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Sticky Thread Sticky: Poker Sites for US Players.

The situation for USA players at the moment is quite fluid as more states open up to regulated poker sites and some states ban players from sites.The...

Started by Keith, 04-11-2014 03:57 AM
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Sticky Thread Sticky: The Complete Spoonitnow Strategy Anthology

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Started by spoonitnow, 04-05-2015 06:07 PM
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07-18-2015 06:44 PM

Sticky Thread Sticky: SSNL Digest (Best Threads. Start here)

Special thanks to RPM for putting this together. Here are links to the most helpful and popular articles written by our own forum members for...

Started by jyms, 01-12-2014 02:18 PM
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09-10-2014 07:59 AM

[5NL] KK against fish

Villain is 56/5/7 over 251 hands. FTCB 67% (Same as one of villain's from other thread) Villain was really agg post-flop, had AF of 3 considering...

Started by Cobra_1878, 09-10-2013 05:05 AM
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09-11-2013 09:56 PM

Blind defence - flop texture analysis

Context: 25NL, 6max cash. BTN open, BB defence. I posted about my terrible BB stats in...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-06-2013 12:22 PM
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09-09-2013 10:56 PM

3 hands 25 nl zoom

Input appreciated, all hands from 25nl Zoom. I try to do my best to take notes on opponents while playing, but zoom action is very fast and there are...

Started by caddie444, 09-05-2013 01:14 AM
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09-09-2013 12:57 PM

NL10, please critique 2 hands

Both hands are from HU matches. In the first hand, I've been playing Villain for about an hour and we're both about 200bb deep. He's fairly...

Started by heLPME, 09-03-2013 08:22 PM
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09-08-2013 02:26 PM

Stats post - so I'm getting reamed in the ass in the BB

Context: 6max, 25NL cash. I've done a bit of stats review tonight, and I'd like some feedback on my stats. It looks distinctly like I'm playing my...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-05-2013 06:21 PM
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09-07-2013 04:57 PM

aq vs oop tiny turn bet

Merge - $0.04 NL - Holdem - 9 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 Hero (BTN): 101 BB SB: 99 BB (VPIP: 25.00, PFR: 12.50, 3Bet Preflop:...

Started by Zorkion, 09-06-2013 05:09 PM
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09-07-2013 07:11 AM

[5NL] KQo...Value bet river?

Villain is 9/9/6 over 194 hands. CB 80%, PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 Hero (BB): $5.22...

Started by Cobra_1878, 09-06-2013 10:45 AM
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09-06-2013 01:17 PM

need so clarification.

ok someone answer this. our UTG opening range is 44+,ATs+,KTs+,QTs+,J9s+,T9s,98s,87s,76s,65s,AJo+,KQo villians 3bet range vs. UTG opens is...

Started by acg123, 09-03-2013 10:22 PM
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09-06-2013 11:49 AM

[5NL] AQo...3bet pot

Villain is 41/35/14 over 129 hands. CB 93%, CB in 3bet pot, 100%, 5/5. Had seen villain raise/4bet w/ TT IP. Cbet flop/shove turn w/ overs out....

Started by Cobra_1878, 09-06-2013 08:02 AM
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09-06-2013 09:53 AM

[5NL] AKo...3bet pot river decision

Villain is 23/15/5 over 120 hands. FT3B 50%, 4/8. PokerStars - $0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 Hero...

Started by Cobra_1878, 09-06-2013 07:43 AM
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09-06-2013 09:20 AM

NFD Multiway IP.

BTN seems to be on the nitty side, MP and Blinds look like they are weak passive players however really small sample size so not a solid read by any...

Started by Savy, 09-05-2013 12:18 PM
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09-06-2013 06:00 AM

AK tptk, go for 3?

villain is 32-10-1 over 168, 29% fold to cbet, 7% raise cbet (faced 14 cbets). Loose-passive with a fold button river bet fold and get it over with?...

