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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

Discipline

Found this in a supplement I got with the first chip set I got a while back. just read it and thought this was a good bit about discipline, which i'm...

Started by Random_Hero, 11-01-2006 12:35 PM
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11-02-2006 07:16 PM

The age old question

Ok Im sure you have all went over this and are sick of it. I have a question. Now I have been playing poker for 10 years. Been playing online for...

Started by bluffingu, 10-31-2006 11:06 PM
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11-02-2006 01:38 PM

Looking for a little HELP...

I am looking for answers. Each time I try to move from $100 to $200 either 6 max or FR, I am getting destroyed. The thing is that I am killing $100...

Started by Jager, 10-31-2006 05:56 AM
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11-02-2006 11:57 AM

When do you consider you've "beaten" a certain lev

I've floated between 1/2 2/4 to 5/10 I can safely say now that I constantly profit at 1/2 and 2/4, but i'm not sure if i can really say I have...

Started by superfish, 10-31-2006 02:47 AM
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11-02-2006 05:05 AM

Thinking of getting on some new sites

I started my online poker career at stars, got the moeny on by a cashiers cheque and ive made a nice profit. $100 -> $2000, thanks for a MTT win. Im...

Started by Reidak, 10-28-2006 03:41 PM
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11-02-2006 05:02 AM

Optimal 1/2 Stack Strat?

- Call 3xBB PFR's with small pp's if villain covers? - You're a bit too deep to be shoving after pfr's right? - Say you've 3bet someone with AK PF....

Started by martindcx1e, 10-30-2006 01:47 AM
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11-01-2006 01:12 PM

My first 1k - Thank you FTR

Hey guys, i finally hit my benchmark for this year - 1k completed. This post is inspired by Pelions "TY FTR" thread some months ago and i´m...

Started by XTR1000, 10-31-2006 08:10 AM
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11-01-2006 12:08 PM

help! I can't evaluate odds! (PLO8)

I'm posting here 'cos my questions are so noobish! Please look at this hand. I think it's the worst hand of a relatively successful session...

Started by salsa4ever, 11-01-2006 10:40 AM
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11-01-2006 12:07 PM

Good or Bad Push with KJ?

I'm really having problems identifying when is and isn't the right time to push when I begin to get short stacked and the bubble arises. If someone...

Started by MetsFan259, 10-28-2006 06:40 PM
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10-31-2006 08:02 PM

Best way to use Stars FPP's?

I am a platinum member, and playing 1/2 NL earns me around 3,000 FPP's a day. I noticed that they have recently offered a VIP reward bouns of $650...

Started by DLC11, 10-31-2006 01:35 AM
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10-31-2006 05:25 PM

a little lesson...

I was playing FR 100nl, and one guy was 8/2 over 50 hands. loosey limps, i picked up AK, and raised to $5, . One of the shorty blinds goes all in...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 10-30-2006 04:34 AM
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10-31-2006 03:00 PM

To MultiTable or Move up in stakes

If you are a successfull multi table player then you need to move up in stakes. Well to clarify, is your goal in poker to become great and make...

Started by Elexshun, 10-19-2006 09:19 PM
Replies: 18 Views: 1,970
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10-31-2006 02:52 AM

What does "defining your opponent's hand" mean?

Hi all. I was reading a post in this forum about how to play at micro-limits and came accross the following : I think I understand what it means...

Started by miracleriver, 10-30-2006 02:55 PM
Replies: 4 Views: 2,805
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10-31-2006 02:11 AM

Learn this game or go back to where i came from. Need advice

Hi FTR, Cliffs Notes: Should hero keep plugging away and try to learn NL or should he go back to Limit where he was winning decent money. Hero likes...

Started by pokerlearner, 10-30-2006 05:57 PM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,488
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10-30-2006 10:58 PM

Strong river reraise....what do i do??????

OK, this hand was played on absolute poker and the hand convertor does not support NL ring games so I will try to make it as presentable as possible....

Started by thizzSantaCruz, 10-30-2006 02:06 AM
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10-30-2006 10:51 PM

NL resources for the average player?

From what I've gathered here, Miller's NL T&P is a must read. There's been some talk about Tommy's website... what is that? I recently saw a...

Started by salsa4ever, 10-30-2006 08:43 PM
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10-30-2006 09:09 PM

Thoughts on Block Bets?

It seems like my block bets on the river have been getting raised relentlessly lately. When draws complete on the river after you've been leading all...

Started by martindcx1e, 10-29-2006 10:51 PM
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10-30-2006 08:29 PM

how was this set played ?

$300 NL Live Hero has 500$ behind, Villain covers hero. Villain is a donk and had made some horrible calls before and stacked off. Then went on a...

Started by pokerlearner, 10-30-2006 07:50 PM
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10-30-2006 07:58 PM

I Need Help w/ AK Play

I have a problem with AK. I don't play it very well, and I know it. I'm scared to death to play AK for a 3bet pre-flop (which makes me pretty nitty)....

Started by martindcx1e, 10-29-2006 02:00 AM
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10-30-2006 07:18 PM

Nit overrated or underrated ?

I think it entirely depends on: 1. the limit you are playing at 2. the types of players you are playing against 3. your image Does it mean...

Started by Elexshun, 10-27-2006 05:02 PM
Replies: 23 Views: 2,119
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10-30-2006 04:02 PM

Push AA here with this action?

