Piper's Poker Blog

Two years?

2007-09-06T11:53:00.000-06:00

Well it's been awhile, that's for sure.

I pretty much gave up on all the online games, well before the netteller and other services were shut out of the US market.

I'll be back when we get legal access again.

Official: drinking improves thinking

2005-08-05T16:54:00.000-06:00

Guardian | Official: drinking improves thinking

but does it improve your poker? Dunno, but it sure makes poker more fun. And Iggy can write like a demon under the appropriate amount of Guinness

EFF: How to blog anonymously

2005-06-30T10:28:00.000-06:00

EFF:

Posted for future reference

PartyPoker to go public

2005-06-29T17:52:00.000-06:00

Half Sigma has a post linking to the NY Times about Party going public.

Big money in online poker

Just another way to make money at party?

Poker tables

2005-02-07T10:16:00.000-07:00

I've been kicking around the idea of building my own poker table, because I don't have enough crap in my basement.

Here are some links to some good resources. Most found with a quick Google, but I'll put this post here, if nothing else to save me time later.

Home Poker Tourney Lots of links to other table sites, as well as the original PC Potato

patmulry.com home of the ultimate portable poker table. Interesting folding design, and portable wooden legs. Plans in Adobe.

Mark Junell's table. Very nice, well worth the effort.

Flash or animated gif on how to build a table.

Scott Keen Poker Forum including a poker table area. Good read.

Iggy vs Dutch Boyd

2005-01-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

Google Fight : Make a fight with Googlefight

Go ahead try it. Iggy vs Dutch Boyd.

Colorado Poker Championship

2004-12-22T20:00:00.000-07:00

http://www.colopokerseries.com

First of all, get rid of the blinking border. It's annoying.

Saturday , January 29th. Lone Tree ( South Denver, maybe 45 minutes from DIA)

From the web site (in small font):

There is no cost to participate in the tournament. Those people signing up for
the full day event will be automatically registered for the tournament, unless
we are advised otherwise. Please click here to notify us if you plan to attend
the seminar, reception and dinner but do not wish to participate in the
tournament. Additionally, if you wish to participate in the tournament but not
attend any other part of the event, click here to register. If seats are
available, you will be notified. Please note that as this is a charity event, if
a seat is available and you participate, while it is not required, we would
encourage you to consider making a meaningful donation to YouthBiz.

So, you could play for free for prizes, which would keep this legal under Colorado law. However, I expect if you really want to play, you will need to pony up the $350 for all the events, and a automatic seat.

For $350, you get:
2:00 p.m. 4:00 p.m. - Seminar by Howard Lederer
A complete set of Howard's DVD's, a $120 value!

4:00 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. - Reception/Buffet Dinner Tournament starts at 6.

$100 gets you just the seminar.

PartyPoker.net

2004-11-05T10:37:00.000-07:00

Just saw an ad on th History Channel for Party Poker. Kinda cheesy, but hey, it's an ad. Hopefully Iggy can profit from it.

Brilliant!

2004-10-26T15:16:00.000-06:00

The Poker Penguin: "Poker is about folding hands that don't have a good chance of winning.

That's it. The Penguin's new most sage piece of advice ever, based on the perhaps six hours play since his return.

Fold hands that don't stand a good chance of winning."

party poker regKey

2004-10-20T16:17:00.000-06:00

Cheap Thrills

So I went online and read about possible solutions. One person said to delete all my cookies, and then go through my registry (run regedit) and delete anything with a reference to Party Poker. I did that. No go.

The solution turned out to be this, which I got from the forums at bonuswhores.com:
You just have to delete the cookie reg key.

Its under Current User > Local Machine > Software > Calculator > UCID key.

That's what freezes more than 1 party skin.

100% bonus

2004-10-20T08:37:00.000-06:00

This is gonna be hard to pass up. $600 in free money.

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Good news for Dr Pauly

2004-10-14T22:56:00.000-06:00

Nicky professes her love for a NY writer: "Nicky Hilton has apparently decided that whole 'until death do us part' scenario really isn't for her. ...the heiress is preparing to file for an annulment after two months of not-quite-wedded bliss to money manager Todd Meister, 33, reports Us Weekly."

