Tournament Poker

Villain was calling preflop when suited or connected. He had raised the flop with draws as well as made hands. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,...

levels are shorter and blinds increase in smaller increments until the 500/1000 level. then they are pretty much the same except now the levels are...

Was this a bluff by villain? No legit hand made sense. Villain had been bluffing scare cards and coming over the top with draws, junk and the...

The only hand villain has shown down was JJ and he open pushed it... PokerStars Game #21531141736: Tournament #116550601, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit...

Opp is terrible, -30% ROI/-$12k, stats 44/33 at this point. A few questions: 1. Do you 3-bet preflop? 2. As played, do you c-bet the flop or c/f?...

Standard I think but my ICM decisions aren't the best so I thought I'd post it. Opp has been shoving a fair bit but he has no option. Full Tilt...

First hand of the tourney. Overpair normally good in this spot, or too much of a gamble right now? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, 10+1 Tournament,...

utg+1 is 40/20/1.64 but that includes the rebuy hour. SB is 35/4/1.75 its the $11 rebuy. i suppose this is based on one's personal style......

---No HH here, just a discussion between me and a fellow poker player. I figured it fit well in the MTT forum being I currently only am working on...

i know this has probably been posted before but.... recently, ive been 18-24 tabling 10$ 9 man sngs and was looking for some insight into the...

I was watching Poker After Dark one night and Phil Hellmuth was talking about how folding AA might make sense in certain instances. I think I came...

Can't really think i'm beat on the flop, should i have reraised, on turn do i have to let this go? Player was very bad got his chips from calling an...

i think the reraise was bad, i thought he could make this raise with any over cards, i considered another pocket pair but i thought he reraise pre...

no special reads on villain. easy fold? No Limit Holdem Tournament 7 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG Hum_Noi (3670) UTG+1...

3 rebuy 95 left. i have no other option right? pretty standard i guess... i'm just checking. they both folded... luckily no one woke up with...

This puzzled the shit out of me. Either she knew exactly what I had or she was a fish. I didn't want to bet the flop after she checked to me because...

Alright, I feel like it's time I have something to offer that could really help some of you who are starting out the way I did... with nothing or...

I was in the PokerStars MDM tournament today, and for a while I had high hopes of making it to the top 100. Early on, I had this beauty of a hand: ...

i think i played ok, i was hoping some one can check for leaks, the main thing i'm having trouble with is when i'm short staked late, i have trouble...

I'm trying to improve my hand reading and would appreciate some feedback on my thought process through the following hand: Full Tilt No-Limit...

A couple of weeks ago I got back into playing again somewhat and decided to do SNGs for a time rather than ring games. I read up on BR management...

I discovered the winning/losing streak option on sharkscope today. I personal best ( worst) is 25 non cashes- anyone beat that? note: I play alot of...

Interesting spot IMO. Nearing treasure land. Button has suffered some suckouts leaving his stack around where it is right now. He did not seem...

because a standard raise would be 320 ( 3xbb + 1BB for limper ) should i just shove this? No Limit Holdem Tournament $2 + $0.25 Sit & Go 8...

Whats your move considering the following? this guy had open-raised on the BTN about 70% of the time. none of his hands were shown down as...

I have been getting a ton of smaller PP in this turbo 180 man. I am consistently finding that I don't know what to really do with them in early...

i don't like my play in this spot. it's even worse regarding the two small stacks. but what is a good line? call preflop and check flop? do i have...

Kind of similar to a hand posted here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/qq-did-i-play-this-too-tight-t77565.html Lost the hand history...

Villain hasent been getting out of line from what I could tell. I wasnt running PO at the time but he seemed fairly tight, guesstimate 23/11. How do...

No reads on opp and HUD stats hadn't come up yet. What's your turn move, and how does your turn decision affect what you do on the river? ...

Opp's stats were 38/18/1.4 over 34 hands. I'm getting 3.3 to 1 on the river. Call? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $25+$2 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds...

~300 players total, 40 players left, 4 players till the bubble bursts. Big stack had been very active the past couple of rounds. Full Tilt...

One part of my game that I often feel confused about is how to place face cards in EP at a full table. I know it depends on the table texture and...

Did I play this TOO tight? It was early in the tourney and I had no read yet. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $5.00+$0.50 Tournament, 25/50 Blinds...

Just wondering how others would play this. I raised PF simply trying to see if blinds will stand up to a BTN raise and its not too bad a hand to...

from P5s report on Legends of Poker: An interesting nugget from Day 1B surrounded PocketFiver Brian tsarrast Rast, who knocked off Phil Ivey a...

So can anyone analyze this in terms of possible strengths/weaknesses in my 45 man game? this is for around 1K 45 man turbos played, which isnt much...

Hi, I'm a book addict and play mostly mtts. I'll also occassionally play some sngs &/or sng satellites. I've read alot of stuff on sng strategy...