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259 | Only 3 weeks It's only been 3 weeks since I did any blogging, meh. I was in Durant in April and had a less than amazing 0-12 MTT series and about break-even at cash. Hey, cant win them all, but it was a disappointing series. Nevertheless I came back to Tulsa planning to take a couple days off then get back to grinding, but I got a nasty head cold and was completely out of it for two weeks. I don't get sick ... Published: May 14th, 2013 |
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20 | Just some stuff i read somewhere Ask yourself: What is the goal of me playing Poker' To make money, to gamble, for fun and entertainment, just to do something else apart from daily routine' i think our goal sets the stage for how we play Poker: loose, tight, aggressive, passive, a combination. To conclude: many players deposit a few bucks every week taken from their salaries and plays Poker as entertainment, like going to the ... Published: May 11th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 2nd, 2007 |
3 | Freeroll Outlast five thousand players and win twenty bucks...exciting right. Well fortunately I'm not talking about that kind of freeroll. The thing that has been on my mind lately is that in many ways life is a freeroll. I have a healthy body, a loving fiancée, an unbelievably supportive family, and a core group of loyal friends. Anything more than that is just icing on the cake. Inspite all of ... Published: May 10th, 2013 |
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260 | No April Showers on my Bankroll As I mentioned in my results blog from March, the third month of 2013 was to date my most profitable month. With overall results more than triple my average monthly income in 2012 things started to look a little brighter. One month does not make a trend though, making April exceedingly important to keep the upward trend rolling. Sadly I wasn’t able to just copy and paste my March results ... Published: May 7th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Aug 2nd, 2011 |
7 | Running Hot! These past two weeks have been awesome for me! I made three final tables on America's DonkRoom, one live final table, and turned 300 into 1500 in the juiciest cash game that I've ever been a part of. I will continue to study the game, work on my leaks, and make more +EV decisions to continue this success. Good luck everyone! Positive thoughts to all! Published: May 5th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Jan 20th, 2007 |
60 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder part-5(SHIP-IT)(FU-Tmobile)May SmallerHoTrunner! And so we have two more days before heading to May; And The SmallerHoTrunner has been quite a learning experience for me. This makes month #3 since i started playing online again, after taking a few months off from poker. This past Sunday morning was pretty much like winning the Sunday Million for me; When at last i shipped a tracked MTT on Merge for Pocketfives. April was a major success for me ... Published: Apr 29th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Apr 12th, 2007 |
260 | Personally Financed Part 1 I’ve been looking hard at my non-poker money of late. I’ve spent a great deal of time focusing on building a bankroll to play cards with, the number of buy ins I have, how deep each buy in is, pushing to move up in stakes, driving to increase my hourly win rate and so on. All that planning and effort has gone into my operating budget without any real strategy for my personal finances. I ... Published: Apr 29th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Aug 2nd, 2011 |
7 | Weekly Goal I am going to turn $100 into $200 within one week by grinding $5 PLO, $1.50 and $3 ST SNGs, $5 DoN SNGs, and $5 MTTs on America's Cardroom. BRM is something that I haven't really practiced correctly during my poker career, so I am going to strictly stick with these terms in order to reach my goal. And yes, I know playing $5 (or even $3 for that matter tourneys/cash games isn't proper BRM, but ACR ... Published: Apr 26th, 2013 |
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259 | Variance Meanwhile, I have been running up against it. It is Thursday and I have been in Durant, OK since last Thursday. I am 0-11 in MTTs and I am down $103 at cash. Sounds like a great trip so far, ay' Lol, luckily for me I understand variance and poker and I am not sweating it. I have built decent stacks in several MTTs but was unable to capitalize and get to the end. There is still 2 MTTs left for me ... Published: Apr 25th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Apr 12th, 2007 |
260 | Tweaking the System The following blog post all stems from one simple act of carelessness and or douchebaggery. This past Saturday night I was grinding as always. After grabbing dinner I went to put my name back on the list for a 1/2NL game. Since it was Saturday night the poker room was pretty packed and there was a sizable list, so I put my name on it and sat down on a nearby bench to read a magazine. As I ... Published: Apr 22nd, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 9th, 2012 |
1 | From Zero to Hero So I figured my poker carrier needs changes and the only way to do that I have to do something that would be interesting to and new to me at the same time. So I fire up this blog, hoping to have a good motive playing poker better than I do now and one day to become something more than just a forum bum asking for stakes. My goal is very simple: make 100$ into 5000$ in three months. It may ... Published: Apr 21st, 2013 |
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259 | 1 mirrion I woke up early and drove the 3 hours from Tulsa to Durant yesterday to play in the 1 million gtd series at Choctaw Casino. Yesterday was a $350 50k, a $240 10k, and a $125 5k. I played all three and finally go above start stack in the $125, lol. I was off to a good start but didn't make the money. There is a 50k Player of the Series contest that pays 30 places and 10k for first. We get 2 pts per ... Published: Apr 19th, 2013 |