A Jewish liberal New Yorker on why she is voting for Bush

2004-10-13T09:26:00.000-06:00

The Command Post - Op-Ed - A Jewish liberal New Yorker on why she is voting for Bush: "Why This Lifelong Jewish Liberal is Voting Republican"

Home game

2004-10-13T08:54:00.000-06:00

Played in a home game for the first time in a long time. Many of the scheduled players had expressed interest in playing a tournamnent. We only had 8 folks respond, so I'm thinking a nice SnG would work fine.

I used the structure from www.HomePokerTourney.com, $20 buy in, T1000. Rebuys during the first 4 levels, and 1 $10 T600 add-on after level 3.
Total pot ended up at $180, split 50, 30, 20%.

We had five show up. Dom regaled with his Vegas trip report from the previous weekend, where he sobered up enough to realize that the huge stack he was playing blackjack with was black, and worth over 17k. He ran it up to 20k before going on a huge wealth redistribution program, and giving money back to the house. Dom turned out to be a decent player, using position well. He also kept the table running as smooth as possible.

Sumit quickly put Rob on tilt with his play, sucking out on many occasions. Rob bought back in twice. After winning one big pot and becoming the big stack, with about T3000, Sumit would overbet the pot 5xBB PF, and scare everyone else out. When Rob called him down, Sumit would hit his 2 pair and take the chips.

Bryan was trying to do his best Moneymaker impression, but betting wearing sunglasses while you blush just doesn't work.

Eventually I had a hand I felt I could the S-man down with. Pocket K's. Sumit had been playing alot of face-x, so I was pretty sure I was good.
blinds are 25-50, Sumit comes in at 200. I re-raise to 400. He calls.
Flop is 9xx, no Aces. He raises 200, I reraise to 800. He calls. Turn is an Ace He checks. I raise 500. he calls. River is a 9. I'm all in. he calls, and flips over a pair of 2's. Sweet.

This was 4 or 5 times as much fun as Party, and I made more money, up $60.

Rob managed to calm down, and fight his way into 2nd. Finish was me, Rob, Bryan, Dom, Sumit.

I almost feel guilty

2004-10-08T01:50:00.000-06:00

Short story... Nut flush, followed by quad A's in back to back hands. Table was very passive.

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (7 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6h, Ad.
Hero calls, 2 folds, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (4 SB) 9d, 2d, 6d (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.

Why didn't CO bet out his 8's?

Turn: (2 BB) Qh (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, SB calls, BB folds.

River: (5 BB) 5d (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, CO calls, SB raises, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 14 BB

Hero has 6h Ad (flush, ace high).
CO has 8d 8c (flush, nine high).
SB has Kd 5h (flush, king high).
Outcome: Hero wins 14 BB.

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (7 handed)converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, As.
2 folds, MP2 calls, CO raises, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, MP2 calls, CO calls, Button calls.
Yummy, rockets.

Flop: (12.50 SB) Ad, Tc, Kh (4 players)
Hero bets, MP2 folds, CO calls, Button folds.
AGGHHHH TRIPS!!!! yes yesyes!!

Turn: (7.25 BB) 7s (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.

River: (9.25 BB) Ac (2 players)
Hero bets, CO calls.
OMG!!! Finally!

Final Pot: 11.25 BB

CO has Jd Js (two pair, aces and jacks).
Hero has Ah As (four of a kind, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins 11.25 BB.

Who's the biatch?

2004-10-07T01:13:00.000-06:00

Full tilt NL play

AcKs on button
all in Preflop, after 3 raises.
2 callers
4h4c (new kid, whole stack)
Kdkh (tight, sometimes aggressive.)
flop 5d4s8s
turn 9s
river Js
in chat...LOL SUUUUUUCKKKOOOUUUTTT!!!!

2 hands later
hammer
raise to 200
reraise to 400 behind me
I raise it down to river and lose.

I have been check raising all over the pace, often getting 3 CR's in per hand.

confirms me as a maniac. Stats show seeing flop 76%.

I do need some Iggy level tilt inducing chat comments.
That might be a fun thread.

CRAP!
Just lost to a 4 outer straight draw....
Cowboys cracked

KK on button

flop 785
turn 3
SB calls half his stack. I push. He calls, flips 54.
river is the 6.

2004-10-04T18:09:00.000-06:00

Well, I've decided that there is more bonus whoring than casino's.

