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Posted on Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:14:55 AM
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I am July’s “expert” for InternetTexasHoldem.com’s series, “Ask an Expert. I’m impressed with the quantity and quality of the questions, and I wanted to share a few of the Q&As.

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6 Responses to “Check Out My “Ask an Expert” Q&As”

Pawel
@ Mon Jul 16, 2007 03:47:45 PM
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Ed,

thanks to your hard working as teacher and author I have a lot of good time and money opportunity, so please accept my thanks and apreciation. Good to see you helping people around!
Pawel

Danny
@ Wed Jul 18, 2007 01:49:21 PM
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Ed,

I want to thank you for this site and the many well written, thorough, and extremely helpful articles it contains. Although I have never posted I have read most everything here, all of which have been a pleasure to read.

I am reading TAP now and pages 183 to 190 on adjusting to loose games and players was a huge lightbulb moment for me. This is basically the tactic I have come up with to beat my local live 1/2 game through trial and error but I cannot tell you how refreshing it is to actually see much of what I have derived to be good strategy to beat this game actually in print. The next time I go to play I will be armed with newfound confidence.

I am also greatly anticipating your new book PNLH which I have already preordered. Your site, articles, books, and advice have been a collective invaluable resource for improving my game.

Keep up the great work my man!

Danny
@ Wed Jul 18, 2007 01:54:28 PM
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Clearly, I put that in the wrong category.. Sorry, can’t seem to find edit/delete options.

Kevin
@ Fri Jul 27, 2007 08:03:33 PM
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I just wanted to say that this site is the best online advice on the web. I was a marginal losing player for the last 2 years, and after reading practically every post on this site I have become a steady winner. I do however, have a question in reguards to Kill pots. I’ve been playing in a 4-8 limit holdem game with a full kill. The players are generally very loose, average about 4.5 players to every flop with a preflop raise, but when a Kill pot comes up, practially every player is seeing the flop whether its raised or not and the aggression post flop is unruly. I basically, stick to my tight strategy, but it seems like there is so much money in the pot combined with the myriad of hands that any of the players could have, that is would be correct to see the flop with almost any hand I could pick up. Do you have any suggestions on how to play these Kill pots?

Ed Miller
@ Sat Jul 28, 2007 10:20:02 AM
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Thanks a lot guys for all the great feedback.

Kevin,

Well, the first thing to do is to ignore that it’s a kill pot. Just because the hand is playing $8-$16 instead of $4-$8 doesn’t mean you should play any tighter or looser than normal. The kill blind does put proportionally slightly more blind money in the pot to start the hand ($2 + $4 = $6 in $4-$8, whereas $2 + $4 + $8 = $14 in $8-$16), but if a ton of people are seeing the flop, that extra dollar or two will become basically irrelevant.

If nearly everyone sees the flop, then you can indeed play somewhat looser than “normal,” but definitely don’t play “nearly any hand.” Suited hands gain value in that situation. Raggedy offsuit hands lose value. So play your K9s, but fold your K9o or your A3o.

Unruly postflop action also favors pocket pairs and big cards at the expense of small card hands. A hand like 33 or KJs likes the postflop aggression, but 75s will often flop something marginal, but get bet out of the pot.

You might want to check out my book Small Stakes Hold’em. In it there is a hand chart that give rough guidelines about what hands to play when 6-8 people see the flop. Don’t follow it rigidly, but it should give you an idea of what hands are worth playing and what hands aren’t.

Dennis
@ Wed Mar 12, 2008 12:55:48 PM
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I just finished playing a game of Texas hold’em where my friend who had $10 left in chips was told he could no longer play because he didn’t have enough chips to cover the big blind, which was $40. I am pretty sure he should have been allowed to play, but would only be eligable to win $10 from each player who went to the flop, with all other chips going in a side pot. I think this is right but not 100% sure, could someone please explain in detail so I can print it off and bring to the next game. Thanks Dennis

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