Online Poker Tournament Rankings

I've been in San Jose for the past week but have not played any tournaments yet until today. I was given a few hours off by my boss, who was on-site with me (we're observing some funky new satellite system for the Navy at the Lockheed-Martin plant -- I can tell you what it does but then I'd have to shoot you in the face). So I'm at Garden City. The $150 buy-in will be the biggest single buy-in I ever made. Considering I can't even win a $1 Double-or-Nothing on PokerStars these

<p>What does the face of SuperTilt look like? Check out this Sharkscope graph and see for yourself. <p>Beautiful, ain’t it. Pretty soon, I’ll have the little fishbowl beside my name. Wouldn’t that be a real kick in the arse. <p>This freefall on PokerStars started in early November and continues as I write this. The tournaments and S&Gs all follow a typical pattern: I go card dead right from the outset and get short-stacked by the 75/150 level. When I do get a hand, I shove and

A selection of notes and minutae for your reading pleasure: 1. I see the WSOP 2009 November Nine came and went. With me, the big Philly fan, tracking the Phillies and Eagles, poker was an afterthought. The dude with the Saints cap had a big chip lead going in and ended up finishing second. What was interesting was his admission that 6500 of the 6800 entrants were better better poker players than him. I guess when the deck slaps you silly, anyhing can happen. 2. Lately, the deck hasn't been slapping

I'm on a 10-tournament losing streak, dating back from yesterday. Villains been getting whooped upside the head with the deck. I walk into Rockets pre-flop. My top pair gets set-mined. Forget about protecting your hand with a big shove. They call with incorrect odds and make their draw. They call your shove when you are drawing to 19 outs and all they have is a pair of deuces -- which holds up. I play pretty tight. But it seems like tight is just not right. You simply sit around orbit after orbit

Haven't blogged in a while, well actually since my Bad Beat last August at the money bubble ay Garden City. Since then: 1) The day after busting out at Garden City, I played another morning tournament the following day. It was amusing sitting next to an old guy named Bud. We talked about the tournament the day before. He told me how he called his son on a hand where he limped in with Big Slick, then called an all-in where he met up with Pocket Aces. I laughed and told him, "That was me;

Two Saturdays ago, I returned from the woods of Virginia's Northern Neck -- no Internet (and no online Poker) up there. Instead, I had to settle for activities like tennis, golf, swimming, crabbing and power boating. While clearing e-mail traffic, I found out I needed to go to San Jose on Monday to observe a test by a major defense contractor. That means live poker at either Bay 101 or The Garden City. Shortly after my arrival to San Jose on Monday, I made it to Bay 101 for a little 3/6 Limit

Haven't blogged in ages. Obviously, I don't have much to report. There are some changes in my life that has affected my poker lately: I have a new job. Well not actually; I'm still with my same employer. But I am going to spend a few months at Government facility with a very tight Internet security policy. No more online poker lunches until October. So I am not playing much. I took the family to Myrtle Beach a couple of weeks ago. No Internet. All I had to salve my poker jones that week