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Sticky Thread Sticky: ATTENTION

bad beats are for whiney losers, they happen to everyone, get over it

Started by gabe, 02-27-2006 06:55 PM
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08-08-2011 06:02 PM

Sticky Thread Sticky: READ BEFORE POSTING: Wins and fails

Tales Of Poker Forum Guidelines This is the place to post and talk about peculiar hands, plays and sessions or other memorable stories from ANY...

Started by Humphrind, 09-10-2004 02:32 AM
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09-10-2004 02:32 AM

Sticky Thread Sticky: Bad beats and You.

{Comments? Please post here: http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=28146 } You have a pretty looking hand and your opponent has a...

Started by a500lbgorilla, 03-14-2005 05:50 PM
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03-14-2005 05:50 PM

Thanks Lee Jones

Just starting to get deep into another MTT when... attack of the 3-outer hits...meh PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $3.00+$0.30 Rebuy + AddOn...

Started by ChrisBCritter, 10-26-2008 12:29 AM
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09-18-2010 07:43 AM

Boot, Foot, Other, On:- Rearrange

$0.02/$0.04 No Limit Holdem weaktight.com 5 Players Stacks: Hero ($5.81) CO ($3.95) BTN ($1.67) SB ($4)

Started by ButtonMash, 09-02-2010 02:42 PM
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09-14-2010 02:30 PM

I'm taking a break

Hey guys. Before you start reading this, I assure you it is not another bad beat story, I just have a question and frome the feedback I will be...

Started by stardustakos, 09-20-2010 04:02 PM
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09-21-2010 06:46 PM

Money made for FTR?

I'm just dead curious about how much I made to FTR. I've noticed the freerolls about 1 year ago when I was just clicking restricted freeroll to see...

Started by Yan9130, 12-11-2010 12:47 AM
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01-05-2011 12:09 AM

How can ANyone show profit?

I know there are gonna be times when you get bad beat. Especially online the capital of bad beats. But It has been 4 days now on both UB and...

Started by kdubble14, 01-21-2011 09:26 AM
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01-25-2011 10:32 AM

Fuck poker

Trying to burn a ton of hands today and run into a great start followed by a brutal run of beats Oh well, tomorrows another day.

Started by jyms, 03-08-2011 01:15 AM
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05-02-2011 10:17 AM

gettttting motivated.

Was reading back through OLD threads. ..a little later ..a lot later

Started by scott_owen, 04-14-2011 09:30 PM
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05-20-2011 06:35 PM

Tomatis: The complexity of hearing, and how crucial it is to everyday life.

Firstly this is no advertising bullshit, it's written by my own hand and was not posted/copypasted from other forums, as this sounds like the kind of...

Started by dudeman, 05-17-2011 08:16 PM
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12-05-2011 12:08 PM

AA cracked again.

ty FTR for the stars game yesterday;i didnt last long my AA got cracked KQ;i did a pot sized raise pre-flop 1 caller SB i think flop was Q ?? lol and...

Started by ROGUE63, 04-22-2013 07:43 AM
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05-26-2013 01:33 AM

Typical Day

Hi guys.. Just wanted to share this with you all. I actually really enjoyed this one since it was my first time seeing this hand made in 6 years...

Started by hyeonbokc, 05-27-2013 11:59 PM
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06-02-2013 03:21 AM

Arghhh!

Won in a $2.20 satellite a ticket for the $109 Sunday Kickoff, was motivated, made observations and notes, took my time, played well and disciplined...

Started by Daniel72, 08-10-2014 11:53 AM
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05-04-2015 06:04 PM

my EV graph

See attached all-in EV graph. Obviously I'm running bad. Is this considered to be on the order of "omg you must have pissed God off" variance, or is...

Started by fakedecoy, 08-05-2010 06:01 PM
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08-17-2010 01:11 AM

Winning at online poker...NOT

Should be crushing NL2 Is a winning player Some mrcy for a beginner Lol, so after my first ~2k tracked hands, I'm down 10 full stacks at NL2...

