Results of playing on a RailBird.com Freeroll
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Last night I decided to enter one of the RailBird.Com freerolls that are offered many times throughout the month. As the name implies, there is no cost to enter the event. And the prize pool was $150 to be divided up amongst the top 108 players. The best paid are the [...]
Thoughts about blogging and poker in general.
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When I started my blog on January 2nd of this year, little did I know that it was not always easy to write something, let alone something interesting or informative every day. Also, at the time I started, I was unaware of just how many “poker blogs” were out in [...]
The TPT Season 4 Finale was a blast – 18 players were invited to play
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Sunday night at 5:0o pm ET, 18 members of the TPT were invited to participate in the final event for Season 4 of the Twitter Poker Tour. The players invited were from the top 18 of the two leader boards, TPT and TPTE (Europe). They were as follows along with their [...]
The effects of the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act
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I have been playing in a quite a few events as a member of the Twitter Poker Tour group. I also started playing more games run by RailBirds.Com and their sub groups. I have even started playing in the online events of the American Poker Players, a social group of [...]
Season 4 of the TPT/TPTE ends today!
Today marks the end of the season for the Twitter Poker Tour. Two events are planned for this day. The TPTE at 7pm CST / 2pm ET. The TPTE event was geared mostly to allow European players an opportunity to compete in the TPT events at a time that best suited them. I also enjoyed [...]
Does “Poker After Dark” affect how people play No Limit Hold ‘Em
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NBC’s popular show “Poker After Dark” may be influencing the play of people on line. My wife, Diane, and I have been watching the show since last season and have found it entertaining and have seen plays made that are not in any of the 50 odd poker books that I own and [...]
Attention paid to play around you can be helpful
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I have been playing more No Limit Hold ‘Em cash games lately and I have taken the advice of a fellow poker player and frequent blog commenter, Jack. He advises that I always go into a session with a full stack. When ever you go to a table you have the option of [...]
Poker and being nice
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There is an under current of uncivil behavior running through this great country of ours and it appears to affect all areas of life including the poker community. I have seen a lot of belittling comments made at the online poker tables and I wonder if these same people do this [...]
Two TPT events – cashed in one
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Yesterday I played in both the Twitter Poker Tour European event at 7pm CST and the regular TPT at 9pm ET. I finished 2nd and cashed in the TPTE and I finished 16th out of 34 in the TPT.
I think I played well for the most part, especially in the first [...]
Playing micro stakes No Limit Hold ‘Em
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Of late I have been playing No Limit Hold ‘Em cash games with blinds of .05/.10 and a minimum buy-in of 50 big blinds (BB) or $5.00. When playing No Limit I play fairly tight and aggressive post flop, if I hit. Last night I played about eighty hands over the course of [...]
