Tournaments

Reed on January 22nd, 2010

          Well howdy folks!  Played in the $25 single table no limit texas hold’em shootout this morning.            It was the usual poker room crowd with ten players at my table.  I have played poker with them all before and pretty much know how they all play.  Got several good hands right off the bat that [...]

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Reed on January 15th, 2010

Played in the $60 buy in ( with optional re buy of $20)  muti table Texas hold’em tourney at the local casino.  Haven’t played in this tournament in months. Something else always seemed to be going on. It started with forty players on four tables, the blinds at 25/50 and 3,000 in starting chips. If [...]

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Reed on January 4th, 2010

Played  in the morning $25 texas hold’em single table shootout at the casino.  Hadn’t caught a hand in the early stages. The table was playing pretty fast and loose.  I was dealt the eight nine suited in spades in the cut off, four people limped in so i also limped, hoping to see a favorable [...]

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Reed on December 3rd, 2009

This is a PLO tourney I played the other day in which I got second place. Stared with close to 90 people . It took about four hours to make it to the final table. Had to survive through a very aggressive field of maniacs , one of which came into the final table with [...]

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Reed on November 8th, 2009

At this stage of the tournament I need to get some chips pretty quick. The blinds are rising fast and with the ante kicking in makes me desperate for a all in type of situation. I don’t normally like to go all in pre flop with pocket jacks, especially to call off all my chips [...]

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Reed on October 27th, 2009

Played the $3.30 PLO8 tournament  (with one rebuy and one add on) tonight and took the whole thing down.  Was having a downswing day on the cash games and needed a good win to boost the bankroll back into some kind of playable range. I had to do both the re-buy and add on to [...]

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