Poker Decadence Conference

I got yet another totally rubbish piece of poker talk in my mailbox… but I’m so ashamed that I’m putting it after the jump — hope you don’t mind.

Ever since seeing Chris Moneymaker win the ‘03 World Series of Poker a lot of relatively new and young poker players have been trying to make it as professional poker players. A lot of them have failed and PPP Poker explains to us to great extent what it takes to become a poker pro — [...]

Haha somebody actually sent me this article explaining me how poker works. Try reading it, I wonder if you learn something… OR NOT!
- Poker rules vary with each game in which newcomers should learn No Limit poker rules before joining tournaments or other poker games online. The rules are prepared so that you [...]

Still running cold since the last post, and no sign of recovery. I realize it WILL turn around ANY TIME now. Could be next session, and I’m making sure I’m not letting this cold streak turn into a self-fulfilling prophecy, but it sucks.
Have had two winning sessions since last post. Others were down, some bad [...]

… at pokertables.
I’ll give you the rundown of a hand I almost cried about.
I have AK suited under the gun and I raise 4BB. I flop the nuts with QJT with two of my suit too so I’m on the royal draw on a jellyroll. I bet out knowing one guy behind me is a [...]

Twice a month I sit down in the restaurant of the casino I usually play at with a friend I met at the blackjack tables and now plays in the same poker room on a regular basis to talk poker. We discuss our results and talk about key losing and winning hands and about how [...]

I ate a steak at the poker table today, and I wish I hadn’t. Let me tell you a painful story:
Walked in with about $2000 in my pocket, went straight for the 5/10 game, my favorite at the casino here. Started off playing aggressive, making button-raises, following through on the flop most of the time. [...]

I played 3 Multi-table-tournaments yesterday, simultaneously. I’ve been playing at Full Tilt Poker for a couple weeks now, mostly in the hopes of being able to do some games against the likes of Phil Ivey or Mike The Mouth Matusow — but enjoying the level of play there in general too…
Until yesterday. I don’t mind [...]

The art of (semi-professional) poker playing isn’t just playing your game right – it’s also finding the juicy games, with players willing to donk off large amounts of cash. The world is filled with juicy games – but it’s not always simple to find them… With years of experience looking for poker rooms all over [...]

I just won twice with kings vs. aces — pre-flop all-ins. I mean — I’m HOT.
I feel bad too — same opponent saw his aces get cracked in about two hours twice, by the same player…
I called his all-in with a “I sure hope you don’t have them this time”… He did have [...]