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When is it appropriate to bet post flop with an unimproved low pocket pair? I think this is a leak in my game. For instance I am looking at 44. ...

Okay, so a lot of the old timers here are going to warn you about developing bad habits at the lower stakes games. I haven't posted in a while, and...

It seems the opp could have easily had KJ or QJ, possibly with a flush draw as well. In that case he didn't have pot odds to call on the flop or the...

I've been playing online poker for a month or two now. I currently play at Party Poker as it offered a small deposit bonus and boasted the most...

Set up this LAG by playing a few hands heads up and folding instantly to his overbets hoping it would pay off later. Wanted to set a "wimpy image"...

Just a quick answer please. I stacked lower pps and Ace-faces a few times with qq, but then I got stacked by kk and aa. How many hands do you need...

In my home game, it's $10 buy in and 5/10 cent blinds. we usually have 5-9 players. The host has a interesting rule that the max buy in is as...

I have logged about 16k hands of 100nl full ring on party. The first 10k of this is 5 tabling, and the last 5k is 8 tabling. I don't think my play...

I'm a little conflicted about my game at the moment and looking for opinions or advice. A little background may help explain my problem. I...

OK, I've been playing mostly in Poker Room $25NL lately to clear a new bonus. I have not been doing real well (4.5PTBB/100) but most of that has...

As if my previous pessimistic mood was a forebode of things to come, it turned out to be "one of those days". Sets on my AA, flopping trips and guy...

***** Hand History for Game 4091441259 ***** $10 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, April 25, 18:50:41 ET 2006 Table Beginners Hyoglossus (Real Money)...

I've been playing 50NL for a while now, yo-yoing up and down and not getting much of anywhere. My biggest leak, I'm beginning to think, is making...

Does it make sense to just not c-bet oop? I get burned when I don't have the heart to send out the second barrel into calling-station infested...

I usually play live games but a guy I work with has played some online games and I thought I would give it a try since its hard to get a live game...

I was going to deposit money at party poker and my credit card would not work because my card won't allow charges for e-gaming. I tried the card...

Things had been going so well on Party at the $5nl tables that I thought it must be time to move up. After all, after 45 days on Party I would have...

I've been slowly building up my bankroll for $25NL ring games, and I'm currently at ~400 dollars. I'm planning on making the jump when I hit 500...

Never sure how to handle big pairs in pf raising battles. What do you think of this? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) Hand...

As far as I undestand it we tend to describe NLHE tables by the buy-in (i.e. $5NL) and LHE by the stakes (so $5/10 ). Now I was playing with my...

Anybody how many buyin per level is recommended? At some sites this is likely to be the only game ill play so i need some ideas. Any good links...

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I'm no rookie, but this is a move I don't understand. I've noticed that every time I use it, it's from OOP (obviously) and I'm bluffing - trying to...

Question for fellow note takers. Say you're at a table and you see a guy slowplay his set/2 pair on the flop when led into with a psb (pot-sized...

At my level (5NL/10NL) a lot of the wins comes from flopping a set and betting it up. In general I've taken the advice that at this level its fine...

I'm playing at 5 seated $25 NL Ring, the blinds are .10 and .25. I'm on the button with AQs of hearts. I raise $1 I get four callers. The pot is...

I was thinking about my home game. It's $10 buy in initially, then buy in max is the highest stack (discussed already). It's usually really loose...

I'm going through another downswing. I'm perpetually in another downswing...probably 2,000 out of every 10,000 hands I swing pretty hard down. ...

hey guys, i've been playing on and off for awhile now i just got pokertracker and i'm testing it out in partypoker i was wondering what you guys...

OK ... I made a mistake here I think. Seat 1: Hannu_ ($83.75 in chips) Seat 2: spenn2 ($46.80 in chips) Seat 3: rammer87 ($56.60 in chips)...

Its amazing how many people will bluff at the pot if you check to them on the river. Note this might not work at less then 100NL and the like.

I'm still trying to fully understand implued odds, but I think this situation illustrates them. Please correct me if I'm wrong. No Limit Holdem...

Hi I regularly play poker house / cash games with friends and of course we have all tapped into the info/ lit and know our stuff pretty well. ...

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I've seen a few places that offer Poker Office/Poker Tracker as a sign up bonus after x amount of raked hands (Noble & CD poker). Does anyone know...

Table was loose-passive preflop. Normal sized raises PF were getting 1-3 callers. Normally I don't limp Axs UTG but tables conditions seemed ideal...