A Big 1st Place

AsideOctober 22, 2004March 22, 2025 Nick Momrik2 Comments

I took 1st place in the poker blogger tournament tonight…$798 for the winner!

I'm Shocked!

October 22, 2004 Nick Momrik14 Comments

Tonights Poker Blog Tournament

133 poker players

$20+$2 entry fee

$798 for 1st place

Wow, I can’t even express how I feel right now. Amazing. I’ve never played better poker in my life. I won’t be able to sleep a wink, but I’m tired as hell from staying up last night to watch the Red Sox, so I have to try and get some sleep. Tomorrow I’ll post a complete recap of my first ever big tourney win. For now I have to thank Iggy for putting it all together. Maybe now that I won, he’ll finally pimp my blog. It was a great tournament with some of the best poker players the blogging world has to offer. I really don’t even belong in their company. Congrats to Todd who battled with me heads up at the end and finished 2nd. He started out a short stack, but was killing me and took the lead several times. He’s a much better player than I am, but I got the cards at the right times.

I’m off to bed…sweet dreams!

Blog Tourney

AsideOctober 21, 2004 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Poker Blog Tournament tonight at 9:00 for poker bloggers and their readers over at Poker Stars. Visit the link for all of the information.

Play Your Own Game

October 19, 2004 Nick Momrik10 Comments

Yesterday I was browsing around the 2+2 forums, reading all kinds of advice. From a few threads that I read, it looked like I wasn’t playing enough hands from early position. I’ve been following the preflop recommendations from SSH for playing on a tight table (3-5 people to the flop on average) and things have been going really well. But what the 2+2 people were saying is that you should be playing hands like AhXh in early position. Hmmm, maybe I’m missing out on some extra wins by not playing some of these hands up front.

Diamonds In The Bluff

AsideOctober 18, 2004 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Saw this in a signature on a forum somewhere… “Whoever said diamonds are a girl’s best friend was not a man playing poker.”

A Career in Poker

AsideOctober 18, 2004 Nick MomrikLeave a comment

Iggy has quit his job for a career in poker. Best of luck (even though it’s not about luck) to one of the leaders in the poker blogging community.

Attitude on the Felt

October 18, 2004 Nick Momrik1 Comment

I’ve been thinking recently about a player’s attitude at the poker table. Obviously some styles work better for some than others and each person displays their own attitude. I say “display” because a lot of people might be putting on this attitude simply for the poker table; just another bluff if you will. But does any one particular attitude work better than others?