Tournament

Reed on September 1st, 2010

   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. [...]

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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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Continue reading about Got it in Good, But not Good Enough!

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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Continue reading about First place in PLO8 tourney

Reed on October 12th, 2009

Started out with eight  players ( #9 came in late and missed a round of the button) with both the small and big blinds posting with out a player yet. A aggressive player I’ve played with many time raises it in middle position.  I’m sure he is trying to steal the absentee blinds so I call in [...]

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Continue reading about Single Table Shootout 10/12/09

Reed on October 9th, 2009

Played the $25 morning NL hold’em single table shootout this morning.  There was only eight players, making a $200 prize pool (casino takes nothing from the tournaments).  Played very patient, waited for hands, then pushed hard when I got them. Raised to $250 when I had A, K off suit in the small blind after two people [...]

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