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The Poker How ToThe Poker How ToA professional poker player writing about his life as poker playing drives him mad. He also includes daily tips on how to stay away from going insane.
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Quick Update - 27th October 2007
2007-10-27 22:13:00 Yesterday while I was lying in bed, turning around because I had tried going to sleep too early. I hate when that happens, you go to bed thinking you’re tired and then you just stare at the ceiling. No complaints though, it’s a good time for me because I always get new ideas when I ... More About: General , Update , Quick , October 2007 , October
California Trip Report - High Stakes Poker Adventure - Part II
2007-10-27 10:37:00 Day 2, Part 2: After a shower and some lunch I hopped back into a 20/40 game, this one was running 6handed and was more aggressive than the last table. I lost a couple pots and was down to $2500 but feeling good about my play. It was similar to an online 6max game, ... More About: Poker , California , Adventure , Report , Trip
5 Mental Blocks That Hinder Your Poker Success
2007-10-25 22:11:00 1. The Rules Do Not Apply Many absolute beginners who’ve maybe played a few months for fun know the rules but they do not follow them. Why is that? You’re obviously setting yourself up for failure if you’re acting like this. The past few days I’ve been talking to people I haven’t seen in a while and ... More About: Poker , Mental , Success , Hinder , Psychology
California Trip Report - High Stakes Poker Adventure - Part I
2007-10-24 08:21:00 I arrived in California midday Thursday, a friend picked me up at the airport and we drove up to the casino for a weekend of poker. Day 1: I jumped into a juicy 10/20NL game with a $2000 stack - the games were very good, hopefully it would be a profitable weekend. There were only 2 notable ... More About: Poker , Adventure , Report , Trip
Are You Setting Goals That Make You Unhappy?
2007-10-23 18:12:00 Take a few deep breaths and notice how the air flows as you inhale, slowly in through your mouth down your throat and finally reaching your stomach. There might be a small pause and the journey of the exhale begins. Slowly the air curls in your stomach and starts moving upwards and out, through your ... More About: Goals , Psychology , Make
Thinking Ahead - Revisited
2007-10-22 08:56:00 I’m in San Diego at the moment, just finishing up a long weekend of live poker - it’s been an exciting trip and I played in some quite big games - I’ll discuss hands from the trip on Monday’s post(Edit: Tuesday’s - Henri is going to post Monday), so stay tuned. For now, there ... More About: General , Thinking , Ahead
It IS Legal To Play Poker Online
2007-10-20 15:09:00 If you haven’t yet read the newest article on gaming law on Card Play er you should probably do so. It is not illegal to play poker online, the only thing it does is make it harder to get money onto online gaming sites. I personally have seen the games become a bit tougher after the legislation ... More About: Poker , General , Legal , Online
IRS Dishes Out New Rules for US Tournaments
2007-10-20 13:38:00 This just in. Beginning March 4, 2008 the IRS will require all tournament sponsors to report tourmanet winnings of more than $5,000. Check out the whole article in Business Journal Phoenix. More About: General , Rules , Tournaments , Dishes , Amen
4 Ways Exercise Has Improved My Poker Game
2007-10-19 18:07:00 When I was around 12 I started playing ice-hockey in my towns hockey team, that lasted for about 4 years. Even when I wasn’t part of a team me and my friends used to get together and play on our neighbour hood football field which was covered with ice during the winters. I have always been ... More About: Poker , Exercise , Game , Improv , Poke
Thinking Ahead
2007-10-18 08:42:00 I’ve been helping my brother learn No-limit hold’em the past couple weeks, and he recently made the discovery that a little bit of planning goes a long way. We’ve talked about pot-control, inducing bluffs, and other somewhat complicated concepts. He summarized it in a much simpler, more effective way. He told me ... More About: Thinking , Ahead
Poker Pro + Coach Dan ?Surf? Pickering joins ThePokerHowTo!
2007-10-18 01:12:00 As Henri mentioned, I’m Dan Pickering - Poke r Pro and Coach - and I’m really excited to be a part of ThePokerHowTo. I’ll be writing regular blog posts about the life of a poker pro, along with plenty of strategy articles and hand discussions. I’m working on a “Life Story” in the same fashion as Henri’s ... More About: Surf , General
Introducing a New Partner
2007-10-17 21:19:00 Today I talked with a friend of mine who I met while I was playing Limit Hold’em a few years ago at the 2+2 forums. His name is Dan Pickering and he is a Professional Poker Player and Poker Coach since a few years back. Dan is one of the few players I regularly discuss hands ... More About: General , Partner
Sorry - Busy with Texas Holdem Online Poker Rooms
2007-10-17 00:32:00 I’ve been busy with a few things and that’s my excuse for not posting. But anyway, I will keep you guys up to date. I have been working on my website Texas Holdem Poker 101 and there I have been working on my texas holdem online poker rooms page, so far I’ve written two reviews, one ... More About: General , Online , Texas Holdem
Is Online Poker Illegal?
