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From the Poker Blog for berkeleyanders

March 26, 2008, 10PM:
How to handle yourself after hours of looking into the computer screen???

I typically just play live limit hold 'em but found several dollars on one of my online accounts. I won a seat to the sunday million on pokerstars and played in the tourney. I ran extremely well and played somewhere near my A game for just over 6 hours and then I decided to torque off all my chips with a below moderate hand. Just curious how other people handle themselves after extremely long periods of looking at the computer. I'm not used to the continual grind of such a long tourney.

Last Update: March 26, 2008, 11:02PM | Permalink (2 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for EightFive

March 24, 2008, 12PM:
Private OPL Tourney?

Just a suggestion...
 
I don't know what Deiyuo and the rest of the guys working on this site want for future users or growth, but I remembered that on Full Tilt (maybe other sites too?) there are tournaments under the "Private" tab that any user can create.  I found a post at FullTiltPoker.com describing how to do it:
 
"To set up a private tournament, simply send an e-mail to [email protected] with all of the following information regarding the tournament you want set up:
 
Tournament Name:
 
Tournament Date:
 
Tournament Time:
 
Game to be Played:
 
Buy-In and Entry Fee:
 
Password:
 
Expected Turnout:
 
That's everything, but here are a few other things to be sure to watch for:
 
The tournament's name can not exceed 25 characters.
 
The time you choose is clear (If you want a tournament at 4 PM, don't just write 4:00, write 16:00 SERVER TIME). All unlabeled time zones are interpreted as SERVER TIME, which is US ET.
 
The entry fee must be at least 10% of the buy-in.
 
The password must be all lower case letters without spaces.
 
If you want a tournament with something other than a nine player minimum, make that clear in your e-mail."
 
You can also advertise for the tournament in the forums.  If you make the tournament a private tourney rather than a public/open tourney you could make people come to OPL to find the password.  There are probably a few options you could play with to benefit the site most, but again, just thought this might be a cool idea if it is something you OPL elites would be interested in.  :)

Last Update: March 24, 2008, 12:57PM | Permalink (12 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for solarcabbage

March 26, 2008, 10PM:
on uber-tilt

I have to be one of the biggest donkey's ever.  Every time I hit a flop I bet and get called to the river by shit, and guess what....shit catches up...
for example, flop AA8, i bet out with K8, player goes all in for a bit more, just about what i have left in chips, i call...he has J9....rivers a 9. 
what the fuck is that?..seriously for a $20 sit and go tourney this guy gets lucky and i am out.
that is just the icing on the cake...every tourney i have played in the last 2 sessions has been a loser...all the same type of shit....well that about does it.  i loaded $50 into bugsysclub...it is all but gone after running it up over $150, jesus...what a fucking pathetic joke on me.

Last Update: March 26, 2008, 10:19PM | Permalink (4 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for EightFive

March 26, 2008, 8PM: Played 3 hours, Made $2.01 at Full Tilt
$3 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (18th out of 236 Players)

