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I dont know what im doing wrong but these donks are sucking out like crazy and making me play like em!!!

This is my dilemma, ill be at a table, do awesome, double my buyin, sometimes tripple it, then downt he drain cus some smart ass wants to get cute...

Hi All, Firstly, last night I entered my very first live tourney. Out of 151 competitors I finished 4th!!!! Yay for me! :D Now to my actual...

This hand got me thinking about how much you could call for if you have a pocket pair that didnt hit a set to try to hit a set on the turn because...

I'm currently playing limit 6max 1/2 and I'm doing ok, nothing spectactular but ok and have only about 2000 hands. I have the bankroll to play 2/4,...

Anyone know more details about this? I am around 26-28% Too loose? I am thinking that I should be around 20-22% What is a good percentage...

Anyone out there use this strategy? Would this be a good time to use this? : One caller from early position Everyone else folds around to SB...

Hi, I'm a newb to both FTR and poker, pretty much (about a month), but I've been reading lots (TOP, SSH, Holdem; 2+2 forums, various poker blogs,...

I have about four or five hands I would like to eventually post for some help. Is there an unsaid rule about how many a person can post? I don't want...

Hi Guys, I have been lurking on this site for 4 months now and using the advice here have built up my BR from $67 (50 Euro) to over$400 at Bet356...

I cannot think of any consistent instances where check-raising has gotten me the most value from hands at low stake NL cash games. Check/raising is...

1) I should have folded this, but I was on a hot streak after getting KK cracked. 2) WildCard had been living up to his name, so maybe I didn't...

Quick recap of my career. In sept i went bak to uni and was unable to play poker, that has now changed. Up until that point i was rolled to play...

Hey all, We all know that playing Ax can be dangerous. What happens when your Ax turns into AAA with a AAx flop or hitting it on the river? I...

I've been in some extremely passive pre-flop games lately, where hands like AKs, JJ, QQ are limping in from all positions. Sure, some of it is ...

Tournament at local casino. 5 rounds between 19-24h. Each round has 10 players, first 2 go to final (final at 12h). First 4 get paid. Stacks are...

How do you play queens and kings on loose tables when u raise it up and get a caller or 2 and an overcard comes? do u follow through at the pot?

I generally play suited connectors all the way down to 54 in any position and will play gapped (J9) from late position. In SS2 Doyle says that he...

Can anyone give me some good info or show me some good articles talking about why it is good to keep records of your hands and the best way to do it?...

to everyone that plays long session cash games online i was wondering do all of you use poker calculators like holdem genius or texas calculatem?

assuming pokerstars sng format

Ok im having a nasty downswing at the moment. Down over 30-60K hands (i know it isnt huge but its my first dowswing bigger than like 200bucks) At...

Now I am aware of the fact that playing over your bankroll isn't a good idea. But, that doesn't stop some people from doing it anyway. They might...

I have a pretty good grasp of the definition of implied odds, but I haven't come across any literature that could mathematically define it a little...

i have played in couple other poker rooms other than partypoker, but their bonuses are ridiculously hard to clear. ex, pacific and bodog. If u...

It is a live game. Head-up. You hold a 10 and a 6. Blinds are in. Check. Here comes the FLOP. The flop is dealt. You hit your 10 and 6, the other...

Have had a bad run which evidently has something to do with me. I am trying to look at evaluating my game and those I play against completely while...

I know I played this one badly. Just wanted to vent and actually put my thoughts in writing (kinda like writing on the chalkboard) to cleanse myself...

I don't have an actual hand history but I can give a summary. I'm dealt Ac 5c Person 1 A K Person 2 5 5 Basically I call a 4x bb raise...

Hi I was playing party poker and got down to the last few of a tourni and I went all in, one of the other players was telling people not to call on...

new to table so no reads. I got beat by bottom trips twice yesterday so I was probably being too conservative on the river. I was paranoid. I was...

Playing $25 NL and catching TPTK. What % of the pot should I bet w/ 1.) Possible draws out there (flushes and straights) 2.) No draws I...

Basically when I start playing again, due to my break from poker, I will be practicing bankroll management. When do you think it is appropriate to...

I recently downloaded something on bittorrent, and within the .zip file was a randomly included pdf document titled "Secrets to winning cash via...

When it has been raised to you 4x BB and you have a low pair, how many of you folded only to find out you hit your set on the flop. I get a sick...

I've been playing online at Paradise Poker in their $10 max buy-in$0.05/$0.10 blinds and sometimes a 5+1 SNG for about a month now. I'd say I'm...

I've been playing online poker more than a year. I've played the same $100 buy-in for at least the last six months, currently have around $400 after...

I've noticed one decent advantage to online play compared to live play is that when someone mucks a hand in a showdown, you can see what they had...