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In $25 n/l ring game is it more of an advantage to be a LAGG player who has reads than a TAGG player who has reads in the long term. Yesterday I...

Poker Stars tells you what percentage of pots you win at showdown and how many pots you win without showdown. What percentage of showdowns is a good...

These two hands came five hands apart. PokerStars Game #3820210577: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/01/31 - 18:59:55 (ET) Table 'Tatry'...

Ok I need a little input here. Please see the following http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=27967 It happened two more times...

I have Poker Academy and love it. It lets you adjust table structure and type of opponents so that you can practice different types of Holdem...

A question, what should I’ve done before the flop, after the flop, and anything else I did ? My opponent: JD, 10C Me: Ah, 7h He limps. I raise...

How many poker skills are there or what kinda skillz are there? Pot odd Table image Pot size Tells money stack betting patten bluffing Are...

Took up my first +20% up to $100 Bonus on Party yesterday. Terms are 1000 raked hands in 7 days to release it. So how many hands dealt (PT stats...

Should I consider that I might be beat? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx MP ($28.65) CO...

I was just 5 tabling 25NL. After a while I had $360 in play. Over 14 buy-ins. The rebuy glitch is awesome. I profited $100 in the session to boot. ...

What do you guys think? Value bet at the end? Game #1255791690 - (blinds $0.25/$0.50) No Limit Texas Hold'em - 2006/02/01-13:21:57.1 (CST)...

Any tips on how to play in a SnG with three players left (out of six), each with about 2000 chips, but the blinds still being low eg 25 and 50? In...

Followup to Triptanes' question: Can someone run the numbers for flush on flush (assuming suited pocket cards and a hand down to the river)? I...

Still a novice, but diciplined. I play weekly at a friends house. 15 people usually, MTT Style (only 2 tables, going into 1 after 9 players left)...

Okay, I know most of you guys don't like playmoney in general. But here goes... I was doing okay at PacificPoker's playmoney tournaments, I have...

I'm reading a lot about setting goals and learning approaches ... I'm really keen to develop a plan and some definable goals to work towards. Two...

I've been told to raise less and call often against an LAGG player. Especially when I have a strong hand last to act because the LAGG will bet for...

So I guess as of late, I've begun to realize that my play is pretty terrible and I'm going to need a lot of improvement. One of those areas is...

This smelled like a busted flush draw. What do you guys think? PokerStars Game #3822006963: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/01/31 -...

I'm really not sure that, on the EXTREMELY RARE occasions when I flop quads with a pair in the hole, I am playing the optimum strategy. I have...

PokerStars Game #3821659891: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2006/01/31 - 21:01:56 (ET) Table 'Magdalena V' Seat #7 is the button Seat 1:...

I need some advice, guys. Lately I've been getting sucked out big time in cash games by players drawing against the odds and hitting. Yesterday I...

Wondering if I played this properly. ***** Hand History for Game 3470546333 ***** 0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Tue Jan 31 14:02:58 EST...

What size bets should I be making on the flop/turn/river? I used to make a half to two thirds pot bet but recently I have switched to a pot size bet...

okay. sounds like the usual rant. but i got something more specific. I'm out of position. Lets say a bullshit 93o in the BB hits a 2-pair. I...

So I finally built up my bankroll to $1000 and I graduated to the 2 tabling NL $50. It seems like a whole game altogether. At NL $25 I would just sit...

At the lower stakes No Limit I have countless times in the past experienced the insanely overused check/call on flop and check/min-raise play....

Hello. My name is Anuj. And I have a problem. So I get married to TPTK and love her. I mean, sure, there have been times when she lets me down,...

You have a nut flush draw and a mid pair on the flop with A showing. You put your opponent on an A. For example Ks Ts Ah 9d Flop: As Th 2s ...

Ok, its a 100NL-game at Party full of fishes. One player who is a complete maniac has moved-in about 10 times in a row now and is clearly on full...

I’m new to poker, and only been playing for around 4 months, 3 weeks of real money. I like to play limit Hold em at .10/.20 and SNGs at $5 on...

Another simple NL ring question: What to do with midpairs preflop? Let's say deep stacks, position, and 0 to 1 limpers. Raise and play them fast or...

Hey guys. I'm normally a tournament player. Which is to say that I suck at poker. In full table no limit ring, lets say $100 NL, what factors do you...

Some people like to just call the raise and others like to reraise to the point of going all in assuring that they will get to see all the cards. I...

It seem like everytime i get a good 2 pairs and i though im going to win but someone other guy have a three of a kind and i didnt even know about it....

I was perusing Gabe's blog the other day and came across some hand histories that made me think about my turn and river play quite a bit. I tend to...

How many of you talented players in hear make an extra profit by making reads and simply outplaying a player. Last night I had AQ suited from the...