Tag Archive | "all in"
Playing an actual poker session part four
Hand 30, UTG, 8-3, I fold, Stack size £600 Hand 31: Big Blind, Q-5, three players limp as does small blind, I check. Flop K-Q-9 rainbow and it gets checked around. Turn card is another Q. SB checks and I fire £20 and all fold. Stack size £620 Hand 32: Small Blind, 8h-5h, all fold [...]
Continue reading...Just how do you handle a maniac in poker
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Maniacs or to give them another name…..loose aggressive players are perhaps the most difficult players to combat in poker games. Well actually any poker style can be profitable if your opponents cannot exploit it properly. A calling station isn’t a good poker player but if you continually try to bluff them then your style is [...]
Continue reading...Only Allowed to Call
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, Just the other day, I played no limit at Poker Stars. At some point, I was not allowed to do the raising and all. Blinds by the way were $100/$200. With Qt of hearts, I was small blind. Eventually, for 200 two players called while for $100 I called. Later on, big blind checked, [...]
Continue reading...Untimely Showing of a Hand
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hi, I played no limit holdem with some business partners. Well, one hand came down to two players, player A and player B. Before the river, player A was hoping back then for a flush with clubs in the pocket and two on the table. Player B was already committed to pocket with QQ. River [...]
Continue reading...Question of Intention
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, I believe the incident that was said to be a “mucked” was just a question of intention. Well, if a player never directly said he’d fold or else surrender his cards then he is actually up to play the hand. I guess the simplest and just solution is to consider the player to be [...]
Continue reading...Raising in Holdem
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, Say in a heads-up action, there were two players and the blinds were at 400 & 800. Player 1 was the small blind and then player 2 was the big blind. Eventually, player 1 called the big blind and then expressed verbally he’d raise. Player 2 then went all in and so player 1 [...]
Continue reading...Before Revelation Time
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, In a recent game by which my friend was in, something happened. At preflop, there was betting. Then flop came and after that two players remained, player A and player B. Player A went all in. While player B without any doubt, immediately flipped his cards and afterwards said “I flopped a straight”. I [...]
Continue reading...Just Because of Revealing the Hand
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, In a certain holdem event, me and two other players were down to the river. If I could remember it right, I need a club on the river to make a flush. River card came and of course I was hoping to have the card I wanted. Then when I saw light, I therefore [...]
Continue reading...Betting After an All In
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hi, I played holdem with some family members just this evening. I admit most of us are just newbies. At near mid part, three were left for the pot including me. With a small pot, I went all-in. Two other players had more chips than me, later, they called my bet. Flop then came. However, [...]
Continue reading...Hitting One of the Community Cards
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hey there! In a recent tournament, a situation came up. I remember then that after the flop, I went all-in. Later, I had one caller for it. Well, it was the first hand of the tournament therefore both of us were all-in. I was then the dealer and when the time to flipped my two [...]
Continue reading...
- pokeroffice: Your blog was interesting when I found last Thurs...
- pokeroffice: Your blog was interesting when I found last Thurs...
- Peter Sandall: I figured I would place a message right here to sh...
- Andrew A. Sailer: I stop by your blog everyday to see if you have up...
- Shad Shymansky: Good job on this blog! Are you playing in the WSO...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
0 Comments