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Update on sngs

2010-11-04T14:17:00.000-07:00

I didn't quite hit my 500 SNG in a week goal, but I did play about 300 at the $60 level and 100 at the $38 level. I lost $350 at at the higher stakes and $650 at the lower. This isn't a huge sample size, but I'm still losing confidence in this plan. Since my SNG rebirth I've played 608 tournaments at the $60 level and won $1,288 which is $2.12 per SNG. If you factor in the $997 I've earned in

Online Cash Game

2010-11-04T13:35:00.000-07:00

Online Cash Game: No Limit Texas Hold 'Em Small Blind $5/ Big Blind $10 You are sitting in middle position with $985 in chips in front of you. Everyone folds over to you, and you look down at Ace-King offsuit. This is the first hand you've entered a pot in this game so far. So you have relatively no read on anyone. (What do you do? Bet or Call?) You like what you see, and you raise it a

UPDATE ON MTTS

2010-03-07T10:07:00.000-08:00

the last few weeks have been very tuff making deep runs in mtts but cant win a important key flip late in the mtt example deep in 12k turbo mtt 45 left me with kk utg open raise for 4x get shoved for 20bb from seat nr 6 so obv i cant fold here kk being all in and opponent turns over a2s and flop hit like 34k wooo i hit a set but scary board still draws out there for him and 3 outs for his ace and

MTT UPDATE

2010-01-27T20:35:00.000-08:00

MTTS AT ITS FINEST TODAY I PLAYED ABOUT 10 MTTS COULD ONLY CASH IN 2 OF THEM I NEARLY BUBBLED THE DAILY 30K WHEN MY KK LOST TO 77S ON THE RIVER I TOOK 156TH IN THE TURBO 12K GTD TOURNAMENT AFTERNOONAND IN THE 12K GTD 8.80 I CAME IN 25TH AFTER GETTING A BAD BEAT IL POST THE HAND OF BUST ANYTHING ELSE DURING THE DAY WAS DOING SLOW AND NOT TO MY FAVOR LETS SEE WHAT THE DAY TOMORROW BRINGS I HOPE A

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2010

2010-01-27T08:42:00.000-08:00

I WISH A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL PLAYERS AND MAY THIS YAER BE VERY SUCCESSFULL TO EVERYONEAS FOR ME THE YEAR 2010 STARTED KINDA SLOW PUTTING SOME DECNT VOLUME ON MTTS BUT ONLY MANAGE TO CASHE THEM NOTHING TO BIG ON SUNDAY I FINISHED 161ST OUT OF 34000 ENTRANTS IN THE 250K ON STARS WHERE I SHOVED 12BB WITH AK AND GET CALLED BY A7O AND HE SPIKED A 7 ON THE RIVER OH WELL I TRY NEXT WEEK AGAINYESTERDAY

goldstar vip in 4 days

2009-04-30T08:29:00.000-07:00

hi guys long time again i havent updated my blog but i was very busy with life so i decided the last 4 days to get gold star vip at pokerstars with that goal in mind i figured the best way to get those 3000 vpps is cash games so i decided to play five card draw cash games witch i dominate in the long run five card dra has also low variance way lower then nlhe mtts so let the challenge beginni hit

heads up poker tips

2009-04-20T12:16:00.000-07:00

hi all i know i havnt been updating my blog but i had a lot a things going on moved town now i live in playa de carmen mexico caribbean site of mexico awesome place so from now on i will be more online and playng again here is a article about heads up play enjoy10 Heads-Up Poker TipsFrom Heads-Up-Poker.orgHeads-Up Poker games, where you face just one opponent, are an exiting and demanding

Attacking and Defending Dead Money in Tournament Poker

2009-02-02T20:20:00.000-08:00

Attacking and Defending Dead Money in Tournament Poker Moreso than any other form of the game, tournament poker is about attacking dead money. This is true first because there is so much of it, with most tournaments employing both antes and blinds to drive action, and also because the blinds and antes are so large relative to the average stack size. As a player’s stack dwindles and the blinds and

BUBBLE PLAY

2009-01-28T17:25:00.001-08:00

Ten Tips for Improving Your Bubble Play Why are tournaments so profitable for the knowledgeable player? It’s because you are always getting a giant overlay. In a 180-man Stars tourney, for instance, you are competing against no more than 100 opponents, and quite often less. In other words, there are at most 100 other players trying to win the tournament. The rest are just trying to cash, and

BLIND STEALING

2009-01-20T09:04:00.001-08:00

You know the guy; he reads the first couple of chapters of Supersystem, which he is now using as a coaster, and he has learnt a dozen poker terms watching WPT. He was at my table last night in a Pokerstars 3 table SNG and spent the entire game telling people what they were doing wrong; "you don't call with that," "you don't raise that much," etc. This weinie made it very clear that he was only

how to bluff a callingstation

2009-01-17T08:48:00.000-08:00

How to Bluff a Calling Station The standard advice for playing against players who call too often is both straight-forward and common-sensical: value bet more hands and do not bluff. This is a solid, profitable strategy, and it is not my intention to turn it on its head. However, I do not believe that you will maximize your profits by adhering to a strict rule of “Never bluff a calling station.”

