Beginner's Forum FAQ (Please read before posting)

[spoonitnow]

If you were linked to this post, it's probably because you didn't follow it. Get to reading and post reads/stats/ranges next time.

If you aren't sure which forum your post belongs in, here is a list:

• All NLHE 25NL or Lower - Beginner's Circle
• All Heads Up NLHE - Heads-Up NL Hold'em
• Full Ring NLHE 50NL to 600NL - Full Ring NL Hold'em
• 6-Max NLHE 50NL to 600NL - Short-Handed NL Hold'em
• All NLHE Higher than 600NL - High Stakes NL Hold'em
• All Sit-and-Go Hands - Sit-n-Go Tourney Tactics
• All Multi-Table Tourney Hands - Multi-Table Tourney Tactics
• All Limit Hold'em Hands - Limit Hold'em
• All Omaha Hands - Omaha Poker
• All Other Poker Games - Every Which Poker

The goal of posting hands is to gain a better understanding of poker. There are a few things you can do to make sure you get the most out of every hand you post. By following these guidelines, not only does it help you improve faster by getting more out of each posted hand, but it also helps others get more out of the discussion of your hands, so it's better for everyone as a whole if you do the following:

1. Use the HH Converter. Using the converter makes it a lot easier to read your hand in the bulletin board format, so you're more likely to have people reply to your thread. It also makes it less likely that people misread what went on in your hand, which can only lead to confusion.

2. Give any stats or reads on the opponents in question. This includes any table image you may have as well. So many decisions in poker come down to our opponents' tendencies and what our opponents think of us at any given time, so if you don't post this information, you will rarely get good replies since it's often too difficult to determine what the best course of action is if you're only given the hand history and nothing else. As a result of posting stats and reads, you will get better replies, which will increase the benefit you receive from posting hands.

3. Don't show the results of the hand. This includes whatever action you took during the decision you're asking about. For example, instead of setting up a question like "Should I have called on the river here?" you should edit out your decision on that street and the result of the hand and ask something like "Is a call +EV here, or should I just fold?" If you post results, you skew the replies you get and the type of advice you can get in the hand, which will severely lower the potential for growth you have in posting any single particular hand.

4. Don't post bad beats or coolers for the sake of posting bad beats or coolers.