tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88780162011-09-09T17:16:20.532-05:00The brief writings of a poker players struggle through bad beats, tilt and the occasional win...Tinyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04826027693301175078noreply@blogger.comBlogger361100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878016.post-1153815023615378882006-07-25T02:45:00.000-05:002006-07-25T03:10:23.683-05:00

I religiously read Donkey Fish Poker Forum, and the subject of showing your cards came up. Instead of wasting their space which I do too much of, I decided to write a quick blog about the subject.Basically I have 2 very different strategies on this one, one for ring games and one for tournaments. Let's start with ring games. First of all when I set out to a ring game, I usually grind out a 8-

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Howdy all! Sorry for the delay inbetween post however I have been busy with some weekend vacations, work, etc. And I can honestly say it wss a good couple weeks from online play!I ended June with one of my best months yet, and that does not even include bonusing! I know I have always been a decent MTT player however it was not until June that I really saw this. I was consistenly cashing

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What a night of MTT fish, donks and cake-eaters! Played in 7 MTT on Party Poker and in all of them I was in great position to finish very high if it were not for horrible plays. First let me talk about the tournaments I cashed. $55 MTT was a grind the whole way. I kept going up and up and up. I was top 5 in chips most of the tournament which I felt really good about! Pulled off some big

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Sorry about the no post for a while folks, man have I been busy! Oh poor poor me but oh well. I ended up having to cancel some trips and get some work done but I was able to sneak up to the cabin for the weekend! On the way up, we stopped by Grand Casino for a little gambling/poker adventure. My roommate has never played poker in a cardroom so I thought I would break him in!Ended up all they

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I started out playing poker online as a broke college freshman. The question I receive the most about playing online is, "How did you build your poker bankroll?" Most people want to rush online and throw $50 onto Party Poker. They will sit there for months and grind out the $.50/$1.00 tables. Some lose their money right away and some will make a little profit. I built my bankroll with a process

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I have put together some of the tips I have been using lately to play MTTs successfully! This strategy has been working in $6-$55 MTTs and no clue yet how it would work in bigger MTTs. Play tight at the beginning of these tournaments is the most critical tip. There are a lot of fish and they are willing to move their chips all-in in an attempt to double up. Try to stay away from these

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Rainy weekend here in Minnesota meant for a lot of online play. Basically all week, I have been playing MTTs on Party Poker and a little bit of bonusing on Crypto sites. The MTTs have been going very well. Played in 11 MTTs during the course of the weekend, and cashed in 9 of them...not too bad. My strategy must be turning around.I seem to be able to cash however I seem not to be able to make

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Here's a list of the top 16 favorites at the 2006 WSOP main event:1. Phil Ivey 150-12. Daniel Negreanu 225-13. Howard Lederer 250-14. Phil Hellmuth 250-15. Chris "Jesus" Ferguson 300-16. Gus Hansen 300-17. John Juanda 300-18. Marcel Luske 400-19. Greg Raymer 400-110. Barry Greenstein 400-111. Carlos Mortenson 400-112. Layne Flack 400-113. Scotty Nguyen 400-114. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow 400-115.

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Finished 4th in a $33 MTT on Party last nite but man was it a unlucky way to go out! Granted I was short stack but still!#Game No : 4521194253 ***** Hand History for Game 4521194253 *****NL Texas Hold'em Trny:24851861 Level:13 Blinds-Antes(2000/4000-100) - Thursday, June 15, 08:30:47 ET 2006Table Regular(733009) Table #1 (Real Money)Seat 3 is the buttonTotal number of players : 4 Seat 3: HERO (

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As many of our readers already know, I love to try out new online poker sites and check out the action on them. Well this month I found a great site that I think you will enjoy. CD Poker is one of the newer sites but is growing at a steady pace. The excellent deposit bonus and good player traffic are going to make CD Poker one of the top sites this year.CD Poker (CD is short for Club Dice) is

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Short-handed limit table online have been going very well! Last night I decide to play the $10K GTD on PartyPoker for $22. This had to be one of the better tournament I have played in a long time. Not going to go over many detail but I took 19th out of 611 for a profit of a little over $100. Got knocked out when I bet into the chip leader when I had KK. I had T57000 Blinds T2000/T4000 folded

