Quads by the turn + an Ace on the river - everyone can go all in!

There is a WSOP circuit coming to Elizabeth, IN that I’m planning on playing in. I have never played a larger tourney like this live. I just saw the schedule and I’m planning on playing in the mini main. Which flight would be the best to join? They have four day 1s. Two flights start at 11am and two start 4pm.

Also it says the starting stack is 20k and but the other mini mains that’s going on now and until the one I’m playing at has like 30k starting stack so I thought that was strange.

Can anyone tell me who wins with this hand ? 3.2€ on the line 😭.

I will start. The first thing I would tell them is to understand just how beatable low stakes live cash games like 1/2, 1/3 and even 2/5 are. Convince them! Then I'd advise them to learn everything they can about becoming a solid TAG (Tight Agressive) player.

I've noticed something quite often when watching GG Poker streamers. Some of them seem to be profitable overall in cash games mainly because of jackpots, rewards, promotions, etc., while their actual cash game results (before rewards) are negative.

Is this actually common on GG Poker?

Is it really that difficult to be profitable from the cash game itself, without relying on rewards, jackpots and promotions?

I'm asking because I've seen several examples like the one in the screenshot, where the player's overall profit is positive, but the "Games" result is significantly negative and most of the profit comes from rewards/jackpots.

I'm curious to hear from regular GG Poker cash game players: how much of your long-term profit comes from the game itself versus rakeback/rewards/promotions?

It's just disgusting how nasty downswings are. I can't do shit for the last 2 months, it's like a brick wall.

Constant bad flops, bad runouts, bleeding money every fking session + being under ev a lot.

And you hear a pro poker player saying that if you have a big edge, variance is not so huge, yeah right.

I'm really curious. Do poker players play fantasy football? What percent of players crossover and do both you think? This highstakes draft got me thinking that maybe some of these fantasy footballers are actually poker gamblers as well.

0.1/0.2 heads up on pure poker

$50 effective

Button limps, I check back with 4c-4s

Flop is A 5 4 with 2 diamonds.

I overbet pot to 0.6, button calls. Pot is 1.8.

Turn is a 5h giving me fours full of fives. I check OOP he bets 1.1, I xr to 5.5, he calls. Pot is 12.8

River is a Qh, I overbet for 20. he reshoves for 44. At this point I'm not loving up but at this point I am never folding. He shows Q-5c for fives full of queens.

Not sure if my river sizing is ideal for a bare 5 to call and whether we only get better hands to rejam against us. And if we can make an exploitative fold on the river here vs these loose passive players.

I think it is better a course that improves is with updated videos on the META constantly but i wanna know your opinion on this.

Are there any free or cheap learning apps for poker?
I tried lately Runout and Preflop wizard. Especially the first one was cool, like a duolingo for poker.

Alternatively, something in browser.

I'm playing occasionally NL5/NL10, but it doesn't hurt to be a bit better.

I play microstakes SNG NLHE. Usually 6-max $5 buy-in, but occasionally higher or lower. They just limp. Everything.

J4o from UTG? 1bb
AA from HJ? 1bb
J9s from CO? 1bb
83o from BTN? 1bb
KQs from SB? 1bb

Oh, you opened 3bb with AQo from HJ? Call. Call. Call. Someone pairs the flop with their K2o and donks.

Limp. Limp. I raise 5bb from BTN. Call. Call. Call. Call. Wtf?

"Just tighten your range and open bigger." Cool, thanks. This isn't a cash game, it's a single table tournament. You're left unable to put anyone on a range when they limp-call AA and J8o.

I wanna get into solver stuff, and I generally don’t feel like paying for a month subscription and I’d probably prefer self-studying vs course work. So PIOSolver is still something I’d be interested in.

From what I can gather, PIOsolver is a very much a heads-up on solver. I know that GTO Wizard is starting to put out multi-way solver solutions as well. Given that the live-environment is very very multiway, how are we supposed to utilize these solvers?

Primarily looking to build off of exploit-based strategies using node locking.

I don't have X. Pokerfuse is reporting that Doug Polk tweeted that multi table has been added to mobile. Is this correct? What has your experience been so far?

Stakes are .25/.50 main Villain in hand is roughly 35 percent VPIP 8 handed no reads on player
We’re 250bb eff here with everyone
There’s two limps, and I make it 5bb with 6h6c in the CU. The button calls, and now the SB 3bets to 15bb. BB cold calls, limpers fold, I call, and the button comes along as well.
(62bb in pot) flop comes 6s3sJh. Action checks to me and I bet 39bb looking to build this pot right away. Button folds, SB calls and the BB folds.

Heads up to a turn (141bb in pot) and it comes the Ks. The SB now donks for 47bb. I call.

Now 235bb
The river is the 8h and now the SB goes all in for 150bb. Interesting spot wondering your guys thoughts on this hand

Wild stream last night

Anyone ever randomly receive money on CoinPoker? Got $250, all it says is "balance credited" with a reference number and a timestamp. I'm not complaining obviously, just curious where it could have come from and why.

There’s a hand that’s a legend at this point in my family and I’d love to find the footage of it. It was a televised event around the mid 2000s. I think it was the final table and legend has it, it was even the final two people, basically a guy hits a one outer 5 of Diamonds to make his straight flush and win. Probably a long shot but this would be legendary to find the footage. Any ideas?

I really can't remember one time going all in with pocket Jacks and won

action checked all the way to the river and the pot was like $3. I thought if I went all in out of nowhere someone might call thinking I was a fish trying to bluff and it worked

Person to which I did not want to mention poker: “How did you meet?”

Me: “At a social function.”

Person: “Oh, what sort of social function?”

Me: “Umm, kind of like a round table event… thing.”

Not the smoothest, but not the worst IMO.

I was so excited when I saw that flop. cutoff was putting in bets and I thought there’s one single hand that beats me he’s gotta just have a 10. FML

I’ll be staying overnight for work in the area and looking to play Wed and Thurs while I’m there.

I typically play 1/2 at Twin River where the max buy is now $500, so the games play fairly deep.

Typically, I only buy in for $300.

When playing Chasers, if buying in for $300, should I stick to 1/2 where $300 is the max or step up to 1/3 (still for $300) since I’m used to deeper games already?

I know buying in for less than max is not +EV but I’m still a fairly new player and that is what I’m comfortable losing at this time in a single session, so it is my personal max while I get more comfortable at the table.

If it matters for this question, my stats to date:

41 sessions, 157hrs, 51% win, +$9.38/hr profit. Playing only live 1/2 NLH

After learning the game and getting a bit more comfortable with it, I’m finally feeling confident enough to start playing online poker with real money.

For those who’ve been playing for a while, what stakes would you recommend starting with? Any general advice for a beginner making the switch to real-money games, especially when playing on online poker sites?

Thanks!