Poker Articles

July 2005 - Posts

• Staying Afloat in the Poker World

  
  

  Costa Rica was a good time. I made some new friends and even went fishing. Unfortunately, I was pretty card dead and made (now that I look back at it) a critical error at the final table. Fairly early into the tournament, I had AK of diamonds and nobody... Read More... Posted Jul 31 2005, 02:45 PM by the_schmenx with 5 Comments

• Grape Ape Plays Poker

  
  

  As I maneuvered my minivan through the backstreets of Monmouth County, I marveled at the mile-high mansions. Me, I was just a visitor to this land of plenty, a man on a mission. If only I hadn’t let the judge talk me into playing that poker game last... Read More... Posted Jul 29 2005, 07:04 PM by seal with No Comments

• first casino experience

  
  

  Well last night i went to a casino(not cardroom) for the first time. it was definately stimulating with all the lights but was very disturbing to see alot of people that looked like they were wasting their whole work check there. When i was playing blackjack... Read More... Posted Jul 29 2005, 01:17 PM by elfleader with No Comments

• A new heads up display for PokerTracker.

  
  

  I've been playing mostly 6 max 10/20 on Empire lately, and I've had to get real good at using pokertracker with a heads up display now that I can't use poker-edge anymore. Hopefully that will change soon, poker-edge was really helpful. I found a new heads... Read More... Posted Jul 29 2005, 01:44 AM by Fox with No Comments

• so close..yet so far

  
  

  Last weekend I had a few chances at a big prize...it was the weekly big deal 300 buyin tourney on pokerroom where i ended up 11th on a bluff in the bb with 103 vs the sb who ended up having AQ. I wish I could of shared some of the hand historys as there... Read More... Posted Jul 27 2005, 01:30 AM by elfleader with No Comments

• A quick guide to bonus whoring

  
  

  I get more and more questions about bonus whoring, and I really don't have time yet to write the whole article on going pro, but I'll get to it when I get back from this road trip. So.... Here's a quick and dirty guide to bonus whoring. The list of bonuses... Read More... Posted Jul 26 2005, 03:22 AM by Fox with No Comments

• Introduction to Elfleader's Blog

  
  

  Hello everyone, my name is Matt, and I am currently 18 and riding the poker wave as best I can. I just recently graduated High School and will be going to college next year. I started like most teenagers playing the small pointless games like "Indianhead... Read More... Posted Jul 21 2005, 02:54 AM by elfleader with No Comments

• Sustaining confidence as a player

  
  

  Poker Hall of Fame inductee Johnny Moss once said, "Poker is the hardest way to make an easy living." Poker is full of trials and tribulations. Good times and bad. How you as a player handle these trials and tribulations in many ways determines how great... Read More... Posted Jul 19 2005, 10:38 PM by sweeet_pea with 1 Comments

• The $1500 NLHE

  
  

  After putting some wins together at the 1-2 NL cash tables, I decided to play the WSOP $1500 NL event and chase a bracelet for the final time---887 entries and a first prize of roughly $350,000. I completely ran over my first table and ran up my initial... Read More... Posted Jul 19 2005, 02:07 AM by Hawkhill7 with No Comments

• Vegas Baby!!!

  
  

  Hello again all, whaaaaat’s been happening? I just got back from Las Vegas last Sunday night and absolutely could not have had a better time. I wanted to write down a little bit about what I did while I was out there and this is what I came up with: Tuesday... Read More... Posted Jul 18 2005, 02:57 AM by Hogan24 with No Comments