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One man's journey from poker obscurity to poker mediocrity.
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It\'s not getting any easier...
My weekend at the tables started off rather poorly. I was so close to the break-even mark in $0.50/$1 6-max limit hold'em. And then I ran into a few tough situations. My worst enemy at these micro-stakes tables are the loose-passive players who w...
Fighting the Good Fight
Anyone else out there desperately fighting the flu and other nasty viruses floating around? In the last couple of weeks, I've been sick three separate times and it's not getting any better. Today's symptoms including slight stomach ache, grogginess...
Never Stop Learning
I chose to play video games instead of poker last night. I was too groggy and sickly to fire up Stars and start grinding. I did do one thing to improve my Omaha/8 game last night: I started reading the Omaha/8 section in Super System 2. Thanks to t...
Busy Days at the Tables and Elsewhere
Things have certainly been busy the past week or so. My sons birthdays' are coming up: my youngest's is tomorrow and my oldest's follows one week later. I'm very proud of my little guys even if they still don't really sleep through the night and li...
Settling for the Silver Lining
I played a bunch of poker last night. I fired up four tables of Omaha/8 and settled in for a night of grinding. It was like taking a trip down memory lane. Full-ring poker, fixed-limit betting, nice passive play, and tons of clueless players. I pu...
Long Live The King
In my last post, I was looking back at the good old days of online limit hold'em. I was hoping that limit Omaha/8 might elicit the sense of fun, dominance, and excitement that I used to feel while grinding out a small but steady "income" from those ...
Just Like the Good Old Days...
When I sit down to play hold'em, I know what's in store for the evening. I might run into one or two bad players, I may win a bit of money, or lose a ton when all my draws miss or I misjudge my opponent's show of strength. For the most part, no-lim...
I can take it...
I think I passed my pain threshold last night while playing a mix of PLO and NLHE on Full Tilt, Party Poker, and Titan Poker. I was just card dead for most of the night and not getting much in the way of good flops or luck. I made couple loose call...
Strangely Motivated
I spent the weekend shopping, playing with my kids, cycling my ass off while shooting bad guys in Hong Kong, and playing a little online poker. I actually played far less poker than I'd anticipated. I blame the new TV channels my wife and I now hav...
Weekend!
I've a had a few frustrating days of playing around with my laptop. I was trying to get some video games to work. Silly me for thinking that computers could be used for something other than Internet poker (and various other amoral diversions). If ...
Late Night Poker
I've had a little case of insomnia for a few nights in a row now. A little unusual for me given how exhausted I am all the time. I don't recall not being able to sleep since well before my first son was born almost three years ago. Rather than ...
First Impressions: Badugi
Last night, I decided to try something new. I sat down at a micro-stake game of Badugi. For those who don't know anything about Badugi, you can check out CK's Intro to Badugi post. Being one to always over-prepare for any new game that I decide ...
A Penny Saved Is A Penny Earned
I played a solid session of Omaha 8 at Full Tilt last night. After re-watching some of Joe Tall's limit O8 videos from DeucesCracked, I was better able to bring my A-game (or my mid-to-high B-game) to the tables. If you want to be a winner playing ...
Father's Day Weekend!
I have two great kids. I put in the time, day after day, to show them that I love them and that I'd do anything for them. And for the next three days, I will bask in the love and praise of my family as they show me how much they appreciate it! Unli...
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
I played a few tables of O8 last night and noticed a disturbing trend. Many of the hands that I won were the result of pure luck. I'd get to the river after having backed into a solid high-hand or two-way hand and scoop. As an aside, scooping a pot...
Omaha 9 or Better?
I'm going to keep this really brief today. I played a couple hours of Omaha Hi-Lo last night at Full Tilt. I couldn't manage to find two $1/$2 full-ring games going so I settled into a $1/$2 game and a $0.50/$1 game. At my low point, I found mys...
Winning Poker...?
Did I play poker over the weekend? Yes I did. But I spent a heck of a lot more time downloading videos from DeucesCracked. I've got a whole slew of videos to help me learn Omaha/8, PLO, Stud Hi, Stud/8, Triple Draw, and I even found one or two Bad...
Weekend/8
The juggling act between leading a well-balanced, extra-curricular life and focusing solely on poker will continue over the weekend. I'm really loving inFamous for my PS3 but I'm really enjoying learning and playing limit O8 too! Despite my new fou...
Playing, Reading, Relaxing
I hit up Full Tilt to play some $1/$2 O8 last night. I was hoping to sit at a couple tables but there was only one table going at the beginning of my session. I checked my other rakeback sites and was disappointed to find that neither Titan Poker n...
Two Words: Omaha Eight
I'm going to jump into some Omaha 8 games tonight. I've watched some videos and read a couple chapters in a book so I'm all set! But seriously, I'm going to sit at the $1/$2 full-ring tables and see if I can grind out a few bucks. I hear that limi...