close but no cigar again.  the main thing i thought was that he rarely has AQ or AK here because that is often a reraise.  also i thought he could have a smaller A...in these small limit MTTs they will flat out of the blinds in that spot with A2 cuz they just can't fold an A.  however, it may have been optimistic thinking.  other than that i was pretty torn, kind of awkward stack sizes made me say what the hell.  anyways don't know what else i really think about my last hand right now....opinions welcome as always.
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #5797702139: $3 + $0.30 Tournament (44022752), Table 10 - 400/800 Ante 100 - No Limit Hold'em - 23:54:18 ET - 2008/03/26
Seat 1: bbui11 (27,630)
Seat 2: Little Hoot (39,230)
Seat 3: PokerDude6942 (13,607)
Seat 4: Bob Lee (13,342)
Seat 5: jsyankey (6,195)
Seat 6: zzyzx_o (5,588)
Seat 7: NutsChamp (14,110)
Seat 8: skrysty (25,835)
Seat 9: PapajBones (17,150)
bbui11 antes 100
Little Hoot antes 100
PokerDude6942 antes 100
Bob Lee antes 100
jsyankey antes 100
zzyzx_o antes 100
NutsChamp antes 100
skrysty antes 100
PapajBones antes 100
PapajBones posts the small blind of 400
bbui11 posts the big blind of 800
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to NutsChamp [Th As]
Little Hoot folds
PokerDude6942 folds
Bob Lee folds
jsyankey folds
zzyzx_o folds
NutsChamp raises to 2,000
skrysty folds
PapajBones folds
bbui11 calls 1,200
*** FLOP *** [6d Jd Ah]
bbui11 checks
NutsChamp bets 3,400
bbui11 raises to 6,800
NutsChamp has 15 seconds left to act
NutsChamp has requested TIME
NutsChamp raises to 12,010, and is all in
bbui11 calls 5,210
NutsChamp shows [Th As]
bbui11 shows [6s 6c]
*** TURN *** [6d Jd Ah] [7h]
*** RIVER *** [6d Jd Ah 7h] [8c]
NutsChamp shows a pair of Aces
NutsChamp: nh
bbui11 shows three of a kind, Sixes
bbui11 wins the pot (29,320) with three of a kind, Sixes
NutsChamp stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 29,320 | Rake 0
Board: [6d Jd Ah 7h 8c]
Seat 1: bbui11 (big blind) showed [6s 6c] and won (29,320) with three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 2: Little Hoot folded before the Flop
Seat 3: PokerDude6942 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Bob Lee folded before the Flop
Seat 5: jsyankey folded before the Flop
Seat 6: zzyzx_o folded before the Flop
Seat 7: NutsChamp showed [Th As] and lost with a pair of Aces
Seat 8: skrysty (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 9: PapajBones (small blind) folded before the Flop

Last Update: March 26, 2008, 9:08PM | Permalink (1 Comment)


From the Poker Blog for EightFive

March 24, 2008, 7PM: Played 2 hours, Lost $2.25 at Full Tilt
$2 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (36th out of 237 Players)

got super lucky a couple times early to build a nice stack.  my table approaching the money (30 people) was full of big stacks and I had 9500 with 150-300 blinds.  The guy on my left was the chip leader of the tourney and was playing super aggressive.  he had reraised my cont. bets several times and was pounding everyone at the table.  I raised with AT from the CO and he called (as he had done all 5 times I raised at that table).  The flop was AJ9 and I led for about 1600 into a 1900 ish pot trying to induce a bluff....he shoved, I called and he flipped up the QT of spades...he hit the spade on the river.
 
Can't complain about losing what was basically a coin flip but it hurt a little bit after havin this dude pound me for the first 30 mins i was at the table.  owell, could have easily been out early when i was a 20% dog :)

Last Update: March 24, 2008, 7:33PM | Permalink (6 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for thegoodlife11

March 24, 2008, 1PM: Played 10 hours, Made $2.00 at Full Tilt Poker
$1/2 Texas Hold'em

played very well 1/2 then i ran into set vs set which hurt cause it was for 480 pot which was huge then i went off and bluffed 150 on tilt on a different table. The Bluff hurts i was up over 700 for the day then the 230 set up and the 150 bluff sucks. Another terrible one was AA vs kq n he rivers a flush for over 400 pot again i'm getting sick of this software. This software is so FUCCCKED UP!
 
