Full Tilt Poker Game #1366814434: Table Bennett (6 max) - $200/$400 - No Limit Hold'em - 1:56:36 ET - 2006/12/07 ( Read more... )

A few days ago, I was reading Stoxtrader's blog (www.stoxpoker.com) and he asked if anyone wanted to make a video for his site. Stox's site has some excellent videos of himself playing limit and NL holdem at a range of limits (some as high as $300/$600 limit HE, omg!) In his blog he asked if anyone wanted to make a mixed games video ( Read more... )

I actually spiked a river card in a big pot today. That's highly unusual! The way this hand played out, I don't think I can fold on the turn. In most cases I have a zillion outs against a set or two pair. The only hand that I don't have the proper odds to draw for is... the hand that he actuallly had ( Read more... )

Matt to PokerStars ( Read more... )

Check it out! Usually it's just some stupid birds but sometimes there's other cool animals. I just saw a zebra.

Webcam from Africa

Stars just opened up NO LIMIT 2-7 TRIPLE DRAW tables. So far they have just 0.25/0.50 games but I'm sure bigger games are in the near future ( Read more... )

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As I mentioned, I tried to exercise some amount of discipline during September. It actually turned out pretty well. I won about $3,000, and I have about $1,200 worth of rakeback coming to me next week. That’s pretty good considering I played in cheap games, mostly 1/2 NL. However, my win rate really wasn’t that high. I had to play over 30,000 hands ( Read more... )

Since I don't have much to write about myself, I wanted to mention some new blogs I've come across recently:

1)Wintermute: Lately this guy has been getting himself stuck $3000 playing 10/20 pot limit, then going to play $1000/$2000 limit O8 on FullTilt to win it back. Excellent bankroll management!

2)Data Mining: Someone has been datamining the ( Read more... )

In terms of original content, I haven't had a lot to offer lately. I've just been grinding it out in ring game NL on the interweb. Perhaps some day I will be back to my former heights in the Commerce NL games. But right now, I am experimenting with a new way to play poker: Play in games that you can beat and have the proper bankroll for!!11! I ( Read more... )