Archive for September, 2008
Friday, September 19th, 2008
1pm
With Roxanne by The Police playing in my headphones I just started building my bankroll at Poker Heaven. Starting at a weak $10 deposit I have decided to play Sit & Go’s until passing $30, if I make it that far. Honestly, the whole grinding game, building up your stack over a longer period of time has never been my particular strength; the essential skill in mastering online poker. When I played the most, a few years back, I was always the most successful at 1-time deposits playing shorthanded cash games shortstack on semi-high levels. And though I managed to build my bankroll then too, from $200 to $2000 several times, I tended to jump levels always playing with the majority of my bankroll. This of course led to the inability to handle the losses after suffering some serious bad beats.
But today I’m taking a different approach, starting with a small deposit and the prospect of some serious grinding. Initially however, I will use my whole bankroll hopefully dotching the bad beats and reaching $30 before sitting down at the cash game tables and playing with smaller per cent of my bankroll.
I’m already down $6, leaving a mere $4 of which I just invested $3 into a shorthanded NL Holdem Speed Sit & Go. 3 players left. Wish me luck!
3pm
Outdrawn on a all-in pre-turn in the Sit & Go I couldn’t help but sit down at a cash game. Depositing an extra $20 and using the Find Player function I located no other than LeChesee sitting at a $0.25/0.50 NL Holdem table hammering away. After a couple of hands I was down to about $15 when I got KK. Worth mentioning is that the last couple of sessions have been quite dry on monster hands, resulting in hours throwing 10 3, J2 etc only to end up being outdrawn on a solid hand. This time was no different where my Kings went all in preflop only to be called by a pair Aces. Tough luck some might say, but I gotta say. My streak of bad beats is going epic on me. Back to $0, I suppose you’ll have to wait until next week when LeTune’s Bankroll Build Attempt #2 is initialized.
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Friday, September 12th, 2008
An unusually sick hand, considering the fact that the probability of hitting four of a kind, better yet a royal flush is 0,000240 Vs. 0,0000139. This showdown does not make it anymore easier to accept since it’s WSOP 2008 Main Event. But then again perhaps crazy hands like this belong in a context where the stakes are high and the players are professional. I would seriously go ballistic if I lost a huge pot with four Aces on Poker Heaven. I’m sure we all can agree how much that would sting. What makes this hand comical though is not only that comedian Ray Romano is sitting at the table, looking truly confused, but also the almost non-existing chance of these hands been dealt, never the less dealt in the same round.I can only thank the Poker Gods for televised poker, because a showdown like this should never go unnoticed. Especially since a Royal Flush is a hand only played by a lucky few. Watch the amazing hand:
Royal Flush Vs AAAA at WSOP Main Event 2008!
If any of you guys have similar beats happen to you, please ventilate and comment on this post!/LeTune
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
This is a list of all the players that qualified in August for the $3000 Freeroll at Cake Poker played.
The Freeroll is played on Sunday the 14th of September at 8 PM EST.
