Archive for 2009-12-31
December 31, 2009
Many people cannot believe that 2009 is ending and the calendar will soon show the year 2010 on its pages, while others are ready to start a new year with a fresh mindset and new poker goals. Every poker player seeks to begin the calendar year with every opportunity to win, and Full Tilt is ready to present more opportunities than ever before.Organizers at Full Tilt Poker are calling it the Big Little Tournament, which consists of four tournaments in January with a combined amount of $1 million on the line for players. That is the big part, of course.
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December 31, 2009
They say that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, expecting different results. Nowhere is this truer than in poker, where it is easy to get into a rut of making the same basic mistakes in your play, and being surprised that your bankroll keeps dwindling. Having had a bad run of play recently, largely due to some of the errors I described in “That One Hand”, I decided to change it up a bit, and stay away from both cash games and my usual assortment of turbo tournaments, and play a tourney with a deeper structure which would require more patience.
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December 31, 2009
A new year brings new opportunities for poker players of all bankrolls and skill levels, and as 2010 kicks off, there are numerous live poker tournaments on the schedule for January alone. A look at the entire calendar year shows a solid mix of traditional poker events like the World Series of Poker and new tours like the Italian Poker Tour. There is something for everyone at locations around the globe.
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December 31, 2009
It won’t be long now until the whole world watches the ball drop and heralds the arrival of 2010. Among the revelers and party goers will be the poker players, who will ring in the New Year by doing what they love best – playing their favorite poker game.Putting a year of bad beat stories behind them, the midnight bell on December 31st marks a new start for poker players. A fresh chance for many could mean trying to build up a bankroll from nothing, a personal challenge to start the year by winning money with no investment.
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