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hey guys it's me again... not too long ago i was forced to resign my job to go to the EMS academy so i had to withdraw all my winnings to pay for...

Hi all, I'm currently reading the first volume of Harrington's book on cash games and I've been trying to apply some of its guidelines in my game....

is stars down for everyone right now? :?

I played this poorly on many fronts, but I think there are learning opportunities within this hand. First round at table no reads Logic ...

Villain is 29/3/3 over 115. I feel like this is a decent sample. Based soley on the above his 3 bet range must be 99+AKs according to stove....

x-posted from blog: Here's a hand that I think could have been played better. CO is a positionally aware 20/19/10 over 60 hands, hasn't 3bet in 16...

Maybe I'm getting out flopped a lot right now but I've been folding a lot of fairly big hands recently and I'm wondering whether I'm just being too...

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I have a feeling i played this badly at every step. I complete sb preflop figuring ill sneak in on 8:1 with lots of players for a nut FD. ...

After lurking in the shadows for a little over a month now, I've decided to commit to putting time into becoming a better player. Starting with...

Villain is 38/24/0 Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (6 handed) - Party-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($5.10) SB...

I am posting this here because in any other forum it may be laughed out. What is the logic for assuming poker is normally distributions based solely...

No reads on villain cos I'm not playing with a hud, haven't been at the table long and I was reading FTR posts while playing. I am pretty sure I...

I had been 3 betting villain off of his MP opens when I was on the button and he's been folding to 90% of them, so he prob thinks I'm bullying him. ...

villain is tight, aggressive, but cautious to play big pots, on the flop i check/raise rather than bet out to 1. hopefully get more if i hit my flush...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (6 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com SB ($2.02) BB ($0.93) UTG ($6.30) Hero...

Villain is 38/13/9 over 24 hands Giving the low number of hands I cannot be sure what his range is. But I can safely include qq+, maybe even jj,...

Could someone please tell me if it is possible to review the hands of say, a finished tourney, (including hole cards and betting)? I realize that...

Maybe this is the wrong forum but, How do i get TABLE vp to show up? Because many times I end up at table and I look around and everyone's VP <20 and...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($1.96) MP ($7.46) Hero (Button)...

There are a bunch of threads lately that all have this same issue. The initial poster will have a hand history and will be betting just because he...

Set up: Villain is 27/13/0 over 84 hands, no other notes. Logic: Pre Flop: This is my standard re raise 3x-4x Flop: My plan is to be until...

Hey all, been awhile! I've just recently made my first video of 10NL after moving up through 2NL and 5NL. I've received a lot of good feedback...

I dont have any reads on villian but I suggest to 3bet my UTG raise pre his range is something like {AA-TT, AK-AJ, KQ}. On the flop, I think he...

5NL was a lot harder but only cause I was spewtard with AK and such. I am controlling those tendencies. Since 2NL I increased my PFR and attempt to...

This may sound stupid, and some of you may feel the urge to shout at me as perhaps it’s all right there for me and I just don’t see it, but what I'm...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com UTG ($3.30) Hero (MP) ($4.85) Button ($5)...

Disclaimed: I'm a noob and this thing could be based on critical misunderstandings, but I think it's sound. Warning. This post is extremely long...

Villain is 94/19/30 over 36 hands. Logic Preflop:standard Flop:With his bet and his stats he can really have any two cards from made hands to...

I realize already that both this was probably pretty poorly played but I just wanted to check to see if my rational was at all okay. villain is a...

If you kinda stumble upon the nuts by the time you're on the river, and as such the pot is really small, say 100 bb stacks an 12 bb in the pot, are...

UTG is 29/23/53 over 30 hands , he Cbet 100% 3/3 and he steals blinds 33%. Ive no notes on him and didnt what he had in any previous hands. His...

So I have eked out a 3PTBB winrate over the last 10k hands or so of 5nl. Are these hands killing me or is this good practice or am just spewing. ...

I deposited 50 bucks on UB and played out of BR and climbed up very quickly to 550 bucks. I'm playing about 2 years but never took the game...

Here is a hand I played a few hours ago. Just joined the table so no reads on the players. ***** Hand History for Game 2057022008 ***** (IPoker)...

Want a line check really. Not sure if I played this ok. I felt that I was mainly against sets or two pair hands with a small chance of made small...

I'm really just wondering what to do in these standard situations where it is folded to you in the sb and you pick up a premium hand... Hand #1: ...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.02 BB (5 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Button ($2.02) SB ($5.16) BB ($3.18) Hero...

did i play this well?Cake Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $0.04 BB (5 handed) - Cake-Poker Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com BB ($6.50) UTG ($6.39)...