Archive for November, 2006
Wednesday, November 29th, 2006
When Tony Soprano Comes Knocking, You’d Best Answer.
Alrighty then.
I had one player contact me because I had made a mistake in his screen ID, which resulted in him being shorted about 220 points. After checking the tapes, CracknAces, aka TonySoprano, was indeed cheated out of his fair share of POY points. If there is one thing I’ve learned from watching [...]
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Sunday, November 26th, 2006
Reading is Fundamental
There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it. Bertrand Russell
Every good poker player learns to make reads on the other players. There are many ways you can practice your poker reading skills.
What I’m about to talk about isn’t one [...]
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Friday, November 24th, 2006
Is There an Equivalent to Boxing Day for Thanksgiving?
Ok, I’ll fess up – I’m a Canadian.
My parents moved from a Toronto suburb to the border town of Windsor when I was 4 years old. Even that is a fib – we lived just outside of Windsor in a town called Tecumseh. Alright, that was another lie – we actually lived in [...]
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Thursday, November 16th, 2006
T.ake H.eed to C.hange
“posted by change100 at 4:20 AM“
That was at the end of Pot Committed posting part 2 of her trip with Pauly to Amersterdam.
Coincidence? I think not.
I have to admit I’m fairly bored with most poker blogs. Strategy posts don’t really interest me that much, nor does the latest tale of a lucky win [...]
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Monday, November 13th, 2006
As Luck(o) Would Have It
Big congrats to lucko21 who not only bested 19 runners in the WPBT Circuit Event #12, he is also the new leader in the WPBT POY race.
Personally I squeaked into 5th place in the standings, erasing the 1 point lead that CJ had on me. Mediocrity has been my sail throughout this entire series [...]
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Thursday, November 9th, 2006
The End of a horsE
Over the past two months I have dragged a small group of players through:
Hold’Em (NL)
Omaha/8 (PL)
Razz (Limit)
Stud (Limit)
Anyone see the pattern?
That’s right – this Sunday, Nov. 12th at 9PM Eastern at PokerStars, please join me for a round of
E.
That’s Stud/8 or better, not 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine.
Pokerstars, 9PM
$20+2
Password: wpbt72
Hope to see you there! Even if you think [...]
