Beginners Circle

this has been brought up before in this thread and resulted in very few responses ...

I'm having a bit of trouble playing overpairs when meeting with aggression post-flop. I'm Fairly new to NLHE ring, with only 2,500 hands played...

I thought I'd start a post on what do you guys average on a session (maybe 5 hours or more) when you profit. List down the stakes your playing and...

Under what conditions will you guys play unsuited connectors?

Well, I'm coming to the end of my PP 45-beginner days and it's been really good. I had to stop today because I've managed to lose about 20% of my...

I started playing on PS about 2 months ago. I read somewhere on here about pokersource and the instant BR. So I took the time set it up. I got the...

I understand the concept, but I don't really see how to figure out if a situation is +EV or -EV in play. I know pot odds cold. I'll see if I can...

I just found out unibet keeps your stats, so here are mine.. any obvious leaks here? No. of games won: 20% Showdowns won: 49% No. of flops...

------HAND 18------ Game #2320677864: Hold'em NL ($0.50/$1) - 2006/05/10 - 11:26:01 (UK) Table "Cannonade" Seat 6 is the button. Seat 1: micahg1...

I suddenly know how everyone feels when they hit a 7-8 buy-in downswing. It's never really happened to me before. And I'm down 7-8 in the past two...

Hey, I probably sound like such a dumbass but... Can somebody explain for me the terms M and EV (+ or -). I see them used, and I understand...

Some famous poker dude came up with that law that basically said that many certain decisions at the poker table are random, like the amount someone...

I know I should know this, but... What's the difference between using the expression Npt/100BB and just N/100BB? I understand the later, but...

Anyone have any suggestions for seriously practicing hold'em without risking real cash to begin with? I tried play money games, but they don't...

Looking through my first ~10,000 hands I realized that AA makes up almost exactly 1/2 of my total profit. Is this normal or just a good run w/ AA?...

Recently i've been seeing this happen alot, though i've never once seen a show down in this situation. I havent been getting involved in it myself,...

I am a tourney player learning to be profitable in ring. It is going well. Point of my post : Have been letting go of Ak a whole lot to...

I'm getting AK AQ AJ KQ KJ QJ AT etc busted far too often because I get way too many callers preflop. Here is my standard play: FOr AK AQ and AJs...

I don't know what has happened to me in the past week or so but I find myself playing very aggressively and it is costing me. I'm not down a whole...

I'm a somewhat of a beginner to the game- I know that, generally, you're supposed to bet if you believe you have the best hand, or if you have a...

I've been thinking it might be a good idea to start a thread in which we discuss common bets and what they mean in certain contexts. It could be...

-----HAND 1------ Game #2305873894: Hold'em NL (£0.15/£0.25) - 2006/05/08 - 18:36:01 (ET) Table "Overlord" Seat 8 is the button. Seat 1: Homey147...

Is there a more up to date list of the free roll tournaments?

Okay let's say I'm holding xx pocket pair and board comes up something like AA4 or 884 or 773 rainbow- Knowing there are other factors, generally,...

If i have xx pocket pair and see a paired board, like 773 or 884 or AA9 am I generally in good shape? In other words, If I have pocket pair (like...

I seem to be getting outplayed badly when I call high preflop bets with these. I know they can beat AA, KK QQ JJ AK AQ AJ when played right but this...

I noticed this combination is not in the hand ranking groups. Should it be in group 6 maybe? What suggestions would you give for playing this set?...

I just wanted to say thanks to the FTR community. Before I found this site I was blowing 25 bucks every weekend just messing around (but still...

3 players left in 8 man $5 tournament home game. payouts are $30 for 1st, $10 for 2nd. I'm chip leader with $45, villian is next with about $25,...

So I got dealt :8h: :9h: in a game on Noble. I hate it there, I'm just playing to clear the bonus. I decide to play the hand and so am...

Hi, Any advice on playing this hand better. Unlike Paradise this site is TOUGH and TIGHT. No chaser, checker, callers here. Its can regularly...

In a previous post about microstakes strategy, I had recommended that someone bring the minimum to the table to reduce variance when getting bad...

Been browsing this site for weeks now and have already picked a whole stack of useful information to improve my play. So, thought I'd better setup...

I know bonus chasing is good for building a nice bankroll and there's nothing wrong at all with that. That's all I'm doing right now is bonus...

Does anyone know what approx. percentage of people make a profit playing any sort of poker online?

This is just an odds question... and to some extent a move question... 5 sitting at a turbo SnG, I'm in last position, everyone but the blinds have...