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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: 47,634	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: 20,444	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 09-11-2014 02:04 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] Making Game Theory Easy With Simple Shortcuts This week's column also includes a handy graphic: Continue Reading:... Started by spoonitnow, 01-22-2014 08:22 AM	Replies: 0 Views: 2,270	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-22-2014 08:22 AM
Skype / Aim discussion / sweat group ? Hello All , I have done things like this a couple times before maybe even on here , I can't really remember . But I have always felt that I... Started by sah_24, 01-04-2014 08:53 PM	Replies: 19 Views: 4,611	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-18-2014 03:08 PM
Very nasty WTSD% Need Help Please! Ok guys I desperately need some help here. I have been reading around the web, and have noticed that most people believe that a good WTSD% is around... Started by sourdesil, 01-17-2014 12:10 AM	Replies: 5 Views: 933	Last Post By griffey24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-17-2014 09:24 AM
Why I'm afraid of the Pokerstars Mobile app https://31.media.tumblr.com/8027f3ef0b83acd4a7c88d3a11d4d2ed/tumblr_inline_mxmuddwrTq1r79k32.gif Started by jyms, 01-07-2014 10:19 PM	Replies: 10 Views: 2,219	Last Post By chemist View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-15-2014 10:20 PM
Noob with a question about flops Ok so I have been playing on Carbon poker for a little while now, and being a newb to online poker, I have a question about flop frequencies. I have... Started by sourdesil, 01-13-2014 05:54 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,913	Last Post By griffey24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-14-2014 10:27 AM
New forum In case people hadn't noticed there is a new forum just below the commune intended to help the active members of FTR grow their bankrolls which i... Started by Keith, 01-10-2014 06:35 AM	Replies: 14 Views: 5,140	Last Post By eberetta1 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-14-2014 01:26 AM
Beginner Forum FAQ's (Please Read Before Posting) Welcome to the Beginners Circle Forum FAQ. Contents: 1. Welcome to the Beginners Circle! 2. Searching the Forum 3. How should I post a hand?... Started by jyms, 01-12-2014 02:14 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 1,309	Last Post By jyms View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-12-2014 02:14 PM
Building a Bankroll with FTR While the micros are great for improving your game, they aren't great for winning money especially with rake being a much higher relative percentage... Started by jyms, 01-12-2014 02:09 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 936	Last Post By jyms View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-12-2014 02:09 PM
[10NL] KK...3bet pot facing c/r on flop. GII now or see the turn? \|Villain is 25/15 over 21 hands, relative unknown. PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 UTG:... Started by Cobra_1878, 12-20-2013 07:48 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 4,380	Last Post By Da GOAT View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-11-2014 04:13 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] Bluffing Frequencies and Exploiting Opponents The full article is at this link http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-strategy/bluffing-frequencies-exploiting-opponents-20665 Started by spoonitnow, 01-10-2014 09:00 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,951	Last Post By TheLongGrind View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 01-11-2014 11:47 AM
[spoonitnow strategy] An Introduction to Game Theory in Poker Continue reading: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-strategy/introduction-game-theory-in-poker-20650 Started by spoonitnow, 12-31-2013 12:47 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 2,231	Last Post By sah_24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-11-2014 08:16 AM
Veteran rock-star cash game NLHE player in FTR Chat. http://esper.net/publicirc.php channel: #flopturnriver I'm laid up with food poisoning so I can't sleep, and it seemed like a good idea to... Started by Renton, 01-06-2014 06:10 PM	Replies: 13 Views: 2,878	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-10-2014 05:21 PM
[spoonitnow Strategy Digest] This sticky will document all of the new posts. Note: This sticky may not contain all of the newest posts. To see everything, check out... Started by givememyleg, 05-23-2013 01:24 AM	Replies: 11 Views: 7,142	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-10-2014 03:45 PM