Started by daven, 09-04-2013 10:25 PM
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09-06-2013 04:59 AM

Nit check-calls pairing turn, barrel river?

Villain is 15/12 over 67 hands, hasn't 3bet once, cbets a lot so far, but I am going to presume he doesn't get out of line a ton, since a 15/12 is...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-05-2013 09:39 AM
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09-05-2013 06:51 PM

Fish shoves river, not much that beats us seems possible

Villain is completely unknown, but the action in the hand strongly suggests a fish. On review, it seems like I should have raised the flop donk,...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-30-2013 08:17 AM
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09-05-2013 03:31 PM

4bet bluff - cbet ugly looking flop?

Villain is 18/18, hasn't 3bet before this hand. Only got 23 hands on him. Savy and I were talking in...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-05-2013 09:07 AM
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09-05-2013 02:36 PM

Can we c/f turn?

Villain seems competent enough, 24/17/4.0. Seems positonally aware too. Sure, it looks like the kind of flop where he can stack off with a lot...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-01-2013 09:23 PM
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09-05-2013 02:36 PM

Puke and fold?

Villain is 22/14 over 74 hands, only 3bets 3.6% (obv small sample, but has had 28 opportunities). Puke-fold turn? PokerStars Zoom No-Limit...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-01-2013 02:23 PM
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09-05-2013 11:36 AM

Arrow [FTR Quick Tip 019] Resteal Defense

http://youtu.be/HtRjJSlSbFw Stealing the blinds is a very important tactic in No Limit Hold'em cash games. Yet this is a well-known strategy, and...

Started by Mike1013, 09-05-2013 01:13 AM
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09-05-2013 01:13 AM

25NL - Can I turn 2 pair into a bluff on 4 straight river?

Villain is 22/18 TAG who doesn't like folding to 3bets or cbets. His 3bet fold is 43% and cbet fold is 20% after 200 hands. (In hindsight, this may...

Started by Pelion, 09-04-2013 06:42 PM
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09-04-2013 10:00 PM

AJs 3b pot, fold flop?

villain is new to the scene, but appears to be 10-tabling and shaping up like a 15-12-3 type of standard TAG after a couple of hundred hands. Fold to...

Started by daven, 09-03-2013 07:35 PM
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09-04-2013 05:10 PM

So much puke on this damn keyboard

2 hands, almost back to back: Hand 1: Everyone looks fishly, villain is 31/19 over 16 hands. Have seen him open limp, so just as likely he...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-01-2013 07:38 PM
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09-04-2013 01:11 AM

AKs vs the good ol' limp-raise deepish

limp-raise villain is looser and more aggro pre than i am, about 30-18 so far, table is heavy and there is a lot of aggro post-flop my image is...

Started by daven, 09-02-2013 03:36 AM
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09-03-2013 07:51 PM

Extracting the monies

Villain has stats that could indicate an agressive fish / maniac, or possibly a TAGish player who we don't yet have a big enough sample on for things...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-31-2013 11:03 PM
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09-03-2013 07:06 PM

Cbet this flop, if so what size?

Zoom hand: Reasonable sample on villain, and he seems quite nitty - 20/15/6.7, have seem him be 3bet four times and he folded two of them. Plays...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-01-2013 02:34 PM
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09-02-2013 03:21 PM

Quick hem2/PT4v importing ??

anyone ever swith between the two recently, im going ftom pt4 to hem2, and i ust wanna be able to import my pt4 hands in HEM2. I'm also emailing...

Started by WeldPhaser, 08-31-2013 10:19 PM
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09-02-2013 04:13 AM

lp 3bets with Kxs, flop and turn play?

hand 1: villain is 19-12-7 with 40% fold to 3b and 30% 4b, 60% fold to cbet, his calling range here is pretty much 22-JJ. He's reg and down a bit to...

Started by daven, 08-29-2013 04:35 PM
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09-02-2013 12:46 AM

Reasonable flop raise, or spew?

