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Sticky Thread Sticky: [Freerolls] Want to Maximize Your Chances of Winning That Freeroll?

Hey guys, We know a lot of you are here because you love the freerolls and money-added tournaments that FlopTurnRiver has to offer. Not only do we...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 03:12 PM
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08-09-2023 08:21 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: The Beginners Circle Digest

Welcome to the Beginners Circle! This forum is designed to help you to learn the basics of becoming a winning poker player. This thread is the...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-28-2014 12:38 PM
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09-28-2014 12:38 PM

Sticky Thread Sticky: Don't Forget About the SSNL Forum!

Hey guys, Previously on FTR, the Beginners Circle was the place for all micro-stakes discussion. However, because of the nature of today's games...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 03:04 PM
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09-11-2014 03:04 PM

3 10NL fullring hands for review

HAND 1: Only been at the table for 8 hands (and 9-tabling) no reads on villains. Was kind of lost on this turn card, is this a b/f spot? And...

Started by caddie444, 06-01-2009 03:41 AM
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06-01-2009 04:12 AM

Possibly busted KK, turn action?

Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (Button) ($22.18) SB...

Started by Gobbatino, 05-31-2009 02:24 PM
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06-01-2009 04:10 AM

10NL: TPTK vs. possible straight/two-pair

http://weaktight.com/1167350 Villain is 45/10/1.1 over 74 hands Is the turn the better spot to check...or did I play this right? $0.05/$0.1 ...

Started by BooG690, 05-31-2009 02:55 PM
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06-01-2009 03:25 AM

Folding KK

Vil is 17/12/2.6 over 692. Relevant other stats are 3b 3% (0% from the SB, even over 27 steal attempts) Fold to 3b is 64%. 4b is 18% Cbet is 72%. ...

Started by sarbox68, 05-31-2009 04:20 AM
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05-31-2009 11:56 PM

How to not go broke on this

PokerStars Game #28782314655: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/05/30 11:39:13 CET Table 'Dulcinea III' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1:...

Started by play2Win, 05-30-2009 06:51 AM
Replies: 33 Views: 2,014
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05-31-2009 11:25 PM

WTF low limit!?! nothing applies...

So I have realized something about this forum...Most of the conversations I get in to don't apply to me (if they do I get lucky). I play mostly micro...

Started by revolvingiris, 05-25-2009 12:55 AM
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05-31-2009 08:23 PM

How to loose value (dont do this)!!!

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.50+$0.25 Tournament, 150/300 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP2...

Started by revolvingiris, 05-31-2009 08:04 PM
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05-31-2009 08:04 PM

TPTK IP vs turned 3 flush board

One of my (many) leaks is folding too much. Vil is 20/12/1.3 over 148. 33/15/22 by street. cbet 100%. Fold to 3b 33%. Appears somewhat...

Started by sarbox68, 05-31-2009 06:16 PM
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05-31-2009 07:51 PM

TPTK, good fold or fail fold?

Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop Hero (Button)...

Started by Gobbatino, 05-31-2009 11:54 AM
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05-31-2009 07:38 PM

10NL: Two-pair versus calling stations on drawy board

http://weaktight.com/1167332 SB - 34/4/1.8 over 138 hands MP - 34/6/0.8 over 86 hands MP was a calling station. I put both SB and MP on a...

Started by BooG690, 05-31-2009 02:39 PM
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05-31-2009 04:22 PM

Why do we raise our draws?

I know that you should ‘raise your draws’, but more important than learning rules by rote is knowing the reason why, right? From my understanding, we...

Started by Luco, 05-30-2009 07:19 AM
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05-31-2009 10:17 AM

10NL : Spewy Turn Bet vs Nit ?

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) SB : 14/6 0% over 80 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villian is a super nit, probably playing like...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 05:36 AM
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05-31-2009 06:21 AM

TPTK facing a river insta shove

Villian is 14/12/3.8 over 400 hands. Preflop I put him on QKs,AJ+,any pp. On the turn I put him on AJ+,QKhh because I don't think he would c/c a...

Started by Kbryce23, 05-26-2009 02:25 AM
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05-31-2009 04:29 AM

Pick-a-part #1

I need to bring more rigor to my sh!t. And forcing reads and ranges is where I'm gonna start. So I'm gonna start posting some hands and walking...

Started by sarbox68, 05-30-2009 04:22 PM
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05-31-2009 04:19 AM

Some basic Rakeback advice pleez. Question for 100nl players

Hi chaps, Currently playing on stars, i think the FPP stuff is all crap, i'll just want the rakeback if you please once i get to 25nl. Should i...

Started by wonderland, 05-30-2009 02:38 PM
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05-30-2009 09:00 PM

5NL - 2 hands for review

Hand 1: Villian was 33/11 over 19 hands. I hadn't seen him do anything too stupid, but it's a small sample size. I feel like I played this ok. PF,...

Started by PlayToWin, 05-29-2009 06:52 PM
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05-30-2009 08:24 PM

Flopped trips with bad kicker in 3 way pot

Villian is a solid player as is the the button none have got out of line so far. Im pretty sure my flop call is the right play but my problem comes...

Started by quadaces9999, 05-30-2009 06:13 AM
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05-30-2009 02:38 PM

when not to bet rivers - link to FR hand

people talk a lot about when to bet rivers when checked to. people often repeat "bet when worse hands will call or better hands will fold" people...

Started by daven, 05-28-2009 10:24 AM
Replies: 14 Views: 1,157
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05-30-2009 02:19 PM

AKo in SB v. Possible Steal

3rd orbit, no reads except Villain raised my SB twice previously. Do I fold and move on? $0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 6 players...

