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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: 58,515	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: 28,568	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: 26,758	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
bluf with AK river an A villain is a 24/10 75 hands opened 5% in EP so far , no data on fold to flop/turn CB question , is it ok to bet this river. secondly , which cards... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-29-2011 01:08 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,103	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-29-2011 05:25 PM
FR TPGK+FD standard passive line vs aggro maniac? villain 25/20 AF 9 very aggro on turn and river I usually don't take this line cuz i always feel silly if i miss value by taking this... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-26-2011 03:34 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,198	Last Post By Roid_Rage View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-29-2011 02:31 PM
FR turned a FD on K hi flop , Cbet called on flop. villian 18/9 AF 1 , so pretty passive concerning agression. 120 hands my question is basically if i bet the turn can i barrel the river? besides... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-26-2011 03:42 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 875	Last Post By Razvan729 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-28-2011 01:49 AM
Help please! Like, tweet, and +1 this page Hey Everyone, We're doing an experiment with google and we need people to like, tweet, and +1 a page for us. We don't want to have any links... Started by cr4zybe4utifu1, 10-27-2011 03:15 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 1,115	Last Post By cr4zybe4utifu1 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-27-2011 03:15 PM
Jacks in the small blind vs loose passive $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 8 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($5.58) UTG+1 ($3.90) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 10-23-2011 03:57 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,296	Last Post By d0zer View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-27-2011 01:38 PM
FR flopped set vs whale , river betsizing? villain=whale=43/5 basically wondering if the overbet is an ok line. or is betting anywhere between 1/2pot , full pot better? No-Limit Hold'em,... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-26-2011 02:50 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,008	Last Post By Hoopy View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-27-2011 03:14 AM
FR set on flushy wet turn , why bet or not? villain : 15/13/ AF 4 didn't c him reraise on any street over 450 hands. question : to bet or not to bet the turn.? feels like he could have alot... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-26-2011 03:02 PM	Replies: 7 Views: 827	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-26-2011 06:12 PM
POKERSTAR REVEALS Want to be withdrawing this kind of money every month from your poker account?Well listen up: If you are tired of the BS and are ready to learn how... Started by zahid_r_i, 10-26-2011 02:32 PM	Replies: 1 Views: 662	Last Post By bikes View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-26-2011 02:33 PM
confessions and apologies of a f up noob Hello there FTR. A few months back i left the forum , feeling like an angry twat because i couldn't deal with the 'harsh love' comments. Nowadays i... Started by TheLongGrind, 10-26-2011 12:11 PM	Replies: 1 Views: 636	Last Post By bikes View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-26-2011 01:48 PM
Calling 3bet OOP? Ok, firstly, this is a bit results oriented and sorry for that. It's just that this hand got me thinking I could have saved myself a world of hurt... Started by PKKFW, 10-22-2011 07:48 AM	Replies: 14 Views: 1,450	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-26-2011 12:15 PM
JJ faces river bet Villain is 32/22, fold to 3bet 60% and cbet 63% over 104 hands, no notes on the guy. BU is 23/11 fishy. I didn't 3bet pre as this guy is a bit... Started by Petulie, 10-24-2011 07:04 PM	Replies: 12 Views: 1,166	Last Post By Carroters View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-25-2011 07:51 PM
Playing Draws OOP vs. PFR Ciao Bambini! Here's a situation that I've been seeing a bit recently - calling a PFR whilst in SB or BB, then flopping a draw HU, with PFR still... Started by DoubleJ, 10-20-2011 07:37 AM	Replies: 26 Views: 2,158	Last Post By Icanhastreebet View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-24-2011 12:21 PM
played AA diferent is ths okay $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG ($10.21) UTG+1 ($16.33) MP1 ... Started by kickass, 10-21-2011 11:09 AM	Replies: 12 Views: 981	Last Post By bikes View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-21-2011 03:28 PM
