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Playing an actual poker session part five
Hand 37: Big Blind, A-Q, Early player raises to £15 and it is folded to me. AQ is a trouble hand in NL Texas Hold’em poker and I must be careful but I call anyway. Flop comes 10-K-7 giving me a gutshot draw. I bet £20 and I am relieved to see them fold. Stack [...]
Continue reading...Playing an actual poker session part four
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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...A Hand in Action from $20-$40 limit play
Monday, November 30, 2009
This hand was taken from my archive of hands that I have at limit hold’em. Although it wasn’t played by me personally but by someone who I was helping at the time! It was folded around to our hero who was on the button with the A-J and he raised. He was using Poker Office [...]
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...Taking a Break
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, I would like to ask something but I don’t know if it would make sense. What will you do if you want to use the facilities or want to get some of the free grub? Will you leave your chips or take them with you in case? Another thing, what if while you are [...]
Continue reading...Raise Before Dealt Cards
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hi, I’m just wondering if a player who is posting the big blind can actually ever raise before cards are even dealt, particularly when in no limit holdem. In some of the games I was able to witness, players with few chips left should put in what they still have prior to the dealing of [...]
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...Winning More Than You Can Cover
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
I played holdem Saturday night. Well, during a hand, the big blind and small blind were put in. Eventually, only one player called the blind. The name of the guy is Bill. Later part, he went all in, however it didn’t even match the big blind. Just an information, the big blind had fifty more [...]
Continue reading...Seeing the Mucked Cards
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, I’d start by sharing that for three times a week, I play live N/L tournaments near my hometown. There’s one player I usually encounter in my games. I believe he is one of the best amongst the locals and I heard he runs the NL tournaments. Just last week, I saw him and actually [...]
Continue reading...An Inquiry About Side Pots
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, Before I lay down my question, I would like to thank you for creating and maintaining a site like this one. Thanks for all the efforts! For my question, well say at a table, 100-100 blinds. Then player A is the big blind, 200. There is player B who will go all in for [...]
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Wednesday, January 6, 2010
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