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Join Date: Mar 12th, 2010 |
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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130 | May Summary I'm not good at blogging here anymore. I had my worst month ever this May. As a matter of fact, May and Aprils losses have erased my entire profit from Jan/Feb/March. Sick to say after 5 months of the year I have broken even. FTOPS/SCOOP were very bad to me as were most MTTs. The times I FT'ed I'd get 7th,8th,9th and wasn't getting top 3 finishes. I guess I've been lucky to never run really bad. ... Published: Jun 2nd, 2010 |
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120 | People Are The Problem I have to keep music on or I'll probably go insane right now. I do not know if I am right about anything, but I enjoy writing. It seems to go much faster when I write about something I actually think about, something I can actually pick my teeth with. I read a book once describing a central problem with consistent growth in humans. We harness the Earth for natural resources. We can only ... Published: Nov 3rd, 2012 |
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91 | Players Club (Ventura CA) Log I haven't blogged in a while because I haven't been on the road since Feb. But I am in Oxnard, CA for a couple weeks on business. My primary objective this trip is golf. I brought my clubs and have played a couple rounds. I also found out about the Ventura Player's Club in a local rag and thought it would be a good alternative to driving 1.5 hours to Hollywood Park. It's a small, but fairly nice ... Published: May 14th, 2012 |
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Join Date: Feb 28th, 2005 |
75 | QQ - not sure about this Full Tilt Poker Game #8675337289: $40,000 Guarantee (66095704), Table 13 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:42:37 ET - 2008/10/26 Seat 1: Bertrand13 (5,150) Seat 2: Michnak (5,140) Seat 3: Bogge_1 (2,215) Seat 4: berkey11 (1,050) Seat 5: Moose4Life (1,640) Seat 6: nowapowa (3,245) Seat 7: maverickk9 (2,765) Seat 8: rdYpoker (4,260) Seat 9: LEADBOOTS (4,780) Bogge_1 posts the small blind of ... Published: Oct 26th, 2008 |
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Join Date: Nov 11th, 2008 |
70 | May Recap I put in some good volume (by my standards) in May and had a pretty solid month. Even though it started out like complete shit it rapidly turned around (as is the nature of MTTs). I have a specific May graph to post but I'm having difficulties with the new P5s. As soon as I figure it out I'll update w/ graphs I played 304 MTTs in May with a total profit of $6,323.36 Average buyin = ... Published: Jun 1st, 2010 |
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Join Date: Jan 3rd, 2008 |
66 | Grinding again So I deposited $100 in December to start off 2011 with that BR. If you happened to read my last post, I popped 2 micro FT's and got my roll up to a decent amount to play $50NL full ring, but I don't have the time to grind MTTs like I used to since I have the new job. I've been dedicating a lot of time to grinding full-table ring $50NL and have had decent success over the past 2 weeks. I also ... Published: Feb 2nd, 2011 |
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Join Date: Jan 20th, 2007 |
61 | Diary of a Low Volume Grinder part 6(June+roi%)(Merge Low Limit)(Winning)(Hard Work) Assuming it has been almost two months since my last entry;And a ton of things have taken place since then! For a while i have been mentally holding myself back from shipping a mtt, that was tracked by the pocketfives database. In an attempt to become more self motivated, i decided to create a thread called "ship something 2013". The thread was inspired by a fellow pocketfives member; Who pretty ... Published: Jun 13th, 2013 |
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47 | Bought my ticket to Macau Just bought my return ticket for the APPT week. I am leaving one day later than originally planned, the ticket was half the price direct to Macau. So this will leave me one day less to try to qualify. I'll basically have the opportunity to play 3 HK$4200 satties before day 1c plus maybe a 4k side event. I'll probably play a lot of cash games the 1st 2 days to see how it goes and if I can ... Published: Jul 27th, 2009 |
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Join Date: Mar 22nd, 2009 |
33 | LIVE SCORE, 10.7K at APPT Sydney I've never had a 5-figure score until a week ago, when I played the initial tournament at the APPT Sydney. They started the series off with a 1K Deepstack Event with a starting field of 268, split into two "Day 1s". I played the second one, got off to a great start when I 4-bet for one-third of my stack preflop holding AA, the other guy called (lol) and couldn't get away from ... Published: Dec 1st, 2009 |
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Join Date: Jul 12th, 2008 |
32 | Understanding the mathematics of poker ALL BLOGS PROPERTY OF POKER STARS As I mentioned in my last blog, over this past year we have covered many items to hopefully enable you to become a more successful poker player, such as per game money management (how much bankroll is necessary for a given limit), per session money management (how much bankroll is necessary for a given session), game selection, table persona, table demeanor, ... Published: Sep 21st, 2009 |
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Join Date: Apr 3rd, 2007 |
30 | Seeking Greatness And Deliberate Practice Research suggests a lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. British researchers Michael J. Howe, Jane W. Davidson and John A. Sluboda concluded, The evidence we have surveyed does not support the [notion][that] excelling is a consequence of possessing innate gifts. The secret to greatness' Demanding, even painful, practice and hard work. And what practice can be more demanding ... Published: Jul 12th, 2011 |
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Join Date: Jan 5th, 2009 |
