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Monday, May 23, 2005
Live MMT......Focus Damn It
I don't have a great report to give on my live tournament this weekend. I must say that after the 4th hour I started to loose focus and got very stupid for lack of a better word. This was my fist time playing a live MTT and must say I have some work to do. I wasn't getting many cards as matter of fact I only remember playing 5 to 6 hands not in the blinds. After it was over I knew I should have been more aggressive early, but the quiality of the players was one where I didn't think much bluffing would work since they were just as likely to call with bottom pair, as to slow play AA. I do have to say that I saw the worst play of AA by a player in a MTT. Guy limped in UTG checked a called min. bets all the way down to the river where he rivered the BB to hit runner runner 8's to the BB's flopped 2 pair. Oh well I have some work to do on my live tournament play, just hope I get a few more chances this year to play in some.
On the personal front, I started my new job today. All paper work today, but I can tell already that it is going to be a good place to work. Plus I love the fact that I'm getting home at 5:30 now with the sun still out! Heck this is 2 blog post with in 4 days, I may get the hang of this yet!
Students head to Las Vegas to live off their winnings
Jackpot! Steve Lipscomb & The WPT ¶ 7:05 PM 0 comments
On the personal front, I started my new job today. All paper work today, but I can tell already that it is going to be a good place to work. Plus I love the fact that I'm getting home at 5:30 now with the sun still out! Heck this is 2 blog post with in 4 days, I may get the hang of this yet!
Students head to Las Vegas to live off their winnings
Jackpot! Steve Lipscomb & The WPT ¶ 7:05 PM 0 comments
Friday, May 20, 2005
New Job more time for poker?
I start a new job next week and it will be the first 9 to 5 that I've had in a long time. Wonder if I can adapt to a normal work schedual. I think it will give me more time to have freed up to play and keep this blog updated. I have got back to the tables a little more in the past 2 weeks. I've not really grinded it out at the tables since November. I may have to change the title to my blog if I don't get back to it. Got a big poker weekend coming up too. Local bar is having a freeroll for a trip to the WSOP (not main event) , you had to play x number of events over the year. I wanted to get a couple of MTT under my belt before Saturday so I played the $5 MTT on UB last night and played one of my best tournaments, till the final table. I came in to the final table with the chip lead but didn't keep playing my A game and ended up taking 6th. I'm going to try and get some pics of 4flush and I in action at the event this Saturday.
Something I had wrote on 72os.com:
Bankroll Road Map $1 to $100 Stage
I wanted to take out and layout one of the most powerful tools you have to at your disposial in the world of Online Poker. There are many, many skills that you need to have to play winning poker. These Skills can take a long time to learn and even a longer time to master, but while learning these skills poker players can still be profitable players. I'm not talking about learning starting hand charts, pot odds, how to read players, or changing gears in your game. I'm talking about laying out a road map on how to build your bankroll through poker bonuses. Every online card room offers these bonuses either in the form of first time sign up bonuses or random redeposit bonuses. No matter what size your poker bankroll is these bonues can help you grow your roll. I'm going to lay out the map by stages in your starting bankroll. This is a map and I'm just showing you starting points for each of the stages, where you want to go from there is up to you. This advice is also coming from a limit ring game player, and can be applied to a No Limit ring game player, but if the majority of your time is spent as a tournament player then bonus chasing is not going to be that effective of a tool for you. In this first article I will be covering state one: Players with a bankroll of $100 or less.
First stage is the bankroll of $100 or less. This is where I started out when I made my first deposit in the Poker World. I'm not going to get in to what limt you should play in detail in this article that will come later, but I will touch on it some. With a $100 or less you are not really going to be able to maximize any bonus out there and I would recommend going to a site that offers a 50% or higher sign up bonus. Save these sites till you get your bankroll built up and you can get the full bonus. Also before you get started take the time to sign up for a Neteller account. The speed of transfer and easy of use are a must for all poker players. These are the sites I would suggest as a starting point:
The Gaming Club - Deposit at least $20 to earn a bonus of up to $300. This is a very easy and fast bonus to work off. They also have some of the best low limt tables starting at $0.05/.10 for both Limit and No Limit. On month here and you can easily have your bankroll at $400.
Paradise Poker - Paradise Poker is pleased to give a 25% Deposit BONUS to every new player on their first purchase. Be sure and use bonus code FIRST25 when purchasing. The Paradise bonus will not be able to be maxed out with a $100 deposit but it is capped at $50 so its not a big bonus to chase once your bankroll gets bigger. Paradise also has a great selection of low limit and No Limit tables.
Royal Vegas Poker- This site is much like The Gaming Club. The bonus is a little different. If your bankroll is $0 you can start at Royal Vegas Poker. They give all new sign-ups $10 just for opening an account. Turn that $10 in to a nice bankroll then deposit and take advantage of their 40% bonus. Tables are the same as TGC and run off the Prima Network
PokerStars Rarely does PokesStars offer a bonus but when they do it is usually around 20%. They are also another site that has some good low limit and No Limit play. The players there for the most part are good and a tight aggressive player can have a good earn rate at the lower limit tables.
