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How your personality affects your poker game part two
These traits in my personality and this “don’t trust anybody” outlook was steering me towards paying people off who were betting and raising in heads up poker situations. I was doing this because I was refusing to believe what their betting was telling me in the hand like I would be refusing to believe them [...]
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, thus [...]
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 the [...]
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 folded. [...]
Continue reading...About Bets
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hello, Let’s assume that in a standard game, I have pocket Aces. Eventually, I placed a wager that I feel just right for me to have callers. Then four players call my bet and quite as expected no one raised. I’m wondering, what if the player to my right makes the last in the series of calls, [...]
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 150. Finally, [...]
Continue reading...Throws Over Cards Face Up Preflop
Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Hi, I’m wondering, what if a player throws over his cards face up preflop without saying it, should he therefore call all in bet or what? I’ll be glad to hear from you soon. Thanks, Joe Powers Joe, If a player throw their hand in preflop and do not declare anything when it is their turn to act, first ask [...]
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