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Another good showing in an online MTT

I played a $5+.50 MTT on PokerStars tonight. I played well, got lucky at the right times, rarely got unlucky and generally had things go my way. Anyway, this is my biggest cash in an online freeze-out MTT so far. Hopefully I’ll get a win soon. PokerStars

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Snap back to reality: $55 tourney recap

I played a $55 tournament last night and it was pretty frustrating. We started with 6K chips and 31 people. I finished 22nd after a little more than three hours. I never got my stack up to more than 9500. What was wierd was that nobody ever

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Break-out night

A few months ago, I decided to start playing tourneys with smaller fields and low buy-ins to lower my variance. One of the best options out there are the PokerStars $4 + .40 180-person SNGs. They’re good because they’re cheap, limited to 180 people and they run

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$40 tournament recap: tough day at the office

I just got back from a $40 tourney. There were only 21 people and we started with 10K in chips with 30-minute blinds. I busted 6th–on the bubble–after a rollercoaster final table. I felt like I played fantastic poker (the best in a while), but the cards

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Just busted out of $215 super sat to WSOP ME

Just busted out of $215 super sat to WSOP ME Yesterday, I played a Party Poker $5 re-buy satellite to a $215 super sat to the WSOP Main Event. I just busted out of the $215 super satellite. 439 people were entered, top eight spots got a

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$55 tournament recap

$55 tournament recap There’s really not a whole lot to report, but I’ll try to put up a recap some time tomorrow. There were 36 people and I finished 6th, just after the bubble burst. I was very happy with my play and I made some very

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$50 re-cap from tourney on June 3

$50 re-cap from tourney on June 3 1st hand is AKo, I raise, get one caller. Flop is rags, I bet he calls. He bets turn, I fold. 64o, limp in late position. Flop is K6x. All check to me, I bet, get one caller. Turn is

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New Orleans trip re-cap So far, we haven’t done too much. We left Wednesday nigh after watching the Mav’s game in Dallas. We stopped off in Shreveport to get some sleep, then continued on to New Orleans early Thursday morning. We rolled in around 3:00 pm. First

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Another $40 live tourney This week, there were 20 people and I took third. Turned $40 into $85. I played very well and I’m looking forward to getting everything down in the re-cap. For now, I’ll say that I don’t think my recent string of success is

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$60 tourney re-cap This tourney actually happened on April 15 and I just never got around to posting the re-cap because I’m lazy. I finally made the money… sort of. We played for about six hours before I busted, so this is going to be long, but

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