Chris Moneymaker was on my immediate left for most of the $500 rebuy today. To my surprise, he mostly played pretty well. He was probably a little too loose-aggressive pre-flop, but that’s far from the worst leak to have and … Read more…
UTG and I have been together for a few orbits now. This is the third time he’s raised from this position, and he once showed down A8s (for the nut flush vs. my second nut flush, which amazingly didn’t cost … Read more…
Despite nearly 2000 runners, there was actually $44,000 of overlay in this one. Perhaps fewer people used their rebuy than Stars expected? I made a bit of a run, finishing 90th. I liked the structure on this one a lot. … Read more…
Players were matched with our Round 5 opponents last night, so I had the chance to google my adversary. He looked to be a Pocket Fives guy who used to play some big MTT’s like the daily 100r and such … Read more…
We played four rounds today. The first one started at 13:00 and I finished a little before 20:00, though many tables were still playing for some time thereafter. My first opponent was by far the toughest. He’s a regular with … Read more…
I wasn’t going to play the first $200 because it started so early in the day (10AM here on the West coast), and I knew today was already going to be a long day. But I happened to notice that … Read more…
(Sorry had trouble finding a converter for PLO8) I mean I’m no expert but jeebus, guy cold calls a 3-bet out of position with AKT8 and then stacks off with top-pair, a gutshot, and a backdoor flush draw: PokerStars Game … Read more…
I finished around 163 out of 2300-some runners (it was an odd number, so I guess they did byes for Round 1) in the $200 heads up WCOOP, meaning I went out in my fifth match. My first opponent was … Read more…
Today was the $300 Antes Up WCOOP event, which I think is just a fantastic tournament structure. For those who don’t know, the blinds stay at 5/5 for the entire tournament, but the antes increase with each level. So like … Read more…
The tournament cold-deckings continue, with me busting the Sunday million set under set after accumulating an above average stack three hours in, losing a huge pot with set under set in the $500 WCOOP satellite (which had a remarkably small … Read more…
The structure on this actually wasn’t quite as deep as I expected in the early-going, but I imagine it gave a lot of play in the later stages while still keeping things moving along at a good clip. It’s a … Read more…
I’m skipping past some of the other WCOOP events I played because I’ve fallen behind on them and don’t remember much of what happened, which is because there really wasn’t much of interest anyway. The $500 rebuy 6-max did produce … Read more…
This was a great idea for a tournament format, with half the hands playing as O/8 and half as PLO8. Many people are going to be good at one game but not the other. Personally, I’m pretty strong in PLO8 … Read more…
Terrible starting tables have been the theme of my WCOOP thus far. Today was no exception, with no fewer than three successful 5/10+ NL players, soon to be joined by a fourth (in addition to yours truly, so I guess … Read more…
I continued my poor luck with table draws and got Steve Paul-Ambrose on my left in a tournament where the field in general was a giant donkfest. Steve didn’t get too out of line, but his presence alone deterred me … Read more…
I was actually only in for $400 because I didn’t rebuy immediately. Only one person at my table did this, and I decided that Omaha being a high variance game, my one rebuy would be more useful to me as … Read more…
I’ve been working on my heads up game lately and was looking forward to this event. My first round opponent was just terrible. We started 200 BBs deep and I was thinking that with this structure it would be pretty … Read more…
I am just not very good at FLHE. The generic advice I’ve gotten about this game is to make tons of thin value bets and calls, which I try to do, but I think I’m choosing bad spots. My opponents … Read more…
I encountered a few straight-up terrible opponents who were doing stuff like limp-calling with a T in the door, but honestly there was less of this than I expected. At least at my table, most people were playing reasonably well. … Read more…
This was an interesting tournament format, with only four players per table. My starting table actually had only three, and the other two were of course terrible. I doubled up fairly early on when a guy called my raise with … Read more…
When last we left him, our hero had gotten off to a great start in the $300 WCOOP Second Chance Stud/8 event, only to blow most of his chips on an ill-conceived bluff. When we pick up with him again, … Read more…
Out in 1189th. I was on a roller coaster the whole time, doubled up with set versus top pair that turned a flush draw, then lost half my stack when I raise AQ from middle position and BB calls. Flop … Read more…
Today is the third annual World Championship of Online Poker on Poker Stars. We’re just shy of 3000 runners, and the $7.5 million prize pool makes it the largest internet tournament history. The first hour was a roller coaster for … Read more…
As many of you know already, I final tabled the WCOOP Stud/8 Second Chance event. This isn’t really that impressive, since there were only 64 entrants, but I haven’t made a final table in a while and was really looking … Read more…
That was quick. Today was the $320 6-max, not the $500 Stud/8, which is actually tomorrow. Mkind was the only named I recognized at the table. Hand 1 I flopped a set of 7’s on 678 flop, raised some dude’s … Read more…
I played the $320 PLO8 today and finished like 180 out of about 1200, good enough for a shallow cash, less than double my money. I was pretty happy with how i played, towards the end it was maybe a … Read more…
I played yesterday’s $200 rebuy with disappointing results. It was a sweet structure, with blinds starting at 10/20 and 3000 chips available for $200. Unfortunately, towards the end of the rebuy period, I took a bad beat that left me … Read more…
Meh. Played the $215 Fixed Limit Hold ‘Em WCOOP event today. Full ring limit hold ’em is a boring and stupid game. I was running pretty well the first few hours, which in limit hold ’em just means your AK … Read more…
Unfortunately, Poker Stars’ World Championship of Online Poker is timing out badly relative to my travel schedule: I was in Chicago much of this past weekend, missing the first few events, and I’ll be in New York this coming weekend … Read more…