User ID Poker Alias User ID Poker Alias
611654 burnwrigley 611779 Terrier86
623050 Alex989 521908 djr5073
556336 poojewpoo 660768 cthebobs
532323 DonkPunisher 684357 medicjvc
623113 ZaRolla 658991 jumper1
518245 DONKaSHAME 566587 myholio
600893 pandaattack 602590 operass
637601 Torres 9 575932 00Nitro
647153 rocketsAA 675122 getOWNEDkid
653776 Poker125 605955 CoolCoal
445415 jakmehoffer 523214 Bukharin
653520 ALONGTHESHIP 611363 Seylo
571201 APRiL619 680847 le verrou
498225 pfatts 536188 spamjam
600311 Zlatan08 673358 golddigger13
650497 scottnzl 647268 michman77
658350 ckbreadman 611681 deconstructo
650826 DanteLew 634469 realgangster
635448 kexiting 649760 wubby1
503052 crazy monkey 679741 FuzzyD83
594693 Jcardkiller 663786 PlayItBlind
653334 MGBD1 665502 bonra
459227 trixerz11 661131 runtomkring
528839 FRANCHISEME 658673 SalsaChili
548256 Colinfucius! 684412 idklolwtf
494015 CrownAndCoke 683410 abrooks
619402 iMariusz 681551 nejeans
464291 gopherit 677916 beats19
635764 dlukebot 677349 jamaicanjim
485939 Blups 676186 Mystikal
524978 Chessmaster. 674672 keithmelo
656183 nguyenar 675203 AndriGeir
629696 biggab 675209 deanh
627896 eScence 672407 ICUFISH
498815 MeNoNuts!! 671310 P00 D0LLA
653691 regnawos 669960 dinoman
675798 AzzyAmy 668263 AUTO WIZARD
584440 irun4urmoney 668485 FreddyEagen
627660 mookaramus 667236 abec12
555599 *Amaranth* 667029 winnibago
654850 synctoss 667224 Ughhhh
548912 OrangePuddle 666182 avarice
602400 wotaone 666801 FeckYeAll
660311 scotty2hatty 664981 ~bot182~
539417 StepUpUrGame 664315 Dr. Revolte
677719 Mishkec 654143 scotterwins
671569 NicMan 654322 GT Special
519351 xfactrx 665557 WhitneyErin
674947 dontoby 475927 wuzmdokney46
656377 kimboslice77 566612 Beginnings
656847 Paredis 580198 Pisbull
558465 killyah 669925 ChipSeela888
676002 jwilson6254 665115 Kanthas
501032 BadJuice 611938 cleverfold
612518 cracker22 599679 efterfest
557378 luckyShaun 610297 JTTuba
600296 Tomby 578556 DrLeviticus
634363 Dude. 641336 AGGROwall
625817 Bigshiz.com 452637 AnActuary?
642804 verbalkint9 657566 itsok
495795 rotay 590998 memoryzero
673430 knicca 665262 Muckomat
676485 PokerMichael 595886 Eline
660593 slickydoo 628638 aguharay
584636 smegmoid 673042 Karmax70
132483 FatFred 614644 clubberlang0
552199 hoop6la ent. 640757 plowdafields
593226 pcktjkrs 559191 pat3k37
634709 supergrinder 656601 danege72
673898 getitfixed 673080 1yoda1
524690 yrag88 468473 Julien Sorel
646826 apm1986 655661 tillomania
649861 RoonDog 564476 herefortheGB
649489 enjoypanna 565293 kikix7
551834 SuperLuser 522699 Latient
659363 Chesesteak 653613 fabdog
679532 finkployded 531639 RIPdollars
635738 looseslots 521517 Mr.oO
590497 DrGiou 520049 otphjs4life
624215 brainrake 617488 TeddyIAm
650647 jim5432 620380 TheSub
586407 jonna 664667 ohboyp
466080 HeavyTrooper 641770 brick118
623600 Rip It Raw 574894 Vinglepetter
571640 Tims Grandma 665484 JasonGray
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008
A function I praise and one that PokerHeaven luckily feature in their client, is finding players. And that’s the first thing I did after crediting my bankroll with some Benjamins. Seconds later I was seated on a $0.25/0.50 cash table for some good ‘Ol no limit texas holdem. I had found LeCheese, fishing for chips in one of the dark corners of the poker room. Don’t ask me why I had typed in his nick in the Finding player search box. Subconsciously I guess I had something to prove. After all this was his blog and thinking about it, substituting for LeCheese is going to be some large shoes to fill (literally, his shoes are huge). Secondly I guess I wanted to prove to all you readers, who presumably miss his rambling words and early eliminations in the LeCheese Challenge.
So I have made it my mission, to step out of the shadow, slay my dragon and prove once and for all that LeTune is a poker player, forced to be reckoned with. If anybody is up for some heads-up action, simply comment place and time (preferably PokerHeaven)!
Here’s proof by the way. In a $4 pot, the win was certainly not about the money.
Tips: If you’re playing at PokerHeaven, look for doc75! See the empty seat to my right, that’s where doc75 was pounding away his chips. Not so many hand before the screenshot was taken LeCheese took him out.
If, after the first twenty minutes, you don’t know who the sucker at the table is, change table!/LeTune
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Qualify in September for the exclusive $5000 Full Tilt Freeroll played in October.
All new players that signs up through RakeBrain to Full Tilt Poker in September and earn 1 Full Tilt Point will get automatic entry to the $5000 freeroll.
Existing Full Tilt players must earn 400 Full Tilt Points to be eligible.
The $5000 freeroll will be played in mid October, the exact date and time will be published shortly.
A full list of eligible players will be presented in the beginning of October under site news.
If you don’t already have a rakeback account at Full Tilt Poker – sign up here!
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Play at Cake Poker in September and take a shot at the $750 winning prize in the $3000 rake race.
The promotion runs from 1st September to midnight 30th September.
This promotion is open to new and existing Cake Poker players.
See the full payout structure and the daily updated leader board here.
If you don’t already have a Cake Poker account – sign up here!
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
RakeBrain and Poker Heaven continues in September with the popular €10,000 Rake Chase. The rake chase consist of the following checkpoints:
Checkpoint 1
The first 40 players to rake €500 will receive a €50 bonus
Checkpoint 2
The first 10 players to rake €2,000 will receive an additional €250 (€300 total)
Checkpoint 3
The first 5 players to rake €5,000 will receive an additional €700 (€1,000 total!)
You can follow the progress of the rake chase on our rake race leader board page.
If you don’t alreday have a Poker Heaven account - sign up here!
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
In the month of September the Boss network launches some serious promotions together called the September Sizzler with a total of €150.000 in cash prizes.
The September Sizzler includes:
- A rake race with a €75,000 prize pool - Top prize is €25k (Sept 1st – 14th)
- A raked hand race with a €25,000 prize pool - Top prize is €10k (Sept 1st – 14th)
- A STT promotion with a €25,000 prize pool - Top prizes of €5k and €2.5k (Sept 15th – 21st)
- A MTT promotion with a €25,000 prize pool - Top prize of €10k (September 22nd – 28th)
To take a shot in the September Sizzler you need to play at one of these Boss/IPN rooms:
Paradise Poker
Poker Heaven
CelebPoker
Fortune Poker
For more information regarding payouts and leader boards check out the respective Boss/IPN poker room.
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Monday, September 1st, 2008
Exclusive $3000 Rake Race
In the month of September all players at Betfair have the opportunity to spike their rakeback with winnings from the $3000 rake race.
The promotion runs from Sept 1 to Sept 30 and in total 15 players will be awarded with cash prizes. The winner will take home $750 on top of the rakeback.
See the full payout structure and the daily updated leader board.
Exclusive $2000 Freeroll
On top of the $3000 Freeroll you can also qualify to a $2000 Freeroll on the 12th of October.
If you are a new player in September all you need to do is generate 1 Betfair Poker Point to be eligible for the $2000 freeroll.
If you already have a Betfair account all you need to do is to generate 250 Betfair Poker Points.
Qualifying period: 1st – 30th September.
Payout structure: Based on Betfair’s standard payout structure.
All players are allowed to participate in both promotions.
If you don’t already have a Betfair account, sign up now and enjoy these excellent promotions! Sign up to Betfair Poker here.
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