A zoom hand: Villain is fishy looking, although the sample is so small (11 hands) that the percentages (36/18) might not have started to converge....

Started by BorisTheSpider, 09-01-2013 02:16 PM
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09-01-2013 04:11 PM

99 in CO vs an agro BTN

BTN has typical TAG stats for the most part, but 3bets a good amount (17% or so). Does anyone play this differently? What if he shoves? (I've...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-31-2013 10:41 PM
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09-01-2013 11:32 AM

67s BvB

Villain is 20/16 (52 hands) cb 4/5, raised 3/5 from button and this is the first chance he's had to raise from the sb. Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No...

Started by Savy, 08-28-2013 02:36 PM
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09-01-2013 07:09 AM

10nl A7o in SB 3b pre | surprised by equity

BU isn't quite as nitty as stats show, like 14/12/2 over 200, BU steal is 28%, and foldto3b = 84% So 3b here is pretty standardish i think. and...

Started by WeldPhaser, 08-30-2013 06:27 PM
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08-31-2013 05:53 PM

lp 3bets with Axs, flop play?

hand 1 - villain is 23-10 with 34% steal and 60% fold to 3b, low flop and turn fold to cbets, blinds are nits, button is loose-passive Full Tilt...

Started by daven, 08-29-2013 04:23 PM
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08-31-2013 05:29 PM

77 spikes set

Merge - $0.04 NL - Holdem - 9 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 MP+1: 105.25 BB (VPIP: 49.21, PFR: 19.05, 3Bet Preflop: 4.61, Hands: 380)...

Started by Zorkion, 08-27-2013 06:20 PM
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08-31-2013 03:26 PM

Turn barrel seemed spewy

Villain is unknown. Button ($27.12) SB ($10.52) BB ($24.90) UTG ($27.20) Hero (MP) ($56.37) CO ($45.15) Preflop: Hero is MP with 10, 9

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-30-2013 07:44 AM
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08-31-2013 04:48 AM

Squeeze flops draw, turn bricks

Maybe shouldn't have squeezed at all here, but UTG seemed loose and positionally unaware (small sample), and BTN and blinds were nits, the HJ was an...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-30-2013 07:23 AM
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08-31-2013 04:26 AM

qq in a vacuum

Merge - $0.04 NL - Holdem - 7 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 SB: 217 BB (VPIP: 19.58, PFR: 2.30, 3Bet Preflop: 0.63, Hands: 1,617)...

Started by Zorkion, 08-30-2013 01:30 AM
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08-30-2013 06:09 PM

BlindVBlind 5bet shoving ranges

Versus a relative unknown, with a small sample and stats that suggest they aren't terrible (say VPIP between 20 and 30, PFR indicating they don't...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-30-2013 07:58 AM
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08-30-2013 01:56 PM

Anyone raising the river?

Too few hands on villain to have any real read here, but after he calls the preflop 3bet OOP then just flats a low, 2-tone flop, I (perhaps hastily)...

Started by BorisTheSpider, 08-30-2013 08:06 AM
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08-30-2013 12:51 PM

Is getting KK all in preflop profitable in FR?

So during tonight's session of ~7500 hands of Zoom 25nl, I ran KK into AA 6 times, each time getting it in preflop. I am definitely not good enough...

Started by caddie444, 08-30-2013 02:48 AM
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08-30-2013 04:43 AM

25NL - Couple of 3bet pot spots

Hand 1: Villain seems to be a good TAG reg 19/14, 7% 3bet, 5 AF after 360 hands. He seems to raise cbets more often than he should for just strong...

Started by Pelion, 08-27-2013 06:28 PM
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08-29-2013 12:45 AM

[10NL] JJ...4bet Multi-way pot

BB - 29/13/6 over 56 hands. BU - 62/6/0 over 54 hands. FT3B 75%, limp and call raise 75%. PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players...

Started by Cobra_1878, 08-27-2013 04:47 PM
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08-28-2013 05:25 PM

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