Welcome to FTR! Introduce yourself here.

Age:
32
What do you play?
hold em , omaha, stud
At what stakes do you play?
micro,small sng buy in's, freeroll's
How long have you been playing?
on and off 3-4 years, with the past 4 months getting very dedicated and serious, read a few books and really trying to apply my game to teh next level,
Where do you mostly play?
pokerstars, fulltilt and ultimate bet
Why did you come to FTR?
I have been ghosting on here for years, just come and try and pick up tips and tactics to improve my game, now im a meber thanks xianti =)
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?
my goal now is to up my br on my favorite sites atleast$50 a week,
I am only a tounry player, I am a master of stealing and hi-jacking antes, pushing people out of pots at the right times,able to make great reads and calls,
But ring games I'll get crushed in 5 hands or less, go figure heh
well thank you all and see you on the felt.

Name: Dean

Age: 23

What do you play? Hold'em, both Limit and NL. Online I try to mix it up with ring-games and SNG tourneys and the occasional large tourney if I have a lot of time to spend.

What stakes do you play? Mostly the micro-limits online and low limits in a B&M Casino like 1-2 NL and 5-10 Limit. My bankroll can't really afford it right now with paying for school and all.

How long have you been playing? I've been in the game and following it for over 4 years now. I didn't get really serious about until 2-3 years ago when I started learning how to deal and can do it as a part-time job on the side.

Where do you mostly play? I started out in the beginning with PokerRoom, because I could just play on any computer without a software download then I gravitated towards UltimateBet for awhile. Now I find myself looking at other sites and/or jumping back to PokerRoom. Casino-wise, I'm Canadian and live in Toronto, so I either head to Niagara or Blue Heron in Port Perry.

Why did you come to FTR? I want to take my game to the next level. I've had relative success in a B&M but always seem to stink it up online. I've started to pile up a sizeable library of books on poker and they've really helped. Now, I'm looking to benefit from the knowledge of the online community aside from my books and personal experiences.

Do you have any goals? I'm just looking to learn. There's so many aspects of the game that I have no idea or have to improve on such as all the calculations that need to happen in a short period of time as well as reading players both online and in real-life. In the end, I just want to be able to be a winning player, no matter the stakes. If I do well in the lower levels, I want to be able to move up and learn to succeed up there as well.

Name: CATALIN
Age: 22
What do you play? TEXAS NL HOLD'EM
At what stakes do you play? 400 and 600NL
How long have you been playing? Started playing online in June of 2006
Where do you mostly play? CD Poker, Titan, VC Poker, Noble Poker, Poker Nordika,
Why did you come to FTR? It just seemed really great to have friendly, experienced players who were willing to help and share their thoughts. It's been said before, but not all poker forums are like that.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? I've been lucking around here for quite some time and i think you can learn a lot more in here than you can from any poker book.

What do you play?
Mostly full-ring limit at the moment. Some SH limit. Some NL for the fun of baiting people into calling my all-ins. I've also been playing around on the new thirty minute sngs (hellkat) that party offer. The occasional NL 50player sng.

At what stakes do you play? micro.
Limit - usually .25-.5 and .5-1, have experimented successfully with 2-4 but got scared (need a bankroll first!).
No Limit - $10 & $25
SnG's $3, $6, $11

How long have you been playing?
Travelling in South America and met a swiss guy who claimed to be making money from online poker. Started about six months ago playing sngs and mtts between surf sessions and bus trips. Won a fifty player mtt early on so thought I could play. Couldn't. The money I lost over that first few months I now consider an investment as i was usually playing only one table and was simultaneously reading a truckload of strategy articles and poker forums.

Where do you mostly play?
Party 'cos that's somehow where I started. Sometime soon I'm hopefully going to deposit $600 at FullTilt for their 100% bonus and some eventual rakeback.

Why did you come to FTR?
Cos I was playing only one table and felt like I had time. Stayed cos there is a mine of information here.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?
Yep.
Goals. Work on my game and try and close my biggest leaks. Learn to crush the limits I'm playing at. Eventually start to understand poker a little. Build a roll - I cleared my accounts to zero in July. Deposited fifty at party and am trying to turn that into a thousand. Decided to withdraw 400 if I got above 500, did that a few days ago. So now trying to turn 100 into 1000... Then. Do some bonus whoring/rakeback playing. Draw out more profit. Hopefully roll myself for 1-2limit and 50nl. Become better at 50 player sngs (I'm good at reaching the last twelve, bad at getting
to the last 3).

how can you help? well, I've started posting and am happy to have the flaws in my game and weaknesses of my observations pointed out.

