Winning and Losing
In poker there are ways of winning and losing that are more acceptable than others. The best type of win is when you have the absolute best hand, the nuts, and nothing can help your opponent to overtake you. The second best type of win is when you have the best hand, and even though [...]
A losing session yet my bankroll grows – slightly
Yesterday, I had my first losing session this month, but I ended up with more than I started with. I ended yesterday with $173 or 34 buy-ins of $5.00 and this morning my balance on Full Tilt Poker , an affiliate, was $182 or 36 buy-ins of $5.00 How can that be? Every pot that I [...]
Using a Step 3 ticket
In my quest to build up my bankroll, I have been entering into what is called Step Sit and Go Tourneys. These are usually one or two table tourneys, with first and second place winners getting a ticket to the next Step. You can play from Step 1 thru Step 7, with the winners getting [...]
Playing within my bankroll
I am currently on a new poker quest. It may sound the same as some of my prior goals, but this one is a little different. I am trying to play online based on my bankroll at the sites I am playing. Ideally, I should have a bankroll on a poker site with equivalent to [...]
Thoughts for 2011
Image by BOBXNC via Flickr I posted on MomPopPow, the three words I have chosen for 2011 to inspire me to improve. In the context of this blog, these reflect my poker goals Confidence: – something that I need to work on attaining for the upcoming year. When ever I sit down at a table, [...]
Poker on my Driod-X
Image via Wikipedia It has finally happened. I can now play online poker on Full Tilt Poker on my SmartPhone, my VerizonWireless Droid X. By way of disclosure, I am an affiliate of Full Tilt Poker. Currently, I am limited to playing the “Rush Poker” tables on my phone, but that is a good start for me. [...]
No Limit Holdem – I try to keep on learning
Image via Wikipedia I play a few online Poker Tourneys, mostly on Full Tilt Poker, of which I am an affiliate (see my FTC page for disclosures). Some of the times the event is a Twitter Poker Tour Event and some of the times it is a RailBirds.com event – I am a member of [...]
Poker is usually not easy ….
Image by mattlehrer via Flickr On November 16th, I participated in an online poker event on Full Tilt Poker. The event was a freeroll for members of the blogging community members of the Twitter Poker Tour. The event was called a Flearoll in honor of the administrator of the event, Paul Ellis, also known as “Fleapid” on [...]
Exciting night on FullTiltPoker playing on the Twitter Poker Tour
Image via Wikipedia Even though I busted out in 35th place out of 85 players, last night was an exciting night on online poker. Because the Twitter Poker Plays on the FTP site, they have been able to attract the attention of some of the FTP Pros, who will occasionally play with us at one of the [...]
How I choose which sites to play on
Image via Wikipedia I am registered to play poker at the following sites: Absolute Poker Bodog Poker CarbonPoker ClubWPT DoylesRoom FullTiltPoker PokerHost PokerStars TruePoker UB (formerly known as Ultimate Bet) I am an affiliate at some of these sites, meaning that they will pay me a small percentage of what you earn or lose if [...]
