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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

Questions About Semibluffing (split)

{Edit - Moved from http://www.flopturnriver.com/pokerforum/beginners-circle/qq-bb-goes-all-turn-178504.html by spoonitnow} Probably trying to...

Started by EasyPoker, 03-10-2010 03:51 AM
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03-15-2010 06:11 PM

openlimp/ limp behind pocket 10s?

ever? Just read today Sklansky and Harrington may both have advocated it at one point?

Started by jaytoi, 03-15-2010 02:38 AM
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03-15-2010 03:36 AM

MUST SEE SPOT with QQ...VERY TOUGH

Seat 1: Pockets_29 ($10) Seat 2: d-lrec ($13) Seat 3: Haramash ($14.27) Seat 4: HERO($10.35) Seat 5: FreeTommy ($5.84) Seat 6: crtm ($10)...

Started by nros0801, 03-13-2010 07:51 PM
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03-13-2010 09:30 PM

5k hands @ 2NL- questions

Just finished 5k hands at 2nl and have been running pretty decent it seems. The main questions i have- - is there anything dramatically...

Started by jaytoi, 03-13-2010 04:45 AM
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03-13-2010 04:21 PM

Math Check with stove

villain is running 56/17/0.1 With 33.3 for 3 bet. With a fold to cbet of 33%. I did the math in pokerstove, put in 33.3% for his hand range. ...

Started by Fedora, 03-12-2010 08:27 PM
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03-13-2010 01:15 AM

Newbie question about a hand

Hi guys, I have been reading FTR for a few days now and this is my first post on this great forum ! I'm posting here following the guideline for...

Started by Tamis, 03-10-2010 03:45 PM
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03-12-2010 06:19 PM

VERY TOUGH SPOT with AA

Seat 1: Matthew Burns ($17.14) Seat 2: cr4770 ($11.03) Seat 3: Gbangerz ($6.62) Seat 4: Sushi1123 ($13.27) Seat 5: HERO ($32.65) Seat 6:...

Started by nros0801, 03-12-2010 01:16 AM
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03-12-2010 05:04 PM

Tough spot - hit set, but two possible draws

Villain is 95/68/38 over 23 hands. No other reads, but his stats say a lot really. His range is so wide, that nothing is out of the ordinary. ...

Started by EasyPoker, 03-11-2010 05:00 PM
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03-12-2010 03:54 PM

KJs @ FR 25NL vs Hyper Active Donk

Normally I do not raise KJs in blinds, but I was trying to isolate this donk who was playing 79/32 with a 25% 3 bet, granted this is only over 34...

Started by !Luck, 03-09-2010 11:50 AM
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03-12-2010 10:43 AM

TPTK against a semi tagg with TPTK- too tricky for 2nl?

Preflop: Villian is somewhat taggish, and very aggressive- ran about 21/12/5.00 over a small sample. And his steal attempt % was about twice his...

Started by jaytoi, 03-11-2010 04:41 AM
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03-11-2010 09:07 PM

Am I a nit for not raising the river?

Less than 10 hands on villain. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (3 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Hero (BB)...

Started by DJJunkPauds, 03-08-2010 08:43 AM
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03-11-2010 07:53 PM

AJs in SB @ FR 25NL

Button is a tag, with 28 ATS over 500 hands. I have been very aggersive at this table. For example a few hands ago I took line of 3 bet flop pot turn...

Started by !Luck, 03-09-2010 11:48 PM
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03-11-2010 06:50 PM

10nl FR facing a large bet from unknown on river

No stats on villain, my 4th or 5th hand at the table. My image is probably quite aggressive since I've opened literally every hand since I sat down....

Started by dranger7070, 03-08-2010 08:05 PM
Replies: 18 Views: 2,067
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03-11-2010 01:53 PM

QQ-BB goes all in on turn

Known players: Position(Stack): BBvsSteal WTS W$SD ORL RaisePreflop hands AF vp$ip BB (1,94): - 24 47 0 5 95 ...

Started by ljove, 03-09-2010 10:39 PM
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03-11-2010 09:21 AM

AKs 3 bet pot

I really really don't like my flop bet. And I hate my turn shove. My villain is 46/3 over 106 hands After looking this over even though he is...

Started by !Luck, 03-09-2010 11:58 AM
Replies: 13 Views: 1,104
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03-11-2010 01:53 AM

JJ-everything was fine but...

Known players: Position(Stack): BBvsSteal WTS W$SD ORL RaisePreflop hands AF vp$ipUTG2 (2,95) CO (2,59): 0 34 44 ...

Started by ljove, 03-10-2010 06:27 PM
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03-10-2010 09:25 PM

Whether to play suited connectors

I'm trying to figure out some of the mathematical sides of poker, and trying to develop some sort of systematical playing style. I know decent...

Started by pat3392, 03-08-2010 02:32 AM
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03-10-2010 09:15 PM

mmm good fold?

Opponent was 26/17/1.3 over 217 hands, no real reads, haven't seen him show down with a bluff yet. preflop put him on 22+, KQ, AT+ flop put...

Started by Fedora, 03-07-2010 08:47 PM
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03-10-2010 04:39 PM

Session length

I've noticed that if i play a really long session, I start to loose focus and start playing bad. I also don't just want to stop too soon because I...

Started by Fedora, 03-08-2010 10:56 PM
Replies: 16 Views: 1,414
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03-10-2010 11:24 AM

How much to raise preflop?

I've been thinking that I raise by too small amounts. I'm considering to make a rule when I raise: Raise 3 big blinds plus 1 blind for every...

