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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	Replies: 17 Views: 47,641	Last Post By Moritz Fischer View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 08-09-2023 07:21 AM
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	Replies: 0 Views: 22,220	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-28-2014 11:38 AM
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	Replies: 0 Views: 20,446	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
quuens twice vs unknowns $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($5.22) UTG+1 ($10) MP1 ($20.98)... Started by kickass, 11-22-2011 02:25 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 908	Last Post By kickass View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 11-28-2011 12:33 PM
4-table 2$NL 6-max video feedback I made this video this afternoon and like the title says, I'd just like some feedback on it :) The video: www. youtube.com /watch? v=us99v9M-ZuM ... Started by HappyStick, 11-21-2011 01:37 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,670	Last Post By kickass View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 11-25-2011 10:59 AM
Lead into on T88r No reads or stats on this guy apart from his stack size. So I think his calling range pre is wider than average, my open might be a little loose... Started by Hoopy, 11-22-2011 07:37 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 1,718	Last Post By Stripclubjunkie View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-24-2011 08:04 PM
A-Ko in the SB and UTG+1 Hi there, I played two hands with A-K, one in the SB and the other UTG+1. Would like your advice on my play. The first one is A-Ko in SB. ... Started by maverick007, 11-23-2011 05:21 AM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,568	Last Post By Boumnence View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-24-2011 05:29 PM
AA 2nd hand at the table. board pairs top. $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($39.36) UTG+1 ($9.19) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 11-20-2011 12:08 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,185	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 08:58 PM
help for beginner Hi, someone please give me $ 1 for pokerstar my nick is rkasi87 money, of course, 'to return Started by rkasi87, 11-20-2011 01:42 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,426	Last Post By Micro2Macro View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 06:10 PM
so fucking obvious anybody folding vs this whale $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($10) UTG+1 ($5.20) MP1 ($7.54) ... Started by kickass, 11-20-2011 12:25 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,436	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 02:10 PM
SB v BB - Some Noob-Type Questions OK, so I'm (re)reading spoonitnow's post on blind stealing: ... Started by DoubleJ, 11-21-2011 04:26 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,404	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 11:10 AM
blind defense 3 barrel from SB $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($3.55) UTG+1 ($11.48) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 11-21-2011 03:44 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 1,491	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 09:37 AM
pondering oop stuff .KQs on Kxx v loosie Microgaming - €0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 3 UTG+1: €3.06 ( 62/34 /100% cbet 4/4 over 20 or so) MP: €13.65... Started by celtic123, 11-14-2011 11:37 PM	Replies: 32 Views: 3,991	Last Post By celtic View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-22-2011 04:39 AM
KK 3B pot, CF this river? 20NL Recently started playing on ipoker....villain is a reg on two of my tables...only thing in his range I can beat is AQ maybe KQ and i doubt his... Started by Sup3rM4N, 11-16-2011 03:07 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,515	Last Post By Micro2Macro View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-20-2011 02:51 AM
river the nuts! how does I get the value $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($3.35) UTG+1 ($10.15) MP1 ($8) ... Started by kickass, 11-17-2011 05:38 PM	Replies: 19 Views: 2,096	Last Post By Came2win View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-19-2011 11:33 AM
Keep blowing a lot of my bankroll on SNGs Hi, I think this is much therapy for myself as a request for advice. Using the initial $8 "free" sign-on bonus I have been playing at $2 NL on... Started by Joesoap, 11-12-2011 10:41 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 1,672	Last Post By Magicman View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-18-2011 08:59 PM
2NL Video reviews? Sad right? Yeah, I thought so...BUT I want to progress towards being a better player, and that's probably the best way. So I'm thinking of making... Started by Jupiter, 11-12-2011 01:09 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 960	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-16-2011 10:33 PM
obvious draw misses..CC? $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($4.01) UTG+1 ($2) MP1 ($6.22) ... Started by kickass, 10-31-2011 05:17 PM	Replies: 16 Views: 1,743	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-16-2011 03:52 AM
2NL? How the hell do you beat it?! I never connect, they never fold to bluffs, and when you iso, you get 4 callers? HALP The Hell am I doing... Started by Jupiter, 11-14-2011 04:19 AM	Replies: 16 Views: 2,497	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-16-2011 03:48 AM
October Graphs Will prolly get swamped in spam, but what-the-hey... OK, so not exactly 2nd income territory, but acheived my 2 goals for last month: Play... Started by DoubleJ, 11-01-2011 09:23 AM	Replies: 23 Views: 2,017	Last Post By Rage2100 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-15-2011 02:28 PM
KK my best IP vs nit $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($22.39) UTG+1 ($2.15) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 11-06-2011 03:28 PM	Replies: 26 Views: 2,395	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-14-2011 11:41 AM
Noobies Shouldn't Play Deepstack Cash - Discuss Started looking at this concept after some pointers from daven, and found this in "Getting Started in Hold 'em" by Ed Miller: "Small stacks tend... Started by DoubleJ, 11-01-2011 08:10 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,740	Last Post By Outlaw View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-13-2011 10:44 PM
Let's Talk Continuation Betting Again, there's no thread for this in the digest, so I'm basically making one. You guys talk about it too, I'm just going to hit some highlights. A... Started by spoonitnow, 01-10-2011 02:49 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 3,264	Last Post By IhaveTopTop View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-13-2011 09:16 PM
