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Chris Moneymaker Discussed Politics, Poker, Super Heroes and More During his Recent Ask Me Anything Event (AMA Summary) c1w3d
Chris Moneymaker stopped by Flop Turn River’s forums for an Ask Me Anything Event at the beginning of May, 2015, and shared his views on politics, poker and super heroes, among other things. Read this summary to see what he had to say regarding a wide variety of interesting topics!
Jaime Staple’s AMA Reveals Interesting Views on the Future of Poker and Monogamous Relationships 2u91x
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Jaime Staples answers questions about his personal life and professional pursuits in this fascinating AMA summary. With an audience of more than 1,000 regular viewers, Staples continues to live stream his online poker play on Twitch.tv while interacting with his viewers throughout each broadcast!
Jason Mercier Doesn’t Believe in Bigfoot or Aliens, but He Does Enjoy Playing B-Ball and Taking his Boat Out (AMA Summary) 34331u
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Poker pro, Jason Mercier, recently visited flopturnriver.betsandodds.net to answer questions about Open Face Chinese Poker and POFC strategy and his personal life. Mercier mentioned his love for playing basketball and taking his boat out in FL. As funny as it is meaningful, his AMA summary is a must read!
Phil Galfond Answers Questions During AMA with Reddit 1l3a3b
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With a playing career that has earned him more than $10,000,000 dollars online and approximately $1,800,000 in live poker tournaments, Phil Galfond recently devoted three hours of his time to answer questions posted by his legions of followers on Reddit.com. More...
Joe “Stapes” Stapleton shocks, delights, flirts in an uproarious interview – AMA Summary 3rv71
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Joe “Stapes” Stapleton is the European Poker Tour announcer who describes himself as a guy that “makes a living making fun of poker players.” He has an extended history in the poker industry having worked on various television and radio shows, including Pokerstars’...
Barry Greenstein has Punched Two People, Isn’t Great with Bankroll Management, and more! (AMA Summary) m685e
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Barry Greenstein is one of the most revered professional poker players in the game today. He’s well known for his charitable contributions, for which he was dubbed “The Robin hood of Poker”, his book Ace on the River, and is a feared cash game and...
Matt Stout, Achiever and Dreamer, Our Next AMA Guest 3p4j1
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Matt Stout is a highly talented and successful poker player, widely popular with fans, media, and players alike. He is definitely a player on the rise: steadily increasing his footprint by amassing tournament cashes from year to year he is currently one of the...
Jason Somerville AMA Summary 2r4c
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On the 5th of August, Jason “JCarver” Somerville visited flopturnriver.betsandodds.net to answer a plethora of questions from our forum. Jason is a WSOP Bracelet winner, and has been a coach on PokerVT for some time. He recently signed with Nevada regulated poker site...
Jason Somerville, Legendary Pro, Visits with FTR on August 5th 6o6q5c
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An online legend, sensational tournament player, feared high-stakes pro, and sought-after coach – this is not the beginning of an introduction of a November 9 lineup: all of the above is one person, Jason Somerville, whom FTR is so privileged to host for...
FTR Talks to Max Steinberg 2o3l1z
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Rob “Hippy” King talked to Max Steinberg about his recent WSOP near misses, and how he feels he reached so many final tables recently.
Interview with $4,000 WSOP William Hill Package Winner: Micro2Macro 3g35t
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Ryan “Micro2Marco” McEathron was the eventual winner of the $4,000 WSOP prize package promotion that was held for FTR at William Hill earlier this month. He will be heading out to Las Vegas in early July to compete in the $1,500 WSOP Event...
Norman Chad AMA Summary 5v175a
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Norman Chad is a sportswriter and a syndicated columnist hosting a weekly sports humor blog “The Couch Slouch” on washingtonpost.com. He is most famous for his commentary on ESPN poker broadcasts, including the World Series of Poker and The United States Poker...
