This is a screenshot of the New Years Eve tourny.I didn't do well in this,finished in the 300 range.
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Poker Royalty Heading Down Under
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
More than 30 of the highest profile poker players have confirmed they are heading to Melbourne Australia for the Aussie Millions Poker Championship in January.
Please heading to the Crown Casino for this rapidly growing event include the last three World Series of Poker Champions, Jamie Gold (2006), Joe Hachem (2005) and Greg ‘Fossil Man’ Raymer (2004).
Other notable players include the Phil Ivey, Daniel Negreanu, Chris ‘Jesus’ Ferguson, Gus Hansen, Howard “The Professor” Lederer, Kathy Liebert, Antonio “The Magician” Esfandiari, Scott Fischman, Marcel “The Flying Dutchman” Luske, and defending Aussie Millions champion Lee ‘Final Table’ Nelson.
The Aussie Millions is growing into one of the leading money events on the international poker
calendar, the 2007 Main Event is expected to attract over 600 players all vying for a slice of the expected AUD$6 Million plus prize pool which will include a guaranteed first prize of AUD$1 Million.
Over 2,000 individual entrants will participate in the two week series of tournaments with an estimated 500 international players flying in from all corners of the globe including the United States, Canada, England,Scandinavia, Holland and other parts of Europe.
If your one of the many players heading down under to join in on the fun, keep an eye out for the Poker.com team including Poker.com's Queen of Hearts Tina!
Friday, December 29, 2006
Rivered And Runnered
It has been a frustrating week on the tables.Even though I've had 3 or 4 final tables,I've been rivered or runnered to death.KK might as well be 23,for all the good it does me.Grrr.I've come to believe the phrase,"Any old Ace will do".Cause you can bet if I have KK or QQ...an Ace is gonna flop,except if I happen to be holding one.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
Top Players File a Lawsuit Against the World Poker Tour
A group of world famous poker players will be taking on poker's most prestigious organization, The World Poker Tour.
A lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court by seven players against World Poker Tour Enterprises alleging that the World Poker Tour, and its partner casinos have unlawfully conspired to eliminate competition, and violated the intellectual property rights of these players.
The seven plaintiffs in the suit are Annie Duke, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, current WSOP Champ Joe Hachem, 2004 Champ Greg Raymer, Phil Gordon, and Chris Ferguson. The seven players held a press conference at the Rio this morning to announce the filing of the lawsuit, and show a united front toward the goal of 'leveling the playing field for all players' when it comes to players rights at World Poker Tour events. The issue is the player release agreement, they say it violates their rights.
This has been a major issue in the past because the agreement gives the WPT the rights to the players names, which will violate alot of contacts that some of the bigger players already have with other sponsors and companies. Some big players have refused to play in the WPT because of these issues. The purpose is to get the terms in the agreement changed and they are also seeking punitive damages.
A lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles Federal District Court by seven players against World Poker Tour Enterprises alleging that the World Poker Tour, and its partner casinos have unlawfully conspired to eliminate competition, and violated the intellectual property rights of these players.
The seven plaintiffs in the suit are Annie Duke, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, current WSOP Champ Joe Hachem, 2004 Champ Greg Raymer, Phil Gordon, and Chris Ferguson. The seven players held a press conference at the Rio this morning to announce the filing of the lawsuit, and show a united front toward the goal of 'leveling the playing field for all players' when it comes to players rights at World Poker Tour events. The issue is the player release agreement, they say it violates their rights.
This has been a major issue in the past because the agreement gives the WPT the rights to the players names, which will violate alot of contacts that some of the bigger players already have with other sponsors and companies. Some big players have refused to play in the WPT because of these issues. The purpose is to get the terms in the agreement changed and they are also seeking punitive damages.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
I took a break...
from poker(wow,it can be done)*lol*and my blog,to view random blogs.Some were quite amazing pictorials.So,if you are taking a breather,wether it be from poker or working online,do a little blog surfing of your own.
Rivered...
but I was expecting it.It's sad when your opponent turns over their hand and you just know,yours is not gonna hold up.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Thank You,Poker.com
For the opportunity to test the new beta version.It's great! Love the 5-card draw and badugi,which I have never played before.
For those who would like a visual...here's one of the new smileys.
Rabbit...
For those who would like a visual...here's one of the new smileys.
Rabbit...
From the Poker.com blog...
Saturday, December 23, 2006
Its pure chaos in the Blogger Poker Tour Grand Final!
20 starters, 1 trip to Melbourne, it was always going to get messy, but who predicted this much chaos!
