With the insane number of players (next year expected 5000+), the part that sucks is skill is now a tiny factor in winning compared to luck. Here's an idea for a format that would allow skill to be more of a factor: Split the entries into 9 ... | |
I'd like to mull over the strategy of playing a low pocket pair against a perceived two overcards. Here's the situation: No limit tournament. Already in the money but just barely covering the entry cost. Short-stacked and looking to double up ... | |
A friend of mine was recently dealt AA seven times in 5.5 hours at a B&M tournament (and won all 7 times). I was curious about the odds of such a run but I'm not sure on the general strategy for solving the problem. Assume about 35 hands dealt per ... | |
This is from Dan Negreanu's current column in CardPlayer: "The blinds were $150-$300 with a $25 ante when everybody folded to me on the button. I looked down at the 7 5, and the thought of folding never crossed my mind. This was exactly the type ... | |
NL Holdem cash game (not tournament)..just wondering if I am employing a correct strategy with a particular play I make...looking for comments. Post flop play (could be flop - turn - river)...I am first to act and lets say my opponent has $20 ... | |
If you play a lot of tournaments. Sooner or later, you run into a situation where you just have to fling your chips in with any 2 cards a last ditch shot for survival. I've sometimes done this with a J6s, K4, Q9 etc... and occasionally given a bad ... | |
I am talking about tounaments, say it's the beginning of a multi-table big tournie, and someone in a loose tablesets you all-in when you hold AA. Now, would you ever consider folding and save yourself that 15 or 20% (how much is it exactly really?) ... | |
The first poker book I ever read was The theory of poker by Sklansky, I've also read Tournament Poker, and NL for advanced players. I know all the basic poker math(pot odds, and the odds of completing your hand per # of outs, and the odds of ... | |
I know we all have our bad beat stories. I have mine also, but lately I'm beginning to think maybe this just isn't the game for me, no matter how much I love playing it.In the past few months, every single tournament I have lost has been on a ... | |
What are the odds of this? Pretty rare I'm sure. This was a tournament at Party Poker with 3 players left. Check it out: 200/400 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) Table Card Room Table 4310 (Real Money) Seat 3 is the button Total number of players : 3 Seat 1: ... | |
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