Matt Savage: the Man Making a Difference l6t2
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On June 30, at 7 PM ET, FlopTurnRiver will host an AMA with Matt Savage, a popular tournament director, WPT executive, and the founder of The Poker Tournament Directors Association (PTDA). Mr. Savage has been involved with poker for all of his career, working his way...
Jared Tendler AMA Summary 6g5o1i
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On the First of May, the world’s foremost expert on the mental aspect of playing poker, Jared Tendler, ed FTR for an Ask Me Anything Interview, where our forum could ask him literally anything. Our took the chance to improve their mental game, and we...
Interview with Espen Sørlie 5c3io
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Espen “sh4wshank” Sørlie is a full time online tournament player and an instructor on the poker training site Run It Once (Phil Galfond’s new training site). He began playing poker seriously in June 2011, turned professional in January 2012 and has...
Conclusions on Live Poker Tells 2o32i
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Conclusion: We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. This one is give Zach’s conclusions....
Real Life Examples of Tells 4g6a40
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Real Life Examples of Tells: We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. Here, we have some of his...
Examples of Tells with Zach Elwood 5r3n5d
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We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. Here we have some of his examples of common tells....
Greg Raymer AMA Summary 15136q
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On the 28th of March, we had Greg “Fossilman” Raymer, World Series of Poker Main Event Champion 2004 and Member of the Poker Player’s Alliance Board, participating in the latest in the FTR Series of “Ask me Anything.” Greg: Thanks for...
How Useful are Live Tells? 3br6d
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How Useful are Live Tells? We had Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book “Reading Poker Tells” answering questions from the forum recently, and we thought we’d condense his gems of wisdom into some sections. “Tells exist because...
Vanessa Selbst Talks to flopturnriver.betsandodds.net 4d606d
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We caught up with Vanessa Selbst at PokerStars EPT London, and we talked about her entry into poker, her Civil Rights advocacy, and her thoughts on poker strategy. You can play alongside Vanessa on PokerStars, and by ing through flopturnriver.betsandodds.net you get...
Liv Boeree talks to flopturnriver.betsandodds.net t5x13
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We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Liv about her entry to the world of poker, her recent near misses with glory, and guitars with Rob “Hippy” King. You too can play against Liv on PokerStars, and...
flopturnriver.betsandodds.net Talks to Daniel Negreanu 6i25o
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We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Daniel, and he discussed the recent changes in US regulation for Internet Gambling, his recent Twitter war with Gus Hansen and the subsequent Full Tilt Vs PokerStars sponsored players...
flopturnriver.betsandodds.net Talks to Gus Hansen 373u2h
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We were at the PokerStars sponsored EPT currently going on in London. We spoke to Gus, and he discussed his recent losses online, the recent Twitter war with Daniel Negreanu and the subsequent Full Tilt Vs PokerStars sponsored players battle. If you want to see if...
Zach Elwood AMA Summary 4o1g1j
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On the 21st of February, Zach Elwood, author of the critically acclaimed book: Reading Poker Tells, participated in the latest in the FTR series of “Ask Me Anything.” We also gave away 3 copies of Zach’s book, and these went to TheLongGrind, rong,...
Daniel Negreanu AMA Summary 2g111c
by PokerStars
On Wednesday, December 12 at 16:00 ET, Team PokerStars Pro and poker ambassador Daniel Negreanu logged into FTR under the name ‘KidPoker’ to answer our member’s questions. In total there were 100+ asked, so unfortunately Negreanu couldn’t get...
Max Steinberg WPT 2nd place and Exclusive Hand Analysis! 583v42
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In June Max Steinberg became the first FTR member to win a WSOP bracelet. Besting a massive field of 2,795 to take down over $440,000 and the coveted trophy obtained by so few. On the 30th of August, he followed that up with a 2nd place finish at the WPT Legends of...
