tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9866731113841457762024-03-15T22:12:57.180-03:00The slag pileLibros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-85552317324602698572024-03-13T17:30:00.001-03:002024-03-13T17:30:09.111-03:00Casino Games King: The Reign of Poker in the Casino World<p>In the expansive and thrilling world of <a href="https://ecobika.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">casino games</a>, one stands out as the undisputed monarch: poker. This captivating card game has won the hearts of players worldwide, establishing itself as the reigning sport within the realm of casino games and the undeniable protagonist of countless high-stakes tournaments and matches.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RNZqC7z_ZGtAMX4DhMxV2j5pyhk0YDPRRAEd-EMhR_8XjIl9koUf7tBBJTyAKgLAZ3wrta8ILXJdxHHb-UVJIWx05zrC0GYIWe-3WoR22b0fEx1lWbTo8ZSHJmSTcIgJOUmHSAabXlImFrKmNPdKpofJuMffYfQYdOVeV2nCUsgMUgn0Ibju_ZFOCuM/s1200/poger,%20the%20casino%20games%20king.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1200" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5RNZqC7z_ZGtAMX4DhMxV2j5pyhk0YDPRRAEd-EMhR_8XjIl9koUf7tBBJTyAKgLAZ3wrta8ILXJdxHHb-UVJIWx05zrC0GYIWe-3WoR22b0fEx1lWbTo8ZSHJmSTcIgJOUmHSAabXlImFrKmNPdKpofJuMffYfQYdOVeV2nCUsgMUgn0Ibju_ZFOCuM/w640-h480/poger,%20the%20casino%20games%20king.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">Poker by the Numbers: An Empire of Wagers</h2><p>When we speak of poker as the king of casino games, the numbers substantiate its position. It's estimated that billions of dollars are wagered each year at poker tables around the world. This game of skill and strategy has built an empire on the excitement and uncertainty of every dealt hand.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Prestigious Tournaments: The Arena Where Kings are Crowned</h2><p>Poker is not just a game; it's a battleground where players become legends. The World Series of Poker (WSOP), the most prominent event, stands as the pinnacle of this realm, where players compete for the title of world champion and the coveted gold bracelet. Other equally illustrious tournaments, such as the European Poker Tour (EPT) and the World Poker Tour (WPT), contribute to the grandeur of poker on a global scale.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">The Digital Realm: Online Platforms and Virtual Poker</h2><p>In the digital age, the king of casino games has expanded its realm into cyberspace. Online poker platforms offer excitement and competition anytime, anywhere. Players from all corners can participate in tournaments, compete against professionals, and experience the thrill of high-stakes bets without leaving the comfort of their homes.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Fascinating Statistics: Beyond the Dealt Cards</h2><p>In addition to its dominance in terms of popularity and earnings, poker is filled with fascinating data. The average duration of a tournament may vary, but some epic events span several days, creating memorable stories and decisive moments that will be etched into the history of the game.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Poker and Psychology: A Game of Minds</h2><p>Poker is more than just a card game; it's a psychological showdown. Masterful players not only read the cards but also interpret facial expressions, gestures, and movements of their opponents. The art of poker reads has propelled some players to greatness and added an exciting element to the game.</p><p><br /></p><h2 style="text-align: left;">Poker in Constant Evolution: An Immutable Reign</h2><p>In this eternal battle for supremacy in the casino world, poker continues to reign as the king of sports. From the carpets of traditional casinos to the cyberspace of online platforms, poker maintains its position at the top of the gaming hierarchy. Its reign seems endless, with new players and events constantly emerging to keep the excitement and competition alive.</p><p><br /></p>MS2http://www.blogger.com/profile/11765803565278277995noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-33600617027669821732018-10-09T17:00:00.003-03:002024-03-13T15:26:09.886-03:00Online gambling<div style="text-align: justify;">The phenomenon of online gambling does not stop growing year after year. Its limited regulation in many countries and the huge investments of companies in advertising have greatly expanded its public, with the problems of gambling that this entails. In addition, their strategies have been replicated in other sectors, such as videogames or social networks, with a great impact on the population.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you are a sports fan - it is also enough not to live isolated from the world - probably this will sound: Cristiano Ronaldo, Neymar, Rafa Nadal, Usain Bolt or any other great sports star playing quietly at poker, roulette or betting on a match. Even well-known actors have ended up in these advertising moments, prompting the consumer to play some money in their team's next game. The explosion of online gaming is a recent phenomenon, only a few years old, but progressing unstoppably. So much so that it has even gone beyond the barriers of virtual casinos or sports betting to reach the world of video games, mobile applications and social networks.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;"><b>From hiding to your pocket</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The game always had a mixture between marginal and glamorous. Among humble people was a way to kill the time and at the same time give a little emotion to their lives; among the high society was an excuse to play with something that was left over in abundance and take the opportunity to strengthen other assets of greater value, such as social and political relations, that was the idea of the first casinos. However, seeing the amounts of money that the game moved and the disturbances and problems it generated - depending on who played - the State decided to take advantage of the wave: this is how the first national lotteries began to be created from the end of the 18th century, thanks to which the State obtained resources and, at the same time, could distribute substantial prizes in a fair manner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, in an attempt to control a good part of the betting pie, the countries legislated with severity the game under cover of a mixture of public health, public order and even moral issues and relegated it in some cases to certain areas -as Macao, the only place in China where it is legal- or territories with legislative autonomy, in which they decided to encourage the local economy through casinos and other forms of betting -as in Las Vegas, Atlantic City or the US Indian casinos- .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The key factor comes with the advance of time and the development of the online world. In the virtual universe, the game has found a much faster way to expand, reaching a lot more people, new audiences and in a more direct way, especially through smartphones, laptops and tablets. The result of so much encouragement and scarce training of citizenship regarding the game has been devastating: the cases of gambling and problems related to the game do not stop increasing and, what is worse, also in population groups for which until now the game It was something quite foreign, like teenagers. And this, with the consequent damage to many family economies. Thanks to this strategy, the sector continues to increase its profits and invest in advertising actions that further boost its profitability. The differentiating factor in this whole issue is not so much the background of online bets - making people play more - identical to that of bets in physical sites, but the form: a whole torpedo of behavioral economics to the waterline of our brains.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>An Achilles heel called brain</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is a box with a rat inside it. Inside the box there is also a lever that, when activated, opens a hatch with food for the rodent. Obtaining your first reward is always accidental; the animal does not deduce first of all what relation there is between the elements of its box, but it learns fast. If the rat begins to press the lever repeatedly and food always falls, it is satiated and stops pressing; if you press and nothing appears, the incentives to repeat the operation are scarce and stop pressing. But, if you press and, without a fixed pattern, there are times when food comes out and others that do not, the animal presses the lever again and again as if there were no tomorrow. The rat has just become addicted to the game.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">These were the conclusions reached by B. F. Skinner, one of the great psychologists of the 20th century and a fervent researcher of human behavior. The behavior of the rodent was an intermittent reinforcement of variable administration, and, without too many differences, the functioning of the human mind is practically identical. As is logical, especially in the face of receiving rewards, there are more types of behavior, but certainly this is the one that most parallels with the psychology applied to the game. Slot machines are the simplest example and close to the box in which the rat was enclosed, and the spread of these devices is widespread - some bars even have house betting machines like Sportium, Codere or bet365.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately for humans, that our mind is more developed also implies that more sophisticated and sophisticated ways of tricking our brain have been developed, even though they all enter through that back door of intermittent reinforcement. In games with a high component of chance, like the classics of casinos-roulette or black jack-the mechanism to make us bet again and again is precisely to appeal to that intermittence in the reward: winning or losing is practically a matter of statistics and not skill. From now on, other cognitive biases will also join that will end up shaping the psychological cocktail from which online gambling houses are nourished, with enormous benefit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is not advisable to deduce that the desire to play has two positions, like a lock: open or closed. The human mind is very complex and the conditioning factors that act as potentiators or attenuators of these situations are numerous. In addition, these mental processes are at different times of our day to day and in different ways, without practically all of the population suffer addictions, although it is clear that in many people there is a more pronounced consumption of certain platforms that flirt with These stimuli, like social networks. Perhaps this is why exploiting this gap is relatively easy for many brands that live by betting and gambling. Whether through the press, radio, television and, of course, the internet, a large part of the public is exposed to a torrent of information, offers and notifications that, in one way or another, incite some money to be played in a roulette, a bingo, a poker game, etc. It is the great way they have to attract customers: make believe that it is enormously easy to make money, that it is the player who has control of the situation and not the house. And for this they resort to a multitude of promotions, from covering the first losses to offering better quotas.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>Soccer as the new winning horse</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is in the sporting aspect where the gaming companies have invested the most, since there is an almost infinite variety of events, a much wider public and less socially stigmatized - to post a game is usually perceived as a way to give more excitement to the game -. Likewise, the development of the online world has allowed bets and meetings to go rhythmically, so bets, being practically live, grant a much more instant reward and, therefore, more intense.