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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

Poker investment/staking?

I've heard of staking for someone to do tournaments and stuff for a proceed of the profits but does this occur for cash games as well? It seems...

Started by ArcadianRock, 05-11-2009 07:10 PM
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05-13-2009 05:40 AM

Wanting some help with my bankroll please!

I've played poker for a few years now, both live and online. I've spent a few thousand here and there as usual going bust playing out of my limits or...

Started by Aztec, 05-12-2009 05:16 AM
Replies: 23 Views: 1,544
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05-12-2009 09:29 PM

Math Reads and Expected Value

I'm not real sure how to ask my question in a way that makes sense but i'm gonna give it a shot. This question/thought came up in a poker discussion...

Started by villagenut, 05-12-2009 10:10 AM
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05-12-2009 09:15 PM

QQ call/fold on turn @20NL

Hand converter couldn't convert this for some reason. Villain was a loose aggressive player. He had a bluff looked up when the aggressor checked...

Started by chrisa, 05-12-2009 12:08 PM
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05-12-2009 01:28 PM

Calling a bluffer's bluff

He was being overly aggressive and I knew that he was bluffing a lot. He got about a buy-in from me through bluffing two heavier got really sick of...

Started by xpaand, 05-11-2009 05:11 PM
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05-12-2009 12:06 PM

Station blues.

Stations are hiding in my breakfast cereal. Stealing my bank account. So this guy was your typical station. At the time he was like 40/0 as i look...

Started by wonderland, 05-07-2009 05:13 PM
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05-12-2009 12:00 PM

Interesting hand from 5NL

Not many hands on him. Think he was running 32/0/1 PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

Started by Schya, 05-08-2009 12:38 AM
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05-12-2009 02:18 AM

Do any degenerates need an incentive to grind? PART TWO

I need incentive to grind. I'd like to put in 30K hands between 16th and 31st for a rake race on FTP. If I do get a spot in top 20 for my RB provider...

Started by , 05-10-2009 08:21 PM
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05-12-2009 12:53 AM

i plat qq bad

I play bad… Villain is 10/8 3 bet 4% no interesting history. No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from...

Started by Pig_Vomit, 05-11-2009 06:34 AM
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05-12-2009 12:20 AM

AJsooted

41/13. saw him call down with some really weird stuff like 3rd pair PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool...

Started by AFchung, 05-09-2009 12:03 AM
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05-11-2009 11:53 PM

Fish bluffed me?

This fish was doing stuff like min raising KK, calling all-in on the turn with TPGK and PF flat calling everything. I raised with the intention of...

Started by xpaand, 05-11-2009 04:33 PM
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05-11-2009 08:03 PM

Asymmetric Warfare (Ranges 101)

Edit: fixed EV equation. Here's about the simplest way to think of ranges. Big Cards vs. Small Cards. Example. The flop comes AQ4, and the PFR...

Started by Robb, 05-10-2009 04:05 AM
Replies: 23 Views: 1,336
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05-10-2009 11:35 PM

Today I plugged a Leak

About 10 minutes ago I sat down to play some hands and catch the drunk fishies as they come home from a night out. Folded some hands. 9 Hands in...

Started by Pelion, 05-07-2009 07:21 PM
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05-10-2009 09:37 PM

NL25 sb vs bb limped pot vs shove?

Errg no reads on villian 23/3/5.0, %100 raise flop Cbet over 35 hands. Do you stack off here? Villians donk bet means to me draw of some kind. ...

Started by inƒamous, 05-10-2009 02:34 AM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,009
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05-10-2009 06:37 PM

nl25 reraised preflop overcards+flushdraw line?

Table is stupid retarded villian in question that i deal with on the flop is running 61/6/1.5 %0 3 bet %93 limp call I guess my first question is...

Started by inƒamous, 05-10-2009 01:47 AM
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05-10-2009 06:28 PM

KQ vs button

Villain is 10/8 and has left my big blind uncontested for several orbits PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter...

Started by AFchung, 05-10-2009 05:56 PM
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05-10-2009 06:24 PM

your strategy with beginners at a home game

they are impossible to read! impossible to bluff, trick etc i usually just have to play like they do, completely straightforwardly wanted to...

Started by jack0316, 05-08-2009 09:29 AM
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05-10-2009 06:14 PM

NL25 Flop raised C-bet vs villians stats question?

Villian is running 13/9/4.2, %2 3bet, %0 limp call,%18 raise flop c-bet over 553 hands My question is unless he is trapping, I think I can rule...

Started by inƒamous, 05-10-2009 02:17 AM
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05-10-2009 05:12 PM

NL25 set vs super passive tight player?

Villian is running 16/2/1.6, %0 3bet, %100 fold to 3bet, %67 fold to flop cbet. Running over 1.2k hands My question is with 16/2 this easily...

Started by inƒamous, 05-10-2009 02:44 AM
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05-10-2009 05:03 PM

math

I dont understand why i cant do this but i cant grasp the concept of expressing a percentage in odds form i.e. 34% into a x to 1 odd.

