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Saw a quote that struck me as poker-related...even though I'm not into that macho "I call your bluff because I have BIG BALLZ SUCKAH!" kind of stuff....

Hi guys, I play regularly $4-$8 limit live everyday. However, i wanted to learn no-limit too. So went and bought the book "mastering no limit...

10nl bodog UTG raises 15cents to go, 6 callers, im BB with 42h flop comes 429r checked, left of me raises to .60cent, other guy reraises to...

What do you guys think should be more profitable for $25NL, UB with 25% rakeback or Party Poker with no rakeback? For low stake cash games is the...

Table Dancing Leaf - $0.25/$0.50 - Seat 1: spencerraises ($39.25) Seat 2: Stripclubjunkie ($46.25) Seat 3: vboy816 ($35.90) Seat 4: whslim...

in general, i want to ask how you all play your small pairs from early position...22-66. the three strategies i can think of are: 1) limp only...

This guy was quite a player to watch. I was quadtablin' NL100 and he sat at three of my tables, pushing his stack around all the time and making...

Would it be correct to play a few more hands than usual (not terrible hands though) against people who are loose passive since you are getting better...

When a hand is heads up, I absolutely HATE when the "villian" checks it to me, I raise, 50-75% of the pot, and he calls. Turn comes, same thing...

I just realized how much good money a person can make off 25NL if you can figure out what they do against c-bets. There are 3 standard plays: ...

In the last 4 weeks seems everyone is trying to just min raise no matter position or strength. How do you combat this tactic (especially at 25NL)...

In this corner we have... A problem with the SB & BB matchup. What kind of change do you make to your game when facing this situation? do you...

What are some major differences I should keep in mind when switching between cash and SnG games? (9 players each) Lastnight this guy at our home...

Hello all, Whats the best line to take when flopping 2 pair. My impression ( no stats to back this up) that whenever I flop 2 pair they rarely...

Who would win this one 1st hand have Ace clubs and 10 diamond 2nd hand have 7 diamond and Q heart River K Diamond 9 clubs

Who would win if the river has 6 spade 3 heart 3 spade 4 heart J heart First hand= 4 and 6 diamond Second Hand= J and 8 diamond ???????

I'll be hosting my first home game during the SuperBowl and have a few questions for some of the pro's out there. Game details: - $20 buy in -...

Putting a big chunk of my roll into PP to try to clear their deposit bonus. $500 means that I could potentially play NL$25 which seems to be a good...

I had a lot of min raises on somewhat scary flops against me in 25NL. 3 in a half hour span this morning. At 10 NL this means strength but I'm...

What did player 7 do wrong in the following linked hand? http://www.flopturnriver.com/hand_011404-bad_call.html

I will be at a table playing NL (online) and I will get quite nicely ahead of my starting buy in, then after a certain amount of time I will just...

Hello all I'm not sure if this question is best in this forum or not but I'll give it a shot. I've been playing over a year now and in our...

Howdy This might not be easily explained here, but i wondered if anyone knew nonetheless. Sometimes watching tourny's on the TV, when 2 players...

Things were going pretty good until these hands ... not sure how I could have played them differently to avoid the outcome. Hand 1 Texas...

Ok, I would really like someone to clarify this for me. I was told for LIMIT Hold'Em a good bankroll would be 300BB, meaning if you were playin at...

This is a hand history, but i am a beginner so I posted here. please advise on my play here. i had no reads, and was slightly tilting because a...

Hello all! was wondering what size br would be needed to 2 table 10nl ring games, i'am on the verge of stepping up from 2nl (hooray) i've got close...

Not sure that this is the right forum for this post but this is just something I've been thinking about lately. Is it really possible to...

Im not a beginner but didnt know where to post this as it pertains to both limit and no limit. I think that im just not cut out for poker and that...

I pretty much always play ring games (25NL). I have played a few tournaments, but always find myself stuggling to get in the money. I believe it is...

Stop being a fucking spastic who gets ripped off by spam, bullshit e-mails and learn to play the game properly

This is not an exact hand history as i can not remember the hand exactly but i will give the jest of the hand. I get wired 7s in middle position....