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CRAZY MANIAC!! tonight i had some 6 max action with 1 crazy maniac and the rest of the table seen pretty decent and rocky. the maniac been...

Hi, I'm currently having problems beating my local $200NL game at the casino. The game can easily be described as loose-passive, with 7+ players...

If you are playing with people you see often, can it ever be +ev to call small bets with air just to see what they have? Lets say you have a...

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Well, this is not a question regarding the way you play certain hands or whatnot, it's more of a question regarding table buy-in strategy. My goal...

This may or may not be a stupid question but I’m still learning the ins and outs of ring game play. To get my feet wet in ring games I started in...

Posted this in the HH forum.

AJo in BB, folded to BN who makes a standard raise. BN is a standard Tag and steals around 25% of the time. What's your plan for the hand?

I'm slightly confused about how properly calculate pot odds. Lets assume that the formula you are using is this: your bet / the pot = your...

Brief example of board texture When you are starting in poker, it is easy to get caught up when you have a strong hand without giving proper...

I always see on TV or read about this hand or that hand being a 2 - 1 favorite against another. Can someone tell me in as basic a way as possible...

Is it more profitable to play full ring or 6-max at the 25 NL limit?

Since discovering FTR I've slowly been exploring the site. I've been reading player reviews of online poker rooms lately and this has served to...

Alright, newbie question. I am trying to quad table and I cannot figure out how to fit the screens on my comp with zero overlap. After watching the...

Hello, I have been reading FTR for a few weeks now and thought it was about time to register. I've been really enjoying the content and the...

Ive been playing for a while and usually when i play live games or house games against my friends i make it to heads up against this one opponent i...

Well guess its time to move back to 5NL cause I suck so much. I made $50 in about 3500 hands and had the BR for 10nl so I moved up. The problem is I...

okay heres a quote from the essay on the front page of this site... Now how can you put your opponet on the A-K of hearts, isnt that like...

This is something I've been thinking about recently, but I'm not sure how much value it holds as a play, or in fact whether or not it is already an...

Any tips would be greatly appreciated. With my bankroll around $1,700, I am wanting to move up to 100NL when my bankroll reaches $2,000. I...

I see this all the time on Party, on every street, at the 50nl, 100nl and now 200nl tables, along with its evil twin, the 1BB preflop minraise. ...

He hasn't posted yet but he's my younger brother. This weekend when I went to visit my pops and the family I taught him the basics of poker, got him...

I know that a TAG(Tight Aggressive ) game is the way to go for a beginner. But what does TAG look like? It took me some time realise it. Example 1...

I'm embarassed to admit this but I have no idea what the term "donk" means. Can someone educate me? Or direct me to a forum where terminology is...

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Hello everyone, ive been playing SNG's for most of my career on pokerstars. Ive played around 400 games and im averaging $1 profit per game, but...

I have seen some posts saying biginners shouldn't start at Party Poker. Why is that? What is the benifit of starting at Paradise Poker or Poker...

Hello, new to the forum, been lurking for about a year now. I recently decided to deposit $100 at pokerstars for my first real money play. A little...

$200NL full ring..... Delt KK in the BB. Folds around to late MP who raises to $6. Folds around to SB who calls, I raise to $12. Everyone...

....but it sure looks like it. After my last 20k hands, I'm really getting fed up with myself. I've re-evaluated everything in PokerTracker, and...

Villain was 20/9 over 20 hands. I should have reraised preflop.Anyway howz postflop play? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 handed) Hand...

Sorry no HH. Hand grabber crapped out a few minutes ago. Pacific Poker $25NL Villan raises $3 in sb. Hero: 33 in bb, 2.75 to me, we both have...

No reads, I'm looking for a line check Texas Hold'em $0.25-$0.25 NL (Real Money), #845,520,591 Table Aberdeen, 13 Aug 2006 12:33 PM ET Seat 1:...

Hi guys, Thinkijg of signing up with a pokersite called pokerzion. Ment to give you one to one coaching etc. Any of u guys know of or used it?...

Should I have bet this out at any time? I'm either crushing them or they're crushing me, right? I hate having the ass end of a boat on a two pair...