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Ok, I have been playing $20 NLHE 6 max on Ub trying to build up my bankroll in order to move up in stakes. So I was just wondering if anyone had any...

I know there are threads about bankroll management, but I had a question about my specific situation. To re-cap first.... There are a few...

FASQ: Frequently Asked Stupid Questions Contributions in Q & A format, pls, for poss future sticky. Eg. Q: Why did you answer my question...

I know taking notes and playing the players is important, but I would really love some more insight on this topic. Things like what I should take...

Many people don't see stickies or visit the commune, so I'm making a new thread here. We've just started Operation FTR Poker Dictionary. The goal is...

Hi I just want to introduce myself so u get know me before I TAKE your money on the tables!!LOL Just kidding! Im new on this poker world &...

Villain 12/7/inf, with 29 ATS, multitabling reg. Pre - I flat since his open range is huge, 3b probably not good, yada yada Flop - He's betting...

Disclaimer: I'm so effing tired I don't know if any of this makes sense so I'd appreciate feedback. I'll look at this tomorrow when I'm awake so I...

HellO guys I am a newbie. I play Holdem with my friends, since we cannot find more ppl, we remove cards from 2 to 6 . What do you think about this...

Hi chaps. Been gone for a month now but i'm back in full force winning about 4 buy-ins in the last 6 session (which includes 8 bucks from my first...

ok villain was 18/6 over 75 hands...what makes this either ev+ or ev- is whether or not i include jacks in his range, aa,kk,qq,jj,aks,ako as his...

I'll try to Rustle up a HH in shortly but what does the following line generally mean? I bet pf and get 1 caller. Villain min bets flop and turn...

This hand really troubled me and I would use some help. This is the kind of hand that i have lost money with in the past, so typically in this kind...

I just finished reading the book ONLINE POKER BY DOYLE BRUNSON the book was ok but he did have an interesting vision that got me thinking. Doyle...

This is a total newbie question.... What is a "straight vs flush draw" exactly, and why does it have 6 outs? :oops:

UTG was 31/24 over small sample The SB was a 84/26 fish PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from...

It's been a while now since I've been on here. I honestly have no time with all this work that's been thrown upon me at my store, but September is...

Hello allmighty All, being new to the forums just wanted to say hi and ask for a bit of advice. I started playing about a year ago, not too...

So i just posted a hand in irc and it was desrvingly ripped apart. The thing is, in having it explained it was very obviously a poor line by me...

Had a 800~ hand sweat session with Keith watching me yesterday. It was good having him there to get a second point of view. I also was getting tons...

ok my FR table shrunk to 2 people, this guy just joined 3 hands ago. In the 3 hands i had raised everytime, he flatted twice/folded once, and gave up...

bet sizing on the river??? 24/5/40 is the villain, i feel like he is calling with better and folding worse on the river, but he probably would...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (4 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Button ($2.58) SB ($4.65) Hero (BB) ($1.97)...

Hey FTR, first post after long absence. Some insight into any area of this hand for comparison sake would be greatly appreciated. SB is 23/17...

I was thinking while I read an article and read some HH's here in the BC, what ranges are people putting villains on in various high occurrence...

Won more at 5NL than 10NL with almost half the hands. 25NL? Meh.

if you look at the results you'll see how lucky i got, but when in a situation like this, and with most cbetting/double barrelling do you just say,...

i hope the modz dont kill me for this, i just posted this in the Book section, but i figured not too many people go there so here it is: Anyone...

This is my first crack at a write up with some type of value. I have noticed a lot of questions regarding how to build BR playing strictly MTTs. I...

Looks like i'm starting the thread this month. Fellow beginners, be sure to join in on the graph-a-thon. even if you're EV is like -$300, it's a...

ok, well today i won basically $80 20 tabling 5nl.. didnt take that long. Got my bankroll from $120 to $200.. so i went on 10nl with $6 like i was...

Opponent is 35/20 after 127 hands. This is how it goes: Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (6 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from...

After 11 hands this villain has 0/0/NA since joining the table. Because he was yet to play a hand i just cold called the raise (i guess i should have...

Hi all, This was my first 25NL session- For this one I one tabled 200 hands (I'm used to 9 tabling 10NL), and here are some hands I need some...

i have been following this site for about a year now and find the poker forum and its posters to be very knowledgeable.....I have struggled with...

villain was 34/10 over 35 hands, not much of a sample size so w/e i only had one note on him and that was that he called a 4xbb raise from the...