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Some critics believe that online casino games are made available to stay away from the orders of law. But of course, this depends on the specific state regulations that are imposed in a certain area or country such as the case in the United States wherein the deposit options are somewhat limited. In most cases, the majority of the casino players love to play online especially if it involves real and big pot money.

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However, there are also certain challenges faced by online gambling. Most of the challenges are centered on the questions of legality as well as lawfulness. In spite of the legal issues that were raised regarding gambling in online casinos, several players are still looking for better ways to play casino games using the internet. The fact that more and more are engaging in playing poker is a great proof that online gambling will continue to thrive as time goes by.

Answer 1:

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Answer 2:

I believe the Horseshoe in Tunica had satellites for the WSOP last year or the year before, before the split-up I assume. This is probably where the confusion is coming from.

Answer 1:

There might be a slightly worse chance against many opponents, because they can go all-in and win some pots where they might otherwise have folded. But the factor isn’t significant. My guess is that the other side of the argument is just the opposite — that the small stacks have less of a chance than they would if they combined their assets. That would be wrong.

Answer 2:

You don’t have to beat three opponents to beat three opponents. You can wait and just beat one.  But, since you don’t have to wait, you can pick them off when the opportunities arise, it must be easier to beat 3 than to beat 1.

Answer 3:

I know it sometimes seems that way, but the chances cannot become worse no matter how many ways you divide the same amount of money among equally skilled players. And the chances cannot improve if you consolidate that money in the hands of just one player. That comment is aimed at a winner-take-all tournament, but is also true of proportional payoff tournaments where — in fact — dividing the money equally among many players would improve your expectation of profit, often significantly.

Answer 1:

You aren’t entirely sure where you are now and you aren’t entirely sure what your outs are. I think it’s a close decision. On the plus side, you could make a full house or a 4th diamond could fall. On the minus side, you should be worried about hands like QJ, AdQx, KdQx, AdTx, and KdTx. You could also already be drawing dead. Unless I have no respect for both players, I think I fold here.

Answer 2:

You have crap hand in the big blind. You have a very dangerous flop, maybe even the single most dangerous flop in Holdem: two of the smaller Broadway cards and a two flush. Your hand is just not very good but you check raise, apparently, for value. Bet, try and win it there.  If not win it there, define the hand better. If you bet the flop instead of check raise, you should *know* what you are going to do when the turn card comes the 5 of the suit and you get raised! If you are going to adopt a line of play in the beginning, you should know what you are going to do when an easy and obvious next situation comes up — in this case, a baby flush card hits. Why check raise the flop if you are going to bet and meekly laydown for a raise on the turn when it comes an obvious, and only partially threatening card? As usual, a poorly conceived check raise gets a player with a marginal hand into trouble.

Answer 3:

Okay, I’ve thought about this hand all night, basically, so I’m going to give you my reasoning on why I think the check-raise is the best play and you can tell me why you think it is an invalid or unsound strategy. The first and most obvious reason for a check-raise is to make any draws in the hand pay. However, since a nut flush draw here is getting full value for his bets with 2 opponents, I’m not making any money off of him. However, if the button, which’s stuck in between has a gutshot draw or similar crap, he’s subsidizing both me (likely best hand) and the big flush draw. Secondly, I think it’s the best way to derive information. You say betting out in this circumstance “define[s] the hand better”. I don’t understand what you mean here. Let’s say I bet out, and am raised. Well, what do I put him on? He could realistically have anything from KQ/AQ to top set, since all of those are legitimate raising hands. I simply can’t re-raise here, because my hand isn’t strong enough to. Therefore I can’t know whether I’m ahead of the raiser or trailing him. However, if I check, he bets, and I raise, he’d be hard-pressed to 3-bet me with just AQ or KQ. He would certainly 3-bet me with QJ, Q6, 66, JJ or QQ though, since he’s got to be afraid of the flush/Broadway draw–slow playing is totally out of the question. Therefore, by check-raising, I think I can figure out with reasonably certainty whether he’s got a better hand than I do; if he re-raises, he has top two or better; if he doesn’t, he doesn’t. Now my only trouble is what to do with the guy calling on the button. Thirdly, as you say, I check-raise for value. You seem to be saying that because my hand is weak, I should not check-raise for value. But how weak is my hand, really? Assuming I’m not re-raised on my check-raise which would imply I’m in very deep trouble, the absolute worst case scenario is that I’m up against, say, KT of diamonds, which has 15 outs to beat me. It’s pretty much even money, right? But this is a worst case scenario. It’s much more likely that I’ve got someone with AQ or KQ in trouble, since he needs to pair his kicker or have the board pair in a way that doesn’t give me a full house, which IMO justifies the value raise. And like I say earlier, by checking and allowing the button to call one bet instead of two cold, I might have trapped him with say, second pair and an over card kicker/three to the nut straight. That sounds like positive EV to me.

