WPBT Event - 03302005
The next WPBT event is tonight on Poker Stars (details). Unfortunately I won’t be able to play since my brother is in town.
Review: Winning Low-Limit Hold’em
Lee Jones did a good job writing Winning Low Limit Hold’em. The book is a solid 193 pages of information for low limit Texas Hold’em players. If I hadn’t read SSH and ITH, I would have really been impressed, but WLLH was pretty much the same information, but just a shorter format.
Jones breaks the book down into two main sections titled Hold’em: The Game and Play of the Hand from Deal to Showdown. The first section goes over fundamentals, reading the board, and odds. It’s your basic Texas Hold’em primer. The next section of the book gives strategies for playing through a hand. This second half is the real meat and potatoes. It covers playing pre-flop from all different positions, playing the flop according to what type of hand you make, and then how to proceed on from there. It’s all broken down through the course of how a hand progresses, which makes the advice all mesh together.
As I mentioned, I didn’t get anything out the book that I hadn’t already read in other texts, but it’s always nice to reinforce the strategies I’ve read from other authors. If you’re looking for a good beginner book, WLLH will do the job. It’s a quick read and easy to follow, but I’d recommend SSH over it any day. Sklansky, Malmuth, and Miller put together the bible of low limit hold’em when they wrote Small Stakes Hold’em: Winning Big With Expert Play.
2 for 2
I hope everyone had a good Easter weekend. I enjoyed a few days in northern Michigan with my family. On two of those days I played in $5 tournaments with my brother and his friends. Each of the two tournaments had 7 players total. I had never finished in the money with these kids so I was itching to win some of my money back. Not only did I finally finish in the money, but I did it in both tournaments.
Bonus Clearance & Bankroll Buildance
Just a quick post for an update of the last two days.
In addition to hitting royal flush #6 on Tuesday I was able to clear about 400 more raked hands for the Party Poker bonus. In the process I also took down a profit of $20. Nothing spectacular, but always better than a losing day.
Last night I had to split my play up in order to go out to Hooter’s with some friends. Wednesday is All-You-Can-Eat wings and fries for $8.95! Before dinner I was crushing the $0.50/1 tables and sorry I had to leave. In addition, I only needed to play another 90 raked hands to finish off the bonus. After dinner I jumped back into the fish bowl and was down early. I hit a few big hands and turned another profit. It didn’t take long to clear the bonus and I logged off right after. After 4 solid days of play I cleared the required 1400 raked hands and $200 of bonus cash was transferred to my account.
In addition to the bonus I took another $187 in profit from the tables for a total of $387. Not bad hey! I’m still leaving money on the table at times though. If a bluff doesn’t work right away I need to learn to give it up. Accepting defeat is never easy though.
Since starting my bankroll over at $300 I’ve been able to find my zone again at the tables. I’m starting to “feel” my way through hands, which is a good sign. With the help of a few bonuses and winning days at the tables my bankroll is back up to nearly $800. Only $200 more and I’m moving back to the $1/2 tables.
I won’t be playing any online poker until at least Monday with the Easter weekend. The next stop on my bonus whoring tour is MultiPoker.
GameTime+ 1.4
GameTime+ 1.4 is out.
Johnny Chan Poker Chip Trick
Over the last couple of months I’ve had quite a few requests for the Johnny Chan trick we’ve all seen in the movie Rounders. I was finally able to work on it and have posted a video, photos, and tutorial.
Go check out the Johnny Chan Poker Chip Trick.
Royal Flush #6
I’m don’t even know what to say. 3 royal flushes in the past 50 hours. Online poker must be rigged! I’m going to have more Party Poker hats than I know what to do with. I should go buy a lotto ticket…
Redneck Poker
You might be a redneck if…you setup your poker table in the middle of the forest.
My Night
I knew it was going to be my night within minutes of taking my seats at Party Poker. I hit the nut straight on the turn and was getting bet into. I of course raised back and the pot was capped. In addition to myself and the other raiser in the pot, 3 other people called down! It was the type of hand we all dream about. The river paired the board, but I wasn’t worried and bet from last position, getting 3 callers. It ended up being a 29 BB pot. Everyone else had also made their straight on the turn, but none beat or tied mine so I took the whole pot.
Some Bad Plays
After hitting two royal flushes last night I was on a poker high so I decided to wait until today to review my play from the session. My biggest losing hand was so horribly played that I can’t believe it myself. I raised in late position with A♣T♣ and one limper called. The flop was 7-high with a pair of 4s. It was bet into me, so I raised to see where I was at. I was then re-raised and this should be an easy fold with my ace-high hand. Nope, I capped it and then went raising again on 4th street. I ended up losing 7 BB on the hand, which is 5 more than I should have.
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