Tournament Poker

My room mate has seen my recent SnG success, and asked me to teach him how to play online. He understands the basics of NL Hold Em, and he's a smart...

Ok, I realize this is a BIG topic and I am doing lots of reading on this and wanted to see if we could get a basic strategy for the following hands...

Ok aside from the fact that I am yet again disappointed I didn't win the mofo - last night's tourney was kind of fun. The tourney was (surprise,...

PokerStars Game #2635482685: Tournament #12672477, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/09/22 - 15:49:00 (ET) Table '12672477 115' Seat #1 is...

I wanted to know whether this is the right play. This is a 150 player tournament where top 20 gets paid. It is roughly a 5 hour tournament at...

Occasionally, i run into tables where it is generally very loose and limp/raise calling isnt uncommon. They believe they are invested with the SB or...

Hand 1 UTG looks like a TAggy thinking player. On prior hands he re-raised my button open of 3x from the BB, then on another hand he opened for...

By PUSH, do you mean all in? Or fold? I'm assuming PUSH=AI Stop and Go, what is this? Thanks

I don't make a habit of calling AI's on the flop with low top pair/top kicker, but I smelled a rat on this. Should I have called this? ***********...

What's your play here and your plan of action? Both opponents are loose calling stations. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30...

10+1$ SnG just started with 10 players Blinds 20/10 and all stacks are close to 1000 Hero limps from UTG with :jc::jd: UTG+1 miniraises to 40 4...

Finally, I hit a goddamned first place finish - been doing okay in the tournies so far - played 11, been ITM for 7 of them for an %81 ROI, but only...

rprice is pretty loose, HAND 1: Seat 1: streubie ($1,565 in chips) Seat 4: rprice2832 ($1,788 in chips) Seat 6: Spiderman919 ($5,200 in...

I was in a MTT 20$ at stars last night, got itm and then got lots of tips and advice from poeople in the FTR irc room, would never gotten so far...

ok im going to explain the situation a little bit here to start with. Tonight i was in the PS $11+rebuys and Soupie and I ended up being on the...

Im sorry but I can not find the previous posts regarding Turbo Tournaments. At least none that are very detailed. How do you survive in turbo...

I was playing a $33 SnG on Party earlier today. My cards had been unremarkable and I hadn't won a pot by the time the blinds hit 25/50. By then my...

$5 SnG, 3rd hand so no reads. Pick up AA in mid position, no limpers, 1 person before me minraised to 80, i reraise to 160, sb and original raiser...

Do you call this or assume you are behind and cut your losses? Results this evening. Single-Table Tournament Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes $5...

Blinds 50/100, I had 4xbb in the BB, we are 4 handed. Dealt Q9o, UTG folds, button limps, sb limps, I check. Flop 8QT, sb checks, I push with...

Seat 1: streubie ($1,465 in chips) Seat 4: rprice2832 ($1,888 in chips) Seat 6: Spiderman919 ($5,200 in chips) Seat 7: buck choy ($4,242 in...

Seat 1: streubie ($1,365 in chips) Seat 4: rprice2832 ($2,144 in chips) Seat 6: Spiderman919 ($3,100 in chips) Seat 7: buck choy ($3,642 in...

Everyone at this tight table minraises or limps, I give him credit for a strong hand, even though it looks weak. Insta push or call and look for a...

I read a sticky in the Beginners' Circle a while back that said something like, "Learning is only half the battle, absorbing and applying knowledge...

Anytime you get the winning hand on the flop do you raise or check? and I assume both so what % do you do each? Example: 7h8c9d flops ... I have...

I play the single table 5.50 sngs at stars which can last 1.25 hours due to starting chips (1500) and the tight play. this just seems like a long...

PokerStars Game #2633569815: Tournament #12872709, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2005/09/22 - 06:15:29 (ET) Table '12872709 1' Seat #1...

I was very happy when reviewing this SnG, because I felt I wasn't pushing things near the bubble when I didn't have to necessarily. I think this is...

Over my last 150 sng's of (as far as I can tell) flawless poker, my ROI is .4%. Never again will I think a long term ROI of 10% is "not very good."...

For those of you who have recorded sng's...what video settings do you use to keep the file size down?

Reads: none on the BB, SB is very loose aggressive (he flat called in a similar situation with K7s, pushed on a Txx flop, I had JJ and doubled up). ...

2nd hand in a $10+1 on Party ***** Hand History for Game 2752500389 ***** 15/30 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 15948789) -...

everyone in this mtt is a fish except me, but that doesn't mean i know what he has. thoughts? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is...

I was playing a small $5+1 tournament a couple nights ago, and I barely made it to the final table. This was a turbo tournament so blinds got big...

Seat 2: Cjacks ($500 in chips) Seat 3: im nogenius ($1,620 in chips) Seat 4: mcpooh8055 ($1,415 in chips) Seat 5: JayTay1 ($2,595 in chips) Seat...

Whats with all the rocks playing sit n goes these days?? I havent played them in awhile so I gave them a shot over the last few days. Level...

I probably shouldn't have played the hand like this, but what do you put opp on? Table Name Hand ID Game Stakes $5 NL - 9 Seats 4665708-3 Holdem...

Following a bunch of posts on this site I decided to take a stub at the impossible mission of coming up with a quick guide to paying the bubble at...

You are playing weak tight all tourney, blinds are 25-50 and you pickup AJo and raise it 3xbb and get a call from a relative shorter stack at the...