If you play blackjack and are tired of losing money, read this thread.

Note that the information here will not automatically make you a winning blackjack player. Note that showing a profit in blackjack can sometimes take a long time, as the edge is small and the variance is high. However, you can greatly improve your odds in blackjack by just taking a small amount of time to learn t...

Degenerates,

This is the one small place on the site for serious poker discussion. As much as I hate censorship, I am going to have to ask that everyone refrain from insulting the posters over here.

If you want to attack people, the "Shooting Off" forum is certainly the place to do it. There is very little serious poker discussion on this site as it is, so let's not rui...

Live 15/30

I am moving into the game from a broken game. Transferring chips and trying to eat sweet and sour chicken at the same time so obv Im playing tighter than normal until I at least get situated. I get KK and rai in MP and blinds call.

Flop K36 two diamonds. Chk, Chk, I bet and SB raises BB folds, I 3 bet he calls. SB is prob one of the most solid regulars that I...

$50+$5 daily at Stars, 22 people left. First place is about $15k, the top seven or so places are $2k+ but busting outside the final table only pays a few hundred dollars and would be a huge disappointment after playing for seven hours.

Blinds 5k/10k. I have a little over 200k, which is almost exactly average, the chipleader has about 350k (actually pretty good struct...

I would like some feedback on a particular hand that came up in a live deep stack tournament that I played recently . Did I play this wrong , Was it a bad call honest feedback would be greatly appreciated .


Blinds are 200-400 I am on the button with 19,400 chips. I have been at the same table for 2 hrs and have a very good read on the whole table.

3rd to act makes it...

Seat 5: Hero (372.50 in chips)
Seat 6: robf*** (84.50 in chips)
Seat 7: wals*** (150.49 in chips)
Seat 8: ruik*** (180.00 in chips)
Seat 9: mk19*** (107.75 in chips)
ruik***: posts small blind $1.50
mk19***: posts big blind $3
Dealt to Hero
Hero: raises to $6
robf***: folds
wals***: calls
ruik***: folds
mk19***:...

Someone teach me Gus Hansen math

Hand #58731565-39 at Daily620pm-Final (No Limit tournament Hold'em)
Started at 17/Nov/08 19:48:10

acesuspect is at seat 0 with 15020.
INSTACALL_OBV is at seat 1 with 89215.
JackTee is at seat 4 with 10970.
madisonmmm is at seat 6 with 15585.
loco tx larry is at seat 9 with 8710....

Observe the following irritating hand history:

PokerStars Game #21939274373: Hold'em Limit ($50/$100) - 2008/11/11 1:46:40 ET
Table 'Ilos III' 10-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: harpua_4096 ($1044 in chips)
Seat 2: Pkt_2 ($2845 in chips)
Seat 3: liberace ($2144 in chips)
Seat 4: Tryptamean ($3784 in chips)
Se...

http://cakepoker.com//HandHistory/?Hand=xc...Ex4jAzczEx8M%3d

Either a superuser, or he just made the greatest read of all time, after I had just pot commited myself against him with that pot size bet........

Stars refuses to let me change my avatar, I've requested a few times now, but I guess I already changed it once like 2 years ago. But I know all kinds of people who were able to change theirs multiple times, but I suspect they contribute more rake than me. Any ideas? Maybe a Finkelstein letter?

I just bubbled (meaning not the actual bubble, but within a few places of a cash & final table) in the $500 Limit at Hollywood Park tonight.

This was particularly offensive because:

1) I took a ton of awful beats on big hands
2) Despite #1, I had a nice stack (among the best in the tournament) with 14 people left -- and I went out 13th.

They only paid t...

Well, I played 5/10 limit for a long time grinding out slightly more than a call center job, then found NL and was able to make plenty without playing anywhere near as many hours, and now the NL games are really tough. I think 1/2 is fish central, but it's getting tougher and 2/4 and up are pretty bad games. Not to say there aren't good games now and again, but generally if you're a...

I've recently come across a 20/40 game with a $8 rake. It gets down to $1 per person when under 8 people. (sigh) The lineup is pretty decent, but nothing extrodinary. I've ran pretty bad in this game and am wondering if it is worth the effort. There are no legal limit games within a few hours drive from here, so this game has convienence, good food, and the people are pr...

This is a terrible ruling .. it aired last week WSOP Ep28 about 8min in Ep 28 http://www.pokvid.com/musicvideos.php?vid=3af878181 .. i dont know how no one hasn't picked up on this before, with all the hands that are played in the WSOP .. if you were finding it hard to read your opponent it could g...

Let's say you are playing a game of 1/2 no limit poker on an outdoor table on the strip in Las Vegas, and like, a bird dies and falls on you. Should you finish the hand and discard the bird, maybe give it to like, a cat, or just ask the table to hold on for a second and find a cat to give that dead bird to. In the past, playing high limit Limit Texas Hold Em, when dead birds fall on you and...

