Almost done with the evil kitchen!
Date: Fri, May 23, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
I’ve played a little bit of poker, but am hopelessly off the pace. I think I’m at 4,100 FPP at this point. I’m about to fly off to New York, so I will probably not play this weekend at all. On the plus side, the kitchen is nearly done. We’re probably [...]
Podcasting temporarily
Date: Wed, May 21, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
I’m still working on a solution that will be a bit more elegant in terms of putting each podcast neatly within its own individual post, but at a minimum, you should be able to clik on the little podcast deal on the right and hear my phone updates live from Las Vegas when I head [...]
I am a tilt inducing machine
Date: Wed, May 21, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
I was four tabling last night, trying to build up a few FPPs prior to my Vegas trip. I’ll ridiculously off the pace this month. I think I’ve got about 33% of the hands I need to play despite the calendar saying that the month is 67% over. I’m fairly sure I’m [...]
Half of the new granite installed!
Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
Its kind of a good news/bad news thing. We really, really love the way the new countertops turned out. Unfortunately, the installers managed to crack the longest piece all the way through. In the thin piece just in front of the sink, there is a noticeable crack that runs all the way [...]
Home Renovation Progress at last!
Date: Sat, May 17, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
This blog entry is essentially devoid of poker content. Sorry about that. My Dad came up to help with the electrical projects. We took down the old kitchen light fixture, poked a new hole across the room, ran wire between them and installed new new ceiling boxes (as well as reassembled the old light until the [...]
I am the ITH People’s Co-Champion!
Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
After abdicating my role as organizer of the ITH People’s Championship, I finally put in a good showing at the actual event. On the very first hand of the tourney, I found KK and raised it up. Yankees 3 bet from the BB with AK. I went ahead and shoved, which was actually probably donkish, [...]
Once again, I’m way off the pace….
Date: Wed, May 14, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
Again this month, real life events have superseded my poker playing and I have fallen way behind on points for my SuperNova quest. So far, I have only accumulated about 1,500 FPPs, which is obviously way behind the 10,000 I would need to remain Platinum. I think I’m going to concentrate more on NL cash [...]
Tenative Vegas schedule
Date: Tue, May 13, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
I was looking at some of the poker events and trying to decide how to arrange my poker playing schedule for the first week of the WSOP. Here is my initial game plan: Sat, 5/30> Play sit-n-gos and sats, claim Stars merchandise for Event 2, rail Matthew, Paul and Chris Sun 6/1> Day 1b of WSOP Event [...]
My favorite poker quote ever
Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
This pretty much sums up my feelings about poker in general and my struggles in particular: “I’ve worked very, very hard at being less of an idiot more of the time” Andy Black The context was him saying that when he is on his game, he is a very good player. He accumulates chips very well and [...]
Tiny Tip #2
Date: Tue, May 6, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
When it folds to you in the small blind, complete. If the flop misses you or you flop a draw, bet the flop. If the flop hits you, check-raise. This will cover 90% of your hands in this situation. The other situations that come up are: You hit the flop and he fails to [...]
Tiny tip #1
Date: Fri, May 2, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
I thought of posting this one last night. In general, when someone limps in the small blind to your big blind, you should raise. I find that about 70% of the time they will fold pre-flop or on the flop, making the move profitable with any two cards. If someone routinely folds pre-flop when you [...]
April wrap-up
Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
April was a bit of a struggle, because I played almost no poker for half the month and had to scramble to get in enough hands by the end of the month. I definitely played badly for several stretches as a result, sometimes making poor table selection decisions and sometimes just missing obvious opportunities. [...]
Check raising the flop for fun and profit, Part Two
Date: Wed, Apr 30, 2008 Internet Live Tournament
This article is the conclusion of a series. If you haven’t done so already, you should probably read Part One or skip this post too if you are my Mom. There are five basic results that you will see when you check-raise the flop in terms of how the other players will handle it. [...]
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