Exclusive Interview w/ Max Steinberg “Numbr2intheWorld” 156b2p
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flopturnriver.betsandodds.net was thrilled to be ed by Max Steinberg, known as Numbr2intheWorld on the FTR poker forums. Max recently was the first FTR member to win a WSOP bracelet, winning event 33 for $440,000. In this interview, Max goes into detail on his WSOP win and...
PokerStars Pros Exclusive Interview: Greenstein and Moneymaker 3u4q72
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As part of PokerStars’ 10-year Anniversary, FlopTurnRiver has been given the chance to interview two of the biggest names in online poker today – Barry Greenstein and Chris Moneymaker. They share their experience with PokerStars over the years and touch on other...
FlopTurnRiver Interviews World Series of Poker Champion Jonathan Duhamel 5p4r5
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Right now, Jonathan Duhamel is one of the biggest names in poker. He isn’t as handsome as Josh Duhamel, but the Quebec native did take down the 2010 World Series of Main Event, winning almost $9 million. In addition to a fat pay day, Duhamel earned a spot among...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Ben Amlin AKA drmcboy 2s57c
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We lined up an exclusive with one of FlopTurnRiver’s most underrated players: Ben “drmcboy” Amlin. He is an accomplished tournament player with a Gold Jersey (FTOPS Title) and Silver Jersey (Mini-FTOPS Title) in his wardrobe. Additionally, he is a...
FlopTurnRiver Celebrates 1 Million Posts with Team PokerStars! 7065i
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FlopTurnRiver is quickly approaching the one million posts mark. As you may have noticed when logging into the forums, the top banner reads “Over 997,000 Posts!” (at the time this article was written). This is no small task. FlopTurnRiver has grown by leaps and bounds...
FTR Exclusive Interview — Danny Steinberg 1m72c
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Danny Steinberg is a regular poster on FlopTurnRiver under the name “IowaSkinsFan” and a regular high stakes heads up hold’em player called “Mirttinur” on Full Tilt and “heybude” on PokerStars. Today, he returns for another...
Joe Cada Exclusive Interview at flopturnriver.betsandodds.net 2rm2p
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Joe Cada 2009 World Series of Poker Champion On November 10th, Joe Cada changed poker history as the youngest man to ever win the World Series of Poker Main Event. Few expected the record would be broken so soon, since Peter Eastgate had just set it in 2008 at the...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Mike Catlin AKA Mcatdog 16l38
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ing us this week is Mike “Mcatdog” Catlin, an extremely successful online tournament professional. Catlin has had a large amount of success in mid-to-high stake tournaments over the past year, including wins in the nightly Hundred Grand and the $100r...
FTR Exclusive Interview — Danny Steinberg AKA Heybude 9474o
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This week the former interviewer becomes the interviewee as Danny Steinberg, known as “IowaSkinsFan” on these forums, steps on the other side of the pad and pen and into the hot seat to answer some questions. Bigspenda73: Please tell us a little bit about...
