Lucky People I watched ESPN's coverage of the WSOP today and realized that I've come to despise tournament luckboxes. Those people who win a big one and think they're suddenly God's gift to poker. Sure you have to be good, but you also have to be tremendously lucky (obviously). For those that celebrate their good fortune - God bless you. For those that think that a tournament win proves how good
A Poker Player’s Self Deception Deception and poker go hand-in-hand. The game is all about making others think one thing when the truth is the opposite. In a situation where lies and deceit are all part of the game, it’s hard to be honest with the one person you need to tell the truth to: yourself. Here are some ways poker players self-deceive. Self-Deception and Table Image in Poker In poker,
Anybody want some poker books, software and a Pokerstars jersey? Go bid on Ebay. I'm moving to Orlando and we're selling off half of our stuff so we can travel light. My trips to Atlantic City will be few and far between now (as if they hadn't already shrunken). Before I could get in the car and be there in three hours. Now, it'll be a three hour flight and security lines, delays, etc. I'm
Tyler at http://www.bettingforvalue.com/ has a new site that I thought I'd post here: It is interesting both for poker bloggers and interested readers, RoundersBuzz.com. It is a recently launched social voting website just for poker content. If you are a publisher looking to drive traffic to your site, you can submit poker articles, stories or news at RoundersBuzz. If you are a poker player
Brilliant blogging wcgrider has a blog at http://dougkpolk.blogspot.com/ and a prop bet to play $25NL for a month and win $10K. He's got a web-cam setup at http://www.stickam.com/wcgrider so you can watch him play (can't see his cards). More information on the bet is at this two plus two post
Poker Bot A pretty good read about a poker bot: http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/how-i-built-a-working-poker-bot I'm moving to Orlando!