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One off the button I'm dealt :kc: :ks: (first time I've seen a pocket pair above 99 in about 500 hands of hold'em, mind you) One EP limper...

This is a suggestion for the admin people, and I apologise if it has been suggested before (I'm pretty new to this site). On this forum there are a...

Party Poker Pot-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (10 handed) UTG+1 ($62.10) UTG+2 ($22.70) MP1 ($25) MP2 ($24) MP3 ($37.70) CO ($11.15) Button...

warning: long post, so bear with me, and thanks to anyone who gets through the whole thing. ive been playing NL for a little over a year now. ...

Mainly I'm interested at UB because they have the lower NL tables. I only have a bankroll of $100 so I figure its best to start at the real low...

Ive been playing pretty seriously for about six months and I think I am pretty solid all around. I deposited 50 bucks at Party Poker and play the $5...

Hey guys, i've been wondering why you would play KJ differently than KJs. on this site of starting hands , it shows to play KJ in late with a small...

I deliberately established a rep for bluffing a bit at a session recently. Got some good action and dragged a couple decent ones. Later I get TP...

I play in a big cash game down here at my college with some high calibur players. I used to play at home for stakes much smaller than here but they...

When you guys sit down to a table, do you normally buy in with max, min, middle, %, etc? I've been experiemnting at the .10/.25 table buying in...

This post involves an interesting hand I played a couple of days ago while killing time in a two-table Sit & Go tournament. I'm posting this hand...

6 max tables.... How do you play Ax? Personally, I don't even play it. Probably because I haven't figured out how to play it so its profitable so...

im playing at a no limit table where minimum buy in is 100 bucks. i have AK preflop and i bet 15 bucks, this guy after me raises double of what i...

I have trouble playing out of the small blind. I seem to be calling too often just because "I'm half way in." I plan to play $1/$2 very soon...

I am just so emotionally tired right now from getting speared every time I sit down. note: not mentally tired -- I feel like I'm making the right...

Okay, I'm sorta whining again but I'm at least 36% serious too. If you can't beat 'em join 'em, as they say. And I cannot beat people who are...

I've been trying hard to plug up my NLHE ring game leaks. Next up on the list: pre-flop aggression (or lack thereof). Ironically I have no...

How much money do you usually bring to a table when playing (limit)? I know you should have 300xBB for your bank roll but how much do you plop down...

There's a post in another forum that contains these lines: "Oh great... I folded a straight flush" ... "Oh great... this time I folded four of a...

This has been getting on my nerves lately so I thought I'd ask here for opinions, as well as just to vent a little. I haven't been playing very...

2 q's I have been playing at party, pretty new to online 1) How often do you check with best hand if flush/st8 draw comes on river? 2) do...

That's probably the most singularly important piece of advice I've ever received regarding poker. You can have pocket aces, but if you're in the...

Hello, when studying my results (i´m only playing Hold´em) at the tables i have noticed following thing. I´m usually profibale overall but it tends...

I am a perennial second placer in our NL hold 'em tourneys (usually 8-12 people). I almost always play tight enough to make it to heads up play, and...

i dont know if this belongs in this thread or the tournament thread, but anyways...i know what to do w/ pocket j's and higher, but what do i do...

20 man tourney, down to four blind 50/100 all stacks fairly even. Everyone limps in action on me Flop come 5 6 7. I've got 3 4. Raise 300 next...

Here is a summary of my last 1000 hands using pokertracker on Poker Stars .25/.50 game. Let me know how they are, thanks. Total Sessions - 27...

Well, after 2 weeks of playing every day, I finaly lost the $10 Royal vegas poker gave me. :cry: Anyway, I've been playing the 5/10 cent games,...

I am new to this site and have a question about calculating your chances of winning the showdown. Right now I have been playing mainly .2/.4 limit. ...