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">Online bets have in Europe football as a favorite reef. The number of matches that can be if we count the different leagues -with their respective divisions- and national and continental tournaments amounts to thousands, and within each of them you can bet, in turn, to variables such as what the team will be in make more corners, which player will take the first yellow card of the game or if the last goal of the match will occur in the time of discount. The possibilities are endless. However, the world of football does not exclude that houses also cover basketball, especially the NBA, Formula 1, tennis and a list as endless as unlikely sports, from cricket matches to games of darts. And this without taking into account the geographical scope, practically unlimited. Would you like to play the money in a modest match of the Croatian men's league or the unknown Slovak women's league? No problem. Are you following a cyber sports team -more known as eSports- participating in a tournament of the video game family Counter Strike? Ahead. And, if we continue to extend, we also get awards such as the Oscars, the Emmys or even be able to bet who will win certain elections. The universe of bets has no end, and in the universe there are also black holes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The emptiness, or the laxity, legal in terms of online betting, something that does not apply to other types of gambling - such as physical casinos or television games, a phenomenon in clear decline in Europe - has been one of the main culprits in its proliferation. This situation has caused that the online brands have taken advantage of the vacuum to start announcing in tromba in all types of platforms, whether television, radio, internet and even the football team jerseys. It is not strange that before a meeting begins or during the break, the quotas given by a certain house - sponsor of the space - are offered according to the result.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These bets have transcended the profile of the traditional player - a middle-aged man - to open up to virtually any type of sports consumer, including teenagers. Although the laws have managed to be efficient in preventing the access of minors to physical gambling, they can not boast of success in the online game. The controls to prevent minors from betting are practically nonexistent and, if they exist, they are very simple to flank - it is enough, for example, to register fraudulently with the data of any adult, since in most cases They are not checked. And this if we stay in the field of the virtual. In the real world, betting houses and bingo halls, with their door and their striking sign, have colonized crowded streets - almost always in humble neighborhoods - in a subtle message of being the place where luck can change, getting poor and leaving Rich in a matter of minutes. That illusion almost never becomes real, and often the opposite often happens: leaving with less money than the one you entered.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This, in turn, is causing a reaction in some countries. Italy has decided to put an end to the freedom with which houses move online and take them to a restricted area, like the rest of the bets. Spain has also been aligned in this regard and the advertising of online bets will be heavily regulated from 2019. In other countries, the debate is stretched and becomes increasingly important.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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Video games get on the bandwagon</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The success of these online gambling houses has been such that the logic behind their achievements has begun to be replicated in other areas not directly related to games of chance, such as video games. This, although it has granted enormous benefits to brands and studios, has transferred many processes linked to gambling to audiences that until then hardly had any contact with the game, such as children and adolescents. Such is the case that Belgium and the Netherlands have begun cataloging some well-known video games as products closer to casinos than to mere and healthy digital entertainment. Some regulation is even being proposed at European level to try to limit this situation and the World Health Organization has decided to include videogames as cause of disorders, although this is also due to a myopic approach of the organism. Because, far from criminalizing video games as the cause of evil, the problem is never in them, but, in this case, in a very specific part: the so-called loot boxes.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">These 'rewards boxes' follow the same logic as the mouse experiment: benefits - weapons, coins, appearances, points or any other value device - granted in a random way, so that the player feels that emotion and constant encouragement to continue looking for a way to collect its fruits. This way of monetizing the games has been widely used in those of free download, either for phones, game consoles or computers. Here they enter from the Candy Crush to the Clash of Clans, Hearthstone or Fortnite. But also in the games of payment have appeared this type of practices. The most flagrant case is that of FIFA 18. Although until a few editions its star game modes were the single-player, no-need-to-connect race mode and a quite aseptic online multiplayer, in recent installments it has been developing a function, called Ultimate Team -'definitive team'-, based, among other things, on opening envelopes of players and rewards generated in a random way. These envelopes go by levels - the most basic envelopes, with the worst rewards, are very common, while the top-level envelopes are much more difficult to obtain, a dynamic that also reaches collectible sticker envelopes - and leave practically as the only way possible to get the best players pay with real money for those envelopes or for the coins that allow you to unlock the envelopes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The issue is that these practices are generating gambling problems in very young people and significant financial setbacks in many families, who see in a surprising way how some of their offspring have spent a fortune on online rewards. This is an underlying problem: society barely pays attention to it -in its majority, because it does not know that it exists- and online gambling companies clearly win the game thanks to their gigantic investments in advertising and even position themselves as actors. committed to the fight against the damage that their activity causes in society. However, the promotion of responsible gaming, rather than a brake on its activity, serves to use public platforms and whitewash their image, influence future public policies and instrumentalize public studies on the issue to their benefit.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This snowball is far from stopping. The outlook suggests that it will continue to increase in size. It is difficult to put a brake or be aware of the dangers that entail some logic after this phenomenon when the new generations have internalized as something natural and old have yielded in many respects-largely due to ignorance. In the end, the notifications on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook are exactly the same: claims for you to give back to the lever and feel better if you announce a new interaction.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-80385928089772621572018-09-21T20:42:00.004-03:002024-03-13T16:18:00.430-03:00 Poker fever comes to Dublin<i>More than a thousand participants compete in the eighth edition of the Winamax Poker Open, which combines face-to-face games with 'on line'.</i><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The poker fever has arrived these days in Dublin with the Winamax Poker Open, from September 17 to 23, at the premises of the imposing Hotel City West in the Irish capital. The event, which celebrates its eighth edition, welcomes a thousand players from around the world in the various modalities of this championship, an unmissable event for lovers of this practice.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Among the Spanish participation, stands out the presence of Pablo Beautell from Tenerife and the media from Leo Margets. The Catalan, who is our greatest ambassador of this discipline that drags millions of followers, is one of the most important rivals in this tournament organized by Winamax. Other elite players include the Irishman Max Silver, the Belgian Davidi Kitai and the Italian Mustapha Kanit.</div><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The program of the Irish poker festival consists of 40 tournaments, for all tastes and pockets. All events have a peculiarity: they will be played on short tables of six players. Among all the tournaments, highlights the Main Event, which is celebrated in the modality of 'Texas Hold'em No-Limit' for three days, from Friday to Sunday.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Also outstanding is the WPO High Roller program, which is held for two days and with an entrance fee of 1,500 euros, as well as the Warm-Up, which is the inaugural tournament, of 300 euros of buy-in. Finally, highlights the Monster Stack, also two days long and with a price of 300 euros.</div><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">The tournament is open to everyone and allows you to get very attractive prizes. The different games are disputed in person or in the online mode. In this eighth edition, the record of face-to-face participation has been broken when it reached the thousand registered, a record that expects to increase in the coming years.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Winamax organizes three tournaments throughout the year. The WPO of Dublin, the SisMix that the last season was celebrated in Marrakech but that in this one has predicted to arrive at Spain, and the WPT of France. There are three competitions of the highest level that allow you to live the passion for poker in all its splendor.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-3405196641685074872018-09-14T01:51:00.005-03:002024-03-13T16:19:40.738-03:00Brandon Adams wins Event # 2 $ 25K NLH from Poker Masters for $ 400,000<div style="text-align: justify;">The tournament, the second of this new edition of the Poker Masters, began by bringing together an impressive group of well-known players at the PokerGO studio facility located at the gates of the Aria Resort and Casino. When it all came to an end, Brandon Adams had achieved victory in Event # 2: $ 25,000 No-Limit Hold'em.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The day began with a lot of action and never stopped. In fact, it was precisely this action that benefited Adams, who usually does not lift his foot off the accelerator and enjoys putting his rivals to the test. It is that point of aggressiveness that is allowing him to be one of the most outstanding players of this Poker Masters. He came to this second event in the fourth position of the general classification, and there he had no problems to destroy his rivals. He managed to add another 300 points, was made with a prize of $ 400,000, and was placed in the first position of the general classification.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JndMH5eH4to/W5s9VhgFiSI/AAAAAAAAB64/iYzKBVdU7Qg6fX_Jp1c4s-LYn_u7YgZugCLcBGAs/s1600/Brandon%2BAdams.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="660" height="422" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-JndMH5eH4to/W5s9VhgFiSI/AAAAAAAAB64/iYzKBVdU7Qg6fX_Jp1c4s-LYn_u7YgZugCLcBGAs/w640-h422/Brandon%2BAdams.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The leader of the tournament before starting Day 2 was Jared Jaffee, who shortly after starting was in an unbeatable situation when flopped set against Adams and his pair of aces. However, the board took an unexpected turn giving full Adams, who left Jaffe very short and placed leader to set the pace of the tournament in the following minutes.