Any opinions on this? I played poker 10 hours per day every day for 3 years, and never ever ever in my life have I ran as bad as I run in the cake 6 handed sngs.

it seems like every poker series in la has a couple rebuy tourneys mixed in. why don't we see any in vegas tournaments?

Whats the best phil hellmuth blow out you have seen recently - there was a great on in WSOP Ep 24 about 33 minutes in (he was being way to nice all episode ) .. also sick sick beat 20 minutes in.

http://www.pokvid.com/musicvideos.php?vid=eb5e3629f

Professional poker players who are not from the US, would they need a work permit to enter the WSOP, or any other cash tournament played in the US?

Obviously sounds like a dumb question, but I want to know the answer

K, so everytime I cash in a sit n go cake sends me an email to let me know. Say im 8 tabling, and 33% of the players cash, but since im great i think I can cash 40% of the time. So in a 7 hour session i can probably get in close to 100 sngs. If I cash in 40% of them thats 40 emails! How do I stop this???????????...

So I've been playing on Pokerstars for about 6 months now, not really getting too serious on it, just buying in $20-40 and playing around with it. The level of play wasn't as bad/talented as I expected it to be. I'm going to be honest and say I lost my first 2-3 buyins, but when I deposited $100 I did pretty well with it. The thing is, I got arrogant and played higher stak...

Druff what rakeback site do you use for full tilt and stars ?

I only use eurosites at the moment but fancy a change and i want to get a rakeback deal when i sign up for these sites so wondered who you would recomend i sign up for rakeback through ?

http://www.richardmarcusbooks.com/pokercheatingmoves.php#10


This guy makes it out that everyone cheats at poker, is he trying to sell books, or is he telling the truth? After reading his site and watching his video's i feel like an idiot for even playing poker .

So we all hear about poker bankrolls, but what about blackjack bankrolls for counters? Given that your edge is only small even if you are a succesful counter, how many bets should you have in your bankroll. Perhaps that isnt the best way to phrase the question given that your bet sizes wont be the same all the time, so exactly how do you calculate a blackjack bankroll?...

Again, all Turbo HU Sngs.

Alright, so lets say I plan on playing 40 110+5$ SNG turbos/day and I want to project the entire net profit/ total gross etc of 15 weeks.

Heres how we start, I just don't know how to calculate the toal profit for each hypothetic ROI I want to look up.

40 sngs a day for 15 weeks. 15 weeks, 7 days in a week. So, were looking at 105...

Druff,
I just recently started playing 6 max limit. After my first 1,000 hands, I am winning at exactly a 1BB/100 pace. I know you always advocate open raising any time you are coming into the pot and staying aggressive, which Ive been doing. The hands Ive lost the most with over the first 1,000 surprised me. My hands losing the most were AKo,AQo,AJo,ATo,KTo,and KJo. Depending on the flop tex...

I'm new to this site, but the best part outside of the shenanigans, are dan druff's strategy radio pods/threads. You seem to be a very accomplished gambler, and I am jealous.

In my quest to become a limit cash game player,
I’ve taken some $$$ to the side to start a limit bankroll, I never knew there was so much strategy to limit, I don’t know how I’ve...

Full Tilt Poker Game #8107995545: Table Berg (deep hu) - $0.25/$0.50 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 4:11:22 ET - 2008/09/17
Seat 1: dalymount ($50)
Seat 2: Sungwon ($56.45)
Sungwon posts the small blind of $0.25
dalymount posts the big blind of $0.50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to dalymount
Sung...

How come I cant earn the higher ones that give you all the monies?

final table. six players left. u have third high stack. m is 8. big stack raises 3x big blind utg. u have aks. do call fold or shove?

Most of the time I have a good idea where I am in hand. Here I was unsure. How do you play this river?


Full Tilt Poker Game #7792090899: Table Duffer (6 max) - $3/$6 - Limit Hold'em - 5:25:40 ET - 2008/08/25
Seat 1: pokerlover8 ($137.50)
Seat 2: outlaw9 ($75.50)
Seat 3: busthemove ($152.50)
Seat 4: utpn ($199.50)
Seat...

I quite often play live at the casino near my home. I do fairly well and am overall a lifetime winning player, playing live.. they only spread two games 1/2 nl and 2.50/5 nl and often there is only one table going during the week.

You see your fair share of tourist donks, local donks, tight hardasses and excellent winning players. Of course table selection is key, and there have been...

9 man's on stars, we get HU and I run into 2 types of players. 1. One who shoves preflop almost every hand. 2. One who will see every flop and min bet it everytime.

