Poker News & Reviews

Just Kept on Keeping On.

Reed — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:40:05 +0000

Went for a beach vacation with the family to San Diego. We had a great time and for once we didn’t even step foot in a casino. That’s right we just kept on keeping on right on by.

Had a blast with the family and taking the dog to the beach.

The games will always be there and so will the casinos but my daughter will only be this age once and the dog is no longer a puppy. I guess the moral is ( if there is one) Live now in the moment, if that’s busting a couple tourists or just making your spouse’s favorite dinner. There is more to life then making money at the poker tables, sometimes that is easy to forget through the daily grind and swings of poker but it is truth never the less.

Went Back to the Casino Arizona Poker Room

Showed No Mercy at No Limit Hold’em Shootout

Reed — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 04:26:39 +0000

Played the Morning NL Hold’em shootout this morning at the casino after much debate with the wife. We hadn’t gotten much sleep the night before and had to drag each other out of bed to take the kid to school which just so happens to be just passed the casino. A coincidence I assure you. A convenient one true but sometimes a slight hindrance when other things are getting put off because hell the breakfast there is decent and pretty cheap and might as well go play some poker and make some money while were at it.

As you may have already guessed I decide to play the tournament, while not so much me as the blackjack machine my wife was playing. We do as the machines tell us. She had a set amount to spend and if she was doing well when it was time for the shootout to start then I would play, if not, it’s back home to get something done ( or nap , which ever).

I was playing well, got a hold of some chips and started to push the local heavy table. most of them are push overs and even when they do get a big hand they priced me in or slow played it till I caught up and busted them out. When it got down to three handed I had the chip lead and the lone woman at the table took her stand with no pair when I put her all in with trips on the flop. Yes I raised with Jack three off suit and hit trip threes on the flop, I was running good and I figured they were just going to fold.

Heads up! Most of the time the locals like to chop the pot at this time and either get into a Hold’em game or go about their day. Not today my friend i was here to play and wasn’t about to show any mercy (Slayer is now playing in the back ground). I have played alot with Mr. D. and know his game well. He thinks of himself as tricky but most of the time I see right through him. I pulled off several bluffs and got away clean when he had big hands and in the end I was victorious. I got all the cash and a entry into the end of the month freeroll.

Feeling good.

Let there be Omaha

Reed — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 07:13:25 +0000

Went to the casino tonight for a drawing they were having and thankfully they had a Omaha H/L game in the poker room. I lost a little bit before the game broke up because of a tournament that was starting. I hung around (was going to be there for the casino drawing anyway) and another game broke out about two hours later.

The game went alot better for me. Had a couple other aggressive players and a few rocks mixed with some calling stations. This made for an enjoyable game and wining made it that much better.

Football season will be starting which will bring more people to the casino and most likely lots of action and Omaha seven days a week.

New Internet Gambling Bill HR 2267

Reed — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:09:05 +0000

Well a new bill has come out that will make it truly “legal” to play online poker again. Seems this new bill HR 2267 is on it’s way to set the new standard.

The bill will require that all online gambling ( and poker ) sites be based in the United States ( the ones to service the U.S.) . Meaning no more offshore accounts and no more wondering where in the world your money could be.

These companies will now be legally liable to the patrons of the online poker casinos and could be held accountable for anything that could happen ( Say like the president of the company wants to back door everyone on the site and take millions of dollars scott free).

The big players online are going to be scrambleing to get a foot hold on the U.S. market so there should be some good bonus deals flying, and lets all hope the players are kept in the forefront because with out us there is no internet poker.

AP & UB Royal Flush Poker Jackpot is a Bad Beat!

AP & UB Royal Flush Poker Jackpot is a Bad Beat!

Reed — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 22:28:29 +0000

Finally an online gaming network ( Absolute & Ultimate Bet ) has stepped up and created a bad beat jackpot for Omaha players. The problem is it’s only for PLO (pot limit Omaha) players and not eight or better plus they take a hefty thirty five percent off the top when it does hit.

So of the remaining 65%

50% Of the figure goes to the player holding the Royal Flush

25% Of the figure is divided among the players at the table where the Royal Flush was hit

25% Of the figure is divided between everyone playing at a Royal Flush Jackpot table with the same stakes

They are going to take an extra fithty cents out of every pot that has at least a twenty five cent rake to build the Royal Jackpot fund for Omaha (PLO only) players. And the fine print……

For the Royal Flush to be awarded:

Player must use two cards from his hand of 4 cards to make the Royal Flush
Hand must go to a showdown
A ‘jackpot’ rake must be collected in the hand that the Royal Flush occurs
Four or more players must be dealt in the hand

