http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blog.php Holdem Poker Chat is an online poker forum. Get the latest poker news, poker site reviews, bonus codes, rakeback, freerolls, and poker strategy. en Mon, 13 Oct 2008 22:49:00 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/images/blackandblue/misc/rss.jpg http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blog.php http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/24-omaha-conclusion.html Wed, 08 Oct 2008 18:16:55 GMT For me when I play poker, I like to have the thought that I am the best player at the table or entered in a tournament, its not conceit its confidence.

I've been getting more active into playing regular Omaha tournaments. Awhile back I posted some tournament wins where I destroyed the playing field for a straight week.

People talk about Omaha being more about luck, compared to Holdem. I couldn't disagree more, ok well maybe " I " could.

I wondered, maybe I am just the best player on that site I was at, and that isn't good enough for me, so I started playing at some other sites.

Playing not only Pot Limit Omaha High, but some Hi / Low as well, even a few re buys which normally I despise.

I have more then come to the conclusion that it is easier for a better Omaha player to take advantage of the weaker players compared to Holdem, and possibly Stud too.

If your an Omaha player, right now is a great time to be playing. So many new players are trying to learn, and some that do understand the game, don't play well. ]]> Assistanc3 http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/24-omaha-conclusion.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/lkport/23-free-money-pokerstars.html Sun, 28 Sep 2008 15:34:11 GMT Regional. You may say, "But Lk, I still need to be a good poker player to win the $5 for the top 250 players". You could say that, but you would be incorrect in the assumption. And I am here to tell you how to win that $5. You can find the round 1 schedule right here: http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/summergames/?source=hpcmax50 (http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/summergames/) . Now I will use the current game #6 as an example. These games run every day at 8 pm, 8:30pm, 10pm, and 10:30pm. You can only play one from each group. So you can only play one 5 card draw game. You do not want to play right off. Give it a couple days. The 5 draw games end on the 2nd of October. I will probably play mine on the first. Also, don't play the 8pm game, way too many people play that one. I would suggest playing the 8:30 pm, or the 10:30 pm games. If it stays the same as it has always been, you should have around 500 or so players in the games. That means 50% of the players are going to make $5. I am not saying that you can fold to the money, though you might be able to. I am saying you now have a 50% chance of making $5. Now get in there and make some money! Image: http://www.pokerstars.com/euro_bnrs/euro_current/120x60.gif (http://www.pokerstars.com/?source=poker-bug.com)]]> PokerStars is in the middle of their Summer Games promotion. The tournaments are listed in Tourney>Regional.

You may say, "But Lk, I still need to be a good poker player to win the $5 for the top 250 players". You could say that, but you would be incorrect in the assumption. And I am here to tell you how to win that $5.

You can find the round 1 schedule right here: http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/promotions/summergames/?source=hpcmax50 . Now I will use the current game #6 as an example. These games run every day at 8 pm, 8:30pm, 10pm, and 10:30pm. You can only play one from each group. So you can only play one 5 card draw game. You do not want to play right off. Give it a couple days. The 5 draw games end on the 2nd of October. I will probably play mine on the first. Also, don't play the 8pm game, way too many people play that one. I would suggest playing the 8:30 pm, or the 10:30 pm games. If it stays the same as it has always been, you should have around 500 or so players in the games. That means 50% of the players are going to make $5. I am not saying that you can fold to the money, though you might be able to. I am saying you now have a 50% chance of making $5. Now get in there and make some money!

]]> lkport http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/lkport/23-free-money-pokerstars.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/pampo/22-poker-book.html Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:50:22 GMT Take a look to this page http://www.lossecretosdelpoker.com looks so great...take al look and say me if if good to buy.... Take a look to this page http://www.lossecretosdelpoker.com looks so great...take al look and say me if if good to buy.... ]]> Pampo http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/pampo/22-poker-book.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/21-finally-snapping-out-my-funk.html Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:49:19 GMT Well after a month of terrible play, I finally broke through tonight with 2 money finishes. A 2nd in Dawggs league and 38th in Cake's 5k Bounty game. I should have done much better in the 5k, but I suffered bad beat after bad beat. Oh well, it's poker. I'm just happy to make the money after a long drought. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/21-finally-snapping-out-my-funk.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/20-some-pl-omaha-2.html Sat, 02 Aug 2008 07:28:17 GMT With a full month (July) down playing and keeping tabs on the PL Omaha tournaments I been playing, I have started to follow that up with writing a guide/lesson for it.

I've always played well at Omaha, and it is not network depended. What I have notice is the ease of success at lower levels, not rock bottom, but low.

There is 2 reason for this.

1. most players don't know how to play
2. most players are not willing to learn

]]> Assistanc3 http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/20-some-pl-omaha-2.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/19-some-pl-omaha.html Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:53:58 GMT I don't play that often anymore on PKR
had taken a break of that site, but got back into playing PL Omaha, which I seem to shine on.

