Game of Skill

Their is a debate as to whether poker is a game of chance or a game of skill. I think it deals with both, you take a chance every time you enter a hand, but skill will help you to increase chips in the long run by taking slight marginal edges or completely trapping your opponent. In my opinion to achieve results in poker “the right balance of patience and aggression is important. Poker is a lot like sex, everyone thinks they are the best, but most don’t have a clue what they are doing!” Which is why playing poker is clearly a game of skill.

Roller Coaster Session

Started off good banking a win in a 12/180, and then it started turning ugly when i final tabled a 36/180, 7 handed @ 2.5/5K blinds I get all in BBvSB with KK vs JJ, and he binks it on the turn :( It was then completely downhill from there for every single tourney it seemed. I don't tilt easily, but I came pretty close to blowing up today. Being a poker player, you understand that variance is a way of life and hope an upswing can last forever, alas variance is a bitch. gl at the tables.

WORLD BLOGGER CHAMPIONSHIP OF ONLINE POKER 2010 @ PokerStars

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! Bloggers can register for to play for free in the WBCOOP, if you don’t have a PokerStars account you can get your Poker Download here.

Registration code: 088022

UPDATE: New Signup-Link:

Shipped a mini tourney

Decided to play a tourney today because a site had a software update and it glitched their system for all rebuy/addon tourneys by making it impossible to rebuy/addon, thus making all their guarantee tourneys have overlay.

The one I played had 42 runners @ $5+0.50 each ($210 in buyins). And first paid $220 (550 GRTD), so pretty sick. Small cash but still nice regardless :)

PS Turbo Night

With the first turbo night of 2010 upon us, I was hoping to take one down or get a top 3 placing. I bricked every turbo scheduled MTT, not even a mini cash. Ran ~badish at 2 x final table of 33+3/180 Turbos, luckily I won a 12/180 to save the day and make a slight profit. See you at the next turbo night!

Poker Goals for 2010

Goals for 2010
Supernova
100K Profit
Play WSOP Main Event
Spend more time learning more about poker and strategizing more with others!

Heading to Vegas

Will be off to Vegas with friends from the 13th to the 20th. I read up on a PokerTek PLO Game being run at the Excalibur Thursday nights by Jeff Hwang (author of a recent PLO Book). That will also be the day I get back from our side LA trip so I hope I'm not too tired and can book in a live PLO session. The PokerTek tables treated me well my last vacation as well.

And GL to everyone with exams.