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When do you discard in Crazy pineapple?

I have seen conflicting information on when to discard your third hole card when playing crazy pineapple. One source says after the betting after the flop and one says after the River card is exposed. Which is correct?
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Is there an example of solver calculations to show how they work under the hood?

I am trying to understand how solvers work, but most GTO books just give examples of easy and straight forward toy games and then they jump to outputs from solvers and I feel there is some gap between those easy games and solvers results. Is there…
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Are poker odd charts agnostic of number of players?

https://www.pokerology.com/lessons/drawing-odds/ I've seen a lot of poker odds charts like this that specify a hard-coded value for odds based on outs. Is the chart agnostic of the number of players? Wouldn't my odds be greater if there were only 2…
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Why does ATo GTO solution play so poorly in this spot?

I am using GTOWizard to analyze a hand which is a 6 max cash game, 120 BB effective stacks. I'm in the BB with ATo and the HJ minraises, CO call, and SB call. I also called getting 8:1 on my call preflop. The GTO solver says this is a fold 100% of…
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How to name positions with less than 6 players?

I understand the NLHE positions nomenclature with full 6 seats poker table (sb, bb, utg, mp, co, btn) but what happens position-wise if at the 6 seat table there is less than 6 players? Do we start to eliminate positions in certain order until we…
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Is it possible not to use HUDs and still be good at keeping track of opponents moves?

I am very new to poker, mostly playing online ofc, but I hope with time I will also participate in some live events. My concern is that I want to develop some sort of "keeping track of my oponents" type of skill, as I understand it is very important…
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Dealer exposed three cards at the turn instead of one

Player 1 bets. Player 2 calls. All other players fold. Dealer burns 1 card and then deals the flop. Player 1 checks. Player 2 goes all in. Player 1 calls. Dealer burns 1 card and then in error, turns up 3 cards instead of 1. Since the betting…
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How to deal with poker community that play without bankroll management

I live in a country where poker is not legal. The online way I can play online and home games. However, in my playing community, they don't care about bankroll management and try to play bigger and bigger stakes (moving from one home game to another…
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How to master the art of bluffing in poker?

Bluffing can give you a significant advantage at the table. But how do you go about developing your bluffing skills? What are some effective techniques and tactics that you can use to deceive your opponents and win more pots?
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In a tournament, how do you calculate if you are going to be in the money?

Is there a rule of thumb to decide when you should stop playing a tournament if you just want to be in the money and don't care about winning? It's clear that if there are 110 players left, 100 paid position and you are 50, you'll be in the money if…
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Weak Flush on Turn

What should the Hero do at this point on Turn? How much to bet with for what purpose? Value or Protection? How did you calculate that?
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Poker with a Tarot Deck

I'm trying to figure out my own variant of Poker using a Tarot Deck. I want to have 5 and 7 card versions. I figure the most practical way to use the Major Arcana is to have consecutive Majors function as higher Pairs, 3 of a Kind, 4 of a Kind, etc.…
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What to do when your range has higher equity but less made hands on a specific board?

Let's say villain on the cutoff (CO) raised first in. Hero on the button (BN) 3-bet and CO calls. Flop comes Ts9c8s. Using my ranges (shown in the screenshot below) as well as equilab I noticed that the BN has an equity edge on this street, but CO…
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Does the complexity of poker increase unboundedly as effective stack sizes tend to infinity?

You can assume this question to be about no limit texas hold'em, but answers about/including other variants are also interesting. I'm also not sure how to define complexity mathematically in a way that agrees with the following intuition, maybe…
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Who’s wins this pot?

To make a long hand short, 2 players are all in heads up,river comes Players 1 tables there cards and announces 2 pair, player 2 announce “he’s out” and tables his cards face up, a player not in the hand notices players 2 had a straight and…
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