Profitable Situations

2009-01-14T13:51:00.001-08:00

Profitable Situations How much would you pay for a program that allowed you to see your opponents’ hole cards? Wouldn’t it be even better if you had a program that gave your opponents whatever hole cards you wanted them to have? And if you had such a program, you wouldn’t just give them all garbage so that you could steal their blinds; you would want to give them second best hands and then value

profitable mistakes

2009-01-10T22:24:00.000-08:00

Profitable Mistakes I want to begin this month by looking at a few hypothetical situations:1. You are holding a pair of 7’s on a 799 flop and get all your money in against a single opponent. The turn is a 5 and the river is an Ace. Your opponent tables A9 and drags the pot, having rivered a higher full house.2. Same situation, but this time your opponent shows you 99 for the flopped nuts.3. You

MY NEW MTT MENTOR IS AWSOME

2008-11-28T12:52:00.000-08:00

HI ITS TIME FOR ANOTHER UPDATE LAST ONE WAS 2WEEKS AGO I KNOW I SAID I WOULD UPDATE MORE OFTEN MT BLOG BUT SINCE I HAVE STARTED WITH MY NEW MENTOR I ALMOST HAVE NO TIME FOR MY BLOG I HAVE BEEN STUDYING VERY MUCH LATELY TO BRING MY MTT GAME TO THE NEXT LEVELSO AS I HAVE STATED IN THE LAST POST I AM NOW BEING MENTORED BY A WELL KNOWN ONLINE PRO I AM VERY PROUD AND THANKFULL THAT HE TOOK ME UNDER

TOURNAMENT UPDATE

2008-11-13T19:47:00.000-08:00

HI FOLKS HERE COMES THE PROMISED UPDATE NOT SO FREQUENTLY ADS I WISH BUT I HAVE BEEN BUSY PLAYING AND STUDYING SO NOT MUCH TIME TO UPDATE HERE FINALLY I FOUND SOME SPACETHE LAST FEW WEEKS I PLAYED A LOT OF MTTS WITH MIXED RESULTS I HAVE BEEN STUDYING MORE ABOUT THE MTT GAMEI WAS LUCKY ENOUGH TO PARTICIPATE IN A GROUP SESSION VIA SKYPE WITH A WELL KNOWN ONLINE PRO WE WHERE 10 PEOPLE HE DID A FREE

MTT UPDATE

2008-10-14T07:40:00.000-07:00

HI GUYS HERE GOES A SMALL UPDATE ON MTTS SINCE I CAME BACK TO THE ONLINE FELTI PLAYED A BUNCH OF MTTS ALL SIZES BUT WITH NO MAYOR RESULTS I DID MANAGE TO MAKE A FEW DEEP RUNS BUT RUN OUT OF LUCK IN LATE STAGES HERE GOES SOME RESULTS33US MTT 20K GUARANTEED ON STARS FINISHED 13TH AFTER MY QQ LOSES TO 44 ON RIVER SO CLOSE BEFORE THE FINAL TABLE RUN OUT OF LUCK I PLAYED GOOD WAS VERY HAPPY WITH MY

BACK FROM POKER BREAK

2008-09-14T18:45:00.000-07:00

AFTER TAKING A LONG BREAK OF POKER YOU HAVE NOTICED I HAVENT UPDATED MY BLOG IN MONTHS BUT I NEEDED A BREAK I WAS BURNED OUT AND RUNNING HORRIBLE ON TOP YESTERDAY I MADE A COMEBACK TO THE ONLINE POKER WORLD AND IT WENT FINE OR LETS SAY NOT TO BAD I PLAYED A FEW TOURNAMENTS AT POKERSTARS I WILL POST A FEW HANDS FOR EVERYBODY HERE IT WAS JUST A SICK RIDE YESTERDAY PLAYED A 5US 360 MAN MTT CAME IN

UPDATE 21 APRIL

2008-04-21T17:51:00.000-07:00

HEY FOLKS I KNOW I HAVENT BEEN UPDATING MY BLOG LATELY BUT I HAD A LOT A THINGS GOING ON NOT SO MUCH TIME FOR POKER OFCOURSE HERE AND THERE I PLAYED A A MTT BUT WITH NO MAYOR SCORE TO REPORT OF YESTERDAY I PLAYED A FEW PLACED IN THE 100K IN 522NDOR SO SO LOSE AGAIN WHEN MY AK LOST TO AQ FOR 300K POT THEN I PLAYED THE REBUY 30K AND MANAGE TO GET MY MONEY IN WITH AA VS 88 AND RIVER BROUGHT A 8 SO

