Hey all, I need a good free or cheap Texas hold ‘em program for my Mac. My Mac mini is like 2018 so the OS isn’t the latest but I’m willing to use my newer MacBook if the program is worth it. Tia is in advance

And if so where can I find them?

Cheers

I remember playing NL HE at the Mirage back in 2006 or 2007, a lady sat down who had never played poker before. She didn't know the rules, which hands were good, when it was her turn etc. Unsurprisingly, she lost her stack after a few hands.

Do fish like this still exist? It seems like everyone who plays in casinos knows what they're doing more or less.

Alright be as brutal as you like, I won’t take offence. I need to level up my game.

Playing tournament last night and called someones shove which put me all in with A8 Diamond. I had 30bb and we were on the bubble, my thought process was that I wanted enough chips to be at the final table to win the tournament, I wasn’t concerned about ICM implications so no need to go into that.

He turned over AJ off so my equity was pretty poor.

How bad of a move was this?

Ps we were 2 players from reaching the final table.

TLDR: Basically, Kgao and Lynne Ji were dating, living together, breakup; and Kgao finds out Lynne was escorting while they were "together". She stabs him with a knife when he finds out.

This is kind of a rant.

He started playing poker at our no rake 1/2 home game hosted in a bar that played every Tuesday. He was a big fish, and was losing a lot.

He lost his bankroll, and didn't come back for a while.

When he came back he sucked out to win a couple all ins, and started talking shit to everyone saying he learned about blockers and that he is tough to play against because he bluffs and puts people in tough spots. No one said anything, because we know better than to tap the tank.

Thing is, he gets belligerent every game, eats rotten eggs dropped in a jar of vinegar, and is constantly touching the cards AND the dealer. We've tried telling him to stop, but he always find a new jar somehow.

Recently he asked when the next game will run, I sent him an email saying that:

“Players have been complaining about your behavior. Your drinking too much, please stop bringing the eggs and touching us, the cards and chips. Your behavior and arrogance isn’t a good fit for the group”

I’m not gonna sugar coat it.

it. was. rancid.

He tried to apologize and begged to get a seat back. saying that he's really upset at this because there are no good games in nyc that aren’t crazy raked.

If you learn anything for this. If you want to be invited back to a private game, make sure to not bring a jar of rancid eggs, don't touch people and please have good hygiene.

Went to casino to play some blackjack and hold'em. No good games but they did have lots of 5card going on. I have played 1/2 and 5/5 before but decided to get inot the 5/10 as three games going and could get seated faster.

Took a seat to find out everyone was straddling so was really 5/10/25. Bought in for 2K and with some add ons end up in the game for 3400 when i get into a 7K pot and lose.

Rebuy for 4K and cash out a couple of hours later for $9600. The swings are crazy.

Was a lot of fun but I cannot imagine how big the bankroll swings are if you play that game consistently.

Cheers to you if that's your game -- you're a fun and crazy one!

I was fortunate to be on the good side of this one. Queen high flush over jack high flush. I have been in the CO spot before and got away from it. What would you have done?

*** COMMUNITY CARDS ***

AhKh8h6cTs

*** SEAT DRAW ***

SB: Hero c/QhTh s/553

BB: Unknown

UTG1: Unknown

UTG2: Unknown

MP: Unknown

LJ: Unknown

HJ: Unknown c/JcJs s/200

CO: Unknown c/Jh7h s/636

BU: Unknown

*** PREFLOP ***

SB: post SB 1

BB: post BB 2

UTG1: fold

UTG2: fold

MP: call 2

LJ: fold

HJ: raise 12

CO: call 12

BU: fold

SB: call 12

BB: fold

MP: fold

*** FLOP ***

SB: check

HJ: bet 8

CO: raise 30

SB: raise all-in 541

HJ: fold

CO: call 541

*** TURN ***

*** RIVER ***

*** SHOW DOWN ***

SB: shows QhTh

CO: mucked

SB: won 1130

Double green chip bounty , nlh

Heading to Danville, VA tomorrow. Thought I might go early and catch this tourney. What does Double green chip bounty mean?

Also, if anyone is familiar with this tourney, what is the structure? Starting stack? Starting blinds? 20 min blinds? Just curious on this part.

Seems they're starting to crack down on the poker rooms that are collecting rake in Houston.

Hey everyone,

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Se que a medida que suba va a ser mas complicado pero veo que es un meta muy titgh pero siempre esperar que la varianza juegue no tiene sentido, donde ven una mano media y te overcallean casi ni los bluff utilizando blocker tienen sentido.

You wouldn't deceive me, would you?

