by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides
Paypal is the one of the largest and most-marketed e-wallets in the world. In the early days of online poker, Paypal was the preferred method of depositing and withdrawing funds for players worldwide. Up until 2002, they were the leading processor for Internet...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 19, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Live Poker, Poker Strategy
Basically, a poker ploy is a maneuver or strategy that a player utilizes to gain the advantage, and/or to win the pot. These poker ploys are techniques that you yourself can use to obtain information, and others may use against you to try and trick you. For example,...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Have you ever wondered what the percentage and odds are of certain poker hands? How much of a favorite are you with Aces against Kings? How often will the flush draw hit and crack your Queens? Is the best hand on the flop ever an underdog? We answer all of these...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
After making 300 BB at $.25/.5 (or you have $300, both will work), then you should move to $.5/1. You need to play the $.5/1 at document.write(FullTiltA);document.write(FullTiltB); until you have reached $500 in your account, essentially 200 BB over the minimum. If...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Strategy
Almost every poker site going offers some form of meaty deposit bonus. Invest a chunk of money into a site and they’ll give you the chance to earn some extra cash. However, budding players with small bankrolls may feel that they can’t take full advantage of these...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Goal: to know the cards of your opponent. If you can obtain that information (through legal and accepted means!), you are on your way to making a lot of money. The study of reading your opponent is a never ending endeavor, because making your reads is going to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Poker is easy to play, difficult to win at, and downright tricky to turn a profit at. For those players looking to go from amateur to profitable, it is hard to know where to start. Well, that’s just what this list is for! Below are the top six best poker training...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Live Poker, MTT, Poker Strategy
I don’t know about you, but I am a poker junkie. I religiously watch (even DVR) the WSOP coverage every year on ESPN and had a mini-orgasm this year when ESPN televised much of the Main Event live. People like my wife hate the live coverage because each hand...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured SNG, MTT, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, SNG
I haven’t made a long post for a while, so I’ll write something down now. This post is primarily aimed at beginners, but it wouldn’t hurt for some of the veterans to read it. So, you’ve just discovered Texas Hold’em. You start playing and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos, Roulette
When the online casino world was just breaking onto the scene, there was only one downside to playing games like roulette through you computer: it just didn’t feel the same as playing a live game. Today, there are absolutely no downsides, now that a whole range...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
The most repeated advice in poker. We’ve all heard it before. Position, Position, Position. The proof is in the pudding. Our statistics show that we win much more money on the button than we do UTG. But the advice to play in position is not very powerful when we have...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 18, 2021 | Poker Reviews
Install Instructions To download the 888 app for iOS, go to the Apple Store and search for ‘888 poker’. The real money app should be the first in line. For Android devices, visit 888 Poker Mobile page (http://www.888poker.com/poker-promotions/android.htm) and use one...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
I was watching a NL100 full-ring game on Pokerloco yesterday when the following hand came down which I thought was somewhat instructive. It was folded around to our hero who raised from the hijack to $3.50. The button called as he had done several times already. Both...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Poker Psychology
Introduction My goal with this strategy series is to help you to make more money. I’ve had posts on the mental game in the past, but this one is going to be the most important. We’re going to essentially cover a super-simple form of meditation that is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Video Poker
Bonus Deuces Wild is much like its ancestor, Deuces Wild, but thanks to a few tweaks to the pay table, the potential returns from this game are notably improved! The main “bonus” feature is as follows, using Bovada Casino’s pay table as an example:...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Featured Limit Hold'em, Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Fnord provides tons of strategy advice in our community. He put together this list of why folks suck at Limit Hold’em. You play too many hands You ignore the size of the pot (including chasing with bad pot odds) You call 2+ small bets cold pre-flop with unpaired...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Point 30: Artificial Intelligence Can Be Deadly On this site and others, there has been a lot of talk about what style to play, what hands to play, what situations to play in, etc. All of this serves as a mock up of real play, similar to building a model suitable for...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Blackjack
Below you will see a Blackjack chart we had made. The strategy is from Lance Humble’s book, The World’s Greatest Blackjack Book. You can right click and save the chart on your computer, if you wish. The above chart does not show surrender plays. 16 should...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