28 | We're sorry. That about sums it up. The poker isn't going well and I can't find a job. What a joke. Here is the response I got on a recent job website (which I refuse to list) when I applied for assistant manager at BURGER KING... BURGER F****** KING. I am a college grad in bus. admin. and I don't fit the f****** requirements to work at BFK. I guess I can't monitor a deep fryer timer. I'll ... Published: Dec 6th, 2009 |
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Join Date: Nov 5th, 2007 |
25 | A Month of Runs Been a long time since I blogged, basically since i havent had a win in a while. But i have had a lot of runs. July has been just a ton of runs including 2 3rds in the 100r on stars in a span of 3 days. Just couldnt quite close. 3 straight weeks of not only cashes in the ftp 1k but deep ones. I got 12th the week of the Rush 1k which i wasnt a fan of really but still did well in a9 < a10 to bust. ... Published: Jul 28th, 2010 |
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Degnovic Join Date: Nov 17th, 2010 |
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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23 | My thoughts So summer has been unreal so far! been travling all over the country playing a little bit of poker, while aslo playing golf and caddying. At the moment I'm in North Carolina at the North South amautuer at Pinehurst! Shits unreal down here. The course is in alright conditions but were ready to compete and win this shit! I'm caddying for an old friend who I stayed with in Minnesotaa few weeks back. ... Published: Jun 29th, 2010 |
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Join Date: Jun 12th, 2006 |
23 | Marching forward I wish I had a lot to say about my poker game in March but frankly I didn't play that much. I was busy with school for most of the month, and although I did have a week off for spring break, I think i only played three of the 10 days i had off. Sharkscope had me up $1345 in March but I definitely finished up a few hundred dollars more since I sold action for three packages that I bricked on. ... Published: Apr 6th, 2011 |
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Join Date: Oct 2nd, 2007 |
22 | How well do you play when you 1st sit down? I recently was thinking to myself "I wonder if the 1st tournament I sit down and play shows any better or worse results'" I thought I might play tighter, possibly more distracted due to getting things setup, as well as being busy checking emails and working on other work. However, I also thought my mind is fresh and less prone to tilting. So I decided to give it more looking into. Since ... Published: Jan 11th, 2009 |
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Join Date: Jan 17th, 2008 |
21 | 25NL Micromanaging 6 tables at a time. Cashed out most of my bankroll a while back, partly because it was before Christmas and partly because of some of the posibilities that the UIGEA stuff was back in focus. I had very little money left in the account and I knew I sucked at HU so I played lots of 2 dollar HU sngs. I think HUs help your game overall and its a great way to deal with tilt cause you don't have to be overly ... Published: Dec 17th, 2008 |
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21 | Where has the Chicken Been? I haven't blogged in awhile so I guess I should give an update. I have still been going strong online, however I have changed my preference a bit as far as what games I am playing. After a couple months of primarily playing MTTs and 45 players sit and gos on Tilt, I have moved over to sit and gos on stars as well. The original reason is that I found a backer on stars. Even though I have a ... Published: May 1st, 2009 |
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Join Date: Dec 19th, 2006 |
21 | Omaha Challenge ($800 to $5,000) For the record, I cringe everytime I see a challenge thread or blog post. Its not that they are overdone or boring, its that they are unrealistic. "I will deposit $50 on stars and within 1 month I will make $10,000." I love the ambition. Aim high. Vince Lombardi said that perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. I guess that is what most players ... Published: Feb 6th, 2010 |
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Join Date: Jun 24th, 2007 |
21 | Update / Vegas in T Minus 10 days A lot can happen in a month, and many things can wreak havoc on attempts to go to Las Vegas for 10 days, and drop 2K while there. I took my car into the shop planning on spending about $600 in repairs and maintenance in preparation for my trip. In the end I spent $1500, and have to spend another $1000 to get everything else fixed. At least the oil change was free, lol. Earlier this month I ... Published: May 29th, 2010 |
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Join Date: Jan 9th, 2008 |
21 | is it time to quit cash game? was gaining traction in 8-game 0.5/1 but then took a shot at 1/2 and got smothered. insane rivers on PLO that i should fold but call out of frustration, losing in 2-7 not hitting when they do or draw 2 OOP guys hitting nuts or #2 on 1st draw etc. Told myself i'd play tight but frustration setting in losing big hands or being scooped in split games by the river. Will go back to 0.5/1 and stay ... Published: May 7th, 2011 |
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Join Date: Jan 13th, 2010 |
20 | 2010 Pokerstars SCOOP schedule Here is my schedule during Scoops. Sunday, 02 May 2010 13:00pm Event 01-L: $22 NL Holdem [6 max], $250k gtd- Finished 8518/27305 ($546,100 prize pool) Top 4800 get paid Event 01-M:$215 NL Holdem [6 max], $1M gtd- Finished 5474/6783 ($1,356,600 prize pool) Top 1020 get paid Friday, 07 May 2010 20:00pm Event 15-L:$16.50 NL Holdem [2x chance,turbo], $250k gtd-Finished 8064/11206($257,490 pp) Top ... Published: May 16th, 2010 |
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20 | WSOP 2010 - Recap So I didn't blog as much as I would have liked. But, what can I say, vegas is a crazy town. It tends to suck you in, alter your plans, and leave you in general disarray. Day1 went ok at best for me. I had a tough table draw, a couple of high stakes cash players, lots of internet regs, and just one old fish. level one was crazy, everyone was tring to feel each other out. There was lots of 3 and 4 ... Published: Jul 15th, 2010 |
