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we have all read that to gmable in small pots is silly, as a rule. yet, also, to be slow to go out in big pots. i think i read that the threshold...

i know everything is situation dependent... but i wanna know the general consensus of how to play the Kings when an Ace flops heads up, with 2...

I was in a tournament yesterday when someone asked the table. Straddle? What is straddle?

Went to vegas last weekend for a bachler party, and of coarse I had to play p0ker and figured I share my experience here. 1st off I made sure not o...

I used the EV values from that chart on this site. The 10players one (SB, BB, UTG, +1, +2, MP, +1, +2, CO, BTN). Played around with it to see what...

So I haven't seen this anywhere, on any site and it's one of those things that has been picking at me for some time. We all know the odds of...

Firstly, yes I know that ~3k hands is nowhere near even close to significant but I've just restarted playing after a few month break and I have some...

I know that as the blinds increase, that drawing hands beome less profitable. 1) when do you usually shift away from the 78s, Axs, 22 type hands...

Guys, I'm going to be doing some work to update the FTR Hand History Converter. The first thing I want to do is add support for Full Tilt. To do...

When a tournament ends up being heads up with the final 2, which is the dealer...the small blind or the big blind? Is it always the same, or does it...

A poker room near me offers tournaments, and the one they make a big deal out of is BLITZ. I've been playing online a couple years and never heard of...

This is a question that I thought I knew the answer to, but it came up recently in a home game. If a player gets in a hand, but doesn't have...

Hi I would like some comments on my game from those in the know. First let me describe my meta game: I play on a lowish table (ZAR2 - 4, on...

I play hold'em with 5 friends about once a week. I was wondering if I should loosen up a bit to see the flop. We buy in for $20 and blinds usually...

I was playing a MTT tournament last night which started with about 250 players. It was a € 33 buy-in at party poker. Top 30 players get paid. I...

In general, is it a good idea to comment on the play of other players at your table? To let them know you are paying attention? Or is this a bad...

Where can I find other posts on this topic? I searched the forums but couldn't find them. I know they're everywhere. Anyway, my friend started...

Anyone see anything that is out of whack? My winrate has dropped almost 1BB/100 over the last 2 months.

opp is MP w/ ~100 BBs, I have same. 50NL FR. opp seems fairly straightforward. is on my 2 tables and has done nothing spectacular on either one. ...

Let's have some fun here. Please tell me your opinion. Which is the most important skill to have and why? note i left out EXPERIENCE because i...

If this has already been discussed before, please point me to the relevant threads and I'll move on. What are the "ethics" involved in online...

Testing a new poker strategy and decided to create a small ROI spreadsheet to track it's potential profit. Could someone check my math please? ...

Alright, I need some help in deciding how long we should make the review period last. I made a post in the last review thread...

Hello everyone! Im pretty new to the Full ring game scene and although i did pretty well in my first sessions, but after losing a lot yesterday i...

This has been bugging me for a whole day now, so I decided to post about it and see what others had to say. Please comment if you have any opinion or...

How do I apply EV? I have a decent understanding of starting hands, draw %'s etc. Do I find the EV of a particular hand in a chart? So if the EV...

I feel like i am really giving up a lot of value against small pocket pairs with my Q-Q+ hands. I am wondering: 1). Does anyone ordinarily fold...

I think it might be a good idea for me to hire a coach to iron out some kinks in my game. Lord knows I have some. My main and really only game...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) saw flop|saw showdown...

I played two hands in a row (0.25/0.50 nl) and lost both hands because the other players had a flush. I think I made the right bet. I am a...

is the probability of winning two 4 to 1 dog hands the same as winning eight 4 to 1 fav hands? it makes sense to me that it is, yet i know it's...

This last week has a dark day for my bankroll... I've heard Biondino talk about his downswing before and thought I could learn from that and not hit...

Iv read a few posts now saying stuff like he was 50/6 or 70/0 for table stats i just dont get it what is all this?

You guys rock my socks off, probably one of the best message boards I've been too Anywho, I have great news I bought Harrington on Hold 'em...

I have been playing for a few years, but just recently starting to take it a bit more seriously. I can't even remember how i found this site, but...

I was thinking after i responded to somebody's post about how profitable a wide 4 bet preflop range could be. You could be bluffing 1/2 the time you...

Hey guys, you are witnessing my first post ever here at FTR, so go easy on me. So my first week of poker is finally over, have lost a couple...

I already had accounts at the major pokersites but I am wanting to get the rakeback....any way I can tell them to close my account and then reopen it...