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Curiously, the two of them, Jaffee and Adams, ended up fighting for the heads-up victory. The confrontation did not last long (only two hands), and Adams ended up claiming the title. Jaffe had to settle for second place and a prize of $ 262,000, plus 210 points for the classification by the purple jacket.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<h2>Final table action</h2><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">The day was not very long, something that Adams contributed with his repertoire of movements, which pushed his stack and bluffed when he needed it. Daniel Negreanu understood his strategy quite quickly and tried to play two tens very slowly. The board came loaded with low cards to the turn, which was when the Canadian moved all in to see how Adams paid him instantly with two ladies. The ten that the PokerStars star needed did not come on the river and that made him the first eliminated from the final table.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Shortly after, Jason Koon ran into two confrontations against Bill Klein, and was left with "pipes." He was able to win a pot soon after to get back into the fight, but Jaffe ended up eliminating him from the tournament with a pair of tens. In the next orbit, Klein became the shortest stack and that led him to move all in with king-jack before a raise from Jake Schindler, who paid him at once with ace-eight. That was enough for Schindler to take the pot, eliminating Klein from the tournament.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">After a couple of levels with only three players, Schindler became the next to take the path of the cashier counter. Adams decided it was time to squeeze and began to move all in right and left. After having to fold several times, Schindler decided he had had enough and decided to pay with a lady-ten when Adams had ace-five. Schindler could not connect in the community and Adams took the pot and the tournament reached the heads-up.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As we have already said, the face-to-face was one of the shortest they are remembered. On the second hand, Jaffe moved all in from the button and Adams paid at once. Jaffee had a king and Adams an ace. The turn gave Jaffe a good pair of outs to stay alive and fold, but none of them appeared on the river and Adams took the victory.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Adams is no stranger to Poker Masters, last year he won the # 4 $ 50,000 No Limit Hold'em event and in this edition he finished fourth in the first tournament of the festival, Event # 1: $ 10,000 No-Limit Hold'em . This victory places him leader in the race for the purple jacket.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-29141000389330880382018-08-18T09:47:00.005-03:002024-03-13T16:31:07.781-03:00Poker tips for new players<div style="text-align: justify;">Then you are new to the game of Poker. It is a fun and exciting game that includes competition, strategy and even the opportunity to earn good money. But how to start? And once you've started, how do you progress as a new player?</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">To begin, when one is new to the game, getting the basic principles is the first priority. You will have to learn the rules, hand rankings (which is better than another) and how the bets work. A simple dive by an Internet search engine will take you to many resources to learn the rules and other basic concepts, but a good place to start is PokerStars School's poker courses. The lessons of the PokerStars School will not only take you to the basics, with everything you will need to know in detail, but also prepare you and take you directly to the basic strategies of the game.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">So, what is the essential thing to start with? Let's look at some points now:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Initial Hands.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Recommendations to know which initial poker hands and which positions are an excellent place to start. As you gain more knowledge and experience, you will learn when you can deviate cost-effectively from these basic guidelines. But while you're new and get that experience, a good hands-on strategy will help you avoid problems. If you see your poker game as a house, the basics of the starting hands would be the foundation, the foundation. Once you have the skills and experience necessary to adjust your initial hand ranges, you can do it, but every house needs a solid foundation. And if you are not familiar with the basic recommendations of the initial hand, you will not know how or when to deviate from them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Position</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is much more advantageous to act after other players, because you get the benefit of seeing what your action will be before making a decision. The player who acts first does not have this luxury.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Odds / Probabilities.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While mathematics can be a scary subject for some, there's nothing to worry about here. The basic odds of poker and math are an important component for the growth of poker, but all the mathematics involved are easy to use and you can memorize things like pot odds and draw odds.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Now that we've talked a little about the starting points to learn, let's talk briefly about some things you can expect as a new player that will help you be ready at the tables.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Comet mistakes.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a new player in the game, you will make mistakes and play badly. Many. Do not worry, this is normal and as you learn more and gain more experience, the frequency of mistakes will decrease.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Complaints</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Without a doubt, you will find opponents who complain about your game (when you are lucky enough to beat them) or they will even attack you in the chat. It should slip, not matter in the least. It's okay to not even respond, or if you wish, use the software to block your chat. Many players lack emotional control, and this manifests itself in poor behavior when they lose a hand they perceive they should have won if their opponent "played well". Do not get caught up in the fight. And remember, they were also new once and they made all those same mistakes. It is the reality of the game.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>- Lucky factor.</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;">While poker is a game of skill, there is also an inherent element of luck. You use the ability to make the best possible decisions, but you can not control the decisions of your opponent or the next card in the deck.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you get all your chips against the opponent having only 1 out (only 1 card can get to win the hand), that's a great result ... but 1 is very different from zero outs, and from time to time they will get that miraculous card .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is important to try and not lose emotional control (also called TILT) when this happens. During the game of poker you will experience gusts of good and bad luck, and often groups of one or the other united. Try to remember that this is part of the game. Nobody complains when he gets his 1 outter, but everyone complains when his opponent gets his.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Learning poker is a process. Accept it and enjoy it. Part of that process includes playing, both to gain experience and to put new skills and ideas into practice as you learn them.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As a new player of the game, a good place to start is PokerStars School, which offers a lesson plan directly from a beginner level to intermediate skills and concepts. And all for free, thanks to PokerStars. And remember, when you're "running" well (experiencing a good run of luck), you're not that good, and when you're running badly, you're not that bad. Keep working, playing and keeping calm, and you will progress well.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Brazilian, who fell in the World Cup against Belgium 2-1 in the quarterfinals, converted his entry of $ 1,877 in a profit of 21 thousand 308 before being eliminated in the High Roller final, organizers said.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">"I am very happy to play in this tournament for the first time and to reach the final with great players," said the Paris Saint-Germain star moments before the final began. "This is a new experience for me."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU5YpXjZKcU/W1uciZ_sjEI/AAAAAAAAB4s/yzgLGWjRaHsvxlW-WJ2soJi1DSZRjK8xACLcBGAs/s1600/Neymar.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="321" data-original-width="570" height="360" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OU5YpXjZKcU/W1uciZ_sjEI/AAAAAAAAB4s/yzgLGWjRaHsvxlW-WJ2soJi1DSZRjK8xACLcBGAs/w640-h360/Neymar.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ney entered the tournament with five of his friends and was the only one who managed to pass the second day.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The final table was scheduled on Tuesday night, but the participants agreed to postpone a day for the attacker to attend a friend's wedding.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">He returned to compete on Wednesday, but after four hours of play he was eliminated after betting heavily on two hands he lost.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poker has become a relaxation game for Brazilian soccer players.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-10082063525772584742018-07-19T09:08:00.004-03:002024-03-13T16:51:01.303-03:00The grand entrance of Phil Hellmuth disguised as "Thor" in the WSOP Main Event<div style="text-align: justify;">As he wants best tradition, Phil Hellmuth made his spectacular entry on the third day of the WSOP Main Event, on a historic day not only for the World Series but also for the whole poker world: with 4,751 members, a surprise day 1C it is the most numerous flight in the history of the most famous tournament.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Phil responded in great style to Randall Emmett who had tried to challenge him on day 1A.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ke-cWUH32Sw/W1B-QmMbn0I/AAAAAAAAB3o/6o-NxvOf2HUCkQmPzeiivGmFPEsJ1faxQCLcBGAs/s1600/hellmuth-thor.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="670" height="356" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ke-cWUH32Sw/W1B-QmMbn0I/AAAAAAAAB3o/6o-NxvOf2HUCkQmPzeiivGmFPEsJ1faxQCLcBGAs/w640-h356/hellmuth-thor.jpg" width="640" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Poker Brat presented himself disguised as Thor, the god of thunder, surrounded by an army of models dressed as Viking warriors. Everything makes color in the WSOP and undoubtedly Hellmuth theaters are never lacking and they turn the spotlight on the poker world. This is the Main, this is a unique tournament!</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-25506981147379318212018-07-12T14:21:00.004-03:002024-03-14T12:24:52.324-03:00 The 7 golden rules of Daniel Negreanu for beginners<div style="text-align: justify;">Daniel Negreanu offers his advice to beginners, those who want to get high in poker but are starting. Enjoy with its 7 golden rules.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you were to play your first big live tournament and you could ask Daniel Negreanu for advice, what questions would you ask him?