http://www.bonesnap.com/blog This blog is about all kinds of stuff that *I* find interesting. Thu, 15 Jul 2010 16:00:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/pre-flop-hand-percentages/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/pre-flop-hand-percentages/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:15:40 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=211 Percentage that before the flop, no one else hold: An Ace (10 handed game) 13.4% An Ace if you do (10 handed game) 25.3% An Ace if you don’t (10 handed game) 15.6% An Ace (5 handed game) 41.3% An Ace if you do (5 handed game) 58.6% An Ace if you don’t (5 handed [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/pre-flop-hand-percentages/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/odds-that-you-will-be-dealt-a-specific-hand/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/odds-that-you-will-be-dealt-a-specific-hand/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:10:15 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=207 Hand Odds   The table below list the odds that you will be dealt:   Hand Odds AA 220-1 Any pair in the pocket 16-1 AK (suited) 331-1 AK (not suited) 110-1 Any two suited cards 3.25-1 Any pair or an Ace 3.91-1 At least one Ace 5.7-1 Any 2 suited & connected 26.6-1]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/odds-that-you-will-be-dealt-a-specific-hand/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/169-ranked-texas-holdem-hands/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/169-ranked-texas-holdem-hands/#comments Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:33:48 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=201 169 Ranked Two Card Hold’em Hands In Texas Hold’em there are exactly 1326 different ways you can be dealt any two cards in the deck. Considering the Jack of hearts and the 2 of diamonds (Jh2d) is same hand as the Jack of diamonds and 2 of hearts (Jd2h) then there are 169 possible combinations [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2009/04/10/169-ranked-texas-holdem-hands/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/25/premium-hands/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/25/premium-hands/#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:11 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=38 If you’re new to the game of  Texas Hold’em there is one sure way to increase your chances of winning a pot. That is only entering a hand with a “Premium Hand”.  What is a “Premium Hand” you might ask?  Basically, it consists of the tops rated starting cards that has been shown to statically [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/25/premium-hands/feed/ 0 http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/22/poker/ http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/22/poker/#comments Sun, 22 Jun 2008 16:00:37 +0000 Ironspike http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/?p=37 I have played various forms of poker all my life. A few years back when Texas Hold’em was in it’s prime a few folks came to house and taught me how to play it. However, not playing for real money or really understanding the game lead me to just simply pass of the game and [...]]]> http://www.bonesnap.com/blog/2008/06/22/poker/feed/ 0