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259 | Blogging? What's that Wow, I have been a little lazy when it comes to writing. I haven't blogged in a week or two and just now finished up and article that was due Monday. Luckily Dan is amazing and allows me some leeway as most of my time is spent playing and some weekends I stay hella busy. So when due dates come around Monday he will let me have a day or two if I am running behind. Also it seems my articles are ... Published: Apr 17th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Jan 20th, 2007 |
60 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder part 4(Sunday)(Smallhotrunner) (Spewy) So i am 3/25 of my last Mtt's with two weeks to go in the Smaller HoTrunner series. Just going to cut to the chase and eliminate the bullshit. Bottom line is that i need to find a fold button and stay more focused. Currently i am sitting in last place in this contest, and i am not at all happy with how i have managed so far. I also feel like i made to many adjustments to my game and i can see it. ... Published: Apr 17th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Oct 21st, 2010 |
1 | It dawned on me .... ... that although I am playing poker for fun (and to be perfectly honest, dealing with 6 figure contracts in my company as opposed to the minus 15-20k that I have dumped into online poker throughout the last 3-4 years) - it dawned on me that I am actually a losing poker player. I don't like to lose in general and need to say that although I do lose money online, transferring a lot of the skills ... Published: Apr 15th, 2013 |
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20 | Some random ramblings on being a gambler INSIDE MY HEART Don't approach me with your preachings! What I do outside my home has nothing to do with what I have inside my heart. - Birdie WRONG TO GAMBLE' Is it wrong to gamble or just to lose! ON GAMBLERS Daily Life: The life of a gambler comes with big highs and deep lows. One day a gambler will be as rich as an efreeti sultan, the next day he doesn't have a copper left to his ... Published: Apr 15th, 2013 |
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1 | Eat, pray, love, play poker This post is to say hello to everyone! I’ve decided to start my own poker blog and this is its very beginning) Me Surely I want to tell you about myself. I’m a 23 years old girl from Minsk, Belarus. Few people abroad know about this country but it’s worth being visited because of beautiful nature and kind people. I have some hobbies of course and I’ll tell about them in next ... Published: Apr 13th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 28th, 2009 |
20 | T-Shirt captions Feel free to add to the list! Maverick of Chance NO LIMIT Texas Hold Em Eat Sleep Poker Poker Pro Poker is my game Soccer fan by day There is more to Poker than life Why work when you can play Poker King of Poker I play Poker Balance your Passion Build a bankroll Winners bet, losers call Poker. Play hard Student of Poker When we say Hold 'Em...we mean Poker Poker Attitude Live ... Published: Apr 10th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Jan 20th, 2007 |
60 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder part III(Sunday Epic Fail)(adjustments)(5 FT's April) Just to catch up and recap my past Sunday, was an epic fucking fail. Maybe i am just to much of a sore loser, or just to hard on myslelf. But when when you start to make excuses for yourself; You will become your own worst enemy. Sunday was one of those days that made me want to just quit poker, and kill myself LoL. It was as though someone was somewhere creating ways to give me second best or ... Published: Apr 10th, 2013 |
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17 | March Wrap Up **** The pictures from my blog dont seem to post here on PocketFives, but you can check them out on my blog site: / ***** March started off so well that I began getting ahead of myself and was envisioning another $10K month. I had come back from Montreal after getting fourth in a tournament for $1500 and continued grinding at my local casino. Since the Montreal trip, I rattled off five ... Published: Apr 7th, 2013 |
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60 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder(II) 2-10 MTT/B- SNG Session And so i ended up batting 2 of 10 tonight for both of my sessions for Saturday. It's funny because while people were outside enjoying themselves; I was at the poker table grinding. In the end i know all of the hard work and my dedication will pay off; As a lot of times like now you begin to question your decisions in life. I was lucky enough to take advantage of having Saturday and Sunday off of ... Published: Apr 7th, 2013 |
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60 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder part1 [URL=""] One of the first things i have had to accept is;The sacrifice working a 9-5 and my total love of poker! Poker eases my mind like no drink or drug i have ever tried; Which is funny because ive only smoked weed(good weed) and used to be very bad drunk lol. Just a while ago i decided to check my standings in the Smaller Hotrunner; After blanking my (5) tournaments yesterday. While ... Published: Apr 5th, 2013 |
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15 | Queen10off's Blog 14: Taking a Short Break from Poker If you're reading this, and you're not my parents, then chances are you play a lot of poker. Bordering on too much poker, even. Not only do you play a ton, but I'm sure you think about poker a ton as well. Whether it's when driving or showering it's an easy and productive (+ev) thing to think about. But, in sum, you spend a lot of hours on the game both actively (playing), and passively ... Published: Apr 4th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Mar 12th, 2010 |
259 | V101 What up everyone' I just ate Chipolte for the first time, it was pretty good. Pretty sure my next mexican adventure will be Chuy's. Things have been going pretty good for me. I am having a solid 2013 and am very happy to be planning on some upcoming events. My last cash session on Tuesday went like shit, but occasionally one will. I have been doing very well at cash and will be heading out ... Published: Apr 4th, 2013 |
