I would like to thank you for this nice site. Thank you very much.
Well, I want to share something actually. I’ve been playing holdem at home games in tournament format along with some friends. Recently, we started playing the blinds. A friend of mine went short of funds when ... Click to read more
Tags: big blind, blinds, button, hand, holdem, small blind, tournament
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I have some questions to ask. Kindly bear with me.
In tourneys that are quick and have blinds that raise every minutes or so, how would you play? Also, how much do you bluff on average chase your draws and your starting hands, how loose are they?
Thank you in advance and ... Click to read more
Tags: blinds, bluff, cheap flops, draws, hand, starting hands, tourneys, turbo style tournaments
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December 14, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I was in an online $50 no-limit tourney the other week. At some point, I was dealt Kd Qd while the blinds were 100/200. I remember I had 1800 chips while the BB had 8000, he was the table leader by the way. One caller appeared and so I ... Click to read more
Tags: $50 no-limit tourney, 100/200, Ace high draw, all in, bet, blinds, cards, draw, hand, Kd Qd
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December 12, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I don’t like table tournaments so I tried $25 PL online. I’ve been playing such kind for some time now.
In one of the events I was in, I lost because of a certain hand. There were actually five players in back then. I had $64 and was considered the largest ... Click to read more
Tags: $25 PL, AA, all in, bet, call, David Williams, Greg Raymer, hand, KK, Main Event, online, re-raise, set, table tournaments, tournaments, World Series of Poker, WSOP
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December 12, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
I’ve just started playing online limit holdem. Occasionally, I play low limit tournaments with $5-$10 buy-in.
I’ve always been a keen observer. Well, there was one thing that really bothered me for some time, many players always call terrible pre-flop hands and then go on calling bets as well as raises. ... Click to read more
Tags: $5-$10 buy-in, bets, calling, Ed Miller, hand, hands, Howard Lederer, Limit Holdem, Limit Holdem DVD, low limit structures, NL holdem tournaments, no-limit holdem, online, pre-flop, raises, river, Small Stakes Holdem
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December 12, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
I must admit it, I badly want to believe I’m an above-average player. I’ve played well before and I’ve already held a monthly poker game. Not to mention that I was invited several times to play at some local games. I believe the biggest one so far was the ... Click to read more
Tags: ace, blinds, bluff, bluffing, hand, hand range, high blind structure, house rules, odds, pair, poker, position, suited cards, suited connectors, tournament
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December 12, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
First, I would like to commend you for having a nice site. Congrats!
Well, just last night I was in a tournament with several friends. In late position, I got dealt pocket kings. Just one player then called the blinds therefore I decided to move all in.
At the table, there ... Click to read more
Tags: ace, ace high flush, all in, calling, hand, late position, pocket kings, raise, tounament
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December 12, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
There were four players left for the pot. Player 1 had 10,000, player 2 had 8,000, player 3 had 5,000 and player 4 has 2,000. All figures were in chips by the way. At some point, all four went all in. In the end, player 1 won the pot. Who ... Click to read more
Tags: all in, chips, hand, tournament
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