2007-10-14 17:37:00 The short answers (as far as I can tell) seem to be: It is not illegal to PLAY online poker but it is illegal (or at least harder than before) to transfer money onto poker sites. Bill Rini gives his comments in Bill’s Poker Blog In short, it seems like the rules are incredibly vague and will ... More About: General , Online , Illegal , Online Poker
How to Shuffle Poker Chips Video
2007-10-13 01:23:00 I know you guys have been requesting a tutorial on how to shuffle poker chips, and today I just happened to stumble upon this fine video (with nice music to boot) on shuffling them chips. Enjoy. More About: Video , Poker , Shuffle , Chips , Poke
The Secret of Adjusting to Re-Raises
2007-10-12 01:28:00 I put in a marathon session today of 4,000 hands, in that session I was at 2-tables with a fairly good player who was probably running good and re-raising me with a pretty wide range. This gave me the idea for this post and how you can shift your thinking and learn how to ... More About: The Secret , Secret
How to Play Heads-Up Poker vs. a Weird Player
2007-10-09 08:22:00 I played a short heads-up session today on Full Tilt while I was waiting for my cash-out from other poker rooms so I could deposit to a new one. This was the kind of player who is in with too many hands and playing them in a very unorthodox manner (a.k.a donkish). He was min-reraising me ... More About: Weird , Poker , Play , Player , Heads
9 Reasons Why You Will Never Make Money Playing Poker
2007-10-08 08:21:00 I’m sure some of you might ask yourself the question of “Why do I lose all the time?”. I got this divine inspiration to write an honest post about what I see people doing that ruin their chances of becoming winning poker players. Mostly it’s because you refuse to be honest with yourself, the blocks ... More About: Poker , Money , Make Money , Reasons , Make
72 Really Simple Poker Tips I?ve Learned
2007-10-07 08:03:00 Learning Tips 1. Read everything you can find on poker 2. Try to talk to everyone you can get ahold of 3. Save all the hands you have difficulties with 4. Discuss all of your hands on poker forums and anywhere you can 5. Get a poker coach or join an online program! 6. Always review your sessions and learn to ... More About: Poker , Simple , Learned , Ally
My Life Story - Part IV (Series)
2007-10-06 08:43:00 Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV The Big Bump After I returned from my trip to Aiya Napa I again started getting into the poker groove again. I decided to try an experiment, My plan was to deposit $600 into a poker room and grow it from there. In 2 months I ... More About: Life , Story , General , Series , My Life
My Life Story - Part III (Series)
2007-10-05 08:40:00 Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV April 2007 - My Training Begins I began my No-Limit Hold?em training with Jason, in the beginning it was very frustrating because the switch from Fixed Limit to No-Limit is hard, at least it was for me. I lost for a month or so playing No-Limit ... More About: Life , Story , General , Series , My Life
My Life Story - Part II (Series)
2007-10-04 07:22:00 Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV My Poker Introduction During my box washing job I heard about poker for the first time and the notion that you could possibly be able to make money playing poker. This all seemed very unlikely to me, but I was ready to look into it since ... More About: Life , Story , General , Series , My Life
My Life Story - Part I (Series)
2007-10-03 08:49:00 Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV The First 18 Years The first 18 years of my life were certainly unique to me since I really have no first-hand experience with any other first 18 years of life. I would consider it a normal Swedish/Finnish upbringing. I was born in Kalix, Sweden the ... More About: Life , Story , General , Series , My Life
I Thought I was Dead! - I Love Pot-Limit Omaha
2007-10-02 08:00:00 This hand came up a few minutes ago while I was playing Pot-Limit Omaha . And I am still learning the game so my advice would be to not necessarily play like I do (yet). I am pretty sure my hand was correctly played, I will give my thought process and equity calculations later on. Let’s get ... More About: Love , Thought , Dead
An Ordinary $8934.72 Month of Poker
2007-10-01 10:13:00 I will not be posting these “income reports” regularly, partly because I don’t think they are necessary and because they can make some people feel discouraged. I just want you to know what is possible if you work hard at poker, and persist. This is an example of a pretty average month for me, I usually ... More About: Poker , General , Month , Poke , Ordinary
My Experiences with Poker Coaches - Part II (Series)
2007-09-29 10:30:00 This is part 2 of 3 in my 3-part poker coaching series. If you haven’t read Part 1 - 5 Different Ways a Good Poker Coach Will Help You, I suggest you read it before this one (although I don’t think it matters that much). In this part I will share my experiences in a ... More About: Series , Experiences , Coaches
5 Different Ways a Good Poker Coach Will Help You - Part I (series)
2007-09-28 16:47:00 This is the first part in a three part series about poker coaches and why you should get one if you’ve come to a certain point in your game. How do you know when you’re at this point? I recommend you take poker coaching as soon as you can afford it, it is anywhere from ... More About: Poker , Series , Coach , Part , Good
The Pros and Cons of Multi-Tabling Online Poker
2007-09-27 19:57:00 If you’ve ever played online poker I’m sure you’ve played more than one table. I myself play up to 8 tables of No-Limit Hold’em but that is about as much as I can handle, when I play a game like Pot-Limit Omaha I naturally play less tables because I have to use more brainpower ... More About: Poker , General , Multi , Online , Online Poker
Dispelling the Myth of Bluffing in Poker
More articles from this author:2007-09-26 14:55:00 Have you ever heard anyone talking about that one big bluff someone made on T.V? It?s always highlighted and If it works the player is said to be a poker god. If, on the other hand it doesn?t work he is now crowned a donkey. What?s up with this? Let me tell you something about bluffing; ... More About: Poker , Myth , Bluffing , Poke , Spell 1, 2 |