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260 | Taking a Break So here’s a fun fact for you, if you log tons of hours playing poker you may experience a fatigue specifically geared towards the game itself. You won’t physically be tired, but you’ll want to punch a hole in the wall if you see another K-rag hand. Having experienced this over the past few days I did what I think is the responsible course of action, and took an impromptu night off. I sat ... Published: Apr 4th, 2013 |
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60 | Smaller HoT Runner,April,Family,Beast in Da Making "Improving" First of all i would like to thank God for blessing me; As without him nothing is possible! Monday morning i had to say my good bye to my mother of 71 years who came to visit me. Also coming to New Orleans to visit were my three girls, Jazz/Jynaria/Tia and Jade lives with me. It was a great time since last seeing them in December when i went home to E.St Louis to visit. I love the fact that i am ... Published: Apr 3rd, 2013 |
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7 | Story of my first live cash! A few days ago I earned my first live cash by I agreeing to a heads up chop during Event 14 of the Beau Rivage Poker Classic. When I first got to the tourney floor, I thought it was cancelled (the low turnout was due to the IP concurrently running their WPT series and the fact that it was Easter Sunday), but I was the 10th person to sign up and it basically started as a one table sit n go ... Published: Apr 2nd, 2013 |
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259 | I'm still here Hello all, How's it going' I have been pretty busy playing live poker and giving lessons and have not took the time to write in over a week. So far I am having a pretty solid 2013 with several tournament scores and lots of success playing live cash. It is an amazing turn of events for how poorly my 2012 went. I truly feel that I am playing the best poker of my life and i plan to make that a ... Published: Apr 2nd, 2013 |
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260 | First 200 Hours and the WSOP Circuit The month of March finally comes to a close for me with a much needed 36 hour vacation. I wrapped up on Saturday what has been to date the most profitable month of my career. Sadly my run good had its limits as I failed to cash in the $365 WSOP Circuit event on March 30. Despite a bad beat in the later rounds of the tournament, my spirits are high and things seem to be moving in the right ... Published: Mar 31st, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 28th, 2009 |
20 | Random thoughts Sticky to put next to my laptop screen: It is not always important to gamble! You make your own luck On disguise We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others, that in the end, we become disguised to ourselves. -Francois de La Rochefoucauld On pressure You don't know what pressure is until you've played for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket. - Lee Trevino On ... Published: Mar 28th, 2013 |
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25 | There it Was! (This is a crosspost from my blog, which you can find at /) And just like that, the downswing is over. In my latest blog post I wrote about how I felt my months long downswing would soon be over. And oh boy was I right! The very next day I shipped the $30 Late Night at PKR for $617 which is a very nice result for my bankroll and something that definitely ends the downswing - still even though ... Published: Mar 28th, 2013 |
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260 | Coming Up for Air It’s been a busy month of March for me. Between traveling and settling back into my life on the east coast I’ve been running at a break neck pace. March is nearly over and I’m fast approaching my first full report of the year (which I will do at the 200 hour mark). Now that I have a few moments to relax it seems like a good time to do a quick update and get my bearings. March has been ... Published: Mar 27th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 28th, 2009 |
20 | i Play Poker i'm off to meet with a (potential) client and wonder whether i should mention that i play Poker (and that i am in the black). Thing is: how do i substantiate my claim' Would they see Poker (and sports betting) as gamble with all the negative connotations' Or will they see it as somebody with analytical skills, being able to read people, read situations, taking calculated risks. So perhaps, ... Published: Mar 23rd, 2013 |
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259 | Four Four Well, I have been pretty busy and playing lots of poker. I went to Siloam Springs last Tuesday and Wednesday. Then I went to Downstream Casino for the MSPT near Joplin, MO Friday and Saturday. Then after not making Day2 I went back to Siloam Springs for the Main Event Sunday. I won the Tuesday tournament but did not do any good in the others. I do feel I am playing well and have been enjoying my ... Published: Mar 20th, 2013 |
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20 | PDA I played cash games (NLHE $0.50-$1.00) today. I'm a total novice and soon realised to be patient, aggressive & most of all disciplined (PDA). Started with $77 and ended a 25min session on $244 and only played one table. The thing is, i wasn't nervous like usually the case with STT's or MTT's. Which brings me to the question: are cash game and STT or MTT players a different breed' Or can one ... Published: Mar 17th, 2013 |
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Join Date: Dec 28th, 2009 |
20 | To read while grinding! My alarm clock probably thinks I have anger-management issues. In a fight, thou shall never kick another man in the balls. I make some pretty incredible noises when people aren't around. What's a burnt pizza, frozen beer & a pregnant girl have in common' In each scenario there was a DUMBASS who didn't take it out in time. I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page ... Published: Mar 14th, 2013 |
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259 | Siloam Springs Took a trip over to West Siloam Springs, Ok to the Cherokee Casino for a $100 re-entry with 1k added last night. I arrived about 40 min late but there was two hours of late registration. My first buy-in lasted about an hour but I ended up losing AJss to 99 aipf. So I re-entered and was lucky enough to go all the way through and win the tournament with no chop for a little over 2.3k. There was 72 ... Published: Mar 13th, 2013 |
