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if already asked, please post link here. anyways, ive been playing no limit tournament style and wanted to switch up to ring games. i plan on...

I had a hand the other day which got me thinking. I am not posting the hand history because I want to discuss some strategy rather than the specific...

Last night started out as a good night. 3 tabling 25NL, I found myself up 3 buyins within 45 minutes ... sweet. Then, I funny sound went off in my...

So I am calculating odds on a draw, any draw and I need to know which is the right way to do it. Is it good cards/total cards unseen or good...

How can I understand the thinking behind bluffing? Is there an equation such as: fold equity + outs = size of bluff ?? It's easy to outbet a...

So far I appear to be having some difficulties with QQ. :? It is my worst performing starting hand by a longway. Can someone please have a look at...

Alright lots of you out there have ideas i know it. Just help me out and tell me your strageties for cash games.

Anyone know the odds on pocket pair against one over card, one under card verse a pocket pair. For example A6 verse pocket 10s.

Easy call, right? Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)...

Hi, i'm new both at poker (10 days of real money play) and here (reading for about a month now) I was actually quite confident when i played this...

1) First... a simple should I have played this hand? jarofj appeared to be quite loose and went all-in quite a few times prior. $5+$1 (real money),...

Folding -- even with a Really Weak Hand -- can be a mistake. Most of you have absorbed this, but do you take it all the way? PokerStars Game...

Or should I dump this facing a re-raise on the turn? PokerStars Game #5664839671: Hold'em No Limit ($0.25/$0.50) - 2006/07/24 - 10:34:52 (ET)...

Ok, let's take a typical flop situation, you've got tptk, 2 suited on the board, you want to chase flush draws.. When I'm in this situation, I've...

Hi guys, first post so here goes. Ive been playing 6 months and im starting to learn my math and i wanted ur guys view on this hand. Its last 25 of...

So I'm playing a $10 sng on stars and there are 5 of us left like this *********** # 38 ************** PokerStars Game #5688948456: Tournament...

So everyone says that aggression is good, and that certainly makes sense to me. I also hear that calling is often bad, certainly calling down to the...

This HH was edited from a different thread. Hero and Villian both start with $50 stacks, have $40 behind, blinds are $0.25/0.50, and they are...

Hey All- I'm a regular at a rotating home game that is played about every two weeks- it's a good time, but a lot of guys there (including myself)...

Right. So by hook or by crook (and probably mostly by hook... I mean no more than 12.5% came from crook) I managed to get my BR up to $500 and...

I have spewed off quite a few chips recently to slowplayed big PP's, and I want to figure out how I can fill up this leak in my game. An example...

So I cashed in 3 quarter rolls (I shit you not) and snuck $30 onto Party. I decided to split it into $10 rolls and play shortie/aggro... and its...

What are the differences between 100nl and 200nl? Comments?? anything would be good. I 6 table 100nl for a nice rate + bonus money, I make...

My biggest leak still remains to be my inability to take my hand of the mouse and think things through. So a new semi-rule that I have just begun to...

HI guys new 2 the site think i made a big mistake in last night casino tourny !!! after the break i had respectable set of chips ie 10k in no limit...

I'm making my first attempt at a strategy post. I'm a relative noob at FTR and only play at 50NL (hopefully rolled to move up soon), but I've been...

I need help with my thought process. The players I play with, basically, and being nice, know nothing about the game. Like pot odds, outs,...

i would appreciate comment on my play using poker stats as follows:games played19492,lost$2461\ 0.12per hand, all flops seen34%,showdown...

Hi Thanks FTR for your previous advice about how to play and what to play at a maniac (all loose, aggressive) table. However, I feel that for...

@ PokerStars... I started playing for real money at the beginning of this year @ 10NL. I worked my way up to 100NL by early April (3 months). Over...

Heres a situation that probably gives me the most trouble. It has to do with Flushes, and the fact that at the lower levels 1$BB and less you get...

Hey, I have a vp$ip of 20 after writing down which starting hands i would play and when, and am looking to do the same thing for the blinds positions...