by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
{Discuss here: https://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/beginners-circle/discussion-taking-breaks-and-avoiding-tilt-a-117347.html} HOW TO PROFITABLY NOT PLAY POKER Well I haven’t written a useful strategy post in a while, so what better time to write one than now! Now...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 11, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Imagine yourself sitting at a crowded poker table, blinded down to your last few chips, all-in on a near unbeatable hand. “Two more,” you think, “two more double-ups and I’ll be back to even.” Then, on the the river, your opponent nails a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2021 | Featured Online Poker, Poker Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 10, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Featured Poker Rules, Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
Most people have seen people playing poker on TV or in movies. The most common type of poker shown on the tube is going to be no-limit Texas Hold’em. Why? Because it makes for pretty exciting television with people going “all-in” and shoving a huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Every post in the spoonitnow strategy series has been leading up to this moment. While there is obviously going to be some math involved when it comes to basic things like pot odds, a lot of people are under the impression that things like balance and exploitation...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Featured Live Poker, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
When did the check raise become a personal attack? I’ve noticed that many players have forgotten that this is a strategic move in poker. Instead they have become so wrapped up in the fact that a "friend" at the table has check raised them that it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Addendum to Preflop adaptations that must occur Dealing with reraises- When you get reraised from position from a typical player, it sucks, and you’ll have to fold most hands if the reraise is substantial, such as AJ/AQ/KQ and weaker cards than that. Oftentimes it is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Casino Reviews
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Just as a counterargument to the 1bb an hour on the main page, it is true that in limit you cannot make as much as NL. However, I find the advantages of limit make in a viable choice over NL for many people. For one, limit is all about making the decision with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
In no-limit hold’em, the most popular form of poker in the world, what poker hands you choose to play pre-flop is mostly dependent on how well the hands are going to play post-flop. How well hands play post-flop depend on a few main factors, like the ability to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. PokerStars recently introduced a new format in their offerings of Sit & Go tournaments. These “double or nothing” tournaments, as the name implies, only result in two outcomes. You either make the money and win...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Poker Reviews
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
This is the third installment in the No-Limit Hold’em Foundations Course. Before you read this lesson, you should have completed lesson 1 and lesson 2, and this includes doing the exercises and posting them in the forum threads for each lesson. Also make sure to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Omaha, Poker Strategy
There might be a time in your poker career when you grow tired of playing a certain game. Most learned No-Limit Texas Hold’em first and while it is often referred to as the "Cadillac of Poker" it is actually not the best preparation for other games...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
The FTR Hand History Converter is a great tool which should be used to help Players share their Hand Histories with other poker Players on a variety of poker forums. Players can convert hand histories from their favorite poker sites or databases into a forum-friendly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos, Roulette
When the online casino world was just breaking onto the scene, there was only one downside to playing games like roulette through you computer: it just didn’t feel the same as playing a live game. Today, there are absolutely no downsides, now that a whole range...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 5, 2021 | VIP Programs
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
There is a tremendous sub-culture of players who see small pocket pairs and get carried away with their profit potential. Personally I play pocket pairs very sparingly in full-ring NLHE games. The modern online poker environment is getting tougher by the month and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. A popular format of PokerStars SNG format is their new 6-handed structure. PokerStars offers a variety of games, buy-ins, and blind structures for their 6max games. 6max SNGs are offered from $1+$0.20 up to $50+$5. PokerStars...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
(10/20, 15/30 and 25/50 + 5 blind levels) PRE-FLOP CARD SELECTION As we have discussed previously, you should play fairly tightly in the opening. The exact nature of how tight depends on personal preference. Since I am frequently playing 15+ tables at once, I want to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Wherever you go these days, be it on poker forums, poker websites or poker magazines, you will be confronted by a myriad of information concerning how to play certain hands in certain situations. Now before I go any further, there is absolutely nothing wrong with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
In poker, you need to know when it is safe to bet and when it is dangerous. Caro even says that you cannot study this enough because he feels this is where half the profit is going to come from by concentrating on tells. Before you make a bet it would be a smart idea...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 4, 2021 | Poker Downloads
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Goal: to know the cards of your opponent. If you can obtain that information (through legal and accepted means!), you are on your way to making a lot of money. The study of reading your opponent is a never ending endeavor, because making your reads is going to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
There are many tells you can gain on your opponents even before you see them play a pot. How they stack their chips can give you some clues on how they are going to play. If you notice their chips are neatly stacked, and organized, you can probably assume they will be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 3, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, often referred to as Seven Card Stud 8b (eight-or-better) is a game often included in mixed-game formats (as the “E”) including HOSE and HORSE. Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo is a split-pot game where half of the pot is awarded to the best five-card...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Video Poker