InterPoker This would be the last of the 4 I would suggest for a bankroll under a $100 but with their monthly $90 - $100 bonuses it is hard to pass up. Players only have to play 450 raked hands to earn the bonus which allows you to quickly work this one off and be on to another site. The only draw back to IP is the fact that the lowest limit tables are $1/2 and No Limit is $0.50/1. So this would be a site for players who's skills are higher than their bankroll.
Best of Luck growing your bankroll.
Next stage is the $499 to $100 bankroll range. ¶ 1:11 PM 0 comments
Something I had wrote on 72os.com:
Bankroll Road Map $1 to $100 Stage
I wanted to take out and layout one of the most powerful tools you have to at your disposial in the world of Online Poker. There are many, many skills that you need to have to play winning poker. These Skills can take a long time to learn and even a longer time to master, but while learning these skills poker players can still be profitable players. I'm not talking about learning starting hand charts, pot odds, how to read players, or changing gears in your game. I'm talking about laying out a road map on how to build your bankroll through poker bonuses. Every online card room offers these bonuses either in the form of first time sign up bonuses or random redeposit bonuses. No matter what size your poker bankroll is these bonues can help you grow your roll. I'm going to lay out the map by stages in your starting bankroll. This is a map and I'm just showing you starting points for each of the stages, where you want to go from there is up to you. This advice is also coming from a limit ring game player, and can be applied to a No Limit ring game player, but if the majority of your time is spent as a tournament player then bonus chasing is not going to be that effective of a tool for you. In this first article I will be covering state one: Players with a bankroll of $100 or less.
First stage is the bankroll of $100 or less. This is where I started out when I made my first deposit in the Poker World. I'm not going to get in to what limt you should play in detail in this article that will come later, but I will touch on it some. With a $100 or less you are not really going to be able to maximize any bonus out there and I would recommend going to a site that offers a 50% or higher sign up bonus. Save these sites till you get your bankroll built up and you can get the full bonus. Also before you get started take the time to sign up for a Neteller account. The speed of transfer and easy of use are a must for all poker players. These are the sites I would suggest as a starting point:
The Gaming Club - Deposit at least $20 to earn a bonus of up to $300. This is a very easy and fast bonus to work off. They also have some of the best low limt tables starting at $0.05/.10 for both Limit and No Limit. On month here and you can easily have your bankroll at $400. Paradise Poker - Paradise Poker is pleased to give a 25% Deposit BONUS to every new player on their first purchase. Be sure and use bonus code FIRST25 when purchasing. The Paradise bonus will not be able to be maxed out with a $100 deposit but it is capped at $50 so its not a big bonus to chase once your bankroll gets bigger. Paradise also has a great selection of low limit and No Limit tables. Royal Vegas Poker- This site is much like The Gaming Club. The bonus is a little different. If your bankroll is $0 you can start at Royal Vegas Poker. They give all new sign-ups $10 just for opening an account. Turn that $10 in to a nice bankroll then deposit and take advantage of their 40% bonus. Tables are the same as TGC and run off the Prima Network PokerStars Rarely does PokesStars offer a bonus but when they do it is usually around 20%. They are also another site that has some good low limit and No Limit play. The players there for the most part are good and a tight aggressive player can have a good earn rate at the lower limit tables. InterPoker This would be the last of the 4 I would suggest for a bankroll under a $100 but with their monthly $90 - $100 bonuses it is hard to pass up. Players only have to play 450 raked hands to earn the bonus which allows you to quickly work this one off and be on to another site. The only draw back to IP is the fact that the lowest limit tables are $1/2 and No Limit is $0.50/1. So this would be a site for players who's skills are higher than their bankroll.Best of Luck growing your bankroll.
Next stage is the $499 to $100 bankroll range. ¶ 1:11 PM 0 comments
Monday, May 16, 2005
Friday, May 06, 2005
Ok I'm a blog Slacker
I've been trying to post for over a week now and really not had anything to say. I've not been playing that much poker over the past 2 weeks. Done a little grinding on AP working off some of the bonus and played some SnGs goofing off with friends. So I've not got that much to post about in the poker world.
In other parts of my life I found that I like to do something I use to hate. I’ve mowed my grass 3 or 4 times so far this year and have found it to be a great time for me to get some free time and think. Between work, having a growing 2 year old, wife, and poker there is not much time just to be able to get a way and reflect or brainstorm with out getting interrupted, but when I’m mowing for the hour it takes me it is my free time to let my mind wonder. But if you do see me in a John Deere place please shoot me I don’t like mowing that much.
Interesting Poker Links:
Poker craze: A younger generation feeding the frenzy
17 Tech students guilty in poker ring
Push Made To Legalize Poker In N.C.
PokerDiagram podcast ¶ 5:35 PM 0 comments
In other parts of my life I found that I like to do something I use to hate. I’ve mowed my grass 3 or 4 times so far this year and have found it to be a great time for me to get some free time and think. Between work, having a growing 2 year old, wife, and poker there is not much time just to be able to get a way and reflect or brainstorm with out getting interrupted, but when I’m mowing for the hour it takes me it is my free time to let my mind wonder. But if you do see me in a John Deere place please shoot me I don’t like mowing that much.
Interesting Poker Links:
Poker craze: A younger generation feeding the frenzy
17 Tech students guilty in poker ring
Push Made To Legalize Poker In N.C.
PokerDiagram podcast ¶ 5:35 PM 0 comments
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