well heres a dumb question but here goes:
ive seen some guys saying 3333/c or 5433/c
do they mean bet that amount and then check or what?
i even googled it but found nothing )

raising with 65s preflop is not a raise for value, because it's behind almost any hand

One reason people raise with hands like 65s preflop is to balance their range.

Suppose someone is raising 10% of their hands preflop. That range might look something like 77+,A9s+,KTs+,QTs+,AJo+,KQo. If a player is aware of this, it's very easy to outplay you postflop. If the flop comes 965, you've almost always missed and they can easily bluff you off the hand.

Now suppose you take that same range but add all pocket pairs and suited connectors down to 65s. That would now be 14% of hands, but now on that same flop you have overpair, sets, 2p, straights, pair+gutshot draw, and just overcards in your range making it much harder for your opponent to play back at you.

There are some implied odds too, the deeper you are the better they are. Raising 65s with 40bb effective is suicide. With 100bb it's fine. You're not going to hit a monster very often, and you're going to get someone to stack off when you have a monster even less often, so you need them to have enough chips for it to be worthwhile. The reason you have implied odds is if your opponent is ranging you -- if you're only raising 14% preflop and the board comes 965 it's hard to put you on anything that hit.

I think it means bet that amount then call a raise but it's dependent on context.

i got it now
this really was a dumb question )

Is there anywhere to play NL2 online in the United States? I'm currently playing on Carbon but it seems that its $0.02/$0.04. I just bought Crushing the Microstakes by Blackrain79 and it seems that it only applies to NL2/NL5

NL4 is between NL2 and NL5, so the information still applies.

Whats the best place to open a thread to get some help for an beginner?
Have some questions about how i played these hand or what the better choice, some other genral things.
I dont know where i can post these thing, maybe like a blog where people can get me some little advice and i post my little steps in poker =)

This forum.

That's what this forum is for...

Sure, you could start a blog but frankly there's already millions of blogs nobody reads...

links of good blogs ? lazy to search

There's a blog list at the top of the forum that I'm way behind on updating.

Hi All,

I understand it is common to discuss win rates in terms of BB/100 Hands... Is that in reference to the actual BB, or is it in reference to Poker Tracker BB?

Example:

Player A played 10,000 Hands at 25NL, winning at a rate of 5BB/100 Hands. Does this mean player A earned $1.25/100 Hands ($125.00 Total), or $2.50/100 Hands ($250.00 Total)?

Normally people mean actual BB.

Thanks

Dumb question: is there a forum/thread for 6-max microstakes? Or is it lumped in with full ring? Im a ****ty beginner looking to learn more on VPIP/PFR etc numbers specifically for 6-max and all the stickies in the microstakes NL are strictly for full ring. Thanks

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69...-stakes-pl-nl/

Is it a big deal to ask for all your player hands from pokerstars? Do i need to have a good reason?

No.

No.

SWEET! I get to ask this since this is for stupid questions. :-)

WHEN. WILL. ONLINE. POKER. Come BAAAAAAAAACK to the US?

***sigh***

It never left

Well played sir...

Rephrase: When will real money online poker come back to the US?

See post 10070.

I'm new-joined cake poker and the next thing I know I'm at Juicy Poker. I read a thread that cash outs are difficult at Juicy-is there any truth to that? I've ran up my initial deposit over 500%. Second, what site should I go to that cash outs are not a problem. I live in the US. Thanks Hootieso

How do I stop tourney lobbies auto-opening when they start on Stars? I just want the table to open without the lobby.

where to watch matches between PStars Pro and The Pros?

i'm a bit confused here.
This hand below. On turn he bets 2 to 4,20 = 6,20. BTN Re-raises 4,50. We need 2,50 to call. Is the calculation 2,50 / 10,70 * 100 = 23%
Or 2,50 / (10,70 + 2,50) * 100 = 18,93% ?


MP: $5.49 (54.9 bb)
CO: $16.14 (161.4 bb)
BTN: $10.74 (107.4 bb)
Hero (SB): $12.17 (121.7 bb)
BB: $10 (100 bb)
UTG: $20.52 (205.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is SB with Q K
UTG calls $0.10, 2 folds, BTN raises to $0.40, Hero raises to $1, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.60

Flop: ($2.20) 2 7 8 (2 players)
Hero bets $1, BTN calls $1

Turn: ($4.20) 2 (2 players)
Hero bets $2, BTN raises to $4.50