This was my first post on a blog on another site in October, I changed a bit of it. I mostly play mtts now, I now play mtts in the range of $5-$55 as my bank roll has grown a little bit since I originally posted this.


Hey guys this is my first post on my first blog. I guess I'll introduce myself. I graduated in '04 from a local college with a B.A. in Computer Information Systems. I live in a small town in Iowa where I am employed at an aluminum mill as a lab tech. Essentially it's a boring job, but pays pretty well and I get 7 days off a month.

My passion right now is poker, specifically tournament poker. I've had pretty decent results since starting internet poker in feb. of '06. I haven't built my bank roll to $10k or anything like that, but I only play 5-15 hours a week. I've turned $200 into $1550 in the 20 months I've been playing. I've been a good small stakes mtt (multi-table tournament) player since I started, thanks to Harrington on Holdem volumes 1-3 and the great poker website www.twoplustwo.com.

Since I started I've always played mtts, along the way my other poker focus had been sngs then nl cash games then limit cash games then nl cash games then sngs and now I'm going to focus on 6 max NL cash games again. I had some great success in the last 4 months of playing sngs but the games are pretty tough at the $16 sng level when I get home from work which is just after 11 pm central time. Here are my 3 biggest cashes which are actually kind of pathetic:
$55 PS mtt took 13th for $404
5.50 UB mtt took first for $350
4.40 PS mtt took first for $216


I typically play mtts with buy ins between $3 and $11, as I'm a bit of a bank roll nit. I'll start playing $25 NL 6 max sometime this month. I had success at $10 NL 6 max, but any retard could beat that stake. Actually in the last 1k hands of $25 NL I've lost with AA vs KJ, JJ vs K9, all in pf and QQ vs 88 where I potted each street and villain beat me in all 3 hands for a nice loss of around $90, that's where I vowed to not play cash games for a while lol. My plan was to start playing cash games this month but I've managed to mostly play mtts.

Anonymous says

I have been playing for almost 2 years. I have not done too well but can pretty much tread water and not drown. Are the Harrington holdem books really helpful? I have been considering getting myself a book and have heard about his being some of the best but the price puts me off. Also I was wondering if alot of people read his strategy book do all those players play relitively the same? Thanks Marc

02/07/08

EdmondDantes says

Looking forward to your posts!

02/07/08

lakeoffire says

Good to have you. I would suggest reading the Harrinton books, they are the best jumping off point. Good luck with the MTT's.

02/07/08

DeuceSeven says

I agree with Lake, Harrington is pretty good, alot of it is out of date, great starting point though.

02/07/08

SixWays says

HOH is great. I think its the best NLHE books ever printed. It should be read by anyone wanting to play poker to win. I don't think its out dated just not used properly by some. The best add on to those books that I have read are the articles writen by Bond18. And welcome to you Deuce, hope to be reading your "I JUST WON THE BIG ONE!!" blog entry soon.

02/08/08

harlem. (Anonymous) says

Only If one loves the game, will one practice enough to win.

02/09/08

Mr_Taterhead says

Welcome aboard.

02/10/08

Anonymous says

HOH is outdated? lol, are you joking me?

02/21/08

DeuceSeven says

OK, what I meant was that the Single table tournament section of it, which is alot is outdated, now the correct way to play is tight early and use icm late to determine pushing/calling ranges. I also think the automatic cbet is a abit outdated or at least misunderstood. By all means it's the best poker book I've ever read.

02/23/08

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