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There's a quote I once heard that I thought was genius: "Poker is a lot like sex. Everybody thinks they are great at it, but most people don't really know what they're doing."Because of that truth, people generally blame their losing streaks on bad luck. Well, while bad luck can certainly play a role, there might just be other pressing factors for your losing. Here are the top five reasons.Bad

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I urge everyone to join on Thursday, June 15th in writing Congress to express our outrage and opposition to this bill and all like it. The process will be very quick and painless. For those who doubt it's effectiveness, having seen first hand the inner workings of a congressional office I can tell you they are received and counted. You may feel your voice will not be heard, but as a community we

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So much poker and yet so little time. I find myself staying up until wee hours of the morning or afternoon for that matter grinding out long sessions for profit lately. I received an e-mail recently about $20 for free at CD Poker. Everyone who knows me, knows I cannot pass up free money at an online site. $20 is not much to sit down at a ring game table with so I decided to play 3 $5 SNGs to

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Any bloggers out there who have not yet registered for the PWBCOP make sure you do!!!I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 7138050

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You know what...I really hate moving! Next time I move, I am going to hire a mover! Going up three flights of stairs with 32 inch TVs, queen beds, couchs, 200 gallon fish tank etc. really takes its toll on a guy. That being bad enough, I have been unloading boxes for the last couple days and I have come to the conclusion that I am a packrat. I keep boxes from everything, even the IPod I bought

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Sometimes I wonder if players I am playing online are like 5 years old, if they are blind or maybe they are now teaching chimps to play online poker. They have been making the most ridiculous plays lately and last night I cashed in big on them. I made a mistake of playing outside my bankroll a little bit and decided to play $2/$4 short-handed limit tables on Paradise instead of my typical $1/$2

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Man o Man I have not seen one of these in ages! $6 MTT on Party maybe I can keep it up!Seat 7 is the buttonTotal number of players : 10Seat 1: Fastbigmoney (2920)Seat 2: llSllUllNll (2940)Seat 3: zappa63 (4760)Seat 4: klas333 (2880)Seat 5: sarah303 (2880)Seat 6: HERO (3200)Seat 7: patsoxoleary (2880)Seat 8: MiloRambaldi (2900)Seat 9: fzappa711 (2940)Seat 10: enforcer13 (2940)MiloRambaldi posts

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So what have I been up to you might ask? Well I have been trying to figure out what I want to do with my real career as I fun in my poker career. Poker has been an extreme roller coaster over the past come months. It seems like when I first started playing online poker, I rarely had a losing session according to my excel spreadsheet. But for the last 6 months I cannot seem to get out of the

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I know i have said it before but for real now, I have found some time to start blogging again. Life as a tournament director and part-time poker player has been tiresome lately but man has it been fun. What can you think of that would be more fun than running poker tournaments in a bar, having a few cocktails after working and then playing poker during the day? Not to mention the added bonuses

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It was kind of nice yesterday having the day off from running poker tournaments and actually getting the chance to play in one. Granite Bowl South is your typical bowling alley however they host one of the best Free Poker Tour events around. Anywhere from 60-80 addicts play and I would say 70% of them are extreme beginners. So we kick back with some Newcastles and begin the long, painful

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After interviewing Mark Seif for this month’s interview, I decided to set out to Absolute Poker and try out their site. AP is an average sized poker room that offers an extremely above-average deposit bonus. They offer 1st time depositors a 200% bonus up to $200, so I deposited $100 and set out on exploring Absolute Poker.Absolute Poker offers the trinity of poker games that every site offers;

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Okay well back in September I posted saying that I would start blogging again, well my New Years Resolution is to start blogging again. It is so weird the more and more poker I am playing the less time I have to blog. I know there are many people out who loved to read my blog and I am sorry I disappointed you. So much poker means so much to post. I am making it my mission not to post about bad

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In a 2-10 Spread game at Mille Lacs, a drunk was begining to get out of hand. "Well that was one pussy-pink river card from you dealer!" he bellowed after missing a flush. The dealer beheld the drunk gravely; "Sir, there is a young lady at the table. If you don't control your language, you will have to leave." On the next hand, the drunk doesn't improve his set on the flop and looses to a