Following the example set by the Blogfather, I've added Google ads. Support Iggy by clicking on his ads.

Table selection

2004-10-04T15:26:00.000-06:00

Table selection is one of the key skills you need to maximize your profits. On Party/Empire, I look for tables where most of the players are below the default buy-in. I'll jump on and watch for an orbit, to see how many are seeing the flop. I like to have at least 4 players pay to see the flop, and up to 6 fora full table. If everyone is seeing the flop, be prepared to have someone suckout on you all the time.

asphnxma: "Online, it's even easier to switch tables, and changes in table conditions occur even more rapidly than in a B&M poker room. Tables can go from extremely profitable to rock garden within the span of a few hands. There is absolutely no reason a player should ever feel compelled to stay at an unprofitable online table, whether the source of the problem is opponents who are maniacs or opponents who are rocks, or even opponents who are cagey, expert players. There is always another, more profitable table that is just a few mouse-clicks away. It may take a few tries to find it, and the profitable table conditions may evaporate within a few orbits of finding it, but it's out there.

Newer players should learn that this is a choice they can take advantage of. Table selection can and should be an active choice on the player's part, rather than a passive choice of sitting down (and staying) at the first available table, no matter what the conditions. To do anything less is to miss an opportunity to maximize EV."

That's Party Poker

2004-10-01T22:39:00.000-06:00

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (7 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is SB with Kc, 9c. CO posts a blind of $0.5.

UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, CO (poster) checks, Button (VP$IP54%) calls, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 3h, Kd, 9s (5 players)
(Typical, 5 to see flop. )

Hero bets, BB folds, MP2 folds, CO calls, VP$IP54% raises, Hero 3-bets, CO calls, VP$IP54% caps, Hero calls, CO calls.

(Wow, capped at the flop. WTH does he have? I have top 2 pr...KK for trips?)

Turn: (8.50 BB) 4d (3 players)

Hero bets, CO calls, VP$IP54% calls.

(Strange... I would have expected a raise after the flop madness. I think I'm still good here.)

River: (11.50 BB) 4h (3 players)

Hero bets, CO calls, VP$IP54% raises, Hero 3-bets, CO folds, VP$IP54% calls.
( Why in the world did the CO call, and then fold?. Why the call from VP54, and now a raise? Could he have a pocket pair, and now 2 pair on the board? Boat?)

Final Pot: 18.50 BB

Results in tan below:

VP$IP54% has Ad Ac (two pair, aces and fours).

Hero has Kc 9c (two pair, kings and nines).

Outcome: VP$IP54% wins 18.50 BB

Well, that's Poker. Party Poker.

Leaks

2004-10-01T10:13:00.000-06:00

I know I have many leaks in my game.

After loading up all my histories into PT, and using the auto-icon feature (rules from bisonbison on 2+2)

VP$IP is 43%. Yikes. This is the biggest thing to fix, right now. Time to break out the books, and reinforce my starting hands.

Foot in mouth

2004-10-01T10:00:00.000-06:00

I jumped on empire about 11 ET, looking for SirFWALGman's private table. Spotted Al Cant Hang on the buddy list, and started watching the table. Recognized Helixx
as well.

As I was waiting for an opening in the blogger table (see previous post)I made a smart ass comment about not being a dwarf, not realizing Iggy was there.

So.
I'm sorry. No offense intended, and I think none taken, but an apology is in order anyway.

Unless you REALLY drink Zima. Then words escape me.

Pauly's straight flush

2004-10-01T09:29:00.000-06:00

Another blogger table. I left in the interesting parts… all the table chat. And Pauly’s Straight-flush. Stuff I managed to NOT get a HH on..Iggy check raising pre-flop.

Otis joined after Al left.

