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First off, a huge congratulations to those members of FlopTurnRiver who made deep runs in this year's World Series of Poker! The lucky members include Max Steinberg, Danny Steinberg, Adrian Dresel-Velasquez, and Mark Meloche! Max Steinberg, better known as Numbr2intheWorld on the FTR Forums, finished in 2nd place in Event 8, a No Limit Hold'em 3-day event for a massive $350,000. Nice prize!! He also made it to Day 4 of the WSOP Main Event. Danny Steinberg, Max's identical twin, made it to Day 5 to finish in the money of the WSOP Main Event. His 395th place finish netted him a prize of $31,647! He can be found on the forums as Chardrian within the FTR community. He finished in 5th place in Event 12, a Limit Hold'em 3-day event. To compliment his 5th place finish, Dresel-Velasquez was able to take home a $44,000 prize! And making the deepest run in the 2010 WSOP Main Event was Mark Meloche, aka meeloche. He had an outstanding run and finished in 76th place, taking home a nice $94,942! Be sure to visit the FTR poker forum to congratulate both Steinbergs, Dresel-Velasquez, and Meloche on their spectacular finishes! Great job guys!
FlopTurnRiver's poker forum hit the milestone of 1 million posts this July! The lucky forum member to make the 1 millionth post was none other than deanglow. He will be receiving a box full of poker gear and goodies, including t-shirts, hats, cards, books, and more! And to help say thanks to all our major contributing members, FTR will be holding a private $1,000 freeroll on PokerStars, open to all members who have made 1,000 or more contributing posts on FTR! Congratulations and thank you to all the forum members!!
Full Tilt Poker is holding an incredible $100,000 freeroll for all players who make a first deposit during the month of July! Yes, you read that right. One hundred thousand dollars!! This is no small amount, and if you've already made your deposit on Full Tilt, you're probably wishing there was a way you could still get in on the action. But if you haven't made a deposit yet, then this month is your lucky month! To participate, you simply need to make your first time real money deposit on Full Tilt Poker. Full Tilt will then credit your account with one tournament ticket for the $100K First Deposit Freeroll. You then use that ticket to register for the freeroll, found in the freeroll tournament lobby. The only part you then have to do is wait for the freeroll to begin! The $100K First Deposit Freeroll is scheduled to take place on August 1st at 15:30 ET. If you haven't even registered an account at Full Tilt Poker yet, make sure to get that set up so you can make that deposit and play to become a piece of $100,000 richer! When signing up, be sure to use the referral code FLOPTURNRIVER to get the best promotions possible.
PokerStars is offering up 25 tickets for their Turbo Takedown in a special freeroll for members of FlopTurnRiver! The freeroll takes place on August 7th. The details can be found posted in our forum here. Each ticket is valued at $48, giving this freeroll an added value of $1200! In order to play, you must have used FlopTurnRiver's links when creating your PokerStars account and you must earn a minimum of 200 FPPs for the month of July. The Turbo Takedown happens on the last Sunday of each month at PokerStars, and it's a unique treat you don't want to miss. For 3,000 FPPs, you can enter in this $1,000,000 freeroll that awards one brand new Audi TT to the winner! But this month you can enter for just 200 FPPs through the FTR Turbo Takedown Freeroll! If you don't already have your PokerStars account set up, make sure to use the PokerStars marketing code flopturnriver and bonus code Stars600 to get the maximum bonus and extra exclusive promotions!
The Full Tilt Online Poker Series is back! This past April, Full Tilt Poker awarded more than $18 million in prize money over 30 events in FTOPS XVI. Starting on August 4th, FTOPS XVII will offer 34 events with a total guaranteed prize pool worth $19 million! This series features a wide selection of tournaments, each hosted by a Full Tilt Pro, including the massive $3 million guaranteed Main Event. To complement Full Tilt's popular Rush Poker, six Rush Poker Tournaments have been added to the line up. Plus, check out some of these final table bonuses: Everyone who makes the final table of any FTOPS XVII events will receive a limited-edition FTOPS jacket; Players who win an FTOPS XVII event will receive the jacket, along with a gold FTOPS jersey and a coveted gold jersey avatar for use on Full Tilt Poker! The player who finishes 1st on the FTOPS XVII Leaderboard will win a custom Full Tilt Poker avatar and a special prize package which includes entry to every FTOPS XVIII Event (except the Two-Day Event) -- the prize package is expected to be worth approximately $10,000 in tournament entries! If you don't already have an account, sign up at Full Tilt Poker now and start playing! Poker Talk Forum Fanatic | High-Stakes 6max Scenario 