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Join Date: Dec 28th, 2009 |
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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abakus73 Join Date: Aug 16th, 2009 |
19 | 100k in prizes, 36k in profits and top50 again :) Ok, long time no hear - yes I'm still alive :) This is a little post about last 2 months and some results and plans for this year and the actual ongoing GSOP. My 2009 went fine so I finished 79th in years rating at ongame and was at 120days ranking 12th at best case... I guess thats not too bad for the first year of semi-professional playing MTT's :) Last week I cracked the 100k in ... Published: Jan 25th, 2010 |
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Join Date: May 26th, 2009 |
19 | Good Game online poker... The dream of all serious poker players is to play in the World Series Of Poker. It has been my dream since I was a freshman in college and saw Moneymaker win the main event. At that time I did not know a flush beat a straight, much less anything about online poker. It all started with a $5 game in the kitchen of my dorm 7 years ago, now in about a week I will be playing my first ever WSOP ... Published: Jun 6th, 2010 |
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19 | I can't believe how difficult it is having an infant! So my son is now 2 weeks old. I thought having an infant would be fairly tough but I figured since my wife would be home and not working she'd primarily be taking care of the kids. I massively underestimated how difficult an infant is. I rely on sleep to function. The infant wakes up and cries every 2 hours. Stringing consistent sleep together has been tough. I also never realized how ... Published: Apr 8th, 2011 |
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18 | 2/19/2009 OK, well I am working hard at the weight loss prop bet.. I am down to 186 so almost 3 lbs and only two to go for the 9 days... I can do it.... I haven't been playing very much since the FTOPS killed my BR.. oh well a little break will be nice. I am going to play in 2 live events this weekend.. on friday the 20th a donk fest with some of jasmines freinds and on sunday a $200 deepstack from the ... Published: Feb 19th, 2009 |
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17 | 6000 $ en quatre jours et un lovely Sunday Aprs un mois de janvier pitoyable o pour la premire depuis trois ans je me suis retrouv ngatif dans mes comptes moins 300 $, je suis back in the business . Faut dire avec mon systme o je mets les tickets dans mes gains la fin du mois forcment vu que jai utilis celui du GT 1040 $ a fait du mal mes additions de la fin du mois Sinon le GT est un joli tournoi deep stack en 2 ... Published: Feb 22nd, 2009 |
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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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16 | I'm going to win the $10k GTD Super Stack on FTP today I accidentally started writing about this under the "poker discussion" thread. Whoops. So far I've had to make pretty not-fun lay downs. I've made standard raises with KK, QQ, and TT so far, only to see 2-3 opponents call and one card higher than my pair hit the board each time. I just made a dumb mistake by calling off half my stack with AJs pf when this guy who had just lost ... Published: Dec 8th, 2009 |
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Join Date: Nov 27th, 2010 |
16 | I decided to deactivate my Facebook I have decided, that I would like to remain anonymous and live in private. I will write every once in a while, but for now I will just be around the poker world playing some live events. I really enjoy online :) Good luck to everyone! Published: Feb 26th, 2011 |
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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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15 | Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Chaz pwns! Congrats to Chazmental! Chaz took down the PokerStars $11 $5,000 gtd NLHE MTT last night. He beat out 1376 players, an incredible feat. Chaz took the lead once the tourney was down to the final two tables and never looked back from there. Chaz is a great guy with a wonderful family and he won $1400+ for his effort. Great job sir! 'v=0 Published: Aug 9th, 2008 |
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15 | Latest Update: The Maven I'll be representing Ari's Training Center, one of four teams, this weekend in the Dream Team Poker Tournament. It will be interesting to have tweleve of my top players here in Vegas all at the same time. I originally contacted Daniel Negreanu with the intent of putting a PokerVT team together, but unfortunately he has other engagements. All of that said, I'll be more than comfortable ... Published: Mar 26th, 2009 |
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15 | Public Enemies (Depp/Mann/gangsters): early review Being a macho man is fun. Just ask Michael Mann. This is the guy who made Miami Vice (as TV series and movie), Thief, Last of the Mohicans, Heat, Ali, Collateral and now Public Enemies, which is a remake of Heat in everything but name. For Mike, life's about men doing man stuff (ie hunting down crims and having amazing shootouts in urban settings) and grimly waiting for the inevitable ... Published: Jun 29th, 2009 |
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15 | on a tear as i said in my last post its been way to fn busy around here to play alot of cards. i took 2nd in a live tourney this last weekend and then rapped the cash games. nice score for the weekend. i also took 6th in some 2 dollar donkament a week or so ago on PS for a few dollars. so i am now 5-5 for live tourneys as far as cashing with my worst finish being 4th. big day tomorrow for my health ... Published: Aug 2nd, 2010 |
