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Sticky Thread Sticky: [Freerolls] Want to Maximize Your Chances of Winning That Freeroll?

Hey guys, We know a lot of you are here because you love the freerolls and money-added tournaments that FlopTurnRiver has to offer. Not only do we...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 02:12 PM
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08-09-2023 07:21 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: The Beginners Circle Digest

Welcome to the Beginners Circle! This forum is designed to help you to learn the basics of becoming a winning poker player. This thread is the...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-28-2014 11:38 AM
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09-28-2014 11:38 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: Don't Forget About the SSNL Forum!

Hey guys, Previously on FTR, the Beginners Circle was the place for all micro-stakes discussion. However, because of the nature of today's games...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
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09-11-2014 02:04 PM

Adjusting to villians stack sizes

Hi all, Thought a good 'concept' type thread might be a discussion of how we should incorporate villians stack size into hero's decision making....

Started by acoss3006, 10-27-2009 11:40 PM
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10-27-2009 11:54 PM

Taking notes

I'm trying to work on my note taking so here are two hands from the same villain. What notes would you make on him? (At the start of Hand 1 he was...

Started by argash, 10-27-2009 01:51 PM
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10-27-2009 03:09 PM

Building bankroll from nothing at Full Tilt

High I recently just won $2 from the 500k play money buy-in at full tilt. I want to build up my bank-roll as much as possible. Any tips? At the...

Started by L0s3rAL0t, 10-18-2009 02:38 AM
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10-27-2009 01:50 PM

25NL: I know we arent supposed to 3 barrel the fish but...

Is this a good spot? Villain is 34/4/1.2 after 100 hands. Seems like a standard loose passive fish. Will call Q high flops to the end with KQ,...

Started by Pelion, 10-25-2009 04:13 PM
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10-27-2009 05:23 AM

Help on choosing books.

Which book is better for learning cash games? Harrington on Cash Games or Professional No limit hold'em I'm currently finishing the promotion...

Started by WildBill, 10-25-2009 03:38 PM
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10-26-2009 08:35 PM

3 Betting AQ preflop; Continuation Betting

OK these are two concepts I think I'm having trouble with. Firstly 3 betting AQ... is it ever the "correct play"? It seems whenever I 3 bet AQ im...

Started by L0s3rAL0t, 10-26-2009 02:08 AM
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10-26-2009 07:18 PM

PSB on the flop vs 2 loose opponents, implied odds?

I'd only been at the table for 10 hands or so but both villains had seen at least 7 of the flops and had multiple show downs with the worst hand. On...

Started by argash, 10-26-2009 12:46 PM
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10-26-2009 03:03 PM

HUD problem

hello. my PT3 HUD wont give me any popup stats but i still get the table stats (vpip, pfr, afq). i'm sure its the simple ticking of a box somewhere...

Started by rpm, 10-25-2009 07:05 AM
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10-26-2009 09:45 AM

KJs IP vs 2 loose and one tight opponent

I had already planned to open this hand for 4BB with the limper but the super tight players raise turned my play into a call. When the maniac shoved...

Started by argash, 10-25-2009 12:00 AM
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10-25-2009 11:44 PM

10nl: I flat the flop/turn donk bets and bluff river.

64/7 but I found out about that after this hand. As played no reads. Ax,5x,6x,poketpairs, buch of those hands with one club and some air donk the...

Started by clvacva, 10-25-2009 02:15 AM
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10-25-2009 09:15 PM

5NL: OESD+FD facing flop 3bet.

A bit of background is that on the 3rd hand atthe table I got it all in with a set of 5's and took down a $3.75 profit.On my 11th hand I raised K2s...

Started by Keith, 10-24-2009 08:56 AM
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10-25-2009 08:12 PM

What has more variance Hu sng or 6 max turbo's.

What has more variance hu sng or 6 max turbo.( low stakes)

Started by devins, 10-24-2009 06:38 AM
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10-25-2009 04:11 AM

KK OOP after 4betting PF vs a 0% 3bettor.

Villian is TAGish. Not a real big sample as of yet. 14/7 0% 3bet over 65 hands. After his min3bet I'm thinking JJ+, AK. My image is fairly tight so I...

Started by dranger7070, 10-24-2009 03:09 AM
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10-24-2009 10:51 PM

Help Improving

Where are my leaks?

Started by Mizark, 10-22-2009 09:41 AM
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10-24-2009 02:42 PM

new account

hi, just want to know if my brother can make an account using my computer in the same poker room.

Started by mumbaki18, 10-22-2009 08:09 PM
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10-24-2009 01:01 PM

5NL: TPGK OOP VS. CI

UTG (39/17/1.1) and MP3 (88/6/0.9) were both pretty terrible. The other two opps were extremely passive, so I knew it would be easy for me to tell...

Started by BennyLaRue, 10-23-2009 05:52 PM
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10-24-2009 11:49 AM

Full Confidence vs Full Confidence

Was this hand played correctly? Is this hand a bad beat or a rough beat for one of these guys? Say you just join a table, have no reads on anyone,...

Started by daeyeth, 10-24-2009 01:10 AM
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10-24-2009 03:59 AM

AK 3bet OOP pre, missed flop

no real reads or stats, initial raiser raises perhaps a slightly wider-than-average range. PF 3bet is standard for me. i want to take it down and...

Started by rpm, 10-23-2009 10:23 PM
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10-24-2009 12:47 AM

How to spot trips? I didn't ($2NL)

I can't recall the post, but one of the most useful pieces of info I've found on this site was in regards to playing pps against someone you can...

