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So I know the poker rules here - thinking more about appropriate action in a friendly game. PLO cash, heads up to the river. Decent sized pot of about 150 BB. Hero is last to act, and river completes his nut straight flush. Player who folded turn audibly groans when the diamond hits (wtf?)...

Asking for a friend. Let's say you lose 6 three-handed turbo tournaments in a row. And then you proceed to lose an additional 4 four-handed tournaments in a row. Is that a large enough sample size where one should reflect on their pokering?

Let's say you forgot a players' name. If guessing random names, what are the highest percentage names you could guess? My top 5 poker player names list, in order - what's yours? Steve Bill Dave Mike John What names should make the list/what should be dropped?

Half eaten pizza slice on a table with no plate or napkin? Weird-ass wine opener? Card capper? We've all found strange things when cleaning up after poker night. This thread is for pictures of "the aftermath", whether individual items or full room shots. I'll start with an item. Found this...

You open your front door to check the mail, but instead of just the cool early spring air wafting in, in waltzes a GIANT ASS HUGE AS BALLS SPIDER as if it owns the place. It is larger than a 43 mm poker chip. It flies past you and camps out under the canopy of a nearby console table. You are...

We often discuss on here the risks involved with adjusting stakes. I've noticed with inflation the last couple of years I've been getting more asks on upping the stakes. I don't think this is the right move for risk of driving away players (other than maybe for my tourneys)...but have any of...

What are your initial buy in rules for a cash game, in terms of BBs? For our small stakes cash games we standardize at 80BB stacks. Pros is we didn't drive off players as the competition got stronger, but cons we get a lot of early all in hands. It's 80BB or up to half the big stack for late...

My Goodman and Goodwoman - I have encountered this most ribald past time and am quite enthralled. But pray tell, how doth one truly poker? What items might one require? To play, to what room in the home shall one and their guests retire? Is there personnel one must hire? Rules thou...

HI IT IS ME, I AM NORMAL HUMAN MAN WHO WANTS TO KNOW ABOUT WAYS FOR CARDS BE MOST FUN. WHAT IS BEST PUREST FORM OF POKER I NEED ALL INFORMATION INCLUDING NUMBER OF PLAYERS TYPE OF GAME AND STAKES. I WILL MAKE MYSELF THE CHAPTER ONE AND SAY THE BEST FORM OF POKER IS THE BELOW: $1 TURBO ONLINE...

Interesting hand from our league championship tourney this past weekend with a couple thoughtful spots. Let's play along... Situation - middle stages, rebuy window is complete, final table and 7 handed, money begins at 5th. Prize pool is juiced by collections from tournaments through the...

I'm bored. Checked PCF. Nothing interesting today. So tell me an interesting story you are involved in. No books please, short ones. I'll start. In college, there was a year I had three roommates. One of them purchased a recliner on winter break from an estate sale and brought it to the...

When playing circus games (specifically triple draw games), are there any methods (e.g. required opens) you use to prevent everyone from seeing the first draw and all drawing 3-4 cards? Any other techniques you use to ensure you're not regularly having to go into folds/discards for future...

Rack of of Park Place 1s for sale - just trimming the set. Great chips. Have seen some play, but given the material still in near mint condition. $275 plus shipping to a US address takes the rack.

All prices listed do not include shipping (US addresses only). $5 $4.50 $4 $3.50 $3 per for the ceramic buttons $14 $13 $11 $10 $9 per for the PCF jetons $25 $22 $20 $17 $15 for the starburst button (#42/50 - the answer to life, the universe, and everything) $80 $70 $60 $50 $45 $35 takes all...

Not a GTO question - an exploitable question. When you are heads up with an aggro maniac and have what's likely the winning hand, what strategy do you find more effective against a player who has been involved in betting/calling multiple streets? On the river, out of position. Smaller bets...

Alas, my home game has another quandary. Who is the a-hole here? A player who has been attending for several years, we will call him "Steve" (this is not his real name), is enjoying friendly banter with the other players. We start discussing names (for instance, two of our players who are not...

So this is the second time over the near decade of my game that I've had the below situation come up. First time was able to resolve it through some conversation. This time, different players on both sides of it, probably not. Late in the tournament season I always ping the players that need...

What would you do? A player goes to the bathroom. May or may not have washed hands. It's late in the night, so we may or may not be dealing with a saturated towel situation. When he returns, he finishes drying his hands on the table's leather rail. Action on you.

How would you rule? Post flop, when checked to, a player picks up a stack of chips, moves the stack over the betting line. A few chips fall off the top, back towards his stack and behind the line. He then releases three red chips ($15) over the line. Then a second later says $30, and fishes...