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15 | Summer Review I think its important in life to take time to reflect on our past. If you really think about it, most things we learn come from mistakes that have already happened. Whether thats our own mistakes, or a strangers that have been chronicled in a text book, life is really a series of trial and error. If were patient and observant we can avoid some mistakes, or more likely at least avoid repeating ... Published: Nov 4th, 2010 |
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15 | WSOPC Florida, 2 Day Training Workshop and New Website I'm flying out to Florida tomorrow to play in the WSOP circuit event there and visit my parents. Hopefully it turns into an enjoyable and profitable extended weekend. On March 7 and 8th I'm running a 2 day workshop titled "Inside the mind of Ari Engel: Turbo Edition". I'll be discussing my philosophy when it comes to the end game, short stack poker, game selection and other ideas that I find ... Published: Feb 24th, 2011 |
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15 | Poker, Life, Effects of Black Friday, and Moving on: Part2 The staking stable had obviously been immediately canceled. I had a good % of my wealth on poker sites at this point, but luckily got my PS money. I don't remember exactly what I was thinking at this time, I understood it completely sucked, but I don't think I truly realized that poker as a source of my income was more or less not an option anymore. My first thoughts all went towards my summer ... Published: Oct 11th, 2012 |
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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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14 | 20/08/2009 - Playing well, still running bad Ok, so here are my stats for this session: Hands: 324 $ Won: -10.70 BB/100: -33.02 I ran a whole $10 below expectation, which sucked. Sure, I'd still have ended up break even, but it gets to you after a while. Once again, I lost a big pot right at the end of my session to send my bank even lower. I'm not sure I could've done much else to be honest. ***** Hand History for Game ... Published: Aug 20th, 2009 |
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14 | Rampage continues on UB - $5k milestone reached Took down the 2$r on UB last night for $750, shooting my bankroll up to $5250 after going almost cashless for two days playing a little bit outside of my normal bankroll range. This win brought two milestones in actually, one was to outright win 3 guarenteed tournaments and the other was obviously the big one I've been striving for, a $5k bankroll by my birthday (June 21st). I really didn't think ... Published: Jun 17th, 2010 |
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14 | Atlantic City Well its been a while once again, recently i've been playing more live then online. I really been enjoying playing a lil bit of both. Ive been AC prob about 7x or so in the last 3weeks. So far ive been doing really well playin cash games there. Im actually considering moving there for a cpl months w/ a buddy and seeing how it turns out. I'd def be going under rolled as I haven't been able to hit ... Published: Aug 20th, 2010 |
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14 | 15 days of Hero Poker (1-7) 15 days of Hero Poker Day 1 & 2 Its been a whirlwind of 15 days of Hero Poker which all started on May 1, the day my second son was born. Before we decided to start our real marketing, as a company we decided to do a something for US poker players who just wanted some cash. So we put up 15k in a kind of private freeroll with no withdraw restrictions and tried to get out there to regs who ... Published: May 17th, 2011 |
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13 | Update Its been a while since my last blog and thats mainly because with school starting I havent had a whole lot poker wise to talk about. I've been experimenting with shortstacking the 1-2 and 2-4 games on Stars, Tilt, and Bodog and am up roughly $1100 in the last month, give or take a week. Its been nice to take a break from full buy in grinding and give shortstacking a try and as pussy as I find ... Published: Sep 12th, 2008 |
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13 | Day 11 .01/.02 Played for an Hour Starting Bankroll: $20.73 Won: : $.89 Ending Bankroll: $21.62 During current Hold'em session you were dealt 68 hands and saw flop: - 2 out of 9 times while in big blind (22%) - 2 out of 9 times while in small blind (22%) - 6 out of 50 times in other positions (12%) - a total of 10 out of 68 (14%) Pots won at showdown - 1 of 2 (50%) Pots won without showdown - 2 1 ... Published: May 3rd, 2009 |
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13 | My Journey from a losing to a winning poker player: March 5th Its my birthday Saturday so I am not sure my wife has something planned for me so my volume may be down for the weekend, the good news is its a public holiday in Melbourne on Monday so I may just have a crack at the big tourney Sundays on FTP for a change, really the only chance I will get to play the majors as I work full time. Last night wasnt a huge volume day for me as I clocked up just ... Published: Mar 4th, 2010 |
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12 | Poker Room Review: Grand Casino International, Bulgaria Not many people have even heard of Varna, Bulgaria, let alone know where to locate it on a map. Varna is the sea capitol of Bulgaria set on the Black Sea and if you ever have a chance to go there, it's truly an amazing place. The Golden Sands resort is located right on the beach and filled with plenty of things to do. On the beach side of the road, restaurants and bars line the sand along ... Published: Apr 16th, 2009 |
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12 | ANZPT Perth, Sunday Majors, WSOP It's been a while since my last post, and since then I've been a busy boy. I busted out of the ANZPT Perth Main Event in the last 8 hands of day 1 when I flopped bottom set on a TJ5 flop and wound up getting about 60% of my stack in the middle vs. an open-ender that got there on the turn. I was the one doing the raising and I think that the line I took in that hand was the most ... Published: Mar 31st, 2010 |
