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Almost enough poker karma

Date: Tue, Oct 28, 2008 Internet Tournament

I tried to store up good poker karma tonight, but I didn’t get enough. Throughout the night I made some great, and questionable, laydowns that were all very painful. In the end, I thought they would give me enough clout to get to the end. But it didn’t quite work out. 9. Paul (rebuy) 8. Jim (rebuy) 7. [...]

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First to worst and back again

Date: Tue, Oct 21, 2008 Internet Tournament

The night started with Ryan playing a middle pair exceedingly well. Later his cards when cold and he found himself heads up against a steamrolling Dave. That run of bad luck flipped at that point, however, as several great hands in a row brought the guy who won a big first hand another big win. 7. [...]

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BEARDFACE!!!

Date: Tue, Oct 14, 2008 Internet Tournament

Early on after busting two players early, it looked like Ryan was cruising. But we all know early chip stacks are damn near impossible to keep and Ryan had to deal with the legend that is BEARDFACE. Beardface is Jason, who has been growing a beard for a month for some kind of Halloween costume [...]

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Germain vs. Pocket Aces

Date: Tue, Oct 7, 2008 Internet Tournament

The mantra with pocket aces is you either win a small pot with them or lose a big one. Tonight, I danced with the bullets three times. Once I barely survived. Second, I triumphed. And the third battle was for the entire tournament. 7. Ryan 6. John 5. Charlie 4. Dave 3. Paul 2. Germain 1. Jim The first battle was in the [...]

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A brief return to Wednesday

Date: Thu, Oct 2, 2008 Internet Tournament

Poker last night was largely uneventful. That and I was really tired. So here’s the results after a week off and one big hand. 8. Paul (rebuy) 7. John - Paul 6. Germain 5. Charlie 4. Jason 3. Jim 2. Tara 1. Harry The hand of the night was a 7 way limped pot. I was the only one who folded (73). Flop comes [...]

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Acting like the player of the year

Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2008 Internet Tournament

My cards were stone cold all night and the best hand I had? Well, I got all my money in against an Oscar worthy performance by Charlie. He played me and played like the guy who has won the most tournaments so far this year, even if it was on a rebuy. 8. Dave 7. Charlie (rebuy) 6. [...]

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The Diamond Flush

Date: Tue, Sep 9, 2008 Internet Tournament

Normally, I blog about our tournament and tonight I was going to do the same. I have all the notes to prove it. But during our post tournament cash game we played one of the most improbable hands in recent memory and, because I was the benefactor, I figured I’d rub it in JUST a [...]

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Hunting the Runner, Runner Boat

Date: Tue, Sep 2, 2008 Internet Tournament

In the first blind level tonight, Jim couldn’t miss a hand. He’d win a hand via betting and then rabbit hunt and his 58 or 69, which had a top pair, would get running cards and make a full house or flush or whatever. It was sick. And though he did drop a bit in [...]

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I like this Tuesday thing

Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 Internet Tournament

The poker blog is a day early this week because we’ve unofficially moved the game to Tuesdays. The reason? Grad school is starting for several of our players and switching the night off Wednesday would give us at least one more player. That player, Ryan, of course, didn’t come tonight - along with several others, [...]

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Three Big Stacks

Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 Internet Tournament

About an hour into our tournament I made the following note: Charlie, Harry and Eric have all doubled up. Well, wouldn’t you know it that the three players who knocked out players ended up being the final three. And from there, the cards flew. 7. Jim (rebuy) 6. Paul (rebuy) - Jim - Paul 5. Ryan 4. Me 3. Charlie 2. [...]

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No poker tonight

Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 Internet Tournament

A bunch of my friends (not poker friends) are going to Bethel Woods tonight so I won’t be blogging about poker. However, I did play in a big tournament this weekend and did very well. 30 people played and we paid 45 dollars for 11000 chips. For $15 you could buy 5000 more chips but I [...]

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Go go Gadget Self Destruct

Date: Wed, Aug 6, 2008 Internet Tournament

Thank you Charlie for that HILARIOUS title/reference to the ’80s cartoon. However, I’m sorry to say it’s completely accurate. After a good start, boring middle and hot finish I made a hasty move that took me from the near chip lead to 0 in the blink of an eye. But we’ll get to that in [...]

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I need a vacation

Date: Wed, Jul 16, 2008 Internet Tournament

My annual vacation couldn’t come at a better time. Tonight’s run of cards was so god awful that I’m grateful to have a week off to think about nothing besides geek culture (I’m going to San Diego Comic Con next week and will not have a blog posted). 7. Paul (rebuy) 6. Chris (rebuy) (Friend of Harry) - [...]

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500 to 10000 not enough

Date: Wed, Jul 9, 2008 Internet Tournament

Two guys were crippled tonight late in the tournament. Me? I had one chip worth 500 and turned into 10,000. It wasn’t enough. Another player, the man who won the first two hands, got broomcorned to around 2000 and turned it into 40. That was good enough for his first win. Even if it was [...]

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