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Played poker all weekend and had a blast as usual. My buddy dragged me up to Grand Casino Mille Lacs Friday afternoon. Only tables they had running were 2/4 and 3/6, so we got on the list for both. Hit up some video poker while we waited and I hit a str8 flush so I made a quick 50 dollars. Not a bad start to the day.My name was called after about 40 minutes for the 3/6 table. The table was

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Wow, I have not posted in awhile! Sorry for anyone who reads regularly , for your life has now been a little more boring. Life on the poker front has been kind of slow as I have switched to working nights for a while. Part of the new job requires me to learn how things are running on all shifts and to teach all shifts proper techniques for inventory control. I mean come on, how tough is it to

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The originator of the FPT made the news again. Dave B. ,a gentlemen I play with on occasion as a SCOPEr, is testifying for Senator Kleis's bill that will consider Poker a game of skill in Minnesota as compared to bridge, cribbage and euchre. Great job Dave!!! This article was taken from the NY Times.Bars Test Laws on Gambling With Moneyless Poker GamesST. CLOUD, Minn., Feb. 19 - Not 20

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Putting some of my philosophy into the web for good karma, I will be starting a couple segments based on NLHE tournaments. I feel that this is the best part of my game but I need to improve it greatly. So any comments are greatly appreciated. I will let you know I am still a beginner and will never pretend to be better than that. The key to NLHE tournaments is that you will always learn

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Poker for the week has mostly been live with just a flare of online. My game has been on and off all week. Sometimes I often wonder why I play this game but then again I also wonder why I eat or why I sleep...Wednesday, Played the usual SCOPE event at Jon and Amanda's House, Lucky Ladies QQ Ranch? Started out really strong, Ladies and Cowboys back to back to start with a big stack. Did not

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Wow, long time between posts always means too much poker and not enough sleep. Well this weekend was full of online poker and last week was full of live poker. Not to mention a bunch of sleep that I needed to catch up on.Wednesday I played in a SCOPE event. Made it to the final table but I was shortstacked. On the button with AJs, had 5 times the BB left so I pushed it all-in. SB rolls over

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What a Super Bowl!!! A well placed bet on the Patriots landed me a little Do Rae Me. Good thing I had a straight bet and not a spread. Participated in a Super Bowl Tournament as well. Forty players with a $100 buy-in. Many of the players don't play much but are quite the gamblers. Ended up taking 7th place. My play was solid, tried not to get into trouble hands in the beginning and played

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After thousands of hands I finally looked down at my hand and saw the premium of all hands, AA. Some might call them 'rockets' others call them 'bullets' and many people fly high with them as 'American Airlines'. I call them losing cards that I lose more money on than I should, but more on this later. Typical SCOPE event at Chipples but with a few more people than normal...I think there were

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Started a new job on Monday as a statistical analyst for a plastic company. Pretty sweet job, except my 'office' is in the back of three warehouses with 2 other offices. No internet in my office and there is a computer from 1920. Might have to bring my laptop in and see if there is wireless connection coming from anywhere around. So I go on my lunch break and low and behold 4 guys are

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What a nice Sunday afternoon today! Some great football games in which I properly placed bets upon. Made a profit of $150 on the two games. Patriots vs. Eagles in the Super Bowl. Not sure who I am going to take in this one. I am leaning towards the Patriots but if McNabb played like he did on Sunday it will be a close game. Poker today was all online. I am working my way through

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What a day yesterday was, with it snowing all day. It had to have dropped at least 9 inches of snow during the day and then some intense wind all night long made for some massive snow drifts. What a great day for me to find out that the four-wheel drive does not work in my 'Exploder'. The weather was horrible however we played 'poker in the power' Played a little NLHE tournament with some

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Party Poker has the most players on it and is probably filled the most fish. Anyone who makes a deposit using the link below or the bonus code TINYTY will be given an additional $25 from me! If you use the link or bonus code TINYTY please e-mail to receive your FREE MONEY!!!Royal Vegas and Poker Time both offer $10 for free, no deposit required! I was able to turn my free $10 on Poker Time into

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