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After not playing any poker in about a month I woke up this morning with the urge to play some large field multi-table tournaments. Since I’m still sore from softball last night I decided to stay at home, watch some football games and grind away online. I ended up playing two large field MTT and more..

I was over a friends house the other day and picked up the book “Poker Face 2” which he recently purchased from a vendor at the 2009 WSOP. It contained a bunch of old and new photographs and quotes from many well known poker pros.
I liked a few of the quotes so I jotted them more..

Depending on the game, I rarely slow play hands since I have an aggressive style and tend to get action when I flop a big hand and come out betting. A lot of times I’ll flop a monster, bet it and players will make a move on me with the mentality “Damn, I didn’t think more..

The Deep Stack Extravaganza tournaments at the Venetian are probably the best tournament structures in Vegas short of the WSOP events. The DSEIII will go on everyday through the month of June and they attract a large field. Today was the first event, a NLH Tournament with a $340 buy in that gets you $12,000 more..

The first thing I do when I join any game is feel out the players at the table. I try to point out the suckers and see who the squeezers and who the loose cannons are. I’m not the only person that does this, so with that being said representing a deceptive table image is more..

Knowing how to play your draws in No Limit Hold’em is one of the most important aspects of the game. You need to know when it’s a good time to draw and when it’s just not worth it. You should be able to calculate the odds you are getting on your draws and you should more..

I tried my luck in a 10 person Satellite for a Wynn Main Event Entry the other week, which was for a $10,000 seat. The buy in was $1,050 which was my largest tournament buy-in I’ve played thus far, although I have played deeper in cash games. There were a lot of satellite’s running for more..

Bankroll management is extremely important when it comes to playing poker for a living. Up until recently I’ve always just played poker with whatever money I had and never really kept track of my winnings/loses let alone kept my poker money separate from the rest of my income. After I moved to Vegas and got more..

Last Saturday I played in a $130 NL Holdem Tournament at the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, before coming back to Vegas. The tournament had a good turnout of about 100 players and only went on for about 5-6 hours. The structure wasn’t the greatest, considering the blinds were doubling every round, so eventually more..

I moved to Vegas about 3 or 4 months ago, and since then I’ve been checking out many of the Poker Rooms on and off the Strip. Up until this past weekend I enjoyed Caesar’s Cash Games the best while I liked Venetian’s Room the best. In brief I came to the conclusion Caesars had more..