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Its been a while

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:35:00 +0000

So its been nearly a year since i last updated. I haven't missed it. I withdrew most of my money and eventually busted the remainder shortly after my last post. I did not play again until December. I didnt miss it. Over the years of playing i had accumulated over 15k in FPP. when i felt like playing again I started playing FPP tournaments....

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Meh...

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 17:49:00 +0000

Haven't been playing much lately. Just haven't felt right. When i have free time I've been tired or had places and things to do. My frame for a successful tournament is basically to be well rested, well feed, focused and have about 4.5hrs free time. None of these requirements seem to come together recently... so even when i decided to play i...

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Bizarro Poker

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:16:00 +0000

Thats the only way i can describe what I've witnessed on the tables over the past couple days. I did play on Sunday but only cashed in the Turbo Take down for $35.00, finishing around 9000th out of 30,000 registered. I played ok, but i have to admit that i was a bit distracted by mafia wars. Wow, is that game addictive or what! I log on to play...

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Sunday Tournaments

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Sun, 31 May 2009 16:48:00 +0000

I haven't updated in awhile. I've been spending alot of time recently playing Mafia Wars on facebook. Its a really addictive game, has to be since it kept me from poker. Guess its something to running a criminal enterprise. I managed to play several $4 180 sngs on stars and managed to get relatively deep in all of them (final 3 tables) made two...

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Observe your opponents

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:08:00 +0000

Poker is a game of information, the more you have the better decisions you can make. The easiest way to get information is by observing your opponents. Since we're playing online that means noticing their bet size, position, and the hands they play. While playing recently i realized that i make certain generalizations about my opponents based on...

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I'm a criminal?!

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Fri, 22 May 2009 15:10:00 +0000

We have really weird and unfair gambling laws in this country. Gambling is only legal for tourists in liscensed casinos. But locals cannot enter these casinos and cannot legally gamble anywhere in the country. So basically, every time i log onto pokerstars or ftp i'm commiting a crime. And everytime i withdraw money and deposit it to my account,...

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I've decided to write a book

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 19 May 2009 19:53:00 +0000

And no its not a poker book or related to poker in anyway. For the past few years i've been very aware of the limited amount of ideas/solutions by the leaders in my society. I live in one of the worlds most beautiful places and its run by people with no imagination and seemingly no drive. The end result is the country is slowly spiraling out of...

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Double barrel bluff - Don't Do IT!

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Fri, 15 May 2009 17:01:00 +0000

Now that i'm back playing poker, I've decided to focus on my mental approach and decision making in tournaments. I recently final tabled a $4 180 man sng because i played really well and made only a few mistakes. While reviewing today i came across a huge mistake i made that was typical of the mistakes i used to make.I fired both barrels on a...

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Hiatus Over?

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 12 May 2009 22:22:00 +0000

I have started to feel the urge to play again or at least playing doesnt fill me with a sense of hopelessness anymore. My optimism is back. I now feel like i can play this game and win again. It is a good feeling! I want to thank everyone for the encouragement and comments over the pass few months. I really appreciate it. BTW. I changed the...

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February Update

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 00:33:00 +0000

I canceled my PXF sub today. I just couldnt justify paying the fee when i rarely used it anymore. When i have more time to focus on studying poker i will probably re-subscribe. But for now i'm busy with school and work. I ordered a Laptop from an online store, tigerdirect.com, but it hasn't arrived yet. I'm taking a bit of a risk because it was...

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Poker Goals for 2009

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:43:00 +0000

This post is a little late because i was not sure where i was in terms of playing poker. I have come to terms with the limitations of my poker future and have kinda given up on the dream of someday making that big score. I say kinda because its still there. I guess its just that i've come to realize that i'm not prepared to immerse myself totally...

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Desktop Died - Laptop Suggestions Welcomed

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:39:00 +0000

My desktop died the other day. It had been slowing down for a few months now and finally started running hot. I could probably take it to a technician, but i had planned to buy a laptop this year anyway. So I'm now researching laptops. I'm interested in; 15-17" display >2ghz >2gb ddr2 memory <$1000.00 I also wouldn't mind some frills, such as...