Started by chincheck, 05-29-2009 08:33 PM
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05-30-2009 01:47 PM

10nl: TPGK OOP

No stats on villain I'm afraid. Any general comments on my (not wonderful) play most welcome, I'm fairly sure I should be betting more on the turn? ...

Started by Monsieur_chat, 05-29-2009 05:09 PM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,141
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05-30-2009 05:49 AM

10NL : Another Odd Villian line

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) 24/8 2% over 134 hands My Thoughts And Questions Villian is nitty with aggression and likes limping a...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-29-2009 05:00 AM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,509
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05-29-2009 10:30 PM

Where does the money come from?

Hi guys, This is my first post on a poker forum. I'm interested in learning to play poker and from my research I see that there are people who...

Started by van.dog, 05-12-2009 08:58 PM
Replies: 34 Views: 3,203
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05-29-2009 09:10 PM

Understanding No limit Hold em

Hey guys, ive been putting in a lot of time over the past week thinking of ways to improve my game. Ive been playing NLHE for almost 3 years now and...

Started by SushiWizard, 05-26-2009 08:15 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 904
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05-29-2009 09:08 PM

10NL : Overpair IP facing min c/r on drawy board

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BB : 25/20 7% My Thoughts And Questions Villian seems to have decent stats. This spot i hate so very...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-29-2009 04:19 AM
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05-29-2009 07:47 PM

GLAD I JOIN THIS SITE!!!

Since i join this site i've been playing and practicing alot, and i can truly say this site has help my game, just with the stories and the feedback...

Started by melinda1978, 05-24-2009 02:12 PM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,123
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05-29-2009 07:35 PM

An honorable fairwell to dranger! Ooh Rah

Well if I am not mistaken our friend dranger will not be with us much longer as he has an extended vacation planned. Seems young Dustin Dranger is...

Started by HarleyGuy13, 05-24-2009 02:50 AM
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05-29-2009 12:42 PM

best hand percentage?

How do you figure out the percentage for best hand. For instance when you're watching poker on tv and one person has AK and the other has 77 and...

Started by StevenCJames, 05-28-2009 12:55 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 964
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05-29-2009 10:18 AM

10NL : Donking Donks

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) UTG : 65/1 0% over 139 hands Extra Note Donk bet% = 48% (10/21) My Thoughts And Questions

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 05:52 AM
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05-29-2009 04:24 AM

chk my ranges on paired flop

vil is 31/23/1.2 over 36 hands... so basically anything beyond these stats is meaningless. He's 100% W$SD over 2 SDs (whoopee...), and I don't...

Started by sarbox68, 05-29-2009 03:02 AM
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05-29-2009 04:09 AM

10NL : Small 4-bets at 10NL Scare me

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BTN : 38/13 0% over 33 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villian is kinda loose and kinda agressive...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 06:03 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 782
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05-29-2009 12:47 AM

10NL : Trappy Trappy Donks

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) MP : 36/10 0% over 51 hands. My Thoughts And Questions Villians seems quite loose and not so...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 09:34 AM
Replies: 11 Views: 913
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05-29-2009 12:40 AM

Why was he being an idiot 5c10c thrashing!

Anybody figure out what he was doing? Stage #1446909852: Holdem No Limit $0.10 - 2009-05-28 00:16:03 (ET) Table: Dunsany Ct (Real Money) Seat #6...

Started by Stuventus, 05-28-2009 08:06 PM
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05-28-2009 10:28 PM

Common Downswing Numbers + Some Questions (Long)

So after grinding through .01/.02 up to .05/.10, I hit my first "big" downswing today (dropped 4 buy-ins before I got too fed up). I don't think I...

Started by uriowi01, 05-26-2009 07:20 PM
Replies: 12 Views: 1,524
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05-28-2009 06:04 PM

10NL : Playing OOP and trying not to get value pwned

Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BTN : 19/10 0% over 149 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villians seems pretty nitty. So what is...

Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 09:19 AM
Replies: 3 Views: 813
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05-28-2009 12:38 PM

People going all-in pre-flop with AA

I'm playing .01/.02 NL on stars (what's the correct way to say that?) and people with AA are always going all-in pre-flop with AA. This seems...

Started by van.dog, 05-27-2009 12:56 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,081
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05-28-2009 11:18 AM

Common spot with a small PP OOP I'm not feeling frisky about

This is a common spot I'm not feeling happy about. We're OOP with a small on a (low) paired flop against an aggressive villain, without initiative. ...

Started by minSim, 05-24-2009 11:03 AM
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05-28-2009 10:35 AM

When can't Multi-tabling work, what limit?

It just seems that massive multi-tabling can't work past a certain level due to skill level of the other players. Trolls, stay away from this...

Started by ArcadianRock, 05-25-2009 06:31 PM
Replies: 25 Views: 2,375
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05-28-2009 03:58 AM

Preflop 3bet bluff gets called but good flop

Villain is a 15/13 with a 45 att to steal and a 85% fold to 3bet over 2000 hands What is he calling a 3bet from out of the blinds with? We have a...

Started by AFchung, 05-27-2009 05:40 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 801
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05-28-2009 01:13 AM

HH - A common scenario for me

This is a common spot for me. $0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem 4 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: CO Simosha ($8.50) BTN JabbadaHUDD...

Started by wonderland, 05-26-2009 01:26 PM
Replies: 23 Views: 1,194
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05-27-2009 03:35 PM

98o on the BTN

The guys on the blinds where tight. SB 12/3/0 over 94 hands and BB 15/4/4 over 339 So I was stealing when it was folded to me. First time they...

Started by clvacva, 05-26-2009 11:26 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 857
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05-27-2009 12:39 PM

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