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2 | what happened with uruguayan player SixthSense19?? Does anyone know what happened to SixthSense19'' He used to play a lot in Pokerstars and FTP and its been like a year since he hasnt been seen... I ask because there is a trash posts/comments in facebook accusing him of multi-accounting Published: Mar 12th, 2013 |
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260 | Setting the Standard I’ve been toying around with some adjustments to my grinding schedule the past two weeks. My data analysis from last year showed me I wasn’t putting in enough days or hours when compared to a full time 9-5 job. In response, I’ve been working on a list of weekly to-dos. This will act as a minimum requirements list. There is no more gray area, I’ll know on each day exactly how long I ... Published: Mar 12th, 2013 |
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259 | Clustered Weekend Sometimes it amazes me how so many casino's with in two hours of each other can have a tournament series at the same time. Starting last weekend through this weekend Downstream Casino near Joplin, MO is having a MSPT. Their series is mostly just satellites into the $1100 main this weekend, but the main is decent. At the same time Cherokee Casino in West Siloam Springs is having a series as well. ... Published: Mar 10th, 2013 |
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3 | Always Adjust Everyone wants to win. Before winning a tournament outright though, you have to cash. Then you have to make the final table, navigate your way to heads-up play, and finally defeat your only remaining opponent. Not exactly earth shattering news, but it can be used to improve your results. Somewhere along that winding road to victory, winning gets lost in the shuffle. The goal of being crowned ... Published: Mar 9th, 2013 |
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20 | Djokovic Quote... "One wise man told me, It's not the will to win that makes a winner, it's the will to prepare," he says. "Basically that's a sentence I keep on telling to myself. Prepare well. That's what I do well." Published: Mar 7th, 2013 |
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259 | Lets Ketchup So let's get caught up! My last blog was after winning the partners tournament, since then I played a few more tournaments and was lucky enough to have some more success. The partners tournament was Wednesday and the 150k Day1a was Thursday at 10am. We played until about 3am Thursday morning so even though I had every intention to make Day 1a it just didn't happen. Instead I slept all day and ... Published: Mar 6th, 2013 |
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60 | Tourney Kings for March/Review of Feb/No Shippaments yet/"Sigh" Overdue!!! Ok so i played in 75 MTT's in Feb and ran 6/75 and $178 in cashes. $178 cashes 0 profit ROi-78% Avg buy-in $11 Avg field-292 R/A-59% ITM/Played -6/75 ITM-8% Over all i am in for $422.00 which can be covered with one deep run or ship according to the limits i currently play. Upon review of a few recent HH's i found that during the early stages of a few tournaments i was totally spewing to ... Published: Mar 1st, 2013 |
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260 | Focusing on the Details First order of business, I’m changing the nature of this blog. I’m going to focus more on me and my mental state during my travels along this career path. I find far more value in publically analyzing my persona and tendencies than I do in writing results oriented posts. This is going to be a place where you’ll get a scouting report on my mindset. I’m going to use this platform to ... Published: Feb 28th, 2013 |
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259 | Ship, ship, shiparooooo Well, me and my partner @rscrbuyer won the partners tournament at Hard Rock Tulsa for the Oklahoma State Championship Series. There was 45 teams with a $230 entry paying $3840 for 1st. I think we both played well and had no plans of chopping. We were 4 out of 4 when they were trying to discuss a chop and we told them we had no plans to chop, they have to take us out. From there we just kinda ran ... Published: Feb 28th, 2013 |
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259 | Howdy Partner Last night was 6max at Hard Rock Tulsa for the Oklahoma State Championship Series. There was a decent turnout for a Tuesday at 7pm with 80 players. I went out fairly early when I opened to 500 at 100/200 with 99 from UTG with about 6k. It folded around to the BB who called. The flop was 965, I bet 750 and he called. Turn was a 4, he checked and I bet 1200 and he called. River was a 2 and he ... Published: Feb 27th, 2013 |
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20 | Quotes "I always turn to the sports section first. The sports page records people's accomplishments; the front page has nothing but man's failures" "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Confucius "The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Confucius Published: Feb 27th, 2013 |
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259 | No chop Winner, I won the 7pm $130 tonight at Hard Rock Tulsa for the Oklahoma State Championship Series. Just a small field nightly but it is fun to win with no chop. Head up I was playing against another good local player, but his speciality is PLO and I was able to take it down. Head up lasted almost thirty minutes and was a fun grind. The final hand was full house>full house. I had 77 and opened for ... Published: Feb 26th, 2013 |
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259 | Pineapple Express So I played my first pineapple tournament last night. It was actually crazy pineapple, where you shuck a card after the flop action is complete. It was fun. I have played cash pineapple before but this was my first tournament experience. I got a penalty once for flipping my hand over after getting in all-in with another player. It was my first experience with this and didn't realize that you see ... Published: Feb 25th, 2013 |