** casino made a flush***
Iggy: boooo
Dr.Pauly: nc
casinogosain: ty
Helixx: you told me 92 was a winner...
casinogosain: when i made my sf-draw i was happy
Helixx: i wrote it down last night
Helixx: chip and a chair
AlCantHang: later guys.
casinogosain: i saw 92o take down a 1k+ pot at the mirage a couple weeks back
casinogosain: later al
Helixx: later al!
Helixx: happy b-day belated
Dr.Pauly: alcantplay
AlCantHang: alcantsee
Dr.Pauly: tell mrs. hang i say hi
Helixx: 92... 1k pot... does... not.. compute
AlCantHang: i will. over and over and over
Dr.Pauly: amen
Helixx: werd
Dr.Pauly: alcantlimp...diiick
AlCantHang: oh wait, wasn't the fold button?
Helixx: lol
Dr.Pauly: i got the hilton sisters
Helixx: whatever button it was made my hand look like sh1t
AlCantHang: < going broke
Dr.Pauly: i messed up i should have reloaded
** Summary **
Main Pot: $15.75 | Side Pot 1: $2 | Rake: $0.75
Board: [ 4c 2c 3c 3d 6s ]
Dr.Pauly balance $15.75, bet $3.50, collected $15.75, net +$12.25 [ 5c Ac ] [ a straight flush, five high -- Ac,5c,4c,3c,2c ]
Dr.Pauly: i got the nuts

Piper posts big blind (0.50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Piper [ Kh, Ad ]
AlCantHang: woohoo
hilldogs1: nh
Dr.Pauly: striagth flush baby!
Iggy: oh the humanity
casinogosain: vnh
Dr.Pauly: < --blogworthy
AlCantHang: i didn't loose alllll my money
Helixx: nice
Helixx calls (0.25)
Piper raises (0.50) to 1
Dr.Pauly: ty
Dr.Pauly: flopped it too
Iggy: i think you won $5
Helixx calls (0.50)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ As, 4c, 5c ]
Helixx: oh now PIPER is raising the blinds...
Dr.Pauly: i started with $3
Dr.Pauly: 5x up
Iggy: $12!!
casinogosain: 12BB
AlCantHang: later gentleman
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qd ]
Helixx: later al
casinogosain: later
Piper bets (1)
Iggy raises (2) to 2
--- What does Iggy have?...Sisters? 23o?
Piper calls (1)
** Dealing River ** : [ 9s ]
Dr.Pauly: alcantfold
Piper bets (1)
Iggy folds.
** Summary **
Main Pot: $15.25 | Rake: $0.75
Board: [ As 4c 5c Qd 9s ]
Piper balance $31.75, bet $6, collected $15.25, net +$9.25 [ Kh Ad ] [ a pair of aces -- Ad,As,Kh,Qd,9s ]

Iggy: al rules
Helixx: ok.. you can raise the blinds with that.i forgive you
Piper: thx
Helixx: np
Piper: and I was thinking, at least it buys Iggy some Guinness...
Helixx: iggy really drinks zima
Piper: NOOOOOO!!!!!
Helixx: and mineral water
Dr.Pauly: iggy is a sober housewife from ohio
Iggy: boat drinks!
AlCantHang has left the table.
Dr.Pauly: i love paris
Piper: not that clear crud from up the hill in golden
Dr.Pauly: this was al's last IM
Helixx: not the cruel drunken short person you've been led to believe
Helixx: otis!
Dr.Pauly: AlCantHang: later pualy. thansk fo eveyrthing
OtisBDart: hey-ya
Helixx: oy
Iggy: small change got rained on
Helixx: lol
Helixx: with his own .38
Iggy: yeah
***** Hand History for Game 1007714492 *****
Dr.Pauly: otis, my man, u misse dmy straight flush
OtisBDart: no, i was watching
Iggy: BYE AL
Dealt to Piper [ Ad, As ]
Dr.Pauly: ahhhhhhh
Iggy: lol
Dr.Pauly: i love paris
Iggy: < sets sights on otis
Dr.Pauly: < --metoo
OtisBDart: i see you brought enough to play alli
casinogosain: he had to reload
hilldogs1: do you guys raise every pre flop
Iggy: otis, you got a 401k right?
Iggy: let's go...
Dr.Pauly: only when i have the hilton sisters
Helixx: nicky > paris
Iggy: pauly > paris
Helixx: lol
Dr.Pauly: im foooked
Dr.Pauly balance $7.75, [ Qs Qd ] [ a pair of queens -- Kd,Qs,Qd,7d,6h ]
Piper balance $43.50, bet $7, collected $29.75, net +$22.75 [ Ad As ] [ a pair of aces -- Ad,As,Kd,7d,6h ]

I ended up 20 for the night. Had a blast, as the chat made it very easy to fold marginal hands. The deck did hit me hard a few times, as AK, and AA held up.

