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So the details: I'm playing live poker, two new people joined. I was LJ preflop, and he was BB if I remember correctly, I bet 5 bb, he called. The flop was J77. He bet 20bb, and I was all-in with 100bb, he called, A7s. Since I saw him bet 20bb preflop too often and call big bets, I thought he was just bluffing. Was that cooler, or was I wrong? I wouldn't have shoved against a tighter player, i would have fold if i see he play like others.

I wrote about the dealer in my post yesterday. The short story is that two new people joined the table. I had AA, I went preflop all-in, and after one of the new players said he was trying his luck, the dealer started saying out loud that I had folded everything up until now and only played with really good hands, and to be careful with me. But the story also includes that the dealer dealt cards before we both showed our cards, and after told me to show my cards. And the other player just folded without showing them. I accidentally learned about this rule today while talking to the AI.

What was insane was that later when I won a pot of almost 400bb with my QQQAA, the others said that the dealer brought me luck, that I should give her a tip.

There was another case where I was shoving on the flop with my short stack and one of the players asked me what you have? QQ? I smiled and said maybe. He got upset and said "well, you have to show it anyway". I feel like I'm going to have conflicts if I start playing more actively and especially if I'll be successful. How do I handle this? Floorman? And if he doesn't do anything?

I'll be playing with 100BB. The stacks are on average 300-400BB. I will play based on the preflop chart. I thought I wouldn't play a range wider than the preflop chart and would narrow it down based on stack size. For example, if someone only has 100BB or less and they bet 10bb or more, of course I would be very careful with that. What size pot should I consider shoving? For example, if I'm BTN or SB with AJs, UTG has betting 10bb, and 3 people have called, is that 40% of my pot, is it a shove, and if i am BB, just call? And what if UTG only bets 5bb and 3 people call, then I raise 20bb, and if I missed the flop, then check/fold? And if, for example, the flop is a rainbow (unpaired, no flush or straight chance), then if everyone checks, what should I do? Bet 30BB? If there is a chance of a straight or a flush, then shove (they will call if they have flush or straightdraw, they love these cards and usually playing with these)? If the flop is paired and there are 4-5 people playing, should I fold to aggression? Yesterday I lost my 100BB, I had QQ, I bet 5bb from LJ position preflop, the flop was J77, the BB donkbet 20bb, and I shoved, he had A7s. I rebuyed 100bb and made it almost 400bb, I played very cautiously with this stack and finished the game with 367bb (167bb profit). I played for almost 6.5 hours, this was my third time playing live poker.

So I went to play poker again today. Two new people joined, I bet5bb, he reraised 20bb, and I shoved. After he called, the dealer said and pointed at me that I only play with the strongest hands, be careful with me. Later, she commented on my actions, when I was bettubg ir raising, she told the others that I must have very strong hands. I should have reported this to the floorman, right?

As for the players, many don't attack eachother with bet if they have the nuts and know they will win. And a 5x bet isn't enough, because 3-4 people usually call anyway. I've noticed that they call with flush and straight draws, and they bet after the flop. They don't even consider their position, they donk bet if they have chance for flush or straight, and sometimes they bluff with trash hands (many still show their cards).

About the players, many don't call each other after they have the nuts and know they win. And a 5x bet isn't enough, because 3-4 people usually call anyway. I've noticed that they call with flush and straight draws, and they bet after the flop. They don't even consider their position, they donk bet if they have something, and sometimes they bluff (many still show their cards). What would be a good plan? If I have a strong hand, should I bet 10x preflop? Should I play with 500bb tomorrow instead of 100? Today my profit was 167bb, I played for 6 hours and 20 minutes. Tomorrow there will be a badbeat event, so they will play completely differently, last time I played at such an event and a lot of people limped and only 3x betted.

There is another poker room where there are usually fewer people, but they play much more aggressively. However, the dealer is nice, the players don't talk to them badly, they don't comment on the game, there is no jerk toxic talk, maybe should i go there?

