Poker Articles

March 2005 - Posts

• My 2 Cents on Whatever

  
  

  What's up everyone, hope everyone had a good Easter and a good break for those of us who got to get home for a while. In a poker sense things have been running pretty smoothly for me lately. The bad beats are still hitting but hey they hit everyone. However... Read More... Posted Mar 30 2005, 05:52 AM by Denny Lemieux with No Comments

• Troll Chatter

  
  

  Anyone that has played with me knows I will tend to talk a bit during a game. Sometimes it’s just random babble and sometimes I’m laying a trap. Many pros talk in live play in order to pull information out of another player. They are looking for subtle... Read More... Posted Mar 28 2005, 04:49 PM by Texas Troll with No Comments

• How Mathematicians Think

  
  

  Math is always a big part of my game, and I'd like to share the thought process that we math nerds tend use for those of you who rely more on the feel of betting strength to display your poker prowess. I've always felt that winning players, those who... Read More... Posted Mar 28 2005, 02:57 PM by Riley with No Comments

• Guest Article: How I Busted a World Class Player

  
  

  I was at the World Poker Tour at the Bellagio in December, and I wanted to pass along a couple of stories. When I first arrived I entered a satellite for the next day's multi-table tournament. This satellite cost $235 for an entry into the $2,000 tournament... Read More... Posted Mar 25 2005, 05:16 AM by athenian with No Comments

• Sooo Close

  
  

  Whaaaat’s happening everyone?!?! I hope everyone has been having much poker success and that they are enjoying everything they’ve come across on this site over the past couple of weeks. I thought I’d share a little bit about my weekend of a nice “up”... Read More... Posted Mar 24 2005, 01:17 AM by Hogan24 with No Comments

• SHEETS ON TV (tomorrow) UPDATE

  
  

  (this was posted on a competing site a few months ago...) This is fun...for those who know me from online or from live you will get a kick out of this..After making a final table in a 1k nl side event I played in the main event of the USPC. I was at a... Read More... Posted Mar 23 2005, 02:50 PM by sheets with No Comments

• Trash Talking Part 1

  
  

  This will be the first in a many pert series on effective online trash talking, spamming, needling, proper curse word usage, and being an overall nuisnace. Part 1: The reverse root This can be done by players and observers alike with pretty much the same... Read More... Posted Mar 20 2005, 11:03 AM by sheets with No Comments

• Having a rough few days how bout a WPT basketball team?

  
  

  Starters Phil Hellmuth Center Phil Ivey Forward Phil Gordon Forward Erik Lindgren Guard Danny Negreaneau Point Guard Bench Kent Washington Forward Lee Watkinson Guard TJ Cloutier Center Mike Matusow Forward Bill Gazes Forward Erik Seidel Forward David... Read More... Posted Mar 18 2005, 12:40 PM by the_schmenx with No Comments

• Rollin' with the Troll

  
  

  One thing is for sure--I am living a dream life. While most of my friends are working grueling 40-60 hour weeks at entry level jobs in various fields or attending graduate school (as I was just one year ago), I am traveling to poker tournaments around... Read More... Posted Mar 17 2005, 06:12 PM by Adam with No Comments

• Nice hand, or is it?

  
  

  After this weekends bad beat fest, I wanted to attack a subject that needs attention. Being a student of the game, I wanted to talk about the most overused and miss used phrase in poker… NH You see it said at every table you play on. You and I say it... Read More... Posted Mar 16 2005, 05:26 PM by Wachovia with No Comments