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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	Replies: 17 Views: 58,529	Last Post By Moritz Fischer View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 08-09-2023 07:21 AM
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	Replies: 0 Views: 28,571	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-28-2014 11:38 AM
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	Replies: 0 Views: 26,762	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
3 10NL fullring hands for review HAND 1: Only been at the table for 8 hands (and 9-tabling) no reads on villains. Was kind of lost on this turn card, is this a b/f spot? And... Started by caddie444, 06-01-2009 02:41 AM	Replies: 1 Views: 756	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-01-2009 03:12 AM
Possibly busted KK, turn action? Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (Button) ($22.18) SB... Started by Gobbatino, 05-31-2009 01:24 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 642	Last Post By Gobbatino View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 06-01-2009 03:10 AM
10NL: TPTK vs. possible straight/two-pair http://weaktight.com/1167350 Villain is 45/10/1.1 over 74 hands Is the turn the better spot to check...or did I play this right? $0.05/$0.1 ... Started by BooG690, 05-31-2009 01:55 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 765	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 06-01-2009 02:25 AM
Folding KK Vil is 17/12/2.6 over 692. Relevant other stats are 3b 3% (0% from the SB, even over 27 steal attempts) Fold to 3b is 64%. 4b is 18% Cbet is 72%. ... Started by sarbox68, 05-31-2009 03:20 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,247	Last Post By Stacks View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 10:56 PM
How to not go broke on this PokerStars Game #28782314655: Hold'em No Limit ($0.05/$0.10) - 2009/05/30 11:39:13 CET Table 'Dulcinea III' 9-max Seat #2 is the button Seat 1:... Started by play2Win, 05-30-2009 05:51 AM	Replies: 33 Views: 1,642	Last Post By revolvingiris View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 10:25 PM
WTF low limit!?! nothing applies... So I have realized something about this forum...Most of the conversations I get in to don't apply to me (if they do I get lucky). I play mostly micro... Started by revolvingiris, 05-24-2009 11:55 PM	Replies: 31 Views: 1,383	Last Post By revolvingiris View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 07:23 PM
How to loose value (dont do this)!!! PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.50+$0.25 Tournament, 150/300 Blinds 25 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com MP2... Started by revolvingiris, 05-31-2009 07:04 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 640	Last Post By revolvingiris View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 07:04 PM
TPTK IP vs turned 3 flush board One of my (many) leaks is folding too much. Vil is 20/12/1.3 over 148. 33/15/22 by street. cbet 100%. Fold to 3b 33%. Appears somewhat... Started by sarbox68, 05-31-2009 05:16 PM	Replies: 2 Views: 923	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 06:51 PM
TPTK, good fold or fail fold? Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop Hero (Button)... Started by Gobbatino, 05-31-2009 10:54 AM	Replies: 8 Views: 689	Last Post By bigspenda73 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 06:38 PM
10NL: Two-pair versus calling stations on drawy board http://weaktight.com/1167332 SB - 34/4/1.8 over 138 hands MP - 34/6/0.8 over 86 hands MP was a calling station. I put both SB and MP on a... Started by BooG690, 05-31-2009 01:39 PM	Replies: 2 Views: 707	Last Post By Extremophile View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 03:22 PM
Why do we raise our draws? I know that you should ‘raise your draws’, but more important than learning rules by rote is knowing the reason why, right? From my understanding, we... Started by Luco, 05-30-2009 06:19 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,047	Last Post By Luco View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 09:17 AM
10NL : Spewy Turn Bet vs Nit ? Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) SB : 14/6 0% over 80 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villian is a super nit, probably playing like... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 04:36 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 889	Last Post By Evilpopcorn View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 05:21 AM
TPTK facing a river insta shove Villian is 14/12/3.8 over 400 hands. Preflop I put him on QKs,AJ+,any pp. On the turn I put him on AJ+,QKhh because I don't think he would c/c a... Started by Kbryce23, 05-26-2009 01:25 AM	Replies: 2 Views: 619	Last Post By Fortitude View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 03:29 AM