As a follow on to the article that I wrote a few weeks ago regarding the likelihood of cheating in online poker increasing through necessity, here I want to talk about the effects of coaching sites, training tools and other types of software that all enable people to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 17, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use the 32 Red Casino Bonus Slider As you can see in the screenshot above, you don’t need to enter a code to claim one of 32Red’s bonuses. Instead, all you need to do is set up an account with the casino, log in and watch for 32Red’s bonus claim slider to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
In Part 1 of this series, we looked at how to calculate your expected value (EV) for pushing all in from the small blind against the big blind. In Part 2, we’ll take a look at what to do with very short stacks. There are a few factors that compliment the EV...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Beginner Poker
Misguided Ideas There’s this idea that you should think ahead in poker, but very few people actually do it. While it’s easy to try to say that people just don’t do it because they’re lazy, the real reason is a bit more insidious than that....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
If I haven’t mentioned these points, then add them to the list on things to know: 1. Always play within your bankroll. 2. Only play games in which you are comfortable playing. 3. Don’t try to play opponents better than you. Find the players worse than you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Lets face it, if making money playing poker was that easy then there wouldn’t be so many people who are still scratching their heads trying to figure it all out. There are many facets to playing successful poker but one of the least understood is in selecting suitable...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Video Poker
As you’ve probably already guessed, Double Double Jackpot Poker is very similar to the video poker variant Double Jackpot Poker. Although Royal Flush still pays out the most, four-of-a-kind is the hand to hit in this game. Players should take note that in this...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
The FTR Hand History Converter is a great tool which should be used to help Players share their Hand Histories with other poker Players on a variety of poker forums. Players can convert hand histories from their favorite poker sites or databases into a forum-friendly...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
The table below shows expected value (EV) numbers in LIMIT Texas Holdem. This data includes all holdem games, stakes, and positions. These overall EV statistics are based on 122,031,244 pairs of pocket cards dealt at real money tables. You sort the graph by ev based...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
What is Expected Value? (EV). Poker is a mathematical game. And, if you approach it as such, there is opportunity to make it a profitable game. Furthermore, if you delve deep enough into the analysis, you can ‘tweak’ your game enough to understand how to maximize your...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
After 8 posts which could easily be summed up by saying raise with your value hands preflop and tighten up otherwise, we are finally on to postflop play. I believe that a good preflop game will make you a breakevenish player, but when you add good postflop play to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Beginner Poker
A Fresh Approach As we mentioned in part 1 of this series, there’s a fundamental problem in poker right now where you are facing stronger competition than ever before. If you want to gain the advantage, you’re going to have to learn to use a different...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Beginner Poker, No Limit Hold'em
The Fundamentals Poker players have a really bad habit of getting seduced by what appear to be fancy tactics like over-the-top bluffs, laying down big hands and making huge calls with weak hands. In an effort to emulate the professionals who they see making these big...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
There are many things that are important in Poker; your position during a hand, your starting hand (cards), your opponent tendencies, the odds for a certain draw to hit, how that draw fares versus your holding, bluffing opportunities, recognition and exploitation of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Rondavu re-evaluates the psychology of tilt and why it occurs. Another Look at Tilt I’m going to explain tilt the way I understand it. I hope it rings true for a lot of you, as it does for me. We are flawed as humans. One of our major flaws is detrimental to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
4) The Small Broadways (KT; QJ-QT; JT) The first thing to note with all of these hands is that suitedness really increases their playability. All of these hands are good hands to play in multi-way pots because they can win occasionally just by hitting top pair; they...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Blackjack, Live Dealer Casinos
Live Dealer Blackjack Casinos host live dealer games where an actual person is dealing the cards. You can chat with them while you are waiting on your next hand. Casinos often encourage you to ask about Blackjack strategies or just talk about life in general. Chat it...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides
MasterCard has been a viable option for internet gamblers for over a decade, weathering the turbulence provided by the U.S. government in the past few years. The passage of the UIGEA in 2006, coupled with the disastrous events of Black Friday in 2011 have limited the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides
