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I'm planning on playing poker professionally over the summer (starting June) this year. By professionaly I mean 7 hours a day, 5/6 days a week....

I was reading some hand histories from gank on p5's and he never raises when he is heads up on the button. Most people think raising on the button...

Ok I've done alot of reading before joining this board..but nowhere have I found strategy for the micro stakes tables. I've only invested $50 into...

Where are the table stats on Ultimate Bet (players/flop, etc.)? I can't find them, but the review here says they're there.

Do you ever fold like this if you have no read on someone? Calling seems crappy with no read, because then what, c-bet? and if you are ...

What do you make of it when someone limp-re-raises from LP. I saw this twice today, and I had AQ both times and really didn't know what to do. Once...

So I am considered a TAGGY player (15 VPIP + 7 PFR) and have been trying to open my game up by playing more hands in LP (last 2 seats). I have 3...

I had a good day at $25NL. My bankroll reached over $850, so I thought for something interesting I'd have a dabble at $50NL. I played one hand. I...

Here me fellow poker players. I'm relatively new to NL, been playing the 10 NL tables for about a month now. And my initial investment has gone from...

Ok, I've been told to incorporate suited connectors into my game to help raise my vp$p and pfr totals. My questions are. Is this late position only...

I'm never sure if to raise these hands. Especially when the player is betting into me like this. Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $10NL (9 handed)...

How many play it this way? PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format:...

can some one tell me if I can run the regular poker sites on my blackberry (actually its a cingular 8125) or do I need a specific site mainly I am...

Glancing through my sessions today on PT i decided to sort them by minutes played and was surprised to find that a majority of my major loses (close...

So I deposited the extra $100 into my account on Party Poker to give me the BR to play $25NL after they booted me from the Beginner Tables. I was...

This is a hand that was posted in nl short handed forum in the context of another discussion. It seems to me that 2 basic principles conflict,...

Ok here's the deal been playing online now for a bit over a year, recently bought PT and Its great, but I'm on a total downslide. I play $10NL and...

I have sort of found my groove. I have been playing 100% SnGs as opposed to Ring Games. All I can say is i profit more in SnGs than in Ring and...

Of all the paint cards that's playable in N/L holdem what are the combination of hands that constitutes cold calling a raise? Over the past 3 weeks...

When limping in with Ax (this applies to mostly lower kickers) how do you handle a decent reraise on the flop? Say the flop comes A 5 9, rainbow, and...

Still struggling with 10NL. Up and down, but a couple of these downs are serious. I'm trying to learn my lesson from these big losses. Am I on the...

For full ring,what % is loose,tight, average? And what about preflop raise,is 6% average?

Don't do it. When we are tired, everything we do, from thinking, driving, walking, talking, listening, comprehending, remembering, typing, sex,...

This is how they think at party at the 10NL. Party Poker No Limit Holdem Ring game Blinds: $0.05/$0.10 9 players Converter Stack sizes:...

that should be a winner but just takes a beating for some reason? For me it's poket 7's. I've been victim to set over set twice for ~120 each time...

Okay. What do you make of this one? Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format:...

Im terribly sorry if I sound like a broken record and this has been discussed before, but i am constantly reading about people "raising for a free...

I hope I'm not violating any rules, as I posted these in NL Hand Histories but got no comments. But I really do want to know if I'm being a retard...

OK, just some rambling about my $25NL Poker Room adventures the past few weeks. So the first 5k hands I managed a very frustrating 4.5BB/100 win...

I've read all the starting hand guides and know the theory behind why not to play suited connectors out of position (cause the odds aren't...

How do you play against the short stacks? I find myself avoiding c-betting a lot more often these days against short stacks because there have...

i had no reads, so min raising pre flop was pretty bad (not used to party's software and had to act quick)...but what about post flop? would you...

I was wondering what your thoughts are on this. It seems to me (and I am probably completely wrong) that lots of pre flop raising in a loose table...

I played about 20K hands of 100NL 6-max during April. I made 4.6 BB/100 (for about $2000 of profit), which isn't bad, but I would like to be doing...

I must be missing some of the correct thinking when you hold AA and either there's a raise in front of your or you get reraised after you've opened....

Hi I’m doing a project at my university in Sweden that is about poker (NL texas). I need help from some of you experienced players here on this forum...

What would you do with no reads, and more important, when (if) would you fold? I see I shoulda reraised a little more pre flop, maybe bet more on...

Trying to figure out what this stat: W$WSF means in PT? Thanks for any help.