thanks!

This task is going to take for ever...

Doesn't have too. Look for private tourneys. Sometimes the FTP forum runs tourneys for only $.01 or $.25. Just sign up and log out.

orly?

hrmm...

I did this one last night, played 2 x $2.20's and one $3.30... one cash...

ill look for those..



Do satellites count?

They should. If the "Task Details" say specifically no sats, then no. But otherwise, any scheduled tourney counts. The Mini-FTOPS is a perfect time to knock these types out. They've got the cheap .25 and .30 sats running for some of the events. It made the PLO and O8 challenges really easy to deal with. I doubt I actually played in more then 5 tourneys total through 10 runs of Adam's PLO challenge. I just signed up and left it alone.

I havent gotten that far yet... going from level one and up... kind of a grind but kinda fun... Also want to try to show a profit for this thing... so far, showing one...

Just finished..

Confirmed for this first "Guide to MTT" that sattelites work...

I just played a Knockout Sattelite for a miniFTOPS and it counted towards the "Pro Play"

ugh... repeating these is going to take for ever if I keep cashing... haha

I'm 99% sure any MTT Sit & go is fine for that challenge, or at least it was for me. I have all 10 done, can't remember what tourneys I played exactly, but remember the last one giving me trouble.

Play 1 MTT that is either a knockout, shootout, or rebuy tournament.

At the time the only micro Sit & Go I could find that worked for this was a 90 man Knockout, and I remember those taking the longest and slowing me down.

I think you're right for this challenge. A lot of the new ones that are geared towards tourneys will only work with scheduled, but the earlier challenges will work with any.

Here's another trick, and I'm not sure which challenge it is (I know it's not Lederer's Bubble challenge), but there is one that you're supposed to win a 3 9 seat SnG's for the ProPlay. You can play the $.25 DD sats where 2 people win the seat and get that done. Did it the 10x's and it worked for all of them.

And for the winning sessions that are timed instead of hands counted tasks, you can buy in, win a hand and sit out the rest of the session. You might have to sit back in a couple of times, but you can do it that way. Adam's PLO task where you have to play a 90 minute session you can knock out sitting at an empty table the whole time.

There's a ton of little tricks, but most of them get found out and changed. Sucks I missed on the BRM one. I hate that ProPlay.

I think that first trick was changed by FT pretty early on. I'm pretty sure someone in the first few pages confirmed it. I also remember having to do that one legit.

The other one you mentioned worked for me as of yesterday. I had to play 1/2 hour of FL O8 and my table broke about 15-20 minutes into it. I sat out until the 30 minute mark, got up and still got credit.

can you start a challenge, finish 1 or 2 tasks, and then start a different one and go back and complete the other later?


also...

in this challenge:

6 Tips for Serious Beginners

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Play 3 Double Stack, non-turbo, real money, NL Hold’em tournaments where the buy-in is 1/20th your bankroll or less including tournament fees. Double Stack tournaments start with 3,000 chips and are denoted by a special icon in the lobby.
(3 part task)

* All play must be in real money, non-turbo, no-limit Hold’em Double Stack MTTs or MT S&Gs. Double Stack tournaments are indicated in the lobby with a “bar chart” icon and start with 3,000. Turbo tournaments indicated with a “T” do not qualify.
* Tournament buy in must be equal to or lower than 1/20th of your bankroll including tournament fees.

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The Pro Play

Survive until ½ of the players have been eliminated in two real money, non-turbo, Double Stack NL Hold’em tournaments where the buy-in is equal to or less than 1/20th of your bankroll including tournament fees.
(2 part task)



If you finish in the top 50% of the "Play Three Double Stack" will it count towards the Pro Play task?

I think it might be Bloch's Short Stack Strategy. Or a Bartley challenge. I'm not sure which. I finished it the 10x's so I don't remember.

SuitedJunk:

The deal with switching challenge in regards to tourneys is that any task related to performance (cash, win, last a certain amount of time) has to be signed up for after the challenge is active. If you were to switch to a different challenge and do hand specific tasks, then switch to another and do other hand specific tasks, you can do that in the same tourney. Then, and this part I'm not sure about, you can switch back to the original challenge that had the performance based task. It's something I've done before, but I don't know if it still works. The tracker has been updated a few times and it's a bug they might have caught.

