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I get pocket 10's with someone else raising about $4 in a .25-.50 game i play. someone after me goes all in for a total of about $6.50. we both the...

Okay I'm pretty new(3-6months) at playing poker and over that past few months i have played online, and a few weekly live game. I think I gone...

Loose games seem like a good way to get some chips. The question is, though: What about the pre-flop action that often goes on? How much do you go...

I play the .01/.02 , .05/.10 and .10/.25 no-limit games at UB and have noticed that people bet or raise the minimum with a great hand. they will...

I started playing about 9 months ago, and lost about $400 over the next few months. Then I started reading this forum, and now I'm rebuilding my...

Hi all....I recently started playing holdem for money and just came across this site about a week ago. Awesome site btw. I think I've read...

Ok played my first SnG on stars last night. Found it very exciting compared to normal ring games ($5.00+$0.50) I kept in mind what I had read at...

Here is my preflop hand chart based on HoH. I thought I would put it up to share with people and have it critiqued. W means W -> W50R-50C -> if...

Yeasterday I was getting lots of good cards in EP. High pocket pairs and AK was dealt to me "all the time". I kept raising a standard 4xBB from any...

i lost all but 2.40 of my bankroll in the last three days due to some really really rough stuff so i decided after a long break that would do the...

Hi. First time poster looking for some advice. I suck at poker. Mostly I play online for play money, but I get into small buy-in cash games with...

Sh*t or get off the pot? For everyone that hasn't read a few of my posts: I'm a newbie. Never played poker until last summer. Started playing...

i think this is one of the biggest parts of my game that needs extra help right now. i am taking notes almost naturally now on anything i play...

I have heard that even 20bb/100 is a good amount. Considering that, my bb/100 should be enough but the rake seems huge. :shock: Am I missing...

I have a question about how Neteller works, since I use IGM-Pay and was thinking opening a neteller account also. When are you charged a fee? I think...

Maybe it's a known strategy but I have noticed that under some conditions, for instance after playing really aggressive, it is effective to mini-bet...

OK. First, I'll admit I blew every dime I'd made at my home game when I sat down at a game that was substantially beyond my BR. Since then, however,...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be moving soon and will have to start playing in ring games with people I've never played with before. Typically I am a...

This morning I was talking about poker in general with a guy I work with. After hearing most of the conversation another guy sitting across from me...

This is a tactic which I've used with a lot of success in certain situations and think it's worth a discussion. Essentially, the idea is that when...

Had a tourney this weekend and had a heated debate over the call of a hand. Had 2 players who picked up a flush and there was an Ace in the...

I stumbled into poker in October last year, I was registered with UK bookmakers Blue Square, where I used to bet on football, horses, NFL etc etc... ...

gday everybody, so, say you've got a hand like AK AA KK QQ KQ at a table full of passive players... and you flop a monster hand, quads if you...

I've been playing Pokerstars for a few weeks now, jus micro limits/multi-tabling building my skill ect. Doing ok, upto $70 from my $50 buy-in. ...

So, I am baby sitting, screwing around playing NL/50 ring. I bump a $20 buy in up to about $45... and play the following two hands that leave me...

Playing HE for 18 months...I want to make a decision to specialize in either 6 max, full limit or S&G's. I like to play each of them equally well. ...

Hello, I'm fairly new and am not sure why my calculation doesn't line up with several webpages I saw. It seems to me that if you have a pocket...

well today was my first day of playing for real money online. i have been playing with play money for quite awhile now. i deposited $40 into...

I am hosting a Texas Hold'em party and was looking for advice on how to set up tables. I am starting with 3 tables of 8. I was wondering at what...

I have a bit of a teflon brain. Things don't stick very well at times. So recently I started a little project of writing notes about things I...

One of my friends just bought a poker set and wants to have a game. He's having about 7 players (including myself), holdem NL style. The limit's...

Is it just me or are B&M games alot more profitable then online games. When I go to a live game at the casinos here in oklahoma I can conistently...