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Poker Articles on 07/2005
Saturday, Jul 30 2005
Remember where you parked... - In MP with QQ. Utg limps, I raise to 3xBB. All fold back to UtG who calls the bet. There is $1500 in the pot. The flop is 4c5s6s. I have the Q of spades, not that it matters. He checks, I bet out $2000 figuring to intimidate any draws. He comes ove...
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Friday, Jul 29 2005
Sometimes you surprise yourself - Here is the scenario. It a 1 table SnG and there are 4 players left. I am third in the chip count. Leader on my right has $4000, player on his right has $3000, I have $1000 and the player on my left has less than the BB left ($200) and is on POST AND F...
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Thursday, Jul 28 2005
Am I getting better? - baby steps... baby steps... baby steps Bob, in What about Bob? Is it possible? I wonder. I was too busy the last couple of days to committ to much. So, I jumped into a play money SnG at PSO. It was 3 hands before I knew there was only one other player ...
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Saturday, Jul 23 2005
Ass kicked by girl - Last night was the monthly tiki lounge poker game. We had about 17 signups, which is perfect. Its a low $30 buy in freezout and the blinds are such that the first 5 rounds are low blinds. Mrs. Columbo had won last months event and was again feeling th...
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Thursday, Jul 21 2005
Boardgames that will make you a better poker player - What happened to boardgames? Sure, it could have been video games, but I think it was crappy board games based on movies and the 1000 stoopid versions of monopoly (insert getto-opoly joke here). But in Europe, boardgames never lost their quality. Recen...
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Monday, Jul 18 2005
A day for Charlie - Last night I played in the Charlie Tuttle charity tournament. (2idiots.com for the details) 144 players raised about $2800 bucks. Not bad. First prize was $1.44 and a DVD of the WSOP. Well, I was determined to play my best poker. I have been concentr...
Playing omaha with the fish - Get your tackle box out and go fishing. Omaha 8OB. Learn it, love it, go fishing. It is a fun game because few newbies can play it competently, it does not require the memoriztion skills of STUD or RAZZ, and its a good game to learn for pattern recognit...
Playing small ball - Mike Madasow coined the phrase (in my mind) recently at the WSOP. Small ball is a VERY important and overlooked strategy. It is a great way to deal with donkey drawers and people that call 20xBB bets with Ax and crack QQ. The idea is to aggressively at...
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Friday, Jul 15 2005
Oh woe is... hey, wait a minute! - I reluctantly jumped back on the horse last night. I had vowed to take the night off, but had my plans cancelled and then sat down to watch TV. I caught the ESPN replay of the world series with the Greg R. narration. Worth the price of admission. The ...
Barrel night revisited - I am now suspecting that I just plain played too many hands because I thought I was so cool and could roll over everyone. I figured since I took notes, I better well freaking use them. LevelFold,F, BB, SB (limp), Fold, Fold, fold, fold fold, BB, SB limp ...
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Thursday, Jul 14 2005
Wednesday is your night in the barrel - If you know the joke, then you know how I feel this morning. I sat down in a low competition $40 tournament. The stacks were shallow at 100 chips apeice and the blinds were 1/2 then 2/4 for 25 mintues apeice. Out table was 7 handed. They were tighter ...
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Wednesday, Jul 13 2005
Psychiatric help -- 5 cents please! - Todays nickel lesson series* Decide what hands are playable based on your table position, image, the action before you, and what you would come in for BEFORE you look at your cards. I have noticed recently that a few pros do this. Now that I know what t...
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Tuesday, Jul 12 2005
Sunday's simpleton blunder - I should know better.. and I do. But sometimes you take a chance because you are folding soooo much. 1 table SnG, one player out. 50/100 (Limit) -- Seat 9 is the buttonSeat 1: shep0987 (1095)Seat 2: worthy777 (615) Not terrible, but have not taken a ha...
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Monday, Jul 11 2005
SnG stranger... - Should I know your name? Did we meet some time ago? -Grace Slick Limit game - but we are in level 7 and the blinds are HIGH and the table is 8 handed so money is tight. Qd9d in the SB. 4 people limp, so I call with odds, even though I had to throw in m...
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Sunday, Jul 10 2005
Hands from last night - Here is a hand or two from that tournament. What I did in in the comments. The real game started here. until here, it was just playing solid survival poker.Level:5 Blinds (50/100) - Seat 1 is the buttonTotal number of players : 7 (still 3 tables playing...
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Saturday, Jul 09 2005
Discovery - I discovered my special purpose!!! -Steve Martin in The Jerk I am looking back at my wins over the year and noticed something. I have dominated 3 table fields. Last night I won another 3 table NL at Party. After losing everything else including ring g...
Another $1 tourney - Another lame showing about midway. Too much to take sometimes, but I was doing well (Q of 1.25) and I limped with Qc9c from the SB. The flop is 5c7c2c. Suffice it to say I ran into KcTc in the BB. Can you plan for that in a field this large? I mean, ...
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Thursday, Jul 07 2005
But its so big!!! - I lost about $2 earlier playing lotto at the $.25/$.50 table again. The only hand I won was with AA. He folded on the flop before I could get his last $5. But on to the big show: $5000 new depositor freeroll tournament at PartyPoker. 1330 players, $1k...
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Wednesday, Jul 06 2005
Trials and Tribulations - Decided to play in those welcome to party poker $1 lotto tourneys. There were over 200 players in both. The first one I went out at 130. I was crippled when I was out kicked on trips (89 vs J8), then with the blinds getting high, losing a big race. T...
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