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If you eventually play enough at a high enough level, can you ask a site like FullTilt directly for rakeback? Do they fear losing players that make...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Villian 57/11/2.4 over 30hands. I feel the...

Preface: This is a beyond the basics post. The basics being standard preflop play, positional play, tilt control, bankroll management, table/seat...

Hi all, About 3 months ago I decided to devote myself to really trying to improve my game (I knew the rules and the most common odds before that,...

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Here with our hand we obviously raise UTG. When the short stack calls there are plenty of hands he could have. However when we are 3bet the decision...

My 1st hand at the table. Villain later ran 30/13/6 over about 60 hands. No stats to begin this hand. 1. Since this is my 1st hand at the table,...

Been playing more poker recently, not as much as Id like thanks to college exams etc. Im not used to playing these types of hand, im at a loss on...

24/4 over 90 hands Villain floats extremely light and raises cbets a lot. Will check-raise the cbets when OOP. Also saw him call down another...

I'm just starting to play cash games.Had been playing 6 max $0.01/0.02 NL on pokerstars the other night and had got my 3$ up to 5$ when a new guy...

anyone able to hlelp me get HEM up and running????? HUD isnt displayed?

31/8 over 70 hands I folded because the check raise flop + turn 1/2 pot lead felt like a great deal of strength PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,...

Villain had been a little weak, calling with a lot of hands, opening a few, but rarely continuing unless they had hit the flop in some fashion. ...

First hand for Villian so no reads. After the Turn K am I AI, pot size bet, or ??? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars...

So I just posted one of my best hands ever (QQ getting all-in postflop against QT), so it's only fair to post my worst one, from the same session. ...

Villian was 40/10/?? Should have shoved the Turn? River really screwed me up for a straight, flush, etc. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB...

No reads on opponent $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem 9 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG tina931 ($5.74) UTG+1 CoinJock ($8.88)...

I made what could be deemed some pretty loose calls on this hand, but I'm pretty sure the implied odds justified it. Comments? PokerStars No-Limit...

Here's the story; I stumbled on to pokerstars about 3 months ago. Though it was great cause I could play NLHE for free. So I get my first 1000 in...

I had been pretty aggressive postflop, and CO had started playing back at me. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) - Poker-Stars...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($1.16) UTG ($3.91) UTG+1 ($1.80) MP1...

After finishing the HOH series a while ago ive started on Kill Everyone and suddenyl gotten a bit confused. All the posts ive read, videos ive...

I'm still getting used to this full ring thing. Here's some hands that I found it hard to know what the right play was. Any feedback will be very...

28/6 over 50 hands Small check-raise flop + Turn lead feels like a lot of strength here PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) -...

what types of boards do we like to float in position on missed flops when we're the intial raiser? or better what's the texture that we're...

1. vs 12/7/1.4 over 670 he folds to cbet 43% of time, i figured his range was mostly PP's, most of which he'd fold ot a cbet. when he calls I...

This standard? I feel like every time I put it in pre w/QQ I'm behind or flipping. There were no reads here, 3rd hand or so on the table. ...

Ok so a friend of mine and I were talking situational poker on AIM this morning and we came up with following scenario. We both of course knew right...

1. vs 27/10/3.7 i felt a little lost on the river. bet/folding doesnt seem like an option as if he shoves it'll be less than a minraise. Is this a...

I got in a really strange spot today, and I think I might have gotten lucky to run into the bottom of my opponent's reraising+calling range. ...

Villian was 80/5/1 over about 50 hands. I was about 9/3/2 over about 100 hands so I was wanting to get in a hand to see how villian would play it. ...

First day of following Robb's Noobie guide, Assignment: 3 trouble hands... well 2 actually, I haven't finished the first 1k hands so I'll post the...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop Hero (BB) ($26) UTG ($25.35)...

I have been playing .05 alot and i am curious how do you detect bots i have noticed players that are on in the morning and still on through out the...

How my sets are going for the last 2k hands... Mainly just a vent post, but can anyone find any folds here? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10...

Ok so I've been really trying to study and improve but I believe I have noticed a pattern with myself, which got me thinking. What I find is I read...

On my HUD i believe AF is the 3rd number. (default) Generally it's a number between 0-5 but what does it mean when it's infinity? Also can...

if i am playing 2nl, when i play a sng should i be playing a BI of 2$ so that its basicly the same? or the 1$ ones to double available BI's??

Are these played correctly or am I doing something wrong here? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

I have just started playing .10 about three days ago. Here is some things i have noticed and want to make sure it just isn't out of the ordinary. ...