Getting money onto online casinos using credit cards is usually quite problematic, but there are some very good online casino deposit methods, where withdrawing and depositing money online on gambling sites is easily done. One such method is using Online Casino Amex;...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use the Lucky Emperor Casino Bonuses Lucky Emperor has been successful with attracting players from around the world, in part because you don’t have to use a bonus code to unlock the casino’s $10 Free No Deposit Bonus or its 100% up to $100 First Deposit Bonus....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 15, 2021 | Video Poker
Deuces Wild is one of the most well-known video poker games, along with other classics like Jacks or Better, and is the most commonly found game featuring wild cards. As its name implies, all deuces (2’s) are wild and therefore can be substituted for any card to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Limit Hold’em, Poker Strategy
Just as a counterargument to the 1bb an hour on the main page, it is true that in limit you cannot make as much as NL. However, I find the advantages of limit make in a viable choice over NL for many people. For one, limit is all about making the decision with the...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
In no-limit hold’em, the most popular form of poker in the world, what poker hands you choose to play pre-flop is mostly dependent on how well the hands are going to play post-flop. How well hands play post-flop depend on a few main factors, like the ability to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Click here to read our PokerStars Review. The Multi-Table Turbo Sit And Gos at PokerStars are a faster-paced version of their regular SnGs. The blinds escalate much more quickly, causing players to be eliminated much faster and greatly shortening the time of each...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Beginner Poker
Last week, I promised that we would continue in our series about no-limit 2-7 single draw. However, I find myself writing this week’s column without my notes for what will be part six of the series, so we’re going to do something that will be a little bit...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Featured Omaha, Omaha, Poker Strategy
Pot-Limit Omaha is one of the most popular poker games being played today. From micro-stakes online, to some of the biggest stakes in the world live, PLO is a game that anyone and everyone can play. Pot-Limit Omaha tends to be an action game which draws a lot of...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
A lot of time is spent discussing proper bankroll management. While this is an important fundamental everyone must conquer, players must also learn how to build their roll to move up in stakes. Between good play, cashing in on bonuses, promotions, and/or rakeback, and...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Featured SNG, SNG
In a bit of a departure from the cash game focus that I normally have, I’m going to cover some basic to intermediate ideas involving SNG endgames. We’re going to start with some basic game theory concepts as regards heads-up spots, and we’re going to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Featured Beginner Poker, Featured Poker Psychology, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy
Whether you are a cash game, tournament, or SNG grinder, putting in time at the tables is a big key to becoming a winning player. It takes hundreds of thousands of hands to become proficient at any of the poker disciplines and to do so you will have to grind. Some...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 14, 2021 | Slots
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by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | 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 FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Casino Reviews, New Jersey Casinos
Virgin Casino Welcome Bonus & Bonus Codes Virgin Casino has a good selection of promotions with a nice welcome bonus for their players. For the most part, these deals stand out for their ultra-low wagering requirements and giving you very useful rewards that help...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Poker Strategy, SNG
Disclaimer: This guide is based on my experiences of $10 DON SNGs. Introduction This post follows on from my Introduction to DONs and looks at post-flop play and how play needs to adjust as a tournament progresses. Post-Flop Play When you see a flop, you...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Psychology, Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
How I used problem-solving theory to study cbets and villain profiles The problem is I suck at poker. But I’m reasonably good at problem solving. George Polya’s quintessential research studied great problem-solvers and suggested this simple format:...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
The structure of no-limit hold’em (NLHE) multi-table tournaments (MTTs) is an often overlooked factor that should affect the way you play at all stages of a tournament. There are many forms of tournaments, ranging from “ultra-turbo” pushfest satellites that...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Live Dealer Casinos
There are lots of fun live dealer games to choose from at Ladbrokes. Ladbrokes also has many deposit options available. Ladbrokes Live Dealer Overview 18+. New real money customers only. First deposit only. The Wagering Requirements for all bonuses must be met within...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Video Poker
Joker Poker is a fan favorite video poker game with a similar format to the classic Jacks or Better. The big change is cards are dealt from a 53 card deck rather than a 52 card deck, with the additional card being a Joker which plays wild. This sees some changes to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | MTT, Poker Strategy