Answer 1:

I think you have a series of mistakes here. Your “steal” off the button should be with some kind of hand maybe Ax or Kx at a min. Your call of the raise is a mistake. Any further calling or raising in this hand is a compounding of the original mistake. You got caught stealing give it up and live to fight another hand. You are at a critical junction of the tournament – you didn’t say how many left but sounds like less than 15. This is where you have to manage your stack and make the final table with as many chips as possible.  I’m not saying whimp out but be aggressive with “real” hands.

Answer 2:

I don’t know what a tourney expert is, exactly (But I’m currently ranked #1 on the IRC tourney circuit). In my opinion in this situation you should fold against the raise BEFORE the flop. Either your foe has read your blind stealing correctly and has a better draw, or he has a high pair and doesn’t care what you have. Better preserve the rest of your stack at this point, shift gears and now wait for a decadent hand (or the blinds) before betting out again.

Answer 3:

I don’t know what a tourney expert is either, and I seldom play in tournaments so I’m pretty sure I don’t qualify in any event. But, the advice to fold when he re-raises pre-flop is right, I think. What I think is that this tough tourney player has you pegged as hardheaded and somebody who just isn’t going to give it up so he’s quietly waited for a chance to just trap you for as many bets as he can. He’s probably expecting you to bet the flop and turn no matter what and I’d guess you’re going to get raised on the turn — he’s got a big pair I think. Give it up right away.

Answer 1:

In my (also limited) PL experience, at least in the game where I play, pot odds for drawing hands often exist. The game is very much a trapping game, where even though big pairs, top two etc. may win most of the pots, suited aces, suited connectors and the like often win the largest pots. There’s a lot of limping or small raises with several callers pre-flop, and it often pays to
play hands that will win big if they hit.

Answer 2:

I doubt you’re “all wet.” Remember your position becomes vital in Pot Limit, maybe as important as the cards you hold – for instance if you are in late position and a bunch of people have limped in, you can bang in a pot size raise and completely destroy their drawing odds. My favorite situation in pot-limit is holding a nice big pair (or better still two pair) with a bunch of players drawing to a flush and or straight. Sure, about 35% of the time they’ll get there, but 65% of the time they won’t, and you can charge them huge amounts of money for the those two cards. This is a gross simplification, but Pot Limit and No-Limit are aggressive, big card games. Obviously Doyle Bruson stressed the importance of using small connectors, but that playing strategy was coupled with exceptional reading skills, relentless aggression, and what he himself admits is pretty much an instinct for when he’s beaten/has the best hand. For us mere mortals, selective big card aggression is a good way of getting the money. Therefore, I’d be cautious of playing Ax, Kx, unless you have a good read on your opponents.

Answer 3:

It seems pretty clear in context that “suited aces” here refers to Ax suited, not two aces of the same suit.

Answer 1:

Without giving it much thought, here are my thoughts anyway: (As usual, everything depends on knowing your players, but let’s assume I was asleep at the final table, and wasn’t watching Mitzy). I don’t put her on A-Q (and consequently not on the Ad), nor K-Q because there was no pre-flop raise. Also Q-Q is out. You’ve got a 9, so she probably doesn’t have pocket 9s. She could have pocket sixes, but heads up that probably deserves a raise as well, depending on all of the previous action and tendencies. Even a lone Ace could dictate a raise here. Personally, if I’m Mitzy and I’ve got two diamonds in the hole, I would probably check the flop, trying to trap you (Of course,
I could get killed by this, but such is life). T-1700 is kind of a weird size bet. There is T1200 in the pot, and you each have about T9400. I don’t know what the bet size means. Again, perhaps past actions need to be considered. All of that being said, personally, I like your hand. You may be leading at this point, and if not (say she has a Q-X), you’ve got nine diamonds, two nines, and three kings twice for your outs. She does not have half her chips on the pot yet, so she is not necessarily pot committed. Me? I re-raise. Probably T1700, but perhaps even my whole stack. Just my opinion. I haven’t played heads up that often. That’s one of the problems with tournament structures. They lend themselves to deal making, and many people do not get much heads-up experience. The last time I got heads up in a tourney of any consequence, I got decent cards, jammed twice in three hands, got called both times, and won. I think you have to take control heads up. Give me your hand against another random hand, and I’ll take my chances!

Answer 2:

That is precisely why, if the day should ever come that I have the pleasure of meeting you, it will have to be AWAY from the table, Mr. Caro. I know I could never figure out WHAT you were thinking, and even if I could, it would probably scare me too much!

