Here’s a weird game that I’ve never noticed before. It was probably always there and I never saw it. On Full Tilt for 5 FTP points you can play a 180 seat Rush Poker tournament in Super Turbo format. Super Turbo means that you start with 300 chips and the blinds are 15/30. Rush means [...]
At the poker table there are always adjustments to be made. Some are simply because we get different cards every time we play. Adjusting for the cards that we are dealt is the most basic adjustment. If we get crappy cards for the first 20 hands, we do a lot of folding. If we get [...]
Often when I start to write something it’s because I had a very brief flash of a thought in a previous poker session or even while driving to or from work. Sometimes I have enough clarity from this inspiration to write a fairly complete and coherent post. And other times the topic may be huge [...]
There used to be a good short stacking strategy on a site called donkeydevastation, but the other day I went to look for it again and the site no longer exists. I think there were a couple of articles on playing both 10BB buyins as well as 20BB buyins. ~ I started playing short stack [...]
Why am I so nitty about my bankroll sometimes? Since I was forced to cash out one site when it got shut down, I’ve cashed out more than I’ve ever deposited, so the money that I do still have on-line at PokerStars and at Full Tilt is all poker earnings/winnings. Recently I’ve taken some stabs [...]
After a downswong with the super turbos I made a try at 4 tabling $25NL playing with $5 (20 BBs). ~ The downswing took place over 8 missed ITMs over 2 playing periods. Anytime I miss ITMing too many in a row, in this case 4, I stop, at least for a hour or maybe [...]
I’ve made attempts in the past to learn to play short stacked ring strategy and never really been too successful with it. In particular, when Full Tilt had a short extra bonus period I tried to earn some points and bonus by short stacking 4 tables. Didn’t work too well; I lost more than I [...]
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 [...]