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #5766349995: Table Shore Haven - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:35:29 ET - 2008/03/24
Seat 1: dcgrieg ($200)
Seat 2: wsphan ($237.05)
Seat 3: SONCE2 ($75.40)
Seat 4: laura645 ($195)
Seat 5: Bobbo Viking ($331.35)
Seat 6: al3003 ($106)
Seat 7: The Good Life11 ($601.10)
Seat 8: Speed502 ($40)
Seat 9: Pat2401 ($80.85)
laura645 posts the small blind of $1
Bobbo Viking posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Good Life11 [5s 5h]
The Good Life11 has been disconnected
al3003 calls $2
The Good Life11 has reconnected
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 calls $2
Pat2401 folds
dcgrieg folds
wsphan raises to $11
SONCE2 folds
laura645 folds
Bobbo Viking folds
al3003 calls $9
The Good Life11 calls $9
*** FLOP *** [Jc 7c 5d]
al3003 checks
The Good Life11 checks
wsphan bets $23
al3003 has 15 seconds left to act
al3003 folds
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 raises to $62
wsphan has 15 seconds left to act
wsphan has requested TIME
wsphan raises to $140
The Good Life11 raises to $590.10, and is all in
wsphan calls $86.05, and is all in
The Good Life11 shows [5s 5h]
wsphan shows [Jh Jd]
Uncalled bet of $364.05 returned to The Good Life11
*** TURN *** [Jc 7c 5d] [2c]
*** RIVER *** [Jc 7c 5d 2c] [4c]
The Good Life11 shows three of a kind, Fives
wsphan shows three of a kind, Jacks
wsphan wins the pot ($485.10) with three of a kind, Jacks
The Good Life11: lol
The Good Life11: ol
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $488.10 | Rake $3
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #5766376847: Table Kasmere Falls - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 16:37:46 ET - 2008/03/24
Seat 1: mattbou ($66.90)
Seat 2: MrMaitland ($194)
Seat 3: Max Revenge ($220.65)
Seat 4: The Good Life11 ($461.85)
Seat 5: Ed Burchfield ($201.45)
Seat 6: richierich169 ($128.75), is sitting out
Seat 7: grasshpr ($39)
Seat 8: 0_Drunkenboxer ($235.95)
Seat 9: shaq1337 ($223.15)
Max Revenge posts the small blind of $1
The Good Life11 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Good Life11 [Jc Td]
Ed Burchfield folds
Ed Burchfield is sitting out
grasshpr has 15 seconds left to act
grasshpr folds
0_Drunkenboxer folds
shaq1337 folds
mattbou folds
MrMaitland folds
Max Revenge raises to $6
The Good Life11 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [6s 2h Qh]
Max Revenge has 15 seconds left to act
Max Revenge bets $8
The Good Life11 raises to $24
Max Revenge has 15 seconds left to act
Max Revenge calls $16
*** TURN *** [6s 2h Qh] [As]
Max Revenge checks
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 bets $38
Max Revenge calls $38
*** RIVER *** [6s 2h Qh As] [4s]
Max Revenge checks
mattbou adds $25
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 bets $84
Max Revenge calls $84
*** SHOW DOWN ***
The Good Life11 shows [Jc Td] Ace Queen high
Max Revenge shows [Jd Qd] a pair of Queens
Max Revenge wins the pot ($301) with a pair of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $304 | Rake $3
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #5767753497: Table Begonia Bay - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:29:42 ET - 2008/03/24
Seat 1: theDHOB ($110)
Seat 2: moneychrist88 ($74.85)
Seat 4: tqdn82 ($190.20)
Seat 5: 0_Drunkenboxer ($200)
Seat 6: Botboy141 ($98.05)
Seat 7: fligan ($543.85)
Seat 9: The Good Life11 ($277.80)
fligan posts the small blind of $1
The Good Life11 posts the big blind of $2
CanbisDan adds $200
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Good Life11 [Ah Ad]
theDHOB folds
moneychrist88 folds
tqdn82 calls $2
0_Drunkenboxer folds
fligan folds
The Good Life11 raises to $7
tqdn82 raises to $20
The Good Life11 calls $13
*** FLOP *** [3s 5s Js]
The Good Life11 checks
Botboy141 has been disconnected
tqdn82 has 15 seconds left to act
Botboy141 has reconnected
tqdn82 bets $38
The Good Life11 raises to $76
tqdn82 raises to $114
The Good Life11 raises to $257.80, and is all in
tqdn82 calls $56.20, and is all in
The Good Life11 shows [Ah Ad]
tqdn82 shows [Qh Ks]
Uncalled bet of $87.60 returned to The Good Life11
*** TURN *** [3s 5s Js] [3c]
*** RIVER *** [3s 5s Js 3c] [7s]
The Good Life11 shows two pair, Aces and Threes
tqdn82 shows a flush, King high
tqdn82 wins the pot ($378.40) with a flush, King high
Botboy141 stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $381.40 | Rake $3
 