Name: Scott
Age: 20
What do you play? No-Limit Texas Hold'em - 9 Handed ring games
At what stakes do you play? $0.10/$0.25
How long have you been playing?: 2 years on and off, mostly off
Where do you mostly play?: PokerStars
Why did you come to FTR?: To improve my game and find a place to discuss Poker!
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?: Beating $0.10/$0.25 would be a start, and we'll see from there

Hi, my name is Seain (Pronounced scene, weird huh?) I'm 26 from Australia.

I've been playing online hold'em poker (play money games) on and off for a bit over a year for fun. I've decided to take the step into real money games. I usually only play playmoney MTT's on party poker. Normal games with fake money are just stupid. Get myself to the last table a lot. Though guess it doesn't mean much being fake money and all.

Just deposited some money into PartyPoker with FTR100 bonus

Within a few years I'd like to make a nice side income from playing online. I found this site through google while searching for some tips. Plenty of information here and looks like a nice place to hang out and discuss some (actually a lot) of my short comings.

Can anyone recommend a couple of good books for a beginner player to read to get started? Currently I'm reading Small Stakes Hold'em. It covers a lot of topics which is going to require many re-reads until I fully understand them.

Anyway glad to be a member of what looks like a helpful and knowledgeable community.

Name: Rob
Age: 33
What do you play? NL Ring/6Max/SnG/MTT
At what stakes do you play? $0.25/$0.50
How long have you been playing?: Casually for 4 years but now looking to spend more time playing and improving my game.
Where do you mostly play?: PokerStars, PKR, Ladbrokes. Currently bonus whoring (unsuccessfully) at Absolute Poker.
Why did you come to FTR?: For the hints & tips.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?: To get rid of this fishy smell thats following me around. Hopefully FTR can help if I am brave enough to post some of my hand histories

Name: Kenny

Age: 28

What do you play? umm...poker? Holdem mostly. Omaha now and then for change of pace.

At what stakes do you play? Online, just play money so far. Live, I've played in small $25 tourneys (30-55 players, depending on day/time) and 3/6 LHE.

How long have you been playing? I always hate being associated with anything thats all of the sudden HUGE...like holdem became. I always gave my friends shit over watching poker on TV. Then about 6 months ago I started playing home games with them and my mind has pretty much been stuck on poker since then. I guess not all pop-culture explosions are automatically bad.

Where do you mostly play? Again, online I've just used play money, although I'm depositing my first real money this week after payday. I used to play on Stars only, but I've heard that Full Tilt is good too, so I've been there for the last week. IRL, we have a poker room (they call it a casino, but it's just poker games) closeby where I play. One of our dealers was down in Vegas for the WSOP and made it on TV (briefly, they obviously aren't the stars of the show) dealing final table at the main event.

Why did you come to FTR? I could just copy and paste everyone else's responses here, but basically I want to get good at poker. I'm not a complete donk, but I know I have LOTS of room to improve.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? First, because although the wife likes the winnings, she doesn't handle the losing nights very well (even though I'm in the black overall at this point)....SO, I want to actually build a bankroll to play from so that she can plainly see that I'm not actually LOSING money (anything lost was only won in the first place). At this point it's been "Honey, I'm taking $50 to go play tonight!" No more of that!!!

After that, like everyone else it seems, I want to work my way up through the games, eventually winning enough to provide a good bump to my regular income. I can't imagine ever quitting work to play poker, but if everything went well, I could see dropping the full-time job down to part-time and playing more poker in the off time.

My main problems now are that I'm too tight-passive and that I have no ability to put people on hands. Those are the two parts of my game I'm focusing on at this point.

I just registered a few mins ago. Actually stumbled accross this site a couple of day ago and thought it would be nice to be able to join the discussions, learn some things and maybe hopefully be able to contribute a little, too.

Name: Timo
Age: you know it's not polite to ask that I am 26
What do you play? mostly NLHE cash ring, occasionally a SNG or a Tourney
At what stakes do you play? sucked bad at NL10, got a way better time at NL25 (kinda weird, huh)
How long have you been playing? seriously only a couple of month
Where do you mostly play? I like the FT layout the best, so can mostly be found there ...
Why did you come to FTR? Hope to improve my game and my understanding of the game ...
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? I guess if I improve my game the rest will come in time, too ...

