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Phil Hellmuth are you Serious???
There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. Brendan Behan Irish author & dramatist (1923 - 1964)
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jul 9th, 2010
Re:changing poker screenames 10 yrs from now.....
A friend of mine is "yerabawbag"* on the Ps3 and his kids are now old enough to be asking what it means.He's managed to persuade his eldest daughter ( age 6) that it just means "you're a bag" which she says is just silly.( as his wife throws him looks from across the room) * bawbag = Scottish for scrotum!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
May 11th, 2010
Re:For you Sit N Go Players,
This and I'm not sure why everyone assumes the villain will be a decent player.Unless it was a decent reg I'd be getting JJ in here.Not loving it, but not folding!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
May 3rd, 2010
Re:sit and gos still beatable?
Good reply.I'd also add that it sounds like you're being too rigid with your ranges.Sure many hands are easy auto shoves when folded to you late on, but you also need to adapt the way you play the same hand v different opponents depending on stack sizes,table image of you and villain,blind levels etc. For example,fold equity is key when pushing.I may shove j9s from the button with just under 10bb v tight mutli tabling regs in the sb and bb at 100/200, but if the sb was a calling station and the bb a loose donkey too, ( prob with a big stack ) I'd probably wait for a better ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jan 23rd, 2010
Re:People over 30
I'm 37 and have made about $35k over the last 5 years, starting out with low stakes cash games and now mainly playing $22 turbo sngs.I work fulltime and only usually play a few hundred games per month at most.I make enough to pay a few bills throughout the year and still keep a decent roll online.If I was younger,hungrier and played more tables ( I'm not keen on playing more than 4 once) I'd probably make more $$.Perhaps it's not an age issue but I think I'd take more shots etc if I was 15 years younger.I'm very protective of my roll and aware of the value of money ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Nov 27th, 2009
Re:9-man SNG Bubble...player sitting out almost all in
I fold here too although I can see why you'd be tempted.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Nov 20th, 2009
Re:victoria grosvenor in london?
The cooling off period has been scrapped.So long as you have ID you can join and play at the Vic on the same night.Gl!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Oct 16th, 2009
Re:Shoving AK 1st hand of turbo SNGs.. thoughts?
In a $3 turbo sng with limpers I don't hate shoving as you'll probably get looked up by worse hands often enough and if you do get called by a pair you have all 5 community cards to hit your Ace or King.( less folding post flop when you miss) In general though I'd raise enough to try and narrow the number of callers or take it down uncontested. I do agree with the guy who posted about being ultra-tight early btw, but I think you have to combine that with serious aggression when you do pick up a top hand.Also agree that limping here is just horrible.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Oct 15th, 2009
Re:How do they do it? How do they dodge the bad luck?
And as I'm sure Annodv is aware, a 50 buy-in downswing for a winning sng player is totally standard as are 1000-2000 game break even stretches. I did email Stars last year after a nasty horrible run and they sent me back stats showing my AA/KK wins were around average.Of course I looked into it and could have driven myself mad convincing myself most of my AA/KK wins were without showdown and blah blah blah blah.Told myself to get a grip,toughen up and stop whining.If you want to be in the 5-10% of players who actually beat the game you have to learn to deal with variance better than the ...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Oct 6th, 2009
Re:Stacking off early in SNGs with AK
Agreed.I'd only fold AK to a very good regs pf raise early in the game or possibly to a raise and reraise pf, otherwise I'm going with it.I've been called by far worse than J10,A7 too on a regular basis.( $6.50-$22's stt's and $16 18 player games) People are too quick to assign ranges similar to their own ( assuming they're a winning player) when most micro donks can barely tie their own shoelaces.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Aug 27th, 2009
Re:funniest poker names
Fckvwls made me smile.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jul 3rd, 2009
Re:RE: Re:The Well: Skullkicker AKA Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin is the name of an ex UK footballer.Unlikely to be him.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jun 26th, 2009
Re:Variance and tilt is taking it's toll. Need Advice.
