errr...didn't say i was gonna be doing it tomorrow. but there's always a first time. and in that moment you're something of a beginner anyway

and there is no actual table. it's a theoretical question, the answer to which can be adjusted depending on situation

hello! another dumb question. where is the thread that profiles players based on their HUD stats?

edit: including hand ranges with vpip/pfr stats. thanks!

On Pokerstars, I've noticed that some of the tournament tickets you are able to buy with FPPs can be exchanged for T$ by getting the ticket, registering and unregistering. However, not all of the tournament tickets allow you to do this. Is there a definitive list of which ones you can/can't convert to T$

Awesome, thank you so much! That made it pretty simple

2 more quick questions

1. Why do people seem to undervalue or dismiss a 2-5 card when it is coupled with a A? These are connecting cards to the wheel draw but people seem to dismiss it and value the A8 or A7 more. Sure, it is not as good as AJ or AT, but it is still a connecter, right?

2. How would you advise playing a hand when you currently have top pair and top kicker on a wet board and big pot but fear your opponent may have a better hand and you are oop. Obviously there are other factors that I can't give but just looking for some general advice. I want to get to showdown cheaply but I feel my opponent won't agree to just check it down so I end up folding top pair or betting small to keep him from over betting. A half or full pot bet would mean half of my stack which I don't want to do with less than a monster hand. any suggestions?

Are people likely to be playing hands like 54 or 35 that could make a wheel?

I don't get it?

can you watch real money games on pokerstars? if so, how? can't find using search

try watching the sunday million highlight show:

http://www.pokerstars.tv/poker-chann...y-million.html

There's some discussion in a thread from 2 days ago here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/32...rpair-1182401/
There's also a CotW here: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/78...-stats-526962/

Lots of players prefer to play A5s instead of A6 or A7, but it's the suitedness that makes it playable, not the fact it can make a wheel. Chasing gutshots is rarely profitable. Personally, I don't play any ace worse than ATs unless I'm going for a steal, or defending myself from one. All the baby aces are "trouble hands". Fish love them, but that's because they're fish who think straights happen more often they actually do.
Bet big on the flop, to get value from a draw. Bet 60% of pot on safe turns, check-fold on scare cards. You can still get 2 streets of value if the draw misses. If it hits if villain raises you, indicating he flopped the nuts, just fold. You have to bet big to protect your hand. Wimping out and trying to get to showdown cheaply will encourage villain to bluff you off your hand.
EDIT: I just had a good example actually. UTG fish limped, and I raised w/ KK. Flop came JT9tt, which is a pretty horrible flop for KK. Villain checked, and I potted it. Villain check-raised and I shoved, because AJ and QQ were in his range, along with flush draws w/ AQs and AKs, as well as sets that already crushed me. Villain made the call with QQ and hit an 8 on the river, but since he only had 24% equity with his OESD, he made a mistake in calling. 76% of the time, I'd stack him, so I was right to price him out by making a big bet. If I'd just called the check-raise, I'd have to call the turn, and then fold the yucky river, never really knowing where I was at.

If it is ok to chase flushes then why isn't it ok to chase straights being that there are more straight possibilities than flushes

Pre-flop, you have more possibilities of making a straight than a flush if you have a middle ranked suited connector, but A2-A5 cannot flop an OESD. A5 typically flops a gutshot straight draw.
With a hand like 87s, you can flop a flush draw (9 outs) or an open-ended straight draw (8 outs). With A5, you can flop the 9-out flush draw or a gutshot with just 4 outs.
e.g. You have A5cc. Flop is Kc4c2d. You are more likely to hit a random club on the turn (there are 9 left) than one of the four treys in the deck.

Also, you don't necessarily "chase" flushes (you can semi-bluff with them while often having an overcard to the board too), but when you hit a flush with A5s or A2s, it's always the nut flush. If you have A2 on 345r, you have the idiot end of the straight, because someone can have 67 or 62.

While the suitedness of a hand typically only adds about 2% to its pre-flop equity, suited cards are much more playable post-flop, since you can flop combo draws (FD+SD+overcard). That's why a hand like A3 offsuit is basically junk. The 3 may as well be a blank piece of card for all the value it gives you.

Got it.

Is there a way to get PT3 to show average preflop raise sizes?

How do I post .jpegs or any pictures at all? I see no option for this.

How to change avatars and post pictures & videos

What concepts/fundamentals should I have a grasp of before I move from 2nl to 5nl?

Also can someone tell me if I'm on the right track regarding probability?

Odds of getting dealt an Ace preflop..

4 Aces/52 cards in the deck

4/52 = 0.07

Therefore we have a 7% chance of being dealt an Ace preflop.

Is that how it works?

That's only right if you were being dealt one card instead of two.

Chances of NOT being dealt an ace as your first card is 48/52, chances of not getting one as your second card as well is 47/51.

So, the chances of ending up with 2 cards one of which is an ace is

1 - ((48/52) * (47/51)) = 0.149

So 15%, give or take.

Same fundamentals and concepts as 2nl pretty much, just expect there to be a lot less fish and a few more regs.

I have a very dumb dumb question but could not find a separate thread for these, so I'll put it here:

Deposited 120 and played a small session. At the end of the session, my winnings according to HEM2 were 0.24 (or sth like that, cannot check now) while my balance on the site was 120.60.

I remember that when I played before, there were such differences as well.

What can the reason be? Tx

Either all hands did not get imported or there's another source of funds (ie; bonus or other promotion). Depending on the site if you ever left a table before a hand was over you may not have received the hand history. Email the site or if the client has an automated option use it to request your hand histories and see if it makes a difference.

If you fold in the blinds and then quit the table while the hand plays out, the data won't get imported, but this means that HEM will overstate your winnings. If your numbers are correct, the opposite has happened, so maybe you unlocked part of a bonus, as CMAR said.

Hey Guys,

What is the formula for calculating break even Fold equity when stealing blinds preflop?

For example I raise 3BB from BU,how often I need blinds to fold? I know the answer, I am just curious how to calculate this

Risk/Risk+Reward

So if you open on the button to 3bb and it's

3 / 3+1.5
3 / 4.5 = 0.6667
= 67% FE needed

Note that to work out how often the blinds fold you should take their Fold To Steal stats and multiply them together. So if the sb folds 80% and the bb folds 75% then 0.8*0.75=0.6 or 60%

You can use the same breakeven frequency formula for any bluff, btw. This always assumes you have no equity. If you know your equity you can use
((1-Equity)*Risk)/Risk+Reward