My last 4 tournaments I have played on PKR are PL Omaha, in which I placed

June 26th 2nd
July 18th 1st
July 22nd 2nd
July 23rd 7th (non cash out)

I am gonna draw up a goal very soon and implement it for August. Something like 15 PL Omaha trnys with 5 top 3 finishes, and min 10 total cash outs. ]]> Assistanc3 http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/assistanc3/19-some-pl-omaha.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/jdhmac/18-testing-testing-1-2-3.html Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:59:44 GMT Fonzi said that anyone could post a blog so here's mine. I highly doubt anyone will come across this, let alone actually take the time to read it, so if you are, thank you and please feel free to post a comment, etc.

JdhMac ]]> JdhMac http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/jdhmac/18-testing-testing-1-2-3.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/17-money.html Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:34:26 GMT Well I'm in the money in event #7. I had one of my best and luckiest sessions ever. I lost only 3 races all day and managed to piss off a whole lot of people. I had them punching the table, cursing me out, etc. But thats poker.

Anyway, there's 152 left and I'm middle of the pack in chips. Today, I'll try to pick on some smaller stacks and try to build my stack into the top 10% of the field.

I'll try to keep Borgo updated as the day goes on.

Also, don't forget we have a Bodog Freeroll tonight with a WSOP qualifier seat up for grabs. I tried to email all the members, but something is screwy with our email system. Sorry, no time to fix that today. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/17-money.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/16-14th-caesars.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:12:06 GMT I finished 14th of about 550 players at Caesars for about 1k. Overall I loved the structure except for the very top heavy payout. Stick busted early.

I'm taking today off. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/16-14th-caesars.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/15-busted-out.html Mon, 02 Jun 2008 14:51:21 GMT When it wasn't meant to be this time around, I busted out in level 5. Things were going great and then I got moved to a new table and lost my patience with bad cards and over aggressive players.

And oh by the way, Stick you owe me a nice dinner.

I'm hitting Caesars today for the Mega stack. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/15-busted-out.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/14-time-play.html Sun, 01 Jun 2008 15:30:48 GMT The cards will fly in about 3 hours and after finally getting a good nights sleep, I think I'm ready.

We took yesterday to relax by the pool and also hung out with Mainstick for a bit.

Breakfast time, good luck to everyone playing the Cake League and the BetUS freeroll today. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/14-time-play.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/13-my-way-vegas-now.html Fri, 30 May 2008 13:05:28 GMT We'll after a brief stop in the Northeast, We're on our way to Vegas today. The excitement is starting. I can't believe I'll be playing tomorrow.

I read Negreanu's blog last night and according to him there have been some great changes for this year. Most notably, there is no more tents, woohoo. No steam baths for those playing in satellites.

They also moved the cage to another room, which hopefully means no more long lines to register to play. There also seems to be more food options for players, including a noodle station and a pizza hut stand.


The next post will be from Las Vegas.... ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/13-my-way-vegas-now.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/12-ready-head-out-door.html Wed, 28 May 2008 01:45:53 GMT Well I'm finally all packed and ready to head out. I need to make a quick stop for 2 days and then it's off to the WSOP. I'm really getting anxious now.

I keep trying to get Mainstick into a prop bet for Event #2, but so far he's chickening out. If I get further than him, I want to take him to see a barber. Don't worry I'll get plenty of pictures if this come to fruition. ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/12-ready-head-out-door.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/11-packing.html Mon, 26 May 2008 17:24:41 GMT I've begun packing for my trip, It's amazing how much crap I have to take with me. Cameras, little gadgets, etc. Not to mention clothes for all occasions. I guarantee I'll still manage to forget something.

I normally don't pack until an hour before heading to the airport, but I'm very excited to go, so I started early this time around.

Funny thing is, I'm looking forward to playing, but I think I'm more excited to just lay around by the pool and do nothing. I've been busy since the end of last year and really just need to recharge my batteries. So I think I'll just do nothing on the 1st, except maybe go see how Mainstick and Perry are doing at the tables.

Back to packing... ]]> Fonzi http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/fonzi/11-packing.html http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/kingborgo/10-summer-time.html Wed, 21 May 2008 18:45:53 GMT Hey everyone,

Class recently let out (pulled a 3.65 GPA last semester, not terrible) which leaves me a lot of free time. Though I am working with the city to design a plan to bring business to town, I am done by 4 every day. With very few people on campus (read: no females) I have a lot of downtime. Do you know what that means?

POKER! I am finally going to get back into playing. The only thing I've really played this YEAR was the marathon, so the itch has slowly been returning. Probably going to be tourneying it up at Cake, though PokerStars will definitely see its share of me as well.

So, I am PUMPED! Hanging out in a fraternity house all summer, playing poker, not a bad way to spend a few months, eh? ]]> KingBorgo http://www.holdempokerchat.com/forum/blogs/kingborgo/10-summer-time.html