Beginners Circle

300$ buyin (2$-5$ blinds) B&M CO is the chip leader at the table. Hero has about 50$ more in the table than BB. Hand 1: hero is Qd-Qh in SB...

I always played on partypoker, but im getting bored of it and i wanna try another site. Anyone know another site that has many players,soft...

So what's everybody's SB completing range?

At my home game I play against a maniac who usually makes money versus the loose/weak players at our home game. He's very perceptive, he's a good...

After lurking here for about 6 months I've have finally decided to join in (since I suck so bad and need the help), so thanks in advance and here...

So what about the pf raise - should I just limp or is it ok? On the flop I'm getting huge odds and have 2 overs and a back door flush so I assume...

Hi, I've always been a bad poker player and lost a fair amount of cash, someone suggested that I should download a poker calculator, he swears by it...

If you're wondering if you're on tilt, does that mean you're on tilt? I have known that I have been on tilt twice. I have wondered probably 3...

I finally get a pair and even better hit a set. I want to extract the most money obviously but don't really manage it. Betting the flop is right...

:cry: PokerStars Game #5825507430: Tournament #28910285, $3.00+$0.30 Hold'em > No Limit > - Level XVI (3000/6000) - 2006/08/06 - 23:19:50 (ET) >...

Now that i got most of ya's attention, I am completly new to this. Recently i was introduced to this game by a friend and am completly hold em mad...

So would you re-raise with this pre-flop or is the call ok? On the flop I thought he might be C-betting and maybe it was worth a call but I am not...

Ok so it's a bad call pre-flop, but on the flop is that another bad play or is there any value in raising him here? villain is 65 5 Correct fold...

I have been reading and enjoying FTR for almost eight months now, and finally made a deposit to PP. I host monthly home games, and love this game. ...

Anyways, I was playing in a $20 home game tonight, and a couple interesting hands came up. Hand #1 Opponent is a strong semi-loose player. I...

so i was thinking about players who raise flop bets with draws for free cards. what other hands do they play this way (raise flop, check turn)? do...

Let us say someone like Hollingol moves down to 2 NL, he spends 2 years there and has extensive reads on almost all the players there. What would...

So I played $50nl for 17,787 hands with a very passive style. Didn’t raise much pf and only bet when I had the goods. Didn’t bet my draws much...

just curious as to how everyone plays OOP on the turn after your sd or fd complete? most common situation is probably limped pot, flop brings your...

I'm gonna start playing poker seriously. I've been playing home games for approx 5 years (and nearly always win) against my mates. We play with...

I realise this raise is not standard but I hadn't played a hand for a while and figured it's ok to mix things up every now and then. Although with a...

Ok please tell me all the many ways in which I was really stupid here so I don't do it again! Pre-flop I thought I was getting nice odds as I...

Hello, I started playing online poker about two months ago, taking advantage of Royal Vegas Poker's $10 no deposit bonus. Anyway I turned that $10...

I hope it's ok to post hands in this forum Was a pre-flop raise a good move do you think? It totally failed to thin the field :-( Was the C-bet...

Not sure if these links work but its to my first 800 odd hands on tracker. Alot of stats from before my ftr days so hopefully i improved a bit from...

Deposit $50 into my poker account n start my first session since finding FTR and having a couple of weeks off to do some study n forum surfing! Be...

what gives you more +EV you are in with 2 or more players you are given a flush draw. on the flop. everyone checks around to you. Do you bet it...

What do you do 99 - JJ in Tournament Play.

How do you play low Pair out of position?

I've been making some tweaks to my tourney approach, and have been thinking upon this: In Sklansky's Tournament Poker for Advanced Players, he...

Apparently I shouldn't play between the hours of 4am and 10am CST. I've lost a total $225 during those hours. What's worse is that I have yet to...

I had huge problems the other day. Two big stacks 2.5 buy-ins each we're playing superloose preflop, and betting into any weakness post flop. But...

A little about me, I started playing limit over a year ago. For along time I was a slight loser, but bonuses kept me afloat. Earlier this year I...

i deposited again onto party on the 20th of july, and it's been a month since i deposited. i ran well, and hit 1000 from 100 in about a week 4...

The one big pot I win when he does happen to have a Q is better then the lots of little pots I can get by betting $3 or whatever. Party Poker...

I see a lot of replies to hh's that say stuff like "well at those stakes..." Should stakes play a big role in deciding what action to take in a hand?...

Another Hand Primed For Action You hear comments like this from online Texas Hold'em players, normally after losing a lot of money on a hand in...

I'm tracking on the first one. Its a taxable event. The second one however I'm little vauge on being new to poker. Do the poker sites report...

Here's my stats since joining ftr. I play mainly 25NL/PL at pokerroom, some pokerstars. I did mix in a bit of shortstack 50NL 5max (15$ buyin). ...