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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

value of tptk in relation to pot size

im sure this is posted somewhere else a million times on these forums but I was thinking about hand "values" today, specifically tptk and to a lesser...

Started by pdk1010, 09-07-2010 09:14 PM
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09-08-2010 04:59 AM

I hate these spots. 2 Hands.

1. Villain is a reg. He's running 26/20 with Bu steal at 43% over 136 hands. I 3bet the last 2 hands and decided to flat this one. He has cbet 6 out...

Started by kmind, 09-07-2010 04:04 PM
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09-08-2010 01:02 AM

10nl 6max - I am very confused

Villain is unknown just sat down bought in full. Not sure what his donk lead means, but I suppose he could have almost any pair/gutter. I decide...

Started by Micro2Macro, 09-07-2010 06:45 PM
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09-07-2010 10:34 PM

Bet-fold Opportunity? AK

Rush poker, no hands on villain. I think checking was a mistake: is this a good bet-fold opportunity? When he bets I have him on a range like this:...

Started by parislad, 09-07-2010 06:27 PM
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09-07-2010 07:21 PM

[Stats] my first 5k hands NL2 SH

Hey guys. After my terrible start playing fullring, I decided to try short handed play and right now I'm doing pretty well after my first 5k...

Started by iLike, 09-07-2010 05:54 AM
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09-07-2010 01:32 PM

Poker calculation help

hi guys, especially maths wizzs. I'm trying to develop my own strategy, something I can call my own and stick with. so, a few questions. How...

Started by napoleonblackwellty, 09-06-2010 07:24 AM
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09-07-2010 10:56 AM

Trying not to scare them off

I don't have any reads because I had only just arrived at the table but most of the players seemed to be playing fairly standard except one who was...

Started by Tasha, 09-05-2010 02:01 PM
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09-07-2010 04:24 AM

10nl 6max - EVERY DAY IM BARRELIN

villain is running 22/12 over 70 hands, 44% ats, hasn't 3bet yet. his wtsd is 20% (2/20) though I didn't see the hands he showed down due to...

Started by Micro2Macro, 09-06-2010 06:08 AM
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09-06-2010 10:22 PM

AKs all in preflop Eevees ?

$0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 5 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG Kupuscsikaja ($4) CO G4mbler4life...

Started by pdk1010, 09-05-2010 06:34 PM
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09-06-2010 01:02 PM

SB Stealing Ranges

Wondering what a good FR 10NL small blind opening range is against someone with zero hands, say for instance, in a Rush game. And also the sizing. I...

Started by parislad, 09-06-2010 09:58 AM
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09-06-2010 12:57 PM

Want to increase your winrate a fuckton?

http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/short-handed-nl-holdem/ive-found-biggest-leak-among-5-1-1-2-grinders-143207.html Read, reread, rereread,...

Started by dranger7070, 07-01-2010 05:55 AM
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09-06-2010 12:08 PM

Something you can do instead of aimlessly browsing the web...

... jerking off etc Or even while!* I'm winning over significant samples at all stakes up to 200NL. Because of stuff that I don't want to get...

Started by oskar, 09-05-2010 10:37 PM
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09-06-2010 09:59 AM

A question about rakeback

I apologize in advance, because i expect that this question has been asked a million times before, but i can't seem to find a thread that answers my...

Started by B-squared, 09-05-2010 10:46 AM
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09-05-2010 05:58 PM

A test that will be deleted.

(The main reason I am posting this is to make sure the hand converter worked, but nonetheless.) The villain here has was going all-in on almost...

Started by Tasha, 09-05-2010 01:40 PM
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09-05-2010 03:07 PM

4NL Is this allin write or rong?

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem 6 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($5.44) UTG+1 ($2.82) CO ($4.40) BTN ...

Started by ButtonMash, 08-27-2010 11:53 AM
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09-05-2010 01:38 PM

Redline (and other) help needed

I know I'm not much good at poker and am seeking to improve. The first part of my graph was doing quite well till I had a very tilty session. I know...

Started by ButtonMash, 09-05-2010 05:50 AM
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09-05-2010 12:29 PM

I can't decide what to do on river

Villain is 30/15 over 30 hands Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($2.15)...

Started by tyrn, 09-04-2010 11:26 PM
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09-05-2010 09:47 AM

Spoony Exercise 5: More Exploitation of Known Strategies

Previous Threads in the Series: Exercise 1 (link), Exercise 2 (link), Exercise 3 (link), Exercise 4 (link) In Exercise 4, we looked at a handful...

Started by spoonitnow, 02-22-2010 07:35 PM
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09-04-2010 11:53 PM

Really wondering about this hand.

i wanted to get some feedback on this hand as the question posed at the end is one that if answered will improve my game alot. $0.01/$0.02 No...

Started by pdk1010, 08-31-2010 09:16 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,045
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09-03-2010 11:18 PM

August Graphs!!!

Fuck ya august is done with. Lets show off what we accomplished this time. First 18.7k hands is 4-9 tabling 10nl, last few is 2-4 tabling...

Started by JKDS, 08-31-2010 08:09 PM
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09-03-2010 09:32 PM

4NL Is this KK a fold?

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem weaktight.com 5 Players Villain is 24/17 3bet 0 over 130 hands Stacks: UTG ($4) Hero ($4.63)

Started by ButtonMash, 09-03-2010 11:12 AM
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09-03-2010 06:28 PM

Would you consider me ready for Micro?