Started by iLike, 08-20-2010 12:18 PM
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08-24-2010 07:44 AM

I'm taking a break, but seriously...

Here I am again after a couple of days and a clear mind, without any idiotic thoughts anymore (that the poker sites are rigged) But seriously, I...

Started by stardustakos, 09-22-2010 05:33 PM
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10-05-2010 02:01 AM

Worst beat in a while....

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, 52 Tournament, 100/200 Blinds 20 Ante (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com CO (t1345)...

Started by Alpine021, 10-29-2010 08:43 AM
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11-02-2010 01:02 AM

somedays....

SOMEDAYS , not all days i play like a fkin stupid idiot donk... why do i have these days when i play hands, big pots, that i know from the flop that...

Started by Razvan729, 12-03-2010 12:59 PM
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12-09-2010 10:51 AM

Fake-out mislick/type FT MFING W

Grabbed by Holdem Manager NL Holdem $20(BB) On Game SB ($2,550) BB ($2,480) UTG ($2,480) UTG+1 ($2,840) UTG+2 ($2,160) MP1 ($2,500) MP2...

Started by KoRnholio, 02-17-2011 08:09 PM
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07-06-2011 06:58 PM

Royal Cards in Poker

In poker, do people generally refer to Kings, Queens and Jacks as "royal cards" or do they have another colloquially accepted term other than "face...

Started by ofheartandcity, 02-26-2011 12:23 AM
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03-28-2011 12:49 AM

Great way to start the day vs fish

$0.10/$0.20 No Limit Holdem Stacks: UTG ($4) 20bb UTG+1 ($18.91) 95bb MP1 ($20) 100bb MP2 ($25.83) 129bb MP3 ($5.70) 29bb...

Started by sotekmedia, 10-08-2012 04:10 PM
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12-16-2012 02:20 PM

Love the chase.

Stacks: UTG ($26.61) 133bb sotekmedia (UTG+1) ($21.80) 109bb MP1 ($20) 100bb MP2 ($32.62) 163bb MP3 ($19.60) 98bb CO ($9.18)...

Started by sotekmedia, 10-08-2012 05:37 PM
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10-09-2012 02:02 PM

Nice hand on Stars :)

Ended No. 157/4123 in Stars $1,10 yesterday. I'm desperately trying to improve my best placing in that tour, which is a third place. But anyway, I...

Started by PokerKing, 01-02-2013 04:04 AM
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01-03-2013 11:55 AM

2NL - Fighting Back: Hand After AA's Cracked

I had my AA's cracked by JJ earlier and lost a pot that was worth $1200 of LiveAce money...which has a real dollar amount attached to it. I stuck...

Started by Nostalgia, 11-21-2013 06:35 PM
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11-26-2013 11:05 AM

arghhhhhhh

1$ sat to the 900million tourney the bust hand PokerStars Hand #115308758340: Tournament #897295464, $0.91+$0.09 USD Hold'em No Limit -...

Started by Keith, 04-25-2014 08:12 PM
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10-09-2014 07:13 AM

How to beat quads^^

I just want to show you a crazy hand history. It´s in german but I guess you will understand it : Spiel 5930886842 startet. ifatys ist am...

Started by chikyu, 06-26-2010 06:21 AM
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07-02-2010 06:57 AM

Pokerstars.com Cheats. RNG cheat 100%

Good afternoon. The request to check up on honesty poker a room pokerstars taking place to the address pokerstars.com. I think 100 % the given...

Started by dzheker, 07-14-2010 07:00 PM
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07-15-2010 04:36 PM

Scammers!

Is this IM unwanted, threatening, or inappropriate?Report this user This user is not on your buddy listView buddy info | Add to list | Block ...