Thanx for the opportunity to become part of the group.


good day
timo

I joined the site a while back but stopped playing poker for a while when "the land of the free" made it more difficult, but I've gotten back into it lately so here goes.

Name: Chad
Age: 30
What do you play? Almost exclusively NL full rings .05/.10 right now, but play some PLOH8 for a change now and again.
How long have you been playing? Played for about a year real heavy before the US changes, now play just in spare time.
Where do you mostly play? Full Tilt mostly or Bodog
Why did you come to FTR? Because if I'm gonna play I wanna win of course! There's soooo much info here I try to just soak up as much as I can.
Do you have any goals and how can we help? Of course I want to be a winning player and move up in stakes. My goals really are to just learn from those with different ideas and more experience. You can help by just keep on doing what you are doing.

Thanks so much!

Name: Nuno
Age: 21
What do you play? 6max nl
At what stakes do you play? 50nl
How long have you been playing? 2/3mo serious
Where do you mostly play? prima
Why did you come to FTR? saw value, seams great community but i know FTR for a long time.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? right now is to have a good stretch at 50nl like 10k 4tbl to prepare a shot to 100nl

Hi my name is William but all my friend call me Will I am happy to join FTR and if you want to meet me come and play at Cake Poker or Full Tilt Poker

Name: Stephen or Stefanos if you prefer as I am Greek.
Age: 52
What do you play? HENL & Omaha
At what stakes do you play? $5-26 SnG's -- Micro at the Ring
How long have you been playing? On-line, real money about 2 months
Where do you mostly play? FTP
Why did you come to FTR? I was searching for an infomative site that was Poker centered rather than people centered. I should explain better ... I am a member at another site but it lacks something, mainly serious informative insight to the games I play. I don't mind dizziness but warm-touchy-feely stuff and Poker ???? don't help me towards my goal (see below.)
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Yes, to become a consistant winner in Tournaments (+18 player) Help? already started; firstly for giving me access to the wealth of information on this site, I joined because I read about half of the 'Tips' by soupie on "How to win MTT" and decided to join there & then, afterwards I continued reading soupie's super stuff and added the page to my Favourites.

Diverse:
1. I don't whine
2. Bad-Beats? the one's I remember are the one's I give to other's except one recently I saw quad Q's beaten by quad K's, OUCH
3. Do I make mistakes? ALL the time, but have the sense to quit like tonight when I was tired and lost 2 x 9, player SnG $5,50 each
4. I hope to improve my game and would in time, enjoy live feedback on my play, but for now I'm happy treading water and moving up the ladder - 1 step up & 2 steps down.

Age: 27
What do you play? NLHE MTT's & STT's
At what stakes do you play? $4-$22
How long have you been playing? Almost 2 years
Where do you mostly play? PS
Why did you come to FTR? To improve my game
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Make $10k playing poker.

Name: Tony, i perfer Lunchbox though...
Age: 21
Country: Canada

What do you play? NLH MMT's, some small cash games, PLO, HU

At what stakes do you play? i occasionally splurge on higher stakes NLH live MMT's, ive had a bit of sucess in them this year. online i try to stay under 30 dollars, and mostly play 5 and 10 dollar MMT's, 25NL, and 10PLO are my favorite cash games to play. $5, $10 HU 4 man S'n'gs are a personal fav of mine.

How long have you been playing? 3-4 years

Where do you mostly play? pokerstars

Why did you come to FTR? to be part of a wicked poker community, learn more about the game, and further ajust my game.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? become a consistant online MMT player

Hello everyone,I just joined the forum.I m 45 and played NL about 2yrs.I like playing online poker most of my spare time. ty see you at the tables

Hello hello.


Name: Greg
Age: 41
What do you play? NLH, Ring and SnG's
At what stakes do you play? .05/.10 ring and 1 + .10 SnG
How long have you been playing? 3 weeks.
Where do you mostly play? UB
Why did you come to FTR? To improve my game play.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? My immediate goal is to get through the beginner's guides and try to learn something. Then move on to the more advanced stuff.



Non poker-wise, I collect NASA memorabilia(I know.... "yawn") and straight razors.

OMG I took my bankroll from 175 to 275 in a week!

IM GOING TO QUIT MY JOB AND TURN PRO I AM SO GOOD.



