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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

25NL 2 pair facing river shove

Villian is unkown, just sat down a couple of hands ago. Call or fold vs. unknown? I checked the river hoping to get a bluff from a missed flush...

Started by Kbryce23, 04-20-2009 03:59 PM
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04-20-2009 04:18 PM

Should this have scared me?

Villain is a laggtard with 70/15. Usually overbets the pot when he hits the flop. However he limps/completes with practically ATC. PokerStars...

Started by Dash, 04-18-2009 12:25 PM
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04-20-2009 03:03 PM

Tough spot for QQ

Villian is 17/3/3 over 200 hands. He’s playing a couple of my tables (didn’t search him but should have) and it wouldn’t surprise me if he was...

Started by Pig_Vomit, 04-19-2009 11:03 AM
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04-20-2009 08:39 AM

Bet sizing: spenda, stacks, my poker parents.

lol... I'm not inferring anything here but i think spenda is the angry dad who comes home and gets told junior has been naughty. Stacks is of the...

Started by wonderland, 04-19-2009 12:35 PM
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04-20-2009 05:02 AM

I,m still going

:cool: I thought I'ld die after the MARATHON, ...but I'm still playing :roll:

Started by Olddog21, 04-20-2009 01:36 AM
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04-20-2009 01:36 AM

test

Absolute Poker (Cash Game): $0.01/$0.02 NL, 9 players Sun, Apr 19, 2009 04:50:43 EDT Powered by Poker Academy (Format: 2+2 Forums) MOUSE718...

Started by littleogre, 04-19-2009 05:26 AM
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04-19-2009 10:53 PM

Anyone wanna sweat me?

Basically I'll play some 50NL (badly) - and you can ask me about stuff. This not so much me trying to give something back to the community as it...

Started by oskar, 04-19-2009 03:35 PM
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04-19-2009 10:11 PM

Am I playing KK wrong?

I just can't believe how much money I've lost with KK these past few days. I hope I'm doing something wrong though so I may correct it. Here are...

Started by ArcadianRock, 04-15-2009 04:14 PM
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04-19-2009 06:37 PM

Marathon

How did everybody do ....love to here some winner's story :P

Started by Olddog21, 04-19-2009 04:35 PM
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04-19-2009 04:35 PM

$25 NL 6 Max hand. Top pair against Aggressive player.

Another bog standard hand really. I apologize for this. I know they may seem trivial to some of the better players, but these are the kind of hands I...

Started by Blazing_Saddler, 04-16-2009 02:20 PM
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04-19-2009 03:33 PM

$2nl full ring - drawing to a flush

what should i have not done here and why? thanks, guys mp1's stats are; vpip 20, pfr 13, AF 0.50 iPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (9 handed) -...

Started by flintyglint, 04-19-2009 06:09 AM
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04-19-2009 01:30 PM

patience....how do u do it

I was wondering if there was anything specific that i could do to help gain more patience i do fine uptil about 2 hours into to then i loose it play...

Started by gonefishin420, 04-14-2009 12:17 PM
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04-19-2009 11:47 AM

88 facing strange stats and stranger betting line

i've only played 26 hands against villain but he's running 19/0/5, so the limp call does not indicate set-hunting nearly as much as i usually infer...

Started by surviva316, 04-17-2009 01:13 AM
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04-19-2009 03:44 AM

Downswing session HH

fack me this is gruuuueling. Here's some grim hands for y'all to comment on. If people could numerically list their comments rather than just say the...

Started by wonderland, 04-17-2009 06:15 PM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,423
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04-18-2009 06:45 PM

Checking my series of thoughts on this hand

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Button ($9.70) Hero (SB) ($6.70) BB ($2)...

Started by S1x, 04-18-2009 02:55 AM
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04-18-2009 06:40 PM

4 bet pot with ak

BB 16/8/5 CO unknown No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (6 handed) - Hold'em Manager Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop BB ($27.60)...

Started by Pig_Vomit, 04-18-2009 01:47 AM
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04-18-2009 02:52 PM

1 Hand Review

sorry no read on opponent although sure i had some. i normally just bet again on the turn but i felt anycard but the 7 would be okay for my hand...

Started by T-Rex, 04-16-2009 10:52 PM
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04-18-2009 02:51 PM

donkey

One day a farmer's donkey fell down into a well. The animal cried piteously for hours as the farmer tried to...

Started by kardmania, 04-17-2009 12:20 AM
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04-18-2009 11:53 AM

How Much Money Can Be Made?

I've just been asked a question to which I've seen no real answer. Someone wants to know how much money I stand to make playing poker if I truly...

Started by siltstrider, 04-18-2009 01:47 AM
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04-18-2009 10:07 AM

25NL - 88 vs shorty 3bet

Fishy player limps UTG and I raise to isolate in MP. Short stack villain 3bets from the hyjack and his/her stats are 20/0 for ten hands and he has...

Started by FriskyPirate, 04-17-2009 10:06 PM
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04-18-2009 04:53 AM

Expansion of the 19

I was wondering what the next progression of the 19 hands would be for late position. I assume ATs? or T9s?