pat3392 asks for some advice regarding folding versus reraising a hand in our Sit-n-Go Tourney Tactics forum.Poker Stars $3.00+$0.40 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t10/t20 Blinds - 10 players The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com Hero (CO): t1500 M = 50 BTN: t1490 M = 49.67 SB: t1480 M = 49.33 BB: t1500 M = 50 UTG: t1730 M = 57.67 UTG+1: t1500 M = 50 UTG+2: t1300 M = 43.33 MP1: t1500 M = 50 MP2: t1500 M = 50 MP3: t1500 M = 50 Pre Flop: (t30) Hero is CO with QsAc 5 folds, MP3 calls t20, Hero raises to t80, 2 folds, BB raises to t220, 1 fold, Hero calls t140 Flop: (t470) 4h9c6c (2 players) BB checks, Hero bets t240, BB raises to t500, Hero folds I really did not know what to do when he raised me... I figured that AQ was ahead of his range(I don't give me opponents too much respect at these low games, perhaps a leak) However he could have quite easily had something like 99 and been ahead so re-raising I thought was incorrect. taipan168: Fold to the preflop 3-bet unless you have a very solid read that BB is aggressive. Whilst low buyin players' ranges can often be quite screwy, that tends to manifest itself in the fact that they will call too loose rather than take the initiative to make a structured 3-bet. Therefore, I don't agree that you are ahead of even an unknown's 3-bet range unless you have a specific read. Nakamura: ^^^ This. And your play doesn't really make sense. You raise PF, then call a re-raise and then lead the flop. Think for a moment what hands you would actually do that with. Perhaps AQ+, TT, JJ .... stronger hands probably re-raise PF. There are no scary cards to represent either like an A or K. Since he has been aggressive PF, you would probably have checked good hands like solid draws, sets and over-pairs and check-raised on the flop or turn. taipan168: I missed the flop that OP led the flop, I thought that there were 2 others in the hand and that Hero checked. I agree with Naka, I definitely do not lead the flop in this case, I check behind and take the free card. Nakamura: Actually, I missed the BB checking too. I thought Hero was leading the flop OOP. Anyway I agree that taking a free turn card is the best play here. BTW, most opponents will need a very strong hand to re-raise in the BB. AQ is seldom ahead of his range, even at a $3.40. drmcboy: def fold to the 3 bet. but once he checksI like bet to get him off AK or AQ or whatever trash. Bet more though, like 3/4 PS to make sure he doesn't peel with AK. Clubs are good but the free card will usually not help or get us into trouble. Click here to read more from this topic in our Poker Forum. Poker News | The November Nine is Set! 
The “November Nine” for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event have been decided. After battling through a field of 7,319 players who each ponied up $10,000 for the chance to win the $8.9 million first prize, only nine players remain for the final table of the Main Event, which will be played on November 6th.With about 7.6 million in chips, 25-year-old poker professional Jason Sentl will be the ultimate short-stack at the table, with 37-year-old Cuong Nguyen close ahead at 9.7 million. Next up is easily the most well-known player in the line-up, 29-year-old Michael “The Grinder” Mizrachi with about 14.5 million in chips. Then we have 26-year-old Filippo Candio and 25-year-old Matthew Jarvis, both sitting around 16.5 million in chips, followed closely by 24-year-old John Racener with 19 million. WSOP Circuit gold ring winner Joseph Cheong is 24 years old and will start final table play with 23.5 million in chips, while the big stacks belong to 24-year-old John Dolan with 46 million and 22-year-old Jonathan Duhamel with a staggering 66 million. Click here to read more of this news. Poker Article | The $6,000,000 Poker Player 
By Spenda
There is a growing debate in today’s poker world over who is the best player around. Many names get offered as the best of the best but there is truly no way to know who the best Texas Hold’em player in the world is. As the game of poker has grown followers have been able to follow the world’s best on television, through the internet, and many other mediums. Even still, with all of the information at our disposal, a clear cut number one has not been settled. Today, we are here to settle the debate. Not with one player, face, or game, but with a combination of the world’s best. There are many factors that go into creating a great poker player, whether it be aggression, hand-reading, ego, table presence, or any of another handful of characteristics, the $6,000,000 poker player must have them all! By picking and choosing from the best in the world we can create our own super-human poker player who will be head and shoulders above the rest. Our test subjects, the current “best” in the world, can be seen on High Stakes Poker Cash Games, Poker after Dark, WSOP broadcasts, and even in nosebleed high-stakes online games at FullTilt Poker and PokerStars. Let’s first dive into creating the best live poker player possible and then we’ll briefly touch on the best internet player(s) as well. 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 | Half-Bet Rule 
The half-bet rule says that if a player puts an amount of chip greater than or equal to one-and-a-half the original amount needed to call, the player is committed to raise.
Example: The amount for me to call was $4. Mistakenly, I put $7 into the pot. Since it was greater than one-and-a-half the original amount to call, I was committed to fully raise to $8. Click here to browse our Poker Dictionary or to add your own poker phrase or term. Exclusive Monthly Events All of our regular monthly private tournaments are listed below. Direct Sign-Up Events are restricted to players who sign up to the poker room via FlopTurnRiver.com. All other Money-Added Tournaments and Freerolls are open to all registered FTR Poker Forum members. 
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