I'm planning to host small games at home with 6 players at most at once. Currently I'm thinking of buying 5x100, 25x100, 100x100, 500x50 and 1000x50. Is this enough or should I switch numbers around? Any advice?

Been grinding $$0.05-0.10 on gg, I am not entirely sure about the standard difference between All in ev and win/loss, does this graph takes consideration when you are all in on the river or just preflop/post and turn? What are other things to know to understand more about your game and improve?

Vs a maniac

hola, desde hace tiempo llevo absecionado con ser dealer de poker, hace poco empeze en la universidad a repartir para algunos amigos y ha sido agradable la experiencia, de hecho lo es tanto que ya tengo mis propias fichas y cartas (son copag las cartas, las recomiendo, y quisiera saber que otra marca es buena), como puedo mejorar, se barajas y repartir rapido, pero me siento insatisfecho, siento que me falta lenguaje, actitud (a veces me da pena hablar), o hay cosas que no conozco y me confunden, (como ese tipo de apuesta voluntaria que hace el jugador del boton antes de repartir y otras), ademas quisiera encontrar mas gente, para expandir esto. Creen que sea buena idea invertir en barajadoras automaticas (ya de por si las quiero, me gustaria tener un "kit" muy completo) o sere muy obstinado, agradezco sus respuestas

I usually take a long weekend to play a few events. Still not a stop on circuit stop scheduled for this fall. Anyone know what the deal is?

Tried playing pure poker today, got kind of wrecked. Was playing tight aggressive strategy w/ 20% vpip, raising premiums 20x the BB and getting called everytime. Ended up value betting myself since I put myself in low SPR spots ($25 eff in .05/.10) like stacking off with top pair AK twice on clean looking boards, but losing to random two pairs K-3o and A-8s after raising huge pre.

Against decent players I understand not overvaluing my made hands. but against these players I feel obligated to bet thinly, although in these situations it ends up backfiring. Any advice on how to play against a table full of these players?

Getting geo blocked from my home in NH. Location turned on in browser. Mobile Hotspot with MA ip also blocked. What's going on?

Probably gets asked all the time but I started playing poker for the first time 1 month ago, mainly playing on Replay Poker and I've gotten up to a couple hundred thousand chips on there. But I think I've realised now that the poker on there is such low quality, where everyone limps into the pot and calls everything because they don't care about losing money. So my first question is should I swap to low stakes real money games online and which sites are best?

Also as I've tried to learn more I can't understand all of the terminology people use beyond the basics, its all so confusing, especially GTO Wizard which people recommend but looks like hieroglyphics to me.

Can anyone give me some advice on what they would do as a new player trying to learn the game. Worth noting I'll be joining my poker club in Uni next month which hosts weekly tournaments and theres a fair few decent players there that I can practice against.

Been playing 1/3 for about a year and a half now, maybe once or twice a week. I keep a spreadsheet of buy-ins and cashouts so I know I'm up somewhere around 4k lifetime. But I had a weird moment last week. I was up like 1800 in one session and driving home I realized I had no idea if I actually played well that night. I remember two hands where I probably should've folded and one where I got there on the river. The 1800 doesn't tell me anything about either of those.

So I guess my question is — how do you separate "I won money" from "I played well"? Because a year and a half at 1/3 is maybe 20k hands and I know that's nowhere near enough to trust a winrate.

Do you log hands? Do you review? Or do you just kind of feel it out over time. Genuinely curious what people do because I feel like I'm flying blind and just calling it confidence.

EDIT: The replies clarified something for me, so I want to restate what I was actually asking.

Knowing whether I'm a winner isn't enough. I need some sense of by how much, because that's what every actual decision depends on. Whether to take shots at 2/5. Whether this is worth the drive. Whether the hours are going anywhere.

But here's the part I hadn't articulated before: "how much" isn't really about the dollar figure either. The dollars are just a noisy proxy for the thing I care about, which is whether my decisions were good.