Started by scotladd, 04-16-2009 10:08 PM
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04-18-2009 03:22 AM

New Poster / Noob, Couple questions

I posted this on Two plus Two also. I chose both Forums do to the quality of posters and info obtained from web sites. This is a great forum BTW. ...

Started by NBudris, 04-17-2009 02:20 PM
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04-17-2009 08:28 PM

Is this way too tight?

I multi table about 9 at a time so obviously I don't have lots of decisions to make, but I only play a very close type of hands. En general the...

Started by ArcadianRock, 04-17-2009 01:56 AM
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04-17-2009 06:29 PM

Good VP/PFR in 6-Max 25NL?

stupid post :)

Started by T-Rex, 04-14-2009 03:40 AM
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04-17-2009 01:13 PM

$25NL Line Check VS Unknown (Facing Donk Bet)

Villain is 75/0 so far, yet only 12 hands so basically unknown. Does anyone prefer calling > raising? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8...

Started by Micro2Macro, 04-16-2009 05:28 AM
Replies: 18 Views: 1,340
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04-17-2009 11:00 AM

2NL Hands

Villlian running 74/24/2.6 He opened for 3x which could mean a small pocket pair. I figured I was probably ahead here on the flop plus I had a...

Started by PlayToWin, 04-15-2009 11:17 PM
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04-17-2009 05:33 AM

Hand for Review

no reads Now I figure great board to Cbet right only thing calling is like AJ kj qj QQ+ he calls so do i just auto give him? and i should have...

Started by T-Rex, 04-15-2009 10:37 PM
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04-16-2009 08:26 PM

Some 'long term' questions for the big boys.

So... been a fair bit of interesting talk on the forums lately and even though i've posted a lot lately, the questions keep coming faster than the...

Started by wonderland, 04-16-2009 12:14 PM
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04-16-2009 07:17 PM

Some people just have the luck!

...

Started by Anja, 04-16-2009 06:49 AM
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04-16-2009 02:17 PM

25NL - KK Squeezed

Hero opens from UTG2 and large fish calls on the button. Tight reg siezes the opportunity and lays down the squeeze. Hero curses under his breath...

Started by FriskyPirate, 04-15-2009 11:17 PM
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04-16-2009 01:57 PM

Cbets, HUD reads and problem-solving - warning LONG

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....

Started by Robb, 02-22-2008 09:06 PM
Replies: 49 Views: 11,810
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04-16-2009 01:35 PM

$25 NL QQ Facing 3-bet OOP VS Unknown

This is the guys second hand after posting in the cutoff. He basically insta-raised here. Call, fold, 4-bet - but please explain why. PokerStars...

Started by Micro2Macro, 04-16-2009 05:34 AM
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04-16-2009 11:35 AM

Any point in value betting this river?

No stats, villian seemed to like limping with marginal hands but didn't usually call raises. My table table image is pretty bad as I had a rush of...

Started by Hoopy, 04-15-2009 09:21 AM
Replies: 16 Views: 1,053
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04-16-2009 10:10 AM

25NL - KK facing limper re-raise preflop

Tight reg limps in the cutoff and hero raises in SB. Villain has high steal rate but low 3bet and low cbets. This sure feels like the old AA tarp?...

Started by FriskyPirate, 04-15-2009 11:16 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 773
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04-16-2009 10:07 AM

Perfect SnG for micro-limit players

At Pokerstars the 90 player SnG with a .25 cent buy-in is an easy tournament to turn your .25 cents into $6.20. The tournament is not like many...

Started by 999999999, 04-14-2009 05:05 PM
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04-16-2009 08:57 AM

Project AK Improvement: Hand #1

So I decided to embark on a new project to improve AK play. First some background, then the first HH for review. From the reading that I have...

Started by Cougar, 04-15-2009 09:31 PM
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04-16-2009 08:40 AM

JJ + OESD facing big turn bet

Villain has 184 BBs so I'm assuming he's decent. Just sat down at this table with no real reads. Imo, he could possibly have 99+, AQd+, AQc+, AQo+,...

Started by chrisa, 04-13-2009 11:55 AM
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04-16-2009 04:40 AM

Poker Player, Know Thy Self!

If you want to get better at Poker you have to "Know Yourself". The 1st question you need to ask yourself is, "What are my strengths". So many...

Started by CRAZYBEAR22, 04-15-2009 01:26 PM
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04-16-2009 04:27 AM

$25 NL 6 max hand (Value bet river and bet sizing problems)

not a very exciting hand , pretty bog standard. However I think it shows up leaks in my game. not value betting the river in position I am sure is...

Started by Blazing_Saddler, 04-15-2009 01:53 PM
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04-16-2009 12:19 AM

25NL - KK on button facing multi early raisers

Tight Reg opens UTG1, fishy fishmaster shoves all-in in UTG2. Hero is on button scratching his ass wondering WTF do I do now: Shove...thereby chasing...

Started by FriskyPirate, 04-15-2009 11:16 PM
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04-15-2009 11:48 PM

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