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December 8, 2008, 10PM
Log Update
 Donk---->
Dont forget to update your log....
You still need to log:
Vegas Trip
Tilt Loss
Poker Stars Step Tournys
Last Update: March 29, 2008, 2:50PM | Permalink (5 Comments)
July 20, 2008, 6PM:
WSOP Fantasy League Update
 **Edit**I changed the date on this so that when the WSOP rolls around I don't have to go find this log.
RyanMo6707 and I have drafted our teams. Overall I like my team. Ryan probably has a little more well-rounded team when it comes to different games, but a few of them don't play a very full schedule of tournaments.
My Team--------------------RyanMo6707's Team
Daniel Negreanu------------Phil Ivey
Phil Hellmuth--------------Allen Cunningham
Chris Ferguson-------------Erik Seidel
JC Tran--------------------Johnny Chan
Barry Greenstein-----------Gus Hansen
Michael Binger-------------Scott Fischman
Mike Matusow---------------Scotty Nguyen
Scott Clements-------------Howard Lederer
Erik Lindgren--------------Michael Mizrachi
Jonathan Little------------Huck Seed
I think my team has an edge in NL Holdem, because a lot of the guys will play more events and play them better. Also, if I was torn before a few guys, I went with the guy I would like to root for the most. That will make the 6 week sweat (or however long it is these days) that much more fun to follow. Just over a month and I will hopefully have a points lead to post!
Last Update: May 11, 2008, 9:39PM | Permalink (6 Comments)
May 20, 2008, 8PM:
Poker Bots
 Here is a comprehensive article about writing poker bots. Basically, a rules-based bot can break even at the tables and earn $80k in a year on rakebacks and player points.
http://www.codingthewheel.com/archives/how-i-built-a-working-online-poker-bot-2
If you had 10 of these going, that's $800k/year, and you don't even have to make money at the tables.
I'm assuming most people know more about this than me, but I really like the "collusion server". Then again, it seems like the best thing for the bots to do is break even for as long as they can, which is good for the humans. It is unlikely that anyone with a winning bot would actually *want* to win...except to be able to prove that they can do it. I'm guessing that latter motivation may keep people from doing the smart thing, which probably means I'm getting my brains beat out by non-humans.
Last Update: May 20, 2008, 8:20PM | Permalink (1 Comment)
May 18, 2008, 12PM:
DOLLA DOLLA BILLS YALL
 IMMA TELL YOU, LIKE HE TOLD ME CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME DOLLA DOLLA BILLS YALL DOLLA DOLLA BILLS YALL!!!
IMMA TELL YOU, LIKE HE TOLD ME CASH RULES EVERYTHING AROUND ME DOLLA DOLLA BILLS YALL DOLLA DOLLA BILLS YALL!!!
Last Update: May 18, 2008, 12:13PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
May 12, 2008, 12PM:
Full Tilt / Stars $$
 Anyone want $200 Stars money for Full Tilt funds?
Last Update: May 12, 2008, 12:53PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
May 11, 2008, 2PM:
Big Daddy's
 Played a little bit there with my brother buying me in. He ended up losing probably $100 or so running into bigger hands and I played only 2 hands out of about 30 dealt and lost $4. Pretty shitty session, but I did meet TheWerm in person. Hahaha, it's weird meeting OPLers in person. Also, Daryl was dealing so that was cool too.
Last Update: May 11, 2008, 2:48PM | Permalink (2 Comments)
May 4, 2008, 1PM:
$5.5 NLH $25 Added at Full Tilt Poker Results
Congratulations Player "OnlinePokerLog"!