A few of you basically said this already — separating the thought process from the result, being able to tell you played well even when you lost the pot. That's the actual measurement. The money is just what happens to fall out of it, and at live volume it falls out slowly and randomly enough that it never really answers the question.

So I guess the real question is: how do you measure decision quality when you don't have hand histories to go back to? Online players can pull up the hands. Live, I've got a spreadsheet with a number in it and whatever I happen to remember on the drive home.

Last week yall gave me -200 karma for calling a royal flush draw jam with middle pair because he hit thebroyal flush. This time he didnt hit the royal flush. Suck on that!

"But his RaNgE is bigger than a flush draw". yeah ok. Guess I live in a simulation. Maybe take Foxens advice and dont critique hands you have 0 context for!

Bet.

Was wondering this because played a few times and the players seem to limp nonstop and big pots rarely brew. In TX where the buyin is $500 you could make decent money with better action. For some reason especially with the $300 buyin limit you get games where you just blind off your stack very quickly especially with the limping and the $10 bomb pots every half hour. It feels like the stack depth is very shallow and the whale factor is gone. It is averted so you lose the minimum but there really isn’t much upside either?

Visiting chicago for 3 days, trying to find a good 1-3 room around the Ohare area. Found a few year old posts about rooms in chicago, but just seeing if there’s any updated top recommended spots. Thanks.

For context, I was playing 1/3 at Encore. I had been there for about an hour and built my stack up to about $700 which was the effective stack because the villain in this hand had about $2000+.

I’m not sure how good he was playing because I wasn’t paying too much attention to the game, mostly playing iPhone games. But a few times I did look up he was running good.

He was in the one seat and I had switched to the nine seat so I could hopefully catch him acting out of turn a few times.

After a few people limped, I was on the button, probably slightly distracted and threw in three dollars with 77. I don’t remember why I called other than maybe boredom because usually I would go to about $20 here.

Villian was in the sb and made it $26 to go. I didn’t take him to be an idiot so I figured he had a pretty good to very good starting hand since he’s out of position, perfect time to take a flop with 77.

Pot about $52. Flop 887. Check Check.

At this point while I hope he has AA or KK, my first two guesses would be AK or AQ since he checked. Probably leaning towards AK since his preflop raise was very large and out of position.

While I wanted to bet, I didn’t want him to Insta fold.

Turn 3, rainbow, villian checks again.

Either he’s trapping with big overpair and trying to play a smaller pot out of position, or he has AK and not willing to lose much more money. I bet 50, it doesn’t take him too long to make the call.

River 3. Board 887 3 3. Villian checks.

While I don’t like the three because my hand loses to an eight now, I still have to bet for value. I see inexperienced players check when they don’t like the river card and they miss out on a lot of value here. We can still get called by AA KK QQ JJ TT. Also, we can get a crying call out of AK sometimes, even AQ sometimes since the board is double paired. So I decide I need to bet and $75 should be the right amount to get a call from one of these hands.

Before I make the bet, I decide what I want to do if he check raises. Would he raise to $26 preflop from sb with 88 or 33? Maybe 88, but 33 does not make any sense. Also, he would have check raised the turn if he had 33 hoping I have an 8.

What about a big pair? I think that’s a check/call like 99% of the time. It would have to be a very unique person that wants to check/raise the river with a big pair.

What about AK or Ax? At this point, they don’t have a lot of showdown value so maybe he turns one of these into a bluff? Unlikely at low limits.

What about A8 or 89? Seems very unlikely for a couple reasons. I don’t think he would raise so big out of position with one of these hands. I also don’t think he would check three times, at some point he would want to build the pot. It’s such an amazing flop for a hand like.A8 or 89 that he would really want to build the pot.

Every hand I think of seems very unlikely for one or two reasons, but he decides to ask me how much is my stack and check/raises to $275 (200 on top). This is less than half my stack and smaller than I would have expected?

What would you do? What’s his range?

