Recent Posts by Tyson Tanaka
Tyson Tanaka has been playing poker since 2002 and founded FlopTurnRiver.com in 2003. Tyson currently resides in California.
by Tyson Tanaka | May 30, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
There are two things about the Borgata Casino bonuses that really stand out. First, you can get free money for starting your bankroll right off the bat. Second, you’ll get some of the best terms and conditions on a welcome bonus that you can find anywhere....
by Tyson Tanaka | May 30, 2020 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy, SNG
This is the fifth part of a series of tutorials teaching people how to perform expected value calculations with a minimum amount of math. Please read through the first four parts of this series before you start into this segment on tournament calculations. While the...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 29, 2020 | Beginner Poker
Introduction This is the sixth part of the free NLHE Foundations Series that I’m running here on FTR. This series is designed to give you a very clear set of tools that will teach you how to study what will really make you a better NLHE poker player. If you want...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 29, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 28, 2020 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
This article aims to express just why, in a theoretical sense, you can’t play poker under rolled. It’s for people at all levels of the game who don’t know/havn’t read this stuff, and I really hope to be explicit. There are also points that even...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 28, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 28, 2020 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
A lot of people get caught up thinking about what cards are going to come after the flop when they are considering a continuation bet. However, it’s usually more important to think about betting and position. When you’re considering making a continuation...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 27, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Videos
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scIojiOtSY4[/youtube] Grinding 18 or 27 man sit & go’s, most of the profit comes from heads-up situations. This time you will see a review of 3 hands played heads-up and the thinking behind maximizing your profits on...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 27, 2020 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
NLHE Foundations Course This is the second lesson in the free No-Limit Hold’em foundations course, and all you have to do to sign up is create an account (if you haven’t already) and post in the forum thread I just linked to saying you want in. I’ll...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 27, 2020 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Let’s face it, we all know how important aggression is in poker. But years ago I used to remark how easy it was to be aggressive and that anyone could do it. If I told a novice player to empty the clip every time he entered a pot then his violent aggression...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 27, 2020 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
The play here isn’t too much different. After playing 10,000-15,000 hands of .5/1, you should be more than bankrolled to play at the $1/2 limit. document.write(BwinPokerA);document.write(BwinPokerB); players are a mixture of loose/tight players but they all play...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 26, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 26, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
As one of the most recognized names in gambling, it’s not all that surprising that some excellent William Hill bonus offers are available for players. How to Claim the William Hill Casino Bonuses When you create a new account at William Hill through our special...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 26, 2020 | Video Poker
Double Jackpot Poker is very closely based on the classic Jacks or Better but there are enough changes to make it worth reading up on. This video poker variant breaks down the Four-of-a-Kind holding into five different holdings, depending on the value of the cards...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 26, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
This article explains the relationship between iPhone/iDevices and online poker. It also explains the current problems with playing poker on your iPhone. If you would like to read our detailed how-to article explaining how to play poker through your iPhone, please...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 26, 2020 | Slots
There are both similarities and differences when playing online video slots compared to playing at a casino. Both have their pros and cons, but in general, playing at an internet casino is much more convenient, profitable, and fun. The biggest benefits to playing...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
This is my winning essay, cross-posted in the win money, coaching from nutsinho thread. I agree with nutsinho that I should have discussed bluffing more. I also suspect that many will have a problem with my supposed ranges. I wrote the essay as a FR player guessing at...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
I am going to reveal something that I think is of immense use to any poker player. While it is critical to know how to play the game well, this is only a tiny part of being a successful poker player. Playing poker has so many similarities to financial trading that it...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
We’ve all run across players who refuse to put their money in the pot without the benefit of premium cards. Indeed, players who wait on suited connectors, pocket pairs, or high face cards are practicing sound poker strategy, and will almost always make deep runs...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Featured MTT, MTT, Poker Strategy
We’ve all been in this situation before: We’re on the bubble, our stack is down to 10 big blinds, it is folded around to us in the small blind, and we look down at J8o. Is it good enough to push or should we wait for a better spot? In this series...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Featured Online Poker, Poker Bonus Codes
PokerStars Marketing Code: FlopTurnRiver When creating a new account, you will come to a window that asks for your email address and country of residence. On this screen, you will also see “How did you hear about PokerStars?” From the “Choose...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use the Moneygaming Casino Bonuses Taking advantage of the bonuses and promotions that Moneygaming offers is completely hassle-free! That’s because you don’t even need to use a Moneygaming Casino bonus code to get one! Just make a qualifying deposit and your...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 25, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Here we will present some basic scenarios so you can see what your poker odds are of getting dealt certain cards or making certain hands. If you’re interested in some online poker calculators, visit our Poker Tools section where we have our own FTR Poker Odds...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 24, 2020 | Live Dealer Casinos
