Champion of Poker

Question of Intention

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 [...]

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On Show One Show All Rule

Hello, I oftentimes play at casinos. Well, there’s actually one thing I notice, players there usually show their hand to the player sitting next to them or to other players around. At first, I don’t mind, however, as of now I find such kind of practice not helpful at all, most especially to the player [...]

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My Cards Were Not Mucked!

Hello, At a local casino yesterday, I played at a 3/6 limit holdem table. I remember I had K 10 unsuited then. Flop came and was K Q 10, rainbow. At some point, I was confident having my 2 pair because I was the one who started the betting and another thing, no one raised [...]

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Drawing the Turn and River Again

Hello, For roughly 6 years now, I’ve been playing no limit poker. I haven’t yet encountered a really serious problem but there’s one incident that happened just recently that somehow has troubled me. On television last week, I got the chance to watch a high-stakes cash game by which two players went all-in. On the [...]

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Can’t Beat the Board

Hello, Say on the board were A 6 6 7 7. Unfortunately, there wasn’t any hope for a flush. Then two players were in the hand and several bets have appeared. Player A checked and so as player B. Later, player A threw in his cards while player B turned over king, queen. Now, I’m [...]

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