No but really, I am starting to play poker more seriously now, so expect more posts from me.

Not that I post that much anyway.


Oh and I should fill out the fancy form deal.

Hello hello.


Name: Dave
Age: 21
What do you play? No Limit, Limit, Ring, SNG, MTT, I like to mix it up.
At what stakes do you play? Right now, .50/1 Limit is what I've been playing the last couple days, similar stakes no limit.
How long have you been playing? For real money? A few weeks. For play money, two years or so.
Where do you mostly play? Party Poker, Pokerstars
Why did you come to FTR? To learn, and occasionally say something.
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Get better in general I guess? You can help by sending me lots of money

Name: Austin Cheng (u can call me awesome azn though)
Age:19
What do you play? full ring cash games on Bodog
At what stakes do you play? .5/.10 cent
How long have you been playing? About 2 years, played alot of .25/.50 at college, broke even at best, learned alot though
Where do you mostly play? Bodog
Why did you come to FTR? To improve my game, toasty's beginners guide was useful even though i don't consider myself new =D
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Build my bankroll slowly...i have about 110 bucks get it to about 400 before play 25nl. Again, im not totally new so the switch shuldnt be so bad (Though i dont wanna overestimate my abilities). Learn from the better players..give some pointers when i think i know what im talking about =D

Name: Mike

Age: 24

What do you play and what stakes: Texas Holdem limits 20nl, 50nl.

How long have you been playing: 1,5 years

Where do you mostly play: Carlos Poker

Why did you come to FTR: Searching for a big forum to learn from low/mid stakes players.

Do you have any goals: Mastering 50nl and continue to 100nl.

Name: Josh
Age: 19
What i play: NLH, NL omaha h/L, still freeroll
How long: 2 years
Mostly play: PokerStars, and in college tournies
Why FTR: Was trolling and this site is awesome
Goals: Obviously to win

Hey Guys

Great site. Looking forward to playing one of the FTR tourneys soon

Name: Olly

Age: 26

What do you play? Texas hold'em

At what stakes do you play? $5 Sngs and Mtts.

How long have you been playing? Played on off for about a year when i was at law school but didn't really have the time to play. Now im working i have free time in the evenings so started playing regularly since June 07.

Where do you mostly play? Did play on Party Poker but thought would get better, quicker if I played against less wild players on Pokerstars.

Why did you come to FTR? For the poker strategies and advice.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? My personal best is 4th in a 180 player $4 buy-in. My aim is to get more regular results, control my emotions better and generally play better poker.

My one query (at the moment) is that I've read HOH1 (at the suggestion of the book reviews) and loved it. Looking forward to reading book 2 but was wondering if reading these books by themselves will leave holes in my game and would reading TOP be greatly beneficial ?

Thanks in advance

Originally Posted by 3piecesuite

My one query (at the moment) is that I've read HOH1 (at the suggestion of the book reviews) and loved it. Looking forward to reading book 2 but was wondering if reading these books by themselves will leave holes in my game and would reading TOP be greatly beneficial ?

Thanks in advance

Hi, welcome to FTR!

Reading the HOHs by themselves won't leave holes in your game. Just remember which parts of the books refer to specific parts of any given tournament, and you'll be fine. You should definitely eventually read both (or all 3), though.

Absolutely read TOP, I've heard that it's one of the best books to read if you're gonna read a poker book. I keep trying to read it, but I hate reading so much. It's sitting on my couch and my bookmark is still in the first 5 pages

Suppp Triptanes in the house

Originally Posted by courtiebee

Originally Posted by 3piecesuite

My one query (at the moment) is that I've read HOH1 (at the suggestion of the book reviews) and loved it. Looking forward to reading book 2 but was wondering if reading these books by themselves will leave holes in my game and would reading TOP be greatly beneficial ?

Thanks in advance

Hi, welcome to FTR!

Reading the HOHs by themselves won't leave holes in your game. Just remember which parts of the books refer to specific parts of any given tournament, and you'll be fine. You should definitely eventually read both (or all 3), though.

Absolutely read TOP, I've heard that it's one of the best books to read if you're gonna read a poker book. I keep trying to read it, but I hate reading so much. It's sitting on my couch and my bookmark is still in the first 5 pages

Hey

Thanks for the advice - i will definitely give TOP a read (or try to!) once i'm through HOH2.

