Chasing Chris Ferguson

I just barely managed to get into the Poker Stars 8:05 p.m. WSOP Round 1 Qualifier and got off to a good start. (more…)

This is funny, but not. Saturday night I played in  $2 NLH Tourney on PokerStars. It was the usual donkfest and I was sorely lacking for playable hands. Then this hand comes down which turned out to be real weird.

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I logged into Full Tilt Poker Thursday night and caught the US player Freeroll at 9:05 p.m.  The new playing guide system was going OK.  I caught pocket Kings and Tens and Sixes and Nines and was riding high for a good while. (more…)

That is what I have been doing for the last few days…foraging for a good game. The good games are sporatic, and the worst time for good games seems to be on weekends. I guess people have more important things to do than playing poker….I can’t imagine!

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Got into the Ultimate Bet 4:35 p.m. HE Freeroll and continued to adhere to the  “rules” according to my new hand playing guide.  (more…)

I took the time to do some research on proper hand play for HE and then created a spreadsheet of hands based on different types of play from Tight to down right Betting Your Head.  Then I managed to get into a tourney for a WSOP Round 1 with 4316 players and started to test my new playing guide.  (more…)

I played only one tournament on Monday - 7 stud 8 or better, and managed 3rd place out of it.  I did a few of those amazing runners, like started with 10-10-2 (low card bring-in) and then caught runner-runner-runner-runner to make a 6 high straight and hog the pot with 3 way action.  WOW!  Doesn’t happen like that very often.  There were 392 players - it a $1.10 and I picked up $35.83.  Damn happy to do that! (more…)

That is me…a total Donkette in Hold’em tournaments. If I place at all I can’t get past barely making the money. I just accept the fact I have no clue, if I ever win one it will be pure luck. I will need a horseshoe bigger than Texas to come into any real money.

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is a term we used to use for sliding backward at a rapid rate when we had a game beat and then hit a rush of cards that sent our chip stacks on a death spiral.  I’m not really there, but kinda sorta.  Since I am playing mainly tournaments and not  a lot of live, I’ve set a course for myself that may not be as easy to navigate as I would like but it is what it is. (more…)

I registered for two Ultimate Bet Freerolls yesterday afternoon.  One began at 3:35 p.m. and the other at 5:35 p.m.  In both tourneys, I started out well and then once again stopped getting any playable hands or getting mediocre ones that allowed me see the Flop before having to fold and wait some more. (more…)