If you're a member at Cardrunners it may be worth watching Xerok's vid from June 10th on tilt and the psychology of poker.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jun 20th, 2009
Re:good wsop blog/tr's?
Tao of poker and Hard Boiled Poker are the blogs I read for updates.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jun 6th, 2009
Re:why are turbo ait n gos so popular?
Sorry but lol at the last part of this post.Sng wiz etc do not teach perfect push/fold poker.They are a useful tool certainly however the key is not the software itself but the hand ranges the users assign.Get those wrong or slightly out and all the best software /ICM knowledge in the world won't make a loser into a winner.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
May 21st, 2009
Re:Whats THE most over used word in the forums??
"Super". Super this,super that.Maybe I'm being an old grump but what happened to plain old "very"'!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
May 13th, 2009
Re:Entire 2009 SNG Profits Gone........Help.
Good luck turning things round.I had my first losing sng month in a long time last month and it hurt like hell too despite being over-rolled and despite me only being a hobby player. It does take it out of you mentally and checking hh's to make sure I wasn't pushing too hard to win back losses or playing too passively to avoid more suckouts helped me get back on track when I began running a little better.
Posted in: Bad Beats 		Zagga
Apr 11th, 2009
Re:SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN!!
A friend referred me to Full Tilt.I got $25 and he got a small fee at the time too.Wish I'd chosen a rakeback option.If they opened it up to players who signed up in the same way a couple of years ago, I'm sure more of us would make FT their regular site.I'd even ship them the $25 back...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Apr 10th, 2009
Re:Final table entrance song
AC/DC :Hells Bells
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Apr 4th, 2009
Re:Great blog post.....
Thanks for posting the link.Even as hobby player I can relate to a lot of that.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Mar 29th, 2009
Re:What terms have become main stream or invented from poker?
Lucky you.The lights round my way are so rigged I wear a tin foil hat driving to work...
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Mar 23rd, 2009
Re:Jennifear please advise
With those stack sizes it's an easy fold.Even if he's pushing any two here,you're 65/35 and it's not worth the risk.You can steal philams blinds all day with two shorties around and build your stack that way.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Mar 19th, 2009
Re:SNG EXPERTS I NEED HELP IN THESE SPOTS!
No expert, but I raise or shove this too.Nice to see a post from one of the better $22/$33 players on Party.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Feb 22nd, 2009
Re:Where are YOU playing online poker from?
East Kilbride,Scotland.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Feb 20th, 2009
Re:What to tell a beginner?
Very tight and very aggressive when entering the pot at micro sngs.Try not to call and to always be the one raising if in a pot too.Oh and don't tilt.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Feb 7th, 2009
Re:Post your blog url here...

Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jan 11th, 2009
Re:An Email I Received About My Blog...
I'm a poker blogger and get similar emails quite often.Be careful accepting ads though if you want a decent google ranking as they downgraded lots of blogs like mine due to ads with too many links.Gl with your blog!
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Jan 6th, 2009
Re:Pokertracker/partypoker question
Right click and drag the stats box for each player to where it suits you.( If that's what you mean')
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Dec 30th, 2008
Re:I want to be a SNG player-Please help!
I hate maths and do ok at low limit sngs.These calculators are only as good as the info you put in.Try shoving hands between 5-9 ( 79,67,56 ,sooted pref) instead of Ace rags late on too,if you're not catching any hands.If I was you I'd also move down to 4 tables and make sure you've got the basics right before adding more.Prepare to see more bad beats and lost flips than you could ever imagine, and deal with them.If you can ,and you're any good, most of the villains at low stakes are so bad you couldn't fail to profit over a decent sample size.
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Dec 25th, 2008
Re:Stars update
The timezone option now included GMT and Euro options.About time too! No idea what "Mountain time" is but I like the sound of it
Posted in: Poker Discussion 		Zagga
Dec 9th, 2008