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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

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Started by aokrongly, 11-16-2005 01:10 AM
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11-16-2005 01:42 PM

extremely frustrated!!

Been playing poker most of my life but just started playing online in the last 2 monthes. I do well in the sng's but the ring games kill me. I have...

Started by mp32, 11-08-2005 11:20 AM
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11-16-2005 01:42 PM

Does PokerStars really have tough competitions??

I've decided to switch from Paradise to either Party or Stars but I'm worried that their won't be fishes at Stars. Has any moderate players made a...

Started by Off5th, 11-15-2005 08:03 AM
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11-16-2005 01:35 PM

Calling to much in the blinds?

I've read that in a pot with a couple of limpers it's ok to complete the small-blind with pretty much any 2 cards because of the good pot-odds. Same...

Started by nossodo, 11-15-2005 03:20 AM
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11-16-2005 01:11 PM

Drawing for inside-straight

Most often I have heard the advice: don't draw for an inside-straight. But! Say I hold 87o and the flop now is 45A rainbow. There is 6 PF callers,...

Started by kabell, 11-15-2005 06:48 PM
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11-16-2005 06:53 AM

Giving yourself drawing odds

I know this topic may have been covered before but i just want to make sure im making a right play here. Lets say you flopped a flush draw and your...

Started by Off5th, 11-12-2005 10:14 AM
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11-16-2005 01:06 AM

Feeling like ****

By far my largest sum lost in one day, $550 after 2k hands It seems like every hand I had was the 2nd nuts, AQ vs QQ on AQ2 flop, 66 vs qq on 26Q...

Started by TalentedTom, 11-11-2005 09:44 PM
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11-15-2005 08:53 PM

Advice on basic NL pre-flop play

Im new to NL, coming from limit. Do anyone want to offer some basic advice on some common pre-flop situations: 10 handed, all have the same 25$...

Started by ThorKGB, 11-11-2005 02:40 PM
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11-15-2005 03:25 PM

Losing streak length, is this ridonculous?

Anyone have an opinion on how long a losing streak can get before mathematically its almost impossible for it to continue? I consider myself to be a...

Started by littletrogdor, 11-03-2005 10:52 PM
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11-15-2005 02:53 PM

AK vs. QQ

Lets say I know they don't have AA or KK and they shove in. Hell lets just say that I know they have AKs, the fifth best starting hand and I have QQ....

Started by fade177, 11-14-2005 01:56 AM
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11-15-2005 12:30 PM

One of my leaks.

I cannot lay down aces (or kings) unless it's PAINFULLY obvious that I'm beaten. KK getting raised on an ace-high flop usually works, but really my...

Started by sejje, 11-15-2005 03:13 AM
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11-15-2005 11:26 AM

Bad or good push?

No HH since they suck on bodog 25nl I'm dealt AdKd on the button. Couple of limpers, I raise, BB and one of the limpers call. Flop comes...

Started by Anon.E.Moose, 11-14-2005 07:31 PM
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11-15-2005 06:53 AM

AJ (in general)

One of my trickiest hands, I think. I don't think I'm losing money on it, but always seem to feel like I'm in a tough spot. I'm generally limping...

Started by LeFou, 11-11-2005 01:09 PM
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11-15-2005 06:51 AM

How do you know that you've made the right decision?

If sometimes, you make a bad decision, but get lucky and gets paid off, while other times, you play perfect but someone pulled off a miracle on the...

Started by Fade, 11-14-2005 05:55 AM
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11-14-2005 07:07 PM

Set Hunting overrated?

i've been doing the multirock campout for a month or so now, and results were great at first but have recently started getting very ... "mixed". A...

Started by LeFou, 11-06-2005 12:32 PM
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11-14-2005 06:16 PM

Great Tournament and Ring players

How many of you are great at tournaments and also in cash games? I think that my cash game is to say the least decent because my bankroll has gone...

Started by Off5th, 11-14-2005 10:11 AM
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11-14-2005 02:36 PM

Odds on favorite?

I'm curious if there is a simple formula for determining whether or not you are ahead in a hand even though you might be behind after the flop. Is...

Started by strawman, 11-12-2005 03:08 PM
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11-14-2005 01:56 PM

How do you modify your strategy if you can't bluff?

Okay, so my buddies and I gather round a table every Tuesday and play a game of Texas Hold'em poker. Each person puts in $5.oo, and blinds are 5...

Started by urobolus, 10-19-2005 03:07 AM
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11-14-2005 11:14 AM

finding your tourny's

I was wondering how people chose the tourny's they play in to win their money, as in, Turbo's, 1, 2, 3 or table sng's, MTT, HU, etc. I've been...

Started by tom, 11-14-2005 03:47 AM
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11-14-2005 05:03 AM

moving...err...down?

I was hoping I could get some advice. I've only been playing about four months and would consider my play probably average. After reading Storms post...

Started by acesn8tz, 07-07-2005 12:40 AM
Replies: 15 Views: 2,394
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11-14-2005 03:45 AM

Not a noob, but maybe I play one on TV

I've been playing poker for about a year on Empire Poker, and I found FTR a few months in. The information and players here are great. I'm really...