99 otb vs CO iso. full ring zoom PokerStars - $0.25 NL FAST - Holdem - 9 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 Hero (BTN): 100 BB SB: 86.08 BB (VPIP: 14.89, PFR: 13.83, 3Bet... Started by TheLongGrind, 01-09-2014 04:33 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 1,002	Last Post By daven View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-09-2014 09:21 PM
[25NL] AQo...make trips on river. Line check. Villain is unknown. PokerStars - $0.25 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 BB: $27.07 UTG: $25.65 MP: $12.71... Started by Cobra_1878, 01-08-2014 07:03 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 2,173	Last Post By griffey24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 01-09-2014 03:46 PM
Stars Freetroll If anyone cares, the FTR Stars direct sign up Freetroll has only 167 entries at the moment and hasn't risen at all. Could be a decent couple hours if... Started by jyms, 12-14-2013 03:49 PM	Replies: 8 Views: 4,404	Last Post By Keith View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-30-2013 09:01 AM
SnG 3-handed question SB (t2,430) BB (t5,000) Hero (Button) (t6,070) Hero's M: 16.86 Preflop: Hero is Button with 4:spade:, 4:diamond: Hero raises to t480, SB... Started by RebornSky, 12-15-2013 01:17 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 3,041	Last Post By liquidpr View Profile View Forum Posts View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 12-24-2013 10:38 AM
[spoonitnow strategy] EV Calculations Tutorial 5: Tournament Calculations A couple of weeks ago, I asked what people would like to see in my strategy series. There were a few people who indicated an interest in... Started by spoonitnow, 12-20-2013 05:56 PM	Replies: 3 Views: 4,493	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-22-2013 04:54 PM
Pineapple Open Face Chinese Poker Tournament! We've got a new variant of Chinese Poker to play through FTR's OFC lobby. It's called Pineapple OFC and it plays faster and scores more royalties... Started by MadMojoMonkey, 12-14-2013 08:44 PM	Replies: 1 Views: 1,744	Last Post By MadMojoMonkey View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-19-2013 02:20 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] EV Calculations Tutorial 4: Organizing Large Calculations This week's post is the end of a four-part series on teaching you how to do fairly complicated EV calculations with extremely basic math (ie: no... Started by spoonitnow, 12-13-2013 02:35 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 2,791	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-13-2013 02:35 PM
Halp. First hand: Villain seems pretty lag. Hadn't seen him showdown anything crazy. PokerStars - $0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players CO: $15.72... Started by Aphex8, 12-11-2013 02:29 AM	Replies: 7 Views: 1,836	Last Post By r8ed View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-12-2013 08:32 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] EV Calculations Tutorial 2: Basic Poker Scenarios Continue reading: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-strategy/ev-calculations-tutorial-2-basic-poker-scenarios-20608 After you read that, come... Started by spoonitnow, 11-29-2013 08:22 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 2,583	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-03-2013 06:06 PM
What do you want to see in my weekly strategy column? I write a weekly strategy column here on FTR that's geared primarily towards beginning and intermediate players. Post things that you would like to... Started by spoonitnow, 11-27-2013 11:43 AM	Replies: 10 Views: 2,236	Last Post By griffey24 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 12-03-2013 04:29 PM
Grinderschool Would you guys recommend a microstakes player get a subscription to this site at this point? I know, in the past, it received a mention here on FTR... Started by Nostalgia, 11-24-2013 12:36 PM	Replies: 38 Views: 11,972	Last Post By chemist View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-30-2013 12:44 PM
How do you know? How do you know when your opponents just do not have a hand to call you with? Or you are simply not scaling your bets correctly? Table image for... Started by RebornSky, 11-18-2013 05:42 PM	Replies: 5 Views: 1,424	Last Post By OngBonga View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-19-2013 12:30 AM
FTR OFC trubo-ment Time for the next Open Face Chinese Tournament at FTR! The tournament will be held on Sunday, November 24 at 3:00 PM ET. We expect the entire... Started by MadMojoMonkey, 11-17-2013 01:48 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 2,149	Last Post By MadMojoMonkey View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-17-2013 01:48 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] Developing a Feel for Equities Part 6: Meaningful Practice Continue Reading: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-strategy/developing-feel-equities-in-no-limit-holdem-part-6-meaningful-practice-20535 Started by spoonitnow, 11-09-2013 04:46 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 4,000	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-09-2013 04:46 PM
