Posts Tagged ‘river’
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
There were two hands in a certain tournament which I am not so sure about. I’m not confident that I’ve played them well. Just an information, in the first hand, I was the shortest stack in the tourney at 45,000 chips and in the second hand, there was nothing so ... Click to read more
Tags: bet, big blind, call, check, check-raise, flush, hands, post, river, semi-bluffed, shortest stack, small blind, soft playing, tournament, trap
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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
Hello,
I’ve read a magazine focusing mainly on casino stuff. In one of its articles, it was stated that “If you just call somebody on the river rather than raising them, you hurt all other players in the tournament. It’s not ethical poker, so don’t do it”. I don’t exactly understand ... Click to read more
Tags: bet, call, calling, cheating, nuts, poker, raise, raising, river, soft playing, tournament, tournament poker
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December 11, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
Just yesterday, I was in a friendly tourney. At certain point, I mucked my straight flush draw on the river based on pot odds and then later on realized the card I should have. And so I started questioning myself afterwards about pot odds. Are they really significant in tourneys?
Well, ... Click to read more
Tags: AAA, all in, all in bet, call, draw, fold, mucked, pot odds, ring games, river, straight draw, straight flush draw, tourney, turn
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December 11, 2008 by
maryann
Hi,
Just last Saturday, I was in a tournament for $10,000. We started with 70 players and then was down to 9 at each table, there were 2 final tables. Blinds were at $4000-8000 and then will move up to $8000-16,000 when we finally have the next hand. $4000 ... Click to read more
Tags: $4000-8000, 2 pair, 6/7 clubs, all in, bet, big blind, flop, fold, K-9, river, small blind, tournament, turn
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December 11, 2008 by
maryann
Hello,
Yesterday, I was in a home game with $20 buy-in, 1 re-buy. The starting was 20,000 chips while the blinds started at 100/200. If I can remember it right, blinds then increase every 20 minutes. There were around 24 players at 3 8p tables. Pay top 5. Luckily, ... Click to read more
Tags: "seeing flops", $20 buy-in, 1 re-buy, 100/200, all in, bad starting hands, blinds, call, flops, flush, home game, limp in, limping in, mathematical odds, odds, outs, Q high flush draw, river
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