*** FLOP *** [Qd 5c 9s]
damon0071 checks
The Good Life11 bets $6
damon0071 has 15 seconds left to act
damon0071 calls $6
*** TURN *** [Qd 5c 9s] [6c]
damon0071 checks
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 bets $17
damon0071 has 15 seconds left to act
damon0071 raises to $34
The Good Life11 has 15 seconds left to act
The Good Life11 raises to $92
damon0071 has 15 seconds left to act
damon0071 raises to $107.15, and is all in
The Good Life11 calls $15.15
damon0071 shows [Qc Ac]
The Good Life11 shows [Qs 9h]
*** RIVER *** [Qd 5c 9s 6c] [Ah]
damon0071 shows two pair, Aces and Queens
The Good Life11 shows two pair, Queens and Nines
damon0071 wins the pot ($237.30) with two pair, Aces and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $240.30 | Rake $3
Board: [Qd 5c 9s 6c Ah]
 
Full Tilt Poker Game #5769612269: Table Dowither - $1/$2 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:54:30 ET - 2008/03/24
Seat 1: fdsthebest333 ($37)
Seat 2: rodcarlos ($229.75)
Seat 3: spicycabbage ($277.50)
Seat 5: WildCrazyJohnny ($200)
Seat 6: ChkRazed ($218.85)
Seat 7: The Good Life11 ($253.50)
Seat 8: full_tilting ($217.80)
Seat 9: passthdutch ($193)
ChkRazed posts the small blind of $1
The Good Life11 posts the big blind of $2
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to The Good Life11 [Ad Kh]
full_tilting folds
passthdutch raises to $6
fdsthebest333 has 15 seconds left to act
fdsthebest333 folds
rodcarlos folds
spicycabbage folds
WildCrazyJohnny folds
ChkRazed folds
The Good Life11 calls $4
*** FLOP *** [As 3s Qd]
The Good Life11 checks
passthdutch bets $12
The Good Life11 calls $12
*** TURN *** [As 3s Qd] [9c]
The Good Life11 checks
passthdutch bets $20
The Good Life11 calls $20
*** RIVER *** [As 3s Qd 9c] [4h]
The Good Life11 checks
makingitbig sits down
makingitbig adds $200
passthdutch bets $25
The Good Life11 calls $25
*** SHOW DOWN ***
passthdutch shows [Qh Ah] two pair, Aces and Queens
The Good Life11 mucks
passthdutch wins the pot ($124) with two pair, Aces and Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $127 | Rake $3

Last Update: March 24, 2008, 10:37PM | Permalink (12 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for TheWerm

March 19, 2008, 12AM: Played 1 hour, 18 minutes, Lost $22.90 at POKERSTARS
$0.05/0.10 Texas Hold'em

wow...............................
 
 
Im really surprized at how bad i am running... I was playing for about an hour with a friend playing together. SUPER TIGHT AA KK AK AQ tight....... i in that hour losted with AA hitting a set, KK to two pair and a Nut flush on the flop was runner runner loser to [pocket 5's.
 
 
IM overall really sad with online poker, i have become so scared i think its lose to a suck out or get bluffed. My psyche is really off.
 
IM just so shocked at ot being able to win on a consistent basis.
 
 
 
*;(

Last Update: March 19, 2008, 12:37AM | Permalink (5 Comments)


From the Poker Blog for DeiYuo

March 21, 2008, 11AM: Played 1 hour, 35 minutes, Made $14.20 at Full Tilt
$0.50 Pot-Limit Omaha

One hand cost me $50 and either another $100 + on the roll or -$50..
 
Playing two games
 
Being agro post flop with huge draws vs pre-raisers. Forcing them to gamble with their AA or stack off with me if they actually have a set.  Not sure I like this play all the time.  As they either fold or run it out.

Last Update: March 24, 2008, 4:15PM | Permalink (4 Comments)
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From the Poker Blog for EightFive

March 21, 2008, 2PM:
Interesting Article from Pocketfives

I just went to Pocketfives for the first time in a few days and started reading this article.  I was surprised how specifically it seemed to address some of the questions raised in a recent post about math in poker.  I think one important thing that the article fails to address is whether to pass on a +EV situation when passing allows the player to wait for a MORE +EV situation down the line.  I think this is one part of live that can often be different than online because many times live MTT's have better structures where this can be implemented.  Anyways I read the article very quickly before posting so I haven't had time to think to much about it....enjoy.
 
