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Entries from March 2007

Poker break…

March 28th, 2007 · No Comments

poker-break

I’m in a poker break mode right now due to the fact that I’m working crew for the film Bolden. I wish I had a bunch of backup post that I could run through right now, but all my backup plans sorta fell through.
Anyway, not much time to play poker until the weekend possible […]

Tags: David · Off topic

Why I play

March 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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I started watching Celebrity Poker on Bravo! That’s what started me playing. I don’t know what it was, but something about it was fascinating to me. Perhaps it was the way Phil Gordon was commenting on the game. A little insight in what was a good or bad about the play […]

Tags: David · Poker Talk

Good news for Neteller people

March 21st, 2007 · 1 Comment

good-news-for-neteller-people

So looks like people with money stuck in Neteller will soon be able to get their money.
According a press release issued by The Neteller Group, parent company of Neteller:
The recent agreements between NETELLER, Navigant Consulting, and the US Attorney’s Office (USAO) represent an important step in the process of an orderly distribution of funds to […]

Tags: David · News · Online Poker

Bodog and rakeback

March 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

bodog-and-rakeback

Sort of two post in one…
I signed up for bodog today… figured I’d give it a try. Decided to get rakeback option, even though they really don’t offer an advertised one… I find a site that claims to offer 25% rakeback on bodog…
The rake is killing me on FullTilt… it’s 10% at the micro-levels… […]

Tags: David · Poker Talk

The power of position

March 20th, 2007 · No Comments

the-power-of-position

One of the poker concept often mentioned is the importance of position. This concept is fundamental to the difference between winning and losing and will effect how you play every hand.
If you are in an early position, in a full ring of 10 players it’s the first three position after the BB, you should […]

Tags: David · General Strategy

The back door

March 18th, 2007 · 1 Comment

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Backdoor draws are when you need the turn and the river to complete in order to make a hand. For instance, you hold two suited cards and one of your suit appears on the flop… you’d need both the turn and the river to be of your suit in order to complete the flush.
Backdoor […]

Tags: David · General Strategy

Poker Tracker stats so far…

March 16th, 2007 · 11 Comments

poker-tracker-stats-so-far

So, I’ve started using Poker Tracker and today I hit over a 1000 hands played in the FTP .05/.10 ring games.
Here’s my stats (that only reflect since I started keeping them about a week ago):
Amount won: $8.15 PTBB: 4.41 WSD%: 27.18 W$SD%: 47.62 PFR%: 10.06
PTBB - Poker Tracker Big Blinds
WSD% - […]

Tags: David · Online Poker