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#960 – My Third Anniversary – A Fast Look Back

mcraig — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:16:45 +0000

On Tuesday, February 2, I celebrated my third anniversary of producing the Full Tilt Poker Blog by Michael Craig. If you look back in the archive, you will see the very first post, “The Playboy of Full Tilt,” dated February 2, 2007. I had no idea I would have the blog this long, write this [...]

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#960 – My Third Anniversary – A Fast Look Back

#959 – Shauna’s Weekly Full Tilt Promo Update

mcraig — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:27:58 +0000

As a regular feature, I asked my assistant Shauna to compile an ongoing list of Full Tilt Promotions. Every Friday, she will arrange to post the list in this blog under this title. For additional information, you can go to Full Tilt’s Promotions page. MICHAEL’S RELAY FOR LIFE TOURNAMENT Michael’s Relay For Life Charity Tournament, for the [...]

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#958 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part III

mcraig — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:59:53 +0000

PARABLE #3 – THE LEDERER PERSPECTIVE Howard Lederer would seem the perfect person to mediate between the Ferguson and Straus approaches. He is extremely smart and introspective and had the benefit of obtaining a lot of his post-graduate-equivalent brains on the streets. But despite his intelligence and success, his own record on the subject of bankroll management [...]

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#958 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part III

#957 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part II

mcraig — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:33:46 +0000

PARABLE #2 – HIGH-STAKES LIFE I really regret never having met Jack Straus. Straus, a contemporary of Doyle Brunson and a member of the Poker Hall of Fame, is known to me primarily from the stories written and told by Al Alvarez and Anthony Holden. Jack’s determination and will to win are amply illustrated in the famous [...]

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#957 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part II

#957 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part I

mcraig — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 22:30:33 +0000

Because I have needed to withdraw substantial amounts from my Full Tilt account these last few months (and because I haven’t been winning much), I’ve had a lot of time to reflect on bankroll management – playing lower, exercising patience, and generally at least simulating the condition of not having the money to play big. Unfortunately, [...]

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#957 – Three Parables on Bankroll Management, Part I

#956 – Shauna’s Weekly Full Tilt Promo Update

mcraig — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 19:00:09 +0000

As a regular feature, I asked my assistant Shauna to compile an ongoing list of Full Tilt Promotions. Every Friday, she will arrange to post the list in this blog under this title. For additional information, you can go to Full Tilt’s Promotions page. RUSH POKER Available exclusively at Full Tilt Poker, Rush Poker* is the ultimate [...]

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#956 – Shauna’s Weekly Full Tilt Promo Update

#955 – Rush Poker + Double Guarantees Week = Buttah

mcraig — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 20:28:57 +0000

You can call Full Tilt “buttah” – because it’s on a roll. In back-to-back weeks, Full Tilt has rolled out a pair of monster promotions. Last week, it was Rush Poker, which I’m finding addicting despite having no prior interest in online cash games. This week, it’s Double Guarantees, which seems less than revolutionary but [...]

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#955 – Rush Poker + Double Guarantees Week = Buttah

#954 – How to Lose Pounds Money and Dreams Part III – The Wai[s]ting is the Hardest Part

mcraig — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 22:46:31 +0000

Because of Andy Bloch’s offer last October, I found myself in the worst position a fat gambler could imagine: losing weight but NOT having a weight-loss bet. After posting Part II of this blog, I sent Andy Bloch a consolation note. I wanted to thank him for getting me motivated to lose weight and let [...]

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#954 – How to Lose Pounds Money and Dreams Part III – The Wai[s]ting is the Hardest Part

#953 – Roland de Wolfe vs. Canyon Ranch Spa

mcraig — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 03:51:43 +0000

Last Thursday, Shauna and I drove from Scottsdale to Tucson to have lunch with Roland de Wolfe. Roland was staying at the Canyon Ranch health spa with his friend Bryan. Considering Arizona’s normally excellent weather, the thunderstorm on the trip out and the windstorm on the way back were very unusual. But probably not as [...]

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#953 – Roland de Wolfe vs. Canyon Ranch Spa

#952 – Rush Poker, Part II – Observations & Analysis

mcraig — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 21:35:38 +0000

During my first several sessions at Rush Poker, I jotted down notes about features, consequences, and lessons. These observations are presented in no particular order. YOU ARE FREED FROM THE USELESS AND COUNTERPRODUCTIVE ACTIVITY OF SEEING MEANINGLESS CARDS. Because you are taken to a new game as soon as you fold, you don’t put yourself through [...]

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#952 – Rush Poker, Part II – Observations & Analysis