Tag Archives: bet

Personal Theory for NL Games

Hello, I don’t know if it will make sense but I have a theory. Well, I believe that this theory can be the bible of all players longing to win at poker. However, I’m not implying anything. And I am not totally sure if my theory is right. I am actually writing to you now [...]

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Having Problems with Conservative Players

I’m having problems about playing against conservative players, typically at small tables, roughly 6 or less at an instance. One thing I notice is that I play well in NL$50 when my opponents are more aggressive. I don’t know why but it appears that things are easier for me when I play with aggressive ones [...]

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Confused on How I Have Played

Hi, I would like to ask your opinion about how I played a certain hand in one of my games. I believe I’ve played it almost perfect but of course I also want to hear the opinion of others. The hand actually took place in $1-2 NL in a casino. Back then, for 7 hours, [...]

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About Preflop Bet Sizes

I heard that in no limit holdem online, you should never vary your bet sizes according to your hand strength as that might just encourage false assumptions by some of your opponents about your hand strength in particular. Well, I believe there are factors that could help players ascertain how much they should bet without [...]

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Several Questions

Hi, Before I bring out my questions, I would like to first thank you for all the help you’ve extended. You can’t imagine perhaps how grateful I am for all the information, advices, suggestions, tips, etc. you’ve shared to me. Because of you, I’m now on my way to fulfilling my dream since I was [...]

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KK in a NL Poker Online

Hello, For 6 months now, I’ve been playing No Limit Texas Hold’em at www.pokerstars.co.uk . Well, right now, I don’t yet consider myself as a pro but perhaps just a reasonable one. I used to gather information on strategies, tactics, etc. but I don’t know what went wrong. Every time I try to use such [...]

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Isolating an Opponent

Just this afternoon, I played online with some friends. At some point I was in mid position with the largest stack. Then, I was dealt AA. After which 1st position raised ten times the big blind and I for several reasons raised him. However, the dealer and both blinds called my raise and the same [...]

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Not Sure About My Decisions

Hi, Assume that in a certain game I called a raise preflop three times the blinds with 4 callers with 26 suited hearts. Then flop is Ah 2s 4h. Somebody has placed a bet on flop, and as a result I re-raised two times his raise and eventually got 2 callers. Then the turn is [...]

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Options for the Small Blind and Big Blind

Hello, There are some things that have been bothering my mind for some time now. Hope you can help me out. Say in a $3/5 limit game, small blind puts in $1 and big blind puts in $3. Then the next to act is the person to the left of the big blind. What do [...]

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The Cards Before the Betting Round

Hi there! Once, in a no limit heads up game, I was playing and the other player was dealing. Eventually, after the river was dealt I went all in. Unexpectedly, the other player did not call or did some stuff instead just turned his cards over. To my surprise, he thought he won everything that [...]

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