Interviewed by Mitchell Cogert

By steve | Mar 17, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Yesterday I was interviewed by Mitchell Cogert, author, blogger, fellow twitterer @Mitchell1969, who has written two poker books thus far,  Tournament Poker: 101 Winning Moves: Expert Plays for No-Limit Tournaments, and Play Razz Poker to Win: New Strategies for Razz and HORSE poker players that are proven to work!. Besides providing great [...]

No Limit and Limit HoldEm Cash Games – both require attention

By steve | Mar 16, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I am currently starting to play a few hours a day of both “No Limit Holdem’ and “Limit Holdem” cash games online. My goal is to play about 20/25 hours a week, earning a modest income and having fun while doing so. My game choices of Limit and No Limit require that [...]

Recap of TPT:Stars Event #10 – Money Added!

By steve | Mar 13, 2009

Image via Wikipedia Special thanks goes to @Panndyra of Tourney Blog who sponsored this event with a $5 bounty placed on herself and $15 added to the prize pool! The following is a listing of the top ten finishers from last nights No Limit Hold Em Twitter Poker Tour Event. PokerStars Tournament #145571320, No Limit [...]

FullTilt Poker Academy – The Power of Position Challenge

By steve | Mar 12, 2009

Image via Wikipedia My current poker challenge at FTP Academy is to successfully complete the next five objectives. #1.  Open-fold A-J, A-T, A-9, K-Q, K-J, or K-T 3 times in early position (UTG, UTG+1) in 8- or 9-handed NLHE cash games. (This will teach me the discipline of folding hands that are troublesome when opened [...]

Protecting your hand in Limit Holdem versus No Limit Holdem

By steve | Mar 11, 2009

Image by Jayel Aheram via Flickr I play a lot of Limit Hold Em poker and I have had a couple of interesting hands come up in the last seven days, once during an online session and once during a live session. In both cases, I was dealt a pocket pair of threes. In the [...]

Sit & Go By The Numbers – assignment completed.

By steve | Mar 10, 2009

Cover via Amazon As I mentioned in my last post, I have signed up for FullTilitPoker.Com “FullTilt Poker Academy”. I have just completed my first challenge assignment entitled “Sit and Go by the Numbers”. My tasks were as follows: 1. Don’t finish in the bottom 3 in 4 9-handed S&Gs that pay 3 spots. 2. [...]

FullTiltPoker offers an online Academy for players

By steve | Mar 9, 2009

Image via Wikipedia The following is an excerpt from FullTiltPoker about their new online FullTiltPoker Academy. —————————————————————————— Full Tilt Poker Academy offers a unique interactive experience that allows you to learn from members of Team Full Tilt including Chris Ferguson, Howard Lederer and Phil Gordon. You’ll use a library of multimedia content – including video, [...]

Bluefire challenges Obama to $1m poker game – actual post is on Pokerlistings.com

By steve | Mar 8, 2009

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Quick recap of the Twitter Poker Tour Event #10 held at FullTiltPoker

By steve | Mar 6, 2009

Image by junkmonkey via Flickr Last nights Twitter Poker Tour Tourney was held at FullTiltPoker and saw 35 players participate for a prize pool totaling $175.00 shared amongst the top four finishers. Last night top four were as follows: 1. Foggy89   78.75 (first time at the TPT, and placed first in this event) 2. Jordie21 [...]

Update – Steve takes a bad beat by Doyle Brunson – Resolved by Doyles Room Security

By steve | Mar 5, 2009

Image via Wikipedia This saga is over. Thank you Doyles Room Security. I was a member of Doyles Room and when the conversion to Cake Poker was over, I ended up losing my balance of $15.62. I had chatted online with security and emailed many times but to no avail. The silent part of listen [...]

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