Low-Limit Preflop Quiz

Here’s an old Two Plus Two post where I offer up a quick limit hold’em preflop quiz for loose, small stakes games. Shortly, I’ll repost what my answers were.
Low-limit Preflop Quiz
#557227 - 03/07/04 Low-Limit Preflop Quiz|242|3.95|USD|| 05:06 PM
I think many of you guys need to rethink how you approach preflop play [...]

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“So I 3-Bet to Find Out Where I Stood…”

This old 2+2 post discusses the value of rasing for information in limit hold’em.
“So I 3-bet to find out where I stood…”
#514922 - 02/11/04 03:00 PM
How many of you have said this “So I 3-Bet to Find Out Where I Stood…”|244|3.95|USD|| recently? Raise your hand…
I think it is basically always wrong to [...]

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A Note About Pot Odds

Here’s another one of my old Two Plus Two posts.
A note about “pot odds”
#464094 - 01/03/04 07:36 PM
So several of you have objected to my A Note About Pot Odds|239|3.95|USD|| post because I only talked about big pots and little pots without mention of “pot odds.” [...]

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Why You Guys Aren’t Crushing These Microlimit Games

I’ve been poking through the 2+2 archives and have decided to republish some of my favorite posts for those who don’t read 2+2 (or those who didn’t read 2+2 several years ago).
Most limit Why You Guys Aren’t Crushing These Microlimit Games|237|3.95|USD|| hold’em players go through a series of stages as they learn. They [...]

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Q&A #39: Should a Scary Turn Card Freeze You?

With Christmas soon approaching, I figured it was time to add some Christmas spice to my little blog. So to comfort and relax you as you Q&A #39: Should a Scary Turn Card Freeze You?|123|3.95|USD|| read about limit hold ‘em, I present a Santa Claus garden gnome.
Richard asks,
I thought I would bring up [...]

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Q&A #35: An Overzealous Turn Checkraise

Henrik asks,
Hi, Ed. What do you think of my turn play in this hand? This was my first hand at the table, so no reads unfortunately.
Full Tilt Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $2/$4
5 players
Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is BB with A Q
UTG calls, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, Q&A #35: An Overzealous Turn [...]

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Bots, Cheating, and Online Poker

Recently, a long-time member of the Las Vegas poker community posted a question in several public forums about cheating. He saw a Google ad on my site for an organization selling some “Cheating” software for poker.
I saw those ads too, and I submitted them immediately to Google so Bots, Cheating, and Online Poker|114|3.95|USD|| [...]

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Noted Poker Authority T-Shirts

Sometimes people ask me why I called my site Noted Poker Authority. It’s a name my friend Dave Fromm bestowed upon me shortly before my first book came out. The name stuck, and people on 2+2 called me NPA for months. Unfortunately, I think Dave was joking.
But nevermind …Login/Register for more.

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Q&A #31: More Waiting for the Turn in a Big Pot

T.J. asks,

It is an AA overpair hand in a 6-way capped flop, reasonably similar to your KK example in SSHE. (Original hand post can be found here.)
PokerStars 1/2 Hold’em (10 Q&A #31: More Waiting for the Turn in a Big Pot|105|3.95|USD|| handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)
Preflop: Hero is [...]

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Q&A #29: My Favorite Poker Resources

Alex asks,
I’m not sure if this has been asked, but I was curious if you could share with us your favorite books, blogs, magazines, websites, etc. about poker. I’ve read through quite a library of books (all three of yours included), Q&A #29: My Favorite Poker Resources|102|3.95|USD|| but was looking for something [...]

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