Looking at my stats, when broken down by profit per hand at showdown, the hand I make the least money on is flushes — less than straights, less than two pair, less than high card.
What’s this all mean? Well, it means that it’s pretty hard to get someone to call you if you have a [...]
Poker Stars $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Hold’em – 9 players
The Official DeucesCracked.com Hand History Converter
UTG+1: $34.40
UTG+2: $24.40
MP1: $8.50
MP2: $23.40
CO: $24.05
BTN: $5.50
Hero (SB): $33.50
BB: $25.00
UTG: $25.35
Pre Flop: ($0.35) Hero is SB with 3 5
4 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, BTN raises to $5.50 all in, Hero raises to $10.75, 2 folds
Flop: ($11.50) 4 Q 2 (2 [...]
I’m going to try to recount a hand from tonight’s home game.
.5/.10 Texas Hold ‘Em. Location: Basement. Food: Beer & Cupcakes.
Alan (SB)
Mike (BB): $15?
Me: $18?
Roman
Jim
My cards: 7h 4d
I open raise to 30c. Roman calls. Alan calls. Mike re-raises up to $1.10. I call. Roman and Alan fold.
Pot: ~$3
Flop: 9h 8d 5c
Mike checks. I check.
Pot: ~$3
Turn: [...]
Sometimes, heads-up, you end up playing some hands you might not otherwise play.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.10 BB (2 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
SB ($10)
A’arab Zaraq (Button) ($10)
Preflop: A’arab Zaraq is Button with 2, 4
A’arab Zaraq raises to $0.40, SB raises to $0.70, A’arab Zaraq calls $0.30
Flop: ($1.40) 4, A, 4 (2 players)
SB bets $0.10, A’arab Zaraq raises [...]
I lost five buy-ins on KK vs. AA today. I’m only down two buy-ins on the day, which makes me feel better about the whole ordeal.
On the 2+2 forums, it’s common knowledge that you never fold Kings preflop, and that if you’re asking if you should fold kings preflop, that you have something to learn [...]
Contrary to popular opinion, Sklansky does not say to push all-in on the river with a powerful hand. What he does say is to estimate your EV for pushing all-in and compare it to your EV for making a pot-bet, and a half-pot bet, and then decide accordingly. If your EV for pushing all in [...]
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $0.25 BB (7 handed) – Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG ($23.95)
MP1 ($25)
MP2 ($30.80)
CO ($38.80)
Hero (Button) ($25)
SB ($57.20)
BB ($25)
Preflop: Hero is Button with 10, 9
2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 1 fold, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.75
Flop: ($2.35) 9, 9, K (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets $2, MP2 raises to $6.50, Hero calls $4.50
Turn: [...]
What do you do in this situation?
PokerStars Game #21062028705: Hold’em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) – 2008/10/09 17:32:10 ET
Table ‘Pogson IV’ 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: 33teetwo33 ($37 in chips)
Seat 2: smknbudz ($5.85 in chips)
Seat 3: omar_braves ($24.65 in chips)
Seat 4: A’arab Zaraq ($52.35 in chips)
Seat 5: crazyguy1984 ($40.30 in chips)
Seat 6: AWBQuadNines ($6.90 in [...]
The recycled wisdom from the big men who write big books about Omaha is that you don’t bluff in Omaha, other than the lone ace flush bluff. That’s true, except when it isn’t. I just bluffed and won in Omaha because I knew the other guy’s cards.
In highish position I’m dealt Ah 9s 8h Ks [...]
Of course, the classicest of all Omaha moves is to get all your chips in when you’re ahead, and that’s what I did. The thing is, in this particular hand, the other guy thought he was ahead instead, but he was wrong. All he had was the nuts on the flop, which was worthless.
I had [...]
