Tag: Tournaments

In The Zone

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Ah Ah, I know what you’re thinking. ‘Did he fire six shots or only five?’ Now, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is the .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and could blow your head clean off, you’ve got to ask yourself a question: ‘Do I feel lucky?’ Well, do ya, punk?

Dirty Harry – (Audio Clip)

Just a little while ago I had a streak like no other. I’ve never seen cards like this anywhere! If I needed a card to hit, it would show up, except for a couple of flush draws that missed. I was just killing the table and it was a blast. I couldn’t believe my own eyes, so it was no wonder everyone was calling me down. I had to leave the table after exactly 60 minutes because the fish swam out and the sharks filled in when they saw the average pot size of the table. For your reading pleasure (and my love of bragging) here are the major hands.

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2005 World Series Of Poker Schedule

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Harrah’s has announced the schedule for the 2005 World Series of Poker. The WSOP will begin “its evolution from a month-long special event into a year-round sport.”

Players will earn points based on their performance in the circuit tournaments and the World Series of Poker. The top 100 point-earners will receive a free invitation to the 2005 World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, where a single winner will take home a top prize of $2 million.

WBPT V Recap

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First another big thanks to Iggy for setting up WBPT V. Also a quick note to mention that there was a celebrity at the tables. It was Wil Wheaton, who you may know from his roles in the series Star Trek: The Next Generation. Now that I’ve gotten that out of the way, I can talk about the tournament…

After learning about the $20 NLHE tournament for poker bloggers and their readers, I was undecided if I would try it out. After all, I figured I would be dead money with my limited No-Limit experience in what would prove to be a quality field of 133 poker players. A few days before the tournament, I started an account on Poker Stars and deposited $50. Thursday rolled around and I made the choice to play. I figured the $20 would be a good investment because it would get me a chance to get my name out there and drive traffic to my poker blog. I surely didn’t expect to make the cut or win any money. I was looking at the tournament as an investment.

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I'm Shocked!

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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!