Killing productivity one post at a time

2004-09-30T14:27:00.000-06:00

Iggy is at it again.: "And so, anyone working right now, go hit this 20 questions site and kill some time. A hoist of the Guinness to Grubette for the link. Safe for work and purty good coding."

Computer wins

You were thinking of a poker chip.
You said it is classified as Mineral, I say Other.
Would you use it daily? You said Sometimes, I say No.
Would you give it as a gift? You said Sometimes, I say No.

Damn. It guessed right, AND it says it don't know what I'm talking about.

Training Wheels

2004-09-28T17:01:00.000-06:00

Aunt Maudie : "I picked up Small Stakes Hold-Em on Saturday and read the first section on pre-flop hands. I then created a visual chart based on the recommendations for tight games on pages 80-81 (a chart on loose games is forthcoming). With chart at the ready, I fired up Party Poker and sat at a $1/$2 game and played pre-flop according to Miller. I then proceeded to have my rear quarters handed to me."

I gotta get SSHE.

The 2+2 Forums: Is this you? Or how to judge a player using PT.

2004-09-27T13:27:00.000-06:00

The 2+2 Forums: Is this you? Or how to judge a player using PT.: "Is this you? Or how to judge a player using PT. "

Post by MS Sunshine on using PT. More stuff to digest.

Pot odds and probability

2004-09-27T12:52:00.000-06:00

FREAK'S Sports & Gambling Forum: Pot odds and probability: "Probability is a huge factor in texas hold 'em. Players use odds to determine their actions. The chances of finishing a flush or a straight, the probablity of getting an overcard, the percentage of times you're going to flop a set to match your pocket pair are all important factors in poker. Knowledge of these statistics is key to winning. In online games especially with very few (if any) tells, statistical knowledge becomes the main factor when choosing whether to bet, call, or fold"

Short article on calculating pot odds.

WTO ruling on Net betting downplayed

2004-09-22T09:39:00.000-06:00

MSNBC - WTO ruling on Net betting downplayed

A World Trade Organization decision last week upholding a challenge to U.S. Internet gambling laws made waves around the world, but most experts say it will have little — if any — any impact on U.S. efforts to clamp down on online betting.

No one denies that the tiny Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda hit a public relations home run in winning a favorable preliminary ruling on March 24 from a WTO dispute-resolution panel. The details of the ruling have not yet been made public, but negotiators from both sides say the panel agreed with Antigua's argument that U.S. laws and efforts to combat Internet betting amount to anti-competitive protectionism of its domestic gambling industry.

...

Even if it is upheld on appeal — a process that could take two years or more — the United States can be expected to ignore it, he said.

“My guess would be that if it holds up, we would decide this isn’t worth doing and let Antigua do its worst,” Gresser said. Under that scenario, Antigua would have a right to impose retaliatory trade measures against the United States, but any punishment the island nation would exact would be "kind of trivial,” he said.

Best Damn Hand In Poker

2004-09-21T09:33:00.000-06:00

Best Damn Hand In Poker: "The Fundamental Theorem Of 72o:
- 'Any time you aggressively play seven deuce off suit, the universe will bend the laws of short term probability in order to re-balance the long term probability abuses by those trashy players who only play premium hands.' - Celeryman, 2004."

Words escape me. The sheer genius of this cannot be denied. Since everyone else folds this, it should win for me. Grubby's Hammer is a wonderful hand.

Long vs short

2004-09-17T15:34:00.001-06:00

My last post is a very good reason for Iggy to keep up the uber post. Someone's gotta write something worth reading.

NL vs Limit

2004-09-17T15:34:00.000-06:00

I’ve had a few horrible .5/1 sessions, where every hand worth playing ends being second best. Some were bad calls on my part, not giving the other player credit for hand ( not that they had showed anything but garbage before anyway.)

I keep trying to tell myself it’s just variance, but a red 4BB/hour over 1500 hands hurts.

After reading about some of the success others (SirFWALGMan) have had at the 25NL ring games, and thinking about my performance at 5/1 and 10/1 SnG’s, I decided to give the NL game a try.

First thing I noticed, suckouts are MUCH more rare, since I can make it far too expensive to just keep calling.

Second, I can easily trap myself, and really need to pay attention to the other players, and not WSOP. When a LAG just calls a pot sized raise, look out. It’s NOT a sign of a weak hand.

