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2010-05-22 07:39 AM

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Keep Your Chips

2010-02-08 06:12 PM

For those of you that don’t know, deucescracked has a sister site, keepyourchips.com . I have been helping to run a small group of players based in Secret HQ – that has recently really been taking off. We have a mix of players ranging from those taking shots at 50NL up to regular 200NL 6max and HU full-time grinders. I am constantly impressed at the fundamentals of the micro-grinders who are movin ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/jjd323/10681-Keep-Your-Chips">(continued)</a>

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How to Think About Limit Holdem: Answers to Exercises

2009-08-14 08:32 PM

Answers to Exercises Exercise 1 (a) The suits of the cards are irrelevant, so the calculation is the same and the answer is 0.274 bets. (b) Whether our opponent has AQ or AK does not affect the calculation since we still have the same number of outs to win, so the EV is again 0.274 bets. © If we miss our straight, we still lose 1 bet, but now if we make a ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/sweetjazz3/466-How-to-Think-About-Limit-Holdem-Answers-to-Exercises">(continued)</a>

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How to Think About Limit Holdem: Part Three

2009-08-14 08:31 PM

Hand ranges and combinations Having worked through these two examples, you may have noticed something particularly unrealistic in them. In general, we will not know our opponent’s hole cards. Rather, we will assign a hand range to our opponent. To do this, we begin by assuming that any two card combination of hole cards is as likely to be dealt to our opponent. We ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/sweetjazz3/465-How-to-Think-About-Limit-Holdem-Part-Three">(continued)</a>

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How to Think About Limit Holdem: Part Two

2009-08-14 08:29 PM

Expected Value The first tool used to analyze a betting decision is the concept of expected value (or EV). In order to calculate EV, you make a list of all the possible ways the hand can play out; for each possible scenario, you multiply the number of bets you will win or lose in the given situation by the probability of that situation occurring, and then you add up these ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/sweetjazz3/464-How-to-Think-About-Limit-Holdem-Part-Two">(continued)</a>

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How to Think About Limit Holdem: Part One

2009-08-14 08:27 PM

Introduction This is the first in a series of articles that will discuss limit holdem from the ground up. Although the examples will be chosen from limit holdem, much of the discussion applies to all forms of poker. Much of the material covered will be of a theoretical nature. The reason for this is that the alternate approach — giving a concrete set of rules to guide ... <a href="http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/sweetjazz3/463-How-to-Think-About-Limit-Holdem-Part-One">(continued)</a>