I was into something that was really disturbing. The other night, I played with my friends. There was player A, B, and so on and so forth. Player A went all in and I called the all in as player B. Then next was player C who raised and player D called. Later on, I [...]
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Comparing Full House
Hi, Well, my question is about comparing full houses. I remembered you once said or advised “Jacks full of tens (JJJ, TT) beats Jacks full of nines (JJJ, 99)”. I can’t remember when exactly you have said that. But I’m wondering, can that really ever happen? I believe that in a 52 card deck, there [...]
Read MoreBetting Issue
The other night, there was a particular incident that almost caused a terrible fight among players. Well, as I could remember, there was a small blind which was 30 and 60 as the big blind. The first player to supposedly act had only 61 chips, therefore with 61, he went all in. In your opinion, [...]
Read MoreNot Having Enough to Cover Blinds
For some time now, something has been bothering me. It has actually something to do with what happened to me at a regular game where in the big blind haven’t had enough to cover the blinds. Let us just put this way, the blinds were at 75/150 and the big blind only has 50. I’m [...]
Read MoreMinimum Raise on Betting Rounds
Hello, I hope you don’t mind if I ask something about betting. Let’s say for an instance, in a no limit game, the blinds are 50/100. Then there is player 1 who is the first one to act after the big blinds and a raise to 300, players 2 and 3 fold to player 4 [...]
Read MoreCheck and Raise in Holdem
I’m just a starting poker player and as of now I’m not yet so sure about some stuff particularly about check and raise in the same round of betting in regular poker. I know it’s not possible to check and raise in the same round of betting in regular games, but how about in Holdem? [...]
Read MoreWas it a Check Raise?
Up to this time while writing this, I’m still bothered about a certain situation that came up in one of our home games. Well, three players were left in the pot and at the turn the 1st player to act bet. Eventually, the 2nd player to act called and then the 3rd player raised. After [...]
Read MoreOn Poker Rules
Hello, I’ve got here a few questions. Hope you could find some time to answer them. Thanks in advance. For an instance, the blinds are 500 and 1,000 but the person who is supposed to be the big blind has only about 800 to post and a number of players are still on board. I [...]
Read MoreAll for the Blinds
Hi, As I am writing this, I just finished playing Holdem by which my friend who had $10 in chips left became very troubled because he was informed he could no longer play because of not having sufficient chips for the big blind, which during that time was actually $40. Well, I believe that he [...]
Read MoreEnding Texas Holdem Hands
Hello, I’m currently wondering while writing this. Last night while we were playing, an unusual, bothering situation came up. Well, at some point, three players were left in, eventually, the hole cards were dealt and one player have folded. The other player was dealt 10 & 6 and I was dealt 9 & 7. Then [...]
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