by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
This month at 100nl on PokerStars I’ve paid $0.056/hand in rake after a sample of ~50k hands. Since I get about 750 hands/hour, this amounts to about $42/hour. This is also 2.8 ptbb/100. To make sure the peoples of the Beginner’s Circle understand this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Featured Poker Psychology, Featured Poker Tools, Featured Strategy, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. PokerStars recently introduced a new mixed-game, 8-game, to their games. 8-game combines eight different poker games in a 6max format, testing a player’s ability in a wide variety of games. 8-game can be played in both a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Poker Downloads
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 3, 2021 | Casino Reviews
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
This is a continuation of Radashack’s essay on Multi-Table Tournament advice and strategies. Click here to read Radashack’s MTT Tournament Advice Part 1. Your Why A large part of success is understanding your motivation to be successful (in anything). So...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Strange 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...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Slots
Video Slots have long been one of the more popular forms of online gambling. Virtually every live and online casino will have a wide range of video slots games for all of their members. For those new to online casinos, the sheer variety of games can be quite...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
In a recent thread on the forums, I asked what people would like to see in this strategy column. Of the responses I received, a number of them required a basic understanding of game theory as regards poker to be able to get into. This post is going to be a jumping off...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
So I have been very successful in lower stakes MTTs and I’m bankrolled substantially enough to start venturing into higher stakes. Thus far I’ve tried five higher stakes tourneys, a few 20s, a fifty and a 100 (Though not bankrolled for it, I had to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 12: Consider the Blinds. A recurring theme of several posts is something like ” I am a great player until about 3/4 of the way through then I never seem to make the money” or “I just cant get to the final table.” Below is posted a blind...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
I have just read a thread in which people said “poker is not all about maths,” “luck is a factor in poker,” “it is not always right to take +$EV decisions.” I am now going to show that everything in poker can be expressed...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Counting Outs Continued In my last post I gave a very cut and dry example of counting outs when you have an open-end straight draw and it is very unlikely that anything else will win you the hand. In that case you have 8 outs. In many cases your outs won’t be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Featured Online Poker, Poker Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Poker Reviews
PokerStars is a global poker room which offers new members a £20 Free Play bonus. Why Play at PokerStars? PokerStars has been the trendsetter in the online poker world for almost a decade now. To this day, they alone represent almost half of all the real money games...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Sometimes there are different ways to try to exploit a player who folds a lot in a certain scenario, and you’re going to have to decide which way will work out the best for you. We’re going to look at the factors that determine how much value we’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. Have you ever wondered what Sit & Go tournaments were available on PokerStars in your favorite games? Have you ever wondered what the buyin levels were, so you could plan your moves up? Well, wonder no more. We here at FTR...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Limit Hold’em, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Limit Texas Holdem vs. No Limit Texas Holdem – the debate goes on. Which game should you master? Well, everyone here at FTR has their own opinion. We have very skilled and profitable players profiting from both forms of the game. I have my opinion too, and No Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Brodie discusses games, seats and opposition in the brick and mortar poker setting. DaNutsInYoEye suggested that someone write up a brief guide to playing poker in B&M venues. I do a fair amount of B&M playing, so I thought I’d start it out as sort of a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 28, 2021 | Video Poker
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Featured SNG, Poker Strategy, SNG
OK, here’s v1.0. Most comments have been incorporated below. Further comments most welcome. There are countless other strategy guides out there; however I thought that since FTR seems to attract a high proportion of beginner/low buy-in SNG players I would...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a nice write-up provided by Texas Calculatem that explains the benefits of using a poker odds calculator while playing online Texas Holdem poker. How To Use An Odds Calculator To Win More Money At Online Poker Do you use a poker odds calculator? I sure hope...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Specific hand strategy First of all, these aren’t all the situations that occur. I only chose to outline the situations that occur very frequently. The situations that don’t come so frequently are the ones you’ll have to confront head on and use your best judgment....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
In last week’s article, we looked at the basic components of EV calculations. We made two very important points that we’re going to use this week: The EV of an event is equal to the EVs of each possible outcome added together. The EV of an individual...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Roulette
Roulette is one of the most entertaining games you can play online or in a brick-and-mortar casino! It brings people who’ve never gambled before together with individuals who’ve been enjoying the game for decades. Roulette also attracts every type of gambler around,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Video Poker
Double Bonus Poker is an enhancement of the Bonus Poker game. The payout structure is pretty much like in Bonus Poker in that four-of-a-kind hands get a boost – the change is that the boost is even bigger, with four aces and four small cards 2-4 paying out twice...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Beginner Poker
