Player Types – How do you identify them?
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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 would [...]
Twitter and poker – they do mix
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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 least [...]
Switching Gears!
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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 the [...]
A guest post – from comments made by Jack – updated 5/20/09
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This post has been updated with additional comments from Jack – See below:
On May 13th, I wrote a post titled, “How not to play pocket Aces and why do I hear chips clinking when I am not in a hand?” which was about how I played, or rather, misplayed a pair of pocket [...]
Finished 8th in the PokerHost Stimulus 2.5K event Sunday evening playing No Limit Texas Hold Em
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I have been playing a lot of Texas No Limit Hold Em as a result of the “race to 250″ lately, so it was fun to switch gears and play in a higher paying tournament. (See my post, “Update on the race to $250 and other thoughts” for more details [...]
Defending and stealing blinds
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As I mentioned in previous posts, I have won a one month training subscription to DeucesCracked.com which includes the unlimited use of their videos and reading materials. I have been watching training videos about how to improve my game of Texas Limit Hold “Em poker.
Episode three was about the importance of the blinds, [...]
Taking advantage of training and other lessons
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Last Thursday night at the Twitter Poker Tour’s Season Three debut, I managed to outlast all of my opponents and win first place. Besides the first place cash prize, I was awarded a tee shirt and a month’s subscription to DeucesCracked.com, a poker training website. To summarize the prize I won, [...]
Decision making – the key to good poker
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I have been playing various forms of poker lately: Texas Hold ‘Em, Omaha, Omaha High/Low, Seven Card Stud, Seven Card Stud High Low, 2-7 Triple Draw and RAZZ. All of these games are somewhat similar even though the rules for each game might contain some differences; they all require decision making.
There [...]
FullTilt Poker Academy – The Power of Position Challenge
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My current poker challenge at FTP Academy is to successfully complete the next five objectives.
#1. Open-fold A-J, A-T, A-9, K-Q, K-J, or K-T 3 times in early position (UTG, UTG+1) in 8- or 9-handed NLHE cash games. (This will teach me the discipline of folding hands that are troublesome when opened in early [...]
Update – Steve takes a bad beat by Doyle Brunson – Resolved by Doyles Room Security
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This saga is over. Thank you Doyles Room Security.
I was a member of Doyles Room and when the conversion to Cake Poker was over, I ended up losing my balance of $15.62. I had chatted online with security and emailed many times but to no avail. The silent part of listen happened but [...]
