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Poker Articles on 07/2005
Thursday, Jul 28 2005
Two Small Pairs on the Flop - Is it just me or are two small or middle pairs on the flop very hard hands to play in NL ring games? In a tournament, it is a simple hand -- move all in! Of course, that is a simplistic answer because if you have a good read on your opponents hand and thi...
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Monday, Jul 25 2005
The Devil is the Detail - A break from Focus ruminations as I realize my competence has been compromised by a big loss to three sharks from Mrs. Marshalls fourth grade class. They must be watching the WPT instead of doing homework.The first night I was in New Orleans, I got drun...
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Sunday, Jul 24 2005
"Big Deal" Bust! - Well. Things didnt go so great in the Big Deal Tournament. I placed 50th out of 150 and they were paying 20 spots. I played really well though, and only made one real mistake, but the blinds just got huge fast and I went card dead after the first 30 mi...
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Friday, Jul 22 2005
"Big Deal" Tournament coming up.... - I put a little money over at PowerPlayer (PokerRoom skin basically)... Just because I was at my dads and only have a Mac over there, so I wanted to play. Well, after having more bad luck at the ring games over there, just like I did at PokerRoom a month ...
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Tuesday, Jul 19 2005
Focus Part III - My name is Portuguese slang for one who has focus like a gnat. Most of me is a terrible poker player. How can that be? Almost two years into this thing and I have no idea where I stand. Money wise, I know exactly where I am. Is that a good judge of ...
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Monday, Jul 18 2005
Good job Ladies and Gentlemen - I re-raised a celebrity (There were so many of you so I will let you figure out which one of you ist was ;) ) out of a pot, I lost with AA, KK, and JJ, I cracked AA with JTs, I lost almost all my chips when I ran into a runner-runner straight. and I had a...
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Saturday, Jul 16 2005
Another Bonus! - Its time for another PSO Bonus! This time its at UltimateBet (UB). And for those people who havent tried PSO yet.... Might I highly suggest you do. Its just flat out free stuff. My new Ipod is on the way from Amazon as we speak. If you havent. Go t...
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Friday, Jul 15 2005
The finer points of eating cheese - I got this cat hes got fleasfrom his head down to his kneesits a sinbut that dont bother himcause we play ballin the lawnhe chases cars till their goneits a sinbut that dont bother himtill the sun goes over the treesme and that cat we just shoot the breez...
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Thursday, Jul 14 2005
Getting Into Position for the 2006 WSOP Main Event - I am primarily a ring game player and that is where 90% of my poker time has been spent over the last few years. However, I have decided to really take a run at improving my tournament game with the goal of playing in next years main event. So the questio...
Go Fossilman Go - Man am I impressed with Greg Raymer. In addition to winning the first WSOP main event with 2,000 plus entrants, he made it to the final table of an earlier WSOP event this year with over 2,000 entrants. I think he is the first person to do that in two 2,0...
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Tuesday, Jul 12 2005
You'll never be lonely - In my lifeI was a puppet on a stringa creature of the little thingsThen you opened up my eyesEvery tear you wipe awaytheyll be one bright sunny dayEvery time I try to sayThe words get in the way, dearthey just get in the way If I make you happyIf I make y...
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Monday, Jul 11 2005
100k Guaranteed Tournament! - Well, Yesterday I won a sattelite into the 100k guaranteed tourney on Prima. $50 entry, but it also has re-buys. I had no intention of re-buying though. I dont have a ton of time to go through the whole tournament. But I ended up more dissapointed tha...
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Sunday, Jul 10 2005
London's Calling - We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. We shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and the oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be. We sha...
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Friday, Jul 08 2005
Focus Part II - Focus Part I This is simple information. This is not a treatise. I have no real skill. When I spoke with Easy about his online play, I was surprised to learn he played only one table at a time. Damn Easy, as good as you play, you should play more tab...
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Tuesday, Jul 05 2005
Patience Patience Patience - In retail and real estate, success is all about location location location, but in poker success is all about patience patience patience. In the latest issue of Cardplayer, Bob Ciaffone, a poker legend and teaching coach for improving your game, wrote abo...
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Saturday, Jul 02 2005
Stupid Library! - Well Im sitting at a library waiting for my girlfriend to get off of work, so I can pick her up. Since she works out in the burbs, I came out here, and figured I would just go onto FCP and maybe play a bit on pokerstars or something till shes done. Well...
Focus Part I - Here comes one of those I know a guy stories. I have a buddy well call Easy E who is part of our Tuesday night home game. When the game started three years ago, he dominated the hold em portion of the night. When I joined the group eighteen or so mo...
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Friday, Jul 01 2005
Fantasy Poker League - 1st Night, 1st Place - The local Bowling Alley/Bar, Jerry Dutlers Bowl has started running Fantasy Poker League Tournements, and I finally got a chance to head down there, get signed up, and play my first tourney.Quite a different mix of skill levels, from learning to skilled. ...
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