Poker playing and life – very similar?

By steve | Aug 17, 2009

Image by Keith Park via Flickr In life and in poker we do take some gambles  but we try to base our decisions on the information we have available. Sometimes this information is gathered by observation, sometime by reading and sometimes by listening.  The source might be an expert or an experienced person or someone [...]

Card dead at the #TPT last night

By steve | Aug 14, 2009

Image by Daniel Gasienica via Flickr Last night I played on the Twitter Poker Tour event held on the FullTiltPoker site. The game started at 9pm ET and there were 25 players  on three tables. Overall my play was not too bad but I finished in 16th place out of 25 players. My biggest problem [...]

All good things must come to an end …

By steve | Aug 13, 2009

Image by Jim B L via Flickr Lately most of my cash game play has been done at Limit Hold ‘Em games on DoylesRoom.com where I have been running well, meaning that I have been winning by the time I leave the table. Last night I had about an hour left in the day for [...]

Hmm. Same avatar, same name, but they play differently….

By steve | Aug 12, 2009

Image by jorgeq via Flickr For the last few days I have been running well, playing Limit Hold ‘Em cash/ring games at DoylesRoom. While yesterday was a successful venture, I found that the players at the table to be a little better than the night before and my overall win rate went down from $20 [...]

What a difference a day can make…

By steve | Aug 11, 2009

Image via Wikipedia In my last few posts, I have shared that I have been doing better in small MTT – multiple table  tourneys – and some Sit N Go’s as opposed to my cash game play.  It has been a little disappointing to me as I consider myself to be a fair to good [...]

A good weekend online

By steve | Aug 10, 2009

Image by larrykang via Flickr There was a lot of poker this weekend and I was pleased with the results overall. I played in eight tourneys and Sit and Go’s and cashed in five of them. The only cash game I played in was a disaster for me. I played exactly the opposite of how [...]

Thursday’s adventure results

By steve | Aug 7, 2009

Image by T.R.G. via Flickr Yesterday, I played in both of the Twitter Poker Tour events held on FullTiltPoker. While I considered my play adequate, I was unable to finish in the top three of either event. In the Twitter Poker Tour – Europe held at 7pm GMT, 2pm ET, I finished 6th out of [...]

Thursday adventures ….

By steve | Aug 6, 2009

Image via Wikipedia It will be interesting to see how today goes. There are two events scheduled today, sponsored by the Twitter Poker Tour, a 7 PM GMT (2 PM ET) event, Twitter Poker Tour – Europe ID #101212319, and a 9 PM ET event, Twitter Poker Tour ID #101262104. Both of these events will [...]

It might be time for live games ….

By steve | Aug 5, 2009

Image via Wikipedia I live in Fremont NH and I have just found out that there are at least three poker rooms with 30 minutes of my home and seven poker rooms overall that are close to me in New Hampshire. The ones closest are in  Seabrook, Manchester, and Salem NH.  So far the only [...]

From NIT to Donk within 24 hours

By steve | Aug 4, 2009

Image by jaxxon via Flickr In my last post I ragged on and on about the way some of the poker players on Absolute Poker took extreme risks with bad hands in the hopes of winning a piece of the “bad beat” jackpot. In my last three sessions on AP I came away with less [...]

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