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Poker Articles on 06/2005
Tuesday, Jun 28 2005
Tolly Finishes 12th in a Poker Stars NL Holdem Tilt - 1595 players fell in front of Tolly as he won 12 times his entry fee!For those of you who miss NPP games alot - that means there were 1607 players in the tournament.He just missed qualifying for a bigger tournament by a lousy 3 places.Tolly went out when ...
Lynchburg, VA update - Nothing exciting to post at this point....just returned from the first day of a vendor audit here in VA. Couple of minutes to check my email and such, then off to dinner with the gang here. Will update more later. Also, anyone reading this looking for pok...
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Monday, Jun 27 2005
Internet Poker Site Countdown - #5 and #6 - Number 6 is Bo Dog Poker. This site is a one stop shopping for gambling. Poker, sports betting, horse betting and casino games are available. The poker site has fast and good looking software, Frequent Player Program, quick filling SNGs, a fair amount of...
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Friday, Jun 24 2005
Time flies - What a rough couple of days....Headed to NY/NJ early Wednesday morning for a business trip...flight at 6:30am, so that was a rough morning to say the least. Spent about 4 hours with the vendor, reviewing their response to our audit last month and their p...
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Thursday, Jun 23 2005
Nik Finishes 5th in Platinum Poker NL Tourney - An interuption to the Internet Site countdown.Back from my golf vacation and still on my regular vacation, I got in a tournament on Platinum Poker.The tourney drew only 80 players since it was sort of early in the morning.Anyway, my big chip gathering cam...
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Monday, Jun 20 2005
Weekend Update - Happy Belated Fathers Day to any dads out there this morning. I had a pretty cool weekend overall...spent some time with the girls on Saturday after getting the prerequisite lawn mowing done on Sat morning...I think I upset the neighbors a bit, as they we...
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Sunday, Jun 19 2005
Daniel Negreanu's Big Poker Challenge, Part Four - When we last left our heroes, Daniel Negreanu and Barry Greenstein had begun their best of nine matches at $500,000 a pop series, and Barry had taken the first match, which was a 7 Card Stud match. As part of the rules of these challenges, Daniel has the ...
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Saturday, Jun 18 2005
PartyGaming sets IPO as poker booms - PartyGaming, the worlds biggest online poker company, said its backers will raise up to $2.1 billion in a London share listing--less than expected as concerns over the legal status of online gaming persist. Uncertainty about the legality of online gambli...
A mega-rich payout at Internet poker - Move over, Larry and Sergey, and make room for Anurag and Ruth. And who are they? If all goes according to plan, later this month the co-founders of PartyGaming PLC -- Indian-born computer programmer Anurag Dikshit and Harvard-educated lawyer Ruth Paras...
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Tuesday, Jun 14 2005
Quick Update - Nothing of much importance to note...pretty slow day at work today, just getting ready for the audit in VA in a couple of weeks, pulling old reports, making travel arrangements, etc. Looking at the possibilities of buying a new home, so well keep you pos...
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Monday, Jun 13 2005
Streak ends - After 9 straight positive session at $5/10 (up $950) I just dropped my first negative session this morning over about 45 minutes of play...($-172). Had been playing pretty even until the following hand came up:BillJoel is at seat 0 with $687.SlickMaster ...
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Saturday, Jun 11 2005
Internet Poker Site Countdown - #7 and #8 - Number 8 is Platinum Poker. This site is good. Lots of small BIG tourneys and there are plenty of players (4,000). The software is extremely fast and your cards at the table are super-sized. I dont have a lot of playing time on the site for ring play, bu...
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Friday, Jun 10 2005
Day home from work - Jen had a rough night last night and we ended up at the baby doctor to make sure everything was ok...baby and Jen are just fine, so thank goodness for that. So if anyone tried to catch up with me at work, Ill get the messages tomorrow. Shes feeling better...
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Wednesday, Jun 08 2005
Made the big time - For any fans of poker blogs, please check out the link below Tao of Poker. This guy is the best and is currently doing live coverage blogs from the WSOP...much better coverage than were seeing from Cardplayer or any of the other sites. Up to the minute ...
World Series of Poker 2005 Underway in Las Vegas - The World Series of Poker 2005 is now underway at the Rio All Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first circuit event took place last Thursday, June 2, and the series runs daily right up through the final table of the Main Event on July 15. ...
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Tuesday, Jun 07 2005
House hunting and allergies - Had some fun last night looking for a new house...saw a very nice older brick home (1910) in Pataskala...had a nice lot and the house was spectacular, but it was the showpiece of the neighborhood...neighboring houses were probably only worth half as much ...
Internet Poker Site Countdown - #9 and #10 - Number 10 is Absolute Poker. Bottom line is that it is a very nice site. It does not have the features I look for, but for most players it would work really well as a site to belong to. The good things about Absolute Poker are; The software is fast, here ...
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Monday, Jun 06 2005
Start of another week - Looks like a good one here at work...boss is in Europe for the week, so that should keep things more relaxed here today. I have to cover for a couple of my direct reports today that are out on vacation, so that will keep me busy, but not overly so....so t...
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Saturday, Jun 04 2005
Internet Poker Site Countdown - #11 and #12 - Number 12 is Poker Host. This site may be moving up soon. The service is outstanding!! They have nearly instant email response AND instant chat!. They truly are trying to build up their clientele. There are lots of promotions (they are sending me a visor ...
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Friday, Jun 03 2005
Friday - end of the week, finally - So much to talk about this morning...where to begin..... Bachelor days are here...Jen and the girls are in Toledo for a couple of days while her dad has some minor surgery....no surgery is really minor, especially at his age, so my thoughts will be wit...
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Thursday, Jun 02 2005
Internet Poker Site Countdown - #13 and #14 - Number 14 is Jet Set Poker. The software is a little slow, and the cards a little small. They have some cheap BIG tournaments, but not a lot. The average of 1000 players means a search and maybe a delay or short table for ring play. Some of the SNGs have...
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Wednesday, Jun 01 2005
Poker League Follow-up - Quick announcement...for any local Columbus poker players reading my blog, you should all try and get over to the Classic Bar & Billiards on Stygler Rd in Gahanna on Tuesday nights. Great bar and some fantastic poker in the RatPack Poker League. Games s...
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