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I posted 100k Hands graph, stats, etc. in my OP but it's getting no comments. Hopefully they'll get more attention here. Any comments welcome. ...

I think this hand is a good one to examine the opponent on. You are in middle position when you get 10 10. You see that the CO 3-bet the initial...

Villain is pretty lose and a bit of a station although not a huge one. He runs 30/9/2 over 412 hands and multi-tables fwiw. What's our plan here?...

Does anyone know if any exist? I want to join a site with rakeback on the merge network but I would like a HUD to help me out a bit. Just for cash...

At the request of carroters (good idea BTW), here is a hand for analysis. Villain has been running 46/13/1.2 over 71 hands. In general this...

Hey guys, This hand is from 5nl and Basically Im wondering if I had a better option than to check this turn card. On the flop I chose to raise the...

My opponent is 18.6/11/2 over 75 hands. I flopped top two out of position on a draw heavy board and get 3bet by the button. I don't think I like...

Had a pretty screwed up session today, full ring at microlimits. Played against a guy that after more than 50 hands he had literally put money into...

Villain is running 24/10/1.5 over only 41 hands. Am i right to stack off here? i know we seem really good, but what is in villian's range here...

I was involved in this hand earlier today, and I thought it would be useful to some players in showing why you need to size your bets properly and...

Villian is a station preflop(58/3 50 hands). I have already cbet him like 5 time and he folded to them all, so he might just be tired of getting...

I just noticed that UB offers $2NL but then skips $5NL and goes straight to 10NL. What gives?

I've been a bit disappointed with the available discussions in the BC lately, so I decided to try something new. I'm gunning for a "book club" type...

Villan was 9/8 over 70 hands, and legitimately better than me. He was also a gold star. I had seen him take down quite a few pots up till this...

Say its HU, you in the BB vs BTN. PF everyone folds to the BTN, who limps, SB completes, you have KdQd and raise it to 5xbb. BTN calls, SB folds....

Hi all, This thread reflects perhaps one of the leaks on my game (since I dont have any statistical tool to help me with that). Of course, some...

can anyone give me some specific references for reading about fold equity and expected value? titles and page numbers? renton says to read about em,...

Just reading through the shorthanded holdem forum there and every post is just HHs galore with some really good discussion. There's no reason why us...

Fresh table, only saw villain take 2 hands to showdown, both were low pp's where he missed and check/called to showdown on wet boards and lost. Still...

Villain is 20/17/2.1 over 257 hands and one of the better regs in these games. His fold to c bet is 25% and I remember him flatting my SB 3-bet from...

This hand was against the table donator, but im worried about the river play. He was 78/30 and Id seen him call $10 to the river and fold for $1.50...

Lately I have run into some spots where I am not quite sure what to in the blinds. What I mean is how do you adjust what you normally raise etc, and...

Very early in session, and no reads. PokerStars Pot-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO...

There was a previous thread about online tells but no one really helped the person who asked for some help, so I thought this would be more...

No reads. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($4.65) UTG+1 ($25.35)...

Hi guys thanks for having me here im new to this site. i like the set up of it. thanks for having me i normally play on fulltilt (grimreaper007) look...

Someone mentioned playing a short stack in NLHE games and said it's very profitable. Could someone explain to me how this is done?

Was it the right move to c-bet or should I have checked with the 2 overcards on the board? No reads yet as I'm new to the table. PokerStars...

1. Villain here is 38/14/6 and incompetent. I'd been pwning him a bit b vs b and he sees me as aggro and maybe a (bluffer). AK is usually an auto...

I am listening to Greenstein's analysis on the AA vs Durrr on HSP and he said that one mistake that younger players make is to buy in too big on a...

Renton writes: "MP (2-5th to act preflop)- Raise 99+, AJs+, AQo+, KQs like UTG but add a few more hands. As the chance that you will have position...

i'm very new at this and i'm wondering about buy ins and bankroll management. a500lbgorilla recommends 15-30 buyins for NL. i plan on playing nl full...

Hi there, Been doing really well lately as a micro tag. I blame my sensibility and also FTR for all their help. There's been some tough love on...

hello first off would like to say hi to everyone and wow i am impressed with the things have been reading been playin online about a year same...