Started by IslandAK, 11-09-2005 09:07 PM
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11-13-2005 08:30 AM

Need help with this hand

First let me say that I misplayed this, but I would like some input on how to approach hands like these. I don't have the exact readout from the site...

Started by kstarm, 11-12-2005 07:14 PM
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11-13-2005 05:24 AM

Some help with pre-flop odds

I was playing last night with some friends and got to wondering about these hands. One of the guys I was playing with was short-stacked and would go...

Started by kstarm, 11-08-2005 10:06 PM
Replies: 16 Views: 1,471
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11-13-2005 05:05 AM

Looking for another Poker Place?

Currently playing at Pokerstars and also have a account at Bodog which i havent played in awhile, but have been thinking of joining PartyPoker? Any...

Started by Djanvk, 11-09-2005 11:35 PM
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11-12-2005 08:35 PM

NL Holdem, AK, and firing the second barrel on turn?

Just starting to play NL holdem with some frequency, and am curious as to what others have to say regarding the following situation... -...

Started by ThorsHmr, 11-11-2005 04:08 PM
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11-12-2005 03:28 PM

Why does kicker sometimes come into play and sometimes not?

I dont understand why if there is a tie sometimes it uses the next highest card on teh board for the "kicker" and disregards your "hole kicker".... ...

Started by Werddown, 11-11-2005 03:49 PM
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11-12-2005 08:47 AM

Betting Patterns

When I sit at a NL game, sometimes, because of the way a player bets I can confidently say that they have absolutely nothing, or likewise, that they...

Started by BIGandRICH, 11-12-2005 12:35 AM
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11-12-2005 08:28 AM

Right to push here?

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.25 BB (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com SB ($21) BB ($9.50) UTG ($8.65) UTG+1 ($29.95) MP1 ($24.20) Hero...

Started by BigKev, 11-12-2005 04:04 AM
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11-12-2005 07:10 AM

Will this play work at higher levels?

or even at this level over time? $25NL on Party You have been playing tight and aggressive. Very few hands shown down. The ones that were...

Started by AHiltz, 11-10-2005 12:54 PM
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11-12-2005 12:49 AM

party poker software problem: no action buttons

I decided to try playing on Party. I bought into a $5 tournament, and played a few hands. After about 8 hands it came to my turn but I had no...

Started by RaiRaiGokuu, 11-11-2005 10:21 PM
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11-11-2005 11:19 PM

Ace rag and blind stealing.

If it's folded to you in late position, and you're holding any ace, it pays to raise since it's less likely the opponents left to act have playable...

Started by dsaxton, 11-10-2005 10:52 PM
Replies: 12 Views: 1,859
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11-11-2005 10:37 PM

Bodog $10NL

This is my first post although I have been reading everything on this site for the last 4 months. Quick question for all of you.... I play Bodog's...

Started by methodz, 10-24-2005 01:17 PM
Replies: 16 Views: 2,182
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11-11-2005 08:39 PM

TAG Positional Play

"Textbook Poker" I think everyone here at FTR is very familiar with this style.. basically any advice you are going to get in the hand histories...

Started by Lukie, 11-10-2005 05:05 AM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,176
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11-11-2005 06:10 PM

monster plays du' jour

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Started by , 11-10-2005 05:39 PM
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11-11-2005 12:55 PM

How long did it take you?

Well I been playing poker for a couple months now. I started with 50$ on pokerstars. Busted through that pretty fast then started to actually read...

Started by shaun98si, 11-07-2005 01:13 PM
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11-11-2005 12:13 PM

Giving wrong pot odds

Can anyone explain to me how do you give out wrong pot odds to drawing hands? I've heard this many times but haven't really grasp on the true...

Started by Off5th, 11-11-2005 02:48 AM
Replies: 2 Views: 1,057
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11-11-2005 03:51 AM

diff levels, diff respect

I know this goes against the BR managent rules but with a $150 BR, i decided to play the .25/.50 NLHE tables for a 30 dollar buy in. I've made $200...

Started by fade177, 11-06-2005 03:45 AM
Replies: 25 Views: 3,169
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11-10-2005 11:55 PM

Deep money cash NLHE - Why are you raising pre-flop?

Simple question, but I suspect a lot of people don't really get it... 100-200BB effective stacks. Why raise pre-flop? What are the merits of...

Started by Fnord, 10-17-2005 06:29 PM
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11-10-2005 08:51 PM

New game at UB "royal hold 'em" 20 card decks

http://www.ultimatebet.com/promotions/royal-holdem.html?l=game strategy?

Started by SmackinYaUp, 11-07-2005 10:46 PM
Replies: 34 Views: 2,293
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11-10-2005 07:58 PM

another kk question!!!!

How would you guys have played this hand. knew he didnt have the 10 and i think thats why i stayed in. Stage #219387005: Holdem No Limit $0.05 -...

Started by stoltzy, 11-05-2005 01:24 PM
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11-10-2005 07:17 PM

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