The side pot is the pot on the side in a hand with one or more all-in players. The main pot in a hand is the pot that all active players may win. When a player goes all in but there are more players who have more chips then he, they still can bet and a side pot will be created.
It is possible to generate as many side pots as necessary.
domingo, 2 de outubro de 2011
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Was it a good decision ?
He folded for a good reason. It was understandable. He is a regular school-teacher that got staked on a high-stakes game, now with a 140000 dollar profit. Such an amount of money will change his life, and he was not willing to risk the chance of loosing them. In a long term poker-strategy sense, that was a foolish play. But from the standpoint of a regular guy doing this one time, up that amount of money, its a different story. In that sense, it was a sensible play.
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Metagame
Metagame is a term that describes all psychological aspects of poker. The word "meta", in this sense, means "beyond" or "transcending".
For example, if you only ever raise post flop with Top Pair (Top Kicker) or raise preflop with premium hands then you are effectively telling everyone almost what you have. This way, they will fold your raises and just bet when they hit a very good hand. You will win small pots with your Aces and Kings and lose big ones when your opponents hit trips or better. Meta game there would be to call with a few raising hands and raise with a few calling hands. Just a few so that people cannot so easily put you on a narrow range of hands, because it’s easily exploitable.
Another example of a meta game play is to make a loose call on the river, a call you wouldn't normally make, in order to create the impression on the other player that you will make "bad calls" on the river. This, then, might stop players from trying to bluff you in future hands.
Note that your opponents must be clever enough to adjust to their surroundings, but not clever enough to understand what you're really doing.
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For example, if you only ever raise post flop with Top Pair (Top Kicker) or raise preflop with premium hands then you are effectively telling everyone almost what you have. This way, they will fold your raises and just bet when they hit a very good hand. You will win small pots with your Aces and Kings and lose big ones when your opponents hit trips or better. Meta game there would be to call with a few raising hands and raise with a few calling hands. Just a few so that people cannot so easily put you on a narrow range of hands, because it’s easily exploitable.
Another example of a meta game play is to make a loose call on the river, a call you wouldn't normally make, in order to create the impression on the other player that you will make "bad calls" on the river. This, then, might stop players from trying to bluff you in future hands.
Note that your opponents must be clever enough to adjust to their surroundings, but not clever enough to understand what you're really doing.
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