Beginners Circle

Hello, first post this. Just like to say I've stumbled upon FTR whilst browsing at work and already have picked up some extremely useful advice from...

Unfortunately, my math sucks. But I'm a decent beginning player, decent meaning I win more than i lose. I play suited connectors hard (78 and up). It...

100BB effective stacks, 8 handed table. It's folded around to the button who minraises to 2BB, and the SB folds. You have a definite betting...

My frustration fully boiled over and I am currently looking for a new poker site. I deposited money on Bodog today and hoped to take advantage of...

:) ... I played in my first tournament with you guys last Sunday and took fourth place. I had a great time and want to thank ya'll for the fun. ...

Still getting used to the raise/reraise style instead of being my old self and folding preflop. I know AA is certainly a possibility here. The...

Does anyone know how they work and how points are awarded??

I am slowly working my BR up playing 5 NL on stars. Everything is going pretty well. The one thing that gets to me is how fast the tables often...

Does anyone know how they work?

Hi, I have a bunch of question but I will start with just one...I'm sure this has been discussed here before...So freak out on me if you feel the...

How is this line you and villian have full stacks of $50, and blinds are 0.5 you are button MP raises to $2 and you have 9cTc and call flop...

Villain is 42/2/3 in 95 hands. This all started with a battle of blinds. It is ok to raise with A5o SBxBB against an unknown player in this...

No read on villain. Can I really escape from getting all-in here? Any mistakes? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Hand History...

For some time now I have been trying out a slightly different river bluff. Instead of putting in a big bet to push others off the pot I put in a...

Seat 1: VI-Zer0Skill ($102.15 in chips) Seat 2: Kieranmf ($9.85 in chips) Seat 3: Cicia ($37.25 in chips) Seat 4: luckyBabe1 ($18.20 in chips) ...

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Ive been playing Holdem for a couple of years now and want to try and learn other games. Does any1 know a good beginners book on 7 Card Stud?

Alright ive been playing non stop lately...well i keep seeing flops of JJ8 and of course ill have an 8 with a good kicker and someone always bets and...

Unbelievable ! I'm only playing .25/.50 limit as I'm a newb. Still up $22 thought. Speak of the devil, while I type this I seeeeee AA on my...

Ive recently moved up in stakes in the last while and to be honest i was struggling. I moved up from 1/2 to 3/6 No Limit Holdem and I was just aboout...

20NL game, no reads on villain really, was playing BJ for casino whoring at same time while clearing a poker bonus as well. Anyway, did I play...

So for the past 2 months suddenly I started winning HUGE in my regular 300$ NL game in my local B&M. I was break even in my first 300 hours of NL...

Hey, I am thinking of changing sites to use rakeback and for a change. At the moment i play only on Will Hill. If i join one the other sites...

I played for a few hours last night in MTT, SitnGo's, and Cash games and swear I just could not catch anything all night. I don't remember being...

Hi I looked over the forums a year ago and played a few SnG's. Played badly, when i was on tilt played to reclaim the loss with bigger stakes etc,...

You have 100 dollars and QQ under the gun. You raise to 4 and villain makes it 14 from the button. He also has 100 dollars. You are absolutely...

Hi all, I am sure you guys can help me with this one. This was my second hand at that table; so I had no read on anyone. Based solely on the...

88,99, TT- how do you guys play these? Small for set or much preflop raising? Also, I play microstakes- how would you guys play them here? thanks

Hi all, 1st time poster - looks like a great site. I've been playing NL Texas Hold Em for about the last three years. Home games, internet,...

Stealing blinds is a big part of NLHE online when people are playing relatively tight and a good sized PF raise is 4xBB+1BB/limper. How does this...

I am not sure if this idea is mentioned anywhere else... i didn't look all day but i made this play just this evening and i was wondering what people...

Hey, i have been reading this site intensively for the last few months, never had reason to post because you guys pretty much answer every question i...

I play 10NL and I've noticed that people who come in the table with less than the max buy-in, let's say something like $5 are usually quite bad and...

Usually I am the one who is ahead when the most of the money goes in. But these 2 hands in the last 2 days, I was the one who rivered the villain and...