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Happy Holidays! See You In 2010!
Can you play "Jingle Bells?" No. No. I mean "Jingle Bells." You know. Deck them halls and all that stuff? No! No! You don't get it at all. I mean "Jingle Bells." You know. Santa Claus and "Ho Ho Ho" and mistletoe and presents to pretty girls? - Lucy van Pelt We at FlopTurnRiver.com sincerely thank you for being a part of our community. May you have a safe and happy holiday season and a healthy and fulfilling new year. What's New vBulletin Is Coming To FTR 
In the new year, we will be converting our forum from phpBB to vBulletin. Many of you already know this is a welcome upgrade and are looking forward to the change. For those of you unfamiliar with the different forum platforms, all you need to know is that the basic look and feel will not be very different. All existing accounts and messages will remain intact after the conversion. The improvements are in additional user and administrative options and, most importantly, better security for the site.Watch for news in our Announcements forum on the date of the conversion in January. There will be a period of up to 12 hours when our forum will be locked. Once we are live with vBulletin, please report any bugs, errors, suggestions or comments in our Feedback forum. Your help in getting our beloved forum working smoothly for everyone will be much appreciated. If you are unable to log in to your forum account after the conversion, please send an email to xianti  and givememyleg.
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In this excerpt, gametight receives some wisdom from our Full Ring NLH regulars about this interesting hand.
Villain is xxvinivicixx 11/9/3.6 and a winning reg No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (BB) ($100) UTG ($116.15) UTG+1 ($121.20) MP1 ($103.15) MP2 ($49.30) MP3 ($100) CO ($50.85) Button ($100) SB ($106.70) Preflop: Hero is BB with K  , Q3 folds, MP2 calls $1, MP3 bets $4, 3 folds, Hero calls $3, MP2 calls $3 Flop: ($12.50) K  , 7 , 8 (3 players)Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets $8, Hero calls $8, 1 fold Turn: ($28.50) 3 (2 players)Hero checks, MP3 checks River: ($28.50) Q (2 players)Hero bets $23, MP3 raises $88 (All-In), Hero ?? ... badgers: he probably has QQ but his line makes so little sense that I want to call. But vini doesn't bluff much and I can't see him raising KQ for value since we can have 77/88 and he knows his own image. Obviously his line is fairly nonsensical but I think he knows this and wouldn't bluff here. It would be such a wacky bluff and that is complete out of character for vini so I think it's a fold. Pelion: Im not massively sure what hands make sense from which positions with FR stats. Would he fold KQ preflop from this position? It definitly looks like KQ/QQ/bluff, and bluffs given the line and the fact hes a winning nit just arent likely at all. Deanglow: you're splitting at best, looks like a pretty simple fold Click here to read more from this topic in our Poker Forum. Poker News | Heads Shaved at WPT Doyle Brunson Classic 
The World Poker Tour Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic is a traditional end-of-year high-stakes event which draws in all the big name pros from Las Vegas and beyond. This year’s WPTDBFDWPC, as it is not known for short, was as star-studded as ever, with everyone from Doyle to Dwan on hand to put up the $15,000 entry fee. This unusually high concentration of pros also presented the perfect opportunity for a little piece of festive goodwill.
Relentless charity-monger Barry Greenstein implored poker players to come along to Phil Ivey’s palatial Vegas homestead to have their heads shaved. They were submitting themselves on behalf of Thuy Doan, a 23 year old poker pro who was recently diagnosed with cancer. After graduating from college and becoming a full time poker player, Thuy’s plans were knocked for six with the news that she has a tumor behind her left knee. The Chemotherapy treatment caused her hair to fall out, so, like many cancer patients, she decided to shave it all of. In recognition of her struggle and strength, a group of 17 players heeded Barry’s call and had their own locks chopped off. Click here to read more of this news. Poker Article | Adjusting to Fish in Low-Stakes 6-Max Limit Hold'em 
By Carl "The Dean" SampsonStrange as it may seem, many players who go looking for weak players in poker games end up not knowing what to do once they find them. Quite often they make the wrong adjustments and end up either recycling money or becoming frustrated and thus leaving what are immensely profitable opportunities. It is only a few weeks ago that I read about a strong player who was having an experiment at NL50 and lost forty buy-ins before they pulled it around. I find this somewhat staggering but that’s a different story. If you are using tracking software then you may want to know what type of metrics you need to be looking for to class a player as a fish. It should also be mentioned here which level I am talking about. Primarily you can find fish at all levels even up to middle limits although they are somewhat rare these days. A typical fish would look somewhat like the following when addressing tracker stats, 58/10/0.5. There will be slight variations on this but any player who is entering lots of pots by limping and has a low aggression factor is a definite fish. Their low PFR means that you can narrow down their range quite well when they raise pre-flop so you can deny them value on their better hands and punish them when they are behind. These are perhaps the most exploitable players in limit play or in any form of poker for that matter. Their low aggression factor means that they call too much and they do not raise! You will find these players at levels like $1-$2 and with the very high rake at these levels then you may just need a couple of players like this to make a decent rate. Click here to read more from this article. Or click here to submit your own thoughts on a poker topic and you may get published in our Poker Articles library! Poker Dictionary | Sexy 
A play originating in Limit Hold'em, where the previous street's aggressor goes for a check-raise. For example, you bet the turn and the button calls, you then check-raise the river.
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