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Name: Max
Age: 19
What do you play? Hold'em
At what stakes do you play? Low stakes buy in: 5-20 $
How long have you been playing? A year
Where do you mostly play? College, home games, casino.
Why did you come to FTR? A book told me it was a good idea :p
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?
I want to learn to how to play better poker to win money, I do play mostly for fun.

Name: Jake
Age: 20
What do you play? mostly NL ring games, some NL SNG's, and cheap MTT's lol
At what stakes do you play? .01/.02c and usually 1.10-2.20 SNG's, and .10-1.10 MTT's
How long have you been playing? for a few years, but til now was just something to entertain me
Where do you mostly play? PokerStars, but have tried other sites as well, and sometimes with friends if we set up a game
Why did you come to FTR? to help learn, and elevate, i think i found it on google, not sure tho
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? i have set 2 goals for myself, one reach 5000 hands to examine, and 2, reach a BR of atleast 50$ from my existing 10$ with in a month...my name on PokerStars is smitts_lgp

welcome to FTR!

Hey im from the US. Live in maryland and have been playing poker for about a year now!

Name: Dave
Age: 30
What do you play? SSNL & SnGs
At what stakes do you play? mostly $0.25-$0.50
How long have you been playing? A few years live, about 6 months online
Where do you mostly play? Ongame mostly towergaming
Why did you come to FTR? Been reading the Poker Strategy articles for a while, just discovered the forum. Can't wait to read some great posts/advice
Do you have any goals (and how can we help) Looking to build up my br and move to $1/$2

woot woot! Dave Grohl is a member

Name: Nick
Age: 23
What do you play? Currently 10NL
How long have you been playing? about 3-4 years now on and off
Where do you mostly play? Full Tilt and PS
Why did you come to FTR? When i first started out playing i came across the site and loved all the information available.

I got bit with the poker bug a few years back and started playing online and off obsessivly, but due to things happening in my life took a looong break from the game. Recently i decided it was time to get back into the game and make a serious attempt this time. Im starting out at 10NL with 200$, short term goal would be to build a good sized roll to move up to 25NL.

See ya around!

Hi everyone - I was an admin/moderator on another poker forum but the guy who owned it didnt renew and I miss all the posting and topics. So here I am and here are the answers to the introductory questions.
Name: Caz
Age: hmm thats for me to know
What do you play? mainly SNG and MTT
At what stakes do you play? Cheap!
How long have you been playing? about 4 years
Where do you mostly play? PKR/ sky
Why did you come to FTR? A poker pal recommended it
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? I want to better my play. I find I play well up to a point and then when I get bored with chucking all the rubbish hands away, I go in with rubbish and lose.

Name: Adam
Age: 22
What do you play? Currently focusing on HU sngs
At what stakes do you play? Currently wallowing in the $2+$.15 buy-ins on Full Tilt
How long have you been playing? Was introduced to the game during the internet boom, didn't start playing seriously for cash until a few months ago
Where do you mostly play? Full Tilt
Why did you come to FTR? Found it through Google, and for once it looked like a nice inviting poker forum! Sweet!
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Currently just working on becoming a winning poker player -- which right now means being aware of tilt and variance. As well i'm trying to build my "bankroll" in increments with workable goals.

sweet

Name: LincolnSE
Age: 18

What do you play?
SH & LH limt ring games, micro stakes Sngs, & Freeroll Tourneys.

At what stakes do you play?
Micro Stakes, for now.

How long have you been playing?
2 Months
Where do you mostly play?
Absolute Poker, PokerStars

Why did you come to FTR?
To go from fish to shark.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?
Improve my game at 6-max limt.
Improve my bluffing, & improving my ability to put pple on specific cards.

Name: Phil
Age: 40
What do you play? NL hold'em is fave, will play any form of poker
At what stakes do you play? home games, online low stakes
How long have you been playing? Only really started trying to improve my game recently
Where do you mostly play? friend houses once or twice a week, online Full Tilt and Sportsbook
Why did you come to FTR? Get info to get better and win more!
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Play better/win more

Name: Thom

Age: 36

Location: Atlanta

What do you play: NLHE Micro stakes/$2-$5 SnG & MTT at Full Tilt

How long have you been playing: Been playing poker for years, NLHE for 1-2 years and seriously online (actually tracking cash games and HH) about 1 month.

How did you come to FTR: Google looking for tips and strategies. Lurked for a bit, and now here I am.

Goals: Becoming a winning player and building a bankroll.