One tendency that affects many people in all walks of life, especially in games that involve some element of chance, is minimizing risk instead of maximizing equity. This may be because people don't like to fail, or because the immediate impact of a failure can affect you more than the long-term impact of maximizing your success.
 
For those who seek to avoid failure, poker is not the game for you. A successful poker player must be willing to fail over and over and over again in the hopes of getting that one success that will pay for all of your failures. This isn't to say that you should make a bunch of stupid plays in the hope that one of them will eventually work. It IS to say that focusing on making the right decision every time, the one that will maximize your long-term equity, will be much better for you at the end of the month than trying to avoid failure. It's a difficult tendency to defeat, and it manifests itself in many places.
 
Let's move away from poker for a bit and look at sports. Let's say you're a football coach. You coach a major football team, a team in a city that has a ruthless media willing to turn against you at the slightest provocation. You have in your hand a detailed research report proving that teams would score more points and win more games throughout the season by being more aggressive on fourth downs and onside kicks. Early in the game you wind up with a 4th-and-2 at about midfield, and your report says go for it. However, think about the practical implications.
 
If you go for it and make it, you got a first down, one that will likely be forgotten in the aftermath of the touchdown you hopefully get at the end of the drive. If you go for it and miss, and go on to lose a close game, the media will blast you for making an unorthodox decision. It doesn't matter that if you ran the same situation 100 times, the clearly superior play is to go for it. What matters is that failing is more public and obvious than success, so football coaches choose to avoid failure to keep their jobs intact. While this type of thinking is less prevalent in baseball, it manifests itself in managers sacrifice bunting (a strategy that has repeatedly been proven to be -EV except in extreme circumstances), using their closer only in the 9th inning with a lead, and playing known mediocre veterans instead of promising rookies, all to avoid public failure and keep their job.
 
These strategies, while they may protect you from media bashing, are ultimately self-defeating. Luckily for you, you don't have a throng of hungry media vultures circling around you and scrutinizing your every move, waiting to swoop in for the kill. You only have yourself to answer to. The key is to train yourself to always maximize equity, even if it's going to lead to some immediate and perhaps embarrassing failures. If the button pushes and you're looking at 37o on the big blind with 2.5 to 1 odds, call.
 
I've seen far too many players fold their big blind getting excellent odds to close the action. It doesn't matter that you have to show everyone that you called with garbage like 37o. What matters is that you're easily getting 2.5 to 1 odds against his range, which is probably pretty close to any 2. Looking like a donk to the untrained eye can also have benefits. It causes others to underestimate you and maybe play worse against you.
 
Another spot where people will commonly look to avoid failure is on the bubble. Finishing one spot out of the money is an immediate and painful experience. You just played a whole tournament and got as close as you possibly could to making money and now you have nothing to show for it. But really, who cares? It's all one long game anyway, and if taking that risk and busting increased your chances of getting first by a big enough percentage, the play was correct and will pay off in the long run.
 
Train yourself not to worry about the bubble other than for how it affects other players. (The exception is in single-table sit and go’s, where bubble play is extremely important. In multi-table sit and go’s, playing for first is always the best strategy.) Remember, in a 5 table the difference between 1st and 2nd is 3.5 buyins, and the difference between bubbling and getting 7th is 1.3 buyins. In a 20 table the difference is even more striking. Don't worry about the visible failures; just remember that the long term is all that matters.
 
While bankroll management is a topic that deserves its own entire series of articles, I will delve into it briefly here. Avoiding failure can assume greater psychological importance when you are playing above your bankroll. Sometimes, if you're under-rolled, you simply cannot afford to go for first every time and must ensure some money finishes just to keep yourself in action. The folly of this approach only became evident to me after a couple of years of playing above my bankroll. If you don't have the bankroll to play optimally, play a lower game.
 