1. If he's literally shoveing over 90 percent of the hands should I be calling with any Ace here or even something like kq?
2. How often should I be raiseing him here, and wouldn't it be correct not to over...

in nlh cash games they show a % of flops seen stat for evry table for +ev is it better to play a high percentage of flop seen or a low percentage
of flops seen????. and can you comment on a couple main points for good solid winning ring game nlh for lower stakes (25/50c). ty druff
-Q-

PokerStars Game #19813110301: Tournament #102283021, $20+$2 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (200/400) - 2008/08/22 - 14:18:47 (ET)
Table '102283021 179' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: obiefashobie (10285 in chips)
Seat 2: jozsef75 (9889 in chips)
Seat 3: thomsonjames (11140 in chips)
Seat 4: GambleFreak8 (13387 in chips)
Seat 5: canard49 (10...

Anyone know if they plan on changing the name of this site anytime soon?

I assume the skill level is better at higher limits online. But what are some of your observations on how play differs?

Doom Switch Exists!


PokerStars Game #18880478171: Tournament #96129016, $4.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (125/250) - 2008/07/17 - 04:01:19 (ET)
Table '96129016 19' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Flash#61 (2367 in chips)
Seat 2: Johnybgood78 (4455 in chips)
Seat 3: systemoadown (1440 in chips)
Seat 4: gamerstyle (33...

Your expert opinion, please. $2K buy in deepstack tourney at Borgata. 956 players start, 90 pays, $445k 1st place. 3rd/last day. 40 players left. I'm 14th in chips w/ 880k. blinds 20-40k 5k ante. 5 8-handed tables left. I raise in EP w/ TT for 120k, 100k in blinds/antes in the middle. SB goes all in for 570k. 450k more to me to call, which would leave me w/ 310k. 450k to call to win...

Hey Druff, I've never played Limit HE before. I've heard it is a reliable money maker and not too difficult. Can you point me to some books/posts/resources to help me learn how to play? I'm trying to expand my poker horizons.

I'm a slightly winning NLHE player if that matters.

Thanks!...

just a quick question. I know you always rebuy immediately in a rebuy tourney, but would you say that goes the same for these tournies as well?

I'm assuming yes, but I can think of a few reasons to argue against it.

Im not one for telling bad beat or hard luck stories, but I am on the worst run of my life and I need to vent a little. The past year I have had below average luck but still came out ahead, but now I can do nothing right. I have been beat by so many 2 out river beats over the course of about 2 months that if I actually posted the numbers none of you would believe me. I keep track of all my hea...

Back in the day, I used to be able to fire up 6 tables of $10-20 lhe on party and crush it on a regular basis. I would just play like a robot and rake in the money. Recently I tried playing 4 of these tables at 5-10 lhe and got crushed. The game was too tough, and playing that many tables I couldn't really make any reads on the players. I'll admit LHE isn't my specialty, but I sti...

I have been playing a new game at treasure island no river holdem. it is a game where you get 3 cards face down a round of betting a flop another round of betting and then the turn then the last stage of betting so that is the game in a nut shell

I have been asked to try to figure out what are the odds of hitting a 4 of a kind with trips in your hand
a str8 flush with 2 or 3 who...

Hi there,
I have just heard about a $200K monthly leaderboard that is running on Pokertime. Is this true? Does anyone know how this works and if it is available on all rooms on the Microgaming network?

First two hours of an online tournament, assume everyone is average in chips. AQ offsuit UTG, what is your normal course of action. My thoughts are 2.5x bb raise, and play very cautiously. I want to put in a small raise but if someone has a real hand I want to get away with as little of investment as possible.

Thoughts?...

Please give me a hand. I am about to get my poker engine restarted hardcore.

Please pay attention to the following constraints

-I only play on Stars

-I want every software advantage I can have

-I only play limit and no limit hold em. No tournys except big ass ones that i dont bneed anything for.

1. Can you datamine on Stars. Like leave open 12...

First off, any and all input is welcome. Over the last 3 years or so I pretty much completely switched to playing only 6max holdem online after like 5 years of just playing full ring. At first it was quite a struggle with a long period of adjustment where I was pretty much just breaking even forever and eventually started showing some decent yet never great (>2bb/100) over a lot of hands. I p...

Was listening to a radio archive and heard Micon rolled them all for $1k at the Bellagio 15/30 limit game. Druff said its a great game but you gotta with stand the variance.

Can anyone offer more insight into it. You think a solid limit player can roll in and make at least $30 an hour (1 big bet) over the long term. Is it possible to pull a $100K a year from this game....

Went to play at PokerStars Macau where the APPT event is held. So Friday night I was smoking hot. I was hitting flops, getting under a couple of players' skins, and taking advantage of my table image. The way I got under some players' skins was this: a couple of Indian guys who thought they were badasses walked in and started watching our table and asking how to play. Everyone was salivati...