Answer 3:

You should have raised here. This is a strong hand heads-up, and putting constant pressure on the BB will take the initiative, collect a large share of the now-significant blind money, and give you more information about her hands. Move all-in, (except against a passive, predictable player). This is a likely spot for a bluff. If she only has top pair, you are about even with her. Even if she has a small flush, you have a decent chance.

Answer 1:

There are very few winners in low limit Poker. The overhead is just to hi. I play low limit for the fun of it. I have to win $12,000.00 a year just to break even this is based on playing about 100 hours per month or 20 hours per week.

Answer 2:

Game selection is all important in situations like this. IMO games with more them 3 maniacs are really hard to beat if more than 3 you might as well play roulette. This goes for ANY limit. My ideal game has 1 or 2 maniacs, some but not a lot of pre flop raising and some good players who can fold a good hand.  If the mix is right I WILL WIN unless the run of the cards is really against me. Be selective and begin to recognize when a good game turns bad it doesn’t take much to turn the tide one or two player changes can turn a
table upside down.

Answer 3:

If you don’t want to play with 9 maniacs you might re-examine your notions of whether there is such a thing as superior play. Variance may rise but ev will rise faster as more players playing poorly enter the lineup. Long term in roulette is totally shot-less but in poker the more maniacs the more like “the house” you become.

The employees say that the decision to raise the rake came fromLas Vegas. Are these the normal rakes inLas Vegas, or is the Station putting the screws to us again? I’ve always felt that the Station Casino here saw us more as suckers than valued customers. That attitude may work in Vegas, but does set well with us in the Mid-west. So, my question is are we getting screwed here in K. C. or is this normal and acceptable raise in the rake.

Answer 1:

Yes you are so are we here in Vegas the Casino won’t it all so just relax and enjoy yourself. In the big clubs the rake is 3.00 at Sam town it is 2.00 But at some it is more.

Answer 2:

Screwed.  Especially if there’s a jackpot rake in addition, and you tip $1 per pot.  It’s hard enough to beat 1-5 stud with a $2.50 rake and $0.5 tip, $7 from each pot is crazy. The 5-10 game MAY be beatable, but probably not. If it’s a maniac’s game where you can sit and play like a rock yet still get action, you can probably do ok (though you’ll be bored to tears). Better yet, save your money and head toCaliforniaor Vegas a few times each year. One possible advantage to an insane rake – it will tend to keep smart players out of your game. Including you, perhaps.

Answer 3:

I played in a $10-$20 private game recently that had a $7 chop. $2 of this rake was supposedly going to pay for a $3,000 Royal flush bonus, but the only people who have won this bonus so far have been other dealers who owed the houseman money. You should be upset about the rake increase, but I believe the higher limit games are beatable even with the increase you describe in the chop.

Answer 1:

I don’t mean to be flip or sarcastic but “pobrecito llorando”! The hand you describe very likely had no other probable outcome except possibly if you played a little softer she might have won a larger pot because of some players your raise drove out. These things happen, will continue to happen and although we can’t do anything about that we can control our response to them. Empathy yes, sympathy no. If you are really upset by bad beats, take up another activity.

Answer 2:

Normally, a re-raise here would totally give away your hand, but after 2 callers cold call 2 full bets between you and the re-raiser, I’d pop it again here. This might have knocked out one of the callers or both, and that’s ok in this spot. You know you’ve got the best of it here, and you’ve got players willing to throw the money in, so I’d 3-bet it and see what happens. I doubt you’d lose both callers in the middle, and you’ve still got to like your and.  Roysays play ‘em fast, and I think this was a good time to do it. Still, you didn’t know what her next card was going to be, although you might have been able to take a shot at it after you saw her reaction if you’d made it 3 bets. I would have figured her for AA after she re-raised as she might have read you for a high pocket pair. I don’t like how she played the hand, but in low limit stuff like this, be prepared for it all. This woman is one of the many out there who make this game +EV for you. Shake it off.

Answer 3:

I agree with your raise with the rolled up 9′s.  You have excellent position to the right of the bringing and the pot is un-raised up to you. Your raise could mean anything in that situation. It could be a steal attempt, a pair of 9′s or a pocket pair.  Nobody will put you on a set at that point. If you re-raise the 10, it would SCREAM pocket aces. I think the isolation play should have come on 3rd and NOT 4th. Now then, if she catches the J on 4th and bets out or heck raises you, you can safely put her on a set since the 10′s are all
but dead. If you decide to dump the hand at this point it would cost you 3-4 bets and not your whole stack. In an extremely live game it is a good idea to slow play NOTHING.Bet ‘em when you got ‘em and muck if you don’t. A better opportunity? What better opportunity?  What can you be aggressive with if not rolled up trips? The two pair is highly unlikely because of the two dead 10′s so the logical conclusion is trips. A re-raise on 3rd would have better defined the hand, so that if she bet at you on 4th it would have been a fairly easy laydown.