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ESPN 2008 WSOP TV Schedule

2008-06-21T09:20:00.002-05:00

Just wanted to post the ESPN 2008 WSOP TV Schedule for those that might be interested.

This is straight from the horse's mouth...

July 22 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 1: $10,000 pot-limit hold 'em

July 29 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 2: $1,500 no-limit hold 'em

Aug. 5 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 3: $1,500 pot-limit hold 'em
Event 4: $5,000 mixed hold 'em

Aug. 12 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 5: $1,000 no-limit hold 'em with rebuys

Aug. 19 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 45: $50,000 HORSE

Aug. 26 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 50: $10,000 pot-limit Omaha

Sept. 2 to Oct. 28 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 54: $10,000 no-limit hold 'em main event

Nov. 4 -- 8-10 p.m.
Event 54: WSOP main event final table preview show

Nov. 11 -- 9-11 p.m.
Event 54: WSOP main event final table

Bow Down To The Supreme Razz Donkey

2008-06-20T23:35:00.003-05:00

Stop, Gaze, and Wonder at my Razz Skill...

I am going to try to play some of these since it gives me the opportunity to take my King up to 7th and suck out on surflexus and pokerenthusiast.

Hope to play with you all soon...

Superbusy Days and Tired Nights...

2008-06-13T22:10:00.002-05:00

Tis been a while since anything of note that has happened on this here blog... but when you have a family of 4 soon to be a full basketball team that happens.

Our poker league is in the middle of a hiatus from our TOC but we start playing again next week which will help.

The WSOP is in full swing and hopefully you all are paying attention. Pretty exciting. I sure do wish I was there. Maybe next year when things are a bit calmer around here.

In between trying to sell a house, buy a house, take care of a five and four year old, and trying to coddle my pregnant wife in the middle of all that, poker has taken a bit of a back seat.

Never fear... Things will pick up...

Congrats to Daniel Negreanu who just picked up his fourth bracelet after a bit of a dry spell.

Everything Full Tilt

2008-05-09T14:38:00.002-05:00

If you are looking for anything and everything having to do with Full Tilt Poker don't hesitate to head on over to FullTilt.org.

They have condensed all things Full Tilt into one site and they have FullTiltPoker.com reviews, Full Tilt Poker Referral Codes, podcasts, videos, and more.

It is a must visit launch site for the best poker site online.

Are You Kidding Me???

2008-05-01T22:38:00.005-05:00

Does anyone else think this is crap? Seriously... 4 months later?

I could understand a few days or a week to setup a national type live broadcast but 4 months???

Does anyone else think this is stupid or am I not seeing the forest for the trees?

I think it's ridiculous.

Texas Hold'em Tips From BetUS.com

2008-04-28T19:24:00.004-05:00

If you are a poker player who has played lots of Texas Hold’em in the past, then you’ve probably got a good understanding of how the game is played. And this is great as having plenty of poker experience will always help you consistently beat players who have little, if any. However, just having experience isn’t everything and if one truly wants to become a great player, they are going to have to study Texas Hold’em tips.

Any player, whether professional or amateur, can definitely benefit from knowing a few extra Texas Hold’em tips. After all, the game isn’t built entirely upon luck and odds like many forms of gambling. It is instead a game of strategy and probability where, if one really knows their tips, a person can consistently come out with a positive bankroll.

The thing is though you will have to actively seek out these tips in order to study them. And one of the best resources for finding online poker rooms and texas holdem tips in the world is the Internet.

All one has to do to find tons of great advice is simply do a search on one of the major search engines and you’ll be whisked away to some great information.
But if you don’t have Internet access, you can always go to a local card room and ask good players there for tips. This might be a bit embarrassing at first as they will know you are a new player then. But as you become friendlier with the players, it will be easier and easier to talk to them.

The bottom line is to just get out there and study as much as you can because, as you’ll find, the more tips that you know the better player you’ll become in the long run.

It's A Boy

2008-04-27T10:21:00.003-05:00

We just found out that our 3rd baby will bring us our 2nd son. My wife says no more so I guess I am done. He is due October 12th.

The Proof

The Alien

One more donkey will soon walk amongst us!!!

I'll Take It...

2008-04-17T19:26:00.002-05:00

I Heart Freerolls. Especially $1k freerolls. Thanks RakeBrain.com!

Smallish cash but I will take $100 an hour playing poker any day of the week.

