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Poker Blogs for the month of November 2007
Below are all the poker blog posts for the month of November 2007.
WSOP Trip Report Part 10, Screw you guys, I'm going home, No events by Bond18 Posted November 20th, 2007
Because I’ve got a flight today at 6:30pm I didn’t play any events yesterday or today. The next event I’ll be playing is the $2500 on the 18th. (more)
Recently, I’ve been compiling a comparison chart of LA card rooms for my own reference and as a simple way to respond to the frequent "I'm going (more)
From yesterday's PokerStars Sunday Million. Villain is unknown.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) [url=http://poke (more)
You know that evil twin sibling, as we all have one, they were born on the day we first started playing poker.
For guys, his name is Donkzilla, f (more)
Not exactly in the blogging mood, but feel obligated to let everyone know how I’m doing here in Niagara.
I made my 3rd straight Day 2, ending up (more)
Well, my WPT Niagara run just ended.
I started the day with 33,100 with 30min left in the 300/600/100 level, so I had plenty of room to play. My t (more)
Last week came to an end on a positive note with Saturday netting me + 2 ½ buy ins for a total of + 7 for the week. Unfortunately that’s where the (more)
Just droppin a quick note to let everyone know that I’ve made it home safe. Happy to report that I didn’t almost die on the drive home, as I did o (more)
Poker News Cup TR part 2, ME, The Spew-Out at the Crown Casino; Conclusion by Bond18 Posted November 2nd, 2007
I raise one of my first hands at the table with 88 on the CO, and the Estonian quickly 3 bets from the SB a massive 5 times my raise. Without knowing (more)
This was my 1st visit to the new Wheeling Casino Poker Room. Very poor directions to the Poker Room. Everyone seems a little confused as we experience (more)
1st is the worst, 2nd is the best, thayer's the one with the hairy chest by shaundeeb Posted November 2nd, 2007
So I wanted to toss something up quick prior to the post with my 1k HH from my recent 2nd place in the Stars Super Tuesday tourney. I took down close (more)
I just want to say that October was meh... It was lots better than September, but only 1/3 as good as August. I had a good turn around at the end of (more)
I've only been home for a few days now, but as usual I've been pretty busy.
About 3 days ago my agent called me about a poker radio show that want (more)
After this weeks horrific start I strung together 4 moderate winning days which somewhat lessened the damage.
Wednesday + 1 ½ buy ins
Thursday + (more)
So today was my first Foxwoods donkament. People here are really bad at poker. Steve and i both made it through to day 2 of the tournament, play start (more)
Down to 7 handed, SirWatts is about average in chips. Here's is his voice blog report during a recent break:
[url=http://www.tworags.com/files/sir (more)
Foxwoods $2k Final table Voice Blog report -- bust out in 7th place! by SirWatts Posted November 5th, 2007
Busted out in 7th place. Here my vBlog below:
[url=http://www.tworags.com/files/sirwatts-11-4-07_b.mp3]Click here for voice blog[/url]
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I honestly don't remember the last time I made a post regarding online poker results. As most of you know by now, I only play online when I'm in the m (more)
We're happy to report that we changed ISP's this past weekend and are now on our own dedicated equipment. Up until now, we have been co-located on a (more)
Toward the end of October after I had a few really nice runs in tournaments I was considering playing them full time again and leaving cash behind for (more)
Things it took me a while to learn part 6, Strategy and Mentality Lies by Bond18 Posted November 6th, 2007
I regret to inform you that you’ve been lied to, a whole hell of a lot. Actually, I’m not sure if lie is the right word, but misinformed almost ce (more)
Things it took me a while to learn part 7, Metagame and Concentration by Bond18 Posted November 7th, 2007
For a very long time I didn’t really bother with metagame very much. I’d fire up 8-12 tables, switch to auto pilot, and maybe if I made a final t (more)
Was out of town for four or five days there so I didn't get a chance to play or write -- I was hardly ever at a computer.