This is the second in a series for beginning and intermediate players on building a practical understanding of game theory as regards poker. In our first edition of this series (link), we looked at how attack and defense correspond to exploitation and protecting...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Below you will see an interesting discussion on river check/raises which took place in the High Stakes forum. It started with ISF showing hands and posters such as Sauce123, Massimo, Toadstool, and gabe adding their replies. View the check raise theory...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Hopefully this will be a semi-regular feature where I’m going to make strategy posts or hand analyses of varying lengths on varying Omaha topics depending on my mood. Here’s today’s installment – a hand that I discussed with a friend: Pot Limit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Slots
There are many different places to play video slots online. In fact, there are so many different internet casinos it can be difficult to find the best place to play. When choosing what site to give your action to, you should focus on the variety of games, promotions,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | VIP Programs
Overview At 888 Poker players earn two types of points – Status Points and Reward Points. Status Points are earned at a fixed rate of 1 Point for every $2 generated in rake and are used only to determine a players VIP Status. Reward Points are earned based on a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Featured Poker Rules, Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
Most people have seen people playing poker on TV or in movies. The most common type of poker shown on the tube is going to be no-limit Texas Hold’em. Why? Because it makes for pretty exciting television with people going “all-in” and shoving a huge...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Ideally, this is where you should start playing. The levels before this are pretty useless other than the experience you get by playing the hands. This is where you really need to work on your strategies and learn to play poker more aggressively. You have the general...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 25, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Some people have described the feeling of being overwhelmed by all of the things that go into deciding whether or not they should make a continuation bet. We’re going to make our thinking less stressful and more efficient by looking at the question from a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
If you haven’t read part 1 and part 2, then you’ll need to go ahead and do that before you jump into this week’s article because I’m going to assume that you know and completely understand the contents of those two parts. This week, we’re...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured No Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
I feel like tons of the noobies in the BC have serious misconceptions about microstakes poker. Here are a few I’ve seen lately. 1. The micros are just too fishy to be beat for any decent win rate. 2. The micros are too hard to be beat since UIGEA. 3. The FTR...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 18: Ace on the Turn and Chips to Burn. This situation comes up about a couple of times per tourney. You have a hand where you have a late position bettor or raiser on the flop. You call the see the turn and here comes the big over card to the board. You check to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
These are extraordinary methods, and work best in live games. Getting an opponent on tilt is a lot more rewarding in lives games, too. There’s nothing like the grunts, facial ticks, and the defensive “What the hell bro?!” of an on-tilt,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos
You can clear all of your bonuses at William Hill playing the live games. Many games are offered, including Blackjack, Roulette, Baccarat – each with its own sexy dealer. William Hill Live Dealer Overview William Hill Vegas is an online casino that offers a host...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 24, 2021 | Featured Online Casino, Video Poker
Searching for a quick strategy guide to get some video poker tips? Read and study this page in full and I guarantee it will increase your video poker knowledge! If you can’t remember everything, that’s fine, use it for reference while you’re playing....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Wherever you go these days, be it on poker forums, poker websites or poker magazines, you will be confronted by a myriad of information concerning how to play certain hands in certain situations. Now before I go any further, there is absolutely nothing wrong with...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
“Poker is a game of cards, people and position” – Multiple sources “There is nothing you can do about the cards” – Multiple sources Consider that playing cards well will only get you so far if your ultimate goal is to score as many points as possible. If I’m...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
In last week’s article, we looked at some of the reasons why equity isn’t the end-all, be-all of evaluating how two ranges will perform against each other. With that out of the way, we’re going to be able to get into the nitty gritty aspects of the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
I often get asked this question by players who hate the thought of getting too technical with their poker playing. Many players want to play poker, but they don’t want to be at a great disadvantage to the “Borg” out there. They are the multi-tabling...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 23, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
This is the third installment in the No-Limit Hold’em Foundations Course. Before you read this lesson, you should have completed lesson 1 and lesson 2, and this includes doing the exercises and posting them in the forum threads for each lesson. Also make sure to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
In last week’s article, we looked at the basic ideas that govern game theory in poker on a conceptual level. This week, we’re going to start to look at practical applications of game theory in ways that you can apply to your game right away. To make this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Last week I said that we would look more at the turn. Instead, I’ve decided that we’re going to look at something else that will be more useful: hitting pairs with different ranges. It’s fairly easy to see how many draws ranges have and if those...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
Poker has almost as many constants as it does variables, and that is part of what makes it such an interesting game. You expect that if you play in a tight, solid fashion, the money will eventually flow to you. It may take awhile, and you may run very hot or very...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 22, 2021 | Video Poker
