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Should I make many adjustments from my 6max strat when playing 5max? Im clearing a pokerroom skin bonus and annoyingly their standard tables are...

Background: Playing for about 5 months, mostly 25PL 10 handed ring with roughly 25K hands. Stats have been up and down as I have tried different...

Could someone let me know a guideline of what hands to go all in with when shortstacked towards the end of a tournament? I was in a small 10 man...

Anyone know of any good European poker rooms? I'm happy with Europoker, but the only cashout option I can use is cheque, and that takes time...

Hi all, I was just wondering what BB/100 you would expect an average (winning) player to be getting at 100NL/200NL? I also have a PokerTracker...

Alright, so right now I'm living on the cheap and can't quite afford the $50 deposit ParadisePoker is asking for; I hear PokerStars has a $39...

Greetings, I'm very new to holdem and I'm still trying to get a grasp on things. I've heard a lot of discussion about beginning players doing well...

Ok this post is going to involve part of a hand history but the post is meant more as a topic on getting a read from your opponent's betting pattern...

Getting ready to download PokerTracker, but I haven't quite yet. The site I play on does keep certain stats for you, like percentage of times you...

Flushed boards, we see them every day. No big deal. I just wanna throw this out and get some different opinions on it. I'll alter different elements...

Hey i'm new here and to poker and was wondering: how can I open my own account, when my brother also has one and we use same pc and ip?

I have been playing for 1.5 years and have done well +7k and am currently rebuilding my br in hopes of chasing bigger money and leaving my bankroll...

Hi- I'm new to poker and have a somewhat dumb question on terminology. I'm ready a Sklansky book and he has said a couple of times that you should...

Whenever I try to play tight, I always lose money. I dont mean that Im calling with any two cards when im not playing "tight", but ill be way more...

simple question. set of 4's vs flush draw plus inside str8 draw? I have one of the flush draw outs. if the 4's are favourite, what % of the pot...

I was wondering if anyone could explain to me or point me to a place on a discussion on pot control. I have a very vague idea of why it is so...

Lets say you have the same ability to play any style, LAGG TAGG, etc.. Would it be more profitable to super lagg because of the implied odds?

I've heard mention from time to time of the importance of varying your play so as not to become predictable. I've been working on playing a solid...

Call this a vent session, but I cannot figure out why Friday nights are my bane in the last month, but it's getting ridiculous. I seem to run up...

Hey all I've been lurking FTR forums for a few months now and finally got around to joining. I've been playing poker for a year and a half and...

This is going to be a really long post so bear with it. Have logged about 9500 hands into poker tracker, and below are my stats. I am in the middle...

I've been doing some thinking about my poker game as of late, and I think I need to make some changes. The last couple months have been great, I...

Hi there im a middle class player ive been playing for about 2 years but never really caught on till about 2 months ago...Im really having trouble on...

I usually play a big draw very aggresively on the flop. Sometimes I can win by pushing everybody out but that's not the main reason. I like the pot...

I would post this on the other place but im afraid i wont get an answer quick enough. Someone give me help at bubble play at Omaha hi/lo. $10 buy in...

Last Saturday I played online with a buddy and it was a great way to play as you pass ideas off each other on some key hands. No we were not playing...

I'm looking for some tips on how to play AK. I use PT and am consistently losing w/AK. After 5000 hands, I am -1.55BB/100 AKs and -.83BB/100 AKos. ...

I've been researching what kinds of cheating goes on in poker. I'm particularly interested in stories of people who have been cought cheating in...

I'd like to get our experts' advice on this issue. I find (probably like most of you), that in ring games I win the most in the following (or...

Hi ppl , ive been reading the site for a little bit and finally got around to signing up. I've never really been into poker but after seeing one of...

Lately, ive been on a down swing, didnt lose much, always ups and downs. The problem is im burned out on poker. On bodog, getting cold cards and...

I'm a brand new poker player. Always did well in home games in the past, but mostly because I have a knack for reading people -- as far as the game...

200NL table at BD. Three players all with full stacks. I have no real read on any of the players. I am in the BB with A8 of hearts. Player in first...

I read him on a flush here, did I make the right play for my read? Hand #212915925 at table: Table TH 549 Started: Tue Feb 21 19:25:00 2006 ...

This is going to be a rather lengthy post, so I apologize in advance to those of you who bother to read it lol. I've been experiencing a great...

AK/AQ, we raise early limps and 1 of them calls or we just or get single caller in SB/BB. Flop comes A63 with flush-draw and EP player donks about...