Calculating how much FE needed for breakeven shove This has probably been done but I'm not the greatest math guy and I'm lazy. Had discussion with a friend about a hand in a live game that a third... Started by baudib, 10-21-2011 11:06 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,610	Last Post By baudib View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-21-2011 01:11 PM
Is my range about right? Villain is 21/13, fold to 3bet 0(3), Agg 2.8 over about 30 hands at this stage. This is the first big pot I had seen him in and the first time I'd... Started by PKKFW, 10-15-2011 11:04 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 926	Last Post By PKKFW View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-20-2011 04:59 PM
2nd Set vs. PF 3Bet Can I get your comments on this, plizz? Concerned that i'm trying to be clever when my skillz don't back that up :confused: Villain is 20/15, 5%... Started by DoubleJ, 10-18-2011 05:14 AM	Replies: 15 Views: 1,536	Last Post By Stripclubjunkie View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-20-2011 09:16 AM
AK lost again oop again scary board again $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 7 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG VadimChess82 ($10.97) UTG+1 kicKAss... Started by kickass, 10-19-2011 03:55 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 965	Last Post By kickass View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries 10-20-2011 07:51 AM
Is not calling here a leak? Villain has only been at the table for about 6 or 7 hands and has only played 1 hand so far. So no reads and meaningless stats. It was 8 handed up... Started by PKKFW, 10-05-2011 03:35 AM	Replies: 22 Views: 1,595	Last Post By Fnord View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-19-2011 07:41 PM
AK got a little lost on super scary board $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 9 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG kicKAss ($9.02) UTG+1 NewBorman... Started by kickass, 10-14-2011 05:20 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 1,409	Last Post By Mr. Bucket View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-17-2011 02:56 PM
some micro reminders 1 - biggest leak at micros is calling too much. Plug this leak yourself, exploit it in others 2 - you constantly underestimate how much of your... Started by daven, 11-25-2010 06:21 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 1,162	Last Post By acg123 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-17-2011 10:27 AM
thought for the day, and a question The Thought: How you play the game of poker can tell you a lot about yourself. The Question: What have you discovered about yourself from playing... Started by bdestefanis, 10-04-2011 03:23 PM	Replies: 24 Views: 1,488	Last Post By supa View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-16-2011 01:14 PM
AQ vs 2 opponents CO is unknown, playing ten tables at the time. No timing tells really, I'll post my analysis later. Thoughts? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em,... Started by Hoopy, 10-13-2011 06:36 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,347	Last Post By baudib View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-15-2011 08:59 PM
September Graphs.... Nothing to be proud of but I had a horrible august and there was def some tilt left over in the first half of september. I know I can turn it around... Started by nonofyobiz, 10-01-2011 02:57 PM	Replies: 59 Views: 5,728	Last Post By nonofyobiz View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-15-2011 03:11 PM
JJ in sb vs. utg Everleaf No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) - Everleaf Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Button ($15.61) Hero (SB) ($10.05) BB ($9.41)... Started by Socristotle, 10-03-2011 07:09 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,463	Last Post By BlackRain79 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 10-14-2011 05:49 PM
$25 Bodog AA vs. limpzilla Villain is 38/7 over 279. I've been up against this guy all day. c/r is his only move. I've never seen him lead into the flop. My bet sizing is... Started by Chusko, 10-13-2011 01:20 AM	Replies: 17 Views: 1,372	Last Post By Chusko View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-14-2011 04:47 AM
villain acts as expected...what to do? $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Holdem PokerStars 6 Players Hand Conversion Powered by weaktight.com Stacks: UTG Foldarz ($5.63) UTG+1 zakeaton... Started by kickass, 10-08-2011 03:14 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,322	Last Post By Shotglass View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-11-2011 11:53 AM