Full Tilt Poker Tournament 46587180
$5.5 NLH - $25 Added - 1st $40 - 2nd $24 - 3rd $16
1st OnlinePokerLog(b)*
2nd grlg
3rd yobresal (DeiYuo) (b)
4th emusteepler
5th Fluffi (DeDobber)
6th Donkette
7th ALEXTHEPERM (TheWerm)
8th NutsChamp (EightFive)
9th OtuaCarGod (SeriouslyThisTime)
10th DeiYuo (Judith)
11th playtimeishere (jfrostman)
(b)bounty player - a bounty was placed on this player's head by another player
*received $10 bounty for busting yobresal and another $10 for having a bounty on him and not being busted
Last Update: May 4, 2008, 1:42PM | Permalink (0 Comments)
May 1, 2008, 11AM:
Delayed Main Event Final Table
I actually heard about this a few weeks ago but it has exploded on the forums over the last day or so. Check it out:
By Gary Mihoces, USA TODAY You've just made the final table in July in the Main Event at the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. You're one of nine players with a shot at millions. You're hot. Now you have to wait until Nov. 9 for the next hand to be dealt. No problem, says two-time Main Event champion Johnny Chan, who welcomes the WSOP's move to delay the final table to facilitate a Nov. 11 ESPN telecast within hours of the tournament's finish. MORE ON HIATUS: 117-day wait will allow for 'almost virtually real time' telecast "Poker is a game of skill. The hands are random. … It's how you play your hand. I don't believe in hot streaks," Chan says. Past final tables have been played in July, with ESPN airing its taped show in November. Chan says the new format will allow players to connect with sponsors who "come to them and say, 'Hey, wear this patch or wear this logo. We'll give you X amount of dollars.' " While poker pro Daniel Negreanu also applauds the timetable, he says it will make for a "different dynamic" at the final table. "You're going to see some really kind of more sophisticated play," he says. The WSOP is a 55-event series of tournaments that begins May 30. ESPN will begin airing taped broadcasts of various events July 22. Negreanu expects players at the final table to monitor those. "They're going to watch the ESPN broadcasts and go, 'Oh, did you notice that? When he does this, he's bluffing,' " Negreanu says. He says players also can get coaching. He likens it to Super Bowl coaches getting two weeks to make a game plan: "Great players and amateurs alike will have an opportunity to really devise schemes and plans for how they're going to play." In a news release issued by PokerStars, an online poker site, 2004 Main Event champion Greg Raymer says he is torn about the new format because of the potential for coaching. "It might be huge for the continued growth of poker; however, the down side is this long gap allows the players to become completely different people between the time they make the final table and when they play it," says Raymer, a member of Team PokerStars. For ESPN, there also will be a change in the dynamic. The title figures to be won in the early hours of Nov. 11, with the two-hour telecast of the final table set for 9 p.m. ET. "The champion will be crowned on the day of air. We're very excited about this change," ESPN senior producer Jamie Horowitz says. ESPN will air a special Nov. 4 showing what the players have done between the July determination of the final nine and the final table. "We want to detail that journey," Horowitz says. What if something happens that precludes a player from playing at the final table? The WSOP has accounted for that. A player who does not appear will have his chips "blinded off," which means they will be paid into mandatory bets for each hand. When a competitor's last chip is played, he will be paid for where he finishes. Two-time Main Event champion Doyle Brunson would prefer each player to be allowed an alternate, "somebody that's not considered to be a player with abilities above their own." Though Brunson, 74, has reservations about the delay being "overkill," he'd have no qualms about having to deal with it. "No, I'll try to hang on another four months," he said, laughing.
People on the forums are pretty pissed. Complaints about bad players getting coaching, greedy Harrah's and ESPN, what to do if someone dies in the 4 month hiatus, and possible collusion have people saying the idea is crazy.
Personally I like it though. Everyone going into the tournament understands the situation. I also heard that everyone would be awarded 9th place money during the 4 months so they don't have to walk away empty-handed. This would also, in my opinion, really help grow the game. There could be a ton of exposure for the final tablists and a psudo-live telecast of the final table would be interesting for your average joe that doesn't play.
I understand there are downsides to it, but, if it helps grow the game and bring in more money to the poker world, then I am all for it. If it bombs, go back to the old way next year.
Last Update: May 1, 2008, 12:05PM | Permalink (3 Comments)
April 24, 2008, 7PM:
May 4th!
 So poker people it appears that someone, I'm guessing Jesse, has set us up with a new tournament. It's at Full Tilt. Looks to be May 4th, a Sunday, at 11am Pacific time. Get your asses signed up! Here's your chance at getting me back for that 65-35 hand rubytide ;)
Last Update: April 24, 2008, 7:21PM | Permalink (8 Comments)
April 21, 2008, 10PM:
Weight Loss Bet
Recently there has been a running joke about how I have gained a fair amount of weight this year among my friends. I think about a year and a half ago I weighed about 160 lbs. Right now I weight about 183-185 lbs. The biggest reason is probably how bad I eat.
Well I was talking to Jaspinal tonight and he bet me $20 that at the beginning of next school year (September 1 being the official weigh-in day), that I would weigh at least 25 lbs. more than him. He weighs about 160 lbs. right now, or so he tells me.
He runs a lot as it is and want to get in better running shape. He says he want to get down to about 150 lbs. My guess is that he only gets to about 153, meaning I need to get to 177 to win. This is definitely something I think I can do. I definitely want to get in better shape and stop the snowball before it gets rolling.
Last Update: April 21, 2008, 10:47PM | Permalink (6 Comments)
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