Archive for June, 2008

There are many instances at pokerroom where you have to deal with a mediocre flop, an (A,J) or (A,Q) turning into middle pair on the flop for instance.

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If you are first to act then personally I would put in a strong raise. If your opponent can reraise you, then I would think there is a good chance you are beaten and I would be rather inclined to fold here. If your opponent flat calls then you have some thinking to do going to the turn at pokerroom.com.

You may make a set or two pair here if you are lucky, but if not it is a careful choice between checking then letting the hand go, or firing out again, but always trust your reads of course. If you are second to act on the flop and your opponent makes a small to middle sized bet then I think a reraise will tell you all you need to know about where you stand, and maybe win you the pot at www.pokerroom.com too.

Everyone plays online poker differently but I like to ask the question of my opponent about how strong their hand is, rather than get asked it yourself and have no answer. When it comes to middle pairs in the pocket preflop, I would certainly look to get involved but don’t think this is an extremely strong hand. If you end up all in preflop you are likely to be somewhere close to fifty fifty at best, and if your opponent has a pocket over pair you are in big trouble.

I would get into the pot fairly cheaply if possible and look to either make a set or fold the hand on the flop, read pending. If you are short stacked while playing at pokerroom and need to take a chance soon, then this is an ok hand to go all in with. 50% to win when the blinds are soon going to eat you up anyway isn’t terrible odds, but let your judgement guide as much as anything else.

If you really feel your opponent is strong preflop then you can still fold. Because going up against a bigger pocket pair really isn’t something you want to be doing, no matter how many chips you have left while playing at pokerroom.com.

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Having any sort of pkr.com game with 9 cards dealt to you is probably not something most are familiar with, but many different sub games of poker have been developed over time and I thought I would share this particular game with you, as it is one which is played and enjoyed locally by myself and others.

We simply refer to the game as "9 card" and it basically involves each player (5 maximum) throwing a small coin (10p in our case) into the pot, being dealt their 9 cards, and arranging them into the best possible, separate, 3 card hands.

The www.pkr.com hand rankings are as follows and run along the same lines as 3 card poker, the top hand is 3 of a kind followed by the straight flush, then the straight, then the flush, then a pair and highcard, interestingly though in our game if you are dealt 4 of a kind in your 9 cards, you win instantly unless someone has a higher 4 of a kind.

The 4 of a kind being dealt doesn’t happen often though and usually the poker players will arrange their cards into a best, a second best, and a worst 3 card hand, and lay them on the table face down, then the players take turns to show their pkr poker best hand.

Whoever wins the best hand then turns over their second best, they must win this also to have a chance at winning the pot, then if they win that second hand, they turn over their final and weakest hand. If they beat everyone on all 3 hands they take the money, if someone beats them on their second or third hand, they have been "blocked" and another coin goes into the pot from each pkr.com player, and another hand is played, with the online poker pot building up each hand until someone wins all 3 of their hands and the pot with it.

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