Sugar Daddy
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 Internet
One thing I've found while playing around at PokerTime's micro-limit NLHE tables is that most of my opponents are liable to hold any two cards at any time. It's as if I'm playing every hand against someone seeing a free flop from the big blind.
Then end-result is that every flop if a minefield. Yet more often than not, TPTK is absolute gold in these games.
Take a look at this next hand. Unlike many of the hands I've played recently, it just so happens that I'm the one seeing a free flop...
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Horrors Abound
Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 Internet
I traded in the horrors of online poker for the horrors of Condemned 2: Bloodshot (Xbox 360) last night. If you're interested in subjecting yourself to one of the more terrifying video game experiences ever, you can buy yourself a copy of right here.
If you'd like to know more, check out these posts from The Greedy Gamer:First Impressions: Condemned 2Quick Weekend Re-CapGamerscore, Heart Rate On the Rise (Condemned 2)And if you're looking to combat the horrors of the inevitable rake on each...
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And the cold-streak continues...
Date: Wed, May 21, 2008 Internet
I remember a time when I used to feel confident playing poker. It didn't matter if I was playing cash games, tournaments, or sit-n-gos. I just felt that I'd end up ahead in the end. Well, those days have long passed. A bad month at the tables in March got the ball of self-doubt rolling. And it doesn't look like it'll stop any time soon.
I was hoping that a new focus on sit-n-gos might help me refocus and enjoy poker again. Unfortunately, my current winless streak of 41 straight...
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Big Fish
Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 Internet
I had a great weekend even though I was a busy bastard all weekend long. Despite all the craziness, I still managed to play some poker. That's right: honest-to-goodness poker! The good news is that I have a whole slew of hands that I can post and discuss. The bad news is that I still suck at SNGs.
Friday night started off a little hectic. I watched the kids while my wife cleaned the house. M.J. was due to arrive at 8:30 PM and my wife didn't want anyone to see the house in its current...
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Family, Long Weekends, and Luck
Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 Internet
The long weekend is almost here. Three days of poker, video games, BBQ, and a little BYOB. Happy days are here again!
As promised, I'm going to be hitting the SNG circuit pretty hard tonight. I think I'll give PokerStars a shot and maybe Titan Poker too if their traffic is reasonably good. I'm also going to have a few drinks - maybe more if I'm "feeling" it. I know that drinks won't make me play any better but they'll definitely help with my ability to handle variance. The last time I...
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Join Team Bodog for the WSOP 2008
Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 Internet
With all the talk of blogger tournaments and the World Series of Poker going on, I'm thinking about trying my hand at some MTTs at some point in the near future. I actually have a pretty good record in the twenty or so tournaments that I've played in over the past few years.
Speaking of tournaments, I thought I'd also mention that Bodog is currently running a series of blogger tournaments. I can't play in these tournaments because Canadians can't sign up at Bodog. But there's nothing...
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Poker, Games, and More Games
Date: Thu, May 15, 2008 Internet
I've spent the past few days playing a whole lot of Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare for my Xbox 360. At the same time, I'm continuing to read Sit N' Go Strategy in the hopes of finding something that I missed on my previous readings of the book. I guess we'll see how well I've prepared myself when I hit the tables hard tomorrow night.
That's right - it's time for a little Friday night poker again. Some drinks, some poker, and hopefully some good luck will see me hit my 3 win requirement...
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A Complicated Plan
Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 Internet
I played a couple sit-n-gos last night, busting out in 4th and 6th. Not too bad for my first go. I'll have to run my bust-out hands through an ICM calculator before determining whether or not I played properly.
In the meantime, I've come up with a plan of attack for tackling sit-n-gos in a profitable and, more importantly, fun manner.
I've decided to set my default SNG buy-in at 1.25% of my bankroll. Although I could go a little higher (1.8% is reasonable), I'll be playing two or three...
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A New Plan
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 Internet
After a couple months away from the tables, I'm more or less ready to return. However, I still feel that I'm on tilt given my awful month of March at the tables. I guess it's been a little hard dealing with the fact that I'm not quite as good a poker player as I'd hoped after getting so lucky in February. It's hard to settle for mediocre when you've seen how good it can be.
In any case, I'm changing up my game plan yet again. Why? Because I can. Nothing I write for this site is set in...
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Sad News
Date: Tue, May 6, 2008 Internet
I will be unable to post at either Klopzi's Mediocre Poker or The Greedy Gamer until next week. I lost a good friend to cancer this week. She put a good fight. She defied the odds every step of the way. And I will miss her dearly...
When my friend was diagnosed with liver cancer, they gave her three months to live. Thanks to advances in cancer research and treatment, she gained an additional four quality years of life to spend with her young daughters. She watched them grow, learn, and...
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Cursed?
Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 Internet
I cursed myself when I mentioned that my youngest was sleeping through the night. He now does the exact opposite. If you'd like to know how well I'm sleeping right now, divide the hours from midnight until 7 AM into manageable 10 minutes chunks. I don't think that sleep gets any more broken than that...
I haven't played any poker. I don't think that comes as a shock to most of you. It's hard to play poker when you're tired or just not feeling up to it. Variance and poor play have ways...
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Going Pro?
Date: Thu, Apr 24, 2008 Internet
Things have been pretty busy, precluding me from getting started on my "Pocket Queens Suck" posts (name liable to change). Instead, I've been making some hit and run posts over at my other site - The Greedy Gamer.
On the plus side, my traffic is booming over at The Greedy Gamer. On the downside, increased game time means that my poker bankroll has only grown a measly $100 this month.
In poker-related news, have you read Alan's recent post where he hints that he'll be testing the waters of...
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Who flipped the switch?
Date: Wed, Apr 23, 2008 Internet
Is it just me or is the entire poker blogger community going through a downswing right now? Everywhere I turn, I'm reading about tough hands, bad luck, tilty plays, and thousands of dollars lost over very few hands.
So...who flipped the Doom Switch?
I'll be honest. I've managed to avoid the bad luck this month. You might argue that's because I've played less than two thousand hands...and you'd be right. It's amazing how much of my bankroll I'm able to save by simply limiting the amount of...
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Pocket Queens
Date: Mon, Apr 21, 2008 Internet
I've never understood why so many poker players have an irrational fear of Pocket Queens. Jacks? Sure - sometimes they can be tricky. But Queens?! Come on! If you're not winning with Queens, how good a hand are you looking for?
But then a friend of mine sent me a series of hands featuring his Queens against his Villains' various hands. And it's not pretty...
I'll be back in the next day or two with some of these hands and a few of my own. Let's see just how happy or sad you should be to...
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