tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-106252102011-04-21T20:57:31.650-06:00Trials and lessons of a poker newbie.IM1SleekGeekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04717032223878709845noreply@blogger.comBlogger251100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10625210.post-1171394159822666582007-02-13T13:07:00.000-06:002007-02-13T13:15:59.840-06:00

Well, the posts are few and far between. Seems to be only about the local B&M WSOP qualifiers.So far , I have played 3 of these tournements. Busted out of 1, snagged 4th, and a 7th. So, 2/3 FT finishes. Not bad this year.My game has changed quite a bit this time around. I am being much more conservative. My normal hyper-aggressive style has just gotten me busted out too many times, either

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I'm glad rooty got me back into the game. I've posted before about the WSOP satellite qualifiers that one of the local casinos puts on. It's basically a point system, smaller weekly tourney's, and a larger monthly tourney. Higher points to higher place finishes, and on the Monthly tourney, first place is automatically eligible for the WSOP Satellite, and top 45 point holders.The field was

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Despite some success early last year in ring games and tournements, things turned bad quickly.I played some online low limit and SNG's online, and some of the local free bar tourneys. Neither of which helped my game. In fact, I believe they further eroded the waning skills I had developed.I had all but given up for a while, resolving myself to be a casual player. Maybe play a small game with

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There seems to be a lot of confusion wether or not playing poker online for real money is legal or not. As this article shows, there's so much confusion in fact, that 2 Politicians are propossing new legislation that makes it very clear, and punishable with up to 5 years in prison.

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Was just talking to Rooty about sending tells, and came up with this little inner dialouge...Small Fish1: "Oh no, here comes a shark!"Small Fish2: "I don't understand, why is he swimming away?"Starfish: "You dumb fish, don't you know? He's circling to come up behind you and catch you by suprise!"Now, if someone with some artistic talent could put that to a little comic strip, that would be the

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A couple of good article's on how peoples behaviour when lying. May come in handy at the Poker table...How to Detect LiesEye Direction and Lying

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Myself, Rooty, and 2 other poker buddies entered the TFPL's Team Tournement.It was the largest Team Tournement EVER in Minnesota. OK, it was the first, so that automatically made it the largest. 200 player's consisitng of 50 teams of 4 played in Single Table, last man standing, point tourney.The format was, well, different. The field was cut in half after all tables had only one man standing.

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Although I have not been playing for years, I have read enough to know that everyone run's cold. Sometimes it's short lived, like the morning frost in early fall, that has all melted away with the rising sun. Then there's the kind of luck people like me have, almost all bad. It's more like the seasons here in Minnesota, it's mostly cold year round, with only a small reprieve that is summer. I

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PokerStars has announced a 20% Deposit bonus, as well as Hurricane Katrina Relief Tournements, featuring Wil Wheaton [blog], in which PokerStars will match all entry fees 100%, with all proceeds going to the American Red Cross.I encourage all online players to sign up now! The 20% deposit bonus is just icing.

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Article at Wired about the coming infestation of Poker bots such as WinHoldEm.

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The local Bowling Alley/Bar, Jerry Dutler's Bowl has started running Fantasy Poker League Tournements, and I finally got a chance to head down there, get signed up, and play my first tourney.Quite a different mix of skill levels, from learning to skilled. They host 2 tourneys each day on Thursday and Saturday. Not a bad format, and best of all, it's FREE! Winner takes Dutler's dollars, good for

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The first televised event of the Heartland Poker Tour will be occuring at a local casino!Not my regular B&M place, but they are having a satellite this Saturday to get into next weeks initial event.And Rooty is going too!Best of cards to the both of us, hoping we both secure our seats in the qualifier!

