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Does anybody know where i can download good reading material on snow ball strategy (by Daniel Negreanu i got his book).

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I won a WSOP Step 2 voucher from this GoHard poker tourney of 248 entrants! :dance:1st is a step 3, 2nd-5th step 2, 6th-20th step 1. I got to final table with a slight lead in the chips. Good battle back and forth ended up with me being heads up very short stacked 301,000 to 71,000. Battled and grinded back and forth and I took a lead as much as 225,000 to 147,000. Then this hand came up for it all. I had A,Q suited, he had K,Q off. He raised I reraised and he went all in.... I called.... flop was nothin' but he got a K on the turn!! :mad: Now I'm crippled, but went up and down for a long time, but finally got whittled down and out. Had a good time in this one, but couldn't pull it out after that turning point hand. Soooo it's off to a step 2 to try to advance(6 steps to win it). I'll post my results after I play.😁

Small pocket pairs are generally pocket pairs 8 and under. There are several ways of playing small pocket pairs. Most of how to play these hands depends on position.

If you are in early position and you catch a small pocket pair you generally want to just limp in or call a small to moderate raise. Basically here since you do not have any leverage because you are in bad position you need to spike your pocket pair. If you don’t it is usually best to toss the hand. The exception to this would be if your low pocket pair is higher then the bard then you need to take a stab at the pot and see if you can take it down before over cards start to hit. So if you have a low pocket pair and you are in the blinds or in early position just limp in and try to see a cheap flop if you spike your hand and hit trips make as much money out of the hand as you can. If you don’t hit trips its generally best to just fold. That is why you should not call big preflop raises with this hand because if you do youre going to find yourself committed to a hand that has a low chance of winning because basically you only have two outs so youre chances of winning are very very low.

The other way to play low pocket pairs is when you are in good position meaning close to the button or on the button. From there you can leverage your position to take the pot down. So lets say you get pocket 8’s and you are next to the button. There you would make a raise preflop to see where everyone is in the hand. If someone goes over the top of you, you have to put them on a hi pocket pair or AK, AQ depending on the players. So if they just call you are probably up against over cards something like KJ, A10, or KQ. So now you know where you are at. Also if you get lucky enough to spike the 8 with maybe a K or an Ace on the flop you are going to double up on this hand because if you have a guy in the Hand with AK chances are the 8 isn’t going to scare him and now you have a good hidden hand that you can win a huge pot with. So lets say you make a 5 to 10 times preflop raise from there and you get one caller. The flop comes A 5 9. Should you make a bet again even with the over card on the flop. Since you get to see what the caller does with your good position. If he checks to you, you definitely want to represent the Ace by making a strong bet. If you get reraised its probably time to bail and minimize your losses. Now if you get lucky enough to spike the 8 you are going to win a huge pot especially against AK or AQ.

So in my opinion these are the two ways that you can play low pocket pairs.

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At the risk of being asked not to post the same subjects more than once I bring you the new, improved and more advance version of U.S. Poker Rooms 101. Here is U.S. Poker Rooms 202B.

So you know where I am coming from, I have a background in computer software and systems. I was partners in a computer software company for 10 years before I sold my interest in 2002. This knowledge and background has given me a health respect and fascination for online poker rooms. Just to be sure I wasn’t missing something, I thoroughly “Road Tested” some 100 plus sites both approved for USA players and some that aren’t. As some of you know there are only a dozen or so distinct software packages for U.S.A sites and many of the rooms have the same games/tournaments which they share in common.

That said, there are differences and variations that make some standout over others. I enjoy and play a lot at the Cake Family of Poker of rooms including Doyle’s Room, Players Poker and 10 or 12 others. Most recently a medium size room that I have enjoyed, PokerWorld moved to the Cake Platform. Lock Poker is also a new room on the Cake network and The Greek Sports Book has added The Greek Poker through Cake. I happen to like Players and Doyle’s the best of this group for their Tournaments. Players has a 5 or 6 freeroll tournaments that qualify you to play in a weekend tournament and win a $13,000 all expenses paid trip to the WSOP. The total purse is about $17,000. Hurry, time is running down. Doyle’s and Cake have daily tournament that qualify you for a weekend $1,000 freeroll. Pretty good stuff.

I play a fair amount at Poker Stars, Ultimate Bet (which I prefer over its twin Absolute Poker), Timeless/Minted poker along with Carbon/Wass/PDC Poker rooms. They are all very good. For some reason I put Bodog Poker at or near the top of my list. It has its quirks and you either like it or hate it but I like the way the tables are displayed. The configuration allows you to play multiple tournaments (which I am doing most of the time now) and know right where you are at a quick glance. Bodog is easy to use, is well supported and has good cash games and tournament for all levels.

With all that said I don’t have just one favorite. All the sites I mentioned have great incentives and freerolls so I often go where the best Games are being played.

Unlike the some of the problems experienced in the sports book industry, Poker Rooms are well equipped to handle cash-outs in a variety of ways and there are new and easier methods coming along everyday. Obviously they have some small print you have to read if you have received bonuses and freebies, but getting your money to and from the online Poker rooms is typically pretty painless.

So what’s stopping you; get out and play somewhere new. It will do you and your Poker game a world of good!

Video poker machines operated in state-regulated jurisdictions and programmed to deal random card sequences. So that the poker machines are well tested to ensure compliance with this requirement before they may be offered to the public. Other kinds of poker games only have positive theoretical returns when the progressive jackpot is high enough.

Video poker machines operated in state-regulated jurisdictions and programmed to deal random card sequences. So that the poker machines are well tested to ensure compliance with this requirement before they may be offered to the public. Other kinds of poker games only have positive theoretical returns when the progressive jackpot is high enough.

This is the way, I play poker! you don’t need to be confused when starting to play online. You just need to take one step at a time while being cautious. Don’t worry because it will all pay off when you start having fun playing.

The title is "Poker For Dummies" and I have no clue about even the first step in a poker game.

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I'm at a 9 plyr tbl NLO, csh gm .25/.50, with 6 ppl. My hand As Ah Ks Qh.
I raise preflop to $1.50 UG & I get reraised to $3 by BB, i call + 2 other call. pots @ $12.25, flop is 7d Ac Jc, BB checks so I bet my last $7, 1 plyr behind me calls + BB. Pot- @ $33.25 Turn is 9h, BB bets $20 & other guy folds! Flop is 9d, good right? Wrong! His hand- 7c 8d 9c 9s. How in he\\ can he call with pr of 9's & with no draws! How did I play it?
Any advice is welcome, ty.
J

While his hand was a huge underdog, its not true that he had no draws. He had a flush draw (true its not the nuts, but he can discount that others also have one). He has a gutshot straight draw as well. He does not know that a 10 puts him dead to your KQ, so he can count some extra potential outs. Plus you only had $7 left to bet after the flop into a $12.25 flop. He can call that to see the turn especially since another player had called to chip up the pot.
Certainly a bad beat in anyone's book. Your best chance was to have more money at the table and aggressively bet him out post flop. Sorry about the outdraw. Best of luck next time.