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I am completely buried.

Date: Wed, Apr 9, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Me being me, I can’t really just sit back and watch someone else do the new kitchen. I have very specific ideas about proper carpentry and I find than not many people share my particular brand of fussiness. Therefore, I feel the need to stay directly involved so that I can steer [...]

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I’m going to have a hard time getting my hands in this month, I think.

Date: Tue, Apr 1, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

The remodel is now in full swing.  Everything I own is coated in a fine layer of drywall mud dust.  My continued failure to have opinions about every question is driving my wife and designer nuts.  I feel bad for them both.  I really wish that I could generate some sort of strong feelings about [...]

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Interesting trivia from my log files

Date: Sat, Mar 29, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

In the comments to this post, Nuke asked my opinion of a few of the regular players in the 10/20 and 15/30 games.  He named three players and I named one additional player.  Today, I was looking through my referral logs from Google and discovered an interesting fact.  Two of the four player nicknames mentioned [...]

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Check-raising the flop for fun and profit, Part One

Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

First things first. I may have “stole” some of this material from a number of poker books. At this point, I have read so much and forgot even more, so I no longer remember which ideas are my own and which ideas I learned from the greats. Also, I make no promises [...]

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It exists if I say it does.

Date: Fri, Mar 28, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

One of midget nephews is turning four tomorrow.  When quizzed about what he would like for his birthday he happily extolled the virtues of his preferred toy, named mega-Mechanikat.  He went into quite some detail about how the toy works and what makes it the coolest thing since the last thing he was into.  I [...]

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The problem with a goal to play a certain number of hands per month

Date: Wed, Mar 26, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I have stalled at 9,000 FPPs and I’m not sure when I’m going to play again this month. I was in New York this weekend checking out the auto show while Suited shopped and now I’m in the middle of the remodel. To top it all off, I’m getting ready to take a [...]

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Poker? What’s that?

Date: Thu, Mar 20, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Life has really gotten in the way of poker lately. The crazy remodel starts in earnest next week, so I’ve had a list of tasks a mile long. I cleared the small pantry and got to do some demolition, which is the best part of any project. I banged out the shelves [...]

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Easy go, easy come

Date: Sat, Mar 15, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I played a bit more yesterday, having up to four tables at times. I played pretty much all the 30/60 and 15/30 games and I got called a fish a lot. As usual, that was a good sign. There was one terrible, terrible player at the 15/30 table who played pretty much [...]

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I got beat like a drum last night

Date: Fri, Mar 14, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I haven’t even loaded it into PokerTracker yet, I was not that enthused about reviewing my session. I finished the night with a fairly short 30/60 session where I got hammered from beginning to end. I played exactly three big pots and got crushed in all three. First, I flopped the nut [...]

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Today was 200 day.

Date: Thu, Mar 13, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I played 200 hands and won $200 and earned 200 FPPs. Actually, I earned 300, but it would be cooler if I earned 200 for the purposes of this post. I will add a hand where I won $200 and were I lost $200: PokerStars 15/30 Hold’em (10 handed) Preflop: Hero is BB with , [...]

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The surest sign that I’m back on my “A” game

Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

There is one thing that always happens to me when I’m playing good.  I get abuse in the chat box telling me what an idiot I am.  I find this to be a surefire sign that I’m playing right.  It is because when I’m on my game, I’m tormenting people by pushing them around and [...]

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The fine line between aggression and stupidity.

Date: Tue, Mar 11, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I was just reviewing my hands from Sunday and found this gem of superstar play in which I may have goofed up every street. PokerStars 10/20 Hold’em (8 handed) Preflop: Hero is UTG with , . Hero calls, 1 fold, MP1 calls, MP2 raises, 1 fold, Button 3-bets, 2 folds, Hero calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls. This was a [...]

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Cooking with Gas

Date: Mon, Mar 10, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I actually had a really good day Sunday for the first time in a while.  I was down about $1,000 on the month going into Sunday and I’m now up about the same on Monday.  That makes Sunday about a $2,000 day, which is a very good day indeed. I’ve been mixing it up a bit, [...]

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I think I am more motivated to blog on winning days than losing days.

Date: Thu, Mar 6, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Over the weekend, I dropped around $1,000 between tourneys, NL and limit. Mostly, I played good and had bad results, but I am running out of ways to say that. I will elaborate on the specific situation I’m in at the moment and how I’m dealing with it. But first, I wanted [...]

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