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Sometimes i just hate to fold hands(which is stupid i know). Especially after getting crap all night. I had a feeling (s)he had the straight, but...

dominated hand I saw this term quite a few times, but I'm still not sure exactly what it means. Can someone explain it to me and give me a few...

Last night I sat down at a table and had Poker Tracker running. One of the tables I sat down at had one guy at 70/35, and another at 55/30. Granted...

Can anyone provide a link for AOK's 19 starting hands post? I have been trying to find it without any success. Thank you in advance.

I posted this in the MTT forum as well, but I think hand reading is a very important exercise for beginners as well. Even if you don't play MTTs,...

That's my problem at 400NL full. Most pots consist of a PFR with 1-2 callers, followed by a cbet which gets credit for an overpair or not (calldown...

I've been all over the sight and i find lots of references to Aokronglys 19 hands, but am i missing something. i can't find the actual post or...

Heya all. I've kinda just started out at $25NL over the past week or so and I've been playing pretty tight basicly following Aok's 19 hand preflop...

I have been playing poker since I was bitten by the bug in July of 2005. I have played online nearly everyday since Aug. I spend tons of time...

Well, this guy was running at 75/35, scooping many pots, small and large post flop and showing many many raggy bluffs. Ive only played 5k hands at...

Ok, I'm looking at this hand and I don't think I bet the river too well. I don't want to be weak-passive with TPWK on a draw-heavy board, but then...

It would be really helpful to get a few more explanations of “Pot Equity”. I have just read about “Pot Equity” in SSH, but I don’t fully understand...

Okay, so I'm reading some article by negreanu, and he's tossing these terms around... wtf do they mean?

To all on FTR ... I started playing online in Oct of '05 primarily because my college age son was playing and winning and I saw this as a way for...

Whether I'm raising AK or 56 of diamonds, I'm looking for a flop that misses hands that call a raise before I C-bet. My standard right now is a 10-8...

Let's say you are dealt K Q not suited. Someone raises 3X the BB and everyone folds to you. You are in position. Would you: A.) Call B.)...

I'm fairly new to poker - I've been playing about 10 months now, and I consider myself a decent player. (As in, I know how to lay traps, and I'm...

I have just gotten interested in NL Hold-em. After playing with Play Money at PartyPoker long enough to get a feel of the interface and game, I...

ok i already read the bankroll management guide and i did not see this anywhere. Also, i didnt know where to post that because all those guides are...

Hi all, Been playig at 25NL for 2,500 hands and want to analyse my play. I had some hands in the Hand History section "critiqued" by some FTR...

Negative variance has been kicking in for me like something fierce for the last 2.5k hands or so at 25nl on party and its causing me to second guess...

A hand from an STT tonigt (0.04+0.01). Feel I invited this with my shakey bet on the turn. Everest Poker — Hand Details Hand ID: 200017155...

I would love to hook up with people from FTR and sit at an empty table and have some live, in-your-face nlhe strategy. Who be down?

I was wondering how should I go about betting in this situation where I have a top set or top two pair and the board is draw heavy with either a...

Just passed 3,000 hands at 2nl play, and with my BR at approx $130 I figured I have the BR and some experience to try moving up to 5nl. Initial...

I see it everywhere. People making PokerTracker references that mean nothing to me since I don't use it. Its 55$, and everytime I think about it...

I'm not too happy with how I bet in NL. It seems that I either win a small pot (am I betting too much?) or I lose a big one (did I let them draw too...

I had to cut and paste. I only left in the relevant stuff (I think), Villain is 28%/3%/0.71 over 32 hands BB is $0.04 NL (Tribeca) 9 Handed...

Anyone have any advice on Charity Tourneys? Thanks

Assuming having an adequate bankroll, what would happen if a player pushed all-in on the flop every time he picked up a flush draw (with the A or K)...

I was just wondering what range of hands you would call a raise (and how big of a raise) with after you have limped with something excluding poket...

I was fiddling with the odds calculator and was surprised at how big an effect the redraw has, here's an example: http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1588919...

Hey everyone. I was just looking through several of my first few posts here and now realize how pointless, vague, and general my thought process was...

This hand hurt, obviously. So now I'm wondering if I ought to have seen some sort of sign here. I'm just not sure how to distinguish what happened...

Hi I'm donder2 and am looking forward to learning lots from this site, I play alot at AP & partypoker as donder2 and at Titan as juslilolme

I was wondering if theres anything wrong with moving up and down gradually in no limit texas hold em. For example, playing until I reach 15 times max...

ok, i am kinda new here been looking around for a few months and im tired of dumb play chips. So i go to try to sigh up and play some micro limits...