Beginners Circle

Kinda appropriate title, but also an attention grabber i think lol. Alright, so i decided after about 2 months of deliberation that those 30...

wow!!!!! 2957 people in the .025c tourney, im at final table right now in first place with more then 4x the next place person 7 ppl left im just...

ive decided to play 2$NL intil i hit 150 due to the fact that i earned most of my roll from a single win in a tournament, im going to try multi...

well it was expected, but not this soon, but my BR is now 125$, should i increase the limit at which i play? or should i stick to 2$NL because thats...

I've recently began multitable ring games, i usually go up, but what if im down, i buy in with 1$ to 2$NL my br right now is 14$ so if im down...

Coming off of a tourney win last night, I'm sitting at a bankroll capable of handling 25nl for a short period of time. That having been said, my...

How often are you having to fire again after check/raising? Particularly when you check/raise people with "initiative" *dum* *dum* *dum* Some...

I can watch a few hours of videos made by one of the ok regs I play against - cos I found his blog. What should I be taking notes on? +++++++EV???

Here's my first big hit. I have a few questions besides the good ol' "did i play this right" 1. if i'm winning at a table, at what point should i...

There is a 'us' v them mentality in this forum which is awful considering it is meant to be a forum for new players. I would like to take this...

Hey guys, me again. I was just wondering if everyone could give me some absolute MUST read (or watch/listen) ideas for basic play. More...

Hey guys, new to the site. I decided to post this in the beginners circle basically because its about beginning something. I am not however, a...

hey, first post, hoping to have lots to come, i have a bankroll of about 10$ on pokerstars, and 60$ on another site, what game play do you think i...

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I'm in second place in a MTT with 181 out of 492 people left in. I've been playing very aggressive to this stage.. chip holdings at the moment are: -...

Ive been looking into and reading alot on ICM for bubble and beyond play. Could someone please treat me like a 2 year old and try to explain to me...

After looking back over a lot of posts I've made since I started posting here, I can tell that one piece of advice given often to me and probably my...

What do you think of opening hands like AQs, AJs, and ATs for a limp from EP - at 10nl 6max? Rationale 1. Typical villains play passively, so at...

Position is key to poker, especially in holdem and draw where position is fixed throughout each hand. Still position is not just being on the...

tonight i lost 3BI (1$ each to 2$NL) was going to call it quits... but i decided to enter some sng's, one on pstars 1.20 buy in 9 entries,...

A lot of the time i look down at KK and AA and its folded to me on the button. I make my standard 3x raise and the blinds go out. So much value i got...

This thread is to go in tandem with 'rillas "place where noobies diie" thread. I hope he doesn't mind.

Hi there, I'm trying to get a better grip on odds and wondered if anyone could suggest some good software for this. What I'm after is something...

Playing CO and Button almost comes naturally due to my aggressive nature at the table. But playing in these damn blinds is gonna take some work. Im...

I was reading a cardplayer article from the latest issue, by John Vorhaus. It suggests writing down 3 things you can't do in poker, so you can...

i play alot of nl holdem small stakes 50/1 1/2 multi tabling....i win consitently but i want to get better are there any websites, books, articles...

Hey guys, sup? Many of you know me since before. Many don't. I wanted to get this down on print of some sort, because I think that could benefit...

Getting my my sets cracked against back door straights/flushes against the worst guy on the table, twice in a row, then getting it in with top pair...

It's been fun so far. I'm actually collecting chips at a record rate although I haven't really figured this game out. This is from a 10c/20c table....

Or should I just not try?

In terms of hand reading, you never know if you're right, unless you go to showdown. So you have no idea if your reads are right. Therefore, as long...

Im filling out a online form for my ONline deposit. im risking 20 Euros , to see if i like the site, and im being charged 2%. is this normal? ...

well im officially done on pokerstars...nothin left in my BR, so i guess itsjust gonna collect dust for a bit, ill play on pokerroom school with...

10th hand at table, first NL in about 6 months, zero reads on anyone Put SB on a squeeze and once original raiser folded I decided to make a move....

Should I play with a 600$ initial bankroll? I've got bored of trying to win a free roll been two weeks it's so hard to get any money out of these...

not really a poker forums type of guy but i have been running into problems with my game and thought some outside thoughts would help. been playing...

I can't find the exact hand history, but I'm pretty sure I got this right: Full ring 5NL. Button (hero) AK 9$ BB 4$...