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Читал блоги топ регов, играющих высокие лимиты - большинство записей в мрачных тонах.  Наигрывают  дистанции по несколько сот тысяч рук и либо минусовой, либо нулевой результат.
А что говорить про микролимиты!
Народ играет годами (!!!) на лимитах НЛ5-НЛ10-НЛ25, тратя по несколько часов в день,а у большинства   результат опять же отрицательный.
В общем, я думаю, что самое разумное развитие покера - это официально разрешить использование ботов, чтобы народ не тратил колоссальное время, наигрывая дистанцию, если это можно поручить программе.

Не знаю что это такое.И даже не интересно знать.Думаю что то о даунах.

Hi

I've been playing some of the many poker games for iphones and ipad and so far my favoursite has to be Zyngas Live Poker, it's streets ahead of the rest.  I've also found Annie  Dukes recent Annie Duke Poker pro really useful for those wanting to improve their game.

However, I haven't played any of the less serious poker app games for iPhones and Ipads like Dogs Play Poker or Swords & Poker.  Are these any good?

Cheers
Kyle

 Hi All, 
     I've only been playing poker for a couple of months and I'm becoming very interested learning more about the game. All I have to go on at this point is a book that I happened across written by Ken Warren titled Winner's Guide To Texas Hold Em Poker. If anyone has any suggestions for me, I would certainly appreciate any help I could get. The only way I play poker is through the internet, either FTP or Poker Stars, so I'm not real experienced in casino type settings. In truth, I've never actually visited a casino. The only casino near my location is Harrah's in Cherokee, NC (which I've heard a lot of bad reviews about that place.) As to home games, I don't know anyone who plays poker besides myself. Again, if anyone would love to help me out, that would be great. 

Hi, folks. Long time no see. I haven't been playing much lately, but have been dipping my toe back into home games, but they present their own set of problems. I had a couple of big ones yesterday...

1) First hand of the tournament, I pick up Q-Q in the SB, with 25-50 blinds. A couple of limpers so I popped it to 250. Got two callers and we saw a 9-7-3 flop. I immediately fired a 600 bet only to discover that the dealer didn't burn a card before dealing the flop. After much arguing ensued, everybody decided to muck everybody's hands and start the hand over again. I was suggesting that the 9-7-3 be replaced in the deck and a new flop be dealt, but what's the official ruling on such a thing?

2) When it got down to two tables, I was in a hand with a couple of people, including this old woman that clearly did not know what she was doing. I led out for 1000 chips, and she raised me to 1500 (and not an all-in). I told her that the minimum raise would be 2000, but everybody else at the table was adamant that "This is no limit, it doesn't matter". I tried to illustrate with an example of a high stakes cash game where if someone bet $100,000, would it be legal to raise to $100,001? This went on with the clock running, so instead of pressing my point, I just went ahead and called the 500 (and eventually gained a split pot with a lucky turn). Does anybody have an official ruling, or explanation that a raise must be at least the amount of the original bet (except all-in situations)?

Thanks in advance.

This is so sickening. Yea, yea, it's a penny-cap game. The amount of money is not the point. Just...watch. For those that don't know, before the flop, I had a 40.14% chance of losing, and after the flop, when all the money went in the middle, a 6.64% chance of losing.

What the hell did they do to the Final Table broadcast? I set my DVR for the two-hour timeslot and when two hours hit, they were still three-handed, let alone any heads up! When does heads-up air???

Does anyone know if there will be any live coverage of the Final Table? E.g. Pay per view, podcast, etc

So, I'm playing 25NL daily now (especially with the Take 2 promo at FTP) and I'm noticing one fairly common move: Open-Limping from the SB.

Is there ever a good reason to do this at these limits? I can't think type of a single player I'd want to try this on regardless of my hand. I can see some argument for trapping with AA or something if the player was super-aggressive, but even then...

Every time someone has done that while I was in the BB, I raised it to $1 and I can't think of a single time when I was called, let alone re-raised. People really are trying to limp in out of position against someone getting a free card? Even if they were to call, I'd be in an excellent spot to steal it on the flop regardless of my hand. Maybe I wouldn't do it against an 50%+ VPIP extreme calling station, but otherwise I'm trying to steal the pot.

Maybe it would be different if I had a ton of history with someone, but it's extremely unusual to be seated next to someone you've played with before at these limits (at least with the 14k hands I have at FTP so far).

So what do you think? Never open-limp in SB? Raise the limper with pretty much any two cards from the BB?

Or am I missing something important?

I humbly submit this as one of the most enjoyable poker hands in history.