Laters

Name: Brian

Age:22

What do you play?NL Holdem FR/6max

At what stakes do you play?5NL Stars... after i lost my first 2 buyins at FTP i quit for a while to concentrate on school. I played a party in the bahamas with Daniel negreanu, came in 90th for 3.50 and turned that into 16 over the past couple weeks

How long have you been playing?Started March 2007

Why did you come to FTR? I found the site back in May i think, idr. After i lost my first buy in at FTP i began looking for information. I think i googled no limit holdem forums

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Hmm, well ive already learned a great deal about the abc's of poker from this site, until i move up in limits ill prob just post some of the trickier hands... Oh yeah goals: to make as much money as possible from playing poker.

Here goes the first post.

Name: Roy

Age: 27

What do you play: Right now I'm playing 5NL trying to grow my bankroll to 25NL by the new year. Some 6-Max and mainly full-ring. Also occasionally play a $5 SNG.

Where do you play: Right now I've been playing at CDPoker. Also have an account at PS. Started at CDPoker because they'll give you $30 free if you signup through some other site I can't remember right now. Not your standard 20-30 buy-ins but if you're careful it can get you started. Got it up to 180 in the last month so it's a start.

When did you start playing: Learned to play back in University about 7 years ago. Played in some small home games on and off for a few years. Started playing online in 2005 then got extremely busy with work and renovating my house so I only started playing again in Aug 07.

Why did you come to FTR: I can't remember how I got here but I'm sure it was through Google. Liked the content, and have been lurking reading the forums for the past month or so. Have learned alot since I started visiting the site regularly. My first online experience back in 05 was something like deposit $100 on PS fluctuate up and down but generally down. After about 3 months have nothing. This time I decided to read and am having some success.

Goals: First goal is to grow my bankroll where I can play 25nl by the new year. After that, I'm not sure, but it will come to me.

Name: Dude
Age: 30

What do you play: FR - 10nl or 50 bb buyin at 25 NL

Where do you play: Party poker (canadian)

When did you start playing: Last year in 06. Went and played a live game with a friend and loved it. Since then I've put $50 in PP and lost it, another $50 has seen me through the next year. Still playing small stakes but trying to grow it. Mainly entertainment play for me

Why did you come to FTR: Looking up strat articles and liked the site. I read a few others but FTR makes up the backbone of my reading. Lurked for a long time, thought it was time to be able to post hands and be more involved.

Goals: $500 BR so I can play some honest $25 NL

Name: Alex

Age: 20

What do you play: I play cash games atm. I'm about to move into the 5nl from 2nl. I play 6 max and a MTT once a week.

Where do you play: At the moment i'm playing on Pokerstars i haven't played anywhere else and i'm going to continue playing on there until i build my bankroll a little bit.

When did you start playing: I started playing poker about 3 months ago.

Why did you come to FTR: I goggled something about poker, and this website came up. It had what i was looking for at the time, so when ever i needed something i just came back and found it. The forums look really inviting as everyone seems so helpful on helping other people improve unlike some other websites.

Goals: Since i've only been playing for a few months. I'm just gonna work my way up from the bottom stakes as i learn how to play. I've got 3 years left till i graduate uni, so i've got some time up my sleeve.

Been lurking for a while. Time to post.

Name: Chad
Age: 37
Location: OK
What do you play? Mostly LHE Ring and NLHE MTT
At what stakes? Small stakes, up to $3-6, down to $.5-1
How long playing? 3 years
Where do you play? PS, AP, Bodog
Why did you come to FTR? The most active and friendliest poker forum around.
Any goals? Continue improving my MTT game, learn better strategy for rebuy tourneys

The last 5 people that posted in this thread barely have a combined 10 posts!!!!!!

Name: Verde (as Green in English)

Age: 21

What do you Play: NLHE, 5Draw, 7Stud, Omaga Hi/Low

At what stakes do you play? As pretty low as 2.5/5$

How long have you been playing? About a year, but online 4 months

Where do you mostly play? PartyPoker, FullTilt and going play too on BoDog

Why did you come to FTR? I really enjoyed the 'strategies' section, and then moved read on the forum, about a month ago

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Improve skills, make a bakroll to enter on local Sit'n Go (here on Brazil, to play a table u need to spent $1k), pay my debits to deposit money to play online for real money.

I wanna be member of some Online Poker Team, like Bodog or some other. Play several tournaments and collect bracelets and trophies, dont mather from where.