Mike and the Ogre. Meet Mike. Mike was pretty much a loser. 28 years old, balding, stuck in a dead end job in a call centre, grinding out a shitty living day by day.... Started by Carroters, 01-27-2011 08:20 AM	Replies: 26 Views: 4,662	Last Post By Zorkion View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-12-2011 06:36 PM
5 nl full ring vid Would FTR be intrested in having a 5 nl FR vid made and commented on by the magnificent me? On a serious note , i'm intrested in making an... Started by TheLongGrind, 11-03-2011 09:06 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,122	Last Post By Jupiter View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-12-2011 02:07 PM
Two things I am grateful for ... 1- Dogs 2- Flopturnriver.com I do not post often but I spend much time analyzing what is posted on FTR. For the last few months, I have worked... Started by PutaForkInIt, 09-05-2011 05:15 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 1,741	Last Post By Magicman View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-12-2011 02:38 AM
10NL FR: TT facing donk bet on Qhigh monotone flop First HH post. Villain is 0/0 over 5 hands so I completely have no idea how this guy plays. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) -... Started by tiltingdonkey, 11-06-2011 02:49 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 2,017	Last Post By Shotglass View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-10-2011 03:15 PM
Official Beginner's Circle Sweat Session Thread What's a sweat session? A sweat session (or sweating another player) means watching another person play and making comments on their play and... Started by spoonitnow, 02-05-2010 09:13 PM	Replies: 59 Views: 6,568	Last Post By Angryafrican View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-09-2011 08:17 AM
135 bb deep. big flop vs aggro player postflop. standard stack off? villain : 17/11 AF:12, his agression on flops was something like 6.0. Saw him rr wet-ish flops before but in those cases he was the agressor unlike... Started by TheLongGrind, 11-03-2011 12:43 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,176	Last Post By Micro2Macro View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-09-2011 01:11 AM
Quad 7s - Could I Have Got More Value Here PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.05 BB (6 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Villain is 23/15/3 after 73 hands; kinda... Started by DoubleJ, 09-03-2011 09:05 AM	Replies: 32 Views: 3,060	Last Post By bigspenda73 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-08-2011 06:38 PM
River sizing? Villain is 66/33 over 6 hands and hasn't been to show down so not much to go on. Simple question........river sizing? PokerStars No-Limit... Started by PKKFW, 09-05-2011 05:08 AM	Replies: 13 Views: 2,551	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-07-2011 02:19 AM
Trouble deciding between Limit vs. No Limit I've been doing a lot of early research and reading on Hold Em. I'm still stuck though on whether to commit to learning and mastering Limit or No... Started by SuperInu, 09-04-2011 09:51 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 2,200	Last Post By Magicman View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-07-2011 12:57 AM
KK vs whale explosive action flop after he L/C ISO villain is a superwhale. 58/9 pretty passive but prone to donkbet alot after limp/calling pre , I used the HEM tool to give him a range here. I'll... Started by TheLongGrind, 11-01-2011 10:26 PM	Replies: 16 Views: 1,698	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-04-2011 03:38 AM
Multi-Tabling setup my main question is - what size monitor and resolution do you need to comfortably play 8 tables - TILED? Also curious how many table everyone... Started by nonofyobiz, 10-08-2011 10:24 PM	Replies: 55 Views: 6,693	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-03-2011 09:42 PM
Need a baseline for TPNK I run into this situation often when playing micros. There's an open limp from MP and 1 or 2 callers. I'm in the BB with a trash hand that hits the... Started by Chusko, 10-30-2011 12:47 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,260	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-03-2011 08:08 AM
At what point does practicing online with play money become pointless? I just started playing no limit a week ago. I've played around 300 hands on BoDog, all with play money. I have been playing a very tight game, nut... Started by SuperInu, 09-05-2011 09:01 AM	Replies: 17 Views: 2,911	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-01-2011 10:31 PM
first hand: what should I be thinking here $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($5.21) UTG+1 ($1.86) MP1 ($2) ... Started by kickass, 10-31-2011 04:41 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 894	Last Post By Stripclubjunkie View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2011 07:20 PM
cash game questions and hh w/e all stuff goes here. ill answer them when i have the time Started by bikes, 08-14-2011 09:34 AM	Replies: 40 Views: 16,504	Last Post By Roid_Rage View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2011 12:05 PM
Suited Connectors and Bluffing Daven and I got together and decided to write some cool articles to help us improve as well as spark discussion/thought in the BC as well. Enjoy. ... Started by JKDS, 07-22-2010 10:17 PM	Replies: 21 Views: 5,750	Last Post By Shermenator View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2011 11:53 AM
all-in question Okay, so I was called a terrible poker player today and I need to know why. I've heard of this scenario before, but I never understood why it was... Started by spacecowboy, 10-29-2011 06:31 AM	Replies: 9 Views: 1,609	Last Post By bjsaust View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2011 01:55 AM
oop with KK vs good villain 4 bet pot $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($4.66) UTG+1 ($5.19) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 10-26-2011 05:59 PM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,575	Last Post By ColdDecked View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-31-2011 03:38 PM
ackward preflop spot AK multiwaypot facing a min 3 b from bb I must be honest i was pretty much clueless in this spot , especially because i had a note on the min 3 bettor who i only played 10 hands with but... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-29-2011 12:55 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 1,395	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-31-2011 02:22 AM
JJ 3 bet pot sigh fold river villain is a 24/9 over 50-ish hands agression 0 ... no data on 3 bets. i checked back the turn for some potcontrol cuz i was playing in the... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-27-2011 04:05 PM	Replies: 9 Views: 1,451	Last Post By Sup3rM4N View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-29-2011 05:31 PM