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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

ASK ME ANYTHING ABOUT...

CAP! LOL! I've been up for over a day now and im too wired to grind so before i go to bed I';; try to come up with solid answers that aren't...

Started by Micro2Macro, 07-27-2011 06:00 PM
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07-30-2011 02:08 PM

KQo 2NL Analysis

Villain is 59/18 over 64 hands, so his range is as wide as they come. When he raises preflop, it's usually 4xBB or 5xBB. Button ($1.57) SB...

Started by Shifter, 07-28-2011 03:24 PM
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07-30-2011 06:47 AM

$30NL - Four Handed

No history with Villan, sorry for the crappy format. Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Started by TwoKicker, 07-28-2011 04:31 PM
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07-29-2011 01:32 AM

KK vs A high flop

BB is 51/14 fish over 50 hands. Low fold to cbet (33% over 6 hands). Donkbet 33% over 3 hands before this one. I don't know what to do here...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-19-2011 07:16 PM
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07-28-2011 04:26 PM

Whats in my hand?

So, here's an interesting hand I played today. Gonna make you use the brainjuice for this one. You are the Villain. Your stats are: 19/10 over 164...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-26-2011 10:27 AM
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07-27-2011 12:09 AM

qq vs ep agg on dry board

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (8 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($3.94) UTG ($7.79) UTG+1 ($6.31) Hero...

Started by Zorkion, 07-23-2011 11:41 AM
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07-26-2011 08:53 AM

Rethinking Odds.

poop.

Started by Zorkion, 07-20-2011 09:14 PM
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07-25-2011 05:45 AM

Adjusting when extreme LAG fish on your left

I find it very difficult to deal with an extreme lag fish sitting on my left. Here I am talking about players with 75/12 type of stats. Some...

Started by PutaForkInIt, 07-14-2011 12:50 PM
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07-24-2011 03:27 PM

A bunch of hands NL2

I've been multitabling a bit, so no much reads on villains, except for their stats (if I manage to catch them :mrgreen: ) Some of those I won, some...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-23-2011 04:35 PM
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07-23-2011 11:38 PM

AJ line check vs fish

Villain is 44/9 over 300 hands reg fish. Checked him up on PTR and he actually has 1.65BB/100 winrate over 250k NL2 hands. :drunk: No other...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-19-2011 07:00 PM
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07-22-2011 09:14 AM

New member and trips flush draw beat on full house

Hi there, I`m a new member from the UK and would like to firstly say a warm hello from Britain to all members. A quick elevator pitch about me...

Started by NastyPocketz, 07-20-2011 08:45 PM
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07-22-2011 08:07 AM

JJ vs 3 TAGs prob facing full house

I'm playing at a pretty tight table in this hand against three tags. Villain in SB is 17/14/3.8 & 3bets 8%, a little high; others are similar. ...

Started by rowhousepd, 07-21-2011 06:24 AM
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07-21-2011 10:06 PM

Spot with pair + FD

Opponent doesn't seem great so far though it's a very small sample. Flop bet is for thin value vs draws/protecting my hand, though checking back...

Started by Hoopy, 07-20-2011 10:45 AM
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07-20-2011 12:01 PM

Random Contest.

kk so heres the deal. if you want to make a video of you like anywhere up to 6 tabling with no commentary and have me watch it and provide commentary...

Started by bikes, 07-05-2011 10:05 PM
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07-18-2011 11:43 PM

Hello

I am CynthiJ from US.I am new to this forum and syaing hello to all of my senior in this forum. Regards CynthiJ

Started by CynthiJ, 07-18-2011 07:59 AM
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07-18-2011 09:28 AM

ak vs mp flop check

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (9 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($4.41) BB ($3.90) UTG ($5.61) UTG+1...

Started by Zorkion, 07-17-2011 11:54 AM
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07-17-2011 06:30 PM

55 vs fishy lag

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (7 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP1 ($4) MP2 ($4.14) CO ($4.04) Button...

Started by Zorkion, 07-11-2011 09:04 AM
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07-17-2011 10:45 AM

benefits of learning cap?

i don't know of anyone on here who regularly plays cap except yaawn and m2m (if you guys still do), but i'm interested in anyone's opinions. so i've...

Started by rpm, 07-14-2011 03:23 AM
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07-16-2011 05:25 PM

10NL river jam

Only been at this table 4 hands, odd stack size and limping = likely bad. Anyone c/r river? Standard ship? Thoughts on bet sizing? PokerStars...

Started by Hoopy, 07-06-2011 01:59 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,010
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07-15-2011 06:20 AM

AA vs fish NL2

Villain is 67/12 over 42 hands. One or two hands before this one I owned him the same way, bet flop, bet turn, check river and call his bet. I had 99...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-09-2011 05:41 PM
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07-14-2011 12:43 PM

TPTK gets raised oop on a safe river (4NL FR)

Did I play this too passively? I think yes, but please chime in. Villain is 25/10/2.0 who cbets ~85% on pretty much every street (which is high,...

