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How often do you run plays? I mean specific hands where you steal money with basically nothing, and it's planned from before the flop. I don't do...

I play at .25/.50 tables, and have a small bankroll... (edit: .25/.50 NL tables) I normally sit down with $5.00 and when/if I reach $15 I leave...

Ring game, no limit. I'm on the button with a small ace suited - let's say A5. (On a brief tangent, I used to limp with this in most any position. ...

I am not going to post my NL stats because that is only 26 hands and I accidentally clicked CALL instead of FOLD and lost 34 dollars. These are...

Wondering what you guys recommend doing with this, or if there's even a consistently profitable approach to recommend. The situation: by the turn...

I signed up for empirepoker and deposited $50 because it says here I will get $25. I used the link form this site and signed up only to find they...

i was wonderin what the hell i should do when the people i play against constantly will not play any hands against that i raise even a minimum....

how do you guys play AJ and KJ preflop? should u raise with them, or just limp? what if you get reraised?

is it a bad idea to limp with AA when first to act preflop, hoping for a raise and reraise or just raise to begin with. And if you do raise should u...

I have always flexed my bets pre flop based on the strength of hand I'm holding, and have read more than once where this was reinforced (even Tyson...

Currently when I sit down the first few hands and the pot sizes give me an idea about how tight/loose/passive/aggressive the table is in general... ...

Does anyone have any good tips on how to succeed at online bluffing?

As of right now the only hands I re-raise with are QQ,KK,AA,and AK. But a situation arrised in a tournament just a minute ago.The tournament just...

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed) converter Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, 7d. MP2 posts a blind of $0.75. UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1...

Hi there - brand new to the site - I've read a couple of the recent threads here and am finding the info really helpful, cheers everyone. I...

Has anyone ever found that betting $6.99 or $6.67 instead of $7.00 even seems to make any change in decision.

Hey I was playing poker last night and the man with the least chips went all in. Everyone called except when it got to me I raised the pot. But they...

is it a bad idea to limp with AA when first to act preflop, hoping for a raise and reraise or just raise to begin with. And if you do raise should u...

I host a NL $10 cash ring game regularly at my house, and have a few questions. How much should the blinds be? We are currently playing...

Hi, just had a quick question, tonite a community flush came up Ad 10d 6d 5d 2d. Does it come down to best 2 cards you were dealt? or the best hand...

i have a question about the pre-flop strategies found on the flopturnriver.com site. when he is talking about hands that you should play that aren't...

hi, this is my first post. i was calculating odds and one of my numbers seems to be a bit high. my question is, if 10 people are at the table and i...

I'm new to poker, and the biggest frustration I have so far is that when playing at very low limit (.05/.10) online games, basically people go in...

Maybe I oversold it with the acting job... ***** Hand History for Game 1469015637 ***** $25 PL Hold'em - Friday, January 21, 13:35:45 EDT 2005...

Can some of the season players suggest some good books for me to read?I would like something that is easy to understand without all of the odds,that...

Everyone is saying that Interpoker is full of fish and that it is easy peasy to win there - but I don't agree at all. I've played at Empirepoker,...

Just wanted to get more discussion on this concept, I know there are tons of existing posts. (By slow play I mean not only check/call but also...

What is a good % of flops seen for a tight player? I am trying to tighten up a bit because I get tired of the radical swings of my somewhat loose...

Here's a question I'm hoping to get some clarification with. I'll start with an example from earlier today. I was dealt JJ sitting at CO orbit...

Playing in a $1/$2 NL live cash game last night with a group I regularly play with who has me peggeg as a very tight player. I am dealt pocket 10's...

Hi everyone ... 1st time post here. Just a hand last night that annoyed me and just wanted to get peoples thoughts. $0.15/0.30 got dealt 6 9...

Over New Year's I was in Vegas and somehow found myself in the pokerroom at Luxor. On this one particular hand, this kid, who was a bit of a...

Well here is my first 1000 hands stats(first 5 days of playing with real $) Game: 0.02/0.04 Vol. Put $ In Pot: 27.67 Went to SD %: 32.12 Won $...

Ok,you got pocket tens in early pos and limp,a player raises limp bet times 3 from late, a player calls behind him, and you call. Flop is all unders...

Last night, I was dealt Big Slick. Flop gives me a king, but two clubs on the board. Blinds were only at 10 (First round of a SNG). I raised to...

Ok, this is a question for no limit ring. I never EVER raised 22-JJ pre flop before.But I got to thinkin about it. My image is SUPER-tight-passive at...

I've run into a little trouble when checkraising a hand. Usually this situation occurs when I limp in ep with a PP and land a set on the flop. I...