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		<title>Hand Analysis &#8211; Cold Deck or Bad Play?   KK in a Bounty after a suited wheel flop</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 04:12:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I haven&#8217;t been playing as much as I like lately, and when I do get the chance, I&#8217;ve been focusing more on play than writing.  That said, I busted out of an NL Bounty tournament on Cake pretty quick this evening, and thought the hand would be worth discussing: Situation: Early in NL Hold&#8217;em [...]]]></description>
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		<title>David Williams is a great poker coach</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 04:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I've been signed up for Real Poker Training for a little over a week, and so far I'm impressed.

I've watched two series of lessons, and figured now would be a good time to talk about them.  The first was titled '6 handed Sit-n-go Action,' and was basically David Williams playing three different $36 6-handed Sit 'N' Gos.  Many of the moves he made were at least familiar to me, but I did glean at least a couple of new concepts, which I think can advance my game.  I made some random observations during his first of the three tournaments:

In the beginning of the first tourney, he raises UTG with Ace-rag offsuit, which I suppose is an okay hand 6-handed, but I wasn't a big fan of playing it out-of-position.  He got called, but connected on the flop, and bet out to take the pot down.  The second thing that surprised me was that he showed the hand.  He stated the show was intended to build credibility, but I worry that showing that I am willing to raise Ace-rag out-of-position might cause players to play back more often.  That said, David is a pro who has won several million dollars, and owns a]]></description>
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		<title>Harrington on Hold ‘em Chapter One – Pot odds and individual hand play</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So in addition to deciding to watch some training videos, I also decided to re-read one of the premier books in the game, Harrington on Hold &#8216;em, Vol. 1.  This decision was mostly due to the fact that I can read a book at work during slow periods   As I go through it, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mission accomplished (well sort of)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 04:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So the title of the blog is Main Event or Bust, and it comes as no surprise to many who have played with me that I have done the latter first.  Entry to the Main Event for this year looks like a longshot the way I’ve been playing, so unless I can turn my game around, we might be talking about next year’s Main Event.

 

I’d like to say that my ruined bankroll was attributed solely to a run of bad luck (which I’m sure played in, since I recall losing a lot of hands where I was a 4-1 favorite when the chips went in), but in all honesty, I ]]></description>
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		<title>Bankrolls, they aren&#8217;t just for pimps and gangsters anymore:  The importance of poker bankroll management</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2009 05:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How is it that after playing for so many years, I never learned to protect my bankroll?

Bankroll management is definitely my Achilles’ heel.  I’m not sure why, but the donk in me always wants to move up in level, before my bankroll is ready.  If I’m successful at the new level, I try to move up again, until I reach a point where an inevitable bad run leads me to a point where I have ruined my bankroll.

This happened again.  Due to my recent success at the $10 and $25 entry, NL Sit ‘n Go Double-up Tournaments, I decided that I could accelerate my winnings by moving up in entry fee.  I’d like to say I fought the good fight, and was just cold-decked into a small string of losses, but that wouldn’t be]]></description>
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