Another #TPTE takedown and mixed results at the cash games

By steve | May 29, 2009

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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 on [...]

Deep Stack Tourneys – Have you played one?

By steve | May 28, 2009

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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 not a [...]

Freerolls! Are they worth playing?

By steve | May 27, 2009

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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 try [...]

The official race to $250 is over!

By steve | May 26, 2009

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The following is an excerpt from the blog of of rock music star, Patrick Sebastian, whose twitter name is @sebastianrocks.
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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 race, getting over [...]

A 1st place finish in the #TPTE – Twitter Poker Tour – Europe & 2nd place in a home game.

By steve | May 22, 2009

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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 and [...]

Boston Social Media Poker Tour

By steve | May 21, 2009

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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 am, I [...]

Additional thoughts on Poker and the #Race to 250 summarized.

By steve | May 20, 2009

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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 progress, [...]

A guest post – from comments made by Jack – updated 5/20/09

By steve | May 19, 2009

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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 of pocket [...]

Finished 8th in the PokerHost Stimulus 2.5K event Sunday evening playing No Limit Texas Hold Em

By steve | May 18, 2009

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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 details [...]

The Race to $250, the TPT, and other thoughts

By steve | May 15, 2009

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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 see [...]

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