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20 | Money has no value We've heard it before: i hate money - when it's new it cuts me, when it's old it stinks. I noticed this elderly lady in the shops the other day comparing the prices if the different labels of pasta on offer. She then takes the least expensive brand and off she goes. For a moment i realised that i also sometimes compare prices and even save a Rand or so. Why is it then that i can wage ... Published: Feb 24th, 2013 |
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259 | Chop Suey Well, I managed a 3-way chop in the 7pm $130 at Hard Rock Tulsa in the Oklahoma State Championship of Poker Series. This was just a nightly tournament but it was still fun to go deep and get a chop. I was an early hold out on the chop as I do not like to chop with several players unless it benefits me. But once we got three handed I was 3 of 3 on chips and told the other two I would chop now. The ... Published: Feb 24th, 2013 |
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259 | Thrift Shop, K10hh I love that song Thrift SHop by Macklemore. Well, I played the $130 Friday night at Hard Rock for the Oklahoma State Championship of poker. For my fourth tournament in a row I failed to make first break. But, that shit happens and I am not overly concerned with the results of any one tournament, any ten tournaments, and even more. If I feel I am playing well then I am fine with it. Considering ... Published: Feb 23rd, 2013 |
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60 | Three BeT Four BeT Low Stakes Grind Playing BeTTer/Improving Today i plan to make a few replies in HH forum, as i continue to improve at playing poker. I now have grasp an understanding of how complex the journey becomes. I now understand and have humbled myself to play within my own limits and understanding of the game. I always looked down on low and micro stakes players; As i had no clue of just how much they were actually better players than me. My ... Published: Feb 21st, 2013 |
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7 | AAAAAAAAnnnnd crash I am broke... I have no money....nothing to show for my poker efforts except some meaningless VIP points and the fact that I am now 40 dollars closer to my 100k badge...Only 99,960 dollars to go. I built my roll up quite nicely until it all came crashing down slowly but surely. As my bankroll waned so did my attitude as I was just expecting to be bad beat that I never had a real chance. IT was ... Published: Feb 18th, 2013 |
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60 | Last Shot Tonight POKER MAXIMUS Lo-main & Micro "Letz Go"!!!! Well tonight is my last shot at final tabling a Poker Maximus event! I was really please at my 121 of 800+ finish last night, but i have to pick my spots a lot better tonight. I was really upset by two of my opens from middle position last night with 19bb's vs. some loose big stacks in the blinds. Tonight post ates i plan to tighten up my short stack opens just a hair if need be. I was very happy ... Published: Feb 17th, 2013 |
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3 | February 2013 So it's been quite a long time since I have posted a blog entry anywhere, much less on here. I guess I really haven't been involved with pocketfives enough since black friday to know that we had a pretty decent option to write Blogs. So this is a quick update of where I'm at in my poker life: I never left the country since black friday, unlike most of my friends. Part of that is due to ... Published: Feb 14th, 2013 |
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259 | Aaaarrrggghhhhhh! C'mon man! Grrr, I am a little frustrated. One step forward and then two steps back. Rinse, repeat, rinse, repeat. Blah, blah, blah. I am sure this is what y'all want to read. Variance is awesome! I have worked hard at keeping emotion out of my game and away from my decision making. I also pride myself in taking beats with class and usually just rolling off, maybe offering a "Nice hand." But, I ... Published: Feb 13th, 2013 |
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213 | West Coast Poker Trip / Ramblings... [Wrote 95% of this on the plane yesterday. In case anything seems off.] I always seem to over-pack. No matter where I’m going or what I plan on doing, I constantly bring more than I ever use. Currently I am flying from Florida to Las Vegas then heading to California after that. I don’t think I over-packed, but time will tell. Haha. I am going to Vegas to play cash games along with ... Published: Feb 13th, 2013 |
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15 | Queen10off's Blog 13: Increasing Your Winrate - Cutting Down on Unnecessary Plays Today I want to discuss something that's been on my mind for several weeks now, and that is the concept of making unnecessary plays in low limit cash games. What is an "unnecessary play" you might ask' This is a difficult question to answer, because one of the most important ways to increase your hourly is to make cool, plays "outside the box". An unnecessary play is that good idea taken too far. ... Published: Feb 10th, 2013 |
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16 | Finally Abroad It's finally happened. The day I've been waiting for nearly two years has come. I just got off the phone with Stars and my account is reactivated. FTP was a bit quicker and required less verification to reactivate. I had 200k FTP points so I converted them to SNG tickets, played 6max turbos and HUsngs and ended up with $1100 after playing them all. Just shipped $850 of it to stars, approved ... Published: Feb 10th, 2013 |
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259 | Poker Wow, almost a month since I have made a blog post. For some reason writing has not been in my priority list for a few weeks. I was in Durant at WSOPc through most of January and spent a few days relaxing after the series. I did manage a few cashes but was not able to get winner. The trip was a great experience though and I did get lots of play in. Next on the agenda is Oklahoma State ... Published: Feb 8th, 2013 |
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25 | The Talk of the Town Got Me (This is a crosspost from my blog, which you can find at /) I have a small bunch of things to address in this blog post so let's get right to it. On the personal poker level I'm running the same path I did in January. That means, the volume of actual poker playing is low, but I'm studying like never before. I have however, already played 12 tournaments which (sadly) tops last months volume ... Published: Feb 8th, 2013 |