Ok – this post is probably going to be coming in segments. Instead of posting my entire hand history, I’ve decided to post pertinent hands and discuss how they did or maybe did not go with my overall strategy. First of all – a little background. I...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 13, 2021 | Featured Online Casino, Video Poker
Jacks or Better is easily the most well-known video poker game, and basically all others are in one way or another a spin-off of this all-time classic so it’s important for video poker players to learn about the casinos that offer the best Jacks or Better games...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, Live Poker, Poker Strategy
There is a growing debate in today’s poker world over who is the best player around. Many names get offered as the best of the best but there is truly no way to know who the best Texas Hold’em player in the world is. As the game of poker has grown...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Poker Strategy, Poker Tools
Below you will see our pot odds and outs chart, which shows the percentage of winning a hand by the turn/river or river only, depending on how many outs you have. You can right click and save the chart to your computer. If you don’t like memorizing charts then...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
A lot of people don’t think about their bet sizing much. They have a “standard” bet size they use in nearly all situations, in hopes of not giving away further information as well as not wanting to make a mistake by betting too much or too little. However, some go a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
One of the things that a lot of people have a big misunderstanding about is the difference between equity and expected value. We’re going to look at a few examples in this week’s article that should help players to develop some clarity on this issue....
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Poker Rules, Poker Strategy
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo, often referred to as Seven Card Stud 8b (eight-or-better) is a game often included in mixed-game formats (as the “E”) including HOSE and HORSE. Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo is a split-pot game where half of the pot is awarded to the best five-card...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Surprisingly I couldn’t find any posts detailing this, so I’m going to do my thing. A Common Scenario With 100bb effective stacks, EP opens for 4x preflop, there are 2 callers, and we call on the button with 9 8 . Both of the blinds call. The flop pot is...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
When I interviewed Kingsofcards for my weekly interview, one comment he made about heads up changing his game rung a bell with me. Until after playing HU, when playing 6 max I never really took into account bet sizing, timing tells or things like that nearly as much...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Beginner Poker
Introduction During December 2014, I ran a series of articles in this column about the study of tactics vs. strategy in poker. While that series got a lot of attention from intermediate players, it left out a lot of people who weren’t really established with a...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Featured Online Casino, Slots
3D slot machines are sweeping across the casino industry. Players around the world can’t get enough of the 3D slot games. This modern version of video slots provides even more fun and entertainment than its predecessor. Each of the 3D slot machines has its own...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Live Poker, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
For many U.S. players, Black Friday has meant the end of playing poker online. For those players, the only way to currently play poker without the worry of legality or cashouts is to go to a brick and mortar cardroom and play honest to god live poker. I happen to be...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | Casino Articles & Guides, No Deposit Casino Bonus
Online casinos are growing rapidly in popularity with millions of players each year scoring mega jackpots. But maybe you’re someone who still isn’t sure if you want to make an actual deposit? And playing with “fun money” just doesn’t give...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 12, 2021 | No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Progression through the micros naturally trends us toward unbalanced lines. We start playing basic TAGG, then learn to steal blinds more, to cbet more. Hey, it works. When we face better competition at 100nl or higher, the lack of balance is very exploitable. Trust me...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Casino Bonus Codes
How to Use the Platinum Play Casino Promotion Codes You don’t need to use a Platinum Play Casino promotion code to get the casino’s basic New Casino Player Welcome Bonus. Platinum Play Casino Bonus Overview As stated previously, you don’t need to use a promo code to...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Over the past twelve months, I have been observing the lower stakes no-limit games and playing in them quite extensively including around 100k hands at NL50. I have been observing the games on Pokerloco recently which is a site that is situated on Ongame. I have been...
by FTR Poker Admin | Feb 11, 2021 | Beginner Poker, Cash Games, No Limit Hold'em, Poker Strategy
Recently the world’s largest poker site, PokerStars, announced the way they were handling the minimum/maximum buy-in amounts at their cash game tables. This mainly affects NL/PL Hold’em as well as Pot-Limit Omaha games as shallow/deep stacks in limit games...
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