The Professor, the Banker and the Suicide King – a review
I have just finished an interesting book written by Michael Craig entitled The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King: Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time.
This story details perhaps one of the biggest cash games ever played, in excess of $20 million dollars and these events occured between 2001 and 2004 between some of [...]
Small Ball Poker – a tourney strategy!
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I have just finished reading Power Hold’em Strategy written by Daniel Negreanu. He has five other contributors including himself in the book.
There is something there for both the amateur and the semi-pro as well as secrets that even the poker pros might be able to use to increase their wins. This book is [...]
Registered to play in the PokerStars WBCOOP!
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.
Registration code: 716924
Please donate to Haiti relief – because we can!
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By now, I think that most poker players realize the seriousness of the disaster facing the people of Haiti.
As a group and as individuals, we can help. The easiest and best way to help is by giving a donation to any of the organizations that are set up to provide assistance in times of crisis. [...]
Pot Limit Omaha Sit n Go’s
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For the last week I have been playing mostly Pot Limit Omaha Sit N Go’s on CLubWPT.Com, a site I am affiliated with. The format is fairly simple. The buy-in is 25 TP’s or tournament points. The prize is 250 TP’s divided between the first and second place finishers in the amounts of [...]
Giving yourself a chance…
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I have been having a heck of a time lately in tournament play, either MTT or single table formats. I had forgotten that I need to give myself a chance to win or at least finish well.
I had gotten into the bad habit of trying to shove my chips all-in to win a [...]
Initial thoughts on ClubWPT – an affiliate site
I signed up for a two week trail subscription on ClubWPT.com and decided that I liked the site. Based on what I saw, I also decided to be an affiliate member as well, meaning that I earn chip money if someone else signs up with ClubWPT using the ad on this site.
The software reminds me [...]
Knowing when to shut it down!
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The last two weeks of cash games have seen me going into a tailspin. My previous gains at DoylesRoom.com and CarbonPoker.com have turned into losses in spite of my trying to play tight. Bad decisions have cost me significant amounts on my accounts at each site.
These loses have given me some pause to consider just [...]