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Before starting the main event of the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo 2017, Canadian professional Negreanu, one of the best players in the world and probably the most charismatic in the world, sat at a table with a group of recreational players.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This meeting was not scheduled or registered in the official schedule of the tournament, it was only a first contact and welcome before the tournament, with good atmosphere, even laughter, while enjoying the good Mediterranean climate of the Principality on the terrace of the Salles des Etoiles on the roof of Monte Carlo Casino.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimWxR-4oc743DXTrY5b0-FzGE5xEnsO1BXjfHihyWiLk4WCIeKkiCYqDUX038DGxKhlj4kKi-cMI8NnOhQ_cTxOA2mu1SlPPloZ1NsPEUXj_f9ZzlbwicijW1inWSAO3zHCmTaXvztw3TpfP5qXqnkqqXaAt0kNSGp6gcnpYJg63dQvGOdAKa3IGuuvg/s2048/Daniel%20Negreanu.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgimWxR-4oc743DXTrY5b0-FzGE5xEnsO1BXjfHihyWiLk4WCIeKkiCYqDUX038DGxKhlj4kKi-cMI8NnOhQ_cTxOA2mu1SlPPloZ1NsPEUXj_f9ZzlbwicijW1inWSAO3zHCmTaXvztw3TpfP5qXqnkqqXaAt0kNSGp6gcnpYJg63dQvGOdAKa3IGuuvg/w640-h426/Daniel%20Negreanu.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">We were able to take a seat with all of them (recreational and Negreanu) to listen to the questions and answers. We will not expose all of them, but we will focus on the key points that Daniel urged his listeners, with their own words.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b><br /></b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>1. Do not show (the letters) if you do not have to</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">There is no reason to show your cards, it does not matter if you had a good play or you were just bluffing. People will analyze how much you have wagered, how you acted in doing it and collected all the details of the hand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">At some point they will use this to confront you. Wait to teach the cards to your opponents until you have more experience (then you will know when and how to do it).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I like that my table mates know what I am capable of doing, but in spite of it, I would not use this type of attitude with everybody, I would always do it or not depending on who is sitting at the table.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I also recommend not playing too much or forcing the situation (overplay) with some hands. AQ is a clear example since it is a very delicate hand.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do not do 4bet with her because if you get an even stronger bet (or even all-in), your hand is dead. What do you think would force you with a 5bet or all-in your rival?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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2. The reading of the rivals is based on small details</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Everything depends on noticing something and taking it into account (write it down mentally) for the future, but you should know that it is not always the same for each player, they are always different details and aspects. It is not easy to read the rivals and it takes a lot of time (and maybe also experience).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Be careful not to laugh at you, do not be fooled. I often do "reverse tells" (tells the contrary of the usual or what I want to show). Once, I went bluffing and put my hand on my face. This tournament was televised and my action was shown on television.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The opponent saw my bet and everyone saw that he had tried to bluff. For a year, whenever I had the nuts (the best possible move) I made that same gesture, with the rivals watching my bet again and again.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>3. Do not go bluffing</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I do not bet bluff, ever. Well, except that time with Isaac Haxton. One thing is to go semifarol, with outs and options to take your hand if they see your bet and another go bluffing, something you should not do when you are a beginner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>4. Do not play loose too early</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you think you should see many flops when it's cheap, you're wrong, doing that is playing poker badly.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Do not dedicate yourself to limping when the blinds are low. With blinds 25/50, there are only 75 points in the pot that you can take, that's all.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Later, when they come into play before, there is much more to gain when you see the flop, that is the time to open your hand when entering the boats (play loose).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>5. Get them to recognize that you play tight</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If you have not played a hand for quite some time, make sure that your tablemates are aware of it because only then you will get benefits for it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">If the other players at the table do not realize that you have not played a hand in a long time, you will not be able to get anything from that game strategy.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>6. Have a goal and a reason</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">You must have a clear goal, but I also firmly believe that you should not only know what you want or where you want to go, you also need to know how to get it and why you want to do it.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Think, for example, of a poker tournament. Why do you want to win it ?, for the money? Perfect, but ... Why? What are you going to do with it?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Or do you simply want to feel fulfilled? Well, but why is it so important to you? If you do not have a clear reason why you want to win the tournament (in this case), it will be more difficult to achieve your goal.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I've seen billionaires who only talk about making more money, people who will never get ruined or stop being rich who protest because a coffee costs them five dollars (or euros), why do they even worry about so much money?</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">These people believe the lie that more is always better. They think that if they have more money they will be happier, forgetting that this is not the case.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><b>7. Fail</b></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Failing is important, everyone does it. Yes, I have also failed.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">More than once in Las Vegas I was making money, thinking I had the game, as well as the table, totally dominated and only 24 hours later I was bankrupt, I had lost so much that I had to walk back to my hotel.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Those walks were very important to me. I'm still benefiting and I continue to learn from them.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-69722108123608184952018-07-05T22:42:00.004-03:002024-03-15T08:12:40.092-03:00 This team will win in Russia 2018 according to the betting houses<div style="text-align: justify;">For more than two weeks we have seen how the selections of the 32 World Cup teams seek to be the champion of the 2018 World Cup in Russia. This is a battle that the fans have taken to another platform: the betting one, which provides a new way to live the passion of your favorite teams and, in addition, to win economic prizes.</div><br />
<div style="text-align: justify;">There is still time to get to know the absolute winner of this edition of the 2018 World Cup, but in virtual betting platforms, such as PlayCity, there is already a marked tendency on who could be the winning team that will lift the Cup, and they are the same players who predict that Brazil will be the future winner, followed by France and third in the England team.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBq9pMdq1UZb6TtkW3aaVdiU8GclDtb_tPe3v0n7PwDNMdg1DmzIG6NKBnM9tQKNr_fSE6Ef_pce79pJmWlafMZcQYs50kDI-45wo97WgJUoGTKjfge1tNOps9ZSizgRJhj07Vkmk2-nussOazwToCsUH94vI43dYhYi2wpuWge4eTxc9ddwLC-TImLw/s1920/Brazil%202018.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="1920" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEBq9pMdq1UZb6TtkW3aaVdiU8GclDtb_tPe3v0n7PwDNMdg1DmzIG6NKBnM9tQKNr_fSE6Ef_pce79pJmWlafMZcQYs50kDI-45wo97WgJUoGTKjfge1tNOps9ZSizgRJhj07Vkmk2-nussOazwToCsUH94vI43dYhYi2wpuWge4eTxc9ddwLC-TImLw/w640-h250/Brazil%202018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Although nothing is written, some virtual betting platforms, including PlayCity, show the behavior of the teams that are still on the way through the World Cup through tutorials and statistics that allow users to place a bet on their chances of winning or losing the following matches, this, by means of odds, which are the opportunities for an event to happen.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It will be the previous elements - tutorials, statistics and odds - based on their representation, those in charge of financially rewarding who makes the bet; This is explained in the following way: the closer the momio of 0 is, the better the chances of winning will be; in as much, the equipment more remote from the 0 will be those that offer a greater economic retribution to who makes the bet after its result.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Although the matches have been held at atypical times, mainly in the mornings, the Mexican fan has not stopped participating in this type of bets, and has even increased the flow of them since the beginning of the 2018 World Cup in Russia, showing an increase of 25 to 30%.</div><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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<div style="text-align: justify;">This type of platform offers users the most pleasant way to enter the world of betting. Here it is not necessary to be an expert, just follow a trend based on statistics, or in other cases, listen to a hunch for a specific team.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The betting options vary: you can make a predetermined by the possible winning team or, as in PlayCity, you can make a quick bet, in which, as the name implies, the user will immediately know the outcome of your bet . There are also other categories where to bet in Russia 2018, among them, the absolute scorer, who is the winner of the Golden Boot. In this category, the trends point to the favorite footballer Harry Kane, of England, followed by Romelu Lakaku, from Belgium, and Kylian Mbappé, from France.</div><br />Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-19440180411146839712018-06-23T23:45:00.003-03:002024-03-14T23:11:14.765-03:00 Keys to make a right decision, according to a former poker player<div style="text-align: justify;">Annie Duke is world famous for being a former poker champion, winner of tournaments such as the World Series of Poker (2004) and the Heads-Up Poker Championship of the United States (2002). Few know that before becoming famous for his skills in this game, he earned a Ph.D. in cognitive science at the University of Pennsylvania.</div>
