Archive for November, 2008
Friday, November 28th, 2008
After some digging around I found statements from co-working politicians confirming what we all had hoped for o
ur new president. Barack Obama is not a stranger to the game of poker. In fact, according to the sources I found Obama is a tight player, known not to be a gambler but a true follower of odds calculation and good play.
Republican senator Kirk Dillard states in an interview with CNN that former senator and Illinois ligislator Barack Obama used to join his collegues in after hour poker session, where he would not only have a drink but also, and I quote, “bum” a cigarrette from fellow legislators. Though obvious smearing from the republican senator, we can only pray that this is true.
Imagine being invited to a home game session at the White House, sitting at a round table in the basement across to Barack, smoking a cigar and looking down at AA? The stakes? If I would choose it would be my picture on the carpet of the oval office.
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
At least it’s nice to know that I’m in good company as I continue on my loosing streak. Now with a minimal bankroll, it’s back to the freerolls and shorthanded sitngo’s for me. And as I pounder the halls of the Fulll Tilt lobby I recently read that super online poker pro “Durrr”, also playing at FTP, isn’t doing so well either. After loosing about $146,000 on a bluff against OMGClayAiken, Tom “Durrr” Dwan is supposedly in total down about $500,000. He has a quite large bankroll and will most defenielty be ok as the top money maker online with a total of $2,451,033, but in a way it’s nice to know that even the pros can loose money on doubtable hands.
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Sun Poker has today announced that they are moving to the iPoker/Playtech network in mid December 2008. Players will be able to play on the Cryptologic network until January 31st 2009.
Further information will follow on how this will affect the rakeback players on Sun Poker.
Sun Poker is currently offering 30% rakeback on the CryptoLogic Network.
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Play at Cake Poker in November and take a shot at the $750 winning prize in the $3000 rake race.
This is an exclusive RakeBrain promotion which means that it is only open to RakeBrain members.
All you have to do to win the $750 is to be the one that plays the most in November.
The promotion runs from 1st November to midnight 30th November.
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!
Winners are presented on the rake leader board page in the beginning of December and paid by the 15th of December.
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
This is the final result in the $3,000 October rake race with Cake Poker.
Rake leader board last updated on 2008-10-31
IMPORTANT - Don’t forget to inform us if you have changed your user name with Cake Poker since you signed up through RakeBrain. This will make it easier for us to make the rake race paymentsr. The rake race prizes will be paid by the 15th of November
Current Position
|
Cake Poker Alias
|
Prize
|
| 1 |
TheJakeShow |
$750,00 |
| 2 |
Acehole666 |
$600,00 |
| 3 |
Spooning U |
$450,00 |
| 4 |
t.i.Vs tip |
$300,00 |
| 5 |
THX1138 |
$150,00 |
| 6 |
CallMeG0D |
$75,00 |
| 7 |
JSween |
$75,00 |
| 8 |
TimmyBets |
$75,00 |
| 9 |
AzzyAmy |
$75,00 |
| 10 |
GBear81 |
$75,00 |
| 11 |
yeyeyeyeye |
$75,00 |
| 12 |
medicjvc |
$75,00 |
| 13 |
MattB11 |
$75,00 |
| 14 |
Julien Sorel |
$75,00 |
| 15 |
WannaSnuggle |
$75,00 |
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
This is the final result in the $10,000 October rake race with Full Tilt Poker.
Rake leader board last updated on 2008-10-31
The rake race prizes will be paid by the 15th of November
Current Position
|
Full Tilt Nickname
|
Prize
|
| 1. |
gifted08 |
1200,00 |
| 2. |
PIKAPIKACHU |
1000,00 |
| 3. |
zero2lose |
800,00 |
| 4. |
RelaxNTakeChips |
600,00 |
| 5. |
ReaLGoneKiD |
500,00 |
| 6. |
sorrymisclick |
400,00 |
| 7. |
td8507 |
300,00 |
| 8. |
Freudian Bet |
200,00 |
| 9. |
OdinThorLoki |
200,00 |
| 10. |
AmericasFinest |
200,00 |
| 11. |
shippppItUPS |
200,00 |
| 12. |
WHYME STILL |
200,00 |
| 13. |
Ship It_DUCY |
150,00 |
| 14. |
marigold1 |
150,00 |
| 15. |
Joe Forte |
150,00 |
| 16. |
Andrew Song |
150,00 |
| 17. |
Wag Dodge |
150,00 |
| 18. |
FISHBLEEDER |
150,00 |
| 19. |
xxPOBRECITOxx |
150,00 |
| 20. |
daveaneo |
150,00 |
| 21. |
krazyguy77 |
100,00 |
| 22. |
mick the hoon |
100,00 |
| 23. |
mbagraduate |
100,00 |
| 24. |
I Covert Ops I |
100,00 |
| 25. |
bggpoker8 |
100,00 |
| 26. |
chambraigne |
100,00 |
| 27. |
bluntologist |
100,00 |
| 28. |
IEatBrains |
100,00 |
| 29. |
byosti |
100,00 |
| 30. |
woodo75 |
100,00 |
| 31. |
Kaintd77 |
100,00 |
| 32. |
Care4Nature |
100,00 |
| 33. |
Lil Mooly |
100,00 |
| 34. |
KryptoKnight001 |
100,00 |
| 35. |
Gummed |
100,00 |
| 36. |
ErikGeller |
100,00 |
| 37. |
EpicFail |
100,00 |
| 38. |
Sexy Sabrina |
100,00 |
| 39. |
ziddle17 |
100,00 |
| 40. |
BeechBum101 |
100,00 |
| 41. |
MyNameIsGary |
100,00 |
| 42. |
Spin Rx |
100,00 |
| 43. |
limitnl |
100,00 |
| 44. |
PokerLex777 |
100,00 |
| 45. |
Brokedikdog8 |
100,00 |
| 46. |
Ricechex2 |
100,00 |
| 47. |
nathan7878 |
100,00 |
| 48. |
BustedWadZ |
100,00 |
| 49. |
Alex00r |
100,00 |
| 50. |
F4Zi |
100,00 |
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Thursday, November 6th, 2008
Hey everybody!
The last couple of days I have been completely dedicated to sitngo’s and tournaments rather than focusing on my regular cash game. I always find it good to change my game a bit when things aren’t going my way at the cash game tables. It is more relaxing in a way, because compared to when I play cash game I normally have four tables up at the same time that requires my full attention. But as for a multi table sitngo or tournament I can allow myself to do other stuff during the game.
Of course real tournament play should be done with 100 % focus, but as an alternative to your regular cash game it fills a different purpose than just winning and sucking out as much chips from the fish as possible. I started doing this every time my bankroll was decreasing and I didn’t feel like reloading full buy-in at a cash table where I just got sucked out moments before. I started to sit down a multi table sitngo games where my tilt wouldn’t affect my game as much. 90 players, $3 buy-in, and I could have it in the background, only folding, calling, raising etc whenever I picked up a decent hand.
This more passive way of playing online poker is naturally not a winning strategy, but at least a good way to maintain play when bad beats make you feel like quitting.
/LeTune
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