Freerollin' With RakeBrain

2008-04-17T15:17:00.002-05:00

RakeBrain.com is throwing a freeroll called the LeCheese Challenge II tonight for poker bloggers and as such I was invited to participate and am very honored to do so. It is going to be Half Pot Limit Holdem and Half Pot Limit Omaha which should be fun.

While a 1 in 27 shot at a $1000 prize pool is quite spectacular, I am also looking forward to getting to play poker again with TNSpaceman.

A big chest bump goes out to Joe at RakeBrain for hitting me with the invite and I look forward to playing with you all soon.

Be sure to come rail the donkeys...

Getting Old.

2008-04-07T21:58:00.005-05:00

I haven't had much to say since the last post and a good bit of that has to do with the fact that I just haven't been playing online much. Real life is kind of busy right now.

I have been playing live in the home game and things are going pretty good there (except for my last two outings).

I hope to play on the virtual felt again soon but I have been busy at work and tired at night so who knows...

I am definitely going to try the BBT3 again soon but just don't know when yet.

Stay tuned and I hope to play with everyone again soon...

Dead Last...

2008-03-02T21:29:00.003-06:00

Hopefully this isn't an omen but I got the Gigli award tonight in the 1st BBThree.

105 of 105. Yippeeee!!!

I got my JJ rivered by A9 and it was all downhill from there.

See you all tomorrow if I can get the upchuck taste out of my mouth.

I Must Be Dreaming...

2008-03-01T06:46:00.002-06:00

The bar has been set mighty high people. I am still scratching my eyes to see if I am dreaming...

If things go at least as good as BBTwo I will be pretty pumped!!!

See all you donkeys very soon!

B... B... Three...

2008-02-27T21:45:00.002-06:00

'Nuff Said... See You All Soon!!!

Al Can ROCK!!!

Bodog Blogger Tournaments

2008-02-22T21:26:00.004-06:00

Do you want to win a seat at the WSOP for doing nothing more than playing well at low limit ($10 + $1) tournaments against other bloggers?

Head on over to the Bodog Poker Tournament today and get involved.

Unfortunately these things occur during my local games (Tuesday nights) but I might try to online/live multitable this thing since Bodog is being so generous with the prizes.

Gotta give a shout out to Bodog. I have never played their software before but I am looking to try it out soon.

Stay tuned for my thoughts...

This Donkey's For You

2008-02-05T18:35:00.001-06:00

...and I mean you Erik!

Thanks to Lucko for pointing this one out!

Not Much To Say

2008-01-28T22:39:00.001-06:00

I don't have that much to say other than my stomach still hurts when thinking about what happened in the BBTwo TOC.

It was good to hear that jeciimd had a great time Down Under though. I still owe him one!

Hopefully I will have something meaningful soon...

Good luck to everyone at the tables!

This. Hurts. Bad.

2007-12-21T00:39:00.000-06:00

Especially after playing so good... Thanks to all who cheered for me out there. You know who you are!!!! Good luck in Australia jeciimd!!

2nd is for losers!!!

3.7%

2007-12-19T19:57:00.001-06:00

3.7% is the chance a donkey has of winning the Battle of the Bloggers Aussie Millions package. You might be able to tick that up to 4% due to my "hee haw" prowess but not much more than that.

Hopefully this thing will work out for me and I can take my wife on a helluva trip!! Please come out tomorrow and root me on!!!

Someone out there in the know needs to put up odds on everyone. That should be funny. I know I am a long shot but you know what they say about long shots. I am definitely going to show up to take the thing down.

On a side note... I can remember coming home from school early in the 4th grade and putting on the radio until I was able to record the following song to tape where I then commenced to drive my parents insane by playing it over and over again. I ended up getting the actual album on tape for Christmas in 1982. I was 9. What a great song...still!

Unbelievable.

2007-12-05T00:35:00.000-06:00

Rest In Peace Chip...

Where To Get The Best Game

2007-12-05T00:30:00.000-06:00

One has a daunting task about deciding where to play poker online due to the myriad of online poker rooms out there on the net.

It would be easy to see how a prospective online poker player could become overwhelmed and decide to keep their money off the virtual felt.

Fortunately there are sites that offer poker room reviews to give poker players all the tools they need to make the most informed decision about where to play their online poker.

Full Tilt Poker and their generous poker bonus they offer got my vote.

Which room is going to get yours?

2008 WSOP Circuit Event in Tunica

2007-12-01T11:59:00.000-06:00

The World Series of Poker Circuit Event will be back in Tunica at the Grand Casino on January 3rd. If I do actually make it out this January hopefully it will be better than my last experience this past fall.

Let me know if you are planning on making it out.

