Forum: General Discussion 
07-11-2009, 03:06 PM
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Views: 262  WSOP Main Event Day 3: The End of My Poker Dream
I did not sleep well the night before Day 3, was awake far too early in the morning and could not get back to sleep. I had a sense of foreboding about the day, but tried to tell myself to just enjoy...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-08-2009, 03:51 AM
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Forum: General Discussion
07-05-2009, 03:28 PM
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Views: 88 Golden Nugget $1K Championship Event
There are three full days between Day 1A and Day 2A of the Main Event. While it is important to get some rest, that’s just too long to go without playing poker. Last year I played a Venetian...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-05-2009, 03:30 AM
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Views: 108 WSOP Main Event Day 1A: Tough Table, Rough Day
After many months of bad poker luck, including the past 3 weeks live events in Vegas, I’d got myself into the mindset where I wasn’t even nervous or excited about playing the Main Event, just ready...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-02-2009, 03:27 PM
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Views: 93 Ballin Party at Hugh Hefner Sky Villa
After busting from the Bellagio Cup event, I chilled for a few hours before going out for a ballin night of eating and partying. I put on smart trousers rather than jeans for the first time this trip...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2009, 07:46 PM
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Views: 133 Six Months of Misery
Since winning the TLB Top 1000 Freeroll on 11th January, I have suffered the worst six months of negative variance in my poker career. Here are the stats:
Online Cash-Prize MTTs:
Played 439 ......
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2009, 07:24 PM
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Views: 153 Las Vegas Tourney #21: More Aces at Bellagio
It’s the opening event of the Bellagio Cup: $540 for 10,000 chips and 40 minute levels with hand-shuffling (i.e. a bit of a turbo compared to most Vegas structures these days). Whereas the Bellagio...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2009, 07:23 PM
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Views: 103 Las Vegas Tourney #20: Caesar 7 Zpaceman 0
Back for another try at Caesar’s Palace $340 for 15,000 chips, I arrived a few minutes late, but soon got my stack moving in the right direction:
My Stack (Seat 1) ~15k, Seat 6 ~15k, Blinds 25/50,...
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Forum: General Discussion
07-01-2009, 07:07 PM
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Views: 129 Las Vegas Tourney #19: Fizzled Out
I’m writing this a couple of days after the event and I accidentally deleted the few notes that I made in my phone during play, so it’s all a bit hazy, but here goes for another $1500 NLHE WSOP Event...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-29-2009, 11:22 AM
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Views: 243 |
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Forum: General Discussion
06-29-2009, 11:09 AM
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Views: 100 Las Vegas Tourney #18: Bellagio Blues
I just can't seem to get anything going early in these Bellagio tourneys. There are a lot of weak players splashing chips around, but none of them coming to me.
Really not much to report about the...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-28-2009, 01:10 PM
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Views: 243 |
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Forum: General Discussion
06-27-2009, 10:52 AM
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Views: 264 |
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06-26-2009, 12:21 PM
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Views: 128 Las Vegas Tourney #14: Steady Eddy
After all the controversy surrounding my last blog entry, I decided that it wasn’t helping my game to get so bad-tempered with people or to worry about how they act, play or look. As such, I was...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-25-2009, 11:05 AM
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Views: 705 Why is everyone here anonymous?
I'm 100% in...
Why is everyone here anonymous?
I'm 100% in the open about who I am, what happened and how I feet about it. I did not say that I acted great at the table when he made me lose my temper. I admit...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-24-2009, 09:59 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 705 Las Vegas Tourney #13: The Interdweeb
This was another $340 Mega-Stack at Caesars. I couldn't get anything going at my opening table as every single pot that I opened was contested and I missed most flops. The only way I gained chips was...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-23-2009, 10:02 AM
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Views: 277 Las Vegas Tourney #11 and #12: Blow Up
There really is very little to say about my Bellagio $1k Daily Toruney #11. It was one of the grimmest tourneys I ever played where I barely won a hand, sat bored for a few hours and finally lost a...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-22-2009, 12:10 AM
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Forum: General Discussion
06-21-2009, 12:00 PM
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Views: 263 Las Vegas Tourney #9 and #10: Double Dip
Over to the Rio for another attempt at a $1500 NLHE my opening table is not as tough as the last one, with some soft spots:
Seat 1: Fairly loose young Dutch guy
Seat 2: Very loose youngish...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-21-2009, 10:28 AM
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Views: 198 |
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Forum: General Discussion
06-20-2009, 09:38 AM
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Views: 198 Las Vegas Tourney #8: Fun Table
Back to Caesar's Palace for Tourney #8. 259 runners today @ $340 / 15,000 chips, which made for a more attractive prize pool. My friend Hugh had made Day 2 of from the previous Day with 17 left and...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-20-2009, 08:00 AM
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Views: 198 I played at Caesars that day - Report #6. I'll...
I played at Caesars that day - Report #6. I'll balance the number of CPs and B tourneys thru the series. Getting bigger fields at CPs now. 259 yesterday - just about to report that in Tourney #8.
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Forum: General Discussion
06-19-2009, 09:47 AM
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Views: 198 Las Vegas Tourney #7: Give me a Break
Another try at WSOP with a $2000 NLHE event. My opening table was actually pretty tough with mostly competent players. Notables:
Seat 1: Paul Darden
Seat 2: me ...
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Forum: General Discussion
06-19-2009, 08:50 AM
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Forum: General Discussion
06-17-2009, 07:38 PM
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Views: 177 Las Vegas Tourney #6: Nothing Happening
I decided to relax a little today and just play the $340 Caesars Palace Megastack tourny with 15,000 starting chips. 135 runners, soft table as usual, but just couldn't get anything going. Nice to...
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