<div style="text-align: justify;">In a talk with the BBC, the expert in this popular game argued that "poker is a unique place to observe and understand the decision-making process".</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXJIHM9Dp_OkPuZIt1ebLRZM3ZlqLcNdGOYZFalT9btOG7TjmEiZPe-ahReau8Fk9FM1x3aS5Srg9cLMFJz42Zlir1LqdZ2JKmabOvBr5y2P-kvPyui8O2U2e3gZpflgSC0eXhOSwdmBrQUe78bVXzZTSByWtcC5k1LGfRo3-rgY1cecjxY3GjqjnLGY/s1914/Annie%20Duke.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1242" data-original-width="1914" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXJIHM9Dp_OkPuZIt1ebLRZM3ZlqLcNdGOYZFalT9btOG7TjmEiZPe-ahReau8Fk9FM1x3aS5Srg9cLMFJz42Zlir1LqdZ2JKmabOvBr5y2P-kvPyui8O2U2e3gZpflgSC0eXhOSwdmBrQUe78bVXzZTSByWtcC5k1LGfRo3-rgY1cecjxY3GjqjnLGY/w640-h416/Annie%20Duke.webp" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">For this, everything we have to solve happens in an environment like this game. And with the idea of contributing to this topic he wrote the book Thinking about bets; how to make smart decisions when you do not have all the data.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">As mentioned in the title, the former champion observed that at the time of making a decision "there are many hidden things in sight, much information that we do not have or do not know and when it comes to predicting the future, luck also intervenes" .</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">This happens both in poker and in life, therefore, the strategies used by players to solve their dilemma, can be very useful to address everyday challenges.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Under the premise of helping others from his experience, Duke also created an organization called How I Decide, to which young people come to develop critical thinking and the ability to make decisions. And it gives some premises that also contribute to those key moments of our life:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Do not think in black and white or in right and wrong. What we have to decide belongs to the future, therefore we do not have all the knowledge about how things will be and, in these cases, luck can intervene. On the other hand, if we already have the preconception that something is right or wrong, we are conditioning ourselves and it is certain that we will reject any new information presented to us.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><script async="" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Seek to be precise and not have the absolute truth. If we start with the idea that only what we hold is the right thing, we will never go in search of another truth and we will surround ourselves with those who think like us. If we look for precision, invariably we must open ourselves to other opinions, which will broaden our panorama and perfect our own thinking.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Exchange with people who think differently. Help integrate groups that complement our thinking in front of unknown situations or when we realize that our opinion is partial.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Do not be afraid to say "I'm not sure". If instead of frightening us, embarrassing us or reserving the state of insecurity, we open ourselves and express our doubts, surely there will be someone who will bring us their thoughts and this can help us to make a better decision.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-81222108883669700412018-06-13T23:30:00.001-03:002024-03-15T08:12:24.686-03:00 The World Cup of bets is just hours away<div style="text-align: justify;">
The predictions for the 2014 World Cup Brazil that gave specialists and agencies of high reputation had a particularity: they all failed. There were several examples that put Spain in the final and Brazil winning the game against Germany, for example.</div>
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Paddy Power, the most important bookmaker in Ireland, had named England as the Cup winner, while Italy and Uruguay also appeared as great candidates.</div>
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But that's already history and the bookmakers are back on the agenda, in the lead-up to the biggest world soccer event. And just hours from the start of Russia 2018, they have something clear: Lionel Messi is the great candidate to be the scorer of the World Cup, although Argentina is not among the main favorites to lift the trophy on July 15.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqg5ZFXHGUa-4JC1J0RKbFwXc0EA-8rAaky1954b7U2I4Y16O0iDFHiRmgVUIFuhWISOzCa5Cm_eOlol9QTF6xZrJzL2cJzUIatbmQSwnokucehN1Vx4ajXQvseITCD5OTx6F_pvXdmsbKosviqgKrxp2TS1EfpeGX_qZF_XpX3fXosSHCYxzU1ylvIg/s2048/Russia%202018.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhqg5ZFXHGUa-4JC1J0RKbFwXc0EA-8rAaky1954b7U2I4Y16O0iDFHiRmgVUIFuhWISOzCa5Cm_eOlol9QTF6xZrJzL2cJzUIatbmQSwnokucehN1Vx4ajXQvseITCD5OTx6F_pvXdmsbKosviqgKrxp2TS1EfpeGX_qZF_XpX3fXosSHCYxzU1ylvIg/w640-h360/Russia%202018.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>
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Brazil and Germany come to the World Cup as the main contenders to be champions. In the second line, always according to specialists, appear France and Spain.</div>
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The forecasts of Bet365, William Hill, Sportium and Betfair note that the cast of Tite is the most likely to take the World Cup, with a fee between 5 and 5.50 euros.</div>
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For starters, Betfair are inclined to a new consecration of the five-time world champions, with a quota of 5.5 euros for every 1 wagered. Hand in hand with Neymar, those led by Tite showed great performance in all the friendlies they played and will be one of the great attractions of the tournament.</div>
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Behind them appear the Germans with a fee of 6 euros and the first European selection of the ranking, despite not having achieved good results in their recent friendlies. The same house argues that Messi will not be enough to save Argentina (11 euros).</div>
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The third favorite here is the Spanish team (6.5), which will try to erase the bad image that it gave in the last World Cup. France appears behind the Iberians (7). There are two cases of countries that come with real options, although somewhat smaller to win the World Cup.</div>
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Betfair, also, shows another particularity: it assures that Russia, the local one, will not surpass the first stage and thinks that they will be Uruguay and Egypt those that will finish progressing to the second phase in that group.</div>
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For the Bwin house, meanwhile, the scheme of the first four does not change much: Brazil, Germany, France and Spain. Although in this case the Gauls climb the third step. The Brazilian team pays 5 euros for each bet. Here, Argentina pays 10 euros and is located again in the fifth step of the ranking.</div>
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While, for virtual fans, Bet365 shows a similar scheme to Bwin: with the four countries mentioned above and the cast of Jorge Sampaoli in the fifth placement ($ 10). After the agonizing classification in Ecuador, the bets were modified month by month in the most popular sites. At least for the most expert houses in the world, it is not enough with the presence of the No. 10 albiceleste for Argentina to lift its third world cup.</div>
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But if the bettors are guided by what happened in Brazil 2014, the picture can be modified. Of course, if the World Cup was a favorite thing, it would not be funny. This is where the countries with attractive sums appear. In this lot we find those of Sampaoli, with quotas that in general go between 10 and 11 euros, and Belgium, between 11 and 12 euros.</div>
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The betting houses ensure that the trophy to the top scorer in the 2018 World Cup of Russia is disputed between Messi, Neymar and Antoine Griezmann, with quotas that range between 10 and 13 euros per euro invested for the one who hits.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-74745808959454336712006-01-05T16:19:00.001-03:002024-03-15T08:14:53.312-03:00I Said I Was Easy…<div style="text-align: justify;">…and apparently Full Tilt Poker believed me. The result is the first ever ad here on the Pile; a development certain to drive a spike in the number of players on the fastest growing poker site on the 'Net. Hey, they got me to download their software for the first time.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-77082958678054082862005-12-30T16:17:00.001-03:002024-03-15T08:19:58.372-03:00The Good, the Weird and the Ugly (Plus Random Notes on the DADI)Three hands from the PS tourney the other night kind of show the range of experiences I had. The theme that runs through all of them is aggression. From a hand that shows aggression at its best to a hand that shows the problem I’m having with managing my aggression. I’m great at initiating it, but not so good at responding to it or dealing with someone who plays back at me. In those cases I seem to either fold the best hand or play back with the worst hand. <br />
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First, <b>the Good.</b><br />
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I’m sitting at a full table with just over 24K in chips, 4K more than the second stack at my table and 10th overall in the tourney. Blinds are 400/800 with a 50 ante. I’m in the SB with Ah8s and I make it 1600 when it’s folded around to me and the BB, who’s third in chips at the table with about 19K, calls. The BB has been nursing this same size stack since I got to the table, while I have almost doubled up, and we’re three from the money, so I’m thinking he/she is going to play tight. Flop comes T43 rainbow, and I lead out for 2500 and get another call. A 2 on the turn completes the rainbow and I toss out 5000 and get the fold, putting me ninth in chips with two to go for the money.<br />
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<b>The weird</b> was a couple of hands before that and it’s the hand that vaulted me into the top 10. It’s also a pot I technically “lost,” which is what makes it so strange. I’m sitting on the button with an about average stack of 14K, which is only the fifth largest at my table, and pick up pocket Jacks. UTG+1 raises the 800 BB to 2200, the next player calls and a short stack in MP goes all-in for 1448. I’m thinking I want to drive out the early raiser and caller to isolate against the short stack, so I push. The blinds and the initial raiser fold, but the caller has me covered and calls. The caller turns over 99 and the short stack KQo, meaning that I’m a decent 2.5-1 favorite over the larger stack, but just a slight favorite over the short stack. After all the cards are turned over, the short stack takes the 7K main pot with Qs full of Ts, but I rake in a 25K side pot when my JJ holds up against the 99. (The initial raiser, who folded before the flop, claims to have had AQ. Whew! But that shows you what aggression can do to help you.)<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMxz7LByD2D2dBkngX-wgxzZU8P5GAMh9rCz-YXyci_LsJHnjtCQsEWDwFjOfZP4XYQGDFNULg0ZeR-6DPTomnkYkLQ99B-Y_1mdETfH55GbNWy_t-yG9erd9jARYwIBC8qKcFGVSotpJaVJ4dfzR52DB4U1Gl5LldcSt_vLoc-D0zyPrn7MU42GkHjM/s1280/poker%20hand.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1280" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuMxz7LByD2D2dBkngX-wgxzZU8P5GAMh9rCz-YXyci_LsJHnjtCQsEWDwFjOfZP4XYQGDFNULg0ZeR-6DPTomnkYkLQ99B-Y_1mdETfH55GbNWy_t-yG9erd9jARYwIBC8qKcFGVSotpJaVJ4dfzR52DB4U1Gl5LldcSt_vLoc-D0zyPrn7MU42GkHjM/w640-h428/poker%20hand.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div><b>The ugly</b> came when we were in the money with me sitting at a new table with 28k in chips, good for ninth place overall, but another player with 37k sitting across the table. I’m UTG with Qd8d and—figuring to keep up the aggression (never mind that none of these players has seen much of anything from me, or course)—open for a 3x bb raise to 2400. The larger stack calls and a short stack pushes all-in from the SB for a total of 5251. Getting nearly 4-1 pot odds, I’m forced to call at this point, and the big stack comes along for the party. When the flop comes Kd Th 4h, I wimp out and check. The big stack checks behind and the turn comes the Qs. Sensing weakness from the big stack, I check-raise to 12800 after he throws out a bet of 6400. He reraises all-in and I call. The rest of the cards are inconsequential, as the big stack turns over AJs for the turned nut straight. I was drawing dead and the short stack was close to dead with AA in the hole.<br />
