by FTR Poker Admin | May 24, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 18: Ace on the Turn and Chips to Burn. This situation comes up about a couple of times per tourney. You have a hand where you have a late position bettor or raiser on the flop. You call the see the turn and here comes the big over card to the board. You check to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 42: Heads Up The most frequent question I get asked is how do I play heads up. This is truly a difficult part of the game for most people because they have so little experience. All most all their poker play is based on tables with large fields. I haven’t...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 21, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 39: Implied Odds A good portion of any reason to call a bet or raise is the estimated odds of being able to achieve a pile of chips should you be lucky enough to hit a monster of hand. The obvious question becomes, how does one estimate these odds accurately...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 18, 2023 | Live Poker, MTT, Poker Strategy
I don’t know about you, but I am a poker junkie. I religiously watch (even DVR) the WSOP coverage every year on ESPN and had a mini-orgasm this year when ESPN televised much of the Main Event live. People like my wife hate the live coverage because each hand...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 17, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how to calculate your expected value (EV) for pushing all in from the small blind against the big blind. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at what to do with very short stacks. There are a few factors that compliment the EV...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 16, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
The structure of no-limit hold’em (NLHE) multi-table tournaments (MTTs) is an often overlooked factor that should affect the way you play at all stages of a tournament. There are many forms of tournaments, ranging from “ultra-turbo” pushfest satellites that...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 14, 2023 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
So I have been very successful in lower stakes MTTs and I’m bankrolled substantially enough to start venturing into higher stakes. Thus far I’ve tried five higher stakes tourneys, a few 20s, a fifty and a 100 (Though not bankrolled for it, I had to...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
I recently found this site and thought I would post a few thoughts. I play on Party, Paradise, and Stars in the largest MTT no limit tourneys available after 6:00 pm PST most nights under this name. I especially like the 8:00 pearl and 6:00 R&A on Paradise, the...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 13, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 21: Remember to Remember What They Remember. An essential question to ask when contemplating your next move is what do my opponents know about me. What cards have I shown down, from what position, what size of bets have I made, do they have player notes 2 pages...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 45: What to do When You Win? Winning a large tournament can be quite a high, your bank roll gets a tremendous boost and you feel like the best player in the world. Very likely there are quite a few people who are happy with you, spouses, parents, etc. All of...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 12, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 6 Be a Big Picture Person. As I am writing this today, I have failed to place in the last 16 MTT’s I have played. Not 1 dollar, nothing, natta, zippo. Not a very good feeling. I did get and 2 and a 6th on Sunday that paid quite nicely, but those emotions...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 10, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 36: A Really Big Secret, ssshhhhhhhhhh There is a whole load of people who play like me on the internet. Tight/aggressive/with a little BS mixed in. And here one thing we almost never do, reraise without the nuts or near nuts. If you are playing with me and see...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 9, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
We can all agree that there are many skills you need to win consistently at MTTs. Many of us have enough experience to form an opinion on which skill is the most valuable and important. Here are a few skills that I think are extremely important in becoming a top MTT...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 8, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 33: The Biggest Lie in Poker What is one of the first things everyone learns playing poker? Starting hand requirements. What hand beats what and what the best hole cards are. Then armed with that certainty, neophytes all over the world are firing up their...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 7, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
With no current full-time job and after making such a huge score last month I have had a lot of time to sit and think about poker and I have been mulling over lots of ideas about articles that I would like to write about. I am constantly thinking about my game and I...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 5, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 12: Consider the Blinds. A recurring theme of several posts is something like ” I am a great player until about 3/4 of the way through then I never seem to make the money” or “I just cant get to the final table.” Below is posted a blind...