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"Tight is Right"

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:51:00 +0000

This is a concept i learned when i first started playing poker on the $5 sngs at PokerStars in 2005. It struck me while playing the other day that this simple concept is still the most basic, tried and true method of winning at sngs and mtts. My Bankroll has been steadily increasing and i believe that its possible for me to have my best month of...

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Where's my edge?

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 14:39:00 +0000

According to OPR my best game in 2008 was the 46-180 person SNGs. I ran a 33% ROI over 500+ tourneys with an average buy-in of $13. In MTTs with 181+ entrants and an average buy-in of $19 i had a -7% ROI over 350 tourneys. Based on those stats i should probably focus more on the tourneys where i have the greatest edge over the field. So far this...

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Weekend Update

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 06:04:00 +0000

Well i survived the weekend, only felt a strong urge to play one time on Friday and on Sunday, once i put it out of my mind that was it. Went out Friday night, ran into an ex girlfriend from a few years ago, who happened to take a part-time waitress job at one of my fav hangouts. I got out of there as soon as possible. She showed up at my...

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27 days....

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:54:00 +0000

I read somewhere that it takes 27 days to form a habit. I've been playing poker almost everyday since 2005, except for a few 2-3 month breaks i took as a result of personal or pc issues... I'm practically addicted! As a result of recent reflection I've come to realize just how deeply poker has become embedded in my everyday life. Because of my...

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Poker and My Life

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 23:30:00 +0000

So its back to the grind and i'm not in a real positive frame of mind about the time spent playing poker over the past few years. I think i've played long enough to figure out that i don't like cash games. so this year i moved to multitable sngs and MTTs which seem more to my liking. I feel my MTT skills were at the sharpest they've ever been in...

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Oh well...

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:03:00 +0000

I'm withdrawing 75% of my bankroll to help make up the down payment for an acre of property on Grand Bahama Island. So that is basically gonna leave me only a few hundred in my bankroll. I will have to move back to the $3 - $10 tourneys exclusively... something i'm not looking forward to. I've already played a few and its brutal. I will focus...

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Major weakness in my Game

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:09:00 +0000

So after months of playing Mtts and getting much better, i think i've keyed in on a major weakness in my game that has been keeping me from making that big score. I rarely tilt any more, bad beats just roll off me. I honestly can not tell you one bad beat story from memory. But my major weakness is still mental. I have difficulty playing the...

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Running Bad? Switch sites

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 16:19:00 +0000

I've run kinda bad over the past two days at fulltilt. So after a few quick bustouts again last night i closed out the full tilt client and opened stars where i had about $622 sitting. I fired up several $12 45 man sngs and had a blast, players were horrible really. At the end of the session i had played 16, cashed 4 with a 2nd, 5th, 2nd, &...

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FTOPS #24 Update

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 16:23:00 +0000

Unfortunately I busted early into the second hour. I just couldn't seem to get anything going. Every hand i raised got called by 2 or more persons and i had to check fold most flops or cbet flop, get floated and chk fold most turns. I did win one pot that got me up to over 6k in the first hour and i had to double barrel with AKs to win that, but...

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FTOPs 24 - hour 1 update

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:05:00 +0000

Made the first break. have a slightly less than average stack but still 69bb stack. Observing the table there are alot of weak players with really low rankings on OPR. There is also one donkey running at 56/2... structure is perfect for him... calls alot and does not let go. has a big stack and is 4 to my left. Alot of opponents to get chips...

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FTOPS EVENT #24

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:41:00 +0000

STRUCTURE: BUY-IN: $120+$9 | STARTING CHIPSTACK: 5000 | BLINDS: 12MINS PER LEVEL My plan: This will be the first time I'm playing this deep and slow a structure. Obviously there will be a lot of room to maneuver post flop, this could be both a blessing and a curse. I thinks it will be important to resists the temptation to mix it up by seeing a...

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Bad Beat

noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:48:00 +0000

My ISP has been acting up for several days now. It finally went down completely last night, unfortunately i was several hours into some tourneys but not yet in the money. All moneys and effort down the drain. So i gave them a call this morning and they have an automated message saying they're doing some maintenance and will be back up asap. It...

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noreply@blogger.com (Game101) — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:30:00 +0000

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