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I clearly have no chance of winning this hand no matter what the big stack has, as I’m way behind to the short stack's AA from the get go. My only hope here is to minimize my losses, which probably would best have been handled by throwing out a feeler bet on the flop. I’m pretty sure I get a call (or a raise) from the big stack based on his combination of the nut flush draw, inside straight draw and an overcard to the board. But I’ve defined my hand and can comfortably go away if I’m raised or play much more cautiously on the turn if I’m called. Since I didn’t do that and I tried to get tricky on the turn, my last best hope would have been to run screaming in the opposite direction when my check-raise was reraised. Obviously I'm not that smart.<br />
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Two lessons: First, this was not a good situation to try a check raise. It was stupid; but I suppose I was just feeling my oats after my success in running up my stack on the bubble. Second, when your opponent comes to life like that, get out of the way (of course I came to life like that, but he wasn’t going to get out of the way with a made nut straight and a nut flush draw). I’m definitely hurting with only 10k in chips if I fold at that point, but I’m certainly not crippled and would have lived to fight at least one more day.<br />
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<b>Donkeys Always Draw Invitational</b><br />
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I did play in my first blogger event when I made the scene at Jordan’s and Tripjax’s DADI on Wednesday night. I’d love to say that I shined in my debut, but I didn’t. Was pretty card dead for most of the night and couldn’t get any action when I did pick up a hand early on. I even checked pocket aces from the BB, when only the SB was in to see the flop with me. He folded, however, when I threw out a token bet on a rag flop. The only hand that troubles me is when I raised with AKo, checked behind on a ragged flop and folded to a big raise from an unknown that had been playing LAG, after betting out when a K hit on the turn. Not sure what he may have had, but it didn’t smell right. I do wonder if I folded the best hand, however. <br />
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DeadMoney busted me (right after taking out two others on a single hand by getting all in with KK before the flop) in 36th place when his 44 held up to my KQo. He gets a link on my blog roll for his trouble. I'm sure that makes his day.<br />
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Other than that, it was a good time. I railbirded Will Wonka for a while and got to see him pull down a big pot when his hammer turned into deuces full of sevens, then watched some excellent play (and a few suckouts) at the final table. I was getting pretty drunk by that point, however, so I’m not sure if any of my side comments made any sense. I promise I'm really not an idiot (although I'm pretty sure that my brain works just a little bit differently than yours), if anyone came away with that impression.<br />
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Congratulations to the winner, Change100, and the runner up, Joe Speaker, and the rest of the final table.<br />
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Finished the night with a third place finish in a $10+1 SNG to offset some of the DADI buy in, so whoop de doo.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-3228456261819806342005-12-27T08:07:00.000-03:002012-10-03T08:08:21.724-03:00Holidays at the Virtual Tables<div style="text-align: justify;">Had a great holiday weekend and hope all of my readers did too. It was great to spend time with my family in the spirit of the season. I played some PS2 and did Legos with my son (8), had some great talks with my daughter (soon to be 12), and spent some quality time with my wife. Even cooked a kick-ass Christmas Eve dinner, featuring bacon-wrapped fillet mignon and twice-baked potatoes with bacon and horseradish.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Since my wife took ill on Christmas Day and went to bed early Sunday and Monday, however, I wound up playing more poker than expected over the holiday weekend. My game was…there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">It started on Friday night, when I fired up Poker Stars and sat down in a $10 SNG, finishing in third place for a tiny profit. I think I’ve mentioned it before, but I just haven’t been able to get any traction on Stars since I started playing there a few months ago. As a result, this seemed like a major event to me. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">When that wrapped, I plopped down $10 and joined 642 other people in a NLHE MTT. Up until the first break, I floundered around; not getting many decent cards and not hitting much on the flop. As a result, I went into that break below average and without much hope. Things got worse after the break and I found myself staring at a rapidly diminishing stack in the face of increasing blinds and the added problem of antes. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I started to get a few decent hands and managed to chip my way up to about average going into the second break and stayed there until we were closing in on the money (top 63 places paid). Then things got interesting and I would up ninth in chips with the bubble closing in.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">The pivotal hand was a strange one because of how it happened. I’ll have to check the details, but there was one MP limper and an all-in from a teeny tiny stack ahead of me. I had a hand I felt would hold up against the likely holdings of the short stack and I had the limper covered by a little bit, so I pushed to isolate myself against the short stack. Lo and behold, however, the limper calls. I wasn’t happy about that, but it turned out to be the best thing that could have happened, as the short stack took the tiny main pot and I would up scooping a much larger side pot and vaulting into position to make the money.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Once that happened, I moved into selective aggression mode, stealing the blinds a few times, winning a few hands and even bluffing a nice pot away from the player to my right with a big bet on the turn. When the money came around I was sitting pretty in ninth position and trying to figure out what to do with the big payday that was sure to come my way.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course you know where this is heading. Once the bubble burst, I wound up at a table with one of the chip leaders who had about twice as many chips as me. A few hands into that table I raised in EP w/ Q8s (things had been pretty tight) and got a call from the big stack in MP and a short stack in MP. Checked around on the KTx rainbow flop and I checked. Then a Q hit on the turn and I lost my mind, throwing a big bet into the pot, which was called all-in by the short stack and then raised by the big stack. For some reason, which likely will remain unexplained, I decided the big stack was trying to buy the pot and pushed the rest of my chips into the center of the table. He obligingly called with his turned nut straight and the short stack turned over AA.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">I was out in 61st spot for a whopping $16.07 payday. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Haaaaaaaaawwwwwwww!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ah well. At least I have a cash next to my name in thepokerdb now and I’ve broken my Stars MTT curse.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Spent Sunday and Monday nights treading water on Stars and UB. Dropped a couple of $20 SNGs on Pokerroom, including one where in the second hand I found AA in MP, raised an EP raiser and was looking at three all-ins ahead of me when it came back around. I knew I was ahead, but I also knew that I probably had only about a 50% chance of winning (closer to 53% in the actual analysis). I called anyway and saw myself facing KK, QQ and 44 (!?). QQ flopped a set and the rest of us went down in flames. At least it was quick.</div>Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-63848214492899370932005-12-22T08:05:00.002-03:002024-03-15T09:12:16.003-03:00Hold the Bus! Vegas in February?<div style="text-align: justify;">
I've just found out that I may be forced to go to Vegas Feb. 6-8 for a business meeting at the MGM Grand. This development could significantly alter my bankroll allocation plans, as I likely will look to free up some offline funds to play in live games when I'm there.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9SVeN-XdLBdvVoLiXNrv8nyIaacb3CPQmHoePHYClNGVndDdsCteU9X-t2D-RRyrCBz59LxHlMg4hppNTgXKkXezoeS5Xl5kBWlS5c5xkSeIlh3cgl9l2Rqta0N-sjA2tPzqbsBb3poJpXN9nSliyocstEmN_ZWzj66Zd0956oEUYC8KJJSH4sAavZ0/s1024/las%20vegas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="1024" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM9SVeN-XdLBdvVoLiXNrv8nyIaacb3CPQmHoePHYClNGVndDdsCteU9X-t2D-RRyrCBz59LxHlMg4hppNTgXKkXezoeS5Xl5kBWlS5c5xkSeIlh3cgl9l2Rqta0N-sjA2tPzqbsBb3poJpXN9nSliyocstEmN_ZWzj66Zd0956oEUYC8KJJSH4sAavZ0/w640-h480/las%20vegas.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">My preliminary thinking would be to hit MGM's nightly $100+$25 tournament on Feb. 6 or Feb. 7, and fill in the rest of my time at the $2-$4 limit and/or $200 max NLHE tables there. If I have any success or feel the urge to just drink and play donkey poker, a return the the Excalibur might be in order at some point too.</div>
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Anyone with other suggestions for my itinerary or who may wish to join the fun is free to get in touch with me through my comments or via email.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-5661156735016609812005-11-30T15:39:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:39:31.268-03:00Great F'n Start to the Night<div style="text-align: justify;">
Here's ten minutes of my life I'll never get back. I think this is self-explanatory:</div>
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$30+3 SNG, Pokerroom.com</div>
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Seat 1: DaScrub ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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Seat 2: redbulnvodka ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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Seat 3: CRIXXXX ($1,460 in chips)</div>
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Seat 4: JohnnyBankn ($1,620 in chips)</div>
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Seat 5: barofsoap ($1,460 in chips)</div>
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Seat 6: rick114 ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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Seat 7: x HELLAS ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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Seat 8: sambuk ($1,460 in chips)</div>
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Seat 9: Jestocost [KC,AH] ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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Seat 10: mparrott ($1,500 in chips)</div>
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PRE-FLOPx HELLAS folds, sambuk folds, Jestocost bets $80, mparrott folds, DaScrub calls $80, redbulnvodka folds, CRIXXXX calls $80, JohnnyBankn calls $80, barofsoap calls $70, rick114 folds.</div>
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barofsoap checks, Jestocost bets $300, DaScrub folds, CRIXXXX folds, JohnnyBankn folds, barofsoap calls $300.</div>
