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How To: Play In The Blinds In No-Limit

Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2008

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I had a great Christmas, and enjoyed taking a break from poker to spend time with family and friends. I’m ready to get back to the tables, though. Playing In The Blinds: Comparison In Limit, it is difficult to over-defend your big blind. Against a single raise [...]

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How To: Play In The Blinds In No-Limit

Date: Thu, Jan 3, 2008

I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season! I had a great Christmas, and enjoyed taking a break from poker to spend time with family and friends. I’m ready to get back to the tables, though. Playing In The Blinds: Comparison In Limit, it is difficult to over-defend your big blind. Against a single raise [...]

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The Trick To Balancing Poker And The Holidays (Or Life In General)

Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2007

First off, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The holiday season is incredibly busy, and at times it can be quite difficult to balance poker with all the other facets of holiday life. It’s important to budget time to make sure you get some hours in during this busy season. However, there are many other things that are more [...]

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The Trick To Balancing Poker And The Holidays (Or Life In General)

Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2007

First off, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The holiday season is incredibly busy, and at times it can be quite difficult to balance poker with all the other facets of holiday life. It’s important to budget time to make sure you get some hours in during this busy season. However, there are many other things that are more [...]

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The Trick To Balancing Poker And The Holidays (Or Life In General)

Date: Mon, Dec 24, 2007

First off, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! The holiday season is incredibly busy, and at times it can be quite difficult to balance poker with all the other facets of holiday life. It’s important to budget time to make sure you get some hours in during this busy season. However, there are many other things that are more [...]

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Poker Hardware - Mice

Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Having a good mouse is paramount. A bad mouse can give you sore wrists, frustrating responses, and worse - a repetitive stress injury. Some tips when deciding on a mouse: It Should Feel Comfortable In Your Hand The mouse should sit easily in your palm of your hand, with fingers gently extended over it. If you [...]

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Poker Hardware - Mice

Date: Tue, Dec 18, 2007

Having a good mouse is paramount. A bad mouse can give you sore wrists, frustrating responses, and worse - a repetitive stress injury. Some tips when deciding on a mouse: It Should Feel Comfortable In Your Hand The mouse should sit easily in your palm of your hand, with fingers gently extended over it. If you [...]

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5-Figure Day!

Date: Wed, Dec 12, 2007

Ran really hot today… (click image for enlarged version) I won a fair amount of pots without the goods, but today was one of those great days where I flop set over set, hit the nuts vs top2, etc, and just repeatedly stack people. Also, one maniac at my table doubled me up twice, most notably for ~$1600 [...]

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Poker Hardware - 24″ Westinghouse Review

Date: Mon, Dec 10, 2007

A new Westinghouse 24″ LCD monitor arrived at my door this week. Excited to upgrade from my 20″, I quickly unpacked it and hooked it up. First Impressions Despite the big-ish box, the unit is surprisingly light - it doesn’t weigh any more than my 20″. It’s REALLY bright. It hurt my eyes a bit before [...]

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Everything You Wanted To Know About Poker Hardware - LCD Monitors

Date: Wed, Dec 5, 2007

This new series entitled “Poker Hardware” will cover the different computer hardware that is available. Spanning everything from mice to monitors, I’ll go over specific items that make your online poker experience better than ever before. LCD Monitors LCDs take up much less space than old CRTs, they look cool, and they have larger viewable areas which is [...]

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I Made $20,914.30 In November!

Date: Sat, Dec 1, 2007

So despite a somewhat frustrating October, November turned out to be one of the better months this year, and I wanted to share it with you to show what’s possible playing online NL. I played mostly 5/10 NL, with some 3/6 and an occasional shot at 10/20 thrown in, along with some 1/2 and 2/4 to [...]

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How A Poker Instructor Can Help Your Game

Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2007

A poker instructor - or coach - can be a powerful tool in the quest to improve your game and win more. Successful players do lots of self-evaluation, reviewing tough hands after sessions and thinking about different lines. However, there are inherent limitations to self-review. You Are Biased This simply means that you already know the outcome [...]

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How A Poker Instructor Can Help Your Game

Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2007

A poker instructor - or coach - can be a powerful tool in the quest to improve your game and win more. Successful players do lots of self-evaluation, reviewing tough hands after sessions and thinking about different lines. However, there are inherent limitations to self-review. You Are Biased This simply means that you already know the outcome [...]

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Poker And Gambling Tips For The Beginner

Date: Fri, Nov 23, 2007

Today I will make a short post on poker and gambling tips for the novice. First Ask yourself what you want to accomplish. What are your goals? Do you just want to learn the rules? Or are you after something more? Second Once you’ve decided what your reason is for poker or gambling, you can start reading some poker [...]

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