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If any of you watched the latest ESPN broadcast of the 2006 WSOP, you would have seen a classic confrontation between two poker legends, Doyle Brunson and Chip Reese. As it happened they were both at the final table of the $50K HORSE event, playing NL Hold Em. The confrontation in question came about when Doyle held QQ and Chip had KK. There was some fairly standard raising back-and-forth preflop, but after the flop came a bunch of low garbage, Chip re-raised Doyle, and Doyle barely hesitated before mucking his QQ.
The amazing part of this story—in my mind anyway—came afterwards. There’s no denying that Doyle made a great laydown here. Many of us, in fact, may have thought that our QQ was the best hand and pushed all in. Fortunately for Doyle he had the wisdom and experience to decide not to risk his tournament life on a hand that could have been easily dominated by AA or KK, or possibly been out-drawn even if all Chip had was AK. Of course it didn’t hurt that Doyle has played with Chip for decades and probably has a very accurate read on him. All this aside, what impressed me the most was what came afterwards.
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As I approach my first year of online poker play I thought I would comment on what I have observed and what I have hopefully learned.
First, expect to lose money for the first few weeks or longer. Even if you are a knowledgeable casino player, online play will take a time to adjust to and during that time you won’t be playing your best game. If you are starting out in poker then learning the basics is going to cost you. You’ll play hands you shouldn’t play and you’ll continue to play hands after you should have folded them. The learning process in poker can be brutal and expensive. This is especially true if you learn everything at the table. If you can learn from books or by reading online forums you will probably save yourself some money. Just having a list of starting hands and an understanding of why some starting hands work better in some situations will probably save you a lot of cash.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
We’d like to say a few words about submission guidlines for blog posts, but first of all, we want to say thanks for all of the great contributions that we’ve received from our players recently. We’ve gotten fantastic posts that were really well thought out and very well written – so thanks again.
Without further ado, following are a few suggestions on how to write great blog posts.
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First of all, take a deep breath. Relax. It’s just a blog post.
Now that you’re cool, calm, and collected, we’d like to give you a few suggestions about what types of posts to submit. The first thing we’d like to say is that we’re not looking for sellout pieces or ‘shill’ posts; you know, the kind that use ‘Full Tilt Poker’ in every other sentence. We’re looking for loose and informal articles about what brings us all together – playing poker.
On the other hand, we don’t want our primary focus to be articles on poker strategy. Let’s face it, there’s already a billion-and-one great poker books out there, and we don’t think that our blog can (or should) be a substitute for reading Sklansky’s ‘Theory of Poker’, Mike Caro’s ‘Book of Poker Tells’, and the ‘Harrington on Hold ‘em’ series by Dan Harrington.
We hope that this blog can help build a sense of community among our players, and that it can give us a chance to get together and talk about whatever comes to mind. The blog is a place where you can discuss which pros are doing well in a tournament, a hand you recently won, or how likely it is that Chris Ferguson will achieve his goal of turning zero dollars into $10,000 – or whatever.
With that in mind, we’d like to you to submit articles that meet at least some of the following guidelines:
- Well-written – While we don’t mind a few typos here and their (you know that was intentional, right?), we’re not going to publish an article that looks like it was written by your four-year-old nephew. So at least turn on spell-check.
- Well-mannered – Ok, well not actually well-mannered. Just don’t curse in every other sentence. We don’t care if you get a little risqué in a post, as long as you don’t take it to an extreme. Like, don’t call anyone a MILF or anything.
- Creative – We like to see people having a bit of fun with their articles – we want our content to be funky-fresh. Put on your thinking caps, splash a little more gin in your tonic, or listen to some Parliament – whatever it takes to bring out your wild n’ funky writing side.
- Personal – The best writing comes from the heart. So put a bit of yourself into your writing! We like to see people talking about what matters most to them.
- Original – On a similar note, we’ll give preference to all original content. While we don’t mind if you submit an article from your own personal blog, we’d prefer to see original posts. We check to see if articles are posted anywhere else on the Internet, and give preference to articles that don’t appear on other blogs. Also, we can read minds. So no matter what, we’ll know whether or not you wrote the article from scratch.
We don’t expect every article to conform to all of these rules – after all, we want our blog to be an informal, comfortable place for people to talk about what’s on their minds. However, your post should meet at least a few of these guidelines, so that we can try to make our blog as fresh and interesting as possible for all of our players.
