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I posted the details how to calculate "typical" downswing scenarios in this thread, but folks complained about the very simplified math involved. ...

Pardon my ignorance but I'd like to know how players get a WSOP bracelet. I've looked on WSOP and Wikipedia and they don't mention how it is...

An expert on a cr vid that i watched says that you should aggressivly bluff Against post flop min raises . His reasoning is that at low and micro...

There's a certain concept I don't understand. I don't believe in it, but I hear a lot of the seasoned posters around here use it though, so I figure...

Whats the difference between the eagle and the money bag in PT? The eagle just says tight-aggressive, the money bag says...

Assume all of the Villains are average weak/tight regulars, possibly with slight profit. Standard or too thin? Hand 1 PokerStars No-Limit...

Will someone, with patience, a good explanatory method, and an ability to keep maths simple, run through EV with me, over MSN? That way it can be...

Getting Hand History Information... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hand #50803647-759 at Carlton (No Limit...

Ok i am involved in a disscussion at another forum. Picture the following scene. hero has AA and raises i ep then 2 more players reraise. Another...

Let's face it, some of us are starting with a smallish bankroll and want to move up in levels quickly, say to the $200 buy in NL game. That's my...

help me on this... PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) ...

So i think my game id coming along albeit very slowly. Im a VERY small winning player but am more concentrated on learning the game rather than...

Limped Pre. Headsup against unknown (presumably a donk given the stakes) with position on him. Flop comes Paint-rag-rag rainbow. He checks, you...

I haven't played at many poker sites before, so perhaps my question is kinda stupid. But I noticed that most tables at the 0.02/0.04c NL tables on...

I thought i read something somewhere about a guide for finding leaks.. is there such a thing?

Okay, a little background. I just doubled up on this guy last hand, and had been pushing him around for like half an hour. He was PO'd, and i...

Ok so, here is the hand it was posted in spoons thread on compaining about bad beats. And it got me thinking. Say this hand was the other way...

Villian and Hero have 100bb effective stacks @100NL or smaller stakes. Villian's stats are (12 +/-3 vp$P, and 6 +/-2 PFR, and total agg of 2.5 over...

Just a short post that hopefully someone will find helpful for where they are atm. Hopefully most of you are familiar with the concept of thinking...

Just checking pushing here is the best play? $0.1/$0.25 No Limit Holdem 5 players Converted at weaktight.com Profiles and Stacks: UTG ...

After 26.5k hands of 200nl this month, I'm running pretty bad. I'm down almost $2600. My net run on all-ins is -$775. I'm up $42.80 with AA, which...

On such a drawy flop am I best trying to ship it in on the flop? If I rerase what should the size be? This is not a bad beat story or anything,...

I like to bet more on the flop than the turn in relation to the pot. The reason behind this is that draws have higher implied odds on the flop than...

How does this work: "£100 +£5 two day, deep stack main event. £5,000 added to prize pool. £1000 of value added bounties. There will be no direct...

Sunday, February 10, 2008 I have some serious questions about my poker game: • Understanding the math behind the game: I believe this will help...

I used the search function and can't find anything substantial on unsuited connectors. Most of the material I've read suggests that unsuited...

One of the things that has worked well for me since I started really improving my game is raising PF with most hands that I am playing when limped or...

Question: my PT stats show that AKs is a big loser over a large number of hands (50k). Almost identical stats in the positive direction for AKo. For...

Ok i have seen several vids where one pro or the other will say that it is perfectly fine to call a raise with a hand like 7/8 off so long as you and...

Last night at a local free poker event, a discussion broke out about legitimate raise amounts. I'll give you the example that I used to try to prove...

Hi, Firstly, happy new year for those whom it is =) I'm a beginner, and just starting to get the hang of NLHE after having some success at...

I really do want to continue to be an active member of the FTR community and of the poker community in general. With work and my training schedule...

Are there any noncard games that can improve poker play, especially STT and MTT's? I recall Harrington being a backgammon and chess master before...

Hey community! can anyone post the rules and some good tips on Texas Hold em' I am just learning but haven't played any cash yet, I want to get to...