Category Archives: No-Limit Holdem

PlatinumStar–At A Price

I reached PlatinumStar VIP on PokerStars this weekend but reached it by erasing all my winnings from the month.

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The Dynamics of Four-Tabling

As many of you know, I’m in the midst of transitioning from being one of the top LHE players on my cul-de-sac to a non-busto online NLHE.  In the process, I’ve focused on 6-max NLHE on PokerStars, playing $0.25/0.50 up … Continue reading

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6-Max NLH: Small Ball vs Big Ball

I’m starting a recurring series of looking at a session as I explore my growth in 6-max NLH.   I’ll work through some of my perceptions as well as decisions along the way.

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Weekend in Review: Back and Forth and Chatting with Liz

I’d clawed and clawed my way up headed to a big winning weekend but losing big hands is not normally the way to lead to success.

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Working on Your Approach Shots

I tried a new experiment today, three-tabling NLH 6-max at three different stakes ($0.10/0.25, $0.25/0.50, and $0.50/1.00).  Three winning tables, but the benefits went beyond the $89.45 I won over the hour of play.

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Wow! My Biggest Session Ever

+$1,192.10 at $3/6 NLH 6-max, that’s what I knocked out before dinner tonight on PokerStars.  I know it’s not much for most folks, but it was a terrific 196 hands for me.

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A Topsy-Turvy Session

I ended up down -$138 including a -$500 table where everything that could go wrong did.  It was a great comeback from even worse.

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Four-Tabling Lessons Learned

I’ve become a bit of a four-tabling junkie on PokerStars, with the $0.50/1.00 NLH 6-max my new muse.  I’m not quite sure if I have any huge revelations, but here it goes.

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Returning to Normalcy: Part I

The grandmother of Sweetie’s mountain friends passed away last week, so she went to the mountains north of G-Vegas for part of the weekend. I was home alone with my three boys for the first time in two months.

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Asleep at My Laptop, Awakened by a Whale

I told Sweetie I was headed down in the basement to check email; the next thing I knew, it was 1:30AM.

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