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1 | Never Lose Focus. I started playing poker for a living around 2009-2010. I always knew how to play ABC poker but never knew what a 3-4 bet was until I was taught better. I was taught the ins and outs of poker. I took every peice of advice I could gather in and turned and tweaked my game that benefited my runs etc. I never thought poker would be a part of my life, but it has. It's sad I live for the game, but it's ... Published: Feb 7th, 2013 |
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2 | I am an addict I have an addictive personality. The other day I was online reading some articles and I found this one written by this woman, who claims she is addicted to food. Crazy! It makes perfect sense. When feeling down a lot of people use all sorts of things to take their mind off their lives and their troubles. Food can taste so good it does make me feel better. I love salt, sugar, and anything fried. ... Published: Feb 5th, 2013 |
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60 | Baue Rivage,Jail and Poker Maximus IV And so i played in the monthly 20k event at the Baue Rivage this past Saturday. As far as the way i played was fine from my point of view; But moreso is the events that lead up to tournament time. Friday when i got off of work my usual routine is to rest when im going to play live the next day. Instead i went to a crawfish boil, got drunker than shit and ended up in jail for an old triffic ticket ... Published: Feb 5th, 2013 |
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15 | Queen10off's Blog 12: Battling Good Players Online Today's online poker situation is somewhat tenuous. Those who know me know that I have been a pretty steady proponent of Bovada for the balance of OK game selection and good cashouts. I've been a fan of Bovada's MTT's for a couple years now, and have been beating them for what I consider small but significant money for some time. I never really ventured into the cash games besides the occasional ... Published: Feb 4th, 2013 |
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3 | great 2+2 post This thread made me make a blog post about playing poker for a living. tl;dr incoming: This might be pretty rambly, but here goes some random thoughts about poker. I started to play full-time, officially, 17 months ago. Before that I played for 2-3 years, going from hobby to taking more and more time in my day. I can safely say playing for a living has been the toughest and most ... Published: Feb 4th, 2013 |
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1 | First Blog Entry: The Grind! I have been trolling around the poker community for quite sometime now. I'm currently on a break from The Grind! figure i take a moment and refresh myself from the exhausting grind. I finally get what blogging really does for a grinder: formulating ideas, venting, documenting, and relaxation. Thus, i decided to make one myself :) It has been a week since i have decided to be come a full-time sng ... Published: Feb 2nd, 2013 |
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2 | US player in Mexico I just moved to Rosarito Mexico from the US and I thought it was going to be easy. It took me a week to get everything set up and accounts active again. I do not speak spanish, so it was a little difficult. There seems to be enough english speaking locals here, to help. I feel like a hermit because there is not much to do here. I have made one girlfriend and one male friend. I am in my mid ... Published: Feb 1st, 2013 |
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25 | Review, Mistakes and Maybe a little Live (This is a crosspost from my blog, which you can find at /) It's time to review the first month of the year. Right off the bat, January was nothing noteworthy on my front. If we start off with poker I only managed to play a total of 9 tournaments and cashed in one. I ended down as the cash was in a satellite for a $109 TCOOP event, so on a positive note I just about managed to turn in a late ... Published: Feb 1st, 2013 |
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20 | For gamblers - part i “You don't know what pressure is until you've played for five dollars a hole with only two in your pocket.” – Lee Trevino It's in my blood, it's in my soul. It's where i belong. The professional gambler… Rarely loses control when placing bets. Gambling is methodical and planned. Maintain discipline and refrain from impulsive betting. Accept financial losses without chasing to ... Published: Jan 29th, 2013 |
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213 | Who Are You? Hold Up, Wait. More Importantly... Hello world. I've been meaning to write this blog for WAY TOO LONG. There is a lot going on in my life right now. Mostly good things, some of which I plan on talking about in this post. Out of nowhere I received a message that inspired me to finally get my thoughts out: "Tristan! ever had one of those moments where some crazy person unloads alot of strange information to you at weird ... Published: Jan 28th, 2013 |
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60 | Playing Live This Week End @Beau Rivage Monthly 20K This is actually my first blog post of 2013 while sitting in my work truck at Exxon Mobile Oil Refinery. It's been a nice bit since i have even played for real money tbh. The last time i actually played online was in Maximus 2012; And after a pretty disappointing series i decided to take a break from online and work on my game. Well anyway it's been about 5 long month and i have spent my time ... Published: Jan 28th, 2013 |
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260 | Running Good in a Foreign Land So my journey through the card rooms of California has pointed me north. Through the mountains of central Cal and past a few odorous cow pastures I made my way to the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, CA. This is yet another room that I’ve heard quite a bit about back east, but it’s not exactly a stone’s throw from where I’ve been staying in Santa Clarita. The trip took about 5 hours to get ... Published: Jan 24th, 2013 |
