Seeking a level playing ground
Image by waffler via Flickr Lately I have been playing various styles of poker at different sites and trying to find my level at those sites and games. I have been playing Limit Hold ‘Em, No Limit Hold ‘Em and 2-7 Triple Draw. I have been playing in the .10/.20 games mostly for 2-7 triple [...]
No Patience – leads to a bad finish!
Image by bananeman via Flickr Last night I finished 24th out of 25 players in the TPT: Tilt Event #11, sponsored by the TwitterPokerTour. After having two first place finishes in my previous two tourney events, this was not a good showing. This happened with my poker backer right beside me to watch my lack [...]
No Limit and Limit HoldEm Cash Games – both require attention
Image via Wikipedia I am currently starting to play a few hours a day of both “No Limit Holdem’ and “Limit Holdem” cash games online. My goal is to play about 20/25 hours a week, earning a modest income and having fun while doing so. My game choices of Limit and No Limit require that [...]
Recap of TPT:Stars Event #10 – Money Added!
Image via Wikipedia Special thanks goes to @Panndyra of Tourney Blog who sponsored this event with a $5 bounty placed on herself and $15 added to the prize pool! The following is a listing of the top ten finishers from last nights No Limit Hold Em Twitter Poker Tour Event. PokerStars Tournament #145571320, No Limit [...]
Playing a Limit H.O.R.S.E freeroll on FullTiltPoker as a member of the Railbirds
Image by Jam Adams via Flickr Last Friday night I participated in a Railbirds.com freeroll tournament on FullTiltPoker. I have been a member of Railbirds since 2007 and have occasionally played the freerolls, especially in games that I needed more experience with. HORSE is one of those games. For those of you that don’t know [...]
Shortest Omaha High/Low Tournament
Image via Wikipedia Last Monday night I participating in one of the shortest tourneys I have ever played in, at least the shortest that I remember. It was a Railbirds private tourney. And I do enjoy the challenge that playing Omaha High/Low brings. I caught an interesting set of high cards, all suited in Clubs. [...]
Playing a hand too strongly with a bad kicker … costly ….
Image via Wikipedia Definition: Kicker – A kicker, also called a side card, is a card in a poker hand that does not itself take part in determining the rank of the hand, but that may be used to break ties between hands of the same rank Last night at the Twitter Poker Tour tourney, [...]
Avoiding FPS at the TPT and hoping for a positive EV
Image via Wikipedia Talk about alphabet soup in the winter, my post contains a lot of TLA’s (three letter acronyms). It is believed that Mike Caro, aka the “The Mad Genius of Poker,” coined the phrase “Fancy Play Syndrome” or FPS. This almost sounds like a disease and to a poker player, it could be. [...]
Steve takes a bad beat by Doyle Brunson (actually it was by Doyle’s Room and not Doyle directly)
Image via Wikipedia Doyles Poker Room used to be a favorite site of mine back about three years ago until they stopped letting US players on their site. Last year I found out that they were accepting US players again. I signed up again, deposited some money and starting playing. I later found out that [...]