Bonus Poker Deluxe is a close relative of Bonus Poker. The pay structure is actually simpler than in Bonus Poker since all four-of-a-kind hands get the same pay out. The thing to take note of here is that four-of-a-kind pays out bigger than straight flushes, which is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
5 Card Stud is a popular home poker game, but is not offered by many of the online poker rooms. document.write(ParadisePokerA);document.write(ParadisePokerB); and document.write(MansionPokerA);document.write(MansionPokerB); are two of the few online poker rooms that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured Beginner Poker, Featured Poker Psychology, Featured Strategy, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
There are a few moments in a poker player’s career than will define their future. Your inevitable first downswing, that “a-ha!” moment, and moving up in stakes for the first time. Being able to move up to bigger and better games will be crucial in...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
It is often said that poker is a game of partial information. As the betting commences pre-flop, we gain information on our opponents hand. However, in reality, we have no true way of knowing the cards that our opponent holds, except that he cannot hold the cards that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
#3 Value Betting and Bet-Sizing Being able to size bets correctly in No-Limit Hold’em is a critical factor in improving your win-rate. Bet-sizing as a concept is not the easiest to explain or master but I will do my best. There are many different types of bets one...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
(This is a post I wrote a while back which I hope will be useful for newcomers to micro-stakes NL. It should be useful up to 25NL, but it’s specifically aimed at the player of a few weeks’ experience, who understands the basics, but doesn’t know much...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
I have always felt that the playing of overcards presents some of the most difficult situations in limit hold’em at times. When I first started out as an online player, limit hold’em was my main game and these overcard situations were some of the most difficult for me...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Videos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqAv1zhHnOk[/youtube] Playing the bubble requires understanding of who to exploit and when as well as knowing how to not get exploited. In this series you will see a review of hands played on the bubble of 18 and 27 man Sit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 21, 2021 | Casino Reviews
Welcome Bonus At Full Tilt, you can take advantage of a special bonus offer for casino games only in addition to the normal, poker-only bonus. First Deposit Bonus The Bonus is cleared by earning StarsCoin, which you will earn through your casino play. Enter the Bonus...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Picking up on how players breathe can be a very big tell. For example, if you notice a sudden change in how they are breathing, maybe by their chest or if you can hear it, they probably made their hand. If they suddenly start heaving and their chest is expanding more...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Video Poker
Loose Deuces takes its name from the fact that deuces are wild in this Video Poker variant, meaning you can use a deuce in the place of any other card in the deck to make up a hand. If you’ve ever played Deuces Wild before then it should be a familiar concept,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
I’ve been reading about the psychology of winning lately, and I came across this interesting anecdote from a New York Times article: — Cyclone Hart was a powerful puncher who fought as a middleweight out of Philadelphia about 25 years ago. He was as...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Featured SNG, Poker Strategy, SNG
I’m not going to cover the theory underlying ICM as this has been covered much more comprehensively elsewhere (Link here), so these posts are intended to be a step-by-step guide to the following situations that cannot be calculated using SNGPT (note that SNG Wiz...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Most players who are new to online poker will start at the lowest stakes possible, commonly known as “Microstakes”. In general, microstakes are considered to be any poker stakes up to $0.10/$0.25 blinds in NL and $0.50/$1.00 in Limit games. The concept of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 20, 2021 | Blackjack
Blackjack players face the house, not each other. Psychology and game theory do not come into play with blackjack unlike poker; instead it is all about mathematics. Computer simulations have been run to determine the optimal strategy to use in blackjack, and this is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
#2 Poor Table and Seat Selection Table Selection Table selection is an extremely important and overlooked aspect of playing winning poker. There’s an age-old adage: “How would the world’s 10th best player fare if he only played with the 9 players who were...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
(50/100 + 10, 75/150 + 15, 100/200 + 20) You should generally start to open up your starting hand requirements at this stage. Since there are now antes in the pot, the pot is becoming worthwhile to steal. If the hand is folded around to you in a late position, you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Videos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6Z11ep1o9c[/youtube] Grinding sit & go’s, most of the profit comes from heads-up situations. In part 3 you will see a review of 3 more hands played heads-up and the thinking behind maximizing your profits on each...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Poker Psychology
This week’s topic is that of motivation, something that a lot of players have trouble with when it comes to studying to get better. Extrinsic motivation in the form of more money and a better win-rate will only carry you so far, but here we’re going to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 45: What to do When You Win? Winning a large tournament can be quite a high, your bank roll gets a tremendous boost and you feel like the best player in the world. Very likely there are quite a few people who are happy with you, spouses, parents, etc. All of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Poker tells are one of the most important aspects of poker, however they are often deemed less important than the math involved. While playing, it is crucial to observe your opponents in order to get clues as to the cards they are holding or the actions they may take....
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