However, the FTOPS is sta (more)
I believe I was either the 4th or 5th person eliminated from the main event today. I played some really crazy hands in level 1 today, most involving s (more)
Because the FTOPs was a 6max event tonight I figured I'd spend one more day playing tournaments and look to hit a nice score. Once again it was a big (more)
Sorry I haven't updated in awhile, been sort of lazy about it I guess. Nothing much has been happening since my last entry. I've been grinding live 2- (more)
I got what I wanted in more ways than one………
Last I wrote I had identified a couple of “leaks” in my game for lack of a better term, when (more)
Since the AP thingamajig started, I've played very little and have gone on a very peculiar streak. On the one hand, I'm "almost" playing well - making (more)
It’s FTOPS time again, which is in my opinion a whole hell of a lot better than the WCOOP since it goes off on a reasonable time for me and the even (more)
This entry will have two distinct subjects. My newest business project, and then I’m going to respond to some user feedback and answer how I got int (more)
Just wrapped up an early morning cash session in what was likely an end to the week for me. The last 3 days totaled to a loss of ¾ of a buy in. My we (more)
I guess I'll continue where I left off when I started writing about how I first got into poker.
After I won the tournament at AJ's I went to Border (more)
Cash games players don’t have a lot of respect for guys who are strictly tournament players. One of the largest factors for this lack of respect is (more)
Keeping a promise to myself to at least briefly update the blog after Sundays:
Everything considered, it was a pretty mediocre day, one of those "o (more)
During May of 2006 there was an MTT competition on 2+2. It was based on the TLB formula on PokerStars. At the time I had mostly posted in the SNG foru (more)
Didn't get any deer this weekend bow hunting. Had two smaller bucks come by but I passed on them and then the one big buck I did see didn't come clos (more)
On Thursday I played some live cash at Foxwoods, the big games were super tough so I mostly played 25/50 and lost around $5K. I didn't really make any (more)
Before I continue with my live tournament adventures, adding onto my "How I got into Poker (blogs)," I'm going to address the amputation questions tha (more)
I have plenty to talk about today. Also I want to thank you guys for your comments, keep them coming.
[b]Borgata Deep Stack 5K[/b]
One of my t (more)
Now that I've played a few FTOPS events, I feel qualified to comment on what I've observed since my return to tournaments. My conclusions? Well, rea (more)
After finishing 2006 with my first 5 figure cashes and live tournament success I was ready to take my game to the "big leagues."
After some last m (more)
I haven't posted in awhile because I haven't played that much poker recently. On Sunday I got the itch to play in a tournament and was going to play (more)
Well what can I say? I have been pretty much stuck in reverse since the month started and it is not looking like things will be changing anytime s (more)
Things it took me a while to learn part 9, Tournament Hand Reading by Bond18 Posted November 15th, 2007
Things it took me a while to learn part 9, Tournament Hand Reading
Continuing our comparison of tournaments to cash, tournament players have an eas (more)
Well sorry for being so delayed in updates I had some problems with getting the HH from stars so I maybe using a different tourney for a hand history (more)
I feel the need to write this blog for a few reasons... 1) I think the majority of players that write on this forum are young guys ranging from 21 to (more)
I haven't decided yet if I'm going to continue writing about how I got into poker. For the most part I think I covered most of the real questions of h (more)
Things it took me a while to learn part 10, Poker, variance and life by Bond18 Posted November 16th, 2007
It seems presumptuous and condescending to tell people how to live their lives. One of the single greatest enemies of poker in our time is the “We k (more)
I came out of the gates flying on my first two sessions this month. I was up 4.5 buyins at 100NL and felt like I could do no wrong. I have started a (more)
Authors note: Since Zpaceman was good humored enough to supply details to his latest story of social misanthropy it seemed only appropriate to continu (more)
I'm gonna set a little goal for myself. Namely, I'm gonna re-read part 10 of Bond's post and stop griping about variance :)
Check out the whole ser (more)
lol tournaments. Jeez, can I stop losing with AA to Ax for a week? I think that's three in a row now. :(
Oh well. In lieu of anything resembling a (more)
I was playing very well in this tourney and self destructed. With 190 or so left I was in the top 20 with a 95k stack. My table was playing very tig (more)
I'm pretty much done saying how I got into poker. This entry's going to be a review of my "breakout" summer.
