Poker Articles on 08/2005

Wednesday, Aug 31 2005

Online Gambling "Cheats" - Links to some interesting online gambling cheats... The challenge is tweaking your poker bot Side-Band attack tips virtual blackjack dealers hand Online games are written by humans WHENS THE NEXT GAME?!? Who WANTS TO COME TO PAINTBALL THIS WEEKEND? SAT...
Show me the money - So, yesterday I was at the big local tournament, No Limit Texas Holdem with rebuys and addon. We were 38 players and I brought a laptop with the excellent poker tournament management software The Tournament Director. This makes it easy for all to partici...
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Sunday, Aug 28 2005

END OF SUMMER I have been playing sparingly, but ... - END OF SUMMER I have been playing sparingly, but making final table after final table. The family is going to Orlando to spend the waning days of summer vacation at the Walt Disney World Resort, then the kids start school after Labor Day, and I will be pl...
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Saturday, Aug 27 2005

A long time in the making - Time for our 19th biweekly homegame, tournament with progressive rebuys in poker, No Limit Texas Holdem. We were only five participants. Three rebuys were made, none by me. And for the first time (Ive had quite a few second places) I WON! Everybody wer...
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Tuesday, Aug 23 2005

Good but small - Played in a multitable tournament at PartyPoker, No Limit Texas Holdem and it went be-a-utifully. In one of the early hands, could be the third or fourth dealt, I got KK as hole cards. In the very next, AA. And in the very next, QQ. All were played to an...
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Sunday, Aug 21 2005

BOUNTY TOURNAMENT There were 58 players with boun... - BOUNTY TOURNAMENT There were 58 players with bounties on their heads in a field of 1075 runners. Whichever bountied player lasted the longest got a $1000 bonus, with $500 going to the second and $250 going to the third longest. We began with a starting st...
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Wednesday, Aug 17 2005

IN THE MONEY I played the $50 5PM PST tournament ... - IN THE MONEY I played the $50 5PM PST tournament at PokerRoom, as I often do, and for the first time ever, I actually made the money. I have had the worst luck in this tourney up to now. I got involved early on with a straight flush draw that didnt connec...
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Monday, Aug 15 2005

UPDATE I have not had much time for poker lately,... - UPDATE I have not had much time for poker lately, with the kids home everyday and with the landscapers knocking on my door every few minutes for judgment calls. I have squeezed in some heads-up play and a few single table tournaments, and I am doing well ...
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Thursday, Aug 11 2005

Secret Poker Club - Secret Poker Club POKER POKER POKER! WHEN WHEN WHEN? I suppose i sorta won that last one, so im making some sort of effort to organize the next game, but i need someone to volunteer a place! Id say next week friday (19th), but im afraid there is a game ...
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Monday, Aug 08 2005

Grand Prix Sattelite 7 of 70 In the first 90 minu... - Grand Prix Sattelite 7 of 70 In the first 90 minutes the best hand I saw was JJ and I was forced to fold it after the flop. I survived two all-ins, one of which was a gift from the good lord when I back-doored a straight. I finally got AA after 90 minute...
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Sunday, Aug 07 2005

RECOVERY I was saddened by my Grand exit, so I fi... - RECOVERY I was saddened by my Grand exit, so I fired up two small tournaments concurrently and won them both, just to remind myself of my mutant ability. I paid $20 for a three-table tourney of 30 players, paying three spots. At one point I got KK v QQ tw...
GRAND TOURNAMENT $10K starting stacks, 30-minute ... - GRAND TOURNAMENT $10K starting stacks, 30-minute levels, and 485 entrants at $1000 per. I won my ticket in a $100 satellite, which is the only type of tournament I can win anymore. I increased my stack by about $450 during the first hour. The only notable...
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Thursday, Aug 04 2005

Texas Neverwinem - Yet again our biweekly homegame tournament of NL Texas Holdem. As Ive repeatedly written here, Ive never won and this time was no exception, it even went worse than usual, finishing last out of five players. Turned a Queen-high flush of diamonds, bet an...
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Monday, Aug 01 2005

FINALLY, my VEGAS BLOG I'm too tired to proof rea... - FINALLY, my VEGAS BLOG Im too tired to proof read. Ill look over it later. WED the 6th Excalibur I arrived around noon and met Dude at the Mandalay Bay for lunch. After lunch we met up with Thomas Falkenstrom from Poker Room and he bought us a few rou...
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