Name: Ray
Age: 25
What do you play? NLhe
At what stakes do you play? 10 FR, 3-5 stg's
How long have you been playing? almost year and a half
Where do you mostly play? started at PS, migrated to FT, then found the sea of fish known as UB (went there to start my bonus whoring campaign lol)
Why did you come to FTR? to soak in the knowledge of poker "strategery"
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? like most everyone else on here, work the br management and see about making some money

Hi! Just wanted to stop by and introduce myself.
Looking forward to seeing You all at the tables.
My Alias is: Stashglow

Name: Stan
Age: 54
What do you play? Texas holdem and Omaha H\L
At what stakes do you play? varies
How long have you been playing? 1year
Where do you mostly play? Doyles, Cake Poker, Poker Dream etc
Why did you come to FTR? Heard about it on the internet
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? I want to win any help is much appreciated.

Hi all!

Just wanted to introduce myself. My name is Roger, but I am called Erik - which is my second name. If you are to call me by name, pls use Erik.

I am 30 years old and have played poker online for about 3 years and improving. My strong things are MTT's and S'n'g but I also play CG around NL50 with a mix TAG/LAG.

I am looking forward to be a member of this cool forum!

Thank you!

Hey Everyone

Newsflash: Yet Another Lurker Turns Poster, Scientists Blame Global Warming

Name: Robin

Age: 26

What do you play? Usually NLHE, I like Omaha8 too

At what stakes do you play? $10 full ring, $5 tourneys (not for long)

How long have you been playing? six months

Where do you mostly play? Paradise (not for long)

Why did you come to FTR? I've been lurking here for, err, six months. Can't remember how I first found the site. Very nice forum, very clever people!

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? Hmm... can someone help by giving me a sensible goal for the next year? Six months turned $20 into $550. Is $550 -> $3000 about right or too optimistic?

Name: Martin
Age: 22
What do you play and what stakes: mostly sit n goes, 1-10 $ buyins

How long have you been playing: About a year
Where do you mostly play: Ongame network and Ipoker
Why did you come to FTR: Been reading the forums here for a while, just never registered. Came now for some advice since I have run into some bad sit n goes lately.
Do you have any goals: To improve my level of play

Name: Dennis
Age: 20
What do you play? Mainly hold 'em, but occasionally 2NL omaha for change of pace/fun.
At what stakes do you play? 10NL
How long have you been playing? Home games: about 2 years, online: 8 months
Where do you mostly play? Pokerstars
Why did you come to FTR? Wanted to figure out why I was such a shitty player.
Do you have any goals ? Be a consistently winning player, play someday at 100NL stakes.

Greetings.

Probably hard to guess, but I am a big Colts fan. (And Pacers and Notre Dame) Anyhoo....

I actually don't play alot online, but I play alot of freerolls in taverns and go to Atlantic City about once a month. Was touring around and saw this site, and it seemed like it had some decent stuff to think about, so, what the hay.

(Turn your nose up at my free tavern play if you want...I can take it!!)

Go Colts.

welcome, glad we got another irish fan

Hi All,
I'm from Holland and playing poker for some time.
I still consider myself as a beginner.
Even that I played a long time now I play only low stacks.
I started playing PP/PS for playchips ... 3 months back I made my first deposit on PS and played $1 speed SNG's.
First SNG I made it to 4th spot and made. 3th time I even made it to 2nd. After that a lot of losses ... and made a 5th spot later one ....

Cash games didn't go wel .. after I was down to $5 I wanted to go back to $10 and play tight. But every time I made a nice hand (straight, flush, full house) there was somebody with better cards ....... so I lost te rest.

Now I'm gonna make a new deposit, but not sure wich site I will use ... PS have lower tourneys/SNG's, PP could be more fun because some friends play there ....

I play for FUN and not to make money .. I don't make a mistake by thinking that i'm good and make some money ... just the fun and not loose to much money ..

BTW: I did one live SNG at the casino ... 10 players ... €10 buy-in and became first and won €50,--

EDIT: I see that I am a member as of july 2007 .. I think I started playing poker 2 month before that.
I did make some posts I thought, but it's not counting ....

Name: Andrew

Age: 24

What do you play?: Mostly small stakes NL.

At what stakes do you play?: The lowest possible right now until the BR and experience is built.

How long have you been playing?: On and off around 10 years, I played heavy for a bit a few years ago (and a former "ghost" member of this place) but lost the BR and just getting back in the game.

