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I'm playing an 8 persons tournament tonight and I was wondering what are the major differences between playing cash games and tournaments. I may...

I have found that when playing microlimits, the standard show of strength pre-flop (4xBB) does not seem to deter weak drawing hands and ultimately...

were's the best place to play 1 - 2 no limit online. I guess the site the most fish

This is a huge leak in my game. I am having a hard time playing for draws. Scenario 1: How would one bet at the pot when hitting a 4 flush draw...

i had an awesome week of poker it almost seemed like i couldnt lose i started the week with 180$ and by the height of it i had 600$. then things...

I rarely go on tilt but when a maniac/fish plays 2, 7 os or king, 2 os to beat your AA, KK, TPTK.....how do you guys deal with em? Do you guys just...

I had a recent situation that took me for a tad over a buy-in. In a run of 5 consecutive hands I had AKs, AQo, AK (with folds the other two...

It seems that out of any hand, AQ is a hand that seems to trouble me consistently. I usually played 6 max tables where the value of this hand is...

Hmmm…. Where to start? As you can tell, this is my first post at this forum but I’ve been lurking here for almost a month now, reading other...

Wanted to start a discussion or get some general ideas about playing AK/AQ even maybe JJ/QQ outta position on the sb. It seems to be a weakness in...

After reading how fishy and easy the party nl $25 cash games were, I decided to take a break from PS sngs and whore partyskins for bonuses. I have...

Im fairly sure this will have been covered already, so can someone please point me to a post that explains what the different games are? Ring...

***** Hand History for Game 2586612359 ***** $50 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, August 23, 22:04:41 EDT 2005 Table Table 37330 (Real Money) Seat 3...

Should you fold to them? Take this hand for example. Clearly my K is beat, but the pot is laying me like 4.4:1 odds. Is it worth the call to see...

I was watching my mate the other night absolutely destroy the poker stars NL400 game, 3 tables running, I stop watching when he had one table on 3K,...

had AA today and raised preflop, 1 caller. flop is AQ9 with 2 spades. i bet 1/2 pot he calls. turn is a blank, i bet 1/2 pot he calls. turn is a...

how much difference in skill is there between the $25nl, $50nl, and $100nl games on pp?

***** Hand History for Game 2552740790 ***** 0/0 Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) - Wed Aug 17 20:52:53 EDT 2005 Table Table 51996 (Real Money) --...

I play a number of loose home games every month. It seems to me a lot of the players at these games like to go AI preflop. It's like they just...

i hear a lot about people betting draws like for ex. when someone flops a 4-flush. could someone explain the reasoning behind this? I'm just...

Keep bubbling SNG and MTT with the best hand,suckout after out draw after bad beat in ring games;all bonuses being nullified due to the losses.At...

don't have the HH, but it went down like this: I had 3c,4c in small blind. Completed, and saw jack high flop w/2 clubs. I threw out a pot sized...

I am a NL player and was wanting to finally start playing online. I have an initial bankroll of $500, but wanted to know how I should start using...

I flopped a full house. I tried to slowplay here, but didnt seem that anyone caught anything on the flop. How would you play to get the most out of...

Should I have been more afraid of the paired board? Should I just have called his minreraise on the river, instead of reraising AI? What do you do in...

A guy in EP raises it to 3 BB, I make it 8 BB to go with KK, everyon else folds and he just calls. No real read on him but doesen't seem overly tight...

I hear a lot of people talking about getting the right price to call or the right price to bet. What does it mean?

Is there an easy way to dump all your PS hands into PT? The only way i know how to get stars hand histories is through email, and i don't know how...

i entered a $20 sng on partypoker and got 2nd, but all it said is i gained "entry to mini step 3"...(and there's no prize money on my acct! :( )

I'm still not sure what the exact definition of the nuts is. Is the nuts the best hand possible, or simply what is almost certainly the best hand?...

Some clarification here please. Not too sure if i do it sort of well without thinking or if im not sure what it is.

WHen i have a pair like 10's or Jacks preflop and raise it and get a few callers, if the flop is all undercards, but somoene bets hard, i always fear...

When tryin to make a tough read do you guys go by what you already know about the player, just look at the odds, or do you try to read the player...

The Scenario: - The game is an MTT that pays the top 6 positions. - There are seven people left at the final table. - You have the 2nd smallest...

When playing 9-10 person cash games and you get a horrible streak of cards as well as your cards not holding up, do you guys just cash out? Or do you...

I recently moved up to 50NL from 25NL on Stars when my BR started to be able to support it. I found that the style i used to win on 25NL, was a lot...