Bonus Poker Deluxe is a close relative of Bonus Poker. The pay structure is actually simpler than in Bonus Poker since all four-of-a-kind hands get the same pay out. The thing to take note of here is that four-of-a-kind pays out bigger than straight flushes, which is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
After reviewing this month’s play, I came to the same conclusion I came to last month, and the month before that, and the month before that. But I have failed to act upon that conclusion. Further, many of my professional-minded friends, after reaching the exact same...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Beginner Poker
In last week’s edition, we looked at some very simple basics for 3-bet bluffing before the flop. We focused primarily on how new players could start to open up their 3-betting without feeling like they were getting in over their heads. We’re going to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
Casino.com Casino Bonus Code Overview As with many online casinos, individual bonus codes are no longer required when applying for many bonuses at Casino.com. They are typically automatically credited. However, you will need to manually accept each bonus by clicking...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Poker is easy to play, difficult to win at, and downright tricky to turn a profit at. For those players looking to go from amateur to profitable, it is hard to know where to start. Well, that’s just what this list is for! Below are the top six best poker training...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Over the past few weeks, we have looked at exploiting our opponents in flop situations. Our focus has been on looking at our ranges on a conceptual level, but now we’re going to look more at the process of exploitation. The goal with this week’s article is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Poker Psychology
This week’s topic is that of motivation, something that a lot of players have trouble with when it comes to studying to get better. Extrinsic motivation in the form of more money and a better win-rate will only carry you so far, but here we’re going to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Cash Games
For the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at the basis of pre-draw hand distributions. In this week’s edition, we’re going to put it all together and start looking at actual pre-flop hand ranges as a whole. You will need to know the material from...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides
For many online casino lovers, Visa credit cards provide the best payment method for depositing funds. Its high acceptance rates compared to other credit card providers makes Visa a good bet to ensure your money gets transferred safely and quickly to the casino...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Video Poker
Tens or Better is found in a lot of casinos, both live and online. It’s very similar to Jacks or Better and you don’t have to be rocket scientist to spot the biggest twist: the lowest ranked hand that pays out is a pair of tens in this variant. The payouts...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Ideally, this is where you should start playing. The levels before this are pretty useless other than the experience you get by playing the hands. This is where you really need to work on your strategies and learn to play poker more aggressively. You have the general...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Disclaimer: This guide is based on my experiences of $10 DON SNGs. Introduction This post follows on from my Introduction to DONs and looks at post-flop play and how play needs to adjust as a tournament progresses. Post-Flop Play When you see a flop, you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Lets face it, if making money playing poker was that easy then there wouldn’t be so many people who are still scratching their heads trying to figure it all out. There are many facets to playing successful poker but one of the least understood is in selecting suitable...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
(This is a post I wrote a while back which I hope will be useful for newcomers to micro-stakes NL. It should be useful up to 25NL, but it’s specifically aimed at the player of a few weeks’ experience, who understands the basics, but doesn’t know much...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
I’m going to try to tie this in as much as possible the points I made in my post on blind stealing, Blind Stealing 101. I think that for the people who don’t already raise behind limpers often, it will be best if they think of it as an extension of blind...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | SNG
Moving right along with our study of game theory in the SNG environment, we’re going to be looking at some bluffing and semi-bluffing scenarios this week. The point here is to introduce players to incorporating ICM into their EV calculations and to give you some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Cash Games
In our first article of this series that will deal with post-draw play, we’re going to look at how the outs work for different types of draws. This isn’t an exceptionally difficult topic overall, but certain parts of it are anti-intuitive, so it will take...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Featured No Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Something I like to do, and what I always advocate people who seek poker help from me, is to break down the elements of poker so we can understand concepts behind them and further apply them. I feel like most of the problems with people stuck at low and midstakes is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Featured Poker Tools, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
One of the fastest ways to improve your game is to review your previous sessions. This is typically done through programs such as PokerTracker or Hold’em Manager which store your hand histories and break them down into hundreds of key statistics. If you are not...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Poker Tools
In last week’s column, we started looking at how to make a basic spreadsheet to do repetitive EV calculations for us so that we don’t have to do them by hand over and over again. This week, we’re going to look at the homework for last week and some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Video Poker
Note – The above screen shot is from https://www.videopokertrainer.org. If you’d like to test and analyze your own hands, visit the site for the fully functional video poker trainer! Have you ever been playing video poker and faced a tough decision? I’m...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Our objective here is to start to use second-level thinking principles to anticipate the strategies of regular opponents. This information will be used in tandem with other information we know about our opponents to formulate strategies used to exploit them. The State...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Featured Poker Tools, Poker Tools
A few weeks ago, I promised a series showing how to study poker using spreadsheets. This week, we start that series. There are some prerequisites that you’ll need to have under your belt before you can get started with this series. First, you need to work...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Videos
