I was reading my new Sklansky book and decided to try out 7-card stud on Party. It's fun! And I'm not useless at it. I bought in to the .5/1 tables with $25 and came out $6 ahead (after being $20 ahead at one point). I will continue to play this game and let y'all know if I get any good!

So I've decided to work on my poker attitudes, starting with these 20 questions. My aim is to go from 8 "yes" to 20 "no". With that in mind, I've transformed the 20 questions into the following 20 rules ( Read more... )

Twenty Questions ( Read more... )

I have re-discovered no-limit holdem. It is a form of play that makes my chipstack grow, slowly and steadily. It's really boring and doesn't net me a whole lot of money, but it's consistent and that's what my stack needs ( Read more... )

Over the past few weeks, I've been buying in for $50 here, $50 there, and losing it. My deposit limits have been keeping me from blowing too much dough in this way ( Read more... )

Well kids, I'm taking a break. I decided to overrule my deposit limit. I reset it the night before last, and deposited money last night, which I promply dropped at heads-up $3/$6 play. $109 in fact, the amount with which I was planning to try out a $100+$9 tournament ( Read more... )

After telling him about my good fortunes over the past few days, my friend has informed me of the existence of a mystical creature who governs the flow of money between poker players. He claims that this creature's name is GAMBLOR, and that he is a cruel being. Apparently, his sole aim is to crush all poker players' spirits to the point where ( Read more... )

So, I'm a beast, apparently. This morning, I got up early to drop the pookie off at the bus. I could have come home and taken 20 more minutes of sleep, but I decided to play poker instead! Long story short, I made $75 playing $3/$6 limit in about 20 minutes. Then, having forgotten to take my lunch to work, I went home on my lunch hour! For ( Read more... )