Poker Library > November 28, 2008

Poker Terminologies

[Texas Holdem Poker] • Kicker - When you are able to make a pair, two pair, or a set with a card in your hand, you other card becomes your kicker, or high card to go with your hand. In the event that two players make the same hand, such as a pair of aces, then the player with the best kicker wins the hand.

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October 31, 2008

Ready for More Info About Summarising Turn Play in the Game of ...

[Funny Stuff is all around] If you have one pair and you figure him for two pair or better, you are usually drawing to catch one of five cards that will allow you to make three of a kind of pair your kicker. The size of the pot doesn’t usually support this kind of draw and in these kinds of situations you’re better off releasing your hand, even if it is top pair with a good kicker.

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Posted at 11:31 AM

July 08, 2008

Modeling $3/$6 players

[Shabbir's Diary] 22+; (any pair, in the hopes of flopping a set); A2s+ (any suited ace for a flush or two pair);; 54s (all suited connectors bigger than 54 for a straight or baby flush); and; ATo+ (all Aces with a ten kicker or better, ...

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Posted at 11:02 AM

June 17, 2008

Check raising the flop for fun and profit, Part Two

[The Shark Tank] If he holds two overcards and the flush draw, he is actually the money favorite there. However, if you aren’t willing to cap hands like top pair, you are giving away a lot of information when you cap two pair or better.

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Posted at 11:03 AM

May 30, 2008

Skills, Mookie and Smooth Calling with Draws on the Flop

 [Hammer Player's Poker Blog] So first and foremost, given the bias towards high-card and Ace-having starting hands, the opponent in this hand likely had some kind of top pair hand as opposed to hidden two pairs or something like that. The likelihood of one's opponent having precisely one pair is one factor that I think weighs in favor of just making the smooth call in this spot.

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Posted at 11:32 AM

May 02, 2008

Lesson: hand rankings

 [crazy eights] On a flop of K32, top pair is a pair of kings. If you and your opponent both have the same pair, they are distinguished by the highest side card, or kicker.

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Posted at 11:38 AM

February 29, 2008

Stud Poker Strategy: Fifth Street Decisions

[Gambling Blog] Similarly, a pair of sixes is unlikely because of all of the high cards that remained after him. It’s possible he would have raised with a pair of sixes and an ace kicker, but with the two aces you know are gone, that seems dubious.

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Posted at 11:32 AM

Nice Odds Chart

 [My Road to Rounding] If you have suited cards, two will flop, 11. One pair on flop improving to two pair or three of a kind by river, 22.

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Posted at 11:32 AM

February 15, 2008

Pentru Mama

 [KidPoker] He called my raise with K-9 off from the small blind, flopped middle pair, and then shoved for another 15k. I had top pair and a flush draw, the dreaded Ac 4h on a three heart board, and he beat that handily despite me turning two pair.

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Posted at 11:31 AM