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TURN [board cards 10D,KD,2H,4H ]</div>
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barofsoap checks, Jestocost bets $500, barofsoap calls $500.</div>
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barofsoap bets $580 and is all-in, Jestocost calls $580.</div>
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barofsoap shows [ 5D,6D ]Jestocost shows [ KC,AH ]</div>
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barofsoap wins $3,180.</div>
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My only comment, "Is that barofsoap as in, don't bend over to pick up that bar of soap?"</div>
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I think I'll get a drink and try this again in a little while. I need to pound my head somewhere.</div>
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OK, I guess I can't complain too much, when my next SNG featured this hand:</div>
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$30+3 SNG, Pokerroom.com</div>
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Seat 1: bostoncaleb ($1,535 in chips)</div>
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Seat 2: knicksiny3k ($1,690 in chips)</div>
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Seat 3: Jestocost [4H,5D] ($1,450 in chips)</div>
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Seat 5: jbrekka ($1,240 in chips)</div>
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Seat 6: mook_7 ($1,410 in chips)</div>
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Seat 7: bigdawgkk ($1,275 in chips)</div>
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Seat 8: Tress10 ($1,465 in chips)</div>
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Seat 9: Kenny Webber ($1,425 in chips)</div>
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Seat 10: hockey166803 ($3,510 in chips)</div>
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knicksiny3k posts blind ($25), Jestocost posts blind ($50).PRE-FLOPjbrekka folds, mook_7 folds, bigdawgkk calls $50, Tress10 folds, Kenny Webber calls $50, hockey166803 folds, bostoncaleb folds, knicksiny3k calls $25, Jestocost checks.</div>
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FLOP [board cards 7S,5S,5C ]knicksiny3k checks, Jestocost bets $75, bigdawgkk folds, Kenny Webber bets $200, knicksiny3k folds, Jestocost bets $600, Kenny Webber calls $475.</div>
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TURN [board cards 7S,5S,5C,6S ]Jestocost bets $725 and is all-in, Kenny Webber calls $700 and is all-in.</div>
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SHOWDOWNJestocost shows [ 4H,5D ]Kenny Webber shows [ 8S,10S ]Jestocost wins $25, Jestocost wins $2,950.</div>
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OK. So I won that one and am up $84 for the night. Maybe I'll play the $50+4 US Daily MTT?</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-63911294086707146122005-11-30T15:38:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:38:45.390-03:00Shameless Pimpage<div style="text-align: justify;">
I learn a lot from a number of the poker blogs that I read. There are some tremendously smart people out there who provide great insights into how to improve your game. But sometimes I appreciate even more those bloggers who share experiences that are similar to mine, providing me with hope and a better sense of reality. Recent posts by Dugglebogey and Joe Speaker are perfect examples of this.</div>
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Dugglebogey reflects on how his belief that he can outplay the horrible donkeys he faces in SNGs and MTTs winds up leading to a lack of success in these events. I can empathize with that completely. As noted below, I start playing marginal hands against terrible players and almost invariably get the crap kicked out of me as a result. For me as well it’s largely a matter of ego, but also sometimes a matter of impatience. I get bored with folding hand after hand, only to watch horrible opponents take down a pot with middle pair when I would have flopped a straight. Fighting the boredom by trying to get cute is usually death, however.</div>
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Joe Speaker notes that he plays better against better opponents. To me, this is common sense. Against better opponents I am more focused. Against better opponents I can have a reasonable expectation that they will respond appropriately to the plays I make. I played better ping pong as a kid against better ping pong players, but I was never a great ping pong player. Today I play better poker against better opponents, but I am far from a great poker player.</div>
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And, finally, even some of the random shit I come up with finds like minds among the bloggers. Yesterday I finished my post with a John Bender quote from “The Breakfast Club” and today Drizztdj posts this related item.</div>
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I certainly can’t claim to be a mainstream member of the poker blogger community, but I’m pleased that one or two bloggers have now posted links to the Pile (OK, only after I asked them to. And two bloggers actually have posted comments at this worthless site. Thanks to SirFWALGman for being the first non-spam contributor to my comments. And I am humbled to have had the Blogfather himself acknowledge--if only in a small way--my existence.</div>
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Log on to Pokerroom tonight (and maybe even late tomorrow night) to have the opportunity to take my money from me.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-55952308989036099342005-11-29T15:35:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:35:40.734-03:00Worthless<div style="text-align: justify;">
As I have long believed and this site has confirmed, the Slag Pile is--in fact--worthless. In the interest of providing a self-esteem boost to those bloggers whose corners of the interweb are worth more than $0.00, I've included a nifty little banner advertising my complete lack of value at the base of the Pile.</div>
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Poker has been "eh" lately. No great play, no horrible play, no wild beats, no massive suckouts. I did "money" in another UB $1 Ultra MTT, taking in a cool $1.82 for finishing 84th out of 1,100 or so. Now I can afford that pack of gum I've been saving for.</div>
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Otherwise, I really haven't played much since the holiday started. I should be spending a few hours on Pokerroom in assorted MTTs and SNGs on Wednesday night, so maybe I'll have more to report during or after that.</div>
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I know you're on the edge of your seat.</div>
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"Screws fall out all the time, the world's an imperfect place."</div>
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-- John Bender</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-46602738570825567602005-11-20T15:32:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:33:05.193-03:00One of Those Nights<div style="text-align: justify;">
Did you ever have one of “those” nights? I’m sure you have.</div>
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When the flop came 98x and you were short stacked with A8o, but the big stack had A9o?</div>
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When the flop came Kxx and you had KJo, but your opponent had KQo?</div>
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You had JJ and bet hard into a ragged flop, turn and river, only to run into QQ?</div>
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When you get the suckouts when it doesn’t matter, and get sucked out on when it does?</div>
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Let’s live blog this latest table, an ill-advised $50 SNG on Pokerroom:</div>
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First hand, one limper ahead of me and I limp with 66 in MP; SB calls and BB checks. Flop Q89 rainbow. I bet slightly less than the pot and get one caller. Turn is a 6 and I lead for $200, not liking the straight possibilities. Opponent folds and I’m the table chip leader.</div>
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Q5o (no heart) in the BB and I check to two limpers. Flop is 288 with two hearts and I bet out $50 and get one caller. Turn is the Ah and my $100 bet is raised to $200, which I call. River is another heart and I give up, checking. Opponent bets $400 and I fold.</div>
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Blinds at $15/$30. I get AJo in the BB and raise to $120 after the UTG, the button and the SB call. UTG calls, and the button and SB fold. Flop is AsQd6s and I have the Js. The software fucks me up and I wind up min betting $30, instead of betting $250 as planned. Turn is the Qh and I bet $300 and get called, which makes me nervous. River is a J, which pleases me no end and I bet $500. Opponent calls me and shows AKo, giving him the pot with his kicker as my pair of Jacks is counterfeited and I’m down to $870.</div>
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Blinds take me down to $855 and I find AKo in MP. Raise 3x the BB to $150 and get one caller. Flop comes J44 and I bet $300. Caller folds. Yee ha.</div>
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Blinded down to $980 giving me an M of just over 6. Still 9 players at the table and I’m the short stack.</div>
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A3d UTG and I push. Everybody folds and I take the blinds.</div>
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J5o in the BB and I fold to a raise from the button and a call from the SB.</div>
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Q5s in the SB and I call a raise to $200. Flop is Q33 and I push. Button calls with AQo and IGHN.</div>
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One of those nights.</div>
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Other than the obvious donkey play with the counterfeited Jacks, any major problems there?</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-61003054432827274422005-11-16T15:29:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:31:12.200-03:00The Curse of Success or How to Start a Death Spiral in Three Easy Lessons<div style="text-align: justify;">
After the MTT success I documented in my previous blog entry, my MTT and SNG play went straight into the toilet. It’s interesting in hindsight that what I actually did at the tables was completely detached from what I know I should do. </div>
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During this time, I’ve been faced with what everyone who plays poker faces. I’ve been completely card dead for three or more tournaments in a row. I’ve taken a number of bad beats. There’s surely nothing I can do about the former, except to try and hang on. And in the latter case I can—at least intellectually—appreciate that it means I’m getting my money out on the table with the best of it, which is all anyone really can do. </div>
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(Warning: Obligatory bad beat section follows; please skip to next paragraph. Allow me to vent just for a second. KK all-in goes down to a call from K9 when my opponent flops a pair of nines and rivers trips. KK goes down to a call from 99 that rivers a straight. Red pocket tens all-in flop a set, but wait, all three cards on the board are spades, looking suspiciously like the 8s in the pocket eights that called me with; a fourth spade hits the board on the turn and nothing pairs on the river. JJ all-in is called by TT and, after a ragged flop that puts me ahead by nearly 14-1, the third ten hits on the turn. Blah, blah, blah. Boring, boring, boring. Please cry for me Argentina. But, as I asked the K9 caller, “Why don’t the donkeys ever use lubricants when they mount you from behind?”)</div>