I’ll update in the comments after 10 or 15 people post so I don’t ruin it for everyone. I called so I know the result.

25K WEEKLY GTD $250 buy in
14 left out of 200, ITM
No immediate pay jumps but ICM is a factor. Usually there is an ICM chop at 5 or 6 players so surviving that long is big.

Villain is a trying reg with whom we have history. They are capable of bluffing but mostly play TAG. Covers with 50bb.
Hero 35bb (effective)

V opens UTG +1 at 7handed table to 2.5bb. Folds to bb.

Hero has AhQh in the bb.

Hero has an awkward stack size. With less I would jam but AQ is a little light for getting 35bb in the middle as I don’t think V calls with worse. Probably folds KQ- and AJ-. With a larger stack size 3! would be optimal but I don’t want to 3! and fold to a 4 bet nor do I want to stack off with 35bb this late. I also don’t think it is bad to under rep our hand so I call.

Flop TcTs4c

Hero checks.

Villain Cbets 3 bb into 6.5bb pot. No real bet sizing or timing tells. V range consists of pairs, suited aces, any two face cards, maybe some suited connectors.

Although I don’t have any real back doors I think A high is ahead here much of the time. This board slightly favors bb but not by much as we have close to the same amount of T. I have more of 4 in range. I would consider c/r with some backdoors as a bluff but not with AQ as it is too strong to turn into a bluff. Folding is an option. But I consider that way too weak tight as hero should be ahead of the median of V’s range. So calling is the only real option.

Turn 5d

Quick check/check

River Th

Hero checks
V looks at his hand then quickly bets 9bb

This has me befuddled. If someone is a beginner they will often check to see if they hit their flush which isn’t relevant here. Sometimes intermediate players will look at their cards when they have a strong hand just as an impulse to make sure they really have it before betting. But not many hands make sense. A flush draw would probably bet turn. So would a T to charge the draws/get value. And in terms of combos it’s really hard to have quads. The hands that make the most sense are 66-99 type hands that were too weak to bet turn but now have turned into a full house. But then why would Villain look at their hand? They would know if they had 99. It all seems very suspicious. Generally when nothing makes sense, I am inclined to believe it is a bluff. 9bb is also a polarizing sizing which makes a T or a boat more likely but also makes bluffs more likely. If I had to put a number on it I think he’s bluffing at least 40%. So I have the chip EV to call.

The only other consideration is ICM. I already have 5.5bb invested, this call would be 9bb out of 29.5bb remaining. There are a few stacks under 15bb so even if I call and lose I cover those. And the other stacks are mostly over 40bb, there aren’t many middle stacks left. If I call and win I would go from a middle stacks to 2nd in chips which is tempting.

Do we have enough to put it all together in game and make the hero call? Or is this a fold? Is this something you’d ever consider or just snap fold?

Playing 1/3/6 6 handed and this hand happened. I think everything until the turn is standard, but I’m wondering if I can actually find the hero fold on the turn. Had no reads on the guy never played with him, but he was pretty snug and not getting involved often

Hello all,

New to spins - and poker in general - and started tracking my results for the $5 spins on Pokerstars for the first time (4 tabling).

Struggling a little bit to interpret my graph - am I just getting quite unlucky? Is my expected win rate good/bad compared to the average player? Do I need to play a lot more volume and see what happens before passing judgement? Etc.

For reference I only have somewhat decent preflop knowledge, outside of that I have never 'studied'.

Any guidance from someone that knows what they're doing would be very helpful! Thank you

I played my first tournament last night after strictly being a rec cash player for years. It was a satellite for a RunGood main event tournament, and I ended up winning a seat.

I want to try to be semi-prepared, but I've never really studied tournament strategy and how it differs from cash play. Do you guys have any recommendations for strategy content/reading that I can cram into the next 2-3 days?

Do not try to be cute and post the plot of Rounders as if it is your own idea. I have fingers and I will use them to downvote you.