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Can You Win a Long Tournament Without Major Suckouts
As the title suggests, I'd like to know how common it is to win a long poker tournament (e.g. the main event) without performing any major suckouts. Major suckouts -per my definition- are the ones that:
Involve going all-in, or calling an all-in…
yazanpro
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using poker bots and top poker bots
I am really interested in using pokerbots and I would like to know how advanced is poker bot technology nowadays. And which are the top poker bots at the moment?
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Who wins the pot when
We dealt the cards and this is what happened :
my brother had 5 3
And I had 7 5
The board is 5 10 9 9 3.
Who wins the pot?
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Probability of making two pairs (Hold'em)
Based on Wikipedia article, probability of making two pairs among seven cards is 23.5%. But this include cases where the two pairs are on the board (e.x. I have AQ and the board is KKJJ5), or one of the pairs is on the boards and the other pair is…
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Online Poker Results
How do sites like sharkscope, PTR, and others access tournament results in near real time?
I'm trying to aggregate this results but can't find where or how someone would go about retrieving this data.
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Playing on a number of tables at one go
It is usually advised to play on more than 1 table at 1 go to make reasonable money on poker. On the other hand, playing on too many tables can result in lack of focus needed on each table. How many tables is it advisable to play on at 1 go, in…
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Can I Bet and Call Blind
After the river card, I made a "semi" value bet (I'm way far from having the nuts but I'm still relatively good). The community cards have a lot of potentials which I'm not gonna mention here. I'm gonna also ignore the stack sizes and the way the…
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Probability of two players getting identical starting hands
I've been playing hold'em on SWC lately, and have noticed that two players (across different tables with different numbers of players) get identical starting hands quite a bit. Like, more than once a night when only playing maybe 100 hands a night.…
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What is the correct ruling?
Playing in a 1-2 game-gets to turn and I go all in with for about a 1000- it was a 1600 before my bet)
Opponent hems and haws and then says fold and throws his cards in face up- showing a set of kings-the rest of the players voice their amazement-
I…
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Dealer's Choice - What type of games should one choose?
What kind of poker would be hardest for loose pre-flop amateurs to play? Any real game such as 7-stud, PLO-4, PLO-5, Courchevel, 3-Draw, etc, along with made up ones would be accepted.
A made up game could for instance be PLO with an additional…
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When should I move up from Freeroll MTT's?
Theoretically, if I have been playing Free rollers for a month, and played in 250 of them, winning 3 and coming into the money in 50, how many more should I play before I move up to the next stake level.
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What's the Probability of hitting the board on the Turn or the River
I've been looking for the answer to this for a while. I have my lovely Ace-King and I missed the flop. The flop is 9 5 2 rainbow. For several reasons, I put my opponent for a top pair (9 - kicker) or a pocket pair in hand (Jacks or eights...etc.). I…
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Pokerstars confiscating my funds
I was wondering if anybody had a similar experience. Pokerstars has confiscated all my funds claiming I was using a poker bot, even though I didn't. They are refusing to release any funds and the account remains blocked. Is this a normal business…
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Why did I lose this poker hand?
The five cards on the board were: 2 J J A 9.
My opponent had A 6 and I had A 5. Do we use the highest five cards or is it high card kicker?
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5 cards draw odds
I have three cards of the same suit. What are the odds of receiving two more cards of the same suit? If the number of players is important, assume 5 players on the table.
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