You just said it's "the best 5 card hand" so why are you only counting 1 card?

All 5 cards play. Y wins.

someone tell me what ITT is

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I've just started learning hold'em, and reading books and the postings. So bear with me if this question is so dumb.

Is there some type of software to read hand history text file and annotate it even in very basic level? I got PT3 evalation, tried other hand converters or replayers.

However, none of them does in batch mode. What I'm looking at is something similar to the chess anaysis program, which would annotate your game in pgn format and add evaluation (+ or - with number) and suggest alternative better moves and save it to a new pgn file.

The 2+2 hand history converter will do multiple hands.

No.

Computers are not good at playing poker. Certainly not good enough to reliably suggest alternate plays.

That's what posting hands is for.

3bet... i always thought it was bet 3*bb but than i read something like 3bet more and they give a suggested value for that 3bet. Than what is the definition of a 3bet?

It is the third bet on a given street - so the action goes bet ... raise ... reraise <--- the reraise is the 3bet. Preflop the big blind counts as the first bet.

What he ^^^^ said is true, that is the definition of a 3 bet. However the second part of your question, if you want to 3bet properly, you want to make sure its a significant enough raise to fufill its purpose, when 3betting, I usually raise to slightly over the pot.

I'm 3betting setting up to get my chips all in by the river.

Thanks for the quick reply Cry me a river.

One more dumb one. Where could I find the 2+2 hand converter? I jumped around this site, but I could not find <download> or <tools> button or tab. I will need it sooner or later. Thanks in advance.

Thanks for replying, sorry I have about 10 more questions, lol


Is playing on FT really as bad as people say it is?

If not, and I sign up through an affiliate do I have to make a deposit? (Also what affiliate is normally used?)

Or can I get money xfered from a friend or a 2+2 mod in exchange for PStars cash?

Obviously I can't hit platinum on stars as I just started playing poker. I can get silver, and it equates to like 12% rakeback or something like that right? I assume I'm playing 20-25k hands a month on average (10NL/25NL) right now, so am I better off playing on FT?

Do most amateur poker players (ones who take it seriously) use an affiliate?

I've read many poker books but most of the information in them is repetative and more focused on things outside of the game such as concentration and surroundings. I want something that can tell me how much to bet in a certain situation such as QQ facing a raise in different positions from different statted players in 25NL and if there is a difference facing that raise with QQ (or any hand really, I just used that hand to get a point across) in 50NL etc. Is there a book like that? Also would really like to know when it's ok to ignore pot odds like what type of player I should be bluffing against etc.

Last question, do most amateur poker players (again who take the game seriously) get a subscription to DC or a similar site? Paying a year of that is a pretty serious chunk of my BR but I want to know if most people take it as a necessary investment. (And if there are any other sites which people compare it with/think it is better, I would like to hear that as well..)


Sorry for all my questions, I'm really glad to begin to be a part of the community and look forward to learning more about the game. Thanks for your help.

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Depends what you mean by that. Playing 10NL there is terrible due to the rake. Their support is bad but so is most sites not named PokerStars. However, if you're an American there aren't a lot of options and it is the #2 site in the world.

Not usually right away. Go to the affiliate's website and follow their instructions.

Affiliates/RakeBack Forum

Most sites you need to make a deposit of some kind before cashing out.

http://www.twoplustwo.com/magazine/i...rstars-vip.php
http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/42...alysis-337444/

Yes.

From a pure rakeback perspective, FTP>Stars unless you're playing 10NL (or lower) or you're going to achieve SuperNova.

Uh, that basically impossible to quantify but anyone who knows what they are doing does.

what's the best i can do with my full tilt points? (i get probably about 50k a month)

what's a dumb question thread?

What is the best way to select which table to sit at on PS? (Specifically 2NL FR.)

In the lobby there are stats like avg pot, pl/flop, h/hr, but I'm not sure what the best way is to use these stats.

Ozi had a good post on this over in the uNL forum:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/69...dition-369513/

Wow, that's an awesome post, thanks very much! Not only about table selection, but also seat selection. Will take a while to work thru the post ...

I have another question:

I have often read/heard that there is a 65% chance the flop contains a J or better. I have tried to do the match but can't come up with this number. How do they come to this number? This has been in reference to how to play pocket 8,9, or 10s preflop

How come in my trial of HM, my Hud does not work while HMmanager just fine.

It finds the tables I'm playing at yet there is not HUD or stats on the players at the table.

How do i save Hand histories and import them to PT2 from absolute?

best method of using full tilt points if i earn about 50k a month?

Assuming you have a pocket pair lower than jacks. I'll calculate the probability that the flop contains NO cards J or better, then subtract that probability from 1 (because that's the simplest way to calculate this). There are 50 cards other than your hole cards, of those 16 are J or better while 34 are lower than J. Probability of all low cards is 34/50 * 33/49 * 32/48 = .305. So the probability of at least one card J or better is .695 = 69.5%. Slightly higher than the number you quoted actually.

Sign up for that trulyfreepokertraining.com [sic], correct website is listed in Cardrunners/Stoxpoker forum. After that save up, turn your Ironman status to Medals, then use those medals to obtain points. Rinse wash repeat until you have enough medals for motorcycle.

Sexy time???

Thank you very much. Very nice

thx will check out, other suggestions?