Hello all, Relatively new poker player, I am 23 years of age. Back in my teenage years I would play poker once in a great while and was so-so at it....

Started by Jhart2838, 09-02-2010 07:24 PM
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09-03-2010 01:28 PM

Unknown Overshoves Turn into tptk AK

I don't think he's shoving the turn with a weaker Ace like AJ, but I think he's doing it a lot i think with 2 pair, as it seems quite obvious that...

Started by parislad, 08-24-2010 07:38 PM
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09-02-2010 11:00 PM

25NL A6s vs Fish

Villain is 33/8/3.0 over 25 hands 0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem FullTiltPoker 5 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks:...

Started by kfaess, 09-01-2010 04:16 PM
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09-01-2010 05:59 PM

Theory question (based on a hand)

Ok so this one hand came up a couple of nights ago in a session I was playing. $0.10/$0.25 No Limit Holdem FullTiltPoker 6 Players Hand...

Started by kfaess, 08-25-2010 03:13 AM
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09-01-2010 03:36 PM

Theory Question 8/28

We raise pre-flop and a very loose, very aggressive player post-flop who 3-bets about 4%, calls in the blinds. We see a very dry A-high flop. Villain...

Started by spoonitnow, 08-28-2010 12:26 PM
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08-30-2010 06:10 PM

RUSH 6max 25NL - Repping a monster ~150bb deep. Lucky spew?

No reads on opponent. I'm trying to rep AA, KK, AK on all streets. I planned on shoving basically any non-ace turn card, especially hearts, hoping...

Started by d0nkeylipz, 08-29-2010 01:58 PM
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08-30-2010 10:34 AM

sharing table with Nightgizmo, guidance needed.

Hi All, My first post, but have been lurking around like 1/2 year already. Cant post HH yet, please convert this for me. Appreciate it very much....

Started by andyw, 08-27-2010 01:27 AM
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08-30-2010 08:19 AM

[2NL] 10k Hands Progress Post

A couple super-obvious leaks that I'm already in the process of correcting over the last 2-3k hands in this sample, but have at it since I don't mind...

Started by AvatarKava, 08-29-2010 02:46 AM
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08-30-2010 12:41 AM

Increase/Decrease Fold Equity

How does fold equity change as the street are played out? In particular I'm asking here about fold equity when you go all-in. There seems to be two...

Started by Tasha, 08-22-2010 12:42 PM
fold equity
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08-29-2010 08:20 AM

AA Deep stacked vs/MANIAC 2NL

Villain is 78/76 5.8AF over 37 hands. Check/shoved flop twice no calls. Shoved ATC multiple times. CO is 69/19 over 26 hands. He has shown his shove...

Started by bhaley66, 08-28-2010 04:39 PM
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08-28-2010 09:51 PM

Meh 25NL

villain is 13/9 over 208 67% fold to 3b he's been isoing the guy befor ehim a ton who is 84/0 His timing was to request time, wait 4 seconds and...

Started by Donachello, 08-27-2010 12:42 AM
Replies: 16 Views: 1,254
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08-28-2010 02:23 PM

First 10k hands of FR Rush 10NL

Firstly this is in essence a selfish post :D, I'm posting my results as a motivational tool really and for gaining any advice. Unfortunately just...

Started by parislad, 08-28-2010 08:39 AM
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08-28-2010 09:00 AM

Bet/Fold river with overpair 25NL

I recently posted this hand in my OP and thought it might invoke some worthy discussion. I Feel bet/folding is better than check/calling on this...

Started by nice_aiau, 08-27-2010 08:14 PM
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08-27-2010 11:16 PM

A microbonk RUSH poker survival guide (or lack thereof)

Hey guys, as many of you know it is currently the middle of RUSH week on Full Tilt. For those of you who haven't experimented with RUSH, the concept...

Started by Donachello, 07-15-2010 01:48 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 4,090
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08-27-2010 05:49 PM

Planning for Dummies

so i wanted to start a thread to get a discussion going about planning how we play hands. what im looking for is to generate our probable lines on...

Started by pdk1010, 08-26-2010 03:53 PM
Replies: 17 Views: 2,017
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08-27-2010 05:04 AM

4NL FH Range check

Villain plays 15/14 with 4% 3bet over 400+ hands, seems like a careful winner. He probably sees me as a bit looser. Table has been fairly tight, I...

Started by ButtonMash, 08-26-2010 07:44 AM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,228
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08-26-2010 10:20 PM

99 meets monotone board

Hi, this hand is from a friend of mine who isn't on FTR. I have my own thoughts on it but as I don't play cash I thought I'd post it here for...

Started by kevster, 08-26-2010 04:40 AM
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08-26-2010 03:58 PM

No action with my big hands

Bleahh, I think that I am having my first experience with negative variance, and I am not a fan. It's synergizing with my regular spew to really...

Started by fingerflinger, 08-26-2010 02:35 AM
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08-26-2010 12:49 PM

5NL QQ on A-high flop vs very loose villain

Villain is 52/13/50% AFq over 23 hands. Once, he limped with A2s, hit TPNK, and minbet all 3 streets. More recently, he raised/4bet preflop with...

Started by NightGizmo, 08-23-2010 02:16 PM
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08-25-2010 11:43 AM

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