AK facing a fourth raise preflop, high stakes no limit

Game type: 40/80 deep-stacked no limit cash on Full Tilt
Your image: Aggressive and tricky
Opponent’s image: Has been winning but almost always by showing down strong hands.
Your hand: A♠K♣
This hand is based on one that took place between Arbianight and pr1nnyraid. You’ll be standing   full article

Archve pick: Overpair on the flop with action behind, no limit hold em cash game

Game type: 2/4 No limit cash, online
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: Raiser is LAG, caller just sat down a hand or two ago
Your hand: K♦K♣
This quiz is taken from our archives and originally ran on 7/25/07. To view the original quiz with comments,   full article

Missed AK out of position, no limit cash game

Game type: 1/2 NL 6 max, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little loose preflop
Your hand: A♥K♥
The setup: You’re relatively new to this six max table. You’ve been raising a decent amount in your first couple of orbits. Your   full article

Top pair facing a lead bet on the turn, high stakes no limit cash

Game type: 50/100 Heads up no limit, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive
Your hand: A♥J♠
This hand is based on one that took place between durrrr and Staalmusa85. You’ll be standing in for Staalmusa85. Thanks to high stakes report   full article

Second pair on the river in position, high stakes no limit

Game type: 100/200 no limit cash, Poker Stars
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little call-happy
Your hand: K♥K♦
This hand is taken from actual game play at the Poker Stars 100 / 200 table between Brian ‘aba20′ Townsend and teacuppoker. You’ll be standing in for Townsend
The   full article

Missed draw in position on the river, high stakes no limit cash

Game type: 100/200 No limit cash, Full Tilt
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: Slightly less so
Your hand: Q♠5♠
This hand is based on one that took place between Pokerface McGee and Genius28. You’ll be standing in for Genius28. Thanks to high stakes report for   full article

Archive pick: Massive draw vs. a bet and a raise

Game type: 2/4 NL
Your image: You have shown down strong hands while at this table
Opponent’s image: SB has been a bit loose and Player C had been fairly quiet
Your hand: 8♦7♦
This quiz is taken from our archives and originally ran on 8/30/07. To   full article

Kings with an ace on the flop, in position, nl cash

Game type: 1/2 no limit cash, 6-max
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little tight
Your hand: K♣K♦
The setup: You’ve been doing a decent job of running over a fairly passive table preflop, and you’ve shown decent hands the few times you ended up going to   full article

Queens with an ace on the flop facing a lead, no limit cash

Game type: 5/10 NL Cash on Poker Stars
Your image: Tight and aggressive.
Opponent’s image: Steady winner
Your hand: Q♥Q♦
This hand took place between Bill “billyjex” Vosti and a 5/10 NL Cash winning regular on Poker Stars. Bill is the author of of Skilled Online Poker’s   full article

Over pair facing all in on scary board, high stakes no limit

Game type: 50/100 No limit cash, Full Tilt
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: Same
Your hand: Q♦Q♣
This hand is based on one that took place between pr1nnyraid and Genius28. You’ll be standing in for Genius28. Thanks to high stakes report for the hand history.
The   full article

Aces facing a check raise on a safe flop, no limit cash

Game type: 1/2 NL Cash on Full Tilt
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: A♦A♣
The setup: You’ve picked up a few chips by playing strong, but you haven’t gone to any showdowns yet. You’re raising about 25% of hands preflop this session.
You   full article

Bottom two facing check raise, no limit cash high stakes

Game type: 200/400 NL Cash Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little wild
Opponent’s image: Selectively aggressive
Your hand: 3♠2♦
This hand took place between Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond and Ram Vaswani. You’ll be standing in for Ram. Thanks to high stakes report for the hand history.
The   full article

Top two pair in raised pot, high stakes no limit cash

Game type: 200/400 NL Cash Full Tilt Poker
Your image: Selectively aggressive
Opponent’s image: A little wild
Your hand: A♠Q♦
This hand took place between Phil ‘OMGClayAiken’ Galfond and Ram Vaswani. You’ll be standing in for Phil. Thanks to high stakes report for the hand history.
The   full article

