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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Julius_Goat pulls himself up out of his state of extreme sleep deprivation to bring along another chapter of his critically acclaimed Stupid/System. This chapter explorers whether or not you are ready to become a pro poker player after all his previous help.
I suspect that if you’ve followed Chapters 1 through 12 you might be only using play-money chips at this point.
Stupid/System Chapter 12: Going Pro
by Julius_Goat
If you’ve been following along with me, you now have a lot of the “tools” that you’ll need for long-term, online and live poker success. You know how to fire the third bullet with air, shove a double belly to represent the set, get the fish to double you when you’ve got the nuts, play ATC, abuse the bubble, and exploit the weak-tights with squeezes, overbets, underbets, brass knuckles, clarinet solos, the crane kick and other advanced moves.
So now you are asking yourself: Is it time for me to go pro?
Woah! Wait a second there, Sparky! Not so fast!
First of all, of COURSE you should go pro! You’re totally, lusciously, awesome! Read the first paragraph! You’re like the Bruce Lee of poker, and you’re getting your “Heeeeeeoooooooow!” on. The question you need to ask yourself is, what KIND of pro are you going to be? There’s more than just one kind, you know. I mean, if you don’t decide that, how are you going to know whether or not to buy a cowboy hat or a hoodie? Get with the program.
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Our boy Julius_Goat comes back from his trip to insomnia land and waxes imaginative, what would he do if he was in charge of running Full Tilt tournaments. He has some technologically creative ideas to increase your tournament experience.
Naturally, if you take any of the following serious, I would direct you first to this link.
Full Tilt Memorandum
From: Julius_Goat
To: All Full Tilt Staff
RE: DONKEY CHOKER POKER — IMMEDIATE SOFTWARE ENHANCEMENT
Dear Team Full Tilt,
First of all, thank you for hiring me as tournament director! It was a surprising choice to be sure, but I can assure you that my total lack of qualification in no way . . .
Huh, lost my train of thought there. Anyway, it’s been a great ride so far, and I’d just like to personally apologize to Chris Ferguson about the hat thing. I really wasn’t feeling well; think I ate some bad shrimp at the buffet.
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
When our blogging brother Julius_Goat gets insomnia during odd days of the week, I tend to see interesting guest posts pop up in my email inbox. This week his post popped up earlier then I expected. I assume he was feeling sympathy pains for my Eagles during their time of loss in football (not proper football, for that he’d have to be watching Chelsea).
This week’s moment of brilliance brings us the next version of the Donkey Test. Simple enough, follow the questions, answer and score yourself at the bottom.
Enjoy.
The New Donkey Test
So, I was scouring through the poker-net, and I came across a new version of that Donkey Quiz that was popular a few years back. Remember that thing? It’s a pretty good little quiz, and creates what I consider to be a fairly strong profile of your poker game. I, for example, scored in the 98th percentile for excellence the seventh time I took it.
Well, somebody has created a new one, and I have been allowed to reproduce a section of it here for your edification. Enjoy!
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
It’s been a few months since noted author Julius_Goat presented us with the next chapter in his award-winning book Stupid/System. This time around he takes a look at tournaments which are outside the normal average MTT you’ll see online. The other chapters are listened below.
Enjoy
Stupid/System Chaper 11: Atypical Poker Tournaments
Not all tournaments are created equal. This may come as a surprise to some of you that haven’t been playing Texas No Limit Hold Them for as long as I have (since 2005), but it is true. I mean, sure, yes, you may well be familiar with the typical, meat-and-potatoes garden-variety online poker tournament, where the leisurely fifteen-minute blinds and the 1500 starting chips allow for lots of advanced play (like the min. raise, the triple check-call, and the early position limp). It’s quite possible, I admit. Oh yes. I admit it.