To give you an example of one of our favorite blog posts, check out this recent post from clown. It’s got everything you’d want in a blog post… from charisma to comedy to character defamation. It’s a great example of the funky, creative, original stuff that we’d like to see people send in. Congrats to clown for sending in such a great post!
We look forward to your next submission!
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
This fall’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series was a resounding success, with thousands upon thousands of players competing for over $2.5 million in prize money.
FTOPS II drew to a close with Sunday night’s Main Event, a No Limit Hold ‘em tournament with a $1 million dollar prize pool. The event was won by Spiked, who took home a $225K first-place prize for his troubles. Not a bad payoff for a night’s work.
To see the results of all FTOPS II events or to see the FTOPS II Leaderboard, just check out the FTOPS homepage.
We are working on providing detailed coverage for all of the FTOPS II events, similar to the posts you see below. However, due to the number of hands involved in all the events, it will take us a little while to compile all the hand histories and put together coverage. Please be patient, we’ll report on each event as soon as we can.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
The second event in FTOPS II was a No Limit Hold ‘em event that had 3,010 entrants competing for more than $600,000 in prize money – making it the second biggest cash tournament in Full Tilt Poker history. The final table began with two clear chip leaders and the rest of the pack needing some chips to contend.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| joskins | 2,513,105 |
| Squirrely1 | 2,107,060 |
| SuburbanSpade | 1,104,768 |
| MayorMcShipIT | 822,094 |
| arsenal46 | 642,706 |
| set888s | 583,936 |
| Can You Tell | 561,150 |
| JazzyCFC | 459,165 |
| The Reaper4 | 236,016 |
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
Leaves on the ground, football on TV, and large sums of money up for grabs on Full Tilt Poker can only mean one thing – it’s time for this fall’s Full Tilt Online Poker Series (FTOPS). FTOPS II kicked off on Saturday with a new event and an earlier start time to cater to a growing number of European participants.
Six hundred and twenty-four players entered the $200+$16 Pot-Limit Omaha Hi/Lo Event, creating a prize pool of nearly $125,000. After more than five-and-a-half hours of play, the field was whittled down to the final table. One of nine remaining players was going to take home $24,000, an FTOPS gold jersey, and the new FTOPS gold jersey avatar given to all FTOPS Winners.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| jhizzle24 | 494,964 |
| cpfactor | 287,897 |
| SHLDBFISHING | 275,412 |
| mmmadd | 234,849 |
| clown god | 146,280 |
| gottabpostve | 145,753 |
| AAAAJ | 135,569 |
| troyomac | 78,204 |
| AofHearts | 73,072 |
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
If there’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s a poorly written thank you note. Just the other day I got this in the mail:
Dear Howard,
Thanks for the hot air balloon. I like it a lot.
For starters, I happen to know that Jesus hasn’t even used the thing. I hid a camera in the gondola so I could watch him enjoying my gift, but he hasn’t even taken it out of the hangar I built for him, which, I might add, he neglected to thank me for.
Jesus’s duplicity aside, the note itself is a disgrace. It’s not even structured properly. Let’s say you’re in late position with a hand like KQs your friends just threw you a lovely living funeral. Your note should look something like this.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
I am a recreational poker player. I don’t have a “bankroll” as much as I have “online money that I play poker with.” I don’t use PokerTracker. I could care less what my SharkScope stats are. I play poker for camaraderie, competition, enjoyment, entertainment, and well, we all like to win a little money.
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
In this great game of poker, we’ve all been ‘there.’ The evil place I am referring to is actually not a place, but rather a state of mind. You know, the one where you have lost a good portion of your bankroll, you are the unluckiest player in the world, you can’t do anything right, and you are thinking of quitting the game all together. I’ve been ‘there.’ But the truth is, I’m glad I was ‘there’ because I learned valuable lessons along the way. The variance bug bit me on the rear and I couldn’t sit for over a month, but I found a way to dig myself out, and the answers might surprise you…….
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 5, rated) Posted by anonymous | Filed under Uncategorized
Not all poker learning experiences need to be weighed down with talks about calculating pot odds, Bayes’ Theorem, and things you’d learn in Stats 202 at your local state college.
Here’s my half-hearted attempt to teach a few things that have helped me become a profitable poker player.
C’mon in and see what we’re cooking up today. Apologies to Roy West.
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