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im preparing for a home game tonight, what should i focus on. there will be 5 ppl including me one is a calling station one is semi-strong one calls...

You are UTG with AK and raise to 4bb's. Button 3bets to 12bb's. Assume his 3bet range is the standard QQ+ & maybe AK. Is this an auto-fold every...

Not playing in a live game in about 4 months more than three handed ended last weekend by going to Turningstone in New York. I guess I have improved...

I'm trying to get real money chips onto my PokerStars account but I can't use any of their available methods. I have a PayPal account with enough...

Hello All, I've been a lurker for a long time - I've been in here at least once a day for the past 6 months or so but only registered today,...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (2 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver) Hero ($0.90) Button...

Hi everyone. I'm not sure if this is the right part of the forum for introductions but I'll risk it nonethless. I just started playing online...

Ok, take alook at this and tell me what you think villains packing and why. Typical $10 table - passive/loose on Bet365poker Game ID 1023490951...

Recently, I've been reviewing and sorting my stored poker articles and forum posts when I rediscovered this little gem. It's a Cardplayer's article:...

I've played about 100.000 hands since I got PokerTracker and one of the hands I do worst with, exept for random crap I always fold, is AJ offsuit. I...

Hi, I'm relatively new to cash games as I usually play sngs. Ive been playing the .05/.10 NL to try and get a feel for it and I'm doing terribly. ...

OK, here's a recent hand that i rather well and rather poorly at $10 on Bet365poker. Give me some feedback, then i'll let you know the result...

A big problem I'm having since moving from tourneys to ring is knowing whether or not my top pair or similar type hand is good. A lot of the times...

i didn't sve the hand so i'm gonna write by memory. full ring game Hero is on the button Ac 2D UTG calls .25 UTG +1, +2 fold UTG + 3 call...

all hands playe dat 50NL full ring. y-axis is in bigbets & dollars (for 50NL). any advice/discussion appreciated. thanks. my last checkup was...

I tried out a lot of raising from the SB when faced with 1 LP limper in tonight's session, and it seemed to work very well. I figured that if someone...

Sometimes there are monsters under the bed, sometimes there aren't. Is there a monster here? What should Hero do? Assume no reads. Full Tilt Poker...

Assume full stacks and villain hasn't shown that he is an idiot or great yet. You are UTG with AKo. You raise 4bb's and get 1 caller from the the...

Recently I've been paying a lot more attention to timing and deciphering it's meaning. First of all, one can make a big mistake by taking it for...

Fellow FTRs, Tomorrow, when Hollywood Poker shuts down to US players, I will be hanging 'em up. My 21 yo son started online about 3 years ago...

when ppl say 25nl is that what they buyin for and if so is that the max or the average they buy in for also what is the wpp thing under my avatar

posting 3 bluffs i made at $50nl. i've been playing very aggressively recently and don't usually make plays like i have below, so it was a great...

If there are any questions, see this thread: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/forum/poker-42620.htm Alright guys, sorry about the delay but...

Hi Guys I have been lurking around FTR for about a year now, and have enjoyed learning about poker in a forum that...

when you fire a 3rd barrel on the river and you get a fold?

Just curious if anyone here has ever attended this academy or knows someone who has and what their opinion of it is. I am thinking about going to...

what does LAG mean, can someone show me an example and give me a definition

My last 10K hands. Down 4+ buyins at $25NL since moving to crypto. These stats are mostly hands at prima but 2500 are crypto, and I haven't changed...

Villain very loose. I am not trying to make a bad beat post out of it but want to make sure I played them right. Just want to make sure i am not...

Hi, I just want to know if I am playing the correct way or if I'm being overly cautious. Usually when I hit tptk or top pair high kicker but...

Hi, guys! I play microNL at pokerstars. I have a question and I haven't found an answer anywhere. It doesn't seem so important but anyway... How do...

Today has just been horrible for me. Here are some of the hands from today. Am I doing something wrong or should I keep playing them the same and...

The setting is a weekly game at school. It is a full table 40 dollar maximum buy in. Blinds are .25/.50 NL hold em. A little background on the...

I started out online poker playing SNGs and mostly tournaments about a year and a half ago. I started getting more into cash games seriously for the...