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Chips running out playing tight

I'm a poker beginner I use to play SNG 0.5 9Handed, 45Handed or 90 Handed and some micro tournaments. I've been studing poker throught the sites and almost all of them says that I have to play tight-aggressive. OK, I'm trying to but I see my chips…
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Probability in poker

In his book "The poker face of Wall Street", A.Brown wrote this: "If two hands have two different cards ten or higher, there is a 62% chance they share a card of the same rank. If two hands are pairs or suited connectors, there is only a 7%…
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On the turn pot odds to call versus outs

When facing a bet on the turn (river card to come) how to equate call a bet to number of outs? You think you are beat but you have a number of outs. When is it profitable to call?
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Rules for mucking cards

After the river, player 1 bets, player 2 calls, player 1 mucks his cards, does player 2 have to show his cards? Also since player 2 called, is player 1 obligated to show his cards even though he mucked?
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texas holdem question on split pot

if the 5 cards out after the river show Ace, 10, 7, 5 and 2 flush of hearts and (player 1) has 4 of hearts and (player 2) has 8 of hearts , who wins hand or is it a split pot
umbro kid
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Who will win, 2 pairs on the table or one pair in hand and one pair on the table?

Table: 7, 7, 6, 6, 4 Me: 5, 4 Opponent: 9, 8 Who wins?
Tatiana Trinidad
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Five cards rule and "kicker" in flush

Scenario: My hand: A3 Villain: KQ Flop: J76 Maybe a stupid question: considering all cards with same suit, my ace wins the pot or other higher cards can affect the result?
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Spin and Go Strategy

I'd like to discuss strategy for Spin & Go. I'm sure all of you that play online have come across it; 3-handed turbo, 500 starting chips, blinds start at 10/20, go up every 2-3 mins. At the beginning of the game a wheel is spun and designates a…
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Chance formula for Texas Hold'em

Is there any general formula to calculate how many chances you have to win a particular poker hand?
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Aggression vs cheap flop

This question relates to pre-flop play and is aside from the obvious point of being more aggressive the later your position. Let's say we're 6 handed and UTG raises to 2BB and I (sat next to villain) have something just outside the tight range -…
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In Seven Card Stud, the dealer missed dealing the last cards and shuffles the deck

After the 6th card is dealt (6 player, 3 have folded) the dealer mix in the dead cards and shuffles the deck (the dealer forgot that we had 1 more card coming). What should happen now?
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Poker winning hands

I have a 6,2 and my friend has J,6. The 5 cards in middle are T,T, 6,2,2. In this case, who wins? I am thinking me as I have a full house T's and 2 's. But my friend says that top 5 cards needs to be taken into account. So he wins since he has two…
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Betting rounds in heads-up Texas holdem?

I know that how betting works. Preflop, player on left of dealer pays SB and on his left BB, and on left of BB starts betting. And after flop, Player on left of dealer starts first. But if only two players are playing, suppose Ballin and Danny.…
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How to play AQ on flop against maniac?

I was playing the following hand on 2NL cash microstakes recently: Preflop MP1 (53BB VPIP 51% CB 75% FCB 60%) raises 3.5BB MP2 Hero (90BB) with A♠Q⋄ raises with raises to 10.5BB another 4 players fold MP1 calls to 7BB Flop…
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how to play in a table which play so loose and mostly limp without any kind of standards?

i want to know how we should play at a table which most of players just limp and call and some times goes all in and you usually never see any kind of standard playing? shoud we play like them and every time limp and call or we should play in…
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