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Sitting in live home games, I can obviously get a quick percentage on hand odds, but pot odds seem to give me more difficulties. I know the theory,...

Homegame last night... I'm in late position with AA sitting on a 6-7x buyin stack. Tight guy (2nd best player in my hg, only other consistent...

First of all, I want to say thank you. i have been trolling this forum for about 3 months now, and have learned a tremendous amount from all. While...

Say you only played AA, folded every hand and only waited on AA. Could you make a profit albeit have a very boring time playing, but would that...

I have been playing about a year and a half but have just begun to study poker and im probobly a fish, though not a major one. My Question:...

SSH introduces the concept of raising on the come when you have a strong draw and correct pot odds. The reason is that although you will lose more...

Post any psychological games you engage in to win at poker. I'll start: - One of my favorites to get an opponent unsettled is the "seemingly...

Hi, I have been working on my aggression and deception lately (post flop play) - particularly using position. Just had the best session ever. ...

Ok, heres the thing. For about 8 weeks consecutively I made money at .10 .25 and decided to move up to .25 .50. And now for the past three weeks I...

Recently I have been playing at the .25/.50 stakes NL tables, both on party where the buy-in is $25 and elsewhere where the buy-in is $50. My...

I am having trouble playing medium-strong hands like 10-10, AQs or KQs from early position. I know it depends on table imagine, opponents style ect,...

I'm buying bakck in tonight afte having done some more research into Bankroll management and reading rilla's sticky. I have some follow-up questions:...

This is for all poker players, this will clear up every problem you have had with betting. I have been reading this poker form for close to two hours...

I apologize for not having the HH, but I'm at work at the moment. Setting: Ring NL .25/.50 game. The table is limp-happy with 4-6 limpers almost...

I have played Texas hold em in live games at casinoes, and I have just started playing online. I have played about 21 hours at Party Poker, playing...

I tried my first regular game this weekend sitting down at a .25/.50 table with 50$. I found the play at this table to be very different from the...

This mainly applies to no limit ring games. Many poker newbs, and I'm talking about the worst of the worst fish, have no understanding of how bets...

Hi all, Does anyone track their tournament performance on Poker Tracker? I have close to 10000 ring game hands logged, but don't keep track on...

I remember reading in SuperSystem that Doyle liked to riase with middle/small suited connectors before the flop. I've been told before to play suited...

Hey, I was wondering why anyone would play pot limit rather than No Limit. Is it a different game or is it for people who just don't like All-In. Are...

i think at one time someone had made a large post about the best places to visit to collect a few bonuses to build a bank roll, could someone link to...

Long post boys, just letting ya know in advance. Last night in my cash game i tried something new (for me). I was in EP in a 7 player game,...

how do you go about fixing the leaks in your game?

Hey guys, Newbie here. I've been playing for about a month on Pacific Poker. I got sick of all the really dumb stuff on 5cent/10 cent so...

Situation: 4 players left in 10 player single table tournament. 3 places payed. 2 players with 3800 chips each, including me. 2 players with 1000...

2 situations... 1) you have a great hand, and not much action at all on the table.. You decide to bluff... raise 3Xbb? .. raise pot? all in?...

Is there a maximum that you can cash out of party poker in one day because my friend cashed out 500 and they froze his account

How do you deal with laying down the winner either pre-flop, or pre-turn, etc? This keeps happening to me, at the time, it's the right move, then...

I was reading a starting hand chart, and it mentioned that in early position, without any raises before you, it's a good idea (in limit hold em at...

Does anyone here have to pay taxes due to online winnings? when do you know that you have to start paying them

A hypothetical scenario: You are heads up, in last position, against a very tight player. The tight player bets, and you feel there is a 60...

If you have T9, what are the chances that the flop will give you either a straight or place you one card from having a straight? I know how to...