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 24, 2020 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Being emotionally compromised while playing a precision game like poker is the same thing as taking your buy-in and dropping the chips by the handful into a wood chipper. In summary, it’s a bad idea. (Unless burning through money is a hobby of yours. In which...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 24, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 2 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results. The unit for EV is average profit in big...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 24, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 24, 2020 | Poker Reviews
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
The main Casino Tropez bonus code will give you a good amount of value, but their atypical refund special for new players gives you the potential for a major bankroll boost. How to Claim the Casino Tropez Bonuses No special promotional codes are required to take...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Cash Games, Featured Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
One of the things that I’ve seen people struggle with is getting a feel for how different ranges come together on boards to create equities. It’s one thing to be able to get a relatively good idea of what both you and your opponent’s ranges look like...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Poker Tools
In last week’s column, we looked at how to structure our spreadsheets to stay organized and how to look at multiple EV calculations at the same time with the same data. This week, we’re going to follow these same lines of thought by answering the homework...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. PokerStars has a wide variety of Sit & Go (SNG) Tournaments available for their players. One of the more popular variations are heads up tournaments, which match the player against a single opponent in a “winner take...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Featured SNG, Poker Strategy, SNG
I’ve seen some excellent sng guides out on the boards. Now it’s my turn to put my own personal spin on it…. This is not intended to be a step-by-step sng guide. It is an attempt to answer the big picture question: What are the main strategic areas...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | Video Poker
Note – The above screen shot is from http://www.videopokertrainer.org. If you’d like to test and analyze your own hands, visit the site for the fully functional video poker trainer! Have you ever been playing video poker and faced a tough decision? I’m...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 23, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 22, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
There are many players in the online poker community who use some sort of tracking software. I have never been one to go with the masses and while others have been knocking themselves out using PokerTracker or Hold’em manager, I have and will always continue to use...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 22, 2020 | Video Poker
Aces and Faces is pretty closely based on the classic Jacks or Better in terms of payouts, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth checking out. At bet365 Casino players can choose to play 4- or 25-line Aces and Faces, where each hand (after you’ve...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 22, 2020 | Poker Downloads
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 22, 2020 | Casino Reviews
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | Slots
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | Slots
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
If you are going to be successful at a form of poker, like NLHE ring, then being aware of how the pot can escalate with certain types of hands is critical to your success. I think that there are probably tournament players and six max players who struggle to adapt to...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | MTT, Poker Strategy
I recently found this site and thought I would post a few thoughts. I play on Party, Paradise, and Stars in the largest MTT no limit tourneys available after 6:00 pm PST most nights under this name. I especially like the 8:00 pearl and 6:00 R&A on Paradise, the...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 21, 2020 | Featured Strategy, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Sauce123 destroys the competition. Trust me. He put together a really solid, concise guide to beating the 6-max no limit holdem tables – particularly on US friendly poker rooms Post-UIGEA (when many poker rooms closed their doors to US players, ultimately making...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 20, 2020 | Cash Games, Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
As a low stakes limit Hold’em player looking to progress towards higher stakes, you are going to encounter some very aggressive games and some very strong players. There are clear indications now that value in middle limit is drying up or has already dried up. A...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 20, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 20, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Qualify for the Virgin Casino Bonus It’s very simple to claim the bonuses at Virgin. You’ll never need to enter a special Virgin Casino bonus code or keep up with different promotions because the software does all of that for you. All you need to do...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
The new year typically brings resolutions in your personal, professional, and more importantly, poker life. Many players view the beginning of another year as a fresh start, a time to get rid of bad habits and to begin implementing changes. Those looking for some...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
{Discuss here: https://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/beginners-circle/discussion-taking-breaks-and-avoiding-tilt-a-117347.html} HOW TO PROFITABLY NOT PLAY POKER Well I haven’t written a useful strategy post in a while, so what better time to write one than now! Now...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction Open limping before the flop in no-limit hold’em cash games is almost always the sign of a loose/passive, weak player. However, this doesn’t have to be the case, and you can definitely add open limping to your game in the right circumstances...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Meeloche presents an interesting approach to table selection. Perhaps there is an alternative to just looking at preflop percentages and pot sizes… My contribution to table selection, maybe even a new idea… When it comes to table selection, we still should...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
The ability to bluff in poker is perhaps the biggest allure of the game. At its core, the game of poker can be reduced down to one huge game of bullshit (or if you grew up in a household where swearing was frowned upon, the game was likely called “I doubt...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Featured No Limit Hold'em, Featured Strategy, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Amazingly, when I was high yesterday from some horrible weed, I came to a breakthrough thought in my poker game. I called sauce up and explained to him what I just realized and he had no idea why it was so amazing. It took me awhile, but then I realized that the...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction When you’re calling hoping to hit a hand, there are a lot of variables at play that aren’t always in your favor. We’re going to look at some of those variables here and see how they all come together to affect your total EV of calling....
