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Poker Articles on 05/2005
Sunday, May 29 2005
New Orleans - Jill: Will you be ok with not being able to play cards for a few days?Me: Well... they have casinos there.Jill: Are we going to any casinos?Me: (very whipped) That depends on if you want to go. Thats why I play no-limit. It gives me the bankroll to play t...
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Sunday, May 22 2005
So much for my $2 - Well, that little experiment lasted a good solid 30 minutes. I played two tables of $0.01/$0.02 No Limit, bought in for $1 on each, and got beat good and proper. :) Im left with $0.65 in my PokerStars account, and the game wont even let me buy into the...
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Monday, May 09 2005
BPO Update - Today I played in the semifinals of the British Poker Open. Twelve of us, one winner from each of the qualifying matches, were divided into two tables of six with the goal of playing down to the top three from each table. Those six will progress to the fi...
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Sunday, May 08 2005
How internet poker does it - it used to be I could open my mailbox and the spam I got was XXX teens or increase the size of your penis or free viagra. recently thats all changed as a new demon has reared its ugly head, sign up now and get a 20% first deposit bonus. Thats right, inter...
It's not all wine, women and song - Up until now Ive only talked about the upside of poker, and why it became so popular. Its only fair that I bring in the opposite point of view even though its not neccesarily my own. Poker does in fact have its downsides and bad points as we all know. No ...
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Friday, May 06 2005
Who else cashes in - Who else cashes in on the poker boom? Lots of people, and its a relatively untapped area. Playing cards are a big market in America only getting bigger because of the boom. You can usually go into any general store or supermarket or drug store and buy a p...
How the casino's do it - Internet poker is one thing but the real action is in the casinos. But how do they do it, how do they make money on the game. In blackjack youre playing against the house, but in most poker games its player vs. player, you win you take his money, you lose...
The next olympic sport? - Americas big sports. Football, Baseball, Basketball, Nascar. Sure theres hockey, but as of right now thats dead. Soccer is barely a blip on the radar, if you asked the average person to name one major league soccer team odds are they couldnt. Hell Im in a...
More on how it came to be - The following interview with Steve Lipscomb that I found in the sports business journal is very informative. It can be found here.The article makes some very good points about what makes poker as popular as it is today, due in large part to this man. So f...
The start of the craze - The poker crazy has been around for some time now, longer than most people realize, but most would agree that it didnt reach the biblical proportions it does today until one fateful event in 2003. The day that Chris Moneymaker (his real name) won the 2003...
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Thursday, May 05 2005
I Love it When a Plan Comes Together - I won my British Poker Open qualifier. Yep, I still dont believe it either. My plan going into this thing was to play tight, try not to gamble (!), get dealt some good cards, and win with them. Honestly, I seriously dont think Im a very skilled player fac...
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Monday, May 02 2005
Valkyrie of Poker - The valkyrie at my side is shouting and laughing with the pure, hateful, bloodthirsty joy of the slaughter... and so am I... -Sin City A guy who came to Fight Club for the first time, his ass was a wad of cookie dough. After a few weeks, he was carved o...
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Sunday, May 01 2005
Update - A $600 run by crushing fish at Ultimate Bets .50/$1 NL game and Eurobets (same as Party Poker) NL$100 has brought me up out of the negatives for this year. Im now at $176.24 for the year, or -363 BB (-$2,173) for the month. Its the first time since April ...
Trading curbs - I heard a singer on the radio/late last night/says hes gonna kick the darkness/til it bleeds daylight...-U2 Those who chase straights and flushes go home on Greyhound buses.-poker wisdom from a dealer at the former Horseshoe (now Binions), Las Vegas Well,...
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