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But the reality is, in most of those cases, I was pushing pre-flop near the bubble because I was short stacked and needed to double up to stay in the tournament. And the fact is that in most of those cases I got there by being a big freakin’ donkey myself. I’m not talking about any complicated leak, for the most part, just a simple pattern that I find myself falling into after a run of success.</div>
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1) I start playing too many marginal starting hands. Little pocket pairs, middle suited (O, even non-suited sometimes) connectors; Ax, on and on. My recent wins have me convinced that all of my opponents are idiots and that I can push them around and out play them. But they’re not all idiots (even though many are) and even an idiot gets dealt good cards and hits a flop from time to time. All that it gets me are lots of middle pairs with no kicker, bottom pairs with big kickers, assorted gutshots and backdoor draws, and complete garbage on the flop.</div>
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2) I push those marginal hands aggressively and get popped. Everyone sees the crap I’m playing and they play back at me, forcing me to fold, or they string me along and suck me dry all the way to the river. Continuation bets actually work if you use them judiciously and show down some strong hands every once in awhile.</div>
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I struggle and donk it up, losing in tournaments early or watching my stack bounce up and down like a three-year old after two liters of Hawaiian Punch and half a birthday cake until I bubble out and die. Then the final phase of the death spiral hits:</div>
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3) The return of Captain Weaktight, hero of the stupid. I don’t play anything but group one hands, unless I’m completing from the small blind or checking from the big blind. Unless I flop a set or better (maybe TPTK, if I’m feeling particularly frisky) I’m checking and folding. If my set isn’t top set, I’m folding to anyone who plays back at me. Bubble city guaranteed, boys and girls.</div>
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So here I am, crawling out of that hole again and trying to play better. This time, I mostly have tried to play my way out of my slump, but is that the best way? It helps with some things, certainly, but it almost invariably seems to require me to play out the full cycle. Should I take a break? Read a book? Hit myself in the head with a brick? What? Is there any way to short circuit this cycle once it begins?</div>
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<b>Pokerroom's Latest "Upgrade"</b></div>
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On another topic, will some poker sites never learn how to complete a software update without screwing things up? I haven’t played on that many sites, but Pokerroom—a site where I play frequently and generally like as well as any—can’t seem to get it right. Just this last spring, they screwed up enough that they had to roll out a series of $ added freerolls just to try to appease the pissed-off masses. If you have an account there and like these events, get ready for more of them.</div>
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Yesterday, Pokerroom rolled out their newest software update (for both the downloadable and Java platforms). In the process, they’ve managed to put themselves out of the MTT business temporarily and even those new things that are working just plain suck. </div>
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SNG registrations are impossible, with multiple tables with the same game and buy in level registering at once and no method of organizing them by # of registrants or anything. As a result, you get people filling two or three $20 NLHE tables at once and it takes forever to fill them. Maybe this works at Party or Stars, but not at Pokerroom, there’s just not the volume of players. Oh, and some of these SNGs are now multi-table games, but there’s no way to tell that from the menu. You have to click on each one individually to see if it’s a one-, two- or three-table event. Nuts.</div>
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SNG blind levels also are now just eight minutes. I think they did it by hand count before and it was manageable and no worse than other sites, but now the things are pretty much push fests. When your base SNG is effectively a turbo, blah.</div>
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They’ve blown up in the past and eventually have fixed things, but we’ll see this time. One of the big selling points for Pokerroom is the Java version, which I can play on the road, but I’ve had the largest share of my bankroll there for a while and I don’t know if that will continue without some fixes.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-89388785180447460692005-10-11T14:28:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:28:58.067-03:00Is Something Going On?<div style="text-align: justify;">
Yes, definitely. Either I’ve actually improved my tournament play or the winds of variance are simply blowing in my direction. After playing probably 50 MTTs in the past year and making one final table (last January), I’ve now made the final table in three out of the last five tournaments I’ve played; including my first MTT win, as noted below.</div>
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Of course, ego leads me to favor the first of those two possibilities. And even if improved play is responsible for my recent performance, there’s no doubt that luck has played a significant factor in that success. However, let’s look at the arguments for both possibilities.</div>
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In favor of the improved play option, there’s the fact that I have made some substantial changes in my approach to the game. Most importantly, I’ve applied some of the Yellow/Orange/Red zone strategies from Harrington on Hold ‘em Vol. II. In the past, I’ve typically had little problem making it to the middle stages of a tournament, but I’ve usually been short-stacked and essentially DOA. Harrington’s concepts have given me a better sense of when and how to press in those situations to put myself in position to get further along. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t believe that my primitive attempts to apply these concepts have turned me into the next WSOP champ, but even my rudimentary understanding has allowed me to see how I had misplayed these situations in the past (and also to recognize just how few players in these low buy-in MTTs have any clue).</div>
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In favor of the luck-sack argument is the fact that we’re dealing with a very small sample size here. And I also haven’t seen the same kind of improvements in my SNG results. (Although in all fairness to me, I’ve been a reasonably successful SNG player and a pretty bad MTT player, so the opportunity to make huge improvements in my SNG play is significantly smaller.) </div>
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Also weighing in against the actual improvement choice is the fact that my most recent final table was in one of the ridiculous nightly $1 Ultras on UB. For those of you not familiar with those, that means you and 1,200+ of your closest pals playing with 2.5 minute levels. So after the first few levels pretty much everyone plays most of the tournament in the Yellow, Orange or Red zones. </div>
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Even playing hand for hand to the final 10, three people busted at once and the final table started with only eight players. The final table was pretty ridiculous. Blinds were 8K/16K with an 800 ante and there were six players in the 200K-300k range along with two short stacks giving the chip leader an effective M of just about 8. If you were one of the six with a playable stack and took the blinds and antes with a raise, you probably took the chip lead for a hand. The short stacks were gone within two hands and we were down to six. I was gone a few hands later and the whole thing was done by 10:00 p.m. CDT; one hour and 20 minutes after it started.</div>
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Since an Ultra is your basic crapshoot on steroids, I’m pretty sure that success can’t be firm evidence of any kind of solid play. However, I was smart enough to realize that playing the straight Harrington zone strategy won’t cut it in that kind of schmozz. You can’t just push with any two even first-in in the Red zone, since you are almost always going to get at least one caller and probably more. You have to be a little bit more selective, even if it means you sink a little deeper, but just about everyone else is in the same boat. </div>
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I also made the first move to push all-in with a fairly wide range of hands, but I called all-ins very seldom. Usually only when I had the original raiser well outchipped and didn’t have a big stack yet to act behind me. The one exception to this was the final hand, where I had two all-ins in front of me, both with stacks bigger than mine, and picked up AKo. Given what people were pushing with and the fact that I was a worse than a 2-1 dog to only AA or KK, I had to do that. Win and I have a big chip lead with only four players left. Lose and, well, that was 6th place with a payoff of $41. I had a nice match up against a middle pair and a weaker A, but just didn’t match the board. The player that went out with me started the hand with a few more chips and picked up fifth.</div>
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Playing better? Probably. There certainly was tons of room for improvement, so that’s not necessarily saying much. Getting lucky? Definitely. Not in a hit-in-the-face-with-the-deck way, but in a hitting-my-draws-when-I-need-them way (frequently with straights, oddly). However, I think I’ve made some of that luck by being aggressive and forcing the other players to react. Still, I’m sure I’ll make the same plays in the coming weeks and won’t have the same level of success.</div>
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Whatever the case, it’s been fun!</div>
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“Strange things are afoot at the Circle-K.”</div>
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Ted “Theodore” Logan</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-73846362495732309102005-10-07T14:26:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:28:05.753-03:00Holy Shit!<div style="text-align: justify;">
Just won my first MTT, outlasting 330 opponents in a $10 tournament on Pokerroom to win $825! Unlike my other recent final table, there were plenty of hands that I won by sucking out. For the most part, however, I played aggressively once things got going, made some good calls and some good lay downs, and generally played solid. Time for bed, but this more than erases the Excalibur losses from a couple of weeks ago.</div>
Libros de texto para educaciónhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01602418414562028598noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-986673111384145776.post-74350098687923499512005-10-04T14:24:00.000-03:002012-10-02T14:25:30.080-03:00"The New Phone Book's Here!"<div style="text-align: justify;">
Thanks to Al Can't Hang and my first listing on a blog roll, I feel like Navin Johnson, Steve Martin's character in 1979's "The Jerk."</div>
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"This is the kind of spontaneous publicity I need! My name in print! That really makes somebody! Things are going to start happening to me now."</div>
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I expect to see my visit count skyrocket and, in honor of Al, pledge to try SoCo for the first time since an unfortunate incident in—coincidentally—1979.</div>
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