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12 | Beginners and micro stakes advice I wish I had a buck for every time someone posts in PD that they have $50.00 to deposit and what should they play to build a roll. I dont mind helping people out with ideas, or reading what others are suggesting. Thats what this post is about, to share some of my knowledge with the new online players about micro stakes, and what they can expect. Im a hobby player who plays a few hours here ... Published: Apr 24th, 2010 |
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Plzdonthrtme Join Date: Mar 11th, 2010 |
12 | Time for a trip Ive been getting maimed recently. Anything I do is just plain the wrong move, no matter how right its supposed to be. As such, I havent had but one 10 dollar winning session of poker (2 final tables in 30 180s, one I had Ak beaten by AJ in a amazing shoulda doubled up and won the damn thing, and the other was down to 3 men, I pushed JQs on the button and sure enough the chip leader happened ... Published: Jun 6th, 2010 |
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11 | Pre-tournament meals to get you to the end "If people let the government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls who live under tyranny" - Thomas Jefferson You say youre in a big tournament this week' You really need this one. Theres not only a lot of money on the line, but also respect. A win is just what you need to get back on track. Youre ... Published: Jul 22nd, 2008 |
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11 | Just Play I have a friend who plays the bass for various local bands where he lives. When we met he noticed that I was struggling with a tendency to over analyze situations and hesitating in my decisions. He told me about when he was learning to play bass that he did the same thing. He knew all the chords, notes, and rhythms but he was struggling to put it all together. He kept messing up in performances ... Published: Jun 2nd, 2009 |
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FLB-PUNKER Join Date: Jun 6th, 2007 |
11 | Leaving The Beach Behind Maybe it's the fresh air. Maybe it's the breathtaking scenery' There's just something about Oregon! It's Visuals are permanently fused in my mind's eye, and for good reason. It's easily one of the more beautiful locales I've been priveleged enough to experience in this lifetime. The problem' Re-entry. "All good things must come to an end"; "Snap back ... Published: Aug 10th, 2009 |
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11 | "Blown" chip lead at FT of 50/50 (Part 1) It has been a very rough 2010 for me, but in the past two and a half weeks I feel like I have really upped my game and am playing my best poker in a long time. So when I started to build my stack in the 50/50 tonight, I felt like it was a long time coming for me to make a deep run in a mid-stakes tournament. I registered early in the day for it, knowing I would have to sit out the first 40 ... Published: Feb 20th, 2010 |
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Mephisto Join Date: Apr 16th, 2006 |
11 | Chip and a chair! I had my most improbable tournament win last night on FTP. I was playing a $8.80 tournament (the ones limited to 180 people) and I had a very healthy stack of around 12k with less then 40 people left. Feeling good I got involved with a guy 2 to my right with a similar sized stack. If I could still copy and past hands from FTP I would post it here but needless to say I ended up making what I ... Published: Feb 23rd, 2010 |
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11 | Pocketts WCOOP Symptoms include erratic sleeping patterns, lack of direct sunlight and asking yourself “is today Thursday or Friday'” Diagnosis: WCOOP. Studying the fun zone and studying preflop raising wars was going to be our recipe for success in the upcoming WCOOP. But alas, we only examined two areas of the fun zone and did absolutely no study on preflop raising wars. Like a lazy high school kid we ... Published: Sep 29th, 2012 |
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11 | 2013 WSOP: First Three Days Titling this blog entry "2013 WSOP" is a bit misleading, because I don't plan to play any WSOP events this summer. I have a full schedule of about 12-14 Venetian Deepstack events. I love that series, plus it is much more with my poker bankroll. I had originally intended to get in to Las Vegas on 6/3 and start my grind on 6/4. But I ended up coming in to town a bit early and decided to go ahead ... Published: Jun 2nd, 2013 |
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10 | Throwin' in the towel It has become clear that I have to quit going for Supernova Elite. I have lost half of my bankroll since the start of this 5 weeks ago, and it is time to move on. I am very disappointed with myself and with the fact that I ran so unbelievably bad at such a pivotal time, I have never been this psychologically beaten down in all the time I have played poker. Nothing much else to say, going back to ... Published: Feb 15th, 2009 |
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10 | July Well, just some cliff notes: -5K+-month -reached platinum-level -202nd in monthly TLB, so no money :( -593rd in yearly TLB with 18,844 points dunno yet, if i go for platinum again or just gold in August, dont feel like playing THAT much atm Published: Aug 4th, 2009 |
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10 | Beer & Pwning in Las Vegas - Forever Young Yeahh so I obv never got a second entry posted in October, but I really have been quite busy lately. The one thing that can make blogging difficult is as the days pass, it becomes harder to collect all of your thoughts from the time in between your last post and present. I think of a few things each day I'd love to write about, but if I tried to squeeze in everything, I'd never finish an ... Published: Nov 12th, 2009 |