Playing the bubble requires understanding of who to exploit and when as well as knowing how to not get exploited. In this series you will see a review of hands played on the bubble of 18 and 27 man Sit & Go’s with the thinking behind standard and tough...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Video Poker
Joker Poker is a fan favorite video poker game with a similar format to the classic Jacks or Better. The big change is cards are dealt from a 53 card deck rather than a 52 card deck, with the additional card being a Joker which plays wild. This sees some changes to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured Strategy
The Fundamental Problem If you’re looking to win in poker in today’s games with the state of the industry being what it is, then you’re going to have to be on another level when compared to the competition. The only way to do this is to seek out as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Featured SNG, Poker Strategy, SNG
OK, here’s v1.0. Most comments have been incorporated below. Further comments most welcome. There are countless other strategy guides out there; however I thought that since FTR seems to attract a high proportion of beginner/low buy-in SNG players I would...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Casino Reviews
Welcome Bonus At Full Tilt, you can take advantage of a special bonus offer for casino games only in addition to the normal, poker-only bonus. First Deposit Bonus The Bonus is cleared by earning StarsCoin, which you will earn through your casino play. Enter the Bonus...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
I see people misplaying small pairs (22-66) a lot so I want to go over my thoughts on them and maybe we can start a discussion because some people probably disagree with some of these thoughts. I believe small pairs are extremely overrated hands that are often...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Pocket Pairs 101 Pocket pairs are considered one of the easiest types of hands to play, but as with usual with poker, nothing is really easy and straight forward. In this guide I will try to cover basic playing strategy with pocket pair, with some emphasis on specific...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
First, two hands…. $5/$10 No Limit Holdem 6 players Stacks: UTG fakker11 ($1594.00) UTG+1 GIVEmeSOME99 ($815.00) CO traheho ($1062.00) BTN Bttech86 ($1000.00) SB Hero ($1095.00) BB zero2lose ($2772.75) Pre-flop: ($15, 6 players) Hero is SB 4 folds, Hero...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Beginner Poker
Introduction During December 2014, I ran a series of articles in this column about the study of tactics vs. strategy in poker. While that series got a lot of attention from intermediate players, it left out a lot of people who weren’t really established with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Poker tells are one of the most important aspects of poker, however they are often deemed less important than the math involved. While playing, it is crucial to observe your opponents in order to get clues as to the cards they are holding or the actions they may take....
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Blackjack
Blackjack players face the house, not each other. Psychology and game theory do not come into play with blackjack unlike poker; instead it is all about mathematics. Computer simulations have been run to determine the optimal strategy to use in blackjack, and this is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Let’s suppose, just for purposes of illustration, that you and I are both playing in our local casino’s 10/20 Limit Hold ‘Em game. We both play about the same number of hours per year, and we are similar-style players. Let’s just be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
A lot of people don’t think about their bet sizing much. They have a “standard” bet size they use in nearly all situations, in hopes of not giving away further information as well as not wanting to make a mistake by betting too much or too little. However, some go a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 24: Celebrate Your Bad Beats I realize the title of this point sounds moronic, but let me expand. When you take a bad beat, someone had to draw uphill on you. They committed their chips in a situation where they had negative expectation. This my friends is the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Let’s face it, we all know how important aggression is in poker. But years ago I used to remark how easy it was to be aggressive and that anyone could do it. If I told a novice player to empty the clip every time he entered a pot then his violent aggression...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 29, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
The automatic Euro Grand bonus codes add the most value to your deposits as possible – based on their available promotions and the bonus offers that you have not yet taken advantage of – to give you the maximum available boost to your bankroll. How to Claim the Euro...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use the Platinum Play Casino Promotion Codes You don’t need to use a Platinum Play Casino promotion code to get the casino’s basic New Casino Player Welcome Bonus. Platinum Play Casino Bonus Overview As stated previously, you don’t need to use a promo code to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Recently I have seen a number of posts by newer players complaining about bad beats and suckouts and perhaps even suggesting that certain sites deliver a greater proportion of bad beats than others. There is already a sticky in the bad beat forum about this but I...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
The table below shows expected value (EV) numbers in LIMIT Texas Holdem. This data includes all holdem games, stakes, and positions. These overall EV statistics are based on 122,031,244 pairs of pocket cards dealt at real money tables. You sort the graph by ev based...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Live Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
For many U.S. players, Black Friday has meant the end of playing poker online. For those players, the only way to currently play poker without the worry of legality or cashouts is to go to a brick and mortar cardroom and play honest to god live poker. I happen to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
4) The Small Broadways (KT; QJ-QT; JT) The first thing to note with all of these hands is that suitedness really increases their playability. All of these hands are good hands to play in multi-way pots because they can win occasionally just by hitting top pair; they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 28, 2021 | Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
Crazy pineapple is an interesting extension of common Hold’em poker games. The biggest difference between the two games is each player is dealt three cards with one being discarded after the flop. All three cards are dealt face-down, as in Hold’em. There is a typical...
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