Started by CBAT, 07-27-2010 12:22 AM
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10-22-2010 09:59 PM

How bad of a beat was this (first time playing)

Back story - So I played in a casino for the first time last night. The table's blind was 1.50$ / 3.00$ and there were about 8 people total. I've...

Started by Pustulio, 08-02-2010 03:28 PM
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08-06-2010 03:25 PM

Just got to vent, don't even read.

Ok, so I'm sick and fucken tired of these damn fucken donks who call pre-flop raises with BULLSHIT and make it into a completely fabulous hand. I...

Started by TheMaverik91, 08-12-2010 01:31 PM
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08-16-2010 11:24 PM

Dealing with downswings in MTTs

A lot of players online make mention of of sample size and what is a proper number to establish whether or not you are beating the game. I am posting...

Started by revolvingiris, 09-27-2010 08:36 PM
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12-03-2010 07:11 AM

Rumor: Isildur has signed with a major poker site

I just wrote about this in my FTR blog but this has exciting implications! Maybe we will see another epic Isildur/durrrr 6-tabling absurdly high...

Started by CoryATX, 10-15-2010 08:25 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 1,029
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10-18-2010 09:21 AM

Dan Harrington and Erik Seidel to be Inducted to Poker Hall of Fame

Both Dan Harrington and Erik Seidel will be inducted to the Poker Hall of Fame before this year's main event finale. Read the full story here: Dan...

Started by BooG690, 10-19-2010 11:32 PM
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10-21-2010 01:59 AM

I hate JJ

Twice in the last few days now I've had JJ pre-flop. The first time I called a short stack all-in to be confronted with 92s. 'Result' I think. ...

Started by TheTouch, 01-11-2011 08:38 AM
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01-31-2011 03:43 AM

I need a name for a new poker game that I came up with.

Its a pot limit game so I'd like it to be named Pot Limit _________ Any ideas? I have 0 creativity at the moment

Started by dgonson879, 03-22-2011 02:20 PM
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03-24-2011 08:58 PM

Who does this??

Villian's fold-and-show on the river is redonkulous! He must not have been paying attention. When I pointed it out, the guy left immediately...

Started by ChezJ, 03-26-2011 10:35 PM
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03-29-2011 12:52 AM

Set of jacks vs 4 to the flush, 3rd hand in SNG.

Didn't like this hand, obviously. Only the 3rd hand in the SNG, I think. The opponent was betting into everything, and after the flop I was happy to...

Started by PokerMatt2011, 04-09-2011 12:37 PM
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04-11-2011 05:46 PM

managed to take 2nd place in a the $200 Guar. on Lock

For the last week and a half I haven't been able to get anything going on this site. I was running just terrible, 2 outer after 2 outer, runner...

Started by waterboy73, 12-23-2012 02:45 AM
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12-31-2012 03:57 AM

3bet pot , all flop straights

I was ready to fold to the 3Bet till matey came along Microgaming - €0.10 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 5 players Hand converted by PokerTracker 4 ...

Started by celtic123, 01-07-2013 04:56 PM
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06-01-2013 02:15 PM

Cool 1st place $909.87 $5k GTD (Pokerstars)

PokerStars Tournament #693520916, No Limit Hold'em Buy-In: $2.00/$0.20 USD 2881 players Total Prize Pool: $5762.00 USD Tournament started...

Started by UnknownFlush, 02-27-2013 12:31 AM
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02-28-2013 11:59 AM

JUST WON A MILESTONE HAND!!!!!!

i'm really happy, I will paste the hand here: PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (7 handed) - PokerStars Converter Tool from...

Started by matiusaa, 12-18-2013 06:35 PM
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04-24-2014 02:22 PM

partypoker software

partypoker software issue playing in mtt playing great get to a winning poistion. software goes haywire no cards and player name not showing at...

Started by joker131, 01-15-2014 06:00 PM
Replies: 5 Views: 8,443
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01-29-2014 03:58 AM

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