There are times when you know that you are losing?
Image via Wikipedia Last night at the #TPT, Twitter Poker Tour, I lasted only 40 minutes finishing in 25th place out of 33 players. It just was not my night. Of the 53 hands I was dealt, I had pocket pairs four times. 66, 44, 77, JJ. My pocket sixes did not improve on the [...]
Balance – life is not always simple
Image via Wikipedia Off topic today. Life is a balancing act. There is family and friends, chores and poker. There are a lot of things that I need to integrate in my life of becoming a poker professional. I need to tend to my family; my wife Diane, my sons, Chris and Thom and their [...]
Thinking thoughts versus saying them out loud
Image via Wikipedia In my short poker career, I play mostly online games at various sites throughout the poker domain. I vary from Limit Hold “Em to No Limit Hold ‘Em. I even try Pot Limit Omaha Hi/Lo and on occasion will play 2-7 Triple Draw. I even have played some live, face to face [...]
How does one get ready for a major tournament?
Image by Kaloozer via Flickr I am starting to wonder just how do the professional poker players get ready for a tournament? I have read a lot books about playing in a tournament. I also have read a lot of blogs written by professionals on how they played in a tournament. I have even read [...]
What if win my way to the WPT event via a satellite?
Image by emilio labrador via Flickr I realize that I have a ways to go before I can even think about going to a WPT event but I can still dream can’t I? What would it be like playing against a field of 300 or 600 players vying for a spot at the final table [...]
One step closer to the “WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Poker Classic”
Image via Wikipedia I mentioned in my last post that DoylesRoom.Com currently has a promotion going, “WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Poker Classic”, in which you play for the chance to win a first class Vegas Experience worth $17,000.00 and a chance to win a seat at the final table of a WPT event. You [...]
Thoughts while playing a Level 1 Step tourney
Image via Wikipedia DoylesRoom.Com currently has a promotion going, “WPT Doyle Brunson 5 Diamond Poker Classic”, in which you play for the chance to win a first class Vegas Experience worth $17,000.00 and a chance to win a seat at the final table of a WPT event. You can buy in directly to the event [...]
Playing No Limit Hold ‘Em is different than Limit
Image by banspy via Flickr I am alternating my card playing between No Limit and Limit Hold ‘Em cash games lately. I am pretty much aware of the differences between the two games. In Limit, you can control the betting on marginal hands by calling or folding. In No Limit, you need to be careful [...]
Observations made while sitting at a Limit Hold ‘Em cash table at FTP
Image by Tiago Rïbeiro via Flickr Yesterday evening I had decided to take a break from playing No Limit and I went back to Limit Hold ‘Em. This time I picked a table at FullTiltPoker and bought in to a .25/50 Limit game with $7.50, while the minimum buy-in was 2.50 and the maximum buy [...]
Professional No-Limit Hold ‘Em Volume 1 – a preliminary review
Image by Philofoto via Flickr In my never ending quest to learn how to play the many forms of poker that are available, I am currently reading a recently published book, Professional No-Limit Hold ‘em: Volume I, written by Matt Flynn, Sunny Mehta, and Ed Miller. While I have finished only half of the book [...]