Over 4 sessions, about 6 hours of play, I’m up nearly $50. Part of this is just playing tight, with a little fear, and being aggressive with good hands. Part is having the deck just hit me hard for a bit, with a couple of maniacs.

New hand history

2004-09-17T10:28:00.000-06:00

What does everyone think about the new hand history with Party/Empire and Pokertracker?

I think I like haveing the histories automatically saved locally, I just need to figure out how to get PT to read them.

Genius of the Poker has a GOOD session

2004-09-07T11:49:00.000-06:00

"Well this is the part of my trip I've been dying to write about. Think of it as a little reward for those of you who've managed to slog through the last 3 parts of this boring trip report.

Fasten your seatbelts , cause the real story is about to start."

NL ring

2004-08-23T11:41:00.000-06:00

The Poker Code: "Wow. It's a perfect fit for me. Why are NL ring games better? First. There is a different species of fish that play the NL ring games. SNG fish like to push their imaginary stacks around with more "blind vibrato" and tend to do it more often. The fish at the NL games are a bit more 'conservative' with their blind all-ins. You still see them but when you do there is a better chance that they have something to back it up. A very subtle difference but one that translates into a much better EV."

Moneymaker's moneymaker

2004-08-17T12:35:00.000-06:00

http://www.conqueronlinepoker.com/

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Order "Conquer Online Poker" right now, and youll also receive a FREE DVD bonus! "World Series of Poker" Champion Tom McEvoys expert tips! Learn pre-flop strategy, betting to win, and secrets for knowing any players hands just by watching them play!

Plus, you'll also receive "EZ Chip Tricks," a fast and easy chip tricks video. Shuffle, flip, and roll chips like a master .

There's more! You’ll get "PokerStat" computer software (demo version), which lets you track every hand you play online. And, you’ll also receive the famous "Wilsons Turbo Texas Hold 'Em" computer software (demo version). This invaluable poker simulation software, actually critiques your play!

Order now, and get "Conquer Online Poker" with Chris Moneymaker Video. As a bonus, you'll also receive Tom McEvoy's tips video, "EZ Chip Tricks" video, "PokerStat" software, and "Wilsons Turbo Texas Hold Em" software absolutely FREE!

Most respected Interent Hold’em player in the world.. respected by who?

doesn’t have to rely on luck to win—He must mean his online poker.

Well, the chip tricks and Tom McEvoy’s tips might be worthwhile. Also, Lee Jones ( I think, it was late) recommended this. Wonder what Sklanksy would say? Moneymaker isn’t nerdy enough to get the chicks?

Anyone want to go halfs on this?

Party bad beats

2004-08-12T20:47:00.000-06:00

Trying out the advice of the Poker fadda, I opened an account on Party, and tried my hand at the bad beat tables.

The 50/1 tables were almost full, with 2 open seats at 8 or so tables. What the hell.

Ouch.

I managed to drop $18 in 15 hands. Full house beats Nut flush. 2 pair loses to two bigger pair. Big Slick (2 times) loses to two small pair.

sigh.

Went on tilt, raising every chance with rags. Board threatened a flush, everyone folded to me on the river to get back to -12.

Riding the F Train SNG stategery

2004-08-12T15:15:00.000-06:00

Riding the F Train: "My historical ITM last year, before I stopped playing the SnGs, was in the high fifties, so although this sample size is on the small side, the numbers sound about right."

I need to digest this. Good stuff.

Online Poker Thoughts: Poker Gods Missed Me

2004-08-12T11:31:00.000-06:00

Online Poker Thoughts: Poker Gods Missed Me: "One of my readers had a decent idea (Piper_bt). He says and I quote 'It would be nice to know some of the Bloggers names on different sites'. If anyone wants to send there site names I will either create a new section here to keep track or post them next to your Blog name or something. It is kind of fun to get someone saying 'Hey, are you SirFWALGMan from the Blog?'"

Heh. that's TWO posts related to me. One here, and one on the PokerFather's blog, pimping me.

I might get 3 or 4 readers a year. SSWWWEEEETTTT!

Another poker blog?

2004-08-11T20:25:00.000-06:00

I decided to move all my poker stuff over here, and save you from the mindless ramblings and 'isn't this neat" posts.

Use Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker.