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Sticky Thread Sticky: [Freerolls] Want to Maximize Your Chances of Winning That Freeroll?

Hey guys, We know a lot of you are here because you love the freerolls and money-added tournaments that FlopTurnRiver has to offer. Not only do we...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 02:12 PM
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08-09-2023 07:21 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: The Beginners Circle Digest

Welcome to the Beginners Circle! This forum is designed to help you to learn the basics of becoming a winning poker player. This thread is the...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-28-2014 11:38 AM
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09-28-2014 11:38 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: Don't Forget About the SSNL Forum!

Hey guys, Previously on FTR, the Beginners Circle was the place for all micro-stakes discussion. However, because of the nature of today's games...

Started by spoonitnow, 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
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09-11-2014 02:04 PM

Hypothetical question

You have 23o, the flop came 775, the turn came another 5, and the river gave a 4. The board reads 77554, and the pot is $4. You and one other player...

Started by IowaSkinsFan, 12-03-2005 01:53 PM
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12-05-2005 04:51 PM

I'm been hanging around you nits too much...

GAMB00LPoker&SportBook.com 100NL Tight player UTG opens for 4x. He has about $100 I'm UTG+2 with A:heart: K:heart: and muck.

Started by Fnord, 12-04-2005 12:01 AM
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12-05-2005 03:39 PM

was this the right play?

At the local bar I play on Mondays, usually around 20 of us get together and play two games. There are a couple of strong players and a ton of fish-I...

Started by kstarm, 12-03-2005 02:07 AM
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12-05-2005 03:26 PM

learning to wait

I have been playing a tight aggressive game, waiting for the right hands to open with. I have been folding a lot of hands that hit the flop, I smile...

Started by Toad13, 12-04-2005 07:49 PM
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12-05-2005 03:22 PM

Stealing hands?

I'm wondering what hands you use to steal with when in cutoff or the button and it folds down to you? Were talking normally with no reads or...

Started by shaun98si, 12-05-2005 12:40 PM
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12-05-2005 02:56 PM

Which Room to Join.

Hello, I have made a few posts and have only one question at the moment. After reading all of the poker room reviews. I still can't decide which...

Started by BumpTing, 12-05-2005 12:56 PM
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12-05-2005 02:50 PM

xmas party update

Well I dont want to rehash the details see them here http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=24272 but the xmas party nl tourney was a...

Started by dalai007, 12-05-2005 01:55 PM
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12-05-2005 01:55 PM

Where to play?

Hey this is my first post, nice to be here. Some brief backround for you all: I've been playing NL Holdem for a year on and off, live cash games....

Started by AJinNorCal, 12-04-2005 09:47 PM
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12-05-2005 10:01 AM

When did short-buys start going all-in with real hands?

You guys need to keep me up to date with these things, it's costing me money ;) PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $1.00 BB (8 handed) FTR converter on...

Started by Fnord, 12-04-2005 01:40 AM
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12-05-2005 06:46 AM

Need help with pot odds

Hi there. I've been playing for a while and thought I had a fair understanding of pot odds - but something is troubling me...this may sound stupid ...

Started by liebs, 12-05-2005 01:37 AM
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12-05-2005 02:06 AM

How to get away from top two pair...

This is a specific situation that happened to me and I'd like advice on how to play this situation. 8 players in a $25 max buy-in ring game. Early...

Started by kc8986, 12-03-2005 01:45 PM
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12-04-2005 06:32 PM

Putting a man on a hand

I can't do it. Can you? How do you go about doing this? I often see people playing a hand, and somehow they "know" that their opponent is on a...

Started by grnydrowave2, 11-26-2005 03:40 AM
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12-04-2005 04:28 PM

NL O8

I'm pretty new to this game, but at first glance it seems to be very soft. Anyways, I'm having trouble understanding how lo hands are ranked. Could...

Started by grnydrowave2, 12-03-2005 02:53 AM
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12-04-2005 01:49 PM

Posting Results Help

Could someone advise me on a quick and easy way to post up some of my PT results for feedback? I could type 'em in, but that doesn't look so nice....

Started by Jiggus, 12-04-2005 05:53 AM
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12-04-2005 11:29 AM

Help jump-starting my game

I've been playing poker for all of 3 weeks now, and love it so far. I'm only playing on pokerstars.net right now, only on playmoney tables, and...

Started by dzeanah, 12-03-2005 10:15 AM
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12-04-2005 11:18 AM

The Donk Award Goes Too...

Full Tilt Poker Game #315353104: Table Jasper Bluff - $0.50/$1 - No Limit Hold'em - 13:11:39 ET - 2005/12/01 Seat 1: IdiotMagnet ($104.60) Seat 3:...

Started by WildBobAA, 12-01-2005 01:16 PM
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12-04-2005 10:50 AM

Poker............Luck VS Skill?

Now if I read more maybe my oppinion would sway a little. I've heard idiots who say Poker is all luck and I totally disagree. I've also had...

Started by Wolverine42, 04-01-2005 03:19 PM
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12-04-2005 03:56 AM

PokerTracker

I keep hearing that if you play limit that this is a neccesity but i downloaded the demo and had a real hard time understanding how to learn...

Started by ryan_knn, 12-03-2005 05:03 AM
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12-03-2005 11:15 PM

Odds Question

I must apologize first because I'm sure someone has posted this previously, but I can't find it. Let me give the hand history so my question will...