To be fair this chaos stretches back further than the start of this grand final, it goes back to the last event in the regular season. After moderate results in the tour to that point, Purechaos wasn't figuring strongly in the Grand Final equation, then one had changed it all. Needing to pretty much win the final event to secure his spot in the grand final, Purechaos (Jerry) went one better, he busted out the host of the event, imjusthere4thebeer and took home not just his points for that event (3 place finish in the event) but also the same points as the winner, the hosts bonus!
With so many points from the final even Jerry went straight to the top of the leaderboard with a bullet!
The action started out pretty slow in the grand final, one table in particular really didn't want to play any pots at all it seemed! Even the first of the eliminations couldn't really fire up the tourney, it really wasn't till the tourney closed in towards the final table that the action came thick and fast, maybe it was the improving in the prizes that helped motivate everyone.
Big stacks were mixing it with other big stacks, and there were big casualties, when we got to 3 way action it was two big stacks, and little ol Evil666. One of the big stacks, ZowieZ had been in front for a while but had his stack eaten into by a fast finishing Purechaos. As soon as Irongirl went out in fourth it was live Evil666 was a man possessed. He cranked his game up several notches and pretty soon he was mixing it with purechaos for the lead, and had it not been for what looked like a bluff gone bad this tourney may have finished differently.
That wasn't how this going to finish though, this was a day off chaos, purechaos. Jerry had played very strongly in the later stages of the tourney, laying down hands where he needed to and showing muscle whenever he could, and when he knocked out ZowieZ in 3rd place he certainly had the chips to muscle his way to the finish.
The final hand was a little ironic, Evil666 pushed all-in with pocket jacks and was called by purechaos with pocket sixes. A six rained down on the flop and Evil was eliminated by his favorite hand and chaos reigned supreme.
This is how everyone finished up:
1 purechaos
2 Evil666
3 ZowieZ
4 Irongirl
5 freeroll26
6 imjusthere4thebeer
7 brodoughno
8 ViezeMan
9 JayNYC
10 natsdad
11 EgonOlsen
12 astinaguy
13 kufolem
14 cerberi
15 skinski
16 Hacksaw2000
17 DawgRoyal
18 OhioMike
19 PearlSnapMan
20 iyatoni
Congrats to all the competitors who played this season, the quality of this grand final really reflected the strength of the Blogger Poker Tour.
From Dec. 13th
Another win!
Wow,what a week it has been for me.Won my second tournament,the Ladies Freezeout,and got my first accolade.Woot!
My First Royal Flush
I was so excited about winning the Ladies tournament,I forgot to mention I got my first Royal Flush,in the $200 freezeout.My friend NokyJoker added the woot.lol
Early Stages
In terms of strategy, no-limit tournaments are very different from no-limit ring games. You simply can't bluff as much because people's stacks tend to be smaller in relation to the size of the pot. Also, since the amount of chips you win from a bluff is worth less than the amount you stand to lose, bluffing loses a lot of 'value.'
Now, many of you may be confused. Suppose you bluff 1,000 chips at a 1,000 pot and figure you have a 50-60% chance of taking it down. Many of you would think it's worth it to take that risk. However, those 1,000 chips you win are worth less than those 1,000 chips you stand to lose. If you have a 2,000 stack, getting knocked down to 1,000 has much more negative value than the positive value of getting up to 3,000. The 1,000 chips do not represent money. The only monetary value in the tournament is either losing all of your chips or winning them all (and losing them all is more important because you do get a prize if you lose them all in the late stages of the tournament). Losing those 1,000 chips knocks you half the way out, but winning those 1,000 doesn't do squat for winning.
This is not to imply that you can simply fold your way into the money. The blinds will eat you alive. You must win pots so you don't get knocked out most of the time. Towards the end of the tournament, you can think of winning pots to win the whole tournament. However, most of the time you must win pots simply so you don't lose!
Thus, in the early stages of the tournament, you should avoid gambling much. Generally, the amount you win isn't worth the gamble. If you can see the flop for cheap with a suited connector or someone goes all-in preflop and you have [[cards As Ah]], by all means go for it. However, I wouldn't suggest bluffing all-in. In the early stages, you want to win a huge pot here and there because you hold the nuts. Target a bad player and make him pay you off.
Middle Stages
Towards the middle of the tournament, you need to switch gears. Since the blinds get bigger, stealing the blinds will help you stay alive. Here, the 'gap' concept becomes more important. It takes a much weaker hand than usual to raise to steal the blind, but a stronger hand than usual to call a raise. The middle rounds introduce the 'survival mode' concept.
Again, most of the time you will be looking just to survive and increase your stack bit by bit in the middle rounds. You want to avoid confrontation without the nuts and just take down some small pots without controversy.
However, if you are a large chip stack (or even just a medium one), you may want to take advantage of this survival mode. Take control of the game by raising and frequently putting other people at a decision for all of their chips. After all, if they go all-in, they're risking it all but you aren't because you can lose the pot and still keep on fighting. However, don't do this too much. Steal some pots, but don't be so obvious that people will call you all-in with top or even second pair. Also, don't do this against very bad players. They will call everything.
