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April Results

Date: Sat, May 3, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

April was a really good month. I finally won my first MTT for 1500.00 and got deep in several other tournaments with +5k 1st place prizes. I feel that my tournament game has taken a step in the right direction although i still make too many mistakes. During this month i started playing 25nl fullring and had some pretty good results. Its not a...

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Sooo Close!

Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I played several tournaments lastnight and got deep in the $25+2.5 25K Guaranteed, I finished 35th of 1452 runners. I was sitting 8th of 38 with thoughts of final tabling and taking this thing down, when i completed A6o in the small blind. I normally would've raised this hand but there was a utg limper. On the flop villain insta pushed and i...

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Taking Shots with Tournament Dollars

Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Before i get into my plans for using my tournament dollars i will discuss lastnight's tournaments. I played in two tournaments; a $12 180 man sng and a $3 Rebuy MTT. Although i was playing while watching the NBA playoffs (GO LAKERS!), I still played really well. I final tabled the 180 man sng but was the short stack because my AQo A few hands...

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Bad Beat Sunday

Date: Mon, Apr 28, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I was all set to win one of my sunday tournies :) unfortunately Stars apparently experienced some technical difficulties. My first tournament didn't start until almost 2pm and somehow i wasn't right after that. I busted the 5k and the daily 15k within the first hour and decided to unregister from the 100k. I moved over to fulltilt and promptly...

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Sunday's Tournaments

Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I have 3 tournaments lined up for today. The 5k Guaranteed @ 1:00pm The Daily 15K @ 2:05pm The Sunday Hundred Grand @ 3:30pm If these don't work out i may play some 180s depending on how i feel. wish me luck. -Isgrinder

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Happy Birthday Isgrinder

Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Another year older today. Not sure what i'm gonna do though, most of my close friends are off the Island. My really good friend is at the hospital with his wife about to have a baby girl who will be my Godchild. It looks like she will be born on my bday... how cool is that. Will probably just go to dinner, but its still early, once i start...

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Tale of two Sites: Stars|Tilt

Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

My months always seem to go like this on Stars; At the beginning i have very nice scores then... nothing. Early in April i took 2nd in a $4 180 and 1st in a $5 mtt, total profit was around $1662.00. I also made two other FTs in $4 180 sngs but no top 3 finishes. It seemed i was heading for a break out month. Since then nothing. I can't get deep...

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Good Night on FTP

Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Still not doing much on Stars but i had a really good night at fulltilt. I took 3rd in a $10 90 KO for $100.00. I felt i shouldve taken this down but it was not to be. I felt i played well in several smaller tournaments but didnt get anywhere. I took a break, got something to eat and decided to put in a hour at 25nl tables. I had been 6 tabling...

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Sunday Tournament

Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I only played one MTT today, the $5 5K guaranteed at 1pm. I finished 57th out of 3353 for $27. Not a huge score, but i really had fun playing this tourny, i think i played really well actually except for a few mistakes. I was running really well, accumulating chips with ease for most of the tourny when i ran into huge hand and lost 95% of my...

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Micro stakes update

Date: Sat, Apr 19, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

The micro mtt sng turbos are still kicking my ass. I've taken to pushbotting and have gotten deep in a few. The chat goes crazy though with guys calling me donkey and bingo player... etc etc lol. As a result i get alot of spite calls later in the tourny when blinds become huge relative to stacks and i get call down lite alot. meh. So lastnight i...

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I'm Back and running pooorly!

Date: Thu, Apr 17, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I'm done with Stats! Now back to poker. Unfortunately i don't seem as sharp as i was a couple weeks ago and i'm running like crap. I've played 20+ mtt sngs and have not cashed in any. I'm taking beat after beat in the $3 90 man KO sngs on FT and the $3 45 man sngs on stars. Its relentless. I finally resorted to playing some single table $5 sngs...

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Inner Turmoil

Date: Sat, Apr 12, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

There's been a battle going on inside me for the last few weeks. I'm taking a statistics course that I hate and I'm pretty sure I'm going to fail. There's a part of me that wants to quit and be done with it. But there's a part of me thats going "don't be a quitter, just see this thing through fail or not, just complete it" So far I've been going...

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Update

Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Haven't been able to do a review of my win yet. Things have been kinda hectic, trying to finish a case study and prepare for a final stats exam. GOD I HATE this course! I feel pretty good poker-wise, but i can't play as much as i'd like right now. Played 2 $4 180 man sngs in the last two days and final tabled both, finishing 8th & 2nd. By...

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Fold this 100% in Micro Stake Sngs or MTTs

Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

One of the most important skills in nlhe is knowing when to fold. In Micro Stakes Sngs and low buy in MTTs if we raise and get reraised by SB/BB we can fold up to QQ with out feeling too badly. Unless we have a read that villain is a maniac, a reraise from the blinds, especially in the early stages is more often than not AA/KK. One...

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