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10 | Six Months of Micro - 2nd month update! The New Year is always an exciting time as we poker players like to list our goals for the coming year. Whether you're relishing the good fortune of the previous year or if you're licking your wounds for a more promising 2011, it's refreshing to hit the reset button and give it another whirl! As for me, I want to finish the "Six Months of Micro" Challenge I've set for myself. Also, I think I'm ... Published: Jan 2nd, 2011 |
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AJyowler Join Date: May 10th, 2006 |
10 | goals for 2011 wanted to write this down so I could refect on my accomplishments at end of year.. Here goes nothing... 1. profit 10k by end of year 2. become a winning .25/.50 limit player after 5,000 hands (hope to move up stakes after 5k hands) 3. ship a tourney for 2500+ 4. become a top 10 austin player 5. get a 50k badge 6. tilt less and tool out in chat less 7. sattie into a wsop ... Published: Jan 2nd, 2011 |
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10 | better not to play i know everyone get that feeling after you get eliminated on a tourney that you could do better sometimes theres nothing you can do i mean some one goes allin and you have aa and got crushed but a key for succes is being in the mood if you just have to much things on you mind you wont play well because you get tired more easily and get on tilt more often sometimes you lose because you have ... Published: Apr 6th, 2011 |
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10 | Where did a month go???? DAY 4 OF THE MOHEGAN $5K MAIN!!!! Time flies bye...no doubt. However, i cant believe its been a month since my last blog. truth be told.....after a couple shitty, imo, comments on my previous blog, comments about my CAPS LOCK BUTTON BEING STUCK...AND MY USE OF THE WORD FUCKKKKKKK...IN A BLOG ABOUT MY AILING GRAMMY, REALLY PISSED ME THE FUCK OFF. CAPS LOCK AND SWEARING...REALLY' WHAT THE FUCK EVER!!! SO THERES THAT, AND THERES MY ... Published: Apr 11th, 2011 |
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10 | The Breaks: Bad Beat Psychology Several months ago, I made a post on Facebook saying that whenever someone told me a bad beat story, I'd send them a link to this video. (I've watched a bunch of old episodes of Columbo over the past few days. That, combined with my old school rap reference here, really makes me feel like I was born a few years too late - lol) My main uses for Facebook and Twitter seem to be (in no ... Published: Sep 7th, 2011 |
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10 | WBCOOP: Linsanity Poker & $5000 What do "Linsanity", poker and $5000 have to do with each other' That's a good question, but before I answer that let's give a brief recap for those who have been living under a rock recently and missed out on "Super Lintendo". 588492 Jeremy Lin the unheralded Asian-American point guard sensation for the New York Knicks has become the feel good story, not only of the NBA but of the whole ... Published: Feb 20th, 2012 |
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10 | My first trip report I've been back for almost a week and should have done this a long time ago but I'm sloth like. I landed in Reno at 1 p.m. and made it to the Peppermill in time for a 2p.m. $50 tourney. Mentally I wasn't prepared for the structure, blinds went up every 15 minutes and it was kind of equivalent to playing an online super turbo which I hate so instantly I was a bit tilted. Hung pretty much even for ... Published: Mar 8th, 2012 |
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10 | Ireland & Northern Ireland Trip Report (not directly about poker) - Part 1 I just came back from a quick but exciting trip to Ireland and Northern Ireland. Last Monday, I was speaking with Adam and Cal from PocketFives about meeting up with them on Friday since they were in Dublin for a convention. We were all excited about meeting up, since even though I have been helping out with the site for a couple of years, due to geographical restraints, we did not have an ... Published: May 30th, 2012 |
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9 | Patricii blog $7,043----- $500-$10K Stake/Challenge-1st in $33 $15K on Poker Stars Hello Everyone, I have not upated my blog in awhile. I have been mostly grinding $26 45 mans since getting to #2 on the Sharkscope leaderboard at the $10 level. Below are my $26 45 man stats for this challenge. I am happy to be doing fairly well in them. patricii $13.43 $24 52%$1,128 TiltN/AFullTilt9/9/2009 11/30/2009 E45-45 S20-30 I was hoping to be able to play more mtts than I have for ... Published: Nov 10th, 2009 |
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9 | Randomness I cant get any coherant essays thoughts together so I'm just going to think on screen here and maybe expand on these things another time. When someone calls your raise in the blinds and leads the flop for a small bet, they almost always have weak made hand. It is actually preferrable to play against players that do this verses players who check out of position and put you in the position of ... Published: Nov 11th, 2009 |
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9 | Dating in the Poker world Is it possible to date a girl and play poker' Well I feel that dating a girl is important regardless of what profession you may be in. I have not done a lot of online poker because I have been active trying to look for women on the online dating scene. I know there is one, I talk to quite frequently, but she lives in a different city than I do. This is the first time I actually trying to work ... Published: Feb 7th, 2011 |
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8 | EPT copenhagan So, I went to play my first major live event in Copenhagen, Denmark last week. I played in day 1a my first table had Dario Minieri and Claus Nielson which both have had great success in the live poker world. Within the first hour I had AA,KK and QQ all losing hands but KK was the only one I showed down and crippled me. At the first break I had 2800 chips from the 10k starting stack which had ... Published: Apr 8th, 2008 |
