Tournament Poker

First hand of a $33 SnG. I'm sitting in 5th position. Blinds are 10/20. Starting stacks are 1500. I'm dealt QQ. The player in 1st position...

NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $20+$2 (Real Money) Seat 1: Vosse ($975 in chips) Seat 2: clubie ($2,415 in chips) Seat 3: Hero ($1,455 in chips) EDIT: 7H...

This is a 1000-player tournament, and there are just under 200 players. Level 8. I have an above average chick stack, pretty solid amount. I just...

I've been playing tight for most of this tournament. 2.00$ Buy in with rebuys till 1st break. 14 players left, 13 get paid. 13-10 do not make a...

I just played a $20 2-table SnG that was on the bubble for a good 45 minutes, and I got to thinking how important the strategy in playing bubbles is....

$5+$1 (real money), hand #968,979,185 Portsmouth Single Table Tournament, 8 Sep 2006 05:47 AM View Previous | Next hand for this table. Seat...

Considering that I did play this hand at all, what would you do next? ------HAND 13------ Game #2373759463: Hold'em NL (15/30) - 2006/09/08 -...

$5+$1 (real money), hand #968,063,506 Calabasas Single Table Tournament, 7 Sep 2006 11:02 PM View Previous | Next hand for this table. Seat 1:...

Can I push this? I didn't think so which is why I folded, but am I wrong? Does whether or not we're on the ITM bubble make a difference? ...

This hand was horrible. I had no idea what to do. No reads, was moved shortly before. PokerStars Game #6208296892: Tournament #31066627,...

Anyone have a reliable source that has done an analysis of Ongames card distrubtion? Seen a few but from no sources I can trust.

The table had been fairly loose with calling preflop raises ever since the rebuy hour ended. That fact makes me wanna limp for a set here, but that...

Does anyone have any links to threads or articles that explain +/- equity? I have problems understanding +/- equity fold equity etc and want to...

I have just started a Poker Blog. I'm not a pro, I'm simply a working married father of three that likes to play poker after the kiddies go to bed,...

This hand was an important one in the context of the tourney. Would appreciate any thoughts on this........... : Hand Start. : Seat 2 :...

PokerStars Game #6203899261: Tournament #31456063, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/09/07 - 16:15:46 (ET) Table '31456063 1' 9-max...

Due to excessive bad beats, part of which I think are caused by my over aggressive nature post flop, I have changed my strategy a little bit and want...

Seat 1: dioply ($2,675 in chips) Seat 2: gy130 ($1,025 in chips) Seat 3: Primus10 ($3,125 in chips) Seat 4: RIPJohnGotti ($1,445 in chips) Seat...

So I recently played a tournament and finished fifth, and I'm wondering if I played correctly in the endgame. It got to 6-handed play and the average...

What range of hands do you put the hero (guy who intially raised) and the villian (guy who won the pot) PokerStars Game #6188136109: Tournament...

$5.50 SNG on PS They seem your typical low stakes players, pretty loose in the limp with not a lot of raising. When the CO raises me I'm getting...

How would you play these two hands? Hand 1 - This was the first time he pushed from the SB. At this point he had a VPIP of 30.8 and a Total...

For those that play MTT's, what are reasonable expectations for being ITM and making final tables. I realize the lower entry tournaments with large...

No real reads. UTG is LAgg so no credit for an UTG minraise. This is the first hand CO has played. SB seems loose passive. Is raising to 500 a better...

Hi, I have been suffering some horrific bad beats over the last 72 hours, mainly on the $15 6 player tables on Pacific. My last defeat saw me...

Villain's pre-flop call and then lead on the flop made it difficult to pin him down to hand. How would you play this one? Any ideas what villain...

Opp had been sort of loose passive, say 30/0. How is this line? I don't usually overbet the flop like this but I was hoping to elicit a raise from a...

this is a half a bad beat half question post so whenever i put in cbets or raise pf trying to pick up pots it seems like a big trend on stars...

I am on now and they are gone? WTF?

Is it generally a good strategy to play suited connectors 45+ in almost any position in SNG?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) saw...

Should I have just folded this preflop? who calls the all-in? He was quite losse. PokerStars Game #6166489224: Tournament #31261726, $12+$1...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) MP...

No read really. Seemed to be playing pretty good poker. Am I ahead? Hes just cold calling me I hate this. PokerStars Game #4383127718: Tournament...

I don't really remember how to play them, but i'll figure out some content for this forum.

Well UTG doubled up on a BB special by aggressively betting out his two pair, but other than that no reads. Is there an optimum way to try and...

Sorry for a basic preflop question. BB started off very loose (50% VPIP) at the first few blind levels but at 50/100 tightened up significantly (to...

SB was limping crap every which way so that did not concern me. Button definately does not have a great hand, but probably has a range that isn't...