Poker Legislation

It's a complex question. A number of States have specifically outlawed online poker. Most have not. The consensus is that there's no federal law which prohibits online poker, but again it's muddy because of the Wire Act which the DOJ and FBI maintain prohibits online poker, however, the courts have found otherwise.

Nobody has ever been arrested for playing online poker and it's extremely doubtful there ever will be.

No.

The government always cares about taxes.

You can.

Can someone please provide me the link to Shaun Deeb's 180 man SNG? I have seen it before but now that I want it I cant find it. NO help from search either.

Never mind found it.

http://archives1.twoplustwo.com/show...9209807&page=0

(If someone is looking for it)

This might be a stupid question, but would it be profitable to only play hands with high ev. Mainly. pairs AA-77, AKs, AKo, AQs, AQo, AJs, AJo, ATs, KQs. Or is this two tight of a range?

Not an expert. But from what I have read, it entirely depends on the table you are at. If they are loose you are better off playing those hands.
If they are tight you need to increase your range.

got bored by MP2/3 but you were right up to that point, so no doubt the rest was fine

At $0.01/$0.02 NL, how much should I be raising with AA, KK, QQ, JJ, AKs?

standard open raise size is 4bb +1 per limper, however at 2nl you can easily get away with 5bb open raise as people will call with any old rubbish.

essentially, these are the hands that will win you most money at 2nl, so try to raise as much as you think you can get away with

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what is position heads up?

No.

The answer to this question is "it depends". There is no "always do this or that" response to these types of questions. Read through the FAQ's & stickies and you'll start to get an idea about what to think about when in a hand. Stay aware when you're not involved in a hand as well, you can pick up tells or patterns that may be useful later.

Some of the things to consider are, position, stack sizes, what level of thinking is villian, his calling range, raising range, aggression on each street, how he plays draws vs. made hands, how he plays weak made hands vs. strong made hands, how has he reacted to similar situations, what is my perceived image, etc.

making sure i got my pot odds down when it comes to bluffing, is this right??

18 in pot, a 6 bluff means im getting 3:1 on a bluff and thus my opponent must fold 25% of the time for me to break even right?

b/c im putting in 6 to win 18, so 75 times i lose 6 = 450 lost, but 25 times i win 18 = 450, so if he folds 25%+ of the time then it is break even or better right?

another

30 in pot, bluffing with a bet size of 6 would mean im getting 1:5 on a bluff (right?) and thus i need my opponent to fold 16.6% of the time for me to break even right? b/c 16.6*30= 500 and 83.4*6=500 so as long as they are folding 16.6% its a break even bluff right?



also when doing pot odds do you write 4:1, where 4= in the pot and 1=bet/call to win it? or do you do money to call/bet first and then money in the pot, ie 1:4?

Why do pokerstars and ftp have max 9 players at a table, when most tables in real life have max 10? (do they make more money this way?)

yes, 3 times you lose 6 for every 1 time you win 18. 25% is 1/3 of 75%

people are sloppy about it, so you can do either and generally the reader will figure it out. I try to be consistent, so I might say I'm getting 4:1 odds on a 1:8 shot, so I need 2:1 implied odds, or something like that.

is there such thing as a table that is to loose?

i am new to poker. I have been playing a little over a year and have done very well at this table. its a .50 / .50 blind that plays like a 1/2 or a 1/3 ( i have never played anything biggerthan a 1/1). I used to do very well at this table playing a tight aggressive game that i have developed with study and practice(super system,theory of poker,psychology of poker,read'em and weap,poker essays,harrington on holdem 2 parts of 3, and a few others)plus lots of watching and observation of players with skill.
sometimes it feels like its to much of a job or the game is not fun anymore because of such bad play. They call and hit sometimes with such garb that it almost makes your blood boil(no strategy what so ever). I understand thats the kind of player to play aginst but..... 1.feels like they win to much 2.my game seems to spring more leaks after playing there3.i want to yell at them sometimes( and this does happen)

any advice?

probably. the casino has a motive to put more players at one table to utilize table, floorspace, dealer, etc.

online, more hands, bigger pots, and just more pots total per hour generate more rake. it's a subtle difference, though.

do casinos have 6-max tables?

if u get rake back is heads up cash better than heads up sng? how much tougher is the comp in hu cash on tilt?

What does "in before lock" as an answer to a question whether push is useful or not mean ?
Something like "push now before getting blinded out" ?

lol! it means the person posting in your thread considers that it will be locked very quickly by a mod.

in your case you just posted in the wrong forum. an $11 dollar tourney may be high for you, but it is not to the rest of the highs stakes mtt forum; read this. and always check the stickies at the top of forums b4 posting to make sure you got the right place.

never mind

Ouch.. sorry.. makes sense :x

thank you. so when evaluating a bluff you can just evaluate the percent times you think he will fold and then transfer the odds into percentage to see if it works then i guess.

to transfer odds to a percent is this correct:

1:3=1/4=25%

somone told me that getting 1:4 is the same as 1/5. basically you add 1 to the 3 and then its a fraction. and i can easily calculate the fraction to a percent in my head in most cases, but I'm not sure this rule of thumb is correct. it seems to work though.

also: when calling a bet you have to decide whether your chances of being good at showdown are greater than the odds the pot is offering you. so if theres 50 in the pot and its 10 to call then that means you need to be good 1/6 of the time or about 17% of the time. this right?

Ok. here is my noob question.
i raise 150 and he pushes all in for 915. which odds do i have to have to make my call correct and how do i calculate it?

How do you find a hand in your history from a while ago. I can find it with pokertracker by looking at the hands page and be able to review how certain hands were played out but the history on that page of the hand being played out and not the correct format. It goes like this:

Hand #37041053393 begins at 2009/12/22
Dealing down cards
Dealt to jshnaidz [As Ah]
jshnaidz posts the small blind of $0.02
Pis.Pshan3 posts the big blind of $0.05
specialbud calls $0.05.
c2477555 raises to $0.20.
Oldos calls $0.20.
Jof78711 folds.
jshnaidz calls $0.18.
Pis.Pshan3 folds.
specialbud raises to $0.35.
c2477555 calls $0.15.
Oldos calls $0.15.
jshnaidz raises to $0.50.
specialbud calls $0.15.
c2477555 calls $0.15.
Oldos calls $0.15.
Dealing Flop [6s Qc 6d]
jshnaidz bets $0.50.
specialbud calls $0.50.
c2477555 folds.
Oldos folds.
Dealing Turn [2c]
jshnaidz bets $0.75.
specialbud calls $0.75.
Dealing River [6c]
jshnaidz bets $1.
specialbud raises to $3.37, and is all-in.
jshnaidz calls $2.35, and is all-in.
jshnaidz shows [As Ah]
jshnaidz has Full House, Sixes full of Aces
specialbud shows [Kc Ac]
specialbud has Flush, Ace High
jshnaidz wins $10.70

but that's not the format that this site uses to convert it. I can go and look through stored poker hands looking at certain table's histories but that takes forever. Is there any shorter way?

is it collusion if you go with a friend that's a good player and get up for dinner and discuss the players leaks?