Pick-a-part #1 I need to bring more rigor to my sh!t. And forcing reads and ranges is where I'm gonna start. So I'm gonna start posting some hands and walking... Started by sarbox68, 05-30-2009 03:22 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 761	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-31-2009 03:19 AM
Some basic Rakeback advice pleez. Question for 100nl players Hi chaps, Currently playing on stars, i think the FPP stuff is all crap, i'll just want the rakeback if you please once i get to 25nl. Should i... Started by wonderland, 05-30-2009 01:38 PM	Replies: 18 Views: 1,273	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 08:00 PM
5NL - 2 hands for review Hand 1: Villian was 33/11 over 19 hands. I hadn't seen him do anything too stupid, but it's a small sample size. I feel like I played this ok. PF,... Started by PlayToWin, 05-29-2009 05:52 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,314	Last Post By JKDS View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 07:24 PM
Flopped trips with bad kicker in 3 way pot Villian is a solid player as is the the button none have got out of line so far. Im pretty sure my flop call is the right play but my problem comes... Started by quadaces9999, 05-30-2009 05:13 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 753	Last Post By linaker View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 01:38 PM
when not to bet rivers - link to FR hand people talk a lot about when to bet rivers when checked to. people often repeat "bet when worse hands will call or better hands will fold" people... Started by daven, 05-28-2009 09:24 AM	Replies: 14 Views: 1,013	Last Post By tncatfish43 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 01:19 PM
AKo in SB v. Possible Steal 3rd orbit, no reads except Villain raised my SB twice previously. Do I fold and move on? $0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 6 players... Started by chincheck, 05-29-2009 07:33 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 737	Last Post By killerkebab View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 12:47 PM
10nl: TPGK OOP No stats on villain I'm afraid. Any general comments on my (not wonderful) play most welcome, I'm fairly sure I should be betting more on the turn? ... Started by Monsieur_chat, 05-29-2009 04:09 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,045	Last Post By Monsieur_chat View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-30-2009 04:49 AM
10NL : Another Odd Villian line Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) 24/8 2% over 134 hands My Thoughts And Questions Villian is nitty with aggression and likes limping a... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-29-2009 04:00 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 1,313	Last Post By settecba View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 09:30 PM
Where does the money come from? Hi guys, This is my first post on a poker forum. I'm interested in learning to play poker and from my research I see that there are people who... Started by van.dog, 05-12-2009 07:58 PM	Replies: 34 Views: 2,909	Last Post By rong View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 08:10 PM
Understanding No limit Hold em Hey guys, ive been putting in a lot of time over the past week thinking of ways to improve my game. Ive been playing NLHE for almost 3 years now and... Started by SushiWizard, 05-26-2009 07:15 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 768	Last Post By Extremophile View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 08:08 PM
10NL : Overpair IP facing min c/r on drawy board Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BB : 25/20 7% My Thoughts And Questions Villian seems to have decent stats. This spot i hate so very... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-29-2009 03:19 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 737	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 06:47 PM
GLAD I JOIN THIS SITE!!! Since i join this site i've been playing and practicing alot, and i can truly say this site has help my game, just with the stories and the feedback... Started by melinda1978, 05-24-2009 01:12 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,004	Last Post By Stacks View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 06:35 PM
An honorable fairwell to dranger! Ooh Rah Well if I am not mistaken our friend dranger will not be with us much longer as he has an extended vacation planned. Seems young Dustin Dranger is... Started by HarleyGuy13, 05-24-2009 01:50 AM	Replies: 25 Views: 1,309	Last Post By Monty3038 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 11:42 AM