Flush draw and pair facing small lead, no limit cash

Game type: 1/2 No Limit 6-max, Full Tilt
Your image: Aggressive winner
Opponent’s image: A little passive
Your hand: K♦Q♦
The setup: It’s been a good session for you so far. You’ve been playing pretty aggressive and running ok, and you’ve shown legitimate hands at most of   full article

Underpair in the hole in position, high stakes no limit cash

Game type: 50/100 No Limit cash., Full Tilt Poker
Your image: Very aggressive
Opponent’s image: Has been playing solid and winning the big pots
Your hand: 2♣2♦
This hand took place between Genius28 and Aeron73. You’ll be standing in for Genius28. Thanks to high stakes report   full article

Top pair facing all in check raise, no limit cash

Game type: 2/4 NL Cash, 6 max
Your image: Fairly new to table
Opponent’s image: No real read
Your hand: A♣K♦
The setup: You’ve only played a couple of orbits on this table and don’t have any real reads when the following hand comes up. You’re dealt   full article

Phil Ivey with a straight on the river, 500/1000 no limit cash

Game type: 500/1000 no limit online, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: You’re Phil Ivey
Opponent’s image: Has been playing very strong and hitting a good amount
Your hand: 3♥2♥
This hand is based on actual game play in the 500/1000 no limit HU match between Phil Ivey and   full article

Underpair on the turn first to act, no limit cash game

Game type: 2/4 NL Cash 6 max, Full Tilt
Your image: Pretty aggressive
Opponent’s image: Bought in short and has been quiet
Your hand: 7♦7♣
The setup: You’ve been playing a pretty LAG game preflop and had built a decent stack before you ran KK into AA a   full article

Flush and gutshot out of position, high stakes no limit cash online

Game type: 50/100 NL, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: Fairly new to the table
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive
Your hand: 6♥5♥
This hand took place between Cole ‘MUCKEMSAYUHH’ South and trex313. You’ll be standing in for trex313. Thanks to high stakes report for the hand history.
The   full article

Improved draw out of position on the turn, no limit cash

Game type: 1/2 No Limit cash, 6 max
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Tight multi-tabler
Your hand: T♣9♣
The setup: You’ve been playing an aggressive style at this table and you’ve been involved in a couple of big pots where you lost when you got the money in   full article

Pocket pair on a draw-heavy board, high stakes no limit

Thanks to HighStakesReport for the hand history.

Game type: 100/200 HU No Limit, Full Tilt
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Aggressive, unconventional
Your hand: 7♦7♣
This hand is taken from actual gameplay at the 100/200 no limit tables on Full Tilt. This match took place between OneUponAStar and   full article

Turn play with a flopped boat, high stakes no limit cash

Game type: 100/200 No limit cash, Full Tilt Poker
Your image: A little tight
Opponent’s image: Very aggressive and tricky
Your hand: K♦K♣
This hand is taken from actual gameplay at the 100/200 tables on Full Tilt. This hand took place between tsarrast and MUCKEMSAYUHH. You’ll   full article

Top pair, weak kicker against a tight opponent, nl cash

Game type: 1/2 NL cash, 6 max on Full Tilt
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: Tight
Your hand: T♦J♦
The setup: You’ve been playing aggressively in this session but don’t have much to show for it yet, as you’ve been forced to abandon a couple of hands after   full article

Improved draw on the turn out of position, high stakes cash

Game type: No limit cash online, 100/200
Your image: Selectively aggressive
Opponent’s image: Has been in control of the match
Your hand: J♠10♠
This hand is taken from actual gameplay at the 100/200 NL cash tables on PokerStars. This hand took place between Genius28, Brian ‘aba20′ Townsend   full article

Pocket queens against a very tight opponent, no limit cash shorthanded

Game type: 2/4 NLHE on Full Tilt
Your image: Fairly aggressive
Opponent’s image: Very tight, especially preflop
Your hand: Q♦Q♠
The setup: You’ve been pretty active preflop in this no limit cash game, and you haven’t taken very many hands to showdown.
This hand you’re dealt queens   full article