But did you know that there were a whole other variety of tournaments out there for you to sink your fangs into, if you are a wolfman, or possibly Dracula? Even if you don’t have fangs, you can still easily play any number of tournaments whose differences from the norm result in novel changes to structure and optimal strategy in this game we love. [1]
What are these types? You know, I was hoping you’d ask me that. Let me go read some poker books, and then I’ll tell you.
OK, I’m back. Here is a complete listing of the atypical tournament types, along with a few notes for optimal play.
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
While a big chunk of poker bloggers prepare for their weekend of carnage in Las Vegas, I bring you another guest post by Julius_Goat. He asks the eternal question about bloggers and their poker playing ability. Everyone has their own opinions but the Goat brings us his unique perspective.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on the other side of debauchery.
Are Bloggers Donkeys?
by Julius_Goat
“Go, and never darken my towels again.”
-Groucho.
I’m going to give everybody out there in Bloggyland a tip.
Play me in coinflip situations. You will win. That is all.
And now, the nub of my gist. The crux of my rubric. The friggin’ point of this post. The question before us is:
Are bloggers donkeys? Wait! Don’t hollar ‘YES’ so quickly! The question, by the way, is not: “Am I, Julius_Goat a donkey?” That’s been made pretty clear. Like, with abundance and stuff.
See, there seems to be an occasional sniff of a rumor, floating among the tubes or the nets or whatever they make this I-N-ternet out of, that bloggers are the donkingest donks to ever give the hee a haw. Diggity donkiddy doo, yeah? Dang.
I don’t know. That’s not my impression. Here’s what I mean.
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Our boy Julius Goat is back with another hilarious guest post. After presenting us with a few chapters of his highly acclaimed Stupid/System, he brings us his unique way of concentrating his focus while playing the big guarantee MTT’s and making your bets.
I’ve never employed this strategy but I’m pretty sure the “Moonwalking Bear” move is something even your top pros would never see coming. I’m still finding it tough to believe that Julius_Goat has never won a MTT in his career after reading his post. There is plenty more after the jump.
Sharpening your focus or How the Moonwalking Bear improved my game
by Julius Goat
You know how it is. You’re playing a long tournament, and your mind is wandering. You have the latest South Park open (hilarious). Every so often, the poker client screen flickers to the front and you make a quick decision, based on increasingly limited information. Fold. Fold. Call, fold. Cartman. Raise. Fold. Do you know who is aggressive at your table? Who is tight? What does it matter? You’ve been here before. If you get a nice size stack, you’ll pay attention. But for some reason, you just haven’t been getting that big stack lately . . .
That’s right. You’ve lost focus.
I’ve been trying something lately. It’s been helping. The results have been good, but results in MTT are deceptive. No, it’s been helping my mindset. Perhaps it will help yours, as well. One can only hope, and, after all, I’m here to help.
I have the recipe for you now. Here’s what you do.
Ready?
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Julius Goat takes a break from his best selling Stupid/System to bring us his thoughts on the always fun bad beast.
"A child of five would understand this! Fetch me a child of five."
-Groucho Marx
OK, I’ll take a one-week break from Stupid/System, and instead bring you my sincere, unvarnished thoughts on poker. What that means, essentially is this: Like Stupid/System, this is a post that displays a shocking and laughable lack of understanding of poker, but unlike Stupid/System, it is not on purpose. Get ready to stop laughing with me, and start laughing AT me.
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Julius_Goat brings us Chapter 10 of his critically acclaimed poker book. Critically acclaimed by me, but my opinion is the only one that matters. This chapter of Stupid/System deals with hand ranges and bet sizing.
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Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Throughout the next several weeks I will highlight the writing of bloggers who focus their creative energy on poker content. Some may be new to you and others may be familiar, funny or enlightening. I will be putting up many guests posts and I’m always looking for new material. If you are a blogger and interested in getting your words posted here, simply shoot me an email at Battleofthebloggers@fulltiltpoker.com. There are some basic guidelines but submission is simple.
Before the questions start to hit my email inbox, here are some quick answers off the top of my head.
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