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The WSOP tournement at a local casino did not go as well as I would have liked.I had a good chip stack early, and couldn't have asked for better hole cards.Nothing like sitting down for the first hand and being dealt AA :-DThe cards kept coming, QQ, AK, AK, QQ.The AK held up nicely as I kept betting into a caller to the river (no A or K on the board), and Ace high was good for the pot. This

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No more ring games for me, and I'll elaborate in a later post. Basically, for whatever reason, I am just getting killed in ring games.So its Tourneys and SNG's only for me.Last night on PP, I did 4 $10 SNG's, finishing 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th.SNG Higlight of the Night:***** Hand History *****300/600 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) - Fri Apr 01 01:09:06 EST 2005Table (Real Money) -- Seat 6 is the

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I entered another of the WSOP Satellite tourney at a local casino. I had already won my seat into the final tourney in January's satellite, but thought this would be a good chance for some live tourney practice, as well as watch some of the other players I will be up against at the WSOP Final next month. And hey, if I make the final table again, another pay day!Before I knew it, we were down to

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Heres was my thought process for the final hand in the PPM IV Super Satellite (see following Post for Hand History); 2 Players in MP Limp in. Im in LP and have position on them. I raise it to 3XBB (90) with KQo. Both Call. Flop comes 9s, Kh, 8s I've flopped Top pair with a strong kicker, but theres 2 spades on the table. Both MP's check to me... Theres about 320 in the pot, so I don't want to

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Here's my final hand history from this evening's PPM IV Super Satellite; This one really hurt... Table PPM IV Super Satellite(227188) Table #11 (Real Money) Seat 9 is the button Total number of players : 10 Seat 1: BB_Seat1 ( $850 ) Seat 2: Seat2 ( $950 ) Seat 3: Seat3 ( $1040 ) Seat 4: Seat4 ( $2090 ) Seat 5: SlowPlaya_ ( $1020 ) Seat 6: Seat6 ( $3100 ) Seat 7: Seat7 ( $3100 ) Seat 8: So_M0ney

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Tao of Poker has declared today "St. Grubby's Day". So, drop the hammer, and send him the hand history! Check his site for details.

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I am seriously considering changing my Poker nickname to QualKing or KingQual or something along those lines. Even Rooty jibes me about my qualifier take downs. When I want/need to get into a big buy in tourney, I have no difficulties taking top spots in the numerous qualifiers. Either MT or SNG. Where everything falls apart is the actual tourney I parlay my way into. Why is it I can do so

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403... "HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden The server understood the request, but is refusing to fulfill it." That pretty much sums it up. No matter what I did, what I had, fate was just not going to fulfill my request. The final Hand. I'm on the BB AJo with 1 Limper in middle position. I raise 4x BB, BB Calls, MP calls. Flop comes xJx. I got all in with my remaining 800 or so, to get called by the

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Feb. Semi Finals Day4 for the PartyPoker Million IV! 1-26th win a trip, with 1504 players registered.

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Well, I placed 1st in a PPM IV Super Satellite Qualifier yesterday, which gets me into tonight's PPM IV Super Satellite. Now, here's the dilemma, this tourney starts at 23:15EST, that's 10:15 my time. Normally not a big deal, but as these have been running 4-6 hours, it's a Sunday night, and I have to work the next day. There are currently about 160 players registered for this tourney. So maybe

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Well, my original blog IM1SleekGeek was intended more as a personal resource (Google Toolbar Blog this is very handy), full of non poker related links, stuff I found interesting, etc., not to mention just sounded vain. This new blog will be Poker related content only! My intention is to chronicle my experience as a poker newb, sharing resources, lessons learned, and trying to help others that

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One of my local casinos has been holding WSOP Satellites. They have weekly Wednesday tournament's, and a Sunday tournament once per month.Along with the cash payout, each player is given points. Top 45 point holders, plus those who place 1st in each of the Sunday tournament's go on to the final tournament, winner of that getting a trip to the WSOP.I wouldn't say I have done extremely well, but

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One of the very first televised Poker tournements I saw was the PartyPoker Million, and was one of the very first things that peaked my interest in Poker. Shortly after vieweing this, I signed up on PartyPoker.com and played mostly for play money, learning the game. One of my very first goals was to someday play on that Cruise Ship that really started my poker interest. Well, I finally made the

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