A cure for running bad. If you've been running super good for a decent amount of hands, you almost expect some bad variance to flick you in the nuts eventually. When the... Started by AnTman_69, 08-06-2008 05:17 AM	Replies: 32 Views: 5,953	Last Post By Carroters View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries Visit Homepage 11-08-2013 06:38 PM
Inspirational and/or Funny Poker Vids I'm not sure if this is the right forum but I want to have a thread for inspirational or funny poker-related Youtube videos. Please move if wrong... Started by abelardx, 11-01-2013 02:19 AM	Replies: 13 Views: 3,042	Last Post By The Bean Counter View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-08-2013 10:51 AM
Does ANYone actually play full ring NLHE anymore? I haven't much played online poker in about 9 months and just started last week playing low & micro stakes cash games. Is it me, or do fewer & fewer... Started by rowhousepd, 11-06-2013 07:10 PM	Replies: 1 Views: 1,442	Last Post By eberetta1 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-07-2013 03:38 AM
How to post a hand? Hello, I'm new here and i want to post a hand here. If i go to hand converter , i can convert hand , then i choose to post on forum but do not see... Started by lupadi05, 11-05-2013 06:52 AM	Replies: 4 Views: 1,463	Last Post By lupadi05 View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-06-2013 05:30 AM
Bottom set just a bluffcatcher? Villain is 20/16 with 5% 3bet, 60 hands. Postflop AF of 2.0 (obviously a very small sample as yet). I think calling turn to re-eval river is best,... Started by BorisTheSpider, 11-03-2013 08:46 PM	Replies: 11 Views: 2,265	Last Post By ISillyDurrrAK View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-05-2013 04:43 PM
How to play on river? How to play this hand on river? IPoker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (5 handed) - IPoker Converter Tool from SB ($63.71) BB ($28.21) UTG... Started by lupadi05, 11-05-2013 07:31 AM	Replies: 9 Views: 1,588	Last Post By ISillyDurrrAK View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-05-2013 04:27 PM
Newbie wants to play NL micro Hello, I'm absolute newbie and I want to play micro NL holdem 1c/2c full ring. I would like to learn but I don't want to look videos, I prefer... Started by SenseiCRO, 11-04-2013 04:29 PM	Replies: 4 Views: 5,013	Last Post By abelardx View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-04-2013 09:31 PM
[spoonitnow strategy] Developing a Feel for Equities in NLHE Part 5: Hitting Pairs Continue Reading: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-strategy/developing-feel-equities-in-no-limit-holdem-part-5-hitting-pairs-20478 Started by spoonitnow, 11-02-2013 11:00 AM	Replies: 3 Views: 2,091	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-03-2013 01:43 PM
Warning and account temp suspended OK, so I play with one of my mates online a lot and we play both tournaments and cash games. I received an e-mail from Stars this morning asking... Started by Cobra_1878, 10-23-2013 04:05 AM	Replies: 33 Views: 8,668	Last Post By d0zer View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2013 06:01 PM
US site for Canadian? I'm going to Louisiana for two weeks training and have nothing to do while there. I don't feel like sitting in Bars and hanging out or seeing sites... Started by jyms, 10-27-2013 11:04 AM	Replies: 24 Views: 6,781	Last Post By jyms View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 11-01-2013 08:56 AM
FTR Bovada GSPO Freeroll I know most of you Americans have Bovada accounts but for any who don't: FTR has a Freeroll with $560 in tickets added this Sunday (27th) - a $450... Started by Pascal, 10-24-2013 08:36 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 9,119	Last Post By Pascal View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-24-2013 08:36 PM
Play Open Face Chinese Poker with Barry Greenstein Poker legend Barry Greenstein will be joining FTR for an AMA. He has agreed to play some heads-up OFC using our app during the event. What better... Started by MadMojoMonkey, 10-22-2013 11:56 AM	Replies: 0 Views: 9,459	Last Post By MadMojoMonkey View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-22-2013 11:56 AM
[spoonitnow strategy] Developing a Feel for Equities in NLHE Part 3: Hitting the Flop Continue Reading: http://www.flopturnriver.com/poker-news/developing-feel-equities-in-no-limit-holdem-part-3-hitting-flop-20353 Started by spoonitnow, 10-19-2013 12:09 PM	Replies: 0 Views: 4,643	Last Post By spoonitnow View Profile View Forum Posts Private Message View Blog Entries 10-19-2013 12:09 PM