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I had thought I was a winning player, but lately I have been doing poorly over a fairly large sample. I'm not sure if I should attribute it to...

Wow. I just got knocked out of a single table SNG literally not being able to raise a single hand except the one that finally knocked me out (and I...

x-post from my blog, thought it might be useful for some of you to think about. Want to take a sec to chat about something thats been going...

I'm not sure if this is the correct place to post this,but here goes. Can you look me up on sharkscope and let me know if this is good,bad or...

Textbook example of a terrible min-raise line. $1/$2 No Limit Holdem 6 players Converted at weaktight.com Stacks: UTG INTREPID FOX...

My experience so far at the micros is that this line almost invariably means set, trips, straight or a flush depending on what the board has out. I...

This is my first Hand Review request. I'll wait for a few responses before I post my read and the results. Thanks for the help. PokerStars...

This is about 3 minutes long and explains how to do advanced filtering and multiple sorts in the lobby. I was surprised at how many people didn't...

So i think Ive got the basics pretty much down pat. Preflop hand selection, knowing when to continue post flop, position, pot odds, implied odds all...

Tilt is one thing, and i've learned how to control it fairly well, but what I'm needing help with now is the staying on my game during times where I...

Recently I've been building my BR in the $5.50 games, and it felt pretty easy for a while but now I feel like I'm a losing to bad beats and tighter...

This is actually posted in the community forum but thought I would post here as well.... I played my first $11.00 S&G yesterday after grinding...

I am wondering if I should mix up FR and 6max play or just stay focused on just one. I have been playing 6-max fairly exclusively since I started...

trying to get some help from the PT website, but its slow going... i used to play 2 tables while datamining 10 at party poker with PT2, but i cant...

So what is it? I see it in a lot of posts and I just assumed it was 1. play premium hands 2. good hand = call/raise 3. bad hand = fold 4. no...

Has anyone come across any software that would allow you to download the poker videos on FTR? I would like to download them and then convert them...

consider subscribing to a poker training site? And if so which one? im currently an average winning player at 100nl full ring where ive worked my...

I am currently at 10/20 Blinds, I have no problem earning my money, but after I win a session, I feel too confident, and invest all my money on weak...

Okay so, here is a model of your brain. Each of those circles represents some capacity you have for thought and focus. So if you are grinding...

I'm sure I'm not the first person to ask this question, but a search of the forum hasn't really thrown up a load of helpful answers, so I figured I'd...

When posters talk about their/villains image the use x/y/z. What do these mean and do they come from a system like PokerAce HUD.(which I am vaguely...

Well, anyone can respond to this thread, but as a student I wanted to know what kind of hours other part-time players put in and how that works for...

Just spamming this forum quick. FTR is holding 2 private events for its members, where you can win a seat to the Bodog $270 “5 Seats Guaranteed...

I have a few questions for the great members of this forum. Just for some background, I haven't been coming to this site long, but I have been...

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Which blinds games did you guys start at, and which game do you think its hardest to move up to? I been playing for around 2 months, pretty much...

I guess like a lot of new players who have been watching poker on TV, I jumped straight into playing NL games either with friends or online. I've...

What is the optimal rate to defend from the blinds to make it -EV for a steal. I'm not really sure how I would calculate it. I'm guessing you'd...

Hey guys, assuming that my friend can get off work on Saturday night, we are going to be playing in a tag-team tournament at a local casino. It is...

Epic battle today at 10nl, with pythonic and I sitting at a couple of tables together. This hand must be posted for the sake of pythonic's sanity. ...

I know I might regret asking the following question of the same people who have been regularly kicking my ass this week, but here it goes anyway: ...

I have been a little down the past couple of weeks as a noob that really wants to get the handle on all of this. I started at .05/.10 limit,...

I've been playing $25 NL for about 6k hands now. I know that's a small sample but I seem to be losing consistently enough that I'm wondering if I...

Without having any reads on a villian, does anyone have a system or trick to know when your good hand is beat? For example, if I have a full...

A lot of the time i find that I'm in the BB with a craptacular hand (K3, J5, 38 etc) and the SB will try to steal with a minimum raise. I rarely like...

i just signed up to flop turn river and would like to just take a minute to say hi. my name is seth and i will be looking for some good stories and...

I posted this in FR but thought it would probably be more at home here.... Felt i played fairly well finishing up with +$9 on .01/.02 FR on Stars....