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I work with morons. Last week, while at work, one of the guys that I work with every single day makes a bone-headed mistake that he probably makes...

I didn't have enough hands on this player to get a good read but I thought... It was a good line. How could I have better represented a flush here. ...

Is this standard to stack off here? Villian is running 38/29 over 90 hands. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars...

As I get more and more hands under my belt I am constantly adjusting my play. Looking at poker tracker, I've noticed the number of hands I limp...

I didn't have any reads on this player. Later after he left I still had no reads. I felt checking the flop was better as the only thing that I...

Slow play is an interesting topic, because it is a second-level poker strategy (i.e., a strategy based on the predicted reactions of other players...

I will try to give as much info as I can on this but this is my first post like this so be gentle. $3+.30 knockout tourney at Full Tilt with 90...

we've done stuff like this before.... can you take $2 and buy into a HU SNG and work it up THROUGH the $20? the math guys can tell you how many...

ISF had a thread a while ago about the beauty of realizing that you're bad. Obviously, there are good things that come from this realization: 1. you...

It seems like tilt is most often induced when a player plays his hand in the right way but still loses. I feel like you can overcome this by...

You are holding AK, and you raise pre-flop. You completely miss the flop (i.e., at most, backdoor flush or straight draws). I was inspired to start...

Hello people, I'm sander from amsterdam, netherlands. found your website and registered. I'm pretty new to the pokerworld but i've played some...

I can't find the hand to post but it's been bugging me all day, so here was the situation. Cash full ring game $2/4, deep stacks. I get KcKs UTG,...

whilst browsing earlier today I came across a reference to this post on 2+2 forums by pokey who's apparently one of the coaches at stoxpoker . It...

Viillain was really quiet up until now, hadn't seen him do much at all. He ran 15/3/2.4 over 67 hands. I wouldn't expect him to cold call this 3 bet...

I don't have Pokertracker but I saw a few things in the villain while I was there. He limped a lot and almost always called PF raises regardless of...

$25 6 max on tilt, I'm about 80 hands deep at this table. Both villains are about 30/10, BB has a 60% raise cbet, 40% call cbet. Full Tilt...

I've been running pretty solid at the table 15/13/8.0 in the last ~75 hands... auto-muck is on and only showdown good solid hands... HAND 1 ...

I want to make sure my thinking is correct here. Please correct me if I'm off. UTG+1 is a 58/7 limper/station. I've seen him play passively most...

Mistakes which fall into this category: -limp/calling PF with speculative hands -limp/folding PF -calling PF with out implied odds Some...

Just was sort of an in the moment thing where I was like "Hmm this seems like a cool spot to donk" Just jam over the 3bet or give some rope? ...

What's the general purpose of a blocking bet? As far as I know, it's to get to showdown cheaply when we're OOP and to stop villain from bluffing us...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (MP3) ($5.88) CO ($10.25) Button ($5)...

I'd won 3 hands in a row a few hands before and villain had moaned in chat about me buying the pot. He was 55/6/0.11. Is he trying to bluff me off...

1. Villain was an obvious donk playing way to many hands. He ran 54/7/1.2 over 34. Sorry if this is at all standard, had a bad session yesterday and...

Hand 1: Villain is 27/12 AF is 2.3 Should I just be dumping this hand on the flop after the weak C/R. Do we see many check raises with air at...

I haven't posted any HH for awhile as I have been doing most of my HH reviews in IRC. I'm going through todays session which over all was a good...

Very unsure what my plan should be on the turn. also, river is debatable. note: villain posted w/o waiting for bb PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,...

I played this hand horribly. Button is a maniac donk who I was hoping to isolate. CO's stats are of 21/16 with AF of 1. Should I be Cbetting this...