I am a beginner and I am wandering if Mike Caro’s ‘Master Poker Player Strategy’ package is a good deal for $96. It contains the following: 1. Caro’s Fundamental Secrets of Poker (book) 2. Pro Poker Secrets (cassette) 3. Pro Hold’em Secrets (cassette) 4. Positive Poker (cassette) 5. Real-Life Strategy (cassette) And 3 professional poker [...]
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7card Stud Casino Game Leave a comment
The game is 7card stud. All the cards are out. One player is all in. There is no side pot. The all in player shows a pair of queens. You have two small pair. The third player bets on the side. You fold. The bettor cannot beat queens. The all in player wins the pot [...]
Steps to Consider while Playing Poker Leave a comment
I hope this is an appropriate forum but I need help clarifying a common rule in Hi-Lo type of games in home games. We play where players declare using the usual 1, 2, or 3 chips in hand. The three chips in hand means the player is going for both hi and lo. If a [...]
Importance of Epiphone Casino Leave a comment
In the big blind would you call a raise from a solid aggressive player (up front) with 9-9 if all others folded? What hand would it take to call? How bad could it be? My own approach here is to fold or reraise. Answer 1: There are 1326 possible two card combinations (including suits). The [...]
All Kinds of Casino Games Leave a comment
Are flukes, trash pairs, collection, and rake insurmountable in lowest limit poker? Answer 1: That depends, but many of the lowest limit games are still beatable, although I’d hate to depend on that for my livelihood. At least this is the case in California. Even though the rakes can be high as a percentage of [...]
Tournament Games in Vienna? Leave a comment
I plan to take a trip to Vienna in the near future. I would be interested in playing in a tournament or two (I prefer no limit HE events) while I am there. Can anyone provide me with information on where to play, types of tournaments available, etc.? I would also be interested in information on ring games [...]
Poker Hand Question Leave a comment
Can anyone explain to me why you cannot play AQ unsuited from the middle position with 4 or more callers when it is ok to play hands such as 98 and T8s? Is it because if you hit two pair, somebody is bound to have made straight? Answer 1: From your title I’m guessing that you’re thinking the [...]
Keeping Stats on Bad Cards? Leave a comment
What are the stats you should keep to track a bad run of cards. A bad run of cards can shake you off of a potential winning strategy. Let’s say you are using HPFAP, Lee Jones or Lou Krieger starting requirements How many hands BASELINE (I realize you are sliding up and down the scale based on circumstances) Would this be [...]
