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How to deal with people who randomly go all-in?
In many freeroll or smaller buy-in tournaments, some people just go all-in every hand or make huge bets for no apparent reason. This is a bit annoying because it scares me somewhat, but it also might be an opportunity I guess.
How should I deal with…
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In a private live game, how do you deal with severe violations of table etiquette?
In some of the early cash games I played, we had one player who would consistently hold his cards below the table, out of sight. It was a group of friends, so the assumption was that he was not cheating (and his consistent losses backed this up),…
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Simplest Way to Explain EV to Beginners
I've recently been teaching a few of my friends to play poker, and I've explained various facets of poker play to them, now I want to explain Expected Value.
It's not a simple concept and I don't expect them to understand it straight away, but I'm…
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How do you recognize when you are playing "on tilt"?
Whether it's from a series of bad beats or comments made at the table, sometimes we start playing on tilt, and let our emotions get the best of us. This leads to sloppy play, poor decisions, and problems in general.
What are some ways to stay aware…
Beofett
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Is there a comprehensive source for poker terminology?
I've been playing for years at small cash games and in casinos, but not online. Yet I'm seeing a fair amount of terminology and abbreviations I haven't seen before. While "Hero" and "Villain" are fairly obvious in meaning, they're not terms I…
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What is a 'wet board'?
What is a 'Wet board'? First time I saw it was on this SE thread and it's not in the terminology thread either.
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Is it impolite to leave a cash game when I'm about to be the big blind?
In games with a small blind and big blind structure, I've always thought that the blinds are a kind of fee you pay to be allowed to see the next round of hands until your next blind. Therefore, I always try to leave a game after I've just played…
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What are Pot Odds, and how do I determine them?
I understand this is the relative value of playing vs. winning, but how do I determine the values? Am I supposed to count the pot? Does the cost of playing include hands already played, or just the next draw?
Beofett
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What can I do to calculate my odds in a hand?
How do I calculate the odds of making my hand for any given game of poker?
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How are side pots built?
While playing online, in a lot of situations side pots are built. This happens if one or more players goes all-in but I can't figure out the rules on which these side pots are built.
The only thing I could figure out is this: 3 players, one of them…
Radu Murzea
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Minimum re-raise in Hold em
What is the minimum re-raise in Texas hold em? I have heard both that you need to double the previous bet and that the minimum raise is the big blind. Which is it?
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The state of the art of the pokerbots of poker academy
I usually train with poker academy and I am wondering how goods are the pokerbots there. What is the truth about them ? How good are they in playing poker ?
emanuele
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How good are the best poker bots?
What stakes are the best computer programmed bots currently capable of winning at? And is it considered cheating and is there ways to detect them? Bots will only get better, is this a problem for online poker yet?
user1457
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Is online poker legal or not in the United States ?
I am just starting to learn Texas holdem, and I've heard that online poker is not legal, and also that it is. Which is it?
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How do you hide your tells?
How can you identify what your physical tells are, and hide them? Once you've identified your tells, should you work at suppressing them, or is it better to deliberately give your tells at strategic times?
Edit: this assumes live games, and not…
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