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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.

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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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Hello,

Louise from Calgary - Texas Holdem

Name: Joe

Age: 30

What do you play? NLHE MTT's and SnG's

At what stakes do you play? Low ones Wink

How long have you been playing? Since about 2001 on and off

Where do you mostly play? 'stars mostly some times at Party and v rarely at Full Tilt

Why did you come to FTR? Followed a link off of another site

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? To just build a decent BR

Name :Stewart
What do you play?: 10NL Full ring & 6max.
How long? 4 months.
Where? PokerStars.
Why did you come to FTR ? I am a sponge, and this is the best place to soak up Knowledge.

My name is Don
age 33
experience 3yrs (mostly live games) I am fairly new to the online seen

I play at Sportsbook, and will be moving to PokerStars after my game inproves.
Level .10/.20 ring games.

My goal is within the next 4 years to be able to play for a living once I retire from the military.

I stumbled on FTR by luck and once i started looking at the site, I realized this is a great place to learn online poker. I agree with some of the other thread this is truly a place were people make people better at this game.

Name: Praetorianoctem
Age: Old enough to KNOW better, but young enough to do it AGAIN
What do you play? NLHE, Tournament Spades, Omaha Hi
At what stakes do you play? Any, the variance in play from Hi to low stakes keeps the game fresh, and keeps my game varied
How long have you been playing? close to 5 years for poker, nearly 15 for T-Spades
Where do you mostly play? UB , Stars, Tilt
Why did you come to FTR? I was browsing the net for some charts on odds and probabilities, to show to a friend, thats how I found FTR
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? My personal goal is to elevate my game to a level where I can play cards for my Income, dont necessarily need or want to be famous, just want to do what I love for a living, and i love holdem. As far as help, I am always trying to learn more and to expand and vary my game, so I am sure that being a member here can only be a good thing for me.

Age: 28

What do you play? Mostly NLHE mtt/sng, but starting to play HORSE for a change of pace.

At what stakes do you play? $5-$25 mtt, and $20-$30 sng.

How long have you been playing? Started in '05 playing home games and casinos, then online in '07. Recently became more serious about playing during graduate school to help with bills.

Where do you mostly play? Full Tilt/Bodog, and occasionally PS (small roll and not enough time to grind there).

Why did you come to FTR? I was running good that day. I found FTR and other strategy sites through google, but stuck with FTR because of its intelligent/friendly community members, and excellent user interface.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? My short term goal is to improve my mtt game and get my BR over 5k. In the long term I want to move up to mtt's with 5 figure payouts for 1st, and win one Smile

Name: Martin
Age: 23
What do you play? 99% NLHE SnG's and very rarely some 7-card-stud. Will try my hand at 5-card-draw tonight as for some reason I think it might suit me well.
At what stakes do you play? $1+$0,30 Rolling Eyes

I'm hoping that if I can beat this entry fee then I can beat everything. Currently having a ROI of about 25% over 140 tournaments.
How long have you been playing? On a regular basis for about half a year.
Where do you mostly play? PokerRoom
Why did you come to FTR? I was looking for a place where I could read about NLHE strategy.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Short term goal is to build my BR so that I could switch to $5+$0,50. Long term goal is become a winning player at $50 level.

Name: Mark
Age: 21
What do you play? PokerStars and FullTilt
At what stakes do you play? Micro limits moving based on BR
How long have you been playing? 6 years live cash/tourneys
Where do you mostly play? Stars
Why did you come to FTR? A respected member of FTR recommended I join.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? To become a successful online MTT player.

Name: Abe
Age: 42
What do you play? Primarily Limit Hold 'Em, but I throw an SnG in every once in a while.
At what stakes do you play? .25/.50
How long have you been playing? Since late 2003, of course.
Where do you mostly play? Poker Stars
Why did you come to FTR? To learn from the best.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Simple goal is to keep learning, moving up limit's and having fun as a small stakes grinder.

Name: Kristen
Age: 22
What do you play? Texas Hold'em
At what stakes do you play? Nothing too high
How long have you been playing? My boyfriend taught me how to play about 4 years ago, I still know how to play, but I haven't played in at least 2 years
Where do you mostly play? ahh....at home? haha, I'm lame
Why did you come to FTR? My boyfriend lives on this site, works for it, and got me a job here too
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Just wanted to say hi Razz

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