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Hi, i am a casual player playing on partypoker 25NL The hands i have the most problem with is when i limp in with couple players and i flopped top...

There's a big difference of opinion between two people when it comes to showing hands, and for good reason. One argument against showing your hands...

:wink: Hi everyone,I just signed up, please be patient with me,still lots to learn!! :)

I don't have the hand history at the moment, but I had limped into a pot with 4 others holding 66 on the button. Flop came, 345 all spades, another 4...

OK This is a situation I am having a few problems with at the moment. I am talking predominantly $11 SnGs here, as this is what I play, but I...

I have been playing online for about 3 months, and did really well to start off, built $300 into a few grand, but have been slowly pissing it...

This is my framework for how to play AK in low stakes NL. Comments/criticisms please. AK/AKs Raise preflop in all positions. Why? To set up...

I have seen a lot of posts/replies lately that are saying not to complete the SB with any two. And, as is the case with everything in poker, this is...

i just looked up the odds at http://www.cardplayer.com/poker_odds/texas_holdem/index.php and mid pair with flush draw is favor vs top pair on the...

Talking to a coworker(a fellow poker player) yesterday and we were discussing the loose aggressive style of players such as Gus Hanson and Daniel...

We all want to be TAA, but I usually end up rated SLAA with a VP$IP of around 24. I basically raise 4xBB with Group 3 and up hands, and limp with...

F&F: Excuse the rhetorical diction. One of my first posts on this site indicated that I haven't yet begun playing real money online. This still...

These two people annoy the hell out of me. We all know them, you're on the button with 67s (or on the BB and the button or UTG minraises) and you...

I've been having lots of trouble trapping people lately. say i would flop trips, two pair, or a straight. Looking back on my HH i'm usually in...

HELP!!! this software is driving me crazy! I don't know what I need to do to get this working properly...sooo frustrating are there any step by...

Ok I am looking to start playing poker online and looking to start with a 50 dollar bank roll. I want to play ring games, SnGs and some MTTs. Here is...

So I signed up for Royal Vegas poker with a promo code, they dumped 10 bucks into my account was bored so I hopped on a 5.10cent nl table lost about...

After having a downswing at 200 NL i moved down to 50 NL. And guess what! Im still losing money! (though not as fast) This is after 4k hands of 50...

Regarded "rigged sites," found this in cardplayer archives, a Lee Jones article: "Second, people seem to get a distorted idea of how frequently...

I've just busted my whole bankroll for the 3rd time in several months. Now I'm at rock bottom of my poker "career," and need advice on my next move....

Two hands I had in quick succession last night made me realise that I really didn't know what to do with AK with a raise before me. To make this...

Anyone play pot-limit? I couldn't find a non-full NL game today (freaking party split) but there were plenty of available PL games, so I sat down....

So... here's my story. I bought in a couple of days ago for 40 dollars on Pokerroom. I played on some 10-max 25cent BB tables just to get some...

Limit Ring games: So, after 1470 hands in PokerTracker, the application autorates my play as LAP (loose aggressive preflop...passive post flop). I...

Post your top 3 skills that you own in your opinion. 1.) I don't ever go on tilt anymore. 2.) When playing poker I seem to play in a Zen-like...

Dsaxton got me thinking... Assume you open raise from MP with 2 cards, the button and one of the blinds call. The flop comes with 3 cards, the...

seems like at empire nowadays (25NL) there are always a couple guys sitting with $5 when everyone else has 20-40. Well after doubling 3 of them...

Ok I am playing 5/10cent no limit over at Royal Vegas on thier dime(10 bucks for free) And I got up to 22 bucks went down to around 9 and am up to...

I play 25 NL mostly, and I have a question about downswings. It seems like im getting sucked out with better hands, thats variance, I understand...

I have been lurking here for a long-ass time, it's probably been over a year, but probably more, and just doing that has helped my game a whole lot...

Assuming a difficult game beyond the camping level (200+ NL), when and who should reraise pre-flop and with what?

This hand pissed me off a bit even tho I was happy to win it. The reason I only doubled the blind was because at this table anyone betting out 4BB PF...

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- is it ever a good idea to chase a flush? i was big blind so i...

Last night, playing on caribean sun, i was on big blind with 67s, and with no raises i checked for free. Flop came 676. I played it cool with a...

I play cheap blinds (.05/.10)...some players have the habit of going all-in before the flop when they kinda get low stacked. Even when they aren't...

Cold called small bet w/77 HU with aggressive, solid player at $50 buyin home game. Flop is 99X. He bets Turn is blank. He bets bigger River 9....

So there's some PF raising and I see a flop with two others holding :Ah: :Qh: Me: $55 or so Opp1: $28 (this is the guy who raised) Opp2: $10 ...

If you are playing with someone prone to tilting, do you ever factor that into your implied odds since if you hit you may make more money from that...