Royal Flush Jackpot tables will collect $0.50 from the pot of each raked hand that is raked $0.25 or more. The $0.50 is added to the Royal Flush jackpot.
Players sitting out at the Royal Flush table when it occurs are not eligible for the jackpot
In order to qualify for a piece of the 25% same stakes split, players must be playing at the same game type and stake level where the jackpot was hit. Players must have played in at least one hand, in their current session at the table, where a jackpot rake was collected and players must have contributed to that pot. Players must be dealt cards when the Royal Flush occurs.
If two Royal Flushes hit at precisely the same time, the jackpot will be awarded to the hand that began first according to the AP/UB game time.
- Not all tables qualify for the Royal Flush Jackpot. Pot Limit Omaha Royal Flush Jackpot tables will be noted with the icon “J” after the table name.
- In order to qualify for the Royal Flush Jackpot, four or more players must be dealt in the hand and a rake must be collected.
- The player with the Royal Flush must use two cards from his hand.
- Players sitting out at the Royal Flush Jackpot table are not eligible for the jackpot.
- The hand must go to a showdown in order to qualify for the Royal Flush Jackpot.
- Should two qualifying jackpot hands hit at precisely the same time, the jackpot will be awarded to the hand that began first according to the UB game time.
- UB does not tolerate collusion. All players must act independently and not reveal their hands to other players, nor tell them how to act. Failure to abide by these rules will result in automatic disqualification from the Royal Flush Jackpot.
- The Royal Flush Jackpot collects $0.50 from the pot of each raked hand that is raked $0.25 or more. The $0.50 is then added to the rolling jackpot.

Poker sites are always looking for new ways to entice people to join and play which is great and as a poker player I do appreciate that….but….if your going to make promotions “for the players” then make it for them not just as another avenue for the site to make more money. Promotions are supposed to drive more people to sign up and play ( which means more rake generated and more income for the site) not build a big purse for the site and stab the loyal player in the wallet.

Note: As of this posting the Royal Flush Bad Beat just got hit at 3:54 Pacific time, Good job Omaha poker players!!!!

Dayton Where?

Reed — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 05:46:25 +0000

Trivia question…………..

Name the two Hall of Fame poker pro’s that are from Dayton Ohio?

Post your answers and we will see who is the winner!

Ok, I’ll give you a hint……..one of them is a commentator on T.V.

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Got High at the Omaha H/L Game

Reed — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 03:09:56 +0000

I waited a long time to get into the Omaha H/L game this morning ( well didn’t actually get in till this afternoon) and was a little anxious to play. I had played a single table Hold’em shootout tournament that morning and got knocked out fourth place ( no money) and because of my bad timing I was far enough down on the Omaha list to make for a long wait. So i left the casino for about two hours or so and got back on the list.

I sit down and right off the bat I get some premium hands that hit the board square on and get paid off. The start of a good session. I know most of the table really well, a couple new faces but all in all I know exactly how to play to squeeze out the maximum from the poor and frankly weak play.

I get this hand on the button (Qd,Qs,3h,9h) which by all standards should have not only been folded but burned might be more appropriate. Anyway there was the usual table full of limper’s and frankly I was thinking I was going to at least hit a Queen so I limped in also. Flop came Kc,Qh,3c. Bingo! Well my feeling was right now My set of Queens just has to hold up ( if I’m not beat already with someone holding pocket Kings) so after two people check a moderately aggressive younger guy bets out, couple callers and here I come over the top with a raise to try and protect my hand while at the same time get more money in the pot. I get two callers ( at this point I have a filthy three percent chance of wining after finding out what my opponents had I ran it through a calculator). The turn reveals a Ah. Not a horrible card but it certainly made at least one of them a straight so it’s time to slow down. Sure enough the caller was now betting with what I figured to be a made nut straight ( but I still have a forty one percent chance of wining with my flush and full house draws). A beautiful 8h hits the river giving me a flush. The original better fires out a bet leaving me only able to call with my weak flush. The other person called also with their straight.

My flush holds up for high and I get a very decent pot. Unfortunately the original better also had a 2,4 to split half the pot (he also had the nut straight with the club re draw)

Bad beat?

Reed — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 22:45:46 +0000

I think we all put way too much energy into what has gone wrong and how unfair it all is. ( I know I have ). I’m really trying to look past the surface of the “bad beats” and learn from each decision.

Whatever the out come, did you really make the best decisions through out the whole hand? or for that matter were you even supposed to be at that table or even that level? Should one hand in the scheme really make any difference? Maybe if we think a little deeper into the whole situation we will find there was alot of other factors in play then just not raising enough pre flop with your pocket Kings or whatever.

    When things seemingly go wrong they have an immediate hurt effect and we are ready to blame everything and everyone else. Maybe a better approach would be to take a couple steps back and look over the whole situation. Maybe it wasn’t best to jump in a game when you have 10min. before you have to go to work or while dinner is cooking. Sometimes the out come of things is just a way of telling you to think it all the way through next time before you put your foot through the monitor screaming how fixed internet poker is.

                       Just a bit of Zen poker logic, hope it is helpful.

According to Dr. Wayne Dyer….

Reed — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 19:54:25 +0000

“Healthy habits are learned in the same way as unhealthy ones – through practice.”

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Vegas Details on the way

Reed — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 07:51:50 +0000

Will be posting some updates of my recent exploits in Vegas at The World Series of Poker, so wait by your computer in anticipation and I’ll get to it when I can.

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