Hello,
I plan on going to the casino and entering a few tournaments soon. $50 buy-in's, 3000 chips to begin with, blinds going up every 20 minutes. i have two questions.
1) how much of a rake is the casino taking? because i was under the impression they just charge the dealer fee, you know the $50 + 10
2) how do i know what is a good "structure" is for a tournament? in case I play on the WSOP circuit next year, I would like to know which tournaments to avoid.

Thanks

Garbage.

No idea, impossible to determine with the information given. If they're not breaking it out explicitly in the buy-in then you would need the total prize payouts:

prize payouts-total fees=rake
(prize payouts-total fees)/players=rake per player

It's a combination of:
Payout structure
Blind levels
Blind level durations

For winning players, the slower the blind structure (longer levels and blinds don't increase heavily each level) the better. The steeper the payout (most money to top players) the better as well.

Since you're a beginner player, value to you is probably best expressed in terms of bang for buck. How much entertainment/experience you gain per dollar.

Hey guys, i'm posting posting, but still can't make my own thread why uh?

Read the FAQ in the Marketplace forum you're trying to start a thread in.

thanks!

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Hello

I just started playing nl2 like two months now.
I want to ask about whats best time for playing poker, I usually play from 7-8 pm to 3-4 am, because I think that's the best time, there are no much tight tables like over day...
Can someone tell me what's his opinion when it's best time to play or worst over day. ty

depositing on every poker room, clearing first deposit bonus then withdrawing, is practiced? is this thing ok?

This is a subset of Bonus Whoring. It may or may not be the best strategy depending on specifics (ie; high volume loyalty program may be better than deposit bonus). Game selection is also a thing.

Hello all and congrats on the forum. Been learning quite alot from reading it.

I've been playing for a few months 0.02nl and 0.05nl. I am currently evaluating my play (I use fpdb) and I see from my stats that I win very well and good at showdown but lose alot everywhere else. I've read that I shouldn't limp alot and am starting to think I should be more aggressive pre-flop.

Dumb question:

I see advice telling to 3b a short range, like AA to QQ, is ok at micro but how do I raise with other hands when I think I'm ahead? Do I just min raise a 0.02 limp to 0.04 or the 3b concept only applies to opening bets?

I see often that raising to 0.04 only fatttens up the pot. How do i measure my raise?

Thanks in advance.

Minraising to 2bb accomplishes nothing as you give good odds to call to worse hands and your better hands need to reduce the number of players in the pot (which won't happen if you minraise).

You should raise 3bb + 1bb per limper. You should also be more inclined to raised the limpers when in late position.

And don't limp along unless you are yourself in late position with suited connectors / ace rags suited. Limping is a very weak but common play.
You should almost always raise when you enter a pot.

@Babarberousse:

Thank you, will incorporate advice.

Preflop:
Villain raises
Hero raises <- This is a 3bet

Preflop:
Villain calls
Hero raises <- This is a raise and should be 3xbb+1bb per limper (or more depending on specifics).

Oh... didn't know that, thanks for clarifying.

is FLHE profitable? what are other advantages beside smaller BR required?

Why bother with 3bet stat on hud when I already have pfr and cbet frequency?

3betting pre means a much stronger range than simply raising pre.
PFR is not very accurate to assess someone's range when he 3bets you.

It's very useful when you hold a good hand which is not a monster. For example, JJ should be a fold vs someone who has a 3bet% of 2 (unless you have the odds to setmine), but is more playable vs a 3bet% of 7%
Other very useful example at the nanostakes: you should fold KK vs someone who has a 3bet% lower than 1.5.

Thanks. Great info

I'm worried though, because under the description of the 3b in fpdb it says 3bet preflop/turn so I think it counts the continuation bet when the 1st pre flop raise gets called.. Wouldn't that make for higher stats and invalidate those deductions?

Edit: actually it says "%3bet preflop/3rd street"

3rd street is Stud. Doesn't apply to Holdem.

Ah, cool!

Would these raises be acceptable ?

Tournament....

Blinds... 200-400

Seat 1 raises to 900
Seat 2 raises to 1400

now some people say a raise is exactly double the bet but some people say it's double the raise.

So 400 is the BB...P1 raises to 900 that is a raise of 500 therefore 500 more is 1400. Is this correct?

some more...

Blinds 150-300

Seat 1 raises to 600
Seat 2 raises to 900

Blinds 1200-2400

Seat 1 raises to 4800
Seat 2 raises to 7200
Seat 3 raises to 10,600

Are these raises ok?

All those raises are legal.

Thanks, i had to check!

never understand what is with black friday, but watched Bet Raise Fold and from what I saw. PokerStars bought FullTilt, payed to all players their money(except US players) and US players until today have never seen their money? is that correct?