How about this for unusual: can someone help me do some computations with a very non-optimal playing strategy and with rules that have a definite NEGATIVE house edge? :-) I'm running Project Graduation for the local high school. This is a wonderful program that keeps graduating seniors off of the...

OK. I've now played for one year, Hold'em only. Started with limit, then expanded to no limit and tournaments. Went from 0.1/0.2 dollar microlimits, and now I'm playing comfortably 5/10 limit or 3/6 no limit. After one year, I'm showing a profit, but I am not kidding myself: I still have...

Around March 26-30, I will be in upper state New York. I would like some details about some of the Casino that host Holdem Tournament. I've already have check out 3 of the Casino web site that I plan to visted. Info : Tournaments Size (#players) Type of tournaments. Best Casino for Hodlem time to...

New to poker and like many been trying my luck on-line (Room, Party and my favorite is Stars). I am hooked!! I never knew how mental this game was and always thought it more about luck. Man was I wrong. Have a long way to go before I can actually compete but doing pretty well on low limit single table...

Studying EV charts for hold'em hands...Basically it outlines what you can expect to make, with any given hand... Aces, for example, have an Expected Value (EV) of 2.32, which means you'll profit an average of 2.32 big bets, every time you play it... It's eye-opening for me to see it, in print...

played my first no-limit tournament this week in person. just a little one, 4 tables of 6 guys. had played tons and tons of wilson software and some online - all of it limit and full-tables... did a little short-handed practice on wilson and read skalansky's advanced poker book (great short handed...

Hey All, I am one of those satellite qualifiers who won a series of 3 online tournaments on Bodog.com (only cost me $5.50) and now have won a $10,000 in the L.A. Poker Classic Championship Event. I am the lowest of low-limit players. I normally play $10 & $20 sit-n-go's and between $5 & ...

Five people are left, and I have the 2nd largest stack at over 3000. When this hand came up, I felt like I could of folded, yet I believe the pot odds were too good to fold. If I win, I'm up to 5200, if I lose down to 1400. Plus if I win, I knock out two players and I am in the $. My question is...

Stud 8, More Today we will deal with Stud 8, for those further advanced in the game. Many of the concepts I will be dealing with can be applied to low limit Stud 8, though because of the antes and the overall structure and rake, one must really be aware of where he stands. These concepts would normally...

Stud 8, More Today we will deal with Stud 8, for those further advanced in the game. Many of the concepts I will be dealing with can be applied to low limit Stud 8, though because of the antes and the overall structure and rake, one must really be aware of where he stands. These concepts would normally...