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IF THE ACE IS ON THE BOARD IN A FLUSH SITUATION TWO PLAYERS HAVE THE FLUSH WHO WINS THE POT??

Do people ever take into account the rake when calculating pot odds? I'd imagine not, because it tends to be a relatively small portion of the pot,...

Ok now people lose money because they have a need to win and sometimes they risk it all just to see the next cards. These people are foolish in many...

What do you guys buy in for when playing holdem? If I am playing limit holdem, I like to bring 25-30 BB with me to the table. For NL, it depends on...

In the $200 NL game at stars I've been buying in for $100 as part of my table selection strategy. This goes against conventional wisdom, which is to...

I have a question, I play .05/.10 NL (10). How do you guys play Queens? In situations like.. 1. When 2 or 3 have limped in? 2. When you are in...

Hey everyone, been reading the site for about 2 weeks now and decided to register. Excellent site and I've learned a bunch so far. I've been...

Let's say you're second to act postflop and it is checked to you with 200 in the pot and 3 people. You're early in a SNG with stack sizes of 1000...

What should one do when you get very little for hands/flops/etc? Tonight I was playing at a free mtt at a local club and seemed like whenever I...

The other night Sammy Farha took down a nice pot in the WSOP by playing J5 suited. I don't play J5 s outside of the blinds on a full table and I was...

I've been reading alot about poker and I've learned several tricks. One of these tricks is if you have second highest pair off the flop, and you want...

The most successful bluff i've found is when 3 cards come down on the river and everyone checks it round, then the turn pairs either the lowest or...

I was playing late last night and had been doing pretty well for me. I was up about $20 in the first hour but then had pocket A's broken by a two...

I see people talking about UTG's, MP's, and CO's. I see what positions they are compared to the dealer, but what do they stand for?

Been working on some more advanced strategies and trying to put them in play lately, which consiquently has been leading to greater loss variance in...

I PLAYED A HAND WHERE A PLAYER THAT WAS SHORT STACKED WENT ALL IN AND 2 OTHER PLAYERS CALLED THE BET. THE TWO PLAYERS HAD A SIDE BET GOING TILL THE...

Are they worth going all in on in ring games? Played a Q high diamond draw cheap on button. Flop two diamonds. Checked around to me and so I bet...

hey, i've been reading for awhile, have a question (my first post!). I don't think i'm a terrible player, but I do think i go on tilt too easily. ...

If you're in late position with a marginal hand, and everyone or almost everyone folds to you (the ones who don't limp), is it better, on average, to...

Hi there. New to the forum. Question: what is a SnG?

Heya, I've been hanging about on some poker forums for a few months, Read some on the internet and read a few books (more coming in, mostly...

A casino near me has a $2/$4 limit holdem game, how much money ought I to bring?

Tough decision - in a bad spot because of my own bad play... 1/2 NL, rowdy table. Dealt KJc in BB. Comes to me with 2xbb raise by UTG and two...