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Poker Articles on 05/2005
Thursday, May 26 2005
I have precious little to say... except FRUSTRATED!! - THOUGHT I was playing pretty good. As I slowly accumulated chips though, I watch these maniacs win huge pots when their stupid 85o hits the jackpot. Am I wrong to not want to see a flop with AJo or 99 and raise the flopsters out pre-flop? Am I wrong to fo...
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Wednesday, May 25 2005
Blogs, Bloggers and Pauly's Freeroll - I played in my first blogger tournament last night. It was fun, but no one knows me or this blog. Probably due to the fact that I have 5 readers. Cést la vie. There were some highlights though. I dropped my first hammer. blinds 150/300 and I raise from Ut...
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Monday, May 23 2005
A not so perplexing beat. - Blind are 100/200 and a player with 12k in chips (which is well above avg in the tourney) bets $1100 in Early Pos. I look at KK in MP, so I call. (I have about $9k in chips, also far above avg) With a raise this big, and me with the KK, I am either lookin...
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Friday, May 20 2005
I propose a process (its a draft) - I am now making the assumption that the next step, from being mearly competent to play, to actually being a winning player, is not in the Hellmuth DVD videos, readying tells like Caro, or even play mathmatically correct. No, those can take you to various ...
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Thursday, May 19 2005
Noble poker - Decided to try out this site as my local poker group may host private tournaments here. We have a trial run tonight. So, after my initial deposit, I decided to play what was a new experience: 6 seat SnG for $1. Pays 2 places only. What a donkey fest....
3 table tourney last night - So this is interesting. I played pretty well last night in a 3 table tournament, taking 4th place. It was interesting for two reasons. The first was how strange the table was. Players who were weak tight made the final table. Why? Because these players ha...
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Tuesday, May 17 2005
Blog of the WEEK?!?!? - Wow, I am humbled to be blog of the week at the Lord Admiral Card Club podcast. Its the best poker show on the internet, and I cant believe I was even linked, much less mentioned. It must be for my humor, because it certainly cant be for my winning poker ...
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Monday, May 16 2005
Friday night game - Played in a $65 buy in game Friday night. Interesting that I am playing SO much better in person than on the internet. Why is that? Why I ask you? There are about 31 players and at the table I recognize most of them. A couple of them need to be manuevere...
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Wednesday, May 11 2005
Am I an idiot (revisited) - Full ring table .10/.25 stakes. Fold to me in MP with QQ. I raise to $1. two players to my left call. The BB raises $5 more. now this is getting interesting. he has a hand good enough to try to take the $3 right now. A bold move, but something I may...
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Tuesday, May 10 2005
Post LAG musings - start with $1500 in chips. down to $750. Up to $3000. Down to $750. up to $2200. Down, up, down, up. Field of 27, made it to the final table then ironically was knocked out on a bad - beat runner runner 3 high flush. Funny, when you are a LAG, your...
Another 2nd place - Well, I played another 3 table tournament at party poker last night, and again I did pretty well, finishing 2nd! Initially it was not a good game for me. I was not getting any cards, and the few hands I went in on ended up beat. After 1/2 hour I was down...
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Monday, May 09 2005
Agressive Pays - Well, in the last 2 days Ive played in two 3 table tournaments, and I finished 5th and 2nd!! Paid $15 and $37.50! Not too bad! Ive started playing more agressivley, and it seems to be paying off. The tight-agressive style of play seems to be a much bet...
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Saturday, May 07 2005
The Tale of El-Foldo - with appologies to Monty Python Bravely bold El-Foldo logged into his favorite site... He was not afraid to Bet Bold, brave El-Foldo He was not at all afraid to be betting Jack Ten off Brave, brave, brave, El-Foldo He was not in the least bit s...
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Friday, May 06 2005
Frustrating myself again - I continue to lose my attention to detail lately (and my bankroll). It is not enough to just get in there and play hands. I lost money last night at the $.10/.25 table. Are you kidding me? I lost onoe big hand and that sort of shocked me awake. I won more...
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Thursday, May 05 2005
Playing outside my comfort zone - Last night I played more quickly and more aggresively than I usually do in a tournament. I even made more steals than usual (although following Harringtons recommendations). And it went well. Better than expected. I even went out making a difficult choice...
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Tuesday, May 03 2005
The Ultra Mega Mega Vegas blog extravaganza! - or How to double your money in Vegas without really tryingIve been planning a trip to Vegas for a year now. My wife bought us a weekend package for our 10th wedding anniversary to use on our 11th. So with our 11th coming up this weekend, what happens? I ...
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Monday, May 02 2005
Finished 7th - Well, Im still on a bad run, as they call it. 3 table SNG $5+1. Its 4am so it takes a while for the tables to fill. After about 20 minutes we get started. First hand Im dealt A2, in early position. I fold it and sure enough, flop is A28. Oh well. I was a...
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