October 2006 - Posts
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Back in early June of 2005 my poker buddy Midport called me and asked me if I had seen an advertisement in Cardplayer Magazine about a website offering a fantasy poker game. As a big fan of poker in all forms, I was interested. I went to the website ...
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The new rankings have arrived, and with them we now have some new players to herald, new issues to discuss, new sources of controversy, and plenty of excitement all around. Much of that excitement is focused on the new number 1 ranked player, Tmay420...
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It has long been said that to win a tournament, playing to survive is secondary. The greatest players of our time seem to know exactly when to take the risks necessary to get the job done at just the right time. Playing to win is key to maximizing tournament...
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I’ve seen a number of threads recently asking some variation of the generic question, "How do I stop this terrible run I'm on?" It’s not a new concept. The question is as old as PocketFives.com, online poker, RGP, underground card rooms in NYC, Texas...
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I left off Part I right when I decided to turn pro. That would make it exactly January 1st, 2006. Well, make that January 3rd, 2006, because of the raging hangover I had (happens when you throw college parties). I had my entire bankroll on Bodog at that...
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At the end of my last article, we were nearing the end of day 1, and I had just doubled up Kill-Bill for the second time, leaving me with approximately 40k in chips. The average stack had about 35k. I finished the day with a 50k stack, without ever being...
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While perhaps not as respected as much as low, middle, and high limit players, micro grinders face the same trials and tribulations of the others. It is my contention, in fact, that they face the as the most challenges of the group. Of great importance...
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Recently, I was tracking my play across several poker sites, and there was one problem that I was consistently noticing. The problem was simply that I would look at all of my statistics, my winnings, ROI, etc., but I had no basis for determining whether...
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For the 21 months that we've been running this site, our Online Tournament Player Rankings have been a focal point of the community. The first year of the rankings were documented in this article . It's been the most popular ranking system of its kind...
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I recently took my 7 year-old daughter to get a cavity filled. The dentist told her that the novocaine injection would not hurt – he said it would feel like a “mosquito bite.” Later that day, I asked my daughter if the injections really felt like mosquito...
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