In the spring I had won the $200 HU M (more)
Happy Thanksgiving
It’s been a week since my last update. As I mentioned last time I was facing an extremely busy week at work so poker had to ta (more)
Well after a great week in Boston at mikes house I finally went home for the first time in almost 6 months being home for more then a week. It's still (more)
He Said He Said, The Karam/SCTrojans WPT Story, (Ghost Written by Bond18) by Bond18 Posted November 21st, 2007
For those wondering about the back story that lead up to this, here's the link: http://www.pocketfives.com/EF71C218-6816-4BC3-9C9F-3E34759E135F.aspx
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I haven't posted on this blog for months, I haven't played poker for about 2 months and I'm going insane. The culprit, BT (British Telecom). Somehow, (more)
[b]On to graduation[/b]
When I last updated, I left you guys off at week 3 of dealer's school. Week 4 was basically review of everything we learn (more)
I'm just on such a cold streak in tournaments right now though. The live final table at Foxwoods was great but busting 7th really sucked and other tha (more)
Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving :)
After Sunday, I took another break this week for obvious holiday-related reasons - well, that, and too ma (more)
So I'm back in Louisiana visiting the folks for Thanksgiving. In between big homecooked meals and football, both televised and backyard, I found the (more)
My parents live out of state and so do one of my good friends parents, so for the past 2 years we've made a turkey, drank beer and watched football. H (more)
Here's a post I made on 2+2 earlier today felt like I never give you guys any real strategy I swear sometime this week I will get a PXF handhistory up (more)
Club One Casino/Ace of Diamonds Trip Report - Edmond goes to Fresno by EdmondDantes Posted November 26th, 2007
[i]Cliff notes: Edmond goes to Fresno for the big tournament. Busts out on 1st hand of Day 2. Donates buy-ins in the NL games. Vows to return.[/i] (more)
Authors Note: This first trip report doesn’t actually contain any poker, as none will start until tomorrow. However, it will serve to set up the res (more)
Yesterday was the satellites for the main event. At the time the event not only had its original 250 seats sold out, but apparently they were very muc (more)
Climbing the Ladder, Thanksgiving and Football
The last time I posted I was having a terrible downswing, but I have been climbing back up the ladde (more)
Well, Thanksgiving, my Grandmother's 80th Birthday, as well as some poker has been taking place since my last update.
First of all, Happy Thanksgi (more)
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Step 1: suck out hardcore ~5 times
Step 2: play pretty well
Step 3: set up, then (more)
Wasn't too bad of a couple of sessions. It appears that I'm going to have to make sure that I play the second hand every time I sit down.
Saturday (more)
I'm extremely upset at how I ended this tournament. I was 2nd in chips with 15 left when the hand below happened. I was in a good situation in this (more)
I've been playing a little heads-up lately on pokerstars. Nothing major, just a little $1/2 or $2/4 every once in a while. Here's a beauty that you (more)
I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving! This was the worst Thanksgiving that I can remember. We spent the day, cooped up in the house; my wife was (more)
Today was the best Sunday I've had in a long time, I doubt I've ever gone deep in as many tournaments in one day as I did today. But it was the same s (more)
[url=http://www.tworags.com/home/xxrod17xx][b]xxrod17xx[/b][/url] took a break from [url=http://www.tworags.com/blog/xxrod17xx]his series on becoming (more)
Live Poker Adjustments/Considerations/Tendencies (Discuss please) by Bond18 Posted November 28th, 2007
I've been thinking a lot lately about the adjustments we need to make to adapt as internet players in the live arenas. I'm not trying to write a defin (more)
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I hope everyone had a great holiday! I would like to get some feedback from some of you guys on a particular hand I played over the weekend . It was a (more)
Showing other people how I play so that they may beat me at pokah by Adanthar Posted November 29th, 2007
In between taking a couple of days off (I always do this when I play so late it messes up my sleep schedule) I've been analyzing my play in the donkam (more)
After finishing my writing I head downstairs to watch Bondgirl deep in her event. They’re down to 42 with 40 paying and everyone is playing pretty c (more)
/begin rant
Well I guess I shouldn't have been bragging about coming out of my downswing the last time I posted, because the poker gods over at Bod (more)
Well the last few days I've been not playing much I kind of welshed on my goal for TLB early when I decided I would be heading to turningstone for the (more)
I haven't written any strategy posts so far and I don't intend to as I believe I need to work on my game a lot more than I need to give anyone advice. (more)
Things it took me a while to learn, Part 11, Time and Tilt Management by Bond18 Posted November 30th, 2007
I’ve got some time over the next week before I have to get back to live poker so I thought I’d get back to writing some of these. A lot of people (more)
[b]Cash Games:[/b]
I just wrapped up my best month at the online cash tables since I began playing 6-max back in August. I wound up winning 17 buy (more)
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