Started by pdk1010, 05-08-2009 12:50 PM
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05-10-2009 03:50 PM

$5nl multiway with TPGK

Villain who continued postflop is 15/2 over 100ish, pretty passive. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool...

Started by Micro2Macro, 05-06-2009 09:49 PM
Replies: 78 Views: 5,858
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05-09-2009 11:51 PM

set oop

Villian is 22/4/2 with 60% Cbet. Questions I had: Should I have not donked bet the flop? and as played, how is my bet sizing? I could have probably...

Started by CheeseNip06, 05-09-2009 12:58 PM
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05-09-2009 07:21 PM

Overpair vs PF aggressor

Villian is 18/15 with a 67% Cbet over 180 hands... pretty solid player IMO. He doesn't get out of line EP at all from what I have seen from him so...

Started by lockpull, 05-08-2009 08:31 PM
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05-09-2009 03:57 PM

5bet this or just call

MP1 is 71/35 25% 3bet over 31 hands.... Co is 55/20 6% 3bet and this is first 4bet over 67 hands. Both raises make me laugh but do I just call and...

Started by lockpull, 05-08-2009 08:53 PM
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05-09-2009 01:24 PM

AK Squeeze and misses flop

22/4. really passive preflop and limp folded a lot as well PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

Started by AFchung, 05-09-2009 12:07 AM
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05-09-2009 06:50 AM

Set on wet board, check behind on turn?

Only 6 hands on the villain, he saw the flop on 4 of them. Hows my turn and river? by checking turn I'm letting the backdoor flush or straight...

Started by tyrn, 05-08-2009 02:25 PM
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05-09-2009 04:52 AM

qq in 3bet pot 2NL

no reads, whats the standard play here? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com ...

Started by lNormajean, 05-08-2009 08:51 AM
Replies: 13 Views: 984
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05-09-2009 04:50 AM

TT as overpair again

9/3. tried to get to showdown with small blocking bets :( PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

Started by AFchung, 05-09-2009 12:04 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 893
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05-09-2009 04:48 AM

We can't be good here, right?

This isn't a complaining post or a "omg look how i bad i run" post. I'm pretty sure we still have to get it in here, but when i shipped it in I...

Started by AFchung, 05-09-2009 12:09 AM
Replies: 5 Views: 765
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05-09-2009 04:45 AM

TPTK against a loose player

This guy was almost a maniac. I put him on Ax or straight draw. What is the correct move? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) -...

Started by xpaand, 05-08-2009 01:47 PM
Replies: 16 Views: 1,122
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05-09-2009 04:43 AM

min-raise war - why reads are fun

villain uber-fish who thinks middle pair is pretty good, but can fold to big bets. tell me why this is awful... non-us players grinding 6-max -...

Started by daven, 05-08-2009 09:40 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 872
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05-08-2009 11:46 PM

You got a bunch of Donkeys on FTR

I have never understood a donk who min raises with pocket 2's and the flop comes K J 6 all different suits..Me and this idiot are the only ones in...

Started by Maynardtool, 05-06-2009 11:39 PM
Replies: 38 Views: 2,821
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05-08-2009 07:45 PM

Poll Poll: Thin value vs. whales - HH for Outlaw and Wonderland

Edit: In the HH analysis and poll question, I said river when I meant turn. Ragnar pointed out the mistake. I fixed the text below but can't fix the...

Started by Robb, 05-02-2009 11:01 PM
Replies: 52 Views: 2,589
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05-08-2009 07:30 PM

what about ranges, why is spr the new black?

my theory is that it is far easier to divide a number by another and blindly obey a rule equivalent to a 20bb shortstacking hand chart than it is to...

Started by daven, 05-06-2009 03:54 AM
Replies: 52 Views: 2,869
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05-08-2009 07:00 PM

Practicing Ranges

Some folks have been asking about how to practice putting villains on ranges. I admit, I have sucked at this for a long time, but I also have the...

Started by Robb, 05-04-2009 11:32 PM
Replies: 16 Views: 5,118
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05-08-2009 06:46 PM

2 hands from Today TT/KQ

Two hands where I messed up HAND 1 Guy had not played much, tightpassive I guess running 10/5 over 41 What worried me was the rasie on the turn...

Started by clvacva, 05-08-2009 01:22 AM
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05-08-2009 03:32 PM

stoxev is a nifty little program.........

It has a feature that lets you find profitable plays. Example lets say you are playing hu and the villain raises 4xbb. You know he raises 9.5 percent...

Started by littleogre, 04-03-2009 05:32 AM
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05-08-2009 10:35 AM

kj vs aj

How would you play a kj with a flop of j 7 5 and there is a raise of 1/2 the pot? I called and eventually lost to an aj

Started by jera, 05-07-2009 04:04 AM
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05-08-2009 04:35 AM

Did the implied odds make this a call?

Villain was pretty conservative for 2nl. No stats worthwhile noting yet. I'll post thoughts on the hand after. No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8...

Started by Vinland, 05-07-2009 10:53 AM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,152
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05-08-2009 04:34 AM

how do you convert a hand?

kinda embarassed to ask but yeah, noob

Started by lNormajean, 05-07-2009 04:36 PM
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05-07-2009 10:38 PM

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