“And I think that it’s only in the private tournaments that I can play a full game, as full as I’m capable of playing, playing with the minimum of mental adjustments downwards for the level of play. That, probably more than anything else, contributes to my success rate in these tournaments.” If this is even [...]
Here’s a question that I don’t have the answer to. Alright, first a question that I do have the answer to. Why don’t I play more tournaments? Answer: Because I don’t like to wait for them to begin, and even if it’s a Sit and Go I don’t like not having control over when it [...]
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]
715 sit and goes played, ROI -80%, total losses $722. For every $100 that they have paid, they have lost $80 and recovered $20. All in a period of about a month. Can something be done for this person? Should we even be feeling bad or feeling concern for this person? If we do feel [...]
Pat, who is a regular reader of this blog, sent me an interesting question. Pat discovered that one of the regular players in the circuit is losing money, a fair amount of money, and in a short period of time. Here’s a graph and some results: Across the top summary line you can see 715 [...]
The two biggest online poker sites have both introduced new versions of No Limit Hold’em poker games. Pokerstars added their “double or nothing” sit and goes, while Full Tilt has introduced what they call the 4X Matrix sit and goes. Different structures, but what I think they both have in common is a wider disbursement [...]
I haven’t played anything but the cheapest SnGs (other than super turbos) in a long time. Mostly I don’t have patience as even a 9 player usually takes about an hour. And I figure that if I’m not going to pay attention, I should only play the cheapest tourny. So, other than special tournaments that [...]
Well, this blog seems to be reverting to it’s original form again; mostly personal poker related updates for me to keep in mind. And right now I’m still pretty much only playing the super turbo SnGs. A little PLO, occasional ring games when I find some people that I know playing and I’ll sit down [...]