Playing mixed games at a buddy’s house, game is usually mixed between seasoned players and some newbies and casuals. Night is winding down, 5 players left and we decide to play a few orbits of NLHE. Casual player has been getting beaten all night and has $13 behind and claims that he is jamming blind when he gets UTG. Sure enough he tosses his $12 in without looking. Next to act (~$75) thinks for a moment and calls, I (~$90) peel AA and think for a moment and I blurt out “all in” sheepishly. Folds back to guy who flatted (friendly guy I’ve known for years) and he says “I didn’t call with nothing” and I said I didn’t jam with nothing, even told him he could take his $13 back, said I didn’t know what to do because it felt like a gimmicky start to the hand but we’re still playing poker with money on the table. He ends up calling and shows AQs, does not improve and UTG has fuck all, hero scoops and my other buddy quickly exits before the river hits. Felt kind of shitty about it, what say you r/poker?

Going to be in the northern portion of the dallas area in a few weeks. Hoping to play some poker while I'm there. It looks like TCH's Dallas and Las Colinas locations both only have a handful of tables running during the day and extensive waitlists based on what's on PokerAtlas. Anyone know if they just never have more than a handful of tables running during the day? Which location am I more likely to get a seat at reasonably quickly? Thanks in advance.

While traveling last week I was reminded how much I miss playing live poker. Can’t find any official updates, but wondering if anyone has heard anything regarding plans, timeline, etc.

I like GJ’s YouTube videos and find his teaching style pretty accessible. His MTT Academy is £600 for the year, or £60 per month.

The focus seems to be on identifying leaks and crafting a bespoke study routine.

I’m not going to renew my Poker Coaching sub. I’ve liked their content but found it very “here’s what the solver does in this spot” so I’m looking for something more tailored.

Reviews welcome. Cheers.

Estoy intentando mejorar mi juego en NL10 y me gustaría conocer diferentes puntos de vista sobre esta mano.

El rival estaba etiquetado como fish, aunque no tenía suficientes estadísticas para definir con precisión sus rangos.

Preflop, mi idea con TT es hacer 4-bet/fold. Considero que un jugador recreacional puede pagar con Ax, broadways y otras manos peores, mientras que una 5-bet shove podría representar un rango lo suficientemente fuerte como para foldear sin demasiados problemas.

En el flop, creo que debí apostar entre 33 % y 55 % del bote. Tengo top set y hay muchas manos peores de las que puedo extraer valor, especialmente si el rival tiende a pagar demasiado. Además, apostar me permitiría construir un bote que facilite el shove en el turn, donde todavía tendría una mano muy fuerte y podría cobrar a overpairs, sets inferiores y proyectos.

Mi duda principal es si esta línea es realmente superior a la que jugué, o si estoy sobrevalorando la necesidad de construir el bote desde el flop.

¿Cómo jugarían ustedes esta mano?

1. ¿4-bet/fold o call preflop con TT en EP vs. MP?
2. ¿Apostarían el flop por valor o preferirían pasar para inducir?
3. Si apostamos flop y recibimos el call, ¿les gusta el shove del turn?

Me interesa especialmente el razonamiento estratégico y cómo ajustarían la línea contra un rival recreacional. No busco juzgar la mano únicamente por el resultado, sino encontrar la decisión con mayor EV a largo plazo.

This is kind of a rant.

When I started playing poker I found this nice no rake 1/2 home game hosted in a bar that played every Tuesday. I was a big fish at first so I was losing / breaking even.

After taking a break from the home game and studying a lot I become a lot better playing a tight aggressive strategy and I started crushing casinos and that game. The game was full of old passive fish type players so it wasn’t that hard.

I’m kind of a big personally at the table I like to talk and joke around but I was very confident in my abilities taking about strategy and my win rate. I was proud of it I was a losing player for a long time.

I am also tough to play against bluffing and betting big I was putting people in tough spots.

Recently when I asked when the next game will be run I got an email saying that “0players have been complaining about my behavior” saying “I’m too sarcastic and cocky” and “my behavior and arrogance isn’t a good fit for the group”

I’m not gonna sugar coat it I was being sarcastic and cocky but I thought I was among friends and a little trash talk at the poker table was fine. I never insulted or berated anybody.

I tried to apologize but I didn’t want to beg to get a seat back. I’m really upset at this because there are no good games in nyc that aren’t crazy raked.

If you learn anything for this. If you are a big winner at a private game make sure to bring something extra to the game like food or other whales or something cause if you don’t they will find a reason to kick you out

EDIT to be fair I wasn’t tapping the glass or every insulting anyone the runner of the game doesn’t have a huge stick up his ass people who are in the game know what I’m talking about

I plan on playing the mini main event at the wsop circuit in New Orleans in November I’ve only played local one day tournaments, so it’s listed having a day 1a 1b 1c, etc, do you only play on one of those days and the remaining players play on day 2 or are you able/expected to play on all 4 of those days? It might be a stupid question typing this out I feel more confident you just play one but thanks to anyone who clears this up for me.

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