End Stages
Towards the end of the tournament is when the coin-flip decisions become very important. Frequently, the blinds are so high it makes sense for a player with a low or moderate stack to go all-in preflop. Generally, when you go all-in you want to have Ace and good kicker or a pocket pair. If you have Ace and good kicker you are an advantage against all unpaired hands and may even have someone dominated. If you have a pocket pair, you are a small advantage against all unpaired hands and at a huge advantage or disadvantage against other pocket pairs (depending on who has the bigger one).
Generally, if you have one of these marginal hands, it's best to just shove all of your chips in preflop. When you are a low stack, you cannot afford to be blinded away anymore. Once the flop comes, chances are it's not going to be perfect. By shoving in all of your chips preflop, you have the added chance of stealing the blinds and can avoid being bluffed out.
Taken from pokertips.org (contributed to blog by Skinski)
In terms of strategy, no-limit tournaments are very different from no-limit ring games. You simply can't bluff as much because people's stacks tend to be smaller in relation to the size of the pot. Also, since the amount of chips you win from a bluff is worth less than the amount you stand to lose, bluffing loses a lot of 'value.'
Now, many of you may be confused. Suppose you bluff 1,000 chips at a 1,000 pot and figure you have a 50-60% chance of taking it down. Many of you would think it's worth it to take that risk. However, those 1,000 chips you win are worth less than those 1,000 chips you stand to lose. If you have a 2,000 stack, getting knocked down to 1,000 has much more negative value than the positive value of getting up to 3,000. The 1,000 chips do not represent money. The only monetary value in the tournament is either losing all of your chips or winning them all (and losing them all is more important because you do get a prize if you lose them all in the late stages of the tournament). Losing those 1,000 chips knocks you half the way out, but winning those 1,000 doesn't do squat for winning.
This is not to imply that you can simply fold your way into the money. The blinds will eat you alive. You must win pots so you don't get knocked out most of the time. Towards the end of the tournament, you can think of winning pots to win the whole tournament. However, most of the time you must win pots simply so you don't lose!
Thus, in the early stages of the tournament, you should avoid gambling much. Generally, the amount you win isn't worth the gamble. If you can see the flop for cheap with a suited connector or someone goes all-in preflop and you have [[cards As Ah]], by all means go for it. However, I wouldn't suggest bluffing all-in. In the early stages, you want to win a huge pot here and there because you hold the nuts. Target a bad player and make him pay you off.
Middle Stages
Towards the middle of the tournament, you need to switch gears. Since the blinds get bigger, stealing the blinds will help you stay alive. Here, the 'gap' concept becomes more important. It takes a much weaker hand than usual to raise to steal the blind, but a stronger hand than usual to call a raise. The middle rounds introduce the 'survival mode' concept.
Again, most of the time you will be looking just to survive and increase your stack bit by bit in the middle rounds. You want to avoid confrontation without the nuts and just take down some small pots without controversy.
However, if you are a large chip stack (or even just a medium one), you may want to take advantage of this survival mode. Take control of the game by raising and frequently putting other people at a decision for all of their chips. After all, if they go all-in, they're risking it all but you aren't because you can lose the pot and still keep on fighting. However, don't do this too much. Steal some pots, but don't be so obvious that people will call you all-in with top or even second pair. Also, don't do this against very bad players. They will call everything.
End Stages
Towards the end of the tournament is when the coin-flip decisions become very important. Frequently, the blinds are so high it makes sense for a player with a low or moderate stack to go all-in preflop. Generally, when you go all-in you want to have Ace and good kicker or a pocket pair. If you have Ace and good kicker you are an advantage against all unpaired hands and may even have someone dominated. If you have a pocket pair, you are a small advantage against all unpaired hands and at a huge advantage or disadvantage against other pocket pairs (depending on who has the bigger one).
Generally, if you have one of these marginal hands, it's best to just shove all of your chips in preflop. When you are a low stack, you cannot afford to be blinded away anymore. Once the flop comes, chances are it's not going to be perfect. By shoving in all of your chips preflop, you have the added chance of stealing the blinds and can avoid being bluffed out.
Taken from pokertips.org (contributed to blog by Skinski)
Welcome...
Hey All!Welcome to Holdem Or Foldem.My Name is Penny.I play poker at Poker.com,and you may know me as mimi2mik.This blog is undergoing construction,so please bear with me as I get it back.Back? Long Story. So,pull up a seat,enjoy the music,and I hope you will visit again.I will copy some of the more noteworthy posts from my other blog,before I scrap it.Also,please visit my friends' blogs and forums.Good Stuff!
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