Poker Perambulation

Ken’s New Home

jkprevo — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 05:47:39 +0000

You’ll find Poker Perambulation at a new address.

Turning Pages

jkprevo — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 13:12:07 +0000

I did that four or so times every week here. It was mostly fun. I sure have enjoyed the almost two years of blogging. I started blogging here two years ago tomorrow so today’s post makes it 2 years. I’m not sure if I want to quit or just take some time off. It is like my poker. I enjoy the game but it has changed dramatically since the UIGEA tightened how everyone gets to the bottom line.

I’ve tried to quit twice before. This isn’t about quitting. I might be back. Whether or not they’d want that is another topic. I might blog a bit at my old spot. If I do I’ll mention it in the forum or you can use it’s PM feature to message me to get the location I decide on. I guarantee it won’t be 3-5 a week.

I’d be stretching to talk principle above pigheadedness. It is about the all-in protection yet it isn’t. Linda left a comment about that. She pointed out that FullTilt had gone the same route. She said she knew from checking for a friend that it happened where it cost him a 30K pot.

Now, I’ll never lose that kind of pot or one that has a significant impact of any kind. It is, like I said, principle or pigheadedness. I’ve programmed for a living and know that if you don’t watch it the program takes on a life of its own. It is a mix of competing ideas that pit parties against each other. That is the case here. All-in was the squeaky wheel that needed greasing against a limited group of angle shooters. Rather than disable the feature for only the angle shooters

Hot Times

jkprevo — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 18:47:26 +0000

At the tables that is quads or such when the other guy has filled his boat. It has happened to me a few times. It is a delight. There are other hot times that aren’t as delightful. They are the bad beats that aren’t really.

Then there is global warning with Gore and his Hollywood PhD wanabes. They ride in the same greenmobile as the folks who hate carbon. You get monthly fund raising mail from them asking you to join them in saving the planet.

One of our local weathermen in my younger days was John Coleman. John was one of those guys that actually knew what he was talking about. After a tour on Good Morning America where you may have seen him, he went on to found The Weather Channel. He’s retired to doing the weather for KUSI in San Diego.

Capital

jkprevo — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 10:33:17 +0000

You hear the term in period plays. It comes from the actor referred to as his lordship and is often linked to

More PokerStars Weirdness

jkprevo — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 11:07:29 +0000

I have stopped playing there

Not a Weekend Update

jkprevo — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:27:35 +0000

No Saturday Night Live quality jokes. Just a discussion of my ‘progress’ (jopke?) playing stud. Before you rush to another blog. A lot applies regardless of the type of low rent seat you occupy.These days I’m playing at FullTilt. I’ve pretty much quit at PokerStars over the all-in changes. I’m seeing the occasional loss of connection and that isn’t going to cost me a nice pot at Tilt but would at Stars. But that is a side issue.

Yesterday, I referred to an article on loose play. It sure happened at Stars and it is even worse

Too loose?

jkprevo — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:43:53 +0000

Noted Poker Authority has a nice blog. It is a useful one for all levels of play at NLHE. I found it when he got pressured by Sklansky et al to take down his advice as it was affecting book sales. That’s a novel approach by ‘industry leaders’ in the publishing game where they talked about it affecting their huge investment in books.

Sunday’s for praying

jkprevo — Mon, 22 Sep 2008 12:25:25 +0000

in the bi-weekly HORSE. I was called a luckbox often but that wasn’t the case. I tried to find hands to play but didn’t hit a lot in late play. I went out 6^th of 7 players.

JB won it. He had a nice stack that he worked to perfection. He’s a good table captain if you give him the chance. I did stick around to the end and the head’s up certainly didn’t have me worried about staying around past my bed time. JB has the ability to get smart-nasty.

There was a bit of chatter about not playing well. Maybe. I mentioned to one player that he wasn’t bad

Sense

jkprevo — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 09:01:48 +0000

It is a small word. And we tend to equate a bigger word — intelligence — with it. Individually, we aren’t all that bright. And I for one have the college grades to prove it. The founding fathers were thought brighter and we’ve a couple of hundred years of proving them right.

The Constitution and Bill of Rights play upon that. When we’ve tried to add to that, we managed as much failure as success. But the framework still exists.

Before I get truly deadly and bore you stiff…enjoy…

I got the following email from a friend:

It worries me that someone as intelligent as you are could possibly think that McCain -Palin will be anything other than an absolute disaster for this country.

My Bad III

jkprevo — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 20:06:53 +0000

I have Fuel55 to thank for sending me to this bit of silliness. We’ve moved from tournament to ring here. And the highest of high stakes to boot. It is a session which features Tom Dwan (Durr) of forum fame and infamy in the link Fuel points us at.

We all have our off days. The one for Durr was epic. I’ve watched a reasonable amount of high stakes games. One might be amazed at what some of the players reasonably promote in such games. It is not for the faint of heart in any case.

http://felttube.com/viewPhoto.php?photo_id=1184&title=patrik_antonius_vs_durrrr

The thing that high stakes can often prove is that it doesn’t always follow good poker any more than it is all wizzing contests. Really big games happen at FullTilt on a regular basis with pots the size of a fully loaded Cadillac Escalade. They happen over limit, no-limit, and often at an Omaha table