The first clue was that he was Supernova VIP on Pokerstars. I think it must be impossible to be a Supernova VIP and play no higher than 25NL. With the new labelling system on Pokerstars you can configure the client to show your VIP status. You occasionally see a Platinum Star player, but until now [...]
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Just got pwned by a high stakes player at 25NL!
Posted in cash games, online poker, poker hands, tagged poker on October 31, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Sometimes it just doesn’t seem fair!!
Posted in bad beats, cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Warning: double bad beat story. But I need some sympathy!!
Lost 8 buyins in 3 days.
Lost 5 buyins on Saturday…combination of coolers and tilt. Broke my rules…very undisciplined. Was in a bad mood, tired and should not have even played. Went passed my 2 buyin stop loss (which I established for this reason)…very bad.
Session yesterday unbelievable.
Was [...]
Antonius v Benyamine v Ivey
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
One of the amazing things about online poker is that you can watch the best in the world go at it for huge sums of money. Occasionally I check out the high stakes cash games on Fulltilt and just watch these guys play (and dream!). I just had a look tonight, and sure enough, none [...]
My tilt-resistance has been tested ……
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
And I failed miserably!!!!!
I believe that my game has gone to a new level this month….it is just that I am not seeing the results yet. More on this in another post.
I had worked my way up to a 4 buyin profit this month after a lot of ups and downs. However I just got [...]
The pulse of online poker is …… strong!
Posted in online poker, tagged poker on October 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It would be an exaggeration to say that the ups and downs of the world of online poker mirror that of the current stock market. However, it is clear that after an initial meteoric rise a few years ago, the phenomena of online poker has had a difficult couple of years and an uncertain future. [...]
September was a struggle!
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on October 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
After a good August, I came back down to earth during September. Nevertheless, I feel good about my progress and am looking to pushing forward for the rest of the year.
Here are my results summarised:
Here are some comments in point form:
1. Played 20,260 hands. After being down 7 buyins at one stage, I ended up [...]
End of August Review
Posted in cash games, online poker, variance, tagged poker on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have now been playing poker online for 2 years. I bought in for $50 vowing to never put any more money in. Well I did break this, not because I went broke, but because I thought I would take advantage of the Pokerstars offer in July where you get a 40% bonus up to [...]
Brian Townsend confesses to multi-accounting on PokerStars and FullTilt Poker
Posted in online poker, poker cheating, poker news, tagged poker on August 31, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is an unbelievable story. Brian Townsend over a short period of time has developed a good reputation as being an excellent online cash game player and has been building up his entrepreneurial skills with his association with the Cardrunners site. He had a somewhat meteoric rise to fame last year, although from the results [...]
Cruising along in August
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on August 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Just a quick update. August has been good to me so far. After 12,000 hands I am up almost 9 buy-ins.
My bankroll is currently $767, however I am only about 1,500 hands away from a $100 bonus, then another 1,000 hands away from becoming a Silver Star VIP. That will allow me to cash in [...]
End of July Reflection
Posted in cash games, online poker, tagged poker on August 3, 2008 | 9 Comments »
I can summarise July with the following 2 facts:
1. I lost $111.25 over 14,608 hands.
2. I moved up to 25NL lol!
Most of the loss was actually in 25NL. After a good start I had one single session where I lost $115 (ie all of my months losses) due to a combination of bad play and [...]
