Pokey

about 5 years ago

What level for cash play to start at?

In my opinion, $25NL is the perfect starting place for two main reasons:

1. People are actually starting to play *poker* at $25NL. Below that they're acting like it's play money, ...

over 4 years ago

Bottom set on drtaw heavy board against three callers

Woof, your converter messed up. Maybe it doesn't handle multiple all-ins well....I think this hand should look like this:

I'm not really concerned about button because ...

over 4 years ago

A,K on dry flop against shove.

I'm trying to fill in exactly what happened in this hand.

You have a 100 BB stack UTG and so does villain (button).

You raise to...I'm guessing 4 BBs? Villain calls. ...

about 5 years ago

Medium pp, always trouble?

Folding preflop is fine. Basically, you're OOP and facing a bet of 1/10th of your stack. In order to profitably set-mine you really need to expect that you can get at LEAST 10x your initial be...

about 5 years ago

KK on an ugly board

I would agree with the others if you had something like AK, but with KK I'm going to war, here. I'd probably make it $20 on the flop and I'd be happy to three-bet all-in if raised. Playing thi...

about 5 years ago

MTT - positional play

He was right: it was a horrible fold.

However, you were also right: you should not have been willing to risk 1/4th of your stack here.

Rather, you should have pushed....

about 5 years ago

Micro Stakes

From what I've seen, $25NL is where people start playing poker. At lower stakes than that, people are basically playing as though they were sitting at a play money table -- you see the most rid...

about 5 years ago

What does it mean when someone open shoves first in preflop?


1) When I see this happen its usually someone that just sat at the table. Whoever does it usually loses their stack within the next 100 hands since they usually suck.
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about 5 years ago

Calling a 3B from possible re-steal preflop.

The answer will be situationally specific.

How often have you been stealing? The more often you've tried it, the looser you should call a three-bet: it's becoming more likely that...

about 5 years ago

NL50 Overpair folding Turn?

A few comments:

1. Reads are nice. Reads are important. Reads guide our decisions. Why is it that nobody on this forum provides reads? Any additional information about this opp...

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