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20 | Just for fun - a breather for in between today's Poker games What are two words that put a frown on the face of all sports fans' Rain delay. My misery likes tequila, not company. Time to bail: She makes you choose between her or your friends. Kids are ridiculous these days, when we were young, we took spelling tests, not pregnancy tests. Men don't have breakfast food, lunch food, or dinner food. There's just food. I hate when I forget that I ... Published: Jan 24th, 2013 |
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1 | Allowing for change while on my poker path. I have been grinding away on Lock poker in the US for the past month and a half now. I solely have been playing the 80 cent hyper turbo 6-max SNG with the goal of moving up from the bottom once I acquire the right amount of bankroll. I have since ran up my bankroll to the point where I can now move up in stakes which is the $1.50 games. Here now lies the problem. Where there was a constant amount ... Published: Jan 23rd, 2013 |
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260 | The Promised Land So the road trip eventually had to end, and thank the heavens for that chestnut. Upon leaving our restful stop in Illinois it took us another 30 hours of travel to make it into a warm embrace from the City of Santa Clarita in California. Putting 3000 miles of terrain behind us and nearly 60 hours spent in the car together, we all finally made it around 2:30AM local time and all just plopped ... Published: Jan 22nd, 2013 |
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20 | Just something on having fun & Poker "If you love the game as much as you pretend to then have fun! If you think you love the game more than most, then have more fun! To actually be great, you need to love the game. You need to have fun playing." Published: Jan 22nd, 2013 |
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260 | Road Trip A belated welcome to 2013 all, since you’re reading this the world did not in fact reach extinction just yet and we get to back to our daily musings until the sun does in fact blow up and eat us. In the meantime, might as well go on a road trip. That’s been my mentality anyway. I’ve embarked on a journey across the country to play poker and to force myself out of my little bubble. Our ... Published: Jan 17th, 2013 |
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7 | Mission Accomplished In my last blog post I wrote about how I was aiming to win more satellite coupons. After two more satellite tourneys I had two more eleven dollar coupons... IT is good to run good! Built my bankroll up a little higher the past few days playing mainly cash games. Feels good to do good in something besides tourneys. Published: Jan 15th, 2013 |
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25 | Making The Unusual Profit (This is a crosspost from my blog, which you can find at /) How's 2013 treating you so far' Here's how the first two weeks have been for me. All in all 2013 seems to be a good one. That may sound weird due to what I'm about to write now, but hold on. The first line of this post may lead you to think, that I've been doing at least decent in my poker playing the last couple of weeks. However I ... Published: Jan 14th, 2013 |
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7 | at the end of every valley, there is a mountain OKAY. So been grinding out some heads up sit n gos, cash games and small tourneys trying to make a steady profit while broadening my poker horizons...unfortunatelty it has not been going to well and have been losing almost 25 percent of my roll...BUT, I played my 11 dollar satellite coupon today and hit gold once again, finishing 57 out of 1278, for a whopping......................34 ... Published: Jan 13th, 2013 |
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259 | Limp, call Its day eight of my WSOPc trip n Durant, OK at the Choctaw Casino. Today was the start of the 500k gtd. which has four starting rounds. Two starts today and two tomorrow, at noon and five. I got knocked out of the first round when I go two pair all-in verse and over pair on the flop and the board comes running queens to give him a better two pair. I will be trying again at 5pm. Yesterday was ... Published: Jan 11th, 2013 |
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15 | Queen10off's Blog 11: Reverting back to your A game & Increasing your Hourly (Part 1) Part 1 – Game selection, table selection, seat selection As I started to discuss in the Intro to this 3 parter, some games just play drastically different than others. The best way to illustrate this is to use the games I play as examples. At Lucky Chances in SF, CA I played 3/5, which was a 100-500 game. The game played with tons of 100-200 stacks, and was super nitty and played relatively ... Published: Jan 11th, 2013 |
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15 | Queen10off's Blog 11a: Introduction Hello All, I haven’t done a blog recently due to a combination of moving, traveling, and laziness. But over the next couple days I’m going to post a 3 part blog that is all loosely related under the umbrella “how do you get back to playing your A game after a downswing'” and “how to increase your hourly”. These topics have come about because I felt like I was bringing my C game for ... Published: Jan 11th, 2013 |
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17 | Continuing the live grind... This is a blog post from my /. If you would like to read more up to date blog posts from December and January or see pictures from my trips/sessions you can check out the site. Enjoy! The WPT was beginning on November 15th and the day before on the 14th I received an email from Snakes Poker Club in Montreal holding a $10K Guaranteed Wednesday tournament with only a $120 entry. I am not an ... Published: Jan 9th, 2013 |
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20 | Bad Habbits i get so frustrated when feeding my bad habits (compulsive Black Jack plays, sports bets and even Poker plays) and end up losing only to realize i have no-one but myself to blame and that it's back to the grinding machine and start again - to make up for losses incurred with bad habits. I guess we all have those - it's in our nature. So my point' Learning, with endless perseverance, ... Published: Jan 9th, 2013 |