by FTR Poker Admin | May 2, 2023 | 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 | Apr 29, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 9: Thou Shalt Not Steal From the Wounded. Anyone every notice that when you are losing you can’t wait to play again and when you are winning you are just looking for a polite way to hit the door and bank those winnings. That is common to all investment...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 48 (of a planned 30): Middle Tourney Play: How to Build a Stack One of the most frustrating things in tournament poker is playing your way to mid way with the blinds ascending and you simply have no cards to play. The frustration builds as the blinds go up and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2023 | MTT, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
A type of question that continually arises on poker forums deals with whether or not it is advisable to call an all-in bet. Often the question will be something like this: I was dealt XX and raised; someone then moved all-in on me; should I have called or folded? In...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 28, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Andy Holt has been a member of FTR since August of 2005. Andy was kind enough to put together a strategy guide for satellite poker tournaments below. Visit our poker forum to read more from Andy! Andy’s Satellite MiniGuide I was browsing through FTR’s...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 25, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point number 27: A Common Mistake – Overbetting a Good Hand This is a mistake many of you may have not considered because you usually win the hand. Let me set it up for you with an example, I was in the big blind a couple days ago with AQs, blinds are 50 100....
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 24, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Ok – this post is probably going to be coming in segments. Instead of posting my entire hand history, I’ve decided to post pertinent hands and discuss how they did or maybe did not go with my overall strategy. First of all – a little background. I...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 23, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
This is a continuation of Radashack’s essay on Multi-Table Tournament advice and strategies. Click here to read Radashack’s MTT Tournament Advice Part 1. Your Why A large part of success is understanding your motivation to be successful (in anything). So...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 20, 2023 | 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 | Apr 20, 2023 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
This post is dedicated to Zidane and others who believe AK is basically unfoldable (especially early in an MTT). I truly hope he realizes that my criticism directed at him is not personal. There is a lot of talk about using position, the ability to win pots with any...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2023 | Beginner Poker, MTT, Poker Strategy
Whether you’re looking to build a bankroll or stop a losing skid, there is no better way to gain free money than by entering into a few freerolls. These no-buy-in contests have become staple offerings at most online poker sites. Players could, with a large...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2023 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
We’ve all been in this situation before: We’re on the bubble, our stack is down to 10 big blinds, it is folded around to us in the small blind, and we look down at J8o. Is it good enough to push or should we wait for a better spot? In this series...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 15: Thoughts on the Rebuy/Addon Tournaments The two rebuys I regularly play are the 30 dollars rebuy on Paradise at 6:00 PST and the 10 dollar rebuy on Stars at 7:15 PST. My strategy changes, but varies widely with the table make up. Sometimes you sit down on...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 18, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Playing your table A lot of poker players will tell you their most feared opponent is the loose aggressive guy who you can never really tell what he is raising with, and if you want to play with him, you are essentially gambling. Maybe this time he is bluffing with 10...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2023 | Beginner Poker, Featured SNG, MTT, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, SNG
I haven’t made a long post for a while, so I’ll write something down now. This post is primarily aimed at beginners, but it wouldn’t hurt for some of the veterans to read it. So, you’ve just discovered Texas Hold’em. You start playing and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 17, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 30: Artificial Intelligence Can Be Deadly On this site and others, there has been a lot of talk about what style to play, what hands to play, what situations to play in, etc. All of this serves as a mock up of real play, similar to building a model suitable for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Michael1123 had a great main event in the 2005 WSOP. He knocked out legendary Barry Greenstein and finished in the money! This post will basically be a detailed account of my run in the Main Event of the WSOP, along with all the hands and table compositions that I can...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 15, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Michael1123 has been a member of FTR since June of 2004 and has over 1,700 posts in our poker forum. Michael1123 is a successful and accomplished tournament player. Michael1123 had a fantastic run at the 2005 WSOP Main Event, which you can read all about here. Below...
by FTR Poker Admin | Apr 9, 2023 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Patience is a very important factor when playing larger field MTT’s. Maintaining concentration, proper pace, and patience is key to making it deep in a tournament. aokrongly discusses his thoughts on maintaining patience and pacing in the essay below. aokrongly...