Did I get too overzelous with this? If it were HU I reraise to ~$5 but the bet and call complicated it for me. The pot's already 60BB and I have a...

Started by drtofu66, 10-30-2006 12:11 AM
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10-30-2006 10:42 AM

Tracking Software/set up

Hi guys. I'd like to ask about what you guys use for tracking/real-time stats on the ring games that you play. I've got poker tracker and just tried...

Started by ray, 10-23-2006 09:47 AM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,154
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10-30-2006 10:27 AM

call or fold?

Hero is playing $200NL with 130BB Stack Villain has a 95BB Stack in UTG. he has just sat down and folded one and a half orbits. Villain calls I...

Started by salsa4ever, 10-29-2006 11:52 AM
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10-30-2006 05:35 AM

best advice

Hi everyone Would like some feed back on some of the best advise you have received (stategy, when to play tight, when to bluff or whatever) I have...

Started by stephen, 10-19-2006 02:36 AM
Replies: 14 Views: 1,626
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10-29-2006 08:51 AM

What do you think of these folds?

Hand 1 (Villain: 23/0) Memoirs of a Geisha 10474818-60458 Holdem No Limit $0.25/$0.50 : Hand Start. : Seat 1 : Coffee Bear has $71.77 : Seat 2...

Started by mike2405, 10-28-2006 10:56 AM
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10-29-2006 07:58 AM

Most profitable time of day

I pulled this stat from PT ("more details" under session notes) which is over the course of the last 3 months for all 50NL and 100NL. It shows the...

Started by paulwright, 10-28-2006 03:37 PM
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10-28-2006 03:37 PM

Should I stay or should I go....

Hello All, I play $50 no limit at the moment. Do people think that once you have made a bit of cash (+$20) at a table you should leave the table...

Started by acrafty, 10-26-2006 05:44 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,269
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10-28-2006 08:19 AM

Odds of making set with pocket pair

Okay... so I read that the odds of flopping a set if you have pocket pairs is 1 in 8. (Maybe not the exact number, but that's not entirely relevant...

Started by sarbox68, 10-23-2006 04:49 AM
Replies: 29 Views: 17,526
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10-28-2006 02:59 AM

My Microlimits partypoker play

Hey all. I'm new to online poker and this is my first time posting on FTR. I have recently made my first deposit onto PP and will be playing the...

Started by ray, 10-08-2006 10:54 PM
Replies: 17 Views: 2,394
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10-28-2006 02:52 AM

Moving to the Dark Side!?!?!?

I tried to play some 6 max today...I have tried before because thats where I heard the real money is at. I did poorly and went back to FR, I wasn't...

Started by Jager, 10-26-2006 04:04 AM
Replies: 3 Views: 1,083
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10-27-2006 07:03 PM

3 times a charm?

I've heard that for a person to really remember something, he or she has to be told it three times. That being said, how do you feel about your...

Started by Numbr2intheWorld, 10-25-2006 11:20 AM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,141
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10-27-2006 06:43 PM

Stats

Hi guys, I'm new here but love the site. Please could you explain though what stats like 20/10 and the like are? I've seen people bringing it up on...

Started by hodge_tim, 10-27-2006 08:08 AM
Replies: 6 Views: 952
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10-27-2006 12:01 PM

TPGK, Nut FD-- how fast to play it?

I've taken some time off from playing given the US shakeup so I'm a bit rusty (not to mention not being very good in the first place). But here's a...

Started by drtofu66, 10-15-2006 11:02 AM
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10-27-2006 11:01 AM

Tournie results

Okay, I'm sorry if this doesn't belong here... but I had to post. Played $20+2 tournie at Pokerroom last night. 137 people, and... CAME IN...

Started by sarbox68, 10-26-2006 01:22 PM
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10-27-2006 07:54 AM

NL 200, 25K checkup...

It's been a nightmare. I am at 45% win @ SWDN, have LOST $54 with KK, and I am down $208 at this level. I am still barely rolled for 200NL, but I...

Started by DLC11, 10-26-2006 03:54 AM
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10-27-2006 03:07 AM

Did I play this wrong ???

Hey guys would appreciate your advise here. Was in a live game today vs some super super aggresiver players. The table was frenzied. It was 2/5...

Started by Elexshun, 10-27-2006 01:53 AM
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10-27-2006 01:53 AM

My NL 1/2 stats after 30,000 hands

Hello, haven't posted in a little while, because I took a bit of a break from poker a few months ago. Needed some money, so I started playing...

Started by dpe8598, 10-26-2006 05:48 AM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,099
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10-26-2006 09:47 PM

AA - A flopped, well played or just a weak opponent?

Hello to the FTP community, I would like to post a game I played this night. Well finally got the money but I ask myself two questions: 1. Was...

Started by MightyMarc, 10-08-2006 10:33 PM
Replies: 19 Views: 1,999
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10-26-2006 02:59 PM

A poker Gods muchly condensed low/mid no limit guide

I almost changed my mind when I started to write this, because if you play like I do then I will make less if I play you. What lies within is...

Started by Ziluminor, 10-19-2006 03:00 AM
Replies: 36 Views: 3,180
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10-26-2006 02:16 PM

I Turn 18 In 1 Week

So I'm turning 18 in a week. Just got some questions I need answered before I start playing on internet. First, how do you get your money to the...

Started by animal_chin, 10-25-2006 10:16 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,180
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10-26-2006 12:17 PM

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