Everyday when I'm riding home from my 9-5 all you hear is how bad the economy is. I don't doubt that we're having a bad time of it in the US and yes globally. I sometimes wonder if the radio, paper, and internet media aren't just drumming up business. All this talk about how bad the economy is also makes me think about when I sign on, and there are never any issues with SNGs filling up and MTTs rarely offer an overlay(at least on pokerstars). So, here's my question. How's the poker economy doing? Too me, it seems that the poker economy is humming right along. I'm sure a true gauge will be when the WSOP kicks off this summer. It will be interesting to see how the field sizes are compared to past years. What does everyone else think? I'll admit I'm not playing B&M as much. Are they seeing a downturn in poker revenues? Anyway back to the tables for me, gotta work on improving my roi. Take care and gl at the tables.

Craig(rebelfd)

I've been wanting to post this for a while, better late than never. Here are some of my poker goals.

1.) Keep family first.

2.) Have a positive roi on OPR.

3.) Get better at bank roll management. This will obviously help number 2.

4.) Find out how the hell to improve my late stage MTT play. This is really a big one for me, can't seem to crack this code. Any helpful hints for late stage play would be appreciated.

5.) Be an ambassador for poker, take my bad beats without berating my fellow players, and give bad beats humbly and graciously.

One update, I did win the .25 Bronze Star mtt on stars that had 3,294 players. The 118.00 was a nice return on my 25 cent investment. It was a great feeling having supporters from pocketfives, when there were two tables, and not disappointing them. Hopefully variance is going to be good to me and I can run my br and roi up. Will let you know what I set my br guides at and how it's going at the tables. gl at the tables.

Craig(Rebelfd)

'Want to win at poker? Win all you're races when you're ahead of you're villain, come from behind when you're not. It's that simple.' rebelfd, low stakes player

Some would say I should not have been in this hand. My stack was about 10x BB, should I shove pre flop? Should I fold on the flop? Your constructive criticism is appreciated.

PokerStars Game #19870138256: Tournament #102275154, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level VI (300/600) - 2008/08/24 - 17:59:59 (ET)
Table '102275154 933' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: harry580 (38356 in chips)
Seat 2: China Pig 22 (16025 in chips)
Seat 3: rebelfd (6349 in chips)
Seat 4: Majkl (23750 in chips)
Seat 5: BWFCLEE (14637 in chips)
Seat 6: tommink (4550 in chips)
Seat 7: Bingas (9150 in chips)
Seat 8: ziodeme (18476 in chips)
Seat 9: Elduderino67 (17450 in chips)
BWFCLEE: posts small blind 300
tommink: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to rebelfd [9d Td]
Bingas: folds
ziodeme: calls 600
Elduderino67: folds
harry580: folds
China Pig 22: folds
rebelfd: calls 600
Majkl: folds
BWFCLEE: folds
tommink: checks
*** FLOP *** [9h 5c Ts]
tommink: checks
ziodeme: bets 1200
rebelfd: raises 4549 to 5749 and is all-in
tommink: folds
ziodeme: calls 4549
*** TURN *** [9h 5c Ts] [7d]
*** RIVER *** [9h 5c Ts 7d] [3c]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
ziodeme: shows [5d 5s] (three of a kind, Fives)
rebelfd: shows [9d Td] (two pair, Tens and Nines)
rebelfd said, "nh"
ziodeme collected 13598 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 13598 | Rake 0
Board [9h 5c Ts 7d 3c]
Seat 1: harry580 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: China Pig 22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: rebelfd showed [9d Td] and lost with two pair, Tens and Nines
Seat 4: Majkl (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: BWFCLEE (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: tommink (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 7: Bingas folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: ziodeme showed [5d 5s] and won (13598) with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 9: Elduderino67 folded before Flop (didn't bet)