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Poker Blogs by pokerpurity in the General category

Below are all the poker blog posts written by pokerpurity in the category of "General".

INTRO Posted March 23rd, 2009
This will be my first attempt at writing on a continual basis, which in itself I find a bit intimidating. Let’s not even get into the predicament of (more)
First ACTION Posted March 24th, 2009
Let’s get down to business right away – I might fill you in on some of the questions I posed in my intro-post a little later, but this is supposed (more)
Challenge details Posted March 25th, 2009
Well, ladies and gentlemen – I suppose we’re now officially ’off’, what with my first poker-related entry posted online for all to see and thi (more)
Two deep runs Posted March 27th, 2009
[b]Tournament 1: NLHE, 5 dollar buy-in & 584 entrants. $2,000 Guaranteed Prize-pool.[/b] [b]Tournament 2: NLHE, 25 dollar buy-in & 135 entrants. Dou (more)
As the title of this blog hints at, I’m running really well at the moment. I’m not sucking out with 3-outers, in fact I’m not really getting mys (more)
Another FT + Full Analysis Posted March 31st, 2009
I spent a few hours these last few days, railing some of the bigger online tournaments. Because I’m in Sydney, a lot of the Sunday tournaments’ (more)
My girlfriend is studying for her Master’s degree here in Sydney and from time to time, she seeks my advice on various subjects, when she struggles (more)
I'm so embarrassed Posted April 8th, 2009
I completely morphed into a newbie-donk last night. All of my poker wisdom went down the drain when I committed my chips with my no-pair-no-draw-hand. (more)
This is why I'm hot Posted April 13th, 2009
[i]I’m hot – cause I’m fly;[/i] [i]You ain’t – cause you not;[/i] [i]This is why;[/i] [i]This is why;[/i] [i]This is why I’m hot![/ (more)
They're out to get me Posted April 16th, 2009
Nobody likes a whiner and that is exactly what I equate anyone in the poker community to, if they start telling me a bad-beat story. Annoying Wh (more)
Uncomfortable Posted April 24th, 2009
Self confidence is a huge asset to have with you, when you’re playing, whereas cockiness is usually the first step on the way to self-destructing. I (more)
Back on Track, Part 1/2 Posted May 3rd, 2009
Very recently, a friend of mine – who’ll be playing at one of the lower buy-in WSOP events this summer – asked me to offer him some constructive (more)
Back on Track, Part 2/2 Posted May 6th, 2009
When I left off in my previous blog, I had just doubled my extreme short-stack, when K7 held up against 98 of clubs. Blinds at 300/600/a50 with a stac (more)
Biggest Score to Date Posted May 12th, 2009
I just finished watching the Cavs sweep the Hawks in the conference semifinals. I love watching the game, but to be quite honest my knowledge of it is (more)
Challenge Status Posted May 20th, 2009
For those of you who have been following this blog and my progress, thanks a lot for your interest and support. For anyone just coming into this blog, (more)
How I Got Into Writing Posted June 1st, 2009
I suppose primarily my friends back home are to blame, since they’re the ones who encouraged my writing to begin with. There were roughly 16 of us, (more)
What I Don't Do Well, Part1 Posted June 4th, 2009
One of the things that still really annoys the shit out of me – about myself – is that I STILL haven’t managed to lose the trash-talking, when I (more)
Interlude Posted June 15th, 2009
I absolutely intend to continue the soon-to-be “series” of blog posts about What I Do Well and What I Don’t Do Well, but right now I was in a wr (more)
What I Do Well, Part1 Posted June 17th, 2009
I check-raise well. God, I am just the awesomest (quote, Barney Stinson) check-raiser ever. When I check to all the donkeys and they donk into me with (more)
Playing Well, but... Posted June 23rd, 2009
Well, I don’t need to tell you – do I? You know all about it, you’ve been there before and will be there again soon enough… Yeah. Puke, yuck, (more)
FINALLY! 4-FIGURE SCORE! Posted June 30th, 2009
About 16 hours ago I was already mentally preparing a blog-entry. At the time, I still had several live tables up on my screen, but had just closed on (more)
Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746. Standard tournament on PokerStars, in the sense that we st (more)
[i]Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746.[/i] ___________________________________________________ (more)
[i]Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746.[/i] _____________________________________________________ (more)
[i]Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746.[/i] ___________________________________________________ (more)
[i]Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746.[/i] Hand #284 – Stack 66328, blinds 1K/2K/a200 A (more)
Buy-in was $30+3, 666 entrants; the whole thing took 7.5 hours and 1st place was $3,746. ____________________________________________________________ (more)
Recharging Posted July 13th, 2009
I think it’s almost inevitable that some sort of decline will follow after big successes. The days after my 4-figure score on PokerStars certainly f (more)
Struggling on FullTilt Posted July 21st, 2009
It's the weirdest thing (or perhaps not, in case someone knows something I don't) but out of all the poker sites, I struggle on Full Tilt the most. Si (more)
Making sure you're not spewy Posted July 27th, 2009
If you - like me - feel that you're a fairly accomplished poker player, who knows his/her own game very well, but also recognizes his/her own limitati (more)
Taking Stock Posted August 17th, 2009
Time to review my results once again. The last time I performed this excercise, I had a meager 190-200 rows of data to work with, whereas I'm now at a (more)
Posting on 2+2 Posted October 5th, 2009
[b]Posting on 2+2[/b] The whole reason for writing a blog is – for me at least – to have an outlet. You know, to broadcast victories, losses a (more)
LIVE SCORE, 10.7K at APPT Sydney Posted December 1st, 2009
I've never had a 5-figure score until a week ago, when I played the initial tournament at the APPT Sydney. They started the series off with a 1K Deeps (more)
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