December poker goals
m n Image via Wikipedia I believe that goal setting should be done using attainable goals. But I don’t mean that I should set the level of my goals too low, making it easy to obtain them. It has taken me over three months to recoup my early losses at DoylesRoom.com. I was playing Limit [...]
Happy Thanksgiving US Poker Players and Friends everywhere
Image via Wikipedia Just wanted to wish our US poker players a Happy Thanksgiving and good luck if you are playing anywhere today. From home, online to the B&B Pokerrooms around the US and the world. I also wish a good day to everyone around the world.
Player Types – How do you identify them?
Image via Wikipedia When ever I play online at either the cash games, tourneys or Sit N Go’s, I try to take the time to identify the player types that are at the table. But up till now, I really did not have a way to classify them so I could tell their tendencies. I [...]
Gumby always raises big before entering a pot
Image by Stewf via Flickr During a cash game this week, I encountered a player I will call Gumby as the first part of the player’s name is “Gumb”. My hand details show only the first four characters to protect the players identity. I call her a “she” as the avatar being used is a [...]
A slow week at poker but I ran into Duke a couple of times
Image via Wikipedia Last week I had other duties and chores that keep me away from the online felt most of the week. But I did have an occasion to play some satellites and cash games. On the Set N Go Step games at Doyles I am stuck in the early steps but still alive [...]
Twitter and poker – they do mix
Image via Wikipedia Yesterday I shared some of the blogs that I read. After doing so, I got some responses and tweets about it. It made me realize that I have quite a few poker friends and poker pros that I follow on Twitter. I follow about 380 twitterers and I am followed by as [...]
Switching Gears!
Image via CrunchBase Today’s post is a bit off topic as I share with you some of the blogs that I like to read and that I think have value. I use Google Reader and subscribe to about 50 poker related blogs. Using Google Reader allows me to preview the current postings and then choose [...]
A slight break from cash games
Image via Wikipedia I took a break last night from playing the cash games and instead decided to play some Step sit n go’s at DoylesRoom.com. I have been reading The Poker Tournament Formula by Arnold Snyder. This book is different than the more than 15 books I have already read about playing in a [...]
Double or Nothing!
Image by waffler via Flickr Last night I played No Limit Hold ‘Em at DoylesRoom.com while watching a previously recorded interview of Sarah Palin by Oprah. Lately, I had been playing my hands in what I called automatic mode so playing a cash game and watching a little TV at the same time should not [...]
TPT “Bad Beat on Cancer” event was a success
Image by Lewis Walsh via Flickr The BBoC event sponsored by the Twitter Poker Tour was a success with 314 players attending. This was more that triple the number of players that played the August 10, 2009 event. The prize pool was $1,570 and $1,670 was raised for the Prevent Cancer Foundation as additional money [...]
