January 2008 Ramblings Page: 1
January 7, 2008, 9PM:
Poker Stars Atlantis Bahamas
 Day 2 I guess. I'm not in the tournament area at all because I know what I am doing, so they stick me in high limit cash games. Mostly the 50-100 NLH which turns into a 50-100-200 game and the 10-25 or 25-50 PLO, all of which are fun to deal as I never image sitting in one of these games.
This limit is very entertaining as most these guys have nice sized rolls and are chatty little fuckers. Talking about anything from poker, golf, women etc.
The main event is down to about 200 players or so but whatever.
For those of you who play on stars, I recommend winning a seat sometime soon and coming here. There are many well knowns and pros and they are much more friendly then when they are in Las Vegas ;)
Last Update: January 7, 2008, 9:12PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 6, 2008, 11PM:
Poker Stars Atlantis Bahamas
Day 1B was today, I did not get to post about day 1 so I will give a brief summary.
Day 1A
The room was full with internet donks, pros, young kids etc. Not much to say other than they are poker and internet junkies. It is amazing how much they let this become their life. We all love poker though but you need a healthy balance.
In the lobby there are about 10 guys playing 4 games each online with their laptops, the other lobby there are about 30 more ;)
Back to day 1A, not much, the play was pretty interesting to see from a dealers point of view. I learned something new that may help some of us with our tournament poker play. It is called "leverage" and "fold equity". It means, unlike we are trained, to (when you have a big stack) to attack and seek out battles with other big stacks. The concept is this. Since the big stack wants to avoid another big stack that if you re-raise or put pressure on a big stack they are more likely to fold or not be contfrontational with you and give up the hand, hence, "fold equity".
Day 1B, not much to say, I was dealing the cash games. Highlight is the 50/100 NLH game. A friend was in the game I had not seen in a bit. He apperntly knocked off a WSOP event, a Bellagio event and plaed around 90th in the Main Event. Lucky guy.
Last Update: January 6, 2008, 11:24PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
January 3, 2008, 8PM:
stupid laptop
Ok so first lesson learned from last night was that if you plan on blogging about your tourney, you should probably make very simple notes about which hands are event worthy since I tried to go back today and update my previous entry with key hands only to fail miserably when I couldn't make out my notes on my work computer.
Still haven't decided which poker room I'm going to migrate to next but money is tight (ironically) so there's no rush. Thanks to people who have given me their tips. It's all being taken into consideration.
Computer issues kept me out of the tournaments tonight but there's always tomorrow.
Last Update: January 3, 2008, 8:26PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
January 1, 2008, 7PM:
Begin Poker Log
 Background info:
Name: Jason L.
Playing experience: 2+ years (Dealt for 1 year)
Online experiences: Small ring-games TXS NL/L/PL, OMA NL/L/PL
Goal: Continuously build-up a bank roll from 100$ USD.
Site: PokerStars
Site ID: jmlz87
Started this account up while being on leave for the holidays. Currently a Canadian Forces soldier, training in St-Jean, QC. Used to be a casino dealer, (highlight= dealing to Johnny Chan in '06 BCPC) but needed something more exciting in life. Will be starting out slow, just for lesiure. Hope to be able to play on-base back in St-Jean!
Last Update: January 3, 2008, 7:20PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
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