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Over the past several weeks, we’ve been looking at a number of different ideas and concepts that have the overall goal of helping players to learn how to build up a better feel for equity in different spots. Here we’re going to finish off this series by...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 19, 2020 | Casino Articles & Guides
Skrill, formerly known as Moneybookers, is the biggest name in online gambling payment processors. They are the best deposit and withdrawal option for players living in countries where they do business. Skrill offers incredibly low fees, the convenience of using local...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
If you’re interested in some online poker odds calculators, check out our Poker Tools section where we have our own FTR Poker Odds Calculator and some recommendations of great online poker tools that can help you on the fly while playing online! Pyroxene’s...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Casino Articles & Guides
Neteller is one the most popular and well-respected companies in the online gaming industry. Its name is universal, symbolizing the free transfer of monies across cyberspace with a priority placed on player convenience. Neteller is a British-owned e-wallet, a place...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Slots
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by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Just trying to learn PLO here and was wondering if there are any "staple" kind of books for someone trying to learn PLO? Doesn’t have to be a beginner book necessarily. I bought Pot-Limit Omaha Poker by Jeff Hwang and it arrived today and been reading...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below is a table of Texas Holdem starting hands, ordered by their Expected Value (EV) in a 8 player holdem game. These statistics were produced by using millions of hand histories to compute the following results....
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
One of the most difficult and yet crucial decisions you will make when playing no limit Texas holdem will be whether to even play your hand. This decision should not be made haphazardly. Hitting your card on the flop only to end up with the second best hand can be...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Featured No Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Something I like to do, and what I always advocate people who seek poker help from me, is to break down the elements of poker so we can understand concepts behind them and further apply them. I feel like most of the problems with people stuck at low and midstakes is...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | MTT, Poker Strategy
We can all agree that there are many skills you need to win consistently at MTTs. Many of us have enough experience to form an opinion on which skill is the most valuable and important. Here are a few skills that I think are extremely important in becoming a top MTT...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 18, 2020 | Video Poker
Double Double Bonus Poker is the last in the series of “Bonus Poker” type games. They take the idea from Bonus Poker and Double Bonus Poker to never before seen heights as the 1-4 coin pay outs for four Aces exceeds Royal Flushes! Indeed, this is one of...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
There are still some good hands yet to be played, but you must be careful! We are running pretty thin at this point. Here are my Group 6 hands: Group 6: KT QT JT A7s K9s Q9s T9s J9s A5s A6s A4s A3s A2s Again, this group is a clear departure from Sklansky and the...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Omaha, Poker Strategy
Omaha Hi-Lo, also known as Omaha 8, is one of the most technical poker games to play, and requires quite a lot of skill in order to play correctly. It is easy to make non-obvious mistakes that will cost you a lot of money in the long run, particularly when you do not...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
We’ve all been there – short stacked and blinded half into oblivion with nothing but cold cards coming our way. Then, suddenly, we look down to see queen-jack unsuited. “A monster,” we muse, and limp into the first pot we’ve played in a half hour. But when...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Cash Games, Featured Cash Games, Featured No Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
A few people have been posting stats threads lately and I’ve seen a trend that really needs to be addressed. Most of the people I’ve seen stats on are not stealing blinds nearly enough, and aren’t defending their blinds nearly enough. I’ve...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Cash Games
In last week’s analysis, we found that the series of numbers 1-4-10-20-35-76 were extremely important when it comes to figuring out the number of starting hand combinations for pat hands. As we’re going to see this week, it’s also useful for finding...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
Introduction I’ve been doing the free NLHE Foundations Course here on FlopTurnRiver to give players a straight-forward path to go from the beginner levels to the intermediate levels with a mind towards being able to systematically improve over time. If you want...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
After the Big 10 starting hands, I do not necessarily automatically raise pre-flop from any position. My play becomes more selective. Group 3: AQ 99 88 77 ATs KJs Sklansky’s Group 3 has been slightly re-arranged by the Carnegie Mellon group, which I’ve further...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
In a post from a few weeks back, I outlined six items that I feel like cover most of the principles of performance as regards poker. In this week’s discussion, I’m going to look at the connection between points three and five on that list. We’re...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 17, 2020 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use Ladbrokes Casino Promo Codes The main Ladbrokes Casino Promo Code is automatic and no longer requires a manual code entry in order to activate it. However, it is still necessary to to enter the FTRBONUS code when creating your account in order to enjoy...
by Tyson Tanaka | May 16, 2020 | 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 Tyson Tanaka | May 16, 2020 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 6 Be a Big Picture Person. As I am writing this today, I have failed to place in the last 16 MTT’s I have played. Not 1 dollar, nothing, natta, zippo. Not a very good feeling. I did get and 2 and a 6th on Sunday that paid quite nicely, but those emotions...
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