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Beginner Poker
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Basic strategy concepts to teach new players how to play poker.
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When the value of your chips actually means something.
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Learn how to battle and beat your opponents, mano y mano.
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Strategy articles that help you bet, raise, 3-bet, and cap your bets.
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No Limit Hold'em
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When two cards just aren’t enough.
Open Face Chinese
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Poker Dictionary
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The power of the mind in poker: There is no spade.
Poker Rules
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The rules of the road. Learn how to play various forms of poker.
Poker Tools
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Improve your game by learning how to use the tools of the trade.
Poker Videos
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Watch and learn from the best in the world.
SNG
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For the players who only have two decisions, shove or fold.
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Playing Overcards in Limit Holdem – Intro
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...
TLR’s Sit-n-Go Beginner Pitfalls
After a few months of playing online poker for real money I thought it would be appropriate to summarize a few of the common mistakes that I learnt through losing my money, and I saw my friends make and I commonly see on this site. Nothing I say here is any new and...
Pre-flop Strategy – Starting Hand Rankings: Group 5
Ok, now here's where the play gets a bit more tricky. These hands are pretty delicate, yet still playable. Group 5: 66 55 44 33 22 KJ QTs A9s A8s QJ Now, by this point, we've drastically departed from Sklansky and the Carnegie Mellon group's hand groupings. Both...
Adjusting to Fish in Low-Stakes 6-Max Limit Hold’em
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...
[FTR Quick Tip 013] Bet Sizing
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJK0l2mD1Tg[/youtube] FTR Quick Tip: Helping you plug leaks in 5 minutes or less. Bet sizing is an important skill that all top NL Hold'em players use to get the best of their opponents. There are a number of factors that should...
Texas Holdem Starting Hands – 19 Hand Strategy
One of the biggest problems new poker players have is that they play too many hands. A simple but effective first step for new players is to learn the 19 hand strategy. This simple strategy forces the new player to exercise discipline and learn a tight game. Aokrongly...
Using Game Theory in SNG Tournaments (Part 3): Semi-Bluff Analysis
Learning how to study post-flop tournament scenarios, especially push/fold scenarios, is important in the growth of an SNG player.
Tight Aggressive Strategy 4-Tabling Cash Games ($50nl 6-Max by euphoricism)
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Double or Nothing SNG Advanced Strategy – Pregame
Disclaimer: This series is going be quite long, there is a lot to digest and I don’t intend that you read it all in one go. It's probably best to read it in several short sections. To help you, I am splitting the guide into several smaller threads, which will be...
A Hand in Action from the Hijack
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...
Comparing and Evaluating Different Bluffing Lines
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 getting and look at...
Pay Attention and Stop Spewing Chips
Stop spewing chips by learning the 20 percent of the time that you should avoid your “automatic” play with these easy-to-implement changes in your thinking.
Michael1123’s Multi-Table Tournament Strategy
Michael1123 has been a member of FTR since June of 2004 and has over 1,700 posts in our poker forum. Michael1123 is a successful and accomplished tournament player. Michael1123 had a fantastic run at the 2005 WSOP Main Event, which you can read all about here. Below...
[FTR Quick Tip 008] Slowplaying Flopped Monsters
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDrrJA7AzsE[/youtube] FTR Quick Tip: Helping you plug leaks in 5 minutes or less. Slowplaying allows you to get more value from your concealed monster hands. But slowplaying in the wrong situations can be very costly indeed. Use...
Evaluating NLHE MTT Structure
There are many different poker tournament structures that are common today. You need to evaluate the structure in any given MTT to determine how your strategy should change. The depth of the starting stacks (in big blinds) is an especially important factor to consider.