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Opponent is 58/4/0.4. http://weaktight.com/158345

Was rambling on in IRC and thought I'd copy/paste this here for mass beginner consumption: <spoonitnow> Suppose you're in some hand about to bet...

Hi there, Read 2 books so far, interested in getting some more, wondering what people would advise. Some background: Been playing online for...

There have been a few newbies askin' about how to spot sets, how to avoid stacking off to them, how to avoid seeing them everywhere and folding too...

Suppose 60bb stacks and a 7-handed table. A tight/aggressive player opens for 4xbb from UTG/4-off-the-button. The CO calls, we call on the button...

So today I'm really happy to be playing poker. I'm not checking Poker Tracker, I'm not worrying about beats, and I'm not mindlessly surfing the web....

Late night, I've dropped a level to move some chips. I'm by far the most active aggressive player at the table having taken down a lot of small pots...

Villain just sat down. Never seen him before. Let's give the noobs and micro players a chance to post their thoughts first on what Hero should do....

I know my bet size on the flop was terrible. What about the turn? Correct to fold it? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars...

Say two suits come out on the flop. Ur heads up and in position. Villain checks u bet he calls. For w/e reason u put him on a flush draw right now....

Were in position vs a nit and we are the pf aggressor. AK7r flop and we have KJ. Villain is something like 17/11/3. Cbet or check and let villain...

Assume 100bb stacks and an 8-handed game. We are 16/14 and open AKo UTG for 4xbb. HJ, a 12/5 nit, 3-bets to 14x. It's folded to us. What do we do?

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Senario: You are BB holding complete junk lets say 83o 3 people limp to you sb calls and you check. flop is 334 rainbow. how do you play this?

I ask this stupid question because it has happened to me twice in the past week. Two-player hand on the flop, both of us with full stacks and I...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (8 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) MP2 ($1.48) CO...

I'm a newbie, and I've noticed that I am beginning to win and/or stay around my buy in on limit Hold'em, but I'm not winning any money. I win hands...

Found myself down 3 BIs within about 100 hands today, and I lost all of that on just two hands: PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed)...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) SB ($2.33) BB ($14.42)...

hi all, my first post (great site btw) i've only been playing bout 3 weeks and i have a question or two i hope you can help me with. 1. how well or...

Fresh table. In the 11 hands I've been there I've done one PF raise that got me the blinds and one PF raise on the BTN that SB and BB both called,...

I'm having trouble wrapping my head around a simple scenario despite having read quite a bit about equity in the past. Suppose that preflop I have...

spoonitnow: i'm starting to notice that when i spend my time at the tables without much distraction that the quality of my time away from the tables...

Reposted from elsewhere.. I'm aware from reading you guys posts that many of you are big time multitablers. I'm wondering what you do about reads...

Just go to ub and search out a donk ,by the name of playmybankrow. Biggest fish i have ever seen. Dude donked off 18 bucks at 2nl in less then 45...

Hey hows it going everyone, I'm new to FTR and I just had a quick question for anyone that can help me out. I've been playing for the last couple...

Anyone know any links that tell you the chance of hitting 2 pair on the flop trips etc also does anyone know like the ratios for you to call hands...

my friends were playing texas holdem and the table had K diamonds, 9 diamonds, 7 diamonds, 6 diamonds, 10 diamonds one player had 9 hearts and 2...

This is a typical hand that can be very tricky. Full table SNG. A mid position player limps in, everyone else folds, the small blind completes and...

I think I'm suffering from this debilitating disease. I think I have been trying too hard lately to avoid sets and giving most people who raise my...

Simple question: Am I being too nitty with my roll if I don't want to move to 10nl until i have 25 buyins? I've been frustratingly stuck around...

After a rare weekend of playing time, I jumped my roll from $400 to over $1800 - in one weekend! I did this by playing turbo double shootouts and...

Been watching a few videos lately to try and work on my limit game more and a some have been using pokerstove to evaluate equity during the game on...

do any of you ever find yourself making looser calls after being on a winning stretch..? I sometimes catch myself making bad calls which I...