Archive for the ‘General’ Category

At Last…

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I have finally won my first large field MTT.  As I wrote in a previous post I was really beginning to wonder if this day would ever come.  The tourney was a $2 +.20 BOUNTY Tounament on CakePoker where $1 goes towards the prize pool and $1 goes towards each player’s BOUNTY. (more…)

Will it ever happen????

Friday, May 9th, 2008

I’m starting to wonder if I’ll ever win a Multi-Table tournament with more then 20 or 30 people in it.  I started out this month with a new strategy; play in enough cash games to enable me to play in a MTT with a decent prize pool every couple of days or so.  (more…)

The Bots are gone…

Friday, April 18th, 2008

So as mysteriosly as they appeared, they’re gone!  Many members of the forum weren’t sure if having them around was a bad thing or not… (more…)

Bounties and Bots…

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

So this last week or two have been very enjoyable for me playing Online, thanks mostly to a new post on www.feltpoker.com that turned me on to Walker Poker.  Although, not exactly as enjoyable as entertaining, I also got exposed to something that I never knew existed; Poker Bots at the Cash Tables on CakePoker…. (more…)

In the Beginning…

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

OK, so I am embarking on a new era in my life where I am actually writing a Blog.  Being a techie by trade, I’m quite familiar with them of course; it’s just that I never thought I’d ever sit down and start one. 

I remember - oh, about 7 or 8 years ago one of my bosses approached me and said, “What is a Blog”.  My reply to him was, “It’s the new fad that all the kids are doing.  Mostly sharing things that they shouldn’t share online to complete strangers”.  He said, “You don’t have one?”.  I said, “Hell no, nobody wants to read anything I would write”.

Well, I think I still feel that way, however, I’m hoping that maybe, just maybe, someone will read some of my Blog and it will inpire them start to learn how to play better poker.  I could write my Blog about my personal life, and although little bits and pieces may bleed into it, my goal is to keep this to the topic of Poker and my trial and tribulations in trying to become a better poker player. (more…)