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rickyt88

First day of playin the $3.50 180 turbo's

April 27, 2012

I had an awesome day of poker. I suck at Merge network and I hate it right now but on pokerstars I played 10 of the $3.50 rebuy 180 turbo's and I won two of them for $535 and $543 how sick is that on the day I just finished school!! I sold 50% of my...

peterabraham78

Welcome to Cebu!

April 27, 2012

Gorgeous!
That is the only to describe this fantastic island of the Philippines where the Asia Pacific Poker Tour is taking place over this week. For the Indian reader, think of an older not very commercialised Goa on major steroids! I've been...

LynnieG

Love love love love love Monaco!

April 26, 2012

I'm in Monaco for the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo®Casino EPT Grand Final. I came here straight from EPT Berlin like most others here, and I'm in heaven. This place doesn't feel real. The riches, the cars, the yachts, the cleanliness and beauty of...

peterabraham78

Le Roux wins APT Manila

April 26, 2012 1 comments

Well first off apologies are in order for the lack of an update over the past couple of days. Internet access issues coupled with my lazy posterior syndrome are largely to blame. Also late night partying with some fun folks in Manila does not leave...

rickyt88

Premature Poker Playing

April 25, 2012 2 comments

I should be studying accounting all day since I have my last exam tomorrow but I'm so bored and tired of that I need to take breaks here and there. Everyone once in a while I like to open up a tourney and watch all the tables play. For example today...

xTonyGx

The Super High Roller at Monte Carlo

April 25, 2012 1 comments

I got rolled out of the €100,000 Super High Roller at the 2012 PokerStars and Monte-Carlo Casino EPT Grand Final. I made it to day 2 and was in 10th place in the chip counts with 442,000. It was a great turn out with over 40 players and some...

PokerPalsApp

Introducing the Poker Pals App

April 25, 2012

What isPoker Pals?
Poker Pals is a casual strategy game where players take turns building the best possible five-card hand. It’s poker meets word game in friendly head-to-head competition.

Poker Pals combines traditional poker-style play with a...

rickyt88

Forget Cash Games

April 25, 2012 1 comments

So I played a bit of cash games I can crush NL2 but I wasn't doing too well at NL5. Small sample but whatever I'm going back to grinding MTTs and SNG MTTs. I found a staking forum on 2+2 and I applied to be staked and found a backer ZBTHorton. He...

KristyArnett

MGM Grand Challenge

April 24, 2012 2 comments

Hey! Just wanted to put up a quick post about a fun tournament series going on right now at the MGM called The Grand Challenge Tournament Series. It started on Thursday with a $230 NLH tournament with three starting days. I decided to play in it on...

SarahGrant

Into the Abyss

April 24, 2012

Just watched this movie the other day by Werner Herzog called Into The Abyss. I watch a lot of documentaries, and a lot of powerful ones at that. But there are some moments in a documentary that make you re-examine yourself. Granted a lot of...

peterabraham78

Day 2 of APT: Oliver Speidel leads

April 24, 2012

It seems like the man from Down Under can do no wrong! Oliver Speidel who ended Day 1a as chipleader (and 2nd across both starting days) continued his great form building up to a massive stack of 378,000 to end Day 2 firmly in the top spot. Earlier...

peterabraham78

Day 1b of APT Main Event

April 22, 2012

Day 1b of the $2700 Main Event at Asian Poker Tour Philippines was second and final starting day for the Main Event. As I was speaking to Tournament Director Lloyd Fontillas at the end of Day 1a, he said Day 1b was expected to draw more participants...

MarieLizette

Lagtard at the Table!

April 22, 2012 1 comments

Last Friday (April 20th) I made another appearance on Live at the Bike. I've always admitted to my LAGish style and this was evident during the show (VPIP 41%/PFR 25%). What wasn't obvious was that I had a plan every time I played a hand. Sadly, I...

peterabraham78

Manila Millions and Day 1a of the APT Main Event

April 21, 2012

After an exhausting journey, there was no way I was staying awake for too long. The heat of Manila additionally put paid to any plans of hitting Resorts World Manila to check on the progress of the Indian contingent on Day 1a of the APT Main Event...

peterabraham78

Up, up and away!

April 20, 2012

As we head into Mumbai airport, we are exposed to the typical chaos of the Chatrapati Shivaji International airport. And this is way better than this airport used to to be! We follow dumb illogical interesting naming conventions which will confuse...

LynnieG

Touring Berlin

April 19, 2012 1 comments

I have been in Berlin for five days now, and I am fascinated by it. The first drive from the airport to our hotel was stunning. It’s such a beautiful, cosy feeling city with incredibly friendly people. The least of what I was expecting from my very...

peterabraham78

It's Alive!

April 19, 2012

Man it feels like ages since I wrote one of these. I used to write pretty regularly on my personal blog till about a couple of years ago but then... Oh My! Oh My! Oh My!
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Alright alright so it's not that dramatic but it has...

xTonyGx

PLO in Vienna

April 18, 2012 1 comments

I have been in Vienna playing PLO games. The action is great and I've
been playing well and winning. It is always more fun when I'm winning! I
love PLO. When I finish tormenting and punishing everyone I meet at the
poker tables in Vienna, I will...

AdamJohnson

Poker Blog- The Bilzerian Game

April 18, 2012

So i'm playing 10-20 NL at the Bellagio on the opening week of March Madness. I always wanted to check out Vegas during the opening week of March Madness as i've heard its quite the crowd scene. The 10-20 feeder game i'm in is somewhat average when...

rickyt88

List of books/videos to read/watch to improve my game

April 18, 2012

I'm have to figure out the order and I'm not even sure I'll watch all of these yet:

poker training the smart way
A complete guide to beating the micros book/article
Building the Basics (6-max cash) vids
BlackRain79's videos from DTB- Crushing...

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