Poker

casino says my poker bonus got voided because i sat with same players too often

Had a weird situation at an online casino last week. I was grinding out their poker bonus and everything looked fine until I tried to cash out. They emailed saying my bonus was voided because I played too many sessions with the same set of…

Table change annoying

every time i'm just starting to get a read on the table, the dealer calls for a table change and i have to pack up and move. it's like, i finally sort out who the loose cannon is, who's actually bluffing, who just gets lucky on the river, t…

pokerstars spin and go jackpot graphic popped then lobby froze before result

Spin and go jackpot graphic showed up for me just before my lobby completely froze, couldn’t see the buy-in multiplier or anything. I’ve seen posts about people getting booted during big hands but I’ve never had the jackpot animation happen…

rakeback worth chasing?

so i’ve been grinding mostly micro to low stakes and started paying more attention to the rake lately. some friends keep saying rakeback is where the real edge is, especially if you’re not running hot. i get the idea, but at my level, i’m n…

played nl25 zoom all night and same regs kept showing up with weird timing

sat at nl25 zoom longer than i care to admit and kept running into the same three regs over and over, even with the pool supposedly being deep on these nights. all of them seemed to snap cold 4bet me at weird spots or insta-left when i join…

Bad beat or bad call?

Sat in a hand last night, playing online at one of the crypto joints I use for sportsbook action, and got rivered so hard I actually checked the hand history three times. I had pocket 9s, got two more on the flop, so pretty set. Guy calls m…

ggpoker flagged my account after one decent mtt cash, now withdraw stuck

yeah, i know the sites have to do kyc and all that when you have a decent win, it keeps things in check, fine, but this is getting ridiculous. i made a single, not even life-changing, cash in a mid-stakes tourney and now everything’s frozen…

river always kills me

Running so bad lately, it’s always the river that crushes me. Feels like I’m making decent reads, going in ahead most times, but the last card just never holds. It’s making me question if I’m playing it too safe or missing value by not prot…

poker bonus says cash games count but my rakeback barely moved after 3 hours

i ran about three hours at nl25 and barely saw any movement in my rakeback meter, even though the promo said all cash games count toward the poker bonus. i double checked the fine print and didn’t see anything about limits or minimums. feel…

anyone ever successfully taught someone terrible poker strategy intentionally?

Me and my cousin had a running joke about calling our messed-up hands “the Kamikaze Method” at the kitchen table, but now I’m curious. Has anyone ever actually taken someone under their wing and coached them on purpose with totally garbage…

best poker if you want to play the absolute softest game

Everybody keeps saying 1/2 live cash games in random card rooms are the softest, but honestly I’ve seen some absolute magic at low buy-in online tournaments. Like, I’ve witnessed someone jam king high on the turn into a made flush, then bla…

why do some poker tables always seem to go broke

I've noticed this too, some tables just never seem to keep chips on them for long. Almost every time I sit, folks are rebuying nonstop or busting out quick. It’s usually way worse at the lower stakes, especially online. Part of me thinks it…

does anyone actually succeed at poker with completely flat strategy.

Tried running super flat lines in low stakes cash a few times, just hitting the same open size, cbetting similar percentages no matter what. I'll be honest, it felt like I was a robot and lost out on value both ways. Either left money on th…

why some poker games have crazy spread limits nobody wants

I’ve noticed in a few poker rooms lately they’re spreading these bizarre $1-$100 or $2-$200 limit games. Not like no limit or a proper fixed limit, just wide open spreads that make almost zero sense for table dynamics. It’s always empty or…

best poker for players who want to maximize table time

I tend to stick to blackjack more than poker but my buddies have been dragging me into longer poker sessions lately. I noticed some variants really stretch your buy-in compared to others. For example, No Limit Hold’em seems to eat chips qui…

can you actually win at poker without any reads

so i've been grinding micro stakes online and sometimes even live, but i keep thinking about how much “reads” really matter. i’m not talking about obvious tells, just those subtle things people seem to pick up on after hours at the table. e…

why do some poker sites have completely different game quality.

It blows my mind how much the vibe changes from one poker site to another. On some places, I swear it feels like half the table is just bumhunting or checking charts on the side, and then you move somewhere else and you’ve got wild maniacs…

anyone notice poker players completely forget strategy when tired

I keep seeing this at the low stakes tables, especially after midnight - guys who were playing sharp suddenly start limping into garbage and bluffing spots where nobody's folding. It’s wild how just a couple hours longer and the logic is go…

best poker if you want to play while watching something

So I’ve been on a bit of a streak lately jumping between tables while also trying to catch up on my shows. Thing is, multi-tabling gets wild fast when you’re not totally focused and I end up misclicking or timing out more than I’d like to a…