Another #TPTE takedown and mixed results at the cash games
Image by scmtngirl via Flickr Thursday was a mixed bag of results for me at the tables. In the morning, I played at PokerHost.com on the Limit Hold ‘Em tables and had success at the games that had blinds of .25/.50. I was able to double up my buy-in on one session and triple up [...]
Deep Stack Tourneys – Have you played one?
Image by Philofoto via Flickr I have been playing some poker on PokerHost.com as the results of replying to “tweets” from @TeamPokerHost about tourneys and freerolls being played at their online site. PokerHost allows US players and has a variety of games availble to suit most types. Because they are a new site, there are [...]
Freerolls! Are they worth playing?
Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife Last night I played in the PokerHost.com freeroll titled the “Testosterone Freeroll”. Overall there were 319 entrants to the event which started at 8pm ET. At 11:30 pm we were down to 4 players and I was the short stack. I had a K4 off suit and decided to [...]
The official race to $250 is over!
Image by Army.mil via Flickr The following is an excerpt from the blog of of rock music star, Patrick Sebastian, whose twitter name is @sebastianrocks. +++++++++++++++++++++++++ I am very sorry to inform, but the race is over for the 1st place. I had couple unbelievable sessions and I just went thru $250 mark in the [...]
A 1st place finish in the #TPTE – Twitter Poker Tour – Europe & 2nd place in a home game.
Image by qousqous via Flickr During the last few weeks, I have been playing in the Twitter Poker Tour – Euopean edition because they have a 2pm EST start which suits me quite well. The poker game they play is No Limit Texas Hold Em, which I like. Although the season consists of 12 sessions [...]
Boston Social Media Poker Tour
View Larger Map I have been invited to attend a private poker tournament run by persons that form Boston Social Media . Except for blogging and twittering, I am not involved in the social media arena. At least one of these people have played in tourneys sponsored by the Twitter Poker Tour. Novice that I [...]
Additional thoughts on Poker and the #Race to 250 summarized.
Image by xrrr via Flickr It has been 16 days since the May 4th challenge issued by @sebastianrocks, twitter name of rock music star, Patrick Sebastian, to see which one of us could take a $10 bankroll and increase it to $250 first. To see the details of the challenge and current details of our [...]
A guest post – from comments made by Jack – updated 5/20/09
Image via Wikipedia This post has been updated with additional comments from Jack – See below: On May 13th, I wrote a post titled, “How not to play pocket Aces and why do I hear chips clinking when I am not in a hand?” which was about how I played, or rather, misplayed a pair [...]
Finished 8th in the PokerHost Stimulus 2.5K event Sunday evening playing No Limit Texas Hold Em
Image by AFP/Getty Images via Daylife I have been playing a lot of Texas No Limit Hold Em as a result of the “race to 250″ lately, so it was fun to switch gears and play in a higher paying tournament. (See my post, “Update on the race to $250 and other thoughts” for more [...]
The Race to $250, the TPT, and other thoughts
Image via Wikipedia Since May 4th, I have played over 57 sessions of poker devoted to the challenge that @sebastianrocks, twitter name of rock music star, Patrick Sebastian, laid down a challenge to us. The goal was to see which one of us could take a $10 bankroll and increase it to $250 first. To [...]
