by FTR Poker Admin | May 27, 2022 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 27, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games
Introduction Pot odds are one of the first things that players learn about in poker, and they’re usually quickly followed by a brief study of implied odds and reverse implied odds. Unfortunately, a lot of what’s considered common knowledge about these...
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2022 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Rondavu re-evaluates the psychology of tilt and why it occurs. Another Look at Tilt I’m going to explain tilt the way I understand it. I hope it rings true for a lot of you, as it does for me. We are flawed as humans. One of our major flaws is detrimental to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
From now on every Friday I will be taking some of the strategy discussion from the forums, sum up some of the cool content in case you missed it, and make my own comments on the issues discussed. In the high stakes forum this week, there was a hand posted by...
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 23, 2022 | Beginner Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 22, 2022 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
This month at 100nl on PokerStars I’ve paid $0.056/hand in rake after a sample of ~50k hands. Since I get about 750 hands/hour, this amounts to about $42/hour. This is also 2.8 ptbb/100. To make sure the peoples of the Beginner’s Circle understand this...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction This is part four in the NLHE Foundations Series. I’ve designed this series to give players a clear path from the beginner to intermediate levels in no-limit hold’em. There’s a lot more to this series than these posts because...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
It’s never easy to shrug off a losing session. We’ve all taken our share of beats, both good (if there is such a thing) and bad. Sometimes, they can affect us so deeply that they permanently alter the way we play. But, even in the midst of these trying...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
There are still some good hands yet to be played, but you must be careful! We are running pretty thin at this point. Here are my Group 6 hands: Group 6: KT QT JT A7s K9s Q9s T9s J9s A5s A6s A4s A3s A2s Again, this group is a clear departure from Sklansky and the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 20, 2022 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2022 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2022 | Poker Tools
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2022 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 19, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2022 | 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 | May 18, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2022 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 8 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results....
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2022 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 3 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
Poker has almost as many constants as it does variables, and that is part of what makes it such an interesting game. You expect that if you play in a tight, solid fashion, the money will eventually flow to you. It may take awhile, and you may run very hot or very...
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2022 | Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2022 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2022 | Casino Articles & Guides
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Limit Hold’em, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
After 8 posts which could easily be summed up by saying raise with your value hands preflop and tighten up otherwise, we are finally on to postflop play. I believe that a good preflop game will make you a breakevenish player, but when you add good postflop play to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
In any poker game, we have a strategy, and our opponents have their own strategies. How these strategies match up determines who makes money and how much money is made. So far, this series has been looking at concepts and ideas that have the point of developing one...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
How I used problem-solving theory to study cbets and villain profiles The problem is I suck at poker. But I’m reasonably good at problem solving. George Polya’s quintessential research studied great problem-solvers and suggested this simple format:...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Heads Up, Poker Strategy
Alright, so you’ve made the final table. Then, slowly but surely, your opponents fall before your mighty stack until, finally, there is only one player standing in your way. As you tally up the chip count, you realize that the two of you are nearly dead even....
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
I am going to reveal something that I think is of immense use to any poker player. While it is critical to know how to play the game well, this is only a tiny part of being a successful poker player. Playing poker has so many similarities to financial trading that it...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
Almost every poker site going offers some form of meaty deposit bonus. Invest a chunk of money into a site and they’ll give you the chance to earn some extra cash. However, budding players with small bankrolls may feel that they can’t take full advantage of these...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction Open limping before the flop in no-limit hold’em cash games is almost always the sign of a loose/passive, weak player. However, this doesn’t have to be the case, and you can definitely add open limping to your game in the right circumstances...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
“Poker is a game of cards, people and position” – Multiple sources “There is nothing you can do about the cards” – Multiple sources Consider that playing cards well will only get you so far if your ultimate goal is to score as many points as possible. If I’m...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
I have just read a thread in which people said “poker is not all about maths,” “luck is a factor in poker,” “it is not always right to take +$EV decisions.” I am now going to show that everything in poker can be expressed...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | MTT, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | 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 | May 15, 2022 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 2 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results. The unit for EV is average profit in big...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | 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 | May 15, 2022 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
I wrote an article on FlopTurnRiver a couple of weeks ago about the merits of multi-tabling. I feel that there are deeper strategic consequences behind what was in that article. With poker there is an almost pendulum like motion with regards to what tactics and...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 15, 2022 | 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...
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | Featured Limit Hold'em, Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Fnord provides tons of strategy advice in our community. He put together this list of why folks suck at Limit Hold’em. You play too many hands You ignore the size of the pot (including chasing with bad pot odds) You call 2+ small bets cold pre-flop with unpaired...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction More than seven years ago, I wrote a post titled Blind Stealing 101. A lot has changed in terms of what’s fashionable and what’s well-known in the online poker world. For a fun piece of evidence of this, note that the standard size of an open...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | 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 | May 14, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Last week I said that we would look more at the turn. Instead, I’ve decided that we’re going to look at something else that will be more useful: hitting pairs with different ranges. It’s fairly easy to see how many draws ranges have and if those...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | Poker Strategy, SNG
What is Expected Value? (EV). Poker is a mathematical game. And, if you approach it as such, there is opportunity to make it a profitable game. Furthermore, if you delve deep enough into the analysis, you can ‘tweak’ your game enough to understand how to maximize your...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
In a post from a few weeks back, I outlined six items that I feel like cover most of the principles of performance as regards poker. In this week’s discussion, I’m going to look at the connection between points three and five on that list. We’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | Poker Psychology
Building on Last Week In last week’s edition of this column, we looked at the basics of thinking ahead in poker and a simple trick you can do to get a ton of effectiveness out of a very small amount of planning ahead. On the topic of planning ahead, you can plan...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
After the Big 10 starting hands, I do not necessarily automatically raise pre-flop from any position. My play becomes more selective. Group 3: AQ 99 88 77 ATs KJs Sklansky’s Group 3 has been slightly re-arranged by the Carnegie Mellon group, which I’ve further...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2022 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
We are on the river with 97s on a JJ922 board. Our opponent has bet 3/4ths the pot into us, and we are put in a tough spot. We know from the past streets that our hand look weak and our donk opponent, who seems to never fold (ever), could easily have a J, 2, overpair,...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2022 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2022 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 4 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results....
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by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2022 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Just trying to learn PLO here and was wondering if there are any "staple" kind of books for someone trying to learn PLO? Doesn’t have to be a beginner book necessarily. I bought Pot-Limit Omaha Poker by Jeff Hwang and it arrived today and been reading...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2022 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Being emotionally compromised while playing a precision game like poker is the same thing as taking your buy-in and dropping the chips by the handful into a wood chipper. In summary, it’s a bad idea. (Unless burning through money is a hobby of yours. In which...
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