New Beginner's Digest(?)

Read First
BankrollManagement 101. Important to new players by a500lbgorilla
The Newbie Circle of Death by storm75m
You Cannot Make Someone Fold by Pyroxene
Moving Up and YOU by Bigspenda73

Strategy Overview
169 hand SS-NLHE ring strategy: Preflop by Renton
169 hand SS-NLHE ring strategy: Postflop, Part I by Renton
169 hand SS-NLHE ring strategy: Postflop, Part II by Renton

In General
Apply Yourself! by dwarfman and aokrongly
Chardrian's list o' leaks by chardrian
Dealing with Bad Beats by taipan168
Don't Be a Poker Pansy: Intro by DaNutsInYoEye
The Efficient Frontier by Warpe
Emotional Mastery (Part 1) by aokrongly
I just realized that I'm not that good by salsa4ever
Importance of Rakebacks and Bonuses by spoonitnow
NL betting and some other random thoughts by aokrongly
The Psychology of Losing - Know Thyself!! by aokrongly
Quick fix American guide to Bonuses and Rakeback for Newbies by spoonitnow
So you want to be a Pro Player? by aokrongly
Some cut-out-and-keep pointers for micro-limit NL by biondino
Some thoughts for beginners by Les_Worm
Year One: Discipline by zook
Random Poker Questions
Microstakes Misconceptions by Robb

FTR Group Sessions
FTR Group Sweat #1 w/ video by XTR1000 and Bigspenda73
FTR Group Sweat #2 w/ video by Erpel, XTR1000, Daven, and Bigspenda73

More Specifically
Calling a PF Raise with the Smaller Pair by Fnord
char's thoughts on the true value of AK (esp. for MTTs) by chardrian
Common Flop Odds by Pyroxene
A Guide to Managing your Non-Playing Issues (how to build a BR) by Miffed22001
How to plug any hole in 1 hour by aokrongly
How to spot a set (and save your stack) by midas06
Improve Your Chance Of Winning In Your Next Online Session (table selection) by Pyroxene
Poker is Totally Mathematical (BR management and EV) by gingerwizard
Reverse Implied Odds?
Table Selection by Da Goat
Taking Breaks and Avoiding Tilt by dwarfman
What is Expected Value (EV)? by Scuba Chuck
Why you suck at Limit Hold'em (for newbies) by Fnord
How-To: Calculating Hand Combinations, About Blockers, etc. by spoonitnow
PokerStars - Figuring out rate of VPP's by spoonitnow
The Truth about the dangers of playing under rolled by gingerwizard
About Pot Odds and Implied Odds When Playing Draws by spoonitnow
Cbets, HUD reads and problem-solving - warning LONG by Robb
Raising Behind Limpers by spoonitnow
Blind Stealing 101 by spoonitnow

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Giving Hookers Orgasms - Post by spoonitnow

Your Approach to Improving Sucks - Post by Spoonitnow

Ask Spoony About Poker Math - by Spoonitnow

The General Theme of the +EV Decisin - by spoonitnow

Come Discuss Poker With Us
- by spoonitnow

Some Encouragement for New Players - by spoonitnow

Work Ethic - by spoonitnow


Definitely Gotta Post This - by wufwugy

PT One Pair Hands/Learn Where Your Profit Comes From - by wufwugy

List of Exploitable Habits - by Lukie

Difference Between Learning and Being Told What To Do - by spenda

Avoid Mistakes, Variance is Overrated.

Questions to Ask Yourself - by BooG690

Thinking About Ranges and Combinations - by Muzzard




Feel free to add any threads you think would help contribute.

umm. Perfectly good digest here?

Originally Posted by al yell

umm. Perfectly good digest here?

Go look in the thread titled "Improving FTR" and look at the last couple posts. K? Thx! bai

If xianti decides to just use these to update the current Digest, I'm fine with that.

dranger,

I've put the contents of the current Digest at the top of your OP here so you can modify it. Rather than starting from scratch (and creating the need to edit the Digest again), please use it to better organize and update the existing Digest. Mind the formatting and be consistent.

Talk to Stacks and bjsaust about possibly reorganizing it into new categories. I kind of like what Outlaw suggested here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...53.html#720104
...but that list of categories is incomplete.

However, maybe the BC Mods have a better idea. Also, consult with them about removing obsolete topics, that is, those which go over strategies that do not apply any more in today's games.

Finally, it sounds like you have a couple folks willing to help out with this (from the Improving FTR thread). Work with them for best results.

Thanks!


p.s., I think what Outlaw suggests is a multi-tiered system where the main Index sticky (in this case, the new Digest) links to other sub-category index topics which then link to the individual threads. This might be a good solution because we have so many links now and you'll be adding more. Again, let's see what the BC mods think. Maybe it'll get too complicated, I don't know.

fair enough. thx for pointing it out, I hadn't seen it yet.