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hello_goodbye3 Join Date: Apr 6th, 2008 |
8 | 18th So today was interesting .....thats code for i need to quit ps.....25.72 ft ......13.08 after adding fifty the tourney scene went something like this........ 16 rebuy fpp's #237 $2.20 6max #805 $5.50 #1101 $11 10 min. levels #836 $3.30 35th......$4.79 woot $26 FT #998 $2.20 #270 $5.50 FT plo #33 $3.30 FT 1 ko for $.50 #208 $11 15k FT #871 48 FPP #81 $3.30 #816 $1 FT ... Published: May 18th, 2008 |
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8 | Grinding I played a few more hours and lost about a buyin... There were only a couple interestig hands. This is the only one i saved. -I limp with QQ UTG and it folds to the small blind. He insta shoves a full buyin! BB folds. I call in about 0.7 seconds LOL. He shows AQ off. I hold! SHIP IT! Live +$2,500 (est.) Online (Dollar figures are correct. $/Hour figures tracked starting June ... Published: Jun 17th, 2008 |
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8 | IRL You will note I have not posted here in awhile. I have been travelling to a couple of weddings and bachelor parties etc. This has put me through a lot of thinking and examining of my life. I have also been distracted and away from poker for a couple weeks. My poker bankroll has dwindled, due to frivolous spending on other things such as clothes, air conditioning, computer repairs and other ... Published: Jul 4th, 2008 |
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BubbaKGB Join Date: Mar 28th, 2005 |
8 | Review: There Will Be Blood When Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis) proclaims, Ladies and gentleman, if I say Im an oil man you will agree, you quite simply cant do anything other than agree. Thats the kind of man Plainview is the kind you just dont disagree with, mainly out of fear. Plainview speaks calmly, deliberately, and with an air of confidence that seems almost too rehearsed, yet people still trust him, ... Published: Jul 20th, 2008 |
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rex2732 Join Date: Dec 12th, 2007 |
8 | Some 180s... I just started a new job this week so I have not been playing that much. However, I did find some time to sneak in some $4/$11 180 mans. I only played 11 of these this week, but ran decently well to have a 2nd, 4th, 5th, and mincash all at the $4 level for a net profit of $195.44 and an ROI of 317%. I'm pretty satisfied with these results, however I would be much happier if I could have ... Published: Jan 10th, 2009 |
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stevem1267 Join Date: Jun 8th, 2007 |
8 | no elite this year. tired of playing 225s+. went on a 23k downswing, so im saying fuck it. i own 14 tbling 60's and 114's, so im just going to stick with that till the year end. ill prob end up getting 800k vpps. stepping stone imo. got 352k vpps last year. got 487k vpps so far this year. ill give it a shot next year though. the 23k downer took all the fight outta me:( trying to work on my mtt game a little ... Published: Aug 31st, 2009 |
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8 | Failure is a Growth Opportunity. Failure is a Growth Opportunity. Failure is a Growth Opportunity. That's a Tommyism from Tommy Angelo a professional poker player who lives out here in the bay area wrote the book The Elements of Poker. I like this saying cause it says a lot and can encompass a lifetime of lessons all in 5 words. So I've had a set back with my poker ambitions. I let alot of what my previous blog says ... Published: Oct 16th, 2009 |
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8 | sunday million feb 21 4 MILLION GUAR Well its saturday 1 days before the big event ..after looking at all the options . i realized its time to try for a big score ..if u dont try u will never get it . i will be playing other MTTS on sunday ofcourse my goal is to make a FT and Take a tourn down. I have never had the feeling of winning a tourn ..2 times arriving 2nd place due to a donkey suckig out on me ..seems thats the way it goes. ... Published: Feb 20th, 2010 |
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8 | bad Bank Roll night Played 9 micro mtt's tonight rolled up 3 big stacks worst loss was boat over boat in $4.40 3k on stars. more frustratung was whiffing in 3 non-nlhe tourneys despite being near the top in 2 out of 3 halfway through. Also shipped my hundred for OT WSOP tourney which was a HUGE BR blow. Stars roll now $168. Published: Mar 21st, 2011 |
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8 | Building up for first real SCOOP Just started playing properly since the beginning of 2011 and my bankroll is slowly increasing. I have made over $2000this March from MTTs with buyin's averaging aroun $5-10. I am now gonna be able to start buyinng in to $50 tourney's on proper banroll management. I am playing a solid game at the moment and its only those 2 & 3 outer BAD BEATs keeping me from taking down a decent ... Published: Apr 1st, 2011 |
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8 | Playing very little, coaching a lot, preparing videos... That's exactly what has happened to me for the last two months. I'm dedicating more and more time to coaching, with an average of 20 hours a week doing hand history reviews. The quality of the sessions, be it private or group ones, is really good, and the reviews I receive from students are fantastic... as well as their results. Last Sunday, the guy I always said was destined to poker greatness, ... Published: Apr 6th, 2011 |
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8 | The joy of fate lol Since my cash I have been doing a few mtt's each day about 30 in total. I'm not quite sure how to categorize it but I've not cashed one. I've bubbled cashing by 10 places or less in about a dozen events. I decided im not interested in playing to cash I want to play to win. Since if i bust out with a small cash I make $2-3 profit for 2-3hrs of work. Each time i busted though I've had a great stack ... Published: Jul 2nd, 2012 |