Started by cbtruck15, 12-03-2005 12:52 PM
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12-03-2005 07:55 PM

Pokerstars Question

Every once and a while, I think, "Darn, I would have won that hand". Then, I realise that might not be true. Are the cards on Pokerstars randomised...

Started by silverfist, 12-03-2005 04:10 PM
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12-03-2005 05:47 PM

Differences between limits

5NL is the only table that I've played more than a few hours on. I would like to know how each of the levels differ from your own experiences. ...

Started by BankItDrew, 11-24-2005 01:37 PM
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12-03-2005 03:56 PM

is this for real?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=0&Number=4071760&page= if so all i can say is wtf

Started by bigredhoss, 12-02-2005 11:04 PM
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12-03-2005 12:54 PM

Small/Medium PP vs limpers...

Okay, so I'm BB with pocket 6s. I get 4 callers, should I raise and try to force people limping with crap hands to fold, or should I check to...

Started by azureXsmurF, 11-29-2005 06:13 PM
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12-03-2005 08:48 AM

Am i just not cut out for this

This is the third time that I have lost my bankroll playing .50/1.00 limit at full tilt im beginning to think that i just suck at poker but i like...

Started by ryan_knn, 12-03-2005 03:14 AM
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12-03-2005 05:35 AM

Acting Out of Position

I've gotten to the point where I DESPISE acting out of position. If I get AK UTG I think "aww shit." I'm very content to fold AJ UTG. I only like...

Started by sejje, 12-01-2005 08:18 PM
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12-02-2005 11:25 PM

hi (NL HOLD EM ADVICE)

Just wanted to say hello to this online poker community and ask for a few tips. I am playing a 100 dollar buy in game of hold em tonight with 6 of my...

Started by itakecash, 12-02-2005 04:06 PM
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12-02-2005 08:15 PM

Extracting more value

Hit the flush on turn, then monster on the river. Pretty darn sure I overbet. Is the goal here to bet smaller, say 1/2 pot to get opponent to call?...

Started by crime002000, 11-29-2005 10:18 AM
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12-02-2005 02:24 PM

value betting on a scary board

Been thinking about this a lot and would like to know what others here think. Typically, I make the big money on the river. By then, I usually have...

Started by Checkways, 11-23-2005 01:59 AM
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12-02-2005 01:01 PM

Xmas Party

What does an xmas party have to do with NLH strats? Here is my situation; last week the wife tells me her company party is on the 3rd. The owners...

Started by dalai007, 12-01-2005 02:26 PM
Replies: 9 Views: 1,054
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12-02-2005 12:57 AM

Bankroll Management at the table (is the wife right)

This became a debate with my wife today, so Im giving it some thought. I keep a br target of 200 (.25/.5 limit), 10 nl with cashouts at 250. Ive...

Started by Lidius, 12-01-2005 12:54 AM
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12-01-2005 09:48 PM

Ever have one of those nights where nothing goes right?

Man last night I could not win a hand. Seemed like everytime I had AA KK QQ the flops were terrible for me. I lost 2.5 buyins on the 25nl tables over...

Started by mp32, 11-30-2005 10:57 AM
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12-01-2005 08:24 PM

Raising from the blinds

Is raising from the blinds a tactic to add the tool kit for winning play? Personally, I don't like to do it unless I've got primo starter, but...

Started by metaxy6, 11-30-2005 10:02 PM
Replies: 6 Views: 1,138
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12-01-2005 06:47 PM

Chip Scammers?

Hey ev1........ Just doing some research, I was playing some play money tables on PS and was asked to sell chips, this guy told me to go this...

Started by xBULLETTSx, 11-23-2005 09:59 AM
Replies: 27 Views: 1,980
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12-01-2005 05:06 PM

Outs Calculator...

Hey EV1, Figured I would ask this question, I have been playing for quite some time and still have 1 problem.....I have a hard time counting outs...

Started by xBULLETTSx, 12-01-2005 02:01 PM
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12-01-2005 04:04 PM

Do you make this call?

***** Hand History for Game 3115077453 ***** $100 NL Texas Hold'em - Tuesday, November 29, 12:08:33 EDT 2005 Table Table 65809 (Real Money) Seat...

Started by Iwind, 11-29-2005 12:17 PM
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12-01-2005 03:32 PM

How do you play this queens?

25nl 6max I don't know much about the opponent and I don't have the handhistory since I'm not at home right now. I raise 3bb in early position...

Started by nossodo, 11-30-2005 06:21 AM
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12-01-2005 03:18 PM

odds for limit holdem

Im having trouble trying to figure out odds for my hands in limit holdem like should i call this bet and things like that and also odds of making my...

Started by ryan_knn, 12-01-2005 04:41 AM
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12-01-2005 01:16 PM

Standard?

Probably standard.. How bad is the preflop call? ** Game ID 595698826 starting - 2005-11-30 17:48:53 ** Revolver (0.50|1.00 No Limit - Cash...

Started by johnny_fish, 11-30-2005 02:18 PM
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12-01-2005 12:00 PM

I learned a valuable lesson

I play mainly 25NL I used to play big hands AK AQ and so forth. betting 4-5xbb when I get em, and then betting strong if I hit. what I found is...

Started by buttonAA, 11-29-2005 06:52 PM
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12-01-2005 10:59 AM

Top Ten Hands???

Hey guys, I have been reading most of the forms and have to say, they are very helpful. I have read about the top ten starting hands but I cant...

Started by xBULLETTSx, 11-29-2005 09:50 AM
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12-01-2005 03:04 AM

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