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I just :heart: check-calling river bets. Do you guys perfer check calling rather than betting. I think it has made me sooo much more money at...

Over the past month or so I've been getting killed. I've lost about 2/3 of my bankroll and I'm wondering what I can do to get out of this funk. I...

I thought about posting this in the new Beginner's Winner's Circle thread, but decided against it (I dunno why). This is in part a testimonial...

i just started an account at stars. next to the ring table name in the lobby it says "no all ins". what does this mean? and these are nl tables

Review these hands and tell me if there's anything wrong with the way I played.. PokerStars Game #4936103505: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) -...

Ok, so recently I've been buying in shortstacked at the $100NL games on Hollywood poker as a sort of 'aggressive like rippy' experiment. (been buying...

Is it obvious I was beat here? The guy was very LAG and I figured he was doing this on his TP. PokerStars Game #4931240611: Hold'em No Limit...

I'm playing right now and have lost two large pots to garbage. That being aside and trying not to punch my computer I'm looking back and figuring...

The other night I was playing a low stakes SNG and on reaching the bubble the whole table got very tight. I know that this is not unusual but I'd...

This will be my last post for the day. I played about ten hours of poker at 5 NL, 4 tables, and my bankroll came out even at the end. Huge swings and...

Deposited $500 for the bonus, they took $515 :shock:. Cashed out $600, they gave me $585 :shock:. How do people not living in the US deal with...

We've all been there. We hit TPTK on the flop in OOP, bet 50% of the pot, and then some donk goes allin with his entire stack (say around $8-10). ...

I 4 table -- I am getting ready to move from 50nl to 100nl, but I was thinking about playing 2 or 3 tables of 50nl and 1 or 2 of 100nl. Any thoughts...

I've been reading some posts regarding pot odds and EV; I still don't completely understand EV. I think I am starting to get it, though. So if...

I played a charity tounery a couple of weeks ago. When it came time to SD, one guy had a habit of only showing one card at first and only showed his...

When you're considering getting into this is it best to start with 2 tables and then just see how things work out and if you can handle the pace of...

I'm wondering how I can utilize these two hands to be more profitable. After laying down my fourth consecutive QQ today, I've begun to question just...

they have QQ-AA. y/n?

Well i had PT since april and finally got 10 k hand sample size. This 25 NL/PL. I got following stats: PT says I am...

Ok, twice today I got quads. Both times within an hour of each other. How would you bet these. Heres what I did. 50NL game 6 max. Dog delt 55...

Hi, I need some advice to plug a leak in my game before i move on up to $10. Im never too sure what to do when the flop comes down containg a...

I'd normally just limp and hunt for a set, but thought I'd try this for a change. Game #1474074942 - (blinds $0.05/$0.10) No Limit Texas Hold'em -...

Well, I've been playing part-time (mostly weekends) since January, and I recently hit 100k hands, playing mainly Party, Crypto and Pacific and some...

Please, please only vote if you are both 1) and 2): 1) Decisively either a pot-pot-pot bettor (keeps betting standard bet amount until convinced...

So, my days as a Party Poker Beginner came to an end. My big slip up over the last week meant that my $150 on Party had shrunk to a little over...

Playing at a table right now (Party 25NL) and it seems like every time I have a limpable hand based on my position (eg KQs,AJo or low pair) some...

Okay, I've been around a lot lately at stars and I recognize a few of your names from playing with you. But anyways, I realize there are a lot of...

Party's software and programming are really getting to me. Has anyone else noticed that the lobby is hard to see and read. Everything overlaps, it...

So after that large downswing I posted about recently, I moved away from Bodog to Party so I could actually get hands in PT to look at them later. ...

I never win at Party. This is an embarrassing thing to admit, I realize, like saying you can't get laid at a whorehouse, but it's the truth. I...

There's this bug on unibet, it has happened 5 times now. When it happens, it's always the first hand after sitting down at a table. It's as if I...

I guess while we're on the subject of checkups here's mine: These are my net overall stats from NL25 through a little less than 10,000 hands.Note...

What do you think villian has? I had no reads on him... Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from...

Well just finished playing 15k hands took me a little over a week ad a half. I will say i dont think i ran great. But here are my numbers, tell...

PokerStars Game #4958917060: Hold'em No Limit ($0.02/$0.05) - 2006/05/16 - 21:56:34 (ET) Table 'Tirza' 9-max Seat #7 is the button Seat 1:...