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7 | moving up the ranks...slowly the past few days I have been grinding out the 18 player one dollar sit n gos. Pretty successful and running good and have boosted my bankroll to 48 bucks. I took a 2.20 satellite coupon I won a few days ago and with some luck turned it into an eleven dollar tourney entry coupon, so I am super psyched to get it in play some time in the next few weeks. I have only played in one other eleven dollar ... Published: Jan 8th, 2013 |
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259 | Ga ga ga garinding! Well, its day 4 of my trip and things are going okay. I got here Friday and played Day 1b of the $365 300k and made it to day2 with 107k. After qualifying for Day 2 I played some cash Friday night and then played cash Saturday but neither cash session went very well. Sunday I turned my 107k into 450k in the first two levels of day 2. I then went down to 300k and back to 450k over the next several ... Published: Jan 7th, 2013 |
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259 | WSOPc Durant, OK Today I arrived for Day1b of the 300k at Choctaw Casino in Durant, OK. The MTT had a $365 entry fee and there will be Day1c tomorrow and Day2 Sunday. There were 393 players today and a total of 723 after two days with less than a 100 remaining for Day2 going into Day1c. I will be here through the 20th playing several MTTs. Next weekend there is a $580 500k with 4 starting days and the following ... Published: Jan 5th, 2013 |
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7 | BINGO!!!!!!!! I GOT SOME ACTUAL MONEY!!!!!!!!!!! I played a freeroll last night and won 4.50 and took it to a dollar tourney and turned it into a second place victory for a whopping 36 DOLLARS. I ran really wellin the middle stages as the blinds increased and my stack became shorter. By the end the blinds were so big it was just an all in war to the finish. I felt I made some really good plays in the beginning ... Published: Jan 4th, 2013 |
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1 | What a difference a year makes Heres the thing - like most people on this site, I would consider myself a good poker player. I have always beaten my home games and done well in small stakes live tourneys. The one thing that has been missing is consistently winning and playing well. There are 2 massive things I have learnt which seem so obvious you will probably gag just reading them....but I think it is important for me to ... Published: Jan 4th, 2013 |
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259 | Are you ready? I am not sure if anyone will really notice, but I have done some work to my blog and my website. Not a bunch of huge changes, more of some updating and tweaking. My van has been out of commission since Saturday so I have had some extra time to kill. Luckily though, I will be attempting to get my van fixed tomorrow. I have not been doing a whole lot, just mostly relaxing and watching sports. ... Published: Dec 26th, 2012 |
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25 | Whole Lotta Positiveness (This is a crosspost from my blog, which you can find at /) First of all: Merry Christmas! Better late than never. I haven't updated the blog for more than a week now, but it's basicly because I have had nothing special to say. I'm finally done with that big school project I've been rambling on about the last couple of blog posts and I got a good feeling about it. Since that, I've just been ... Published: Dec 25th, 2012 |
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17 | Getting Ready for Big Things Haven't been able to post any of my blogs on P5's for a few weeks since I've been in Vegas, but here is another one. This is a post from 7 weeks ago, if you like what you're reading and want to read some more up to date blog posts from November/December then check out my blog site: / Since beginning my six month poker challenge, I’ve had November circled on my calendar as this was going to be ... Published: Dec 24th, 2012 |
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2 | The beginning;The Return I have always asked questions about life and every little detail that leads up to what happens to you during your lifetime from the time I can remember. These thoughts really took a toll on me when Black Friday hit and I took a "Plan B" route to work for a friend at a screen-printing warehouse. I worked here mainly due to pressure from society to "grow-up" and really start doing things the ... Published: Dec 24th, 2012 |
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259 | Happy Holidays How about I give y'all a little update of my past few days. Friday I played a $60+$10 live mtt at Hard Rock Tulsa that had 58 players, I went out 6th with AA, meh. Saturday I went back to Hard Rock for a $120+$10 and built up a nice stack early before a buddy got it in real bad and then hit a 5-outer. Also during that MTT I had my hand killed by a dealer for having my phone face up when the first ... Published: Dec 24th, 2012 |
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260 | Digging Out and Booting Up So as I mentioned before I’ve been focusing lately on building my live roll back up to respectability, or at the very least taking some of the overbearing stress off my Atlas like shoulders. Last week I had a few monster days, 7+ buy in up swings, coupled with a few other sessions that we’re nearly as Cerberus sized but were a nice compliment putting me up nearly 24 buy ins on the week. ... Published: Dec 20th, 2012 |
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259 | Upswaanngg! The last month or so I have had some of the most productive and satisfying times of 2012. I was able to win an event at the Hard Rock Poker Open in Tulsa, OK and 3-way chop another. I also stone bubbled the 100k gtd. and felt I played really well. Then comes the Reindeer Games Series in Siloam Springs, OK and I was able to get 5th in the first event and 3rd in the Main Event. To bubble the 100k, ... Published: Dec 18th, 2012 |
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