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Heads up at the final table: The End

Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 Internet Tournament

Well, as promised, this will be the final blog here “At the poker table.” In June 2005, I was the first live blog that the Times Herald-Record ran, believe it or not, and it shows with the amount of spam comments that are on some of the original posts. I started this as a dumb [...]

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It wasn’t his year but it was his night

Date: Thu, Jan 1, 2009 Internet Tournament

The final live blogged poker game was certainly an exciting one. And I would have blogged about it earlier but the snow came, as did the new year, and I was lazy. But - here’s what happened. And I’ll do one final reflective blog before putting “At the poker table” on the rail for good. 10. [...]

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Two pizzas, fifty wings, a six foot hero …..

Date: Wed, Dec 24, 2008 Internet Tournament

And a partridge in a pear tree. Poker this week was Holiday themed as Dave’s mom went all out and had the thing catered. So not only were we all gluttonous with our eating, we doubled the buy in to boot and I blogged less, simply because I was eating and concentrating on getting *this* close [...]

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That name again is Mr. Plow

Date: Thu, Dec 18, 2008 Internet Tournament

As this poker blog slowly comes to its end, because our game is doing that, we picked up another regular: Jason F, who has played in the past. When Jason F. isn’t playing poker, he runs a successful outdoor type business that includes plowing. So…if you’re a Simpsons fan, then you probably know who won [...]

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Ride the rush or play it safe?

Date: Wed, Dec 10, 2008 Internet Tournament

Have you ever had six of your friends scream in your face all at once? How about on three separate occasions, within 10 minutes at the poker table? That happened to me at poker last night. And I’ll explain why…. 8. Charlie (rebuy) 7. Jim (rebuy) 6. Me (rebuy) 5. Jason 4. Ryan (rebuy) 3. Paul 2. Leara - Charlie - Jim 1. [...]

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The Countdown begins with some vacation quickness

Date: Tue, Dec 2, 2008 Internet Tournament

This evening marks the beginning of my short December vacation, which basically means - I don’t feel like blogging. So here are tonight’s results. I won’t even bitch about how I totally felt like it was my night when I had pocket Kings and 2 all ins in front of me, only to get 2 [...]

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Babies and brothers

Date: Wed, Nov 26, 2008 Internet Tournament

As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, poker was all about family. My younger brother Dennis was in the house and everyone was playing “babies,” which is poker terminology for small cards. Some of that worked out, some of it didn’t. Here is the tale. 8. Charlie (rebuy) 7. Dennis (rebuy) 6. Ryan (rebuy) - Ryan 5. Jim 4. Me 3. Paul - [...]

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The strong get stronger

Date: Wed, Nov 19, 2008 Internet Tournament

Though only six played last night, it was just another opportunity for Charlie - who is leading in Player of the Year - to add to his lead. And he did so with some luck and great play. 6. Paul 5. Me 4. Jim 3. Ryan 2. Jason 1. Charlie This game was very slow moving early on. Paul had a huge [...]

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Strong to quite strong

Date: Wed, Nov 12, 2008 Internet Tournament

Aggression wins pots. That’s what everyone says and early on Dave was proving it. However, a few crazy hands later his momentum slowed and shifted over to some other players. We joked he was betting “strong, to quite strong” just like Greg Focker’s portfolio, but it wasn’t enough. 7. Ryan (rebuy) 6. Jim (rebuy) 5. Jason (rebuy) - [...]

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Eventually predictable

Date: Thu, Nov 6, 2008 Internet Tournament

Scan down this page. Notice something? I always finish fourth. I don’t know why. I just do. And fourth is the worst because, the way my friends and I play it means I don’t get Player of the Year points (those go to the top 3) or cash (top 2). It’s the ultimate bubble and [...]

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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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