You can do however many tasks for a challenge as you want and jump around as often as you want. You don't have to finish it to do a different one.

For the 6 Tips challenge, I signed up for 3 of the $1 double stack 90 seaters and then sat out most of the time. You'll outlast 1/2 the field by then time you bust without playing a hand.

cool, that pretty much sums it up thanks!

Hi Guys,


Can anyone find this month's $5,000 Academy Freeroll? I thought it was the second Sunday of the month (9/12) at 3:00pm. I am not seeing it on the tourney page anywhere. Thx

FYI. I e-mailed FTP Support about the $5,000 Academy Freeroll. Here is their response:


Thank you for your email. Unfortunately due to the technical issues the $5k Academy Freeroll has not been posted in the lobby yet. In these circumstances the most probable time for the tournament is next Sunday, the 19th of September.

Please note that we are aware of the issue and we'll do our best to fix it as soon as possible. In the meantime we apologize for the inconvenience and thank you for your understanding in this case. We wish you best of luck at the tables!

Regards,

Niall

Poker SpecialistFull Tilt Poker Support



Original Message Follows:

Hi Sir/Madam,

I thought the Academy Freeroll runs the second Sunday of the month at 3:00pm? I can not locate it anywhere in the tournament tab. Can you please tell me when it is scheduled. Thank you

Happy to see this thread still alive

I'm back and playing, working toward what I believe the current maximum is: 122,350...

...but I got a ways to go with 40 challenges out there now. [If there's 41 or 42, someone shoot me a list, 'eh?]

havent had much time... but so far... 43 total completed (4 challenges 10 times)... working on the 5th... 3350 FTPA Points so far...

Anyone have the answers to "Value Betting" so I don't have to watch the video? Thanks.

Value Betting

1. Which of the following statements best describes the term “value betting?”
Betting with the intention of being called by a weaker hand

2. What does Ryan Daut say is the reason value betting is so important to your success in poker?
A good value bet allows you to win more money when you have a good hand

3. Which of the following is NOT a common reason newer players fail to value bet?
They feel like the other players will just fold if they bet any amount

4. Which of the following is the best definition of the term “thin value bet”?
A bet when you have a moderately good hand and will still be called by a weaker hand

5. “Thin” value bets should generally be targeted at what type of opponent?
Loose players that call with a wide range of hands

6. In his lesson, Ryan described this hand where an opponent checked to him on the river. Why does Ryan feel this is a bad spot to value bet?
Based on the texture of the board, Ryan feels his opponent will either fold or check raise on the river.

7. When making a bet on the river, and you are not quite sure it is a value bet or a bluff, this is an example of which of the following?
Merging your range

Here you go. Should still watch the video though. I am pretty sure I have all the questions correct (might not be exactly verbatim).

Thank you very much! I'll take your advice and watch the video, I just don't want to get any wrong.

I am doing "Bankroll Building By Aaron Bartley"

The first task is play 5 Fixed Limit ring games, OR 5 NLHE SNG's...

I played 5 NLHE SNG's at the same time, while also playing 1 6-Max FL for the 2nd task... It looks like non of the SNG's registered, but shortly after I stopped the first session of the 6-Max RING game it registered as 1 of the 5 parts to the first task...

???

anyone know if a rush session counts for part 5 of the gordon common hold'em leaks task?

I finished off all 10 of Bartley's awhile ago, so I don't remember exactly, but I thought it was you have to play both the SnG and cash session for each part.

What do you have to do for part 5 of Gordon't HE leaks? If it's sessions based, then Rush won't work. If it's hand based, then it should.

Show profits in 3 cash game sessions of 60 hands or more where you do not have a net loss in a pot of more than 25 big blinds.

edit - i mean i suppose it's possible that every time i stacked someone and closed the session i'd already been stacked and/or it wasn't 60 hands, running bad does that, but i'm sure i'd have hit it once

Can't use Rush for that. Not sure why they don't have it fixed yet to do that, but Rush doesn't work for anything session based.