2008 WSOP Circuit Event Grand Casino Tunica Event Schedule.

Don't Call Me Shorty

2007-11-22T00:13:00.000-06:00

I got lucky and final tabled the Mookie as the short stack last night. The game was fun, especially playing a pretty good while next to my bud surflexus. Unfortunately he wasn't able to final table it with me. I hope he eventually wins one of these things so we can both play in the TOC in December.

I ended up finishing 7th. Talk about a donkey. Earlier in the tournament on back to back hands I got all in bad against KK and QQ and ended up making straights. I also got all in bad on a total bluff against top pair and made a flush. The unlucky fellow was TripJax but at least he doesn't have to drive all the way down from North Carolina to wash my car anymore!!!

See you all next time...

Urban Myths In Poker

2007-11-20T18:00:00.000-06:00

An urban myth is a story that may have some basis in fact, but has usually been exaggerated to a status where it reaches the stuff of legend. Although the stories tend to be highly fictionalized, numerous people will attest that they are true and that they heard the story from a “reputable” source. Poker has its share of urban myths – especially regarding rigged Texas holdem sites – but some myths are older than that.

A Chip and a Chair

Any Texas holdem poker player getting close to the felt or anyone sympathizing with him will proudly announce, "Chip and a chair!" To indicate the fact that this is all you need to win a tournament (that and a tremendous amount of luck). This saying is said to have come from the fact that Jack “Treetop” Strauss, a legendary gambler, pushed his chips in during the 1982 World Series of Poker main event and lost. He got up to leave the table when he discovered one more chip under a napkin. Since he didn’t actually say “all-in,” the chip was in play and he was still alive. Strauss put the chip in and won the next hand and the hand after that. He kept on winning and by the end, found himself with all the chips as the champion of the WSOP.

This story is true. However, the chip and a chair expression originates from another miraculous Strauss event. Years earlier, Strauss was having a bad run and was one green chip away from being flat broke. He bet it on a hand of blackjack and won. He let it ride and won again. He kept going until he reached $400. He headed to the poker tables, sat down and promptly turned that $400 into $1,000, leaving before the odds could catch up with him. Now holding a small fortune, he figured he couldn’t just stop, eventually putting the chips back on blackjack. He promptly doubled up twice, headed back to poker and tripled his money again. He then went back to blackjack and continued his winning streak. By the time, he was done with blackjack, poker and even sports betting, Strauss’ chip and a chair had turned into $25,000 and new life.

This story makes me want to take a shot with my limited online Texas holdem bankroll, but maybe it’s just another myth.

Even A Donkey Like Me...

2007-11-04T21:20:00.000-06:00

...can play cards like these!

Just a few pics from some hands at the tables today. The last one was just so sick I had to post it.

You can't beat this pre-flop. Some might just call here but I don't like it. So many people overplay too many hands that AA has crippled here that re-raising is really the only option. I ended up making it 840 to go, he pushed, and showed AK.

Another easy spot. Raised off the button looks like a steal from the big stack and BB re-raises. I push as he was pot committed and he calls with QQ.

This was the sickest thing I have seen in awhile. Probably since this! I ended up dropping my hand after a bet up front and the re-raise. They didn't get their money all in until the turn though. I am normally AA in this spot. Just ball crushing sick.

Been A Long Time Coming...

2007-11-01T23:57:00.000-05:00

Tonight things came together (along with getting lucky in a few key spots) and I took down the Riverchasers Weekly Online Poker Tour which most importantly served as the 7th installment of the Battle of the Blogger Tournaments 2.

I may post later about a couple of key hands during this tournament and I may not but right now I am tired for midnight makes for a very late night for me.

I am psyched not only about winning but also for getting a shot at the Aussie Millions Tournament Of Champions which will hopefully end with my wife and I (and probably the rascals) heading Down Under.

Some shout outs and thanks to those that deserve it:

- Surflexus for helping me out with finding a way to get some funds to Full Tilt since I always seem to donk off my money every month playing heads-up too high!

- TripJax for embezzling those funds.

- AlCantHang for getting BBTwo together.

- Katitude for a killer BBTwo webpage and all around lusciousness. I don't know what it is but whenever she comes to sit at my table I get the heebie-jeebies and start giggling like a little schoolgirl. Anyways...

- Full Tilt Poker for giving us what we need.

- Last but not least. Spoon. The music makes for great poker.

Thanks everyone who railed during the tournament. Especially you ROLL TIDE haters out there.

See you all next week.

Geaux Bama, Beat LSWHO!!!