Chasing Chris Ferguson

I jumped right in to the Ultimate Bet 9:15 p.m. Freeroll with a pocket pair of Aces.  Read the rest of this entry »

 Last night (Wednesday) while watching Linda in a NLH tournament on PokerStars, I put my name up for a 1/2 S H/L game that looked pretty lively. The first hand I played was after pitching about 12 hands. I picked 3 hearts and called. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, my plans for tourneys to play the other night fell through as life got in the way!  I did manage to get into the Ultimate Bet $50 Tourney $ Freeroll last night at 7:15 though. Read the rest of this entry »

or some such nonsense…I don’t know if I’m zigging when I should be zagging or there really is a plot from the Card Fairy that has me hooked up with the death row of Poker Wanna Winners. It’s a struggle. I made it down to about 50ish players out of a $4.40 180 player SnG, simply by folding everything under the sun and then winning one pot with A-J off…yeah…it’s brutal when you never pick up a playable hand and A-J off looks like a royal flush when you finally see A-Face. The run from hell wouldn’t even begin to describe it. Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve listened to it live for years, as a dealer and player, from the pros, the wannabees, the regular Joes, and sometimes it’s what makes the whole experience worth being there. The people chatter mingled with chip clatter is, at times, the essence of why we go to a poker table. In online poker I’ve reported some chatters for their abuse of the English language and inability to express themselves without using swear words - and believe me, I know how to swear, I’m a pro at it - but calling someone names because you lost a hand just ain’t the way the game should go down. Read the rest of this entry »

 The Stud H/L games have been dead lately. I haven’t seen any in 3 days I thought was worth getting in. That means I have been in a couple tournaments with no success. And I hate HE so that is no option unless I am really in the mood for it which I never am. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m almost in love with A-K Clubs. I won two hands with it in the span of five minutes. I got 9’s beat - 10’s beat and this hand is one that strikes me as being typical of NLH play tournaments:

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That seems to be where I am with the Bankroll, still hovering in a holding pattern at about $1,220. No I am not complaining. It may not be going up, but as long as it is not going down, I am fine with it. Read the rest of this entry »

Well, guys, I am no better off financially than I was when I began this journey.  So far, I have at least learned a lot and feel richer for the knowledge even if my pockets have acquired no weight. Read the rest of this entry »

The world’s tiniest violin is playing my song so where’s my sign? Read the rest of this entry »