Started by Gafferland, 10-22-2009 03:57 AM
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10-24-2009 12:36 AM

PT question

Anybody know how to make a 'minimal hands required' for a specific stat? Like when you only want the HUD to show you a certain stat once you have a...

Started by inV1NCEble, 10-23-2009 03:11 PM
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10-23-2009 08:25 PM

KK with A on flop against a short stack

No read. No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($4.35) UTG+1 ($9.70) MP1...

Started by miracleriver, 10-22-2009 05:35 PM
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10-23-2009 04:11 PM

5NL AA versus Loose Passive

Villain is a 67/4.76/afq: 52/ AF: 1.20 type. Did i play this hand correctly against this player. I have much difficulty with these kind of...

Started by Qminator, 10-23-2009 02:00 PM
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10-23-2009 04:08 PM

Bank roll management spreadsheet for MAC OS X

Not sure if this should go here or the software section so feel free to move it Mods from on high! Anyway this is a very simple spreadsheet that I...

Started by argash, 10-23-2009 03:43 PM
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10-23-2009 03:43 PM

Kept a cool head through a series of beats

Starting a session off like this a few weeks ago would have sent me on a HUGE downward spiral. But today I just kept my head calm and reminded...

Started by argash, 10-22-2009 12:49 AM
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10-23-2009 03:37 PM

2NL, AA against maniac. Do I have to call this?

Villain is 47/26 (about 400 hands) and is not positionally aware. He plays the same range from every position. Limps too much, calls too much, 3bets...

Started by Belt, 10-22-2009 07:39 PM
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10-23-2009 06:54 AM

an observation

For those of you using statistical tracking software. If you have a reasonably large sample of hands (say, 25,000 or more at a particular level on...

Started by LawDude, 10-22-2009 04:18 PM
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10-23-2009 06:29 AM

25NL: AA Scary board Vs weak/tight opponent. Pot control?

Villain is a weak/tightish 20/10. I expect him to have PPs almost always when he calls the flop and maybe some high Ax hands, and the board is so...

Started by Pelion, 10-22-2009 11:17 AM
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10-23-2009 05:39 AM

What the hell am I doing?

Here is another hand I played terribly. Villain is a complete maniac. 85/50 through 68, with 63% Agg. He could literally have anything. But of all...

Started by Gafferland, 10-22-2009 04:20 AM
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10-23-2009 03:30 AM

99 in the sb.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (8 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP2 ($2.23) CO ($3.18) Button ($1.21) Hero...

Started by trilerian, 10-17-2009 05:01 PM
Replies: 8 Views: 1,431
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10-23-2009 03:19 AM

3-betting AK OTB flop decision 25NL

Villain is 22/17 over 36 He's been fairly active preflop, taking down a lot of pots uncontested, no real reads other than that. My thoughts: ...

Started by caddie444, 10-21-2009 02:23 AM
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10-23-2009 02:49 AM

pocket 9s versus co raise

villain has a pfr of 8 and a c-bet percentage of 84 Absolute Poker (Cash Game): $0.01/$0.02 NL, 7 players Mon, Oct 19, 2009 05:49:34 EDT...

Started by littleogre, 10-19-2009 08:14 AM
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10-23-2009 01:19 AM

10nl Turn I hit my set and flush hits too.

VIllian is one of those 16/9 types. Hands that I was trying to get value from are likely not raising me on the river. KJ,AQ,QJ,TJ,99. Those hands I...

Started by clvacva, 10-19-2009 01:31 AM
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10-23-2009 01:17 AM

My $2NL Strategy

Alright well this week I started playing the $2NL on Full Tilt. Anyways I've noticed some really bad (good for me) leaks I can exploit. By the way...

Started by L0s3rAL0t, 10-19-2009 02:07 AM
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10-22-2009 07:47 PM

Some smallish $2NL hands

A few $2NL hands I was unsure if played correctly? Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) - Full-Tilt Converter Tool from...

Started by scfc_andy15, 10-22-2009 11:41 AM
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10-22-2009 04:57 PM

TPTK vs aggro villian

Villian is 49/32/52 with 88% cbet, and 11% fold to cbet and 44% raise vs Cbet Preflop: It's really hard for me to come up with a realistic range...

Started by angrystoc, 10-20-2009 11:29 PM
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10-22-2009 09:41 AM

Implied odds... can I call?

Button is 32/5 over 22 hands, so not much to go on. No notes. I've been running at 25/11 over 65 hands at this table. PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by tugger, 10-21-2009 12:33 PM
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10-22-2009 09:34 AM

25NL: Nut hand Vs Donkey on very dry flop. How to extract.

Villain is very loose and pretty aggro postflop (50/3/5). I built my stack against him maybe 15 hands earlier with this hand. PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by Pelion, 10-21-2009 03:04 PM
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10-22-2009 09:25 AM

TPGK Blind War IP

No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (6 handed) Villain is 35/28 over 54, attempt to steal is 69%. How would you have played it? Hero (BB) ($50) UTG...

Started by al yell, 10-19-2009 11:31 PM
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10-22-2009 09:23 AM

Overbetting pots with known calling stations

Another big pot with the same villain as my Calculation Check thread. Over 196 hands he's 86/29/2. Sees over 80% of flops. A large portion of...

Started by thedarwinfish, 10-20-2009 11:27 AM
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10-22-2009 09:20 AM

good river bet? 25NL

3bet sizing should be 1-2bb more, flop and turn looks standard? my thinking on the river bet is that i may get a call from hands like 77-99 that...

Started by Vi-Zer0Skill, 10-21-2009 01:46 PM
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10-22-2009 09:12 AM

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