Started by pat3392, 03-10-2010 02:34 AM
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03-10-2010 03:48 AM

25NL FR - TPTK on turn vs Aggressive player

I just sat at table but I had a small sample of stats from opp before. He is 49/18 after 113 hands Button ($5.45) SB ($6.26) BB ($9.45) UTG...

Started by walker179, 03-08-2010 10:07 PM
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03-09-2010 08:50 PM

The problem with allin EV

This is a graph of my first ~1,700 hands at 100NL at Full Tilt: So what do you think when you see a graph like this? Something like,...

Started by TonyB73, 03-08-2010 04:44 AM
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03-08-2010 10:07 PM

What stakes do you play at?

This is just a general thread for regs in the BC to reply to if they want. I'm just curious is all. Me = Pokerstars @ $2nl + Eurodonk site @ £4nl.

Started by EasyPoker, 03-03-2010 09:59 PM
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03-08-2010 12:32 AM

My Stats for Review, 12k hands 2NL

Imageshack - stats3.jpg - Uploaded by Rock3r_4rm Imageshack - stats2d.jpg - Uploaded by Rock3r_4rm Imageshack - stats1k.jpg - Uploaded by...

Started by 2DangFishy, 03-06-2010 02:38 PM
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03-07-2010 09:39 PM

Qq @ 25nl fr

Villain is 36/10 over 50 hands. Can't decide if my river bet is smart. I feel like this is a great B/F situation. PokerStars No-Limit...

Started by !Luck, 03-07-2010 04:23 PM
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03-07-2010 08:19 PM

AK oop in 3b pot, monochrome flop

Villain is a reg who calls 3bets kind of light and is capable of light 3betting himself. We have a bit of history and he probably sees me as pretty...

Started by knaplek, 03-07-2010 01:37 PM
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03-07-2010 03:02 PM

Moved: Did u know?

Started by haimmag, 03-07-2010 06:44 AM
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03-07-2010 10:44 AM

blinds are $2/$5

Hello All, Please Help me with this one... blinds are 2/5. I am up 350 before I ran right into a bad beat "train wreck" last night! What would you...

Started by genicole, 03-06-2010 08:48 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,019
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03-06-2010 11:12 PM

I am noob. Decipher my noobishness within. I also did not author this title.

Hello All, I ran right into a bad beat "train wreck" last night! What would you do if you had; 2/5 are the blinds... K 5 same suit, little blind...

Started by genicole, 03-06-2010 08:32 PM
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03-06-2010 10:51 PM

Password for bodog

It starts in 10 min still no password anywhere

Started by 0utlast1ng, 03-06-2010 07:53 PM
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03-06-2010 09:57 PM

Moving up help

Thanks to a £100 (yes pounds) bonus I'll shortly be receiving PLUS me crushing the site's rly bad players, I'll be min-rolled for 10nl (according to...

Started by EasyPoker, 03-03-2010 10:11 PM
Replies: 13 Views: 2,278
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03-06-2010 08:45 PM

Getting squeezed by a tilted donk

Was playing the daily dollar on full tilt. Picked up TT in MP, and made a standard raise to 300 (blinds 50-100). One player behind me called. Now...

Started by only_bridge, 03-01-2010 09:54 PM
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03-06-2010 01:07 PM

Why play $10NL?

I've been playing online poker for just over a year, and I have done well at $2NL (35 bb/100 over 16k hands) and $5NL (12 bb/100 over 32k hands)...

Started by Gafferland, 03-06-2010 06:56 AM
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03-06-2010 12:58 PM

My first hand for evaluation

I'm not happy with the value I got from this hand and figured it was worthy of criticism. I think I could have played it much better and pretty much...

Started by MasonGamble, 03-04-2010 10:11 PM
Replies: 11 Views: 1,025
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03-06-2010 11:54 AM

2NL - AA UTG+1 vs long term winning super nit on the button

Villain is 8.5/0/0.3 over 47 hands and is classified as very tight and passive on pokertableratings. He is winning at 3bb/100 over 100000+ hands. ...

Started by daviddem, 03-04-2010 05:49 PM
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03-06-2010 01:54 AM

Facing Reraise on river...Villain on very tight range?

Villain is 15/10/1.2 over 123. Hasnt done much noteworthy yet other than he has never 3bet, and typically plays passive on the flop and turn. His...

Started by Vinland, 03-03-2010 09:48 AM
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03-05-2010 07:23 PM

How to play JJ

First hand of the villaion, thus no reads on him. Fulltilt $2NL. 9-max UTG ($1.66) UTG+1 ($2.02) MP1 ($2.41) MP2 ($1.02) MP3 ($0.89) ...

Started by optimists, 02-11-2010 09:37 AM
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03-04-2010 07:54 PM

Why cant i see the cards anymore in peoples HHs

Didn't know where else to post this this question. All i see are links to gif images.

Started by littleogre, 03-02-2010 06:19 PM
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03-03-2010 07:43 PM

AA & KK situation

Both on FTP rush poker, so tracker doesnt work, have to rely on manual notes. no notes on either villain. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB...

Started by liqourmaster, 02-27-2010 04:57 AM
Replies: 15 Views: 1,494
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03-03-2010 05:07 PM

Playing >160bb deep (adjusting)

Hi guys, I'm currently playing NL10 6-max. I've got one leak that I'm trying to plug in which is everytime I reach >160bb deep, I either: play...

Started by Penyamon, 02-27-2010 04:46 PM
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03-03-2010 02:30 PM

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