APRIL 5 /08

2008-04-05T10:57:00.000-07:00

LAST WEEK I FOCUSED MORE ON 5 CARD DRAW I DID PLAY A FEW MTTS BUT I RUN SO BAD AT MTTS ITS NOT FUN ANYMORE EVERYTIME SOME DONKEY OVERPLAYS HIS HAND AND SUCKS OUT ON ME IL PUT A FEW EXAMPLE HANDSTODAY SATURDAY I WILL BE PLAYNG ALL DAY MTTS AND AT NIGHT IL JUMP ON THE DRAW TABLES TO MAKE A FEW BUY INSI STILL HAVENT QUALIFIED FOR LAPT YET I WILL KEEP TRYING I WANT TO PLAY THAT EVENTAND NEXT WEEK IL

sunday mtt report 31/3

2008-03-31T08:05:00.000-07:00

YESTERDAY SUNDAY I PLAYED A FEW MTTS LIKE 8 OF THEM DURING THE DAY WHICH IS NOT MUCH FOR MYSELF I USUALLY PLAY A LOT MORE BUT I DECIDED TO TAKE IT A BIT MORE EASY AND FOCUS MORE ON TELLS AND READS INSTEAD OF PLAING A SYSTEMAND I DID QUIT WELL CASHED IN 5 OUT OF 8 MTTS THIS SUNDAY NOTHING BIG THO NO FINAL TABLE TO BAD BUT I PLAYED A GREAT AGGRESSIVE STYLE OF POKER MY TABLE WAS FEARING ME AND I WAS

HAPPY EASTERN FOR ALL GREEKS 28/3

2008-03-27T16:12:00.000-07:00

OK SINCE I AM GREEK YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE CELEBRATE EASTERN ONE WEEK LATER THEN THE CHRISTIANS SO XRONIA POLLA XRISTOS ANESTY TO ALL GREEKS READING MY BLOGI PLAYED A COUPLE MTTS THE LAST COUPLE DAYS BUT MY BEST FINISH WAS 28TH SOME TERRIBLE SUCKOUTS AS USUAL HAPPENS LATE IN TOURNEYS OR WHEN A BAD PLAYER OVERPLAYS HIS HAND AND GETS REWARDED ON THE RIVER THATS HOW I LOSE LATE IN MTTS I PLAYED A BIT

HAPPY EASTER 22/03.08

2008-03-21T17:17:00.000-07:00

WELL EASTER WEEK IS HERE IN TOWN AND I DECIDED TO TAKE A COUPLE DAYS OFF AND SPEND SOME QUALITY TIME WITH MY WIFE AND FRIENDS ON THE BEACH I AM STILL ON A COLD RUN ON STARS IN 5CD I WAS RUNNING REALLY COLD THE LAST 2 SESSIONS WHERE POSITIVE SO IT SEEMS LIKE I RUN BETTER AT DRAWMTTS ARE NOT SO GOOD FOR ME I PLAYED THE 30K ONLY TO FINISH 85TH FROM 3800 ENTRANTS WHEN MY AA LOST TO 55 WELL WHAT CAN I

DONT PLAY TOO AGGRESIVE

2008-03-17T19:47:00.000-07:00

POKER IS A GAME WERE WE HAVE TO BALANCE AGGRESION AT A TABLE DEPENDS ON THE OPPONENTS SITTING THERE MY AGGRESIVE STYLE IS SOMETIMES COSTING ME A LOT A CHIPS AND TOURNAMENTS WHEN I RUN INTO MONSTER HANDS WITH MY 2 SUITED CONECTORS OR EVEN UNSUITED SO MORAL OF THIS IS DONT BLUFF ALL YOUR CHIPS OFF IN LATE STAGES OF THE TOURNEY OR SNG I WILL POST SOME HANDS FOR YOU DO SEE WHAT I MEAN HEHE OK LATELY

COMMING BACK TO THE TABLES

2008-03-10T18:15:00.000-07:00

WELL I HIT THE POKER TABLES AGAIN AND I PLAYED 2 MTTS ONLY AND PLACED IN THE MONEY BUT NOTHING CLOSE TO FINAL TABLEI FOCUSED ON 5 CARD DRAW THE LAST COUPLE DAYS SINCE I AM BACK ONLINE AND THE FIRST 3DYAS WENT VERY WELL MADE A FEW BUYINS IN PROFITI PLAYED MY GAME AS USUAL BUT MAN I TELL YA GUYS IF THE POKER GODS ARE AGAINST YOU THERE IS NOTHING YOU CAN DO THE LAST2DASYI HAVE BEEN ON A DOWNSWING

BACK ONLINE UFFFFFFFFFFF

2008-03-04T15:57:00.000-08:00

FINALLY I AM ONLINE AGAIN IT TOOK THEM IDIOTS OVER 3 WEEKS TO SET ME UP A HIGH SPEED INTERNET LINE I WENT TRUE HELL TO GET IT BUT NOW I AM ON AGAINI AM ANXIOUS TO PLAY SINCE I HAVENT PLAYED IN OVER A MONTH OR SO SO I AM REGISTERED AS I WRITE THIS IN A FEW MTTS 20K 30K A COUPLE WSOP SATTELITES I HOPE I CAN WIN MY WSOP SEAT THIS YEAR AS EARLY AS LAST YEAR SO I DONT HAVE TO SWAET IT LATER ON IN JULY