Poker Articles

August 2005 - Posts

• Intro to Gidders' sit-n-go challenge--Week 1

  
  

  Hello everyone, my name's Sean, and I live in Mississauga, Ontario. I'm 18 years old, turning 19 in almost exactly a month. That for me, being Canadian, means I'll finally be allowed to go to the casino...which is one of the reasons I decided to start... Read More... Posted Aug 23 2005, 03:39 AM by gidders with No Comments

• Aftermath - Chap 9 of ESPoker

  
  

  Oh how I wished that it would end. I awoke at 9 am with the worst headache I have had in a long time, and if anyone knew headaches it was me. Instead of our nice little room at MGM, we were in some kind of high roller suite at The Palms. After sifting... Read More... Posted Aug 19 2005, 08:15 AM by seal with No Comments

• Making poor poker plays? Then "write a book"

  
  

  If anyone out there has played NLHE with me, it would be fair to say they might have one of two opinions.: 1) “What a donkey” or 2) “He is pretty good.” How can it be that two people could probably have such different opinions of my game? Well I can tell... Read More... Posted Aug 18 2005, 02:56 AM by klslcz with No Comments

• Introduction to the Pathways series.

  
  

  As a new feature here on pocketfives my site www.pokerfox.net will be submitting an article every week written by my partner Hatfield and/or myself. For more information about Hatfield you can check out his web site at www.AdamStemple.com. I constantly... Read More... Posted Aug 17 2005, 11:22 PM by Fox with No Comments

• The TLB Race: "It's on now!"

  
  

  Some people are coming to the conclusion that this August TLB race on PokerStars is already over, and that there is no way darrell77 (A.K.A. Gigabet) will be able to overcome the leads that have been built by JJProdigy and Riverloser. Newsflash: Darrell... Read More... Posted Aug 17 2005, 04:43 AM by Adam with No Comments

• tough week

  
  

  Well this week has been somewhat dead tournament-wise, but i have done exceptionally well in the high limit cash games on party and pacific and the 200 sitngos on party. My losses in the multis have been very frustrating, with me blowing some big stacks... Read More... Posted Aug 16 2005, 04:28 AM by elfleader with No Comments

• Hallelujah Brother I'm Even!

  
  

  "Hallelujah Brother I'm Even" is exactly the message I sent to my buddy Hatfield last night about 4 a.m. Hatfield had tried to send me message about something around midnight and he got this away message from my messenger "I'm stuck $600... piss off.... Read More... Posted Aug 13 2005, 04:46 AM by Fox with No Comments

• Grape Ape Gets It

  
  

  As I hurried down the highway I half-hoped the huge Hummer would hit me. Harry the Hump would have a heart attack if he didn’t have his halibut and the traffic was terrible. I winded my way around the backstreets and made it to Joisey Jerry’s only five... Read More... Posted Aug 12 2005, 08:18 PM by seal with No Comments

• A little live action in Tunica

  
  

  I'd been craving some live tournament action and finally got a chance today to play. The WSOP Circuit's latest event is in Tunica, Mississippi, which is the closest thing I have to a home court advantage, and I was happy to see they had a $300 tournament... Read More... Posted Aug 12 2005, 02:06 AM by Adam with No Comments

• A Win!

  
  

  Well I have been running good since my last blog with a 2nd in the 100rebuy on royal Vegas and also a win on Thursday in the daily 55 rebuy as I woke up too late to play in the 100 rebuy. Here are some of the hands from my win. ----------------------... Read More... Posted Aug 10 2005, 11:41 PM by elfleader with No Comments