position i came to this realization today that the idea of almighty position always dictating everything might really just be an illusion of initiative at... Started by Imthenewfish, 10-04-2011 11:24 PM	Replies: 19 Views: 1,573	Last Post By acg123 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-09-2011 10:13 AM
Preflop ranging Ok, so after my 58s thread, I was made aware that I suck preflop. That said, I still have some questions about how we determine whether or not to... Started by Zorkion, 09-29-2011 02:10 AM	Replies: 35 Views: 1,603	Last Post By eugmac View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-07-2011 05:44 AM
Micro Machine 25NL - Videos Hey all! If you haven't seen any of my videos on youtube before then I'll explain a couple of things. I started on Pokerstars with a $50... Started by Dannyboy6, 02-15-2010 07:20 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 1,942	Last Post By Dannyboy6 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-06-2011 10:11 PM
am i a fcking dumb nit? stepped down a gear cause variance kicked my balls all around last few days. H1. PokerStars - $0.10 NL (9 max) - Holdem - 8 players Hand... Started by Razvan729, 10-05-2011 09:34 AM	Replies: 34 Views: 2,980	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-06-2011 08:10 PM
5NL, General PF strat -> 99 vs. shorty just not sure what to do in this situation.... He's got 40BB's (not enough to bother set mining), 14/7 over 29 hands, Do we have enough equity in... Started by nonofyobiz, 10-01-2011 02:23 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 1,250	Last Post By nonofyobiz View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-04-2011 05:46 AM
AA gets flop c/r in 3bet spot PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com saw flop UTG+1 ($25) MP1 ($18.95) MP2... Started by Razvan729, 10-01-2011 07:15 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 950	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-03-2011 09:58 AM
AA; fold on flop? Villain is a solid winning reg 22/20/3.8, 9% 3bet (maybe a little too aggro?). Problem is, he is stealing over 45% of the time and cbetting 92%. I'm... Started by Socristotle, 10-01-2011 04:22 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 932	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-03-2011 09:52 AM
88 on T flop. Line and reasoning check. BB is 30/15/100 in 27 hands, havent seen him at SD MP2 is 16/13/67 in 255 hands w/ 75%flop cbet, 25% fold to flop cbet, 60% fold to flop bet, 6%... Started by Razvan729, 10-01-2011 09:48 AM	Replies: 21 Views: 1,945	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-03-2011 09:33 AM
What kind of villain notes do you take? I searched the forums for this, couldn't find it so i thought I'd post it here. My apologies if it does exist, I would love to read it. I think it... Started by Socristotle, 10-02-2011 06:16 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,008	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-03-2011 09:15 AM
5NL - Help with this line after the flop Villain is 12/11 over 90 hands w/ PF 3bet%=3 Basically, when he calls my 3bet I'm thinking he has like 99-QQ, so when the flop comes i'm like... Started by nonofyobiz, 10-01-2011 02:43 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 843	Last Post By Razvan729 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-02-2011 01:27 AM
AA: Check/raised all in on river - huh? Villain 18/15 5% 3bet in the SB - East european (winner at 50nl, but big loser at 100nl) Agg by street 5/5/2.8 Not sure of flop C/R stats but folds... Started by Miffed22001, 09-30-2011 04:01 PM	Replies: 6 Views: 1,166	Last Post By rpm View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-02-2011 12:53 AM
58s multiway Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (8 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG+1 ($1.46) MP1 ($4.12) Hero (MP2) ($4)... Started by Zorkion, 09-27-2011 07:37 AM	Replies: 30 Views: 2,371	Last Post By celtic123 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-01-2011 12:02 PM
99 v Moby Dick ( who owns me) Villiaine is 82/0/40 , previous hands posted , down a bit (i tried to use weak tight, to declutter thread, but it appears 2b broken. Microgaming... Started by celtic123, 09-30-2011 01:33 AM	Replies: 12 Views: 2,392	Last Post By eugmac View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-01-2011 04:24 AM
Need your microstakes experience on this one PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (8 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($11.62) BB ($11.77) UTG ($10.19) UTG+1... Started by oskar, 09-27-2011 04:28 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 1,615	Last Post By Angryafrican View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-30-2011 05:48 PM