Beginners Circle

For those of you who haven't noticed these or may have missed them, ISF is doing a weekly strat post every Thursday. There's some really good stuff,...

1 - Say the rake of a hand was $2 but you lost the hand, do you still recieve rakeback from that hand? Same with say you limp into a pot and fold on...

How was this play? Do I lead out for more? Or even lead out at all? I had only been playing for about an orbit, but the whole table seemed to be...

Currently in a 10$ rebuy tourny and were almost done i need someone to give me advice so i dont donk my chips away I'll be in the chat room PLEASE...

I'm having trouble posting a HH. I put it into the converter and it just comes out with a short summary that says nothing about the hand. I know I...

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Converter Tool from FTR BB ($4.90) UTG ($2.45) UTG+1 ($8.05) MP1 ($9.15) MP2 ($4.05) MP3...

i figure a lot of people dont know this. in fact, i bet a lot of you more experienced guys understand it, and know the rough percentages, but...

You're sitting at 25nl at PokerStars for the first time since moving up from 10nl, and you're 8-tabling. You're dealt AA and it folds to you on the...

I'm about finished reading Super Systems 2, and there is a point earlier on in the book which I'd like to hear a little more about. pg 133 "If you...

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.02 BB (10 handed) Ultimate-Bet Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) UTG+1 ($.99) UTG+2...

How do you figure out how many combinations of certain hands there are? I have usually just been guessing with estimating pocket pairs are half as...

Hey, a few questions if you guys have time... The second may not make a lot of sense tho. ..Thanks in advance. *How do I convert data into the...

So I've finally gotten some time to go through threads and update the Beginners Digest up there in the stickies. Here is what I have added: Table...

I lose more money playing AK than any other hand. Bunch of limpers to me, I raise .70 (4xBB + limpers), 1 caller. Flop is Ah, 8h, 7d I bet...

Just wondering if anyone knows how long (how many days) it takes for ePassporte to make the "pending charge" on whatever card you entered when...

When it is appropriate to call an opening bet pre-flop (3-4xBB)? Not really interested in whether it is a low suited connector or not, since I play...

I am having lots of trouble dealing with the following players/table dynamics, where I can steal a lot, but often only get called by better....

$1/$2 NL game Villian is a tight player who I have heard mentioned as the best that our group of 40 players plays with consistently. Other then...

I know the X/X ===VPIP/PFR as a players stats. But what numbers do you want? Is it the higher both numbers the better? ...if a player has a...

Hi all, $10 buy in at Europoker on the SB with QQ. Real loose table with 55% seeing the flop and an average pot of $4.50. Therefore lots of...

Curiousity, boredom, and need for a goal: Your average weekly winnings ("profit") and the stakes you play at. Ready. Set. Go. $25/wk. @ $10NL

I got myself into an all-in bet after the flop with AKs. It worked out okay for me, I won the showdown, but I know I didn't play correctly,...

Ok lets say i give myself 7 outs after the flop. I know my hand will hit by the river 28 percent of the time. I can know this by useing the x4...

I realised that winning enough money at poker at an equal rate to the average hourly wage is foolish, considering that you're putting yourself at...

Im going to take the rest of the week off playing my usual 3-4 hours a day on stars SNG's to adjust to my new job but would like to read some...

I remember I once had to create a new pokerdb for my PTv2 after I got too many hands in it, but I can't seem to figure out how to do it again. I...

I was just thinking how much of a killer rake can be at lower levels. I've played 22.5k hands at $25NL, winning $855 but paying $450 in rake on top...

Go to miscellaneous stats. One pair hands should be in the green right? Where should they be relative to other hand types?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Button ($10.15) SB...

Ok so I win a couple of pots, with out showing down at a table. I couple of them Im pretty sure i was behind in; some of them i know i had the best...

I hope someone reads this, as I explain my thought process in every hand, and I could really use thoughts on them. Theres not a whole lot of in-depth...

When playing on BBJ tables and the Jackpot is in the $400K's, there is no such thing as FE. When guys are playing hands like K7s to hit a...

hi guys, i got pt with a database of 25000 hands in it. i want to judge my improvement (or not) over the next 25k hands by resetting my stats....

A survey. Just for my interest Id like to see who uses a HUD here and what they are playing. Posted here so both 6max and FR guys notice it. ...