Getting bad beats suck
Middle position. A-10 off suit. With 9 players in the table, I call the blinds and everyone else just calls. It was a very aggressive game and there were at least 3 players who were stupid callers....
View ArticleArriving late to home poker game
I know this is an odd question but I hope you can help.
View ArticleAA with the kicker, who wins?
Player 1 has As 8s Player 2 has Ad 2d Player 3 has Ah 4h The community cards are Jc Ks 9d Ac 5c Thank you very much for your help. James R Vaughn
View ArticleKings four of a kind, ace high
This happened on FullTilt poker during a [[LinkInternal:best-tournaments]]tournament[[/Link]]. The table was pretty aggressive, with PillaginPete and GOBLAZERS777 raising pre-flop every other hand....
View ArticleSplit pot odd chip - who gets it?
Good day Sir, I have a question regarding the rules of "PRE-FLOP" in Texas Hold 'Em. When watching poker on TV, it seems that the players can only look at their hole cards when it is their turn to act,...
View ArticleShowing cards in case of a side pot
Hello, Thank you for answering my poker question. All-In No limit game, three players in hand.
View Article2 big blinds in a row?
Playing final table, tournament style no-limit. Four people left; two bust-out leaving the two who posted the small blind and large blind. Deal moves to the person who posted the small blind. Other...
View ArticleHow to deal cards correctly?
Just a quick one... is there a rule involving how cards are dealt for the flop, river, etc.? I was called on this because I dealt the flop 1, 2, 3 left to right, then dealt the turn card to the right...
View ArticleAnd the winner is...
player 1 has 4 4 player 2 has J 10 The community is 2 A A 8 8 Does the win go to the pair of 4s of player 1 or does the high card J of player 2 take the hand. Please explain. Thank you, Ramiro Chacon Jr.
View ArticleIs this heads up?
I have a question about what is considered heads up in texas hold 'em poker. Assume there are four players in the hand and three of the four is all in and there is one person left to call the all in....
View ArticleMaking Money Playing Texas Hold'em
When the average Joe off the street thinks of poker, the last thing to come to their mind is a game of strategy, discipline and preparation. Instead images of guys sitting around a kitchen table...
View ArticleTexas Holdem dealer mistake
Dealer goes all in with $10,000, small blind calls and big blind calls too. Then dealer deals out the cards, flop, turn & river with out waiting on the other 2 players to make their bets. Small...
View ArticleCan player A reraise?
Dear webmaster, I am Sasan from Iran. My question is about pre-flop reraising. Let's say, there is a table in which blinds are 20 and 40$. Player A is the first one to act and has 1000$ and raises to...
View ArticleArguing over the forfeited chips
Hi. Please can you answer the following question for me? There are 8 players at the table and blinds are 500/1000. Player A posts the 500 Small Blind. Player B posts the 1000 Big Blind. Players C to G...
View ArticleRush Poker Tips and Basic Strategy
Rush Poker is a unique feature at Full Tilt - it's not another poker variation but rather an extremely fast-paced playing format for holdem and Omaha. All players at a certain level are placed in a...
View ArticleBlinds and dealer button
We had a four player table. Both small blind and big blind were knocked out in the same hand leaving heads up. What happens with the blinds and the dealer button and betting order for the heads up?
View ArticleIs 5-5 a good hand to go all in?
Hi, Have been playing for a couple of years now and would say that I am an intermediate player. I play 3-6 and 5-10 limit hold em mostly, but I also play the big Sunday tournaments on Pokerstars. Last...
View ArticleAnother side pot situation
In a [[LinkInternal:best-tournaments]]Texas hold em tournament[[/Link]], small blind is $1000 and big blind is $2000. After the flop the player to the left of the dealer goes all in but is short of the...
View ArticleWSOP Profile Peter Eastgate
In 2008, Peter Eastgate was far from the favorite to win the main event of the World Series of Poker. Even when he made the November Nine, there were plenty of players favored ahead of him. Eastgate...
View ArticleWSOP Profile Joe Cada
Joseph Cada may not have a lot of years under his belt, but he's well on his way to becoming a poker legend. At 21, Cada was the youngest of the final nine players in the World Series of Poker, and...
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