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It's first 5 minutes of a freeroll to a 16k daily tournament, only one place up for grabs, about 700 runners. Thanks for your comments *****...

I did a search, and didn't find a thread like this one out there, but if I missed it, point me in the direction, and I'll be there. I got 4...

Is this more what everyone has been telling me to do in terms of my raise amount? BTW, I made the raise because the guy who bet did it...

Playing 2NL has it's big share of bad players, but most of them aren't rediculously terrible. I'm having trouble on figuring out how to play...

Since this is officially "harp on about bankroll management" month. I was thinking about this last night. Even if you're prepared to redeposit,...

Hi everyone :p I just finished 19th out of 700 ppl in a freeroll tournament at pkr, just wanted to say thank you, couldn't have done it without all...

2 plays I have currently started, in order to reduce getting burnt, and I'd like comments please. 1) hit the flop hard, say trips or 2 pair on a...

"Poker is not about life and death. It's much more serious than that." --VP Pappy “Sometimes when I play poker, I get the feeling that everyone’s...

suppose you flopped a huge hand, say a set or a straight, against a villain who has initiative. When do you put in a raise to swell the pot,...

Can you tell me how you would have played this hand please, it's a 1$ 160 man mtt with 117 players left largest stack is 7.5k PokerStars No-Limit...

Hi, i see there is alotta software questions, well, here is mine. I'm overall down on poker, about 6 monthes ago, i deposited 3 bankrolls of 50 on...

What if there were a 4 year course in a major university where you could earn a degree as a poker player. What classes would a student be...

Hi everyone: I was very excited to find this site; I became fascinated with poker a couple of years ago when on a trip to Las Vegas, I saw some...

I was at a family event last night and my brother in law's father was there. He's an arrogant know it all about most things and we all usually just...

While this is somewhat sparked both by Auhfel's post, and the 100k pissing contest that FTR's regs, and that Spoon got into. I found some very...

I was playing in a free roll first hands and this guy next to me keeps going all in, he's won about twice with nothing hands, last hand he had was...

I didn't think to copy the hand down while I was at the table so, I'll just give you the rundown ~It's late in a 2,222 freeroll ~We're down to...

This happened at our weekly bar league tourney. I looked at QJ of spades and decided to call a preflop raise. The hand ended when I made a river call...

The amount of luck required to win a large field tournament is enormous. Recently, I chopped a freeroll headsup on Stars for $7.5k. Here are some fun...

ok.. after a rough night i wanna buy some books theme should be nolimt fullring micro stakes

Ok, so I'm new-ish to poker. I used to play a little bit with the play money back when I was 16 and I couldn't use real money. The first time I ever...

I feel like I am at a huge disadvantage not using a HUD even playing 25nl. But I'm not really sure which stats I need, or even what some of them...

Hi everyone this is going to be a thread where I post any notable events on my way to building a significant bankroll. I have been playing free...

I'm reccomending this book to any relatively new player to the game, I've been playing about three weeks now and under forum advice I've purchased...

I won my entire stack from this guy in a previous hand where it went all in on the flop with a set (he had TPTK). He was running 45/12/2.4 and then...

I don't mean to post this out of place, but as a Beginner, I decided this was the best place. I Use only Pokerstars Currently. And you can...

I want to start playing more tables at 10nl. Probably just two for now. I've read about many FTR regulars playing up to 9 or more tables at once. My...

Here's another thing I get asked about from time to time, so I'll make this thread and bookmark it so I can just link people instead of having to...

Howdy, Im looking for some feedback on my first 5k hands. Im not too familiar with what I should be aiming for statswise. I know 5k isnt a large...

Hi All: Well I had my third session playing live, at the Hustler Casino in Gardena; I was going to try the Bicycle Club, next but didn't feel like...

It's a bit late for this but there's still four days left so thought I'd mention it for those thinking of depositing into poker stars. They're...

This hand has been frustrating me lately. I raise preflop, get called and then an overcard (or two) come up, I get bet into and feel like I need to...

I have read bits and pieces referring to fishes, I used to think it meant new players - but think i'm off the mark with that. I've checked...

I have tried twice now and still cant get it to work. I've installed PT 2.17.02 and also Poker Ace Hud 1.18. I use Poker Stars. First I used...

This started out as a reply to user smitts187 in his thread: hmm tips for ps 100k. You can read the progression of that thread there, but I thought...

How? How I do dis? Sit and Go's specificarry. What is Formura?