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Poker Articles on 06/2005
Tuesday, Jun 28 2005
Lack of updates - I was out of the country. An old friend came in from out of town.My suit didnt come back from the cleaners.I ran out of gas.I had a flat tire.Someone stole my car.There was an earthquake, a terrible flood,It wasnt my fault. ok, the first on is true. Plus...
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Tuesday, Jun 21 2005
Am I an idiot, part III - 1/2 NL. Pre-flop raises are ridiculous with players calling a raise of like $25. I get AQ and make a pre-flop raise of POT. There were 3 limpers already and one of them reraises my 4xPOT. I fold. 10 minutes later I have not played a single hand. I ge...
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Sunday, Jun 19 2005
Singing the Blues - Hosted my monthly tournament, and only had 12 people. So we are playing short handed. When you play short handed, it is like being at a final table only the blinds are cheap. I saw a alot of flops that went nowhere and bleed like a pig. I was dealt ab...
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Thursday, Jun 16 2005
Why do I torture myself? - I decided to play a 2 table SnG at PS just so I can feel like I can play cards again. I took second. Had first sewn up, until back to back suck outs. Still, 2nd. So, back to the cash tables. Up a few bucks at PS, then I lose two $10 hands at Noble wh...
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Wednesday, Jun 15 2005
Shattered - Im in tatters... Im Shattered. -Mic and the boys No matter how much I learn, I still cant crack the most basic of ring games. Namely, the PS $.50/$1 game. Lame. Here are the THREE hands that broke me. Please, please, please help me understand what is goi...
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Thursday, Jun 09 2005
Know your game - remember I said I wanted to play a couple of $1, 5 table PS tourneys for practice. Well, I played one and finished 2nd. Why, because I knew how I needed to play to finish and played that way. I have been practicing at these level and these blinds and i...
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Wednesday, Jun 08 2005
Detroit poker group represents!!!! - From poker player newspaper online Standings from WSOP event #3 9th Place Tony Ma plays a short-stack as well as anyone in poker. He came in desperately hoping to double up, and did better than that. He tripled up. Twenty minutes into the finale, Ma m...
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Monday, Jun 06 2005
Not all Donalds are created equal - Everyone in a while, I have to do something that is not related to poker. Albeit it briefly. This time it was a trip to Chicago to pitch our latest board game designs to the publisher. Glenn, who owns Eagle Games, suggested that we meet at Trumps on Frid...
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Wednesday, Jun 01 2005
Listen to your own advice - So Ive been talking about the first 4 levels of a tournament. I have been haunting the new PS $1 MTT because they offer endless practice of rounds 1-4. So in round 3, with a stack of around $1850 (started at $1500) I am right where I should be. I get d...
Fish - This weekend I went camping with the family. Now, I dont like camping, but I made sure that my daughter, who loves fishing, got to go fishing. I was joking with her that we would never catch anything off a dock of a lake where so could only cast into ...
Home field advantage and being a teenager - Again, if you are not reading doubleas blog at doubleas.blogspot.com then you are missing out on what it means to be a poker teen vs. a poker adult. On a similar note, I have been frustrated that I had not been doing well in larger tournaments. So last ni...
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