best hand percentage? How do you figure out the percentage for best hand. For instance when you're watching poker on tv and one person has AK and the other has 77 and... Started by StevenCJames, 05-28-2009 11:55 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 889	Last Post By Luco View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 09:18 AM
10NL : Donking Donks Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) UTG : 65/1 0% over 139 hands Extra Note Donk bet% = 48% (10/21) My Thoughts And Questions Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 04:52 AM	Replies: 6 Views: 639	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 03:24 AM
chk my ranges on paired flop vil is 31/23/1.2 over 36 hands... so basically anything beyond these stats is meaningless. He's 100% W$SD over 2 SDs (whoopee...), and I don't... Started by sarbox68, 05-29-2009 02:02 AM	Replies: 1 Views: 741	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-29-2009 03:09 AM
10NL : Small 4-bets at 10NL Scare me Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BTN : 38/13 0% over 33 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villian is kinda loose and kinda agressive... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 05:03 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 744	Last Post By bigspenda73 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 11:47 PM
10NL : Trappy Trappy Donks Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) MP : 36/10 0% over 51 hands. My Thoughts And Questions Villians seems quite loose and not so... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 08:34 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 880	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 11:40 PM
Why was he being an idiot 5c10c thrashing! Anybody figure out what he was doing? Stage #1446909852: Holdem No Limit $0.10 - 2009-05-28 00:16:03 (ET) Table: Dunsany Ct (Real Money) Seat #6... Started by Stuventus, 05-28-2009 07:06 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 589	Last Post By xpaand View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 09:28 PM
Common Downswing Numbers + Some Questions (Long) So after grinding through .01/.02 up to .05/.10, I hit my first "big" downswing today (dropped 4 buy-ins before I got too fed up). I don't think I... Started by uriowi01, 05-26-2009 06:20 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,383	Last Post By uriowi01 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 05:04 PM
10NL : Playing OOP and trying not to get value pwned Villian Stats : (VP$IP/PFR 3-bet%) BTN : 19/10 0% over 149 hands. My Thoughts And Questions So villians seems pretty nitty. So what is... Started by Evilpopcorn, 05-28-2009 08:19 AM	Replies: 3 Views: 737	Last Post By Carroters View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 05-28-2009 11:38 AM
People going all-in pre-flop with AA I'm playing .01/.02 NL on stars (what's the correct way to say that?) and people with AA are always going all-in pre-flop with AA. This seems... Started by van.dog, 05-27-2009 11:56 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 954	Last Post By Pelion View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 10:18 AM
Common spot with a small PP OOP I'm not feeling frisky about This is a common spot I'm not feeling happy about. We're OOP with a small on a (low) paired flop against an aggressive villain, without initiative. ... Started by minSim, 05-24-2009 10:03 AM	Replies: 35 Views: 1,434	Last Post By Pelion View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 09:35 AM
When can't Multi-tabling work, what limit? It just seems that massive multi-tabling can't work past a certain level due to skill level of the other players. Trolls, stay away from this... Started by ArcadianRock, 05-25-2009 05:31 PM	Replies: 25 Views: 2,137	Last Post By Micro2Macro View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 02:58 AM
Preflop 3bet bluff gets called but good flop Villain is a 15/13 with a 45 att to steal and a 85% fold to 3bet over 2000 hands What is he calling a 3bet from out of the blinds with? We have a... Started by AFchung, 05-27-2009 04:40 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 677	Last Post By View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 05-28-2009 12:13 AM
HH - A common scenario for me This is a common spot for me. $0.05/$0.1 No Limit Holdem 4 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: CO Simosha ($8.50) BTN JabbadaHUDD... Started by wonderland, 05-26-2009 12:26 PM	Replies: 23 Views: 1,021	Last Post By BooG690 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-27-2009 02:35 PM
98o on the BTN The guys on the blinds where tight. SB 12/3/0 over 94 hands and BB 15/4/4 over 339 So I was stealing when it was folded to me. First time they... Started by clvacva, 05-26-2009 10:26 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 825	Last Post By clvacva View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 05-27-2009 11:39 AM