Where do you mostly play?: PartyPoker

Why did you come to FTR?: To learn.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)?: To be an overall good poker player and a potentially good/great NL player.

I'm really looking to learn from everyone here to improve my game. I guess you could call me a "rogue naturale". I've been playing cards for a long time, self-taught, and a completely bloody maverick. I've finally learned - the hard way - that without a solid foundation beneath me I'll always end up crashing and burning. So, here I am.

A.

Name: Michelle
Age: 42

What do you play? - I mostly play online, just recently like yesterday I played in my 2nd tournament in AC (first time was Las Vegas) I placed 21 no money but it was a great experience I know now that I will be playing in more live tournaments.

At what stakes do you play? - Right now low stakes I am thinking of stepping it up online to more, live games I am starting out at $40 with a rake of $10.

How long have you been playing? - I have been playing for about 5 years.

Where do you mostly play? - online

Why did you come to FTR? - to meet other players I also would like to find good local places to play. I am on long island going to AC, FW is good but I am not always interested in traveling 2-3 hours to a game. It would be nice to find something in NYC or even closer like suffolk or nassau county.

Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? - My goal is to one day play in the WSOP. In the near future I will be playing in more live tournaments so that I have more experience to draw that experience. FTR can help by offering any tools, tips and suggestions for what one should do to prepare to play in the WSOP tournament.

thanks

Michellle

Originally Posted by LadyAces

Name: Michelle
Age: 42

pics pls

welcome to FTR

Name
SamIam

Age:
old and decrepid

What do you play
Mostly NLHE but dabble in fixed as well. New found obsession with nl O8 and fixed omaha

At what stakes do you play?
micro

How long have you been playing?
online about 2 plus years and live about 5 years

Where do you mostly play?
Stars

Why did you come to FTR?
Cuz I mostly suck and want to improve.
Do you have any goals and how can we help?
No specific goals but would like to have an roi that is positive. I have been mostly a losing player. My money lasts a long time but I usually donk off my roll and have to rebuy. I mostly play MTT's and Sng's but also play a little full ring FLO8.
I have lurked here for sometime and really believe that many of the posts have slowed the hemorrhaging of my money. So thanks for that.

Hi Guys!

I'm Mikey,

I am 34

I Play texas holdem

I have been playing since my 19 year oldnephew taught me the basics over christmas then stole all my cash

I play on PKR (which is great) and 2 ipoker sites, and cardoza games (but not too happy with them.

i googled poker forums and Ftp came quite high and seemed good. The main reason i joined is to find out more about what seems an interesting game and not loose as much money. I am after some advice on what to read. Any other tips would be good. I also want to know why i havent yet recived the free books that cardoza games promised me? I havent yet recived a reply from the site.

Name: Jim
Age: 33
What do you play? NLHE
At what stakes do you play? Currently $2 ring to build a roll the proper way.
How long have you been playing? Since July of '07
Where do you mostly play? Pokerstars
Why did you come to FTR? To improve
Do you have any goals (and how can we help)? To move up through the ring game stakes (as I'm ready) and build a nice roll for making some supplemental side cash and to be able to play in the higher $ MTTs (Sunday Million etc)

I definately need help in a few areas! I'm sure they will be addressed bit by bit as I read and post.

hi all... my name is julie and i have been playing poker online for about 2 years. My favorite place to play is pokerstars Hope to see ya at the tables

Name: Matt

Age: 23

What do you play and what stakes: NL Holdem. I'm sticking with the $3.40 turbo SnGs. I have a small bankroll but I can't wait to increase it and move up as I learn more.

How long have you been playing: I learned in mid-high school. Maybe 6 years ago? I learned with givememyleg... we played without blinds because we had no idea what they were Come a long way since then.

Where do you mostly play: Strictly PokerStars. I want to get a big enough bankroll to play all the bonuses on other U.S. friendly sites.

Why did you come to FTR: Mainly because my buddy givememyleg pretty much lives on this forum. An d because I want to be part of a community and learn how to be a better player at the same time.

Do you have any goals: Goals... simply put, to better my game. I'm not terrible at poker, but I'm no where even near good. I have poor discipline and an overall lack of the knowledge I need. And of course, to be profitable.

*Note: I doubt anyone would remember me, but a while back I joined the forum under the name FatteyMattey. This is my new account, and hopefully I'll be more active this time around.