Archive for the 'Poker' Category

Failed to capitalize on a big fish

Monday, April 7th, 2008

Was playing €5/€10 in the GCB today and was up against a pretty mediocre field with about two good players, a couple mediocre ones who knew they were supposed to pay blinds etc, and one woman who was completely clueless. I mean, CLUELESS. I bought in for about €750 and cashed out €600. Every hand [...]


Knocked out of a tournament with back to back Aces

Friday, March 28th, 2008

I don’t feel like talking about this for too long, but I couldn’t just ignore this one on the blog as it has never ever happened to me before and I am begging to the Lord that it will never ever happen to me again in the future. I was in the chip lead of [...]


Flush over Flush over Flush

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

I mean I pretty much dread the flush over flush situations in No Limit Hold’em – because I almost never lay them down. I’ve seen people lay down flushes, but I can count the flushes I layed down in my poker career on the fingers of one single hand. I just can’t lay down a [...]


Straight Flush over Straight Flush

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Wow. WOWOWOW. I realise flush over flush happens all the time in Pot Limit Omaha, but Straight Flush over Straight Flush? That’s just painful…. I’m sure he was like: “w00t I’m up against the nut flush here” when the guy shoved his chips in. Terrible cold deck. 0.25/0.50 Omaha (PL) – 10 December 2007 22:27:41 [...]


Why not to play $1 NL Hold’em Tournaments

Monday, February 11th, 2008

HOLE CARDS[] Dealt to Hero [ ] Dealt to sagit555 [ ] Dealt to topchick03 [ ] Dealt to TIGER2 [ ] ALL-IN TIGER2 $1 500.00 FOLD dbt2007 ALL-IN sagit555 $1 500.00 FOLD Garsmath FOLD espextra FOLD askereia ALL-IN topchick03 $1 500.00 FOLD 4methos2 ALL-IN Hero $1 490.00 FOLD hk4645038 FLOP [Pot $5990] [ ] [...]


Hellmuth talks about losing half a million to Ivey

Monday, December 24th, 2007

The Poker Brat Phil Ivey talks about losing over half a million dollars to the ever so lucky Phil Ivey in a chinese poker game playing for one (and later on two) thousand dollars per point. Now, anyone who knows the game of Chinese poker a tiny bit knows that’s a huge amount of cash [...]


Why Play Tournament Poker?

Saturday, December 8th, 2007

The recent No Limit Hold’em poker boom has been fuelled “World Poker Tour” (WPT) and “World Series of Poker” (WSOP) being televised. Particularly the success of internet player Chris Moneymaker who was an internet player turned household name. What other arena can you turn $200 into $200, 000 in an evening playing online? In Multi-Table [...]


Pocket Pairs Preflop in No Limit Hold’em

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Being dealt a pocket pair can feel like a strong hand but they can lead you down a troubled road if not played correctly. The best advice is to play the top ones strongly but be prepared to let any pair go if things do not flop your way. Whilst pocket pairs have strong preflop [...]


Betting pre-flop: Weeding out the weak

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Why bet at all preflop. I mean if you can get in cheap. Sure that is better than voluntarily putting money into the pot? Yes and no. If you are holding an iffy hand like a pair of 10s at a full table the way you bet could mean the difference of winning and loosing. [...]


Starting Hands in No Limit Hold’em – Position is Everything

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

Like many things in life position is a huge advantage a in Texas Hold’em. Although unlike life you generally don’t want to be front of the queue. If you are the first player to act you will have to do so without seeing what every body else is doing first. In poker your position is [...]