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braincabbage Join Date: Jul 29th, 2012 |
8 | LIVE SUCCESS So I made mt first trip to the casino this past weekend. I played in a freeroll...with a 20$ add-on that was almost mandatory if you wanted any shot to win. Lost after the first seven hands but it was a great first experience still. I always read about the different personalities and types of people you see at a poker table...A.K.A the guy who thinks he knows everything, the guy who criticizes ... Published: Jun 5th, 2013 |
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GirlsRVicious Join Date: Jun 7th, 2008 |
7 | Donkamentism so last night i got sick as balls for no reason chillin one minute shakin the next sweatin the good shit but about noon today i shook and hit the hay field Jordan mowed for like an hour and a half and we were getting shit done then i had to take him and drop him off for a baseball game then i go back and proceed in no time to tear the shit out of the mower.........im a donkament anyways i shipped ... Published: Jun 10th, 2008 |
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7 | MTT DAY Well I played a few mtts today and made it to the final table of the turbo fiddy and the 17.5k guaranteed tourney. got 6th in both for 1.5k each. 6th place is so gay cuz its super close, but still faaaarrrrr away. After my first FT, i went surfing with some friends. Came home, smoked, ate, FT'd another tourney. not a bad day Published: Aug 5th, 2008 |
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7 | December plans I wanted to write a little bit about my plans for December in poker. I'm going to be mainly playing in $2.20-$3.30 mtts and most on pokerstars. I will probably also be playing on full tilt some in the same $2-$3 mtts. With how many more players are on pokerstars the final table money in almost all of the low buy in tournaments is bigger on pokerstars and that is the main reason I'll be ... Published: Nov 30th, 2008 |
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7 | DON's and tilt control. I have found that the DON's have helped me control tilt. You will see the most horrid beats and stupidest plays. I have sen guys with 9000 in chips 6-handed blind vs. blind fold to a guy shoving 1/4 a BB over and him folding. I have also seen these same people folding in the SB when the BB will have 150 left after posting a 400 BB. Oh well. I like the fact that these guys are playing these. I ... Published: Dec 9th, 2008 |
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7 | Faith Haven't written in while but I doubt I have a following since I'm not Cre8tive lol anyway, took christmas break off to spend time with friends/ family and recharge from poker. this week I have started grinding again without much success. Mostly PLO tournys and cash. It's always wierd to feel like your running good when you win a 70/30,80/20 on the river.(I have the 70/80). Played ... Published: Jan 10th, 2009 |
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7 | Super High Me - Beach Therapy It's time for a new chapter in the life of Presto136. If you have followed a long with this blog, you can see the epiphany based logic that I have used throughout this process and for that matter, all of my life. I am a man of ideas, not a man of commitment. This has been an obstacle for me that has dampened my schoolwork, relationships, and overall work ethic. I need to get past this. I will ... Published: Jun 16th, 2009 |
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7 | Lost Played the $100+10 deepstack tourny this weekend. Got pissed early, this guy who looked like he was playing for 3rd time in his life raised 8 xs BB and I folded pocket 5s (I know!) Of course a 5 flopped, and his AA remained good enough, Im sure I couldve taken all his chips. I didnt find many good hands or action when I did, so my starting stack didnt fluctuate that much until blinds started ... Published: Jan 18th, 2010 |
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7 | Playing Mini FTOPS events tonight This is perhaps one of my favorite nights of the year for tournament poker. I really like the $55 HORSE and $22 NLH Turbo events of the Mini-FTOPS and it's great that I can play them both at the same time. Really looking forward to this and I feel a nice score is on the way. Published: Mar 16th, 2010 |
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7 | $20, 1 month 1k Alright, cashed out my last $140ish and left $20 in my PS account, along with 2,248.39 FPP's. My girlfriend is going to Spain for a month on Saturday, and i will be grinding the most i ever have in order to either make or break the bankroll, ive been able to run several 10 deposits up to 4-500 but always find myself cashing out and never keeping a large online roll or allowing myself to ever do ... Published: Jun 24th, 2010 |
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7 | 3k Posts That's a lot of wood Here's a list of some of my favorite posts I have made over the years: /#post1707628 classic I quit poker post: /#post18664 ok, the other 2,997 posts so far were worthless, and the 2nd link is only good b/c of how pathetic it is. So you are welcome OT, I have come in here and disappointed the hell out of you(although to disappoint you would have to ... Published: Jul 1st, 2010 |
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7 | Status 2 Important thing that I should note is that while I've been running pretty bad, I haven't tilted once. So far I'm doing very well at being disciplined and patient, not playing when tilted, and playing within my bankroll. Although I only have $87, and I'm already playing .02-.05 tables, I will grind out cash games until I reach 25 buy-ins for the next level. So I won't be playing .05-.10 tables ... Published: Nov 17th, 2010 |
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