Thanks Xianti, I was wondering where all of those links came from when I went in to edit it again lolz.

I like the idea of a multi-tier system, too. I'll talk to stax on IRC tonight to see what he thinks, until then I'll just keep adding posts to the list at the top.

Originally Posted by dranger7070

Thanks Xianti, I was wondering where all of those links came from when I went in to edit it again lolz.

I like the idea of a multi-tier system, too. I'll talk to stax on IRC tonight to see what he thinks, until then I'll just keep adding posts to the list at the top.

I'm in. First of all we need to add:

BigSpenda's Five Biggest Leaks of a Losing NL Holdem Player:
Leak 1: Playing a wide range out of position,
Leak 2: Poor table and seat selection,
Leak 3: Value betting and bet-sizing,
Leak 4: Adjusting to certain player types, and
Leak 5: Hand reading.

This is Poker 101 for noobies and intermediate players alike. Gives some theory and lots of practical advice. Tells how to think about poker.


BJaust wrote a series he called "Thoughts on Beating the Micros." Each one is worth a read.
Thought 1: Winning small pots and losing big ones,
Thought 2: Value betting the best hand,
Thought 3: More on value betting.,
Thought 4: If people don't fold, what other affects should that have on our game? ,
Thought 5: Dealing with the "He's bluffing" syndrome,
Thought 6: This shit aint rocket science! , and
Thought 7: Balance is overrated at the micros

I'll look through more threads this evenin' and later this week, then try to come up with some more stuff.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...et-t66110.html

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...et-t66112.html

Simple but goodies imo.

Tbh, I've been planning to update the digest for a while. I building a more in depth, and easier to access digest, that would also encompass all of the FAQ (also updated), would be great for the forums.

The only real reason I have to do this is because I became aware of FTR's intentions to upgrade to vbulletin in the (Hopefully) near future. Vbulletin happens to have a few features that would aid in organizing the digest, most notably the ability to add bulletins, whereupon you can then expand or collapse the bulletin for easier viewing. And I've really been wanting to update the digest in this manner as soon as FTR transfers (if) to vbulletin.

So basically, I didn't want to have to update the digest, then reformat it again once vbulletin comes, and the new future comes. If the switch to vbulletin is too far away, then I'll gladly re-vamp this digest, removing obsolete posts/threads, adding new threads/posts, as well as reorganizing.

We will be switching to vBulletin. However, it won't be for a while. Our programmers are busy adapting all our customizations to the new board (some of them being coded from scratch) and there is still quite a bit more to do, then we have to troubleshoot before making the final switch.

We had hoped to do it this year, but it looks like it will probably be in 2010.

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

Tbh, I've been planning to update the digest for a while. I building a more in depth, and easier to access digest, that would also encompass all of the FAQ (also updated), would be great for the forums.

Stacks, what are your thoughts about the reorganization? What could guys like dranger and I do to help? I'll keep busting out possible new content itt, but is there anything else you'd like suggestions on or work done on?

Originally Posted by Robb

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

Tbh, I've been planning to update the digest for a while. I building a more in depth, and easier to access digest, that would also encompass all of the FAQ (also updated), would be great for the forums.

Stacks, what are your thoughts about the reorganization? What could guys like dranger and I do to help? I'll keep busting out possible new content itt, but is there anything else you'd like suggestions on or work done on?

Yea totally behind this, you lead follow. :P

I'll have to think on it for a bit and get back to you. As things look right now, I've more than likely just caught the coveted Swine Flu, as I'm feeling like absolute dogshit, and heading to the doctor later today. So unfortunately, I might not be around as often for a few days.

As soon as I start to feeling better, I'll get back here, and try to get on this.

As far as ideas for organization, currently, I really don't have any, so I'm very open to suggestions on the most viable ways to organize the digest.

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

I'll have to think on it for a bit and get back to you. As things look right now, I've more than likely just caught the coveted Swine Flu, as I'm feeling like absolute dogshit, and heading to the doctor later today. So unfortunately, I might not be around as often for a few days.

As soon as I start to feeling better, I'll get back here, and try to get on this.

As far as ideas for organization, currently, I really don't have any, so I'm very open to suggestions on the most viable ways to organize the digest.

hope you get to feelin' better soon

Get well, Stacks.

Originally Posted by XxStacksxX

As things look right now, I've more than likely just caught the coveted Swine Flu, as I'm feeling like absolute dogshit, and heading to the doctor later today.

So this disease is not a myth?

A couple of posts I did awhile back got requests for a sticky but they never got added. The first deals with ICM and the second with Variance.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...93.html#841531

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...st-t84399.html

If they are not worthy, that's fine. I just thought I'd throw them out there.