FTR Exclusive Interview — Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker! 6puq
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The game we play can often be a crazy one, with struggles, success, and everything else in between. Richard “nutsinho” Lyndaker has been on both sides of the fence, though these days, the struggles are few and far between, with tons of success grinding cash games...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Alexander "Assassinato" Fitzgerald 4q3j5t
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The path to success is often different for everyone, whether it is because of time, circumstance, or choice. For some the path is easier, while for others the path can be much, much harder. However, for those that do endure the harder path, they are often more...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Johan "busto_soon" Van Til 2d1xp
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We are pleased this week to have with us Johan “busto_soon” Van Til, one of the top online tournament players in the world. The 26 year old from the Netherlands has been playing professionally for 2 and a half years. Van Til has a fabulous resume of wins, including...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Phil "takechip" D'Auteuil 6x4962
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You hear a lot about the Phil Gordon, Phil Hellmuth, and Phil Ivey, but how about a young online stud named Phil D’Auteuil? Phil “takechip” D’Auteuil from Quebec, Canada recently burst onto the online poker scene, winning over $700,000 in the past 3 months, half a...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Jonathan "JonnyCosmo" McGowan 6c3a6p
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Jonathan “JonnyCosmo” McGowan’s didn’t look like much a few years ago. The 22 year old journalism major was just plodding along at San Diego State University, and was only showing gradual improvement at his poker hobby as well. But with the help of fellow poker...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Martin "Dr. Giggy" Giguere 494o5h
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When you read the title to this interview, you may have asked yourslef “Who is this Dr. Giggy guy, and why does he like Family Guy so much?” Well, Martin “Dr. Giggy” Giguere (it’s pronounced “Djiggy,” although he does love Family Guy!) is likely the biggest winner in...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Thomas "Renton" L. k5e5n
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If you want an example of a successful low and midstakes grinder, look no further than Thomas “Renton” L. Even though Thomas has been grinding 1/2 and 2/4 NL for over a year, he has profited a handsome $125k. He may not be flashy, but the one half Native American has...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Jesse “spoonitnow” Eddlemen 4b3i3n
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Jesse “Spoonitnow” Eddlemen found poker 4 years ago during his freshman year in college, although he did not take it seriously until two years ago. In light of UIGEA, Eddlemen withdrew his whole bankroll; he was only having marginal success anyways . However, when he...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Chris “Ilikeaces86” Olson 5v5rz
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This week we have an interview with FTR member and FTOPS Event #12 winner Chris Olson. You can find the audio here. Solid quality this week. Podcast The text is below. We’re here with 21 year old Chris “ilikeaces86” Olson. Chris has been playing poker professionally...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Jerry Vanstrydonck 5w1x27
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Jerry Vanstrydonck has had an odd journey to poker success. After getting into poker in high school, Jerry confessed he was a losing poker player from 2004 to 2006. Any good poker player friend of Jerry’s probably would’ve told him to quit right there. Luckily no one...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Justin “WPTHero” Rollo c5o4j
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The poker world features players that go from rich beyond their wildest dreams, to completely busted in a short time due to playing outside of their rolls, overspending, or for whatever reasons. It’s a world where the lines of right and wrong have been blurred quite a...
FTR Exclusive Podcast with Shaun Deeb 6h2t30
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This week we have another Podcast, which came out much better than the previous. The only technical issue is my volume is pretty small, but if you jack up the volume all the way it shouldn’t be an issue. Podcast with Shaun Deeb DS: Hey all, this week we have...
FTR Exclusive Podcast with Max “Massimo” Steinberg! 3c5u
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Hey Everyone, FTR weekly interviews is back! This week we have a podcast as our interview. We’re trying out this new audio format with Max “Massimo” Steinberg, I think it came out really well, but I’m really sorry about the echo, we tried to...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Aaron"Aejones" Jones 266m3c
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Ask high stakes SNG and cash game player BrynKenny about a 21 year old kid from Indiana named Aaron Jones, who took $62,000 off of him in a HU grudge match, and $50,000 more on a prop bet from the match. Ask mu_empire, who lost nearly $20,000 to Jones in a HU match....
FTR Exclusive Interview – Daniel "DCal Zone" Didech fv2c
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Daniel Didech is known on the internet for his ability to play a massive number of tables for a massive number of hours. But don’t let that overshadow the fact that he is just as skilled as any at the poker table. Didech has had success at a variety of games, SNG’s,...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Tom "Kingsofcards" Marchese 2c6y16
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Tom Marchese is a student just turned professional poker player. He has enjoyed an abundance of success anywhere from $400 buy in all the way up to $5000 buy in No Limit Hold’em games and has made over $200,000 in the past 3 months alone. While his game showed...
FTR Exclusive Interview – Ben "Sauce123" Sulsky 3c2i5g
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Ben Sulsky is a high stakes cash game regular who plays mostly No Limit Hold’em at the 5/10 and 10/20 level. He has been playing poker seriously for only about a year and a half. In only a couple months after he began he vaulted himself into elite cash game...
