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WSOP Profile Joe Cada

WSOP Profile Joe Cada.com

Joseph Cada may not have a lot of years under his belt, but he's well on his way to becoming a poker legend. At 21, Cada was the youngest of the final nine players in the World Series of Poker, and eventually he went on to win the whole thing.

WSOP Profile Peter Eastgate

WSOP Profile Peter Eastgate.com

In 2008, Peter Eastgate was far from the favorite to win the main event of the World Series of Poker. Even when he made the November Nine, there were plenty of players favored ahead of him. Eastgate had qualified through an online poker site, and at 22, many felt he did not have the experience to go all the way, expecting that one of the more experienced pros at the table like Ivan Demidov or Ylon Schwartz would unseat him.

Another side pot situation

Another side pot situation.com

In a [[LinkInternal:best-tournaments]]Texas hold em tournament[[/Link]], small blind is $1000 and big blind is $2000. After the flop the player to the left of the dealer goes all in but is short of the blind. He has $1200. The question is, does the next player have to meet the bet or do they have to meet the blind?

Steve M

Is 5-5 a good hand to go all in?

Is 5-5 a good hand to go all in?.com

Hi,

Have been playing for a couple of years now and would say that I am an intermediate player. I play 3-6 and 5-10 limit hold em mostly, but I also play the big Sunday tournaments on Pokerstars.

Last week I played the 215 USD NH Sunday warm-up at [[LinkInternal:poker-stars]]Pokerstars[[/Link]] and the following hand occurred. It was in the first 20 minutes of the tournament, so I didn't have a lot of information on any of the players.

Blinds and dealer button

Blinds and dealer button.com

We had a four player table. Both small blind and big blind were knocked out in the same hand leaving heads up. What happens with the blinds and the dealer button and betting order for the heads up?

Rush Poker Tips and Basic Strategy

Rush Poker Tips and Basic Strategy.com

Rush Poker is a unique feature at Full Tilt - it's not another poker variation but rather an extremely fast-paced playing format for holdem and Omaha. All players at a certain level are placed in a pool, sometimes containing hundreds of players at the same time, and you don't get to play the same ones twice in a row. Once you fold a hand in Rush Poker you are instantly moved to a new table, get a new hand and a new set of random opponents from the pool.

The game also features a Quick Fold button, meaning you don't even have to see how the hands play out - as soon as you get rid of the hand you get a new one. The only exception is when you are the big blind. This is obviously perfect for action junkies, but at the same time it encourages really tight play since you seldom know what kind of opponent you are up against.

Arguing over the forfeited chips

Arguing over the forfeited chips.com

Hi.

Please can you answer the following question for me? There are 8 players at the table and blinds are 500/1000. Player A posts the 500 Small Blind. Player B posts the 1000 Big Blind. Players C to G all fold without calling, leaving only Player H to call. Player H only has 400 chips and goes All In, so we now have Player H with a 400 bet, Player A with Small Blind of 500 and Player B with Big Blind of 1000.

Player A (the Small Blind) chooses to fold and forfeit their Small Blind of 500 chips, leaving only Player B with 1000 blind and Player H with 400 All In.

When the hands are declared, they both have exactly the same hole cards, so it's a split pot. However, who should win the folded Small Blind (500)? Does it get split between both players, or does Player A (Big Blind) take it all, as Player H couldn't even meet the Small Blind?

This actually happened in a game tonight and caused a huge argument! Half said Player H wasn't entitled to the 500 Small Blind, as she'd only bet 400 in the first place and the other half said it should be split equally!

What SHOULD have happened, please?

With sincere thanks

Fiona

Can player A reraise?

Can player A reraise?.com

Dear webmaster, I am Sasan from Iran.

My question is about pre-flop reraising. Let's say, there is a table in which blinds are 20 and 40$. Player A is the first one to act and has 1000$ and raises to 200. Player B, who has 1400$, calls. Player C has 280$ and goes all in. The others fold. So it is player A's turn to call 80$.

My question is that can he reraise? Does the fact that player C went all in forbid player A from reraising?

Thanks in advance.