Others can exploit you ruthlessly if you have to play scared due to being under-rolled. It's far better to play a lower game that you're properly bankrolled for and therefore can play optimally than to play a higher game that you're under-rolled for and must constantly take that into consideration. On a similar note, even if you do have the bankroll to play a certain game, if that game "seems" very high to you then you might try to avoid failure to move up that prize ladder. Try to desensitize yourself to the money, and have yourself adequately bankrolled at all times - it helps a lot.
 
Think of it this way. Let's say someone offers you two bets, either of which you can take as many times as you want. In the first bet, you win $30 two times out of three, and lose $30 the third time, meaning your expectation on this bet is $10 each time you take it - enough to make you quite a bit in the long term. For the second bet, you lose $30 nine times out of ten, but win $400 the tenth time, for a positive expectation of $13 for each time you take the bet.
 
If you had a small bankroll, or were following the "football coach" risk-averse approach, you would opt for the first bet - a slow, steady accumulation of money, although not at the fastest rate. But you want to be the guy with a bankroll big enough to be slamming the second bet all day long. Even though you will fail far more often and have to deal with swings, you're making 25% more - a very significant difference over the long term. In real life, the difference won't be this clear-cut or as drastic. The point is that the higher-risk, higher-reward approach pays off, and that you want to be bankrolled to the point where you can actually afford to take this kind of approach.
 
While this mindset can be difficult to get into since we are winning and losing actual money here, it's essential for long-term success in poker, and even in other, less obvious pursuits. Make the best decisions you can, and let the results take care of themselves. Don't worry what others think. The only one whose opinion matters is your wallet at the end of each month.
 
 
 
Bryan “bparis” Paris is a poker instructor who has had success in high-stakes online tournaments - winning the PokerStars Nightly Hundred Grand and the Full Tilt $60k Guaranteed tournaments.  Those interested in receiving poker instruction can contact "bparis" by sending an email to [email protected].

Last Update: March 21, 2008, 2:26PM | Permalink (1 Comment)


From the Poker Blog for hammerman

March 17, 2008, 10PM: Played 2 hours, 45 minutes, Made $195.00 at Big Daddy's
$20 Buy-In No-Limit Texas Hold'em Tournament (1st out of 27 Players)

Just got in after driving 12+ hours and walked in to say hi to everyone as the tourney gets fired up. They asked if I wanted to play and I didn't really ahve anything better to do so I took it down.
 
Attitude is everything in these tourneys.  I didn't care if I won or went out first.  Long drive and other things made this just a time to sit and unwind.  I played relatively tight, only making moves against the few people who were able to be moved.
 
Made a couple calls and plays based on chip stacks and tourney payout that made a big difference. One that ended up winning the tourney for me.  With 6 players left I am in the sb, D is on my left and the loose big stack is next to him.  Loose guy raises and it is folded to me.  I am second short stack to D.  I take a big of time with my K9h, and after figuring out that I can pass the sb if I have to dump on the flop I decided to call.  It had a bit to do with the loose guy as he could have made the raise with any two face cards or any pair, but mainly it had to do with chip stacks.  D was going to be put in in the blinds and one other player would have been close before they got back to me and I would have been out.  I get lucky on the flop and hit top 2 against his AK and it holds.  From there it was smooth sailing.  Normally I would have chopped it up at any point, but the jump from 1st to second was $120, and I wasn't afraid of the loose guy at all.  It didn't take very long once we were heads up.
 
So after tip-out and paying the donk-juice, I ended up making a bit of money that I proceeded to drink and gamble away later that night.  Good times back in Spokane!
 
D and I had a bit of a conversation about posting the win.  I post only what is profit in my pocket after all tourney related expenses are taken out. ie. tip-out, % deals, and entry fee.  My thinking is that these are part of "implied" fees when playing the tourney.  If I am playing a brick and mortar tourney and I cash, I will tip out, so I consider that part of an implied entry fee.  Also all deals made are contingent on winning, thus are part of implied fees.  What do you think?
 
For example 1st in this tourney was $280. $20 +$5 entry fee, $40 tip out, and $20 donk-juice left me with a net win of $195.

Last Update: March 19, 2008, 2:50PM | Permalink (2 Comments)



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