So today I went to play live poker for the second time. When I sat down, they said there was a badbeat jackpot until 9pm, so if you lose with AAQQQ or better, you win a huge jackpot (equal to 120K bb), and not just me, but anyone at the table gets paid. So almost everyone limped. I joined sometimes too, but only with suited connectors and pocket pairs. Was that a mistake by the way? Should I not limp next time? The only reason they did it was because they were hunting for the jackpot, but I think the chances of that are extremely low.

I had 82o, I was blind, so I checked, the flop was LLM, I had two pair. I checked, btn bet 2bb, I raised to 6bb. The turn if I remember correctly was a J, I checked, he bet 21bb. I considered calling, but in the end I folded. He showed his hand, he had a set. By the way, many people showed their hands. I was thinking what hand he can have. AA, KK, QQ was out of the question, because then he would have betting preflop, and on such a rainbow, unpaired flop, I don't think anyone would bluff, so I wasn't surprised that he had a set. Overall, I'm glad I didn't call and I didn't face a 60bb bet on the river.

By the way, it was a group of friends, and they sometimes spared each other. A table of 9, I think 4-5-6 of them were buddies. For example, one of them just called and checked with a full house, and said he didn't want to win the other's money. What's the wisest behavior at a table like this? Maybe they spared me a little, or at least I didn't feel constantly under pressure like two days ago.

I was there for the first time two days ago, this is my first post about it: https://www.reddit.com/r/poker/comments/1th5ts7/my_first_live_poker_aks_as_sb_but_there_was_a/

Today I feel rested and ready to play, so I'm going again. There are only two poker clubs, one opens early and has 1-2 tables at the beginning, the other opens only in the afternoon and it takes 1 or 1.5 hours from the opening to open a table. There are usually few people here and the second table only opens in the evening.

If I choose the latter, how do I play against them? For example, if there are 6 of us and the preflop bet is 5bb, and they raise big on the flop, what should my plan be? Should I tighten my range? If I am co, should I use the utg range preflop? If I am the first to bet, should it be 3bb or 5? If it's only 3x, but if two limpers before me with 1bb, then I bet 3bb + 2bb since there were two of them (1bb for each person), so I have to bet with 5bb, for example. with an ATo? If they do it like yesterday, that no one under 5bb gets in preflop, then should I consider 5bb as a limp? Should I limp or not? And if the table is full and everyone is playing more carefully (this happened yesterday too, that there were no huge bets and raises at the full table), should I limp with my good hands, if 3-4 people limp? Should I use suited connectors for limping, or maybe lower pairs are good for that too?

What should I expect in live poker at the lowest stake? Do they often bluff or do they play fit&fold? Should I bluff? If so, then never against calling stations, value bet against them, and bluff mainly against regulars? If I have a missed flush or straight, and I have nothing on the river, then should I bluff? In NL2, it usually works out that when the river doesn't come, I bet 50-80% and usually they fold.

I thought about choosing a poker club where there are few people. I think I could play better against a few people, or even headsup would be good.

I play Rush&Cash, and on Windows there is a function called "leave all table at next blind". It would be nice to have this in the app too, but I can't find it.

I play Wardrone, first of all there is a function where I have to hold down the left click to move, or I have to press f1, in both cases the cursor jumps to a point.

I don't want to spend too much money on it. $100-200. For now, I only ride on dirt roads at night, and I've been wanting to ride on rough terrain. I use a convoy h4 headlamp, but it can't be mounted on a helmet, or do you know of any options for that? The bike lights I've looked at so far are horrible prices, I don't have $800 for a lamp...

I don't want to spend too much money on it. $100-200. For now, I only ride on dirt roads at night, and I've been wanting to ride on rough terrain. I use a convoy h4 headlamp, but it can't be mounted on a helmet, or do you know of any options for that? The bike lights I've looked at so far are horrible prices, I don't have $800 for a lamp...

In theory it should be equally difficult, since both cases have 1200 elo. Is there any difference in practice?