Best wishes,

Sasan

Texas Holdem dealer mistake

Texas Holdem dealer mistake.com

Dealer goes all in with $10,000, small blind calls and big blind calls too. Then dealer deals out the cards, flop, turn & river with out waiting on the other 2 players to make their bets. Small blind player was chip leader, big blind had $2000 left.

Does the hand still play or is the hand dead and all players get their money back and deal again with same dealer? Or would dealers hand be considered dead & remaining 2 players hands play?

Amy

Making Money Playing Texas Hold'em

Making Money Playing Texas Hold'em.com

When the average Joe off the street thinks of poker, the last thing to come to their mind is a game of strategy, discipline and preparation. Instead images of guys sitting around a kitchen table smoking cigarettes drinking beer and calling out "give me four cards" are common; a game where the ability to bluff and call peoples bluffs makes you a winner.

Is this heads up?

Is this heads up?.com

I have a question about what is considered heads up in texas hold 'em poker.

Assume there are four players in the hand and three of the four is all in and there is one person left to call the all in. Since it states that in heads up you may expose the cards would that be considered heads up because it's the all in players against the one person left to call? Or does heads up simply means 2 players? If so why do they say when multiple players are in the hand and all of them are all in they say everyone is heads up?

Cedric Cirunay

And the winner is...

And the winner is....com

player 1 has 4 4
player 2 has J 10

The community is 2 A A 8 8

Does the win go to the pair of 4s of player 1 or does the high card J of player 2 take the hand. Please explain.

Thank you,
Ramiro Chacon Jr.

How to deal cards correctly?

How to deal cards correctly?.com

Just a quick one... is there a rule involving how cards are dealt for the flop, river, etc.? I was called on this because I dealt the flop 1, 2, 3 left to right, then dealt the turn card to the right of 3 and then finally the river to the left of 1. So is this okay? Can I deal the cards anyway I want?

Douglas

2 big blinds in a row?

2 big blinds in a row?.com

Playing final table, tournament style no-limit. Four people left; two bust-out leaving the two who posted the small blind and large blind. Deal moves to the person who posted the small blind. Other player has to post two large blinds in a row. Is this correct?
Thanks,
John Kayartz

Showing cards in case of a side pot

Showing cards in case of a side pot.com

Hello,

Thank you for answering my poker question.
All-In No limit game, three players in hand.

Split pot odd chip - who gets it?

Split pot odd chip - who gets it?.com

Good day Sir, I have a question regarding the rules of "PRE-FLOP" in Texas Hold 'Em. When watching poker on TV, it seems that the players can only look at their hole cards when it is their turn to act, and all the remaining players who are waiting for their turn cannot look at their hole cards until it is their turn to act. Is this the correct way of playing Texas Hold 'Em?

Kings four of a kind, ace high

Kings four of a kind, ace high.com

This happened on FullTilt poker during a [[LinkInternal:best-tournaments]]tournament[[/Link]].

The table was pretty aggressive, with PillaginPete and GOBLAZERS777 raising pre-flop every other hand. Pete had the chip lead and I had the second most, about 1200 less than his 9300. Pete was in big blind when I get dealt 99 two behind the button. Two people call, one folds and I raise to 5x BB (500). SB folds and Pete, in BB pops it to 1500. Everyone folds around to me and it's heads up, I call. The flop comes KK9 and I'm hoping to god he has AK. He checks and I bet 2000. He min raises to 4000 and I push all in, he insta calls. He has A 10.

AA with the kicker, who wins?

AA with the kicker, who wins?.com

Player 1 has As 8s
Player 2 has Ad 2d
Player 3 has Ah 4h

The community cards are
Jc Ks 9d Ac 5c

Thank you very much for your help.
James R Vaughn

Arriving late to home poker game

Arriving late to home poker game.com

I know this is an odd question but I hope you can help.

Getting bad beats suck

Getting bad beats suck.com

Middle position. A-10 off suit. With 9 players in the table, I call the blinds and everyone else just calls. It was a very aggressive game and there were at least 3 players who were stupid callers. Given the aggressiveness of the table, I played a hell lot tighter than usual and I established (unintentionally) a table image of a rock. The A-10 call was meant to be a "[[LinkInternal:texas-holdem-starting-hands-deeper-look]]loose table-image[[/Link]]" call.