Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good. And believe me, luck plays a factor in Texas Holdem. Because, if it weren’t for luck, I’d win every time!
In this hand, blinds are 125/250 with 25 ante. I’m in middle position with 27 offsuit (considered the worst starting hand in Holdem) and decide to raise to [...]
Here’s my latest victory. It’s just a small Sit-N-Go tournament with $3.00 buy-in and $0.25 entry fee. There were only 45 players and the top 7 get paid with first place getting $42.00. This was a turbo tournament with blinds increasing every 5 minutes. I like turbos; everyone plays really loose and tourneys don’t take [...]
In a previous post, I mentioned my tournament play taking a bit of a dive.
I registered for the $4.40 180-player Sit-N-Go on Stars tonight. I had a few ups and downs and managed to survive a few all-in moments. A couple of hours later, I find myself at the final table. Then [...]
My online tournament play has been suffering lately. My play on turbo tournaments has been particularly awful. So tonight I entered a $2 No-Limit Holdem tournament with 983 players. At the 1 hour 39 minute mark I found myself in the chip lead. I knew it wouldn’t last long so I [...]
This Saturday, I met up with an old friend from high school, Mike Gonzales. We were only together in school for our last two years in high school but we hung out quite a bit and even worked at the Red Robin in downtown Vancouver. We re-united through Facebook.
We headed out to St. [...]
I got a letter in the mail from TigerGaming.com, an online casino, telling me how much they’ve missed me. You see, I signed up with them a while back and have since moved on to bigger sites like Absolute, PartyPoker and PokerStars. To get me to play again, they’ve deposited $25USD into my [...]
