Being Low Stack

It seems whenever I take an early chip lead I tend to loose the tourney I am in. But once i am short stacked I come back and take down the entire thing. I think the reason for this is once i am chip lead I don't play in as many hands. I let the others do all the work. I need to be more aggressive when i have the lead. Also, on the other hand i get more aggressive in short stack because me going all in is a welcome to the chip lead to call. Everyone wants to be the hero at the table to burst that bubble. Or get closer to it. Remember just because you are chip lead doesn't mean you have to call everyones all in. That is what happened to the person who had the chip lead the entire game. they kept trying to knock people out and losing.. not even making it to the payout. Well that's it for now.

Eye Opening

Tonight I have found a site that most of you may know. It is

Shark Scope

It gives you a graph on how you have been doing at the tables. Lets just say mine is worse than I thought. On my old site my average ROI is at 1%. Not bad for a casual gamer. On the new site however it is -14%. I also have not played in as many games so hopefully it will improve. I will be checking this weekly for my stats to see if i'm improving or just getting worse. I would recommend you do the same to see where you are.

Getting back in the Swing

Well I have been busy and not so busy... I have spent a lot of my time lately playing a stupid computer game. I got sucked in to it. Finally I just said bump this and gave my account to someone I played with. Now it's back to poker. Boy I have missed this game. I have decided to take my money from one site and move it to another. Like I have said before there is no need to have bankrolls on different sites. I think this will be a wise move for me. The people on this other site are better players and they have more to offer. So this site, i hope, will get my game to a better level. Build a bigger bankroll and start playing for some real money. So far on the new site I have won a couple of sit-n-gos and a satellite to a pretty big tourney. Now we will see how it all plays out once i get my check from the other site and start playing in the bigger games.

Its been a while

It has been a while since i have sat down to play any poker at all. Rather it being a fake (not real money) or real money game. I decided that i would log on to my account and play a game. Since it has been a while i also decided to play a double up. That is where the top 5 players win double the buy in. Since it has been a while i went and just played a $20 table. Even tho my bank roll says no. It is gambling and sometimes you gotta take a shot. Well needless to say i didn't lose to many hands. I folded when i needed to and raised in the right spots. Even tho top 5 got paid I could have made it to the final 3 like a normal game. Even tho it was on line i still had the un easy nerves of being face to face. May sound odd but it was the highest buy in game i have played yet. Keep playing and get your nerves of steel that is needed in face to face poker. Moral of the story.

PDC Poker

The people at PDC has introduced 2 new games. The first game is all in or fold. I think it explains itself. Top 3 get paid like a normal SnG tourney. The 2nd game is is double up. I really like this game. Basically all you do is place in the top 5 and double your buy-in. $2 buy-in 1st-5th get paid $4. Both are 10 handed. Click the banner to the right and come play these new games at PDC.

Chris Moneymaker

Not much time to play poker this weekend because we had family in town. However I was showing them the sites I play on. One night we watched Daniel Negreanu on Pokerstars play some high stakes poker mixed games. How high stakes? $20,000 buy-in. Even tho it was online poker it was still fun to watch a little of it. Then the next day I logged on to Pokerstars again and was seeing what pros were on line. Chris Moneymaker, 2003 Main Event winner. He was playing in 2 tourneys. One was an $11 game which he took 2nd and won I think $390. The other was a $27 and he won. Winning $150. During the $27 game is when it got exciting. Apparently another guy watching the game lived near Chris. Chris then asked the guy if he knew where a particular house was. And he did. Chris then told the guy he lives across the street from there and invited the guy to come over for a poker game. I thought it was really awesome of Chris to do that. It's not everyday a pro poker player or famous person just invites a random person over. Chris I think it is awesome that you did that and I just wanted to let everyone know.

Just a heads up

Sometime soon I will be sitting down at the low-limit games. I will be playing for 8 hours like a normal work day. I know with playing low limits I will not make a lot like I would even bumping up a few pennies. But this is just a trial run to see what my outcome will be. The other thing during this 8 hour period is that every time I am up $.60 I will play a SnG tourney. I will be tracking every hour to make for a good blog report to see where I am at for the ring game and the SnGs. Be looking for the post soon.