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Fold in preflop but could win with a flush. How to deal in this situation?

In a poker game (Texas Hold'em) I've come in a situation that a player go all in before the flop. I've got 4♠ and 2♦ and I've fold to save my money. I've read How to deal with people who randomly go all-in?, and in this situation is it better to…
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Can people remember the cards that are played?

In many movies, some people remember the cards that are played in poker games. Is this possible to remember all the cards to predict next 10 or 20 hands? If yes, how and is it allowed to do that in casino's?
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Collusion in real life poker games

How can casinos/players curb/spot collusion between a group of player (i.e. playing as a team in the same table)?
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Feature In A Poker Game

I am going to build a stand alone (not web) poker game / training tool where you play against 5 bots for a 6 player SNG format. Will put in one fish, one rock, and 3 GTO based bots that have slightly different starting ranges but other than that…
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Poker Calculator

How would one go about writing a poker calculator? Plug in 1-X starting hands then return the percentage of wins.
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Second J on turn lower the chance that

When playing against opponent, the board comes for example J99, on turn is another J, then we assume that the opponent has lower chance he's holding J because it came also on turn so he probably doesnt have J, which is good. Why do we assume that,…
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Pot Odds/Equity, percentage and ratio method

Ratio method: I compare reward to risk (Rew:Risk) e.g. 3 To 1 (that might be 90 : 30, I refer to 30 as a constant later just for this example) My odds of hitting a hand is 33 %, hence 2 To 1 hand odds < pot odds ... call in abc poker my question:…
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How good is it to call when you have no money in the pot?

If you are staring at a pair but it is not your chance to open the pot should you call? If you are staring at a pair of nines for example. What is some common rules of thumbs for being risk averse when you are not asked to open?
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7 card no peek rules

7 card no peek game. Down to the last 2 players. Trips are showing, next player must beat trips. He turns over a full house. He goes to bet, but player with trips is out of money, but still has cards left to turn over. What do you do?
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when there is two straits who win?

Me and my friends were playing a friendly poker game & we were in this doubt. my friend Markus had card 4,k & I had card 7,2 & on the deck there was 5,6,7,8,9 in this situation who wins. please explain. thank in advance
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Detailed explanation of ICM?

Most ICM's explanation just say: ICM converts the value of bla...bla...bla. Now let's get to the calculator. I need something detailed, because I want to try to program it. The best explanation that I get is this thread and this Java code but I got…
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Two straights and a pair who wins?

We are new to playing poker. We played Texas holdem a few nights ago. Tow played got a straight. Player 1 J-7. Player 2 10-6. Normally we would have given it to player 1 for having a higher straight, but player 2 also had a pair of 6s. So we gave it…
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4 to one suit one a hold em board?

Hi I am seeking help trying to figure out how often a hold em board could statistically have four to one suit. Ie 1 out 20 boards or 5 %, something along those lines if possible. Thank you in advance
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How to plan IP when having two pair?

I was playing the following game in NL2 6-max (max buy-in: 50BB): Preflop: MP: (50BB) limps CO: Hero (64BB): A♠2♥ raises 4BB SB: (175BB) calls MP folds Flop (10BB): A♥Q♠2⋄ SB bets 5BB Hero raises to 20BB SB goes all in Hero calls Showdown…
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Texas hold em raising

I'm quite new to the game and was wondering about raises. I have been told that someone cannot raise their own bet in a betting round, but can the initial better raise his own bet if there are only two players left in the round?
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