Started by rowhousepd, 07-12-2011 05:35 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,494
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07-13-2011 05:00 AM

Some losing hands - bad beat or bad play?

Hello, After my last session I wanted to post some hands with which I got stacked... just say did I play bad or was it bad beat? #1 ...

Started by beforesunset, 07-10-2011 03:39 AM
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07-10-2011 09:20 PM

AA Line.

Sweating someone at 4nl. 55/1 over ~200 hands or so. Quite loose post flop but not particularly aggressive. 200bb effective stacks. He does his...

Started by The Edlets, 07-09-2011 10:57 AM
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07-09-2011 04:11 PM

kk vs ???

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (8 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (MP2) ($5.45) CO ($3.72) Button ($3.92)...

Started by Zorkion, 07-07-2011 07:46 PM
Replies: 21 Views: 1,710
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07-09-2011 12:40 PM

25NL turn decision

UTG is 22/20 over 80 hands, flop cbet 4/6 From a previous hand I thought that this guy would be unlikely to cbet total air 3 way, not that strong of...

Started by Hoopy, 07-08-2011 05:37 PM
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07-08-2011 08:21 PM

General thoughts?

Villain is 12/9, 0% 3bet, cbet 50% over 96 hands. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from...

Started by PKKFW, 07-03-2011 11:42 PM
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07-08-2011 04:39 PM

2nl 18/1 nit with a sb/bb profit. Kinda fun Quiz. Kinda

stupid idea

Started by celtic123, 07-07-2011 11:28 AM
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07-07-2011 01:33 PM

Shove river?

Over all I'm happy with how I played the hand. The table was playing pretty tight and I'm trying to loosen up a little so thought this might be a...

Started by PKKFW, 07-04-2011 12:18 AM
Replies: 7 Views: 1,003
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07-05-2011 04:05 PM

Calling with PP's in the SB

Playing at Party at 4nl I know everything is player dependant but how liberal are you in the SB with PPs?(22-88) Do you just call and hope to hit...

Started by The Edlets, 07-03-2011 04:58 PM
Replies: 14 Views: 1,255
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07-05-2011 03:34 PM

AA from ep vs drawy board

Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (8 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (UTG) ($9.88) UTG+1 ($1.14) MP1 ($4.08)...

Started by Zorkion, 07-04-2011 10:01 PM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,128
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07-05-2011 02:11 PM

QQ vs flush board

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop MP ($2) Button ($3.25) Hero (SB)...

Started by Nekrogovner, 07-01-2011 08:10 PM
Replies: 12 Views: 1,423
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07-05-2011 06:39 AM

25nl 6m, TPTK on turn dry board

villain here is 18/16 over 106 and has 3bet 4/39 (10.26%). has folded to 0/1 Cbets and seems to be shaping up to be a tightish TAG reg. my...

Started by rpm, 06-29-2011 12:28 AM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,023
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07-04-2011 10:33 PM

Line check: 99's in BB 4nl

6max opp (30/25 70h) raises UTG 4x BB folded round to us with 99. What would you do there?^ Flop Q23 Hero? Other notes: he s been betting...

Started by The Edlets, 07-04-2011 06:41 PM
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07-04-2011 10:22 PM

Tough river situation

UTG 110 hands. Seems solid and straight forward. VPIP 31%/20%. Doesn't seem to play position, more a 'cards' man from what I've seen. I put him...

Started by Moradis, 07-04-2011 10:04 AM
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07-04-2011 10:13 PM

how many straight/royal flushes have you gotten? How long have you been playing?

I just got a royal flush and I realized its the only straight/royal flush I have had since I started playing back in August. I was curious and looked...

Started by john111_x, 06-29-2011 03:57 AM
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07-04-2011 11:42 AM

Poker affiliates on carbon

Everyone, I have a question. I apologize if this is in the wrong area of the forum, however my question is does anyone know how to set up Private...

Started by bigstock2001, 07-03-2011 03:04 AM
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07-03-2011 04:14 AM

Been a long time since I rock & rolled

Guys, I've been away from home and poker for a long time. Now I'm back and forgoing tourneys to build a cash game and am looking for coaching. I...

Started by Thunder, 06-30-2011 09:49 AM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,196
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07-02-2011 11:32 PM

What skills/plays are necessary to beat 10NL ?

I'm playing in this days 10NL full ring and I wonder if I try to do plays that not necessary in this level . The play that I mean are : Floating...

Started by ATM, 06-26-2011 05:06 AM
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07-02-2011 10:58 AM

5NL-Playing the nuts oop

All villains are unknown so I cant really put them on ranges in this hand . No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (7 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool...

Started by ATM, 06-27-2011 04:51 PM
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06-30-2011 08:44 PM

10nl- IP AKo in 4bet spot misses flop

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop SB ($9) BB ($14) UTG ($6) MP...

Started by Razvan729, 06-30-2011 10:36 AM
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06-30-2011 08:32 PM

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