Poker Articles on 01/2005

Monday, Jan 31 2005

No luck - u need to get lucky to do a well in a tourney, and i cant get the luck when i need it. Final or crucial hands of tournaments - losing Ks v 10s (finished on the bubble of the main draw) losing js vs aj (finished on the bubble of the weekly tourney) losi...
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Tuesday, Jan 25 2005

$100 ST - played $100 st. 2 interesting hands. One I pick up aces, blinds are 10-20, I raise to $50. I like to try and double up with aces on a single table tourney, and this table was so tight, if I rasie any more Id scare ppl away. Which is dangerous for the guy...
Poker meltdown - I had a poker meltdown last week, playing on tables I prolly shouldnt have and flushing down a vast portion of my bankroll. I learnt some lessons, I learnt the value of patience and the value of analysing myself. I guess I realised when investing turned...
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Tuesday, Jan 11 2005

Know the value of hands ! - Hands like A-T and A-J are junk hands in a 10handed game, sure if you can get them in late position, into an unraised pot, thenthey become a lot better, but raising in early positionwith these hands is a losing play. 2 important lessons, if your calling a...
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Wednesday, Jan 05 2005

Bring on party poker - So i decided to sign up with party poker, apparently if you do your credit card transfer during hours it works. Anyway they were offering some special deal where u get a 50% bonus up to a $100. So i sign up and then they say they will credit my account w...
New game ! - Whilst watching a WPT episode, I developed a new strain of holdem. Its a hybrid of limit andno limit, and its a game where reading the playeris all important !Its called "NO FOLDEM HOLDEM"Its the same as holdem except:1. The betting structure pre-flop is ...
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