Name: Rob
Age: 20
What do you play? NLHE, but will play others on occasion
At what stakes do you play? Low, Very Low
How long have you been playing? 6Months
Where do you mostly play? Online, PokerStars(I don't live near a casino, and Im not aware of any cash games where I live, But I'd love to play those if they're out there.)
Why did you come to FTR? Just found it after search, and Saw the abundance of info, and great grinders. I wanna LEARN.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? I wanna Grind till my Rump in numb, And I wanna make money doing it. I don't have to go on the WSOP Final table to feel good, I wanna expand my knowledge in cash games. I wanna be good enough to play w/ the best, But I don't wanna play with the best.

NAME Dave
AGE 23
WHAT I PLAY NLHE mostly, starting to play some HORSE
STAKES $1-2 NLHE mostly $20-$200 SNG
HOW LONG Started about 4 years ago, getting serious about a year ago
WHERE Absolute and FullTilt, home games, and a few B&M places
WHY COME TO FTR Been browsing the site for about a month now and like what I see. Now I'll post and find out where I went wrong or right.
GOALS Make enough to fund a custom carshop and some more racing, maybe SCCA in a Corvette
BIO Racing is my first love. Starting racing Karts when I was 11, which by the way, if you know someone who wants to race something, get a Kart. I think my dad was sick of just watching so he got us some dirtbikes. Raced those up to last year, 2 kids and no health insurance put me on the sidlines for now. Raced on dirttracks and roadcourse and even a lawnmower race once. A local home game kept me funded for my expensive hobbies and bad habits but that game has since broke. I know of severel times when I was told "no game tonight" but there was. Online I havnt done too good. I dont play proper bankroll and I go for broke, guess where I end up.

Name: Martin

Age: 53

What do you play and what stakes: Currently $5/10 NL Texas Holdem and also like playing Omaha.

How long have you been playing: 2 years

Where do you play: PS, Carbon and Titan

Why did you come to FTR: Just browsing the web and came across and loved it ever since

Goals: To improve at poker and starting winning some good money Razz

hi everyone, stephan from germany , former lurker (for as long as 1 month up till now).
i`ve been a breakeven player at $0.05/0.10 NLHE with a marginally increasing bankroll for a month now, and the only reason i didnt screw it up within the first week is my keen studying of anything written at ftr and elsewhere.
temporarily i`m playing at 888.Pacific poker, next to go to PokerRoom utilizing PokerTracker via an pokersource online Bonus.
I´m quite satisfied with my game until now, for i am a 100% beginner. it got me hooked rather quickly.

future pokergoals are: constant improvement and the guts to move up in limits with an improving bankroll.

cu all around and good luck at the tables

stephan

Hi everybody, great site i must say Very Happy

Im from Denmark, im 23 years old and i have been playing poker a little bit. I have started at very low stakes. My current BR is 115$ (deposited 50$) so i only play 6$ sng's currently on FT but i'm thinking about moving PS, heard its a great site.
But i really hope I can improve my poker skills. My overall goal is to be able to make profitable decisions over the long run. I also dream of becoming Supernova Elite on PS (its probably one of my biggest reason for migrating from to PS).

See you around and gl Very Happy

Michael

Well, now that I'm actively posting I figured I should post in here.

Name: Joe
Age: 25
What do you play? Around 20 hours/week of live home game nl50 and nl100. Lots of freeroll bar tournies (pretty big locally). Online 9-player SNGs and the occasional MTT.
How long have you been playing? Played in casinos several times over the last few years but didn't play heavily until August 2007. Started playing in a variety of local bar freerolls, got into home games around 2 months later, and started playing online in Jan 08.
Where do you mostly play? Stars
Why did you come to FTR? Don't recall how I found FTR, likely through Googling some random strategy question that returned a post. Lurked FTR and 2+2 for awhile, seemed like FTR was a more interesting place to be active in. Although, I lurk on 2+2 and others daily.
Do you have any goals? I really want to grind out SNGs and get several 1000 games under my belt with a respectable ROI. Eventually move into cash grinding after building a nice roll, and take the occasional stab at live event satellites. I'm very much +$ in my local games but would like to improve that area further, esp. given that more and more people I play with are trying to move to poker as a living yet haven't improved their game at all (ie. I hope they become consistent ATMs).
Misc: I'm a PhD student in computer science/engineering. Words of wisdom: poker is very --FT where FT = finishing thesis/dissertation on time.

Name: Will
Age: 21
What do you play? 10nl 6 max, $1-3 mtt's and dabble (poorly) in PLO Very Happy

At what stakes do you play? 0.05/0.10c, 0.10/0.25c
How long have you been playing? Started playing in fun home games about 3 years ago. Took up online about a year and a half ago, only getting serious about 6months.
Where do you mostly play? Usually grinding cash on Stars and mtt's on FTP. Like some of mirco double stack ones.
Why did you come to FTR? Watched a few of Spenda's videos and thought I'd join the community. Hopefully friendlier thant 2+2 haha.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?Goal is to reach 100NL and to finally win an mtt with over 100 people Very Happy

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