Sultan of Stack

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2011-03-29T15:45:00.001-07:00

Feb 2011

2011-03-02T15:11:00.000-08:00

Swongs from epic bad run at $1/2. Need some rungood for moving up in the future...

AT button limp raise insanity

2010-10-05T02:02:00.000-07:00

Guy was super lagtard running me over. Tried to switch it up a bit, in a few hands earlier, ran bad. For this spot, I was not comfortable 4 betting a hand like AT. Cold calling the 3 bet = I lose 66% of the time on the flop. Just a new line thrown into the mix vs psycho 3 bettors who will not 5 bet bluff.

MERGE_GAME #2829180300120: Texas Hold'em NL $1/$2 10/05/2010 01:34:17
Table Everglades (Heads Up) (28291803)

Seat 1: kagame ($239.50 in chips) DEALER
Seat 2: daftpunked ($692.22 in chips)

kagame: Post SB $1.00
daftpunked: Post BB $2.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to kagame [Tc As]
kagame: Call $1.00
daftpunked: Raise $8.00
kagame: Raise $40.00
daftpunked: Call $32.00

*** FLOP *** [2c Js Jh]
daftpunked: Check
kagame: Check

*** TURN *** [6h]
daftpunked: Bet $31.00
kagame: Call $31.00

*** RIVER *** [Ad]

daftpunked: Bet $128.00
kagame: Call $128.00

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $401.50 Rake $0.50

daftpunked: Shows [Ks Ts]
kagame: wins $401.50

#2 Same guy and came first. I guess I need to raise the turn. I just felt he had air alot.

MERGE_GAME #2829180300096: Texas Hold'em NL $1/$2 10/05/2010 01:26:27
Table Everglades (Heads Up) (28291803)
Seat 1: kagame ($279.50 in chips) DEALER
Seat 2: daftpunked ($560.62 in chips)
kagame: Post SB $1.00
daftpunked: Post BB $2.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***

Dealt to kagame [Tc Jh]

kagame: Call $1.00
daftpunked: Raise $8.00
kagame: Call $8.00

*** FLOP *** [8c 9h 7h]

daftpunked: Bet $12.00
kagame: Call $12.00

*** TURN *** [4c]

daftpunked: Bet $33.00
kagame: Call $33.00

*** RIVER *** [8h]
daftpunked: Bet $85.00
kagame: Call $85.00

*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $279.50 Rake $0.50
daftpunked: Shows [3h Ah]
daftpunked: wins $279.50

nuts on turn super deep

2010-10-05T01:56:00.000-07:00

Overbet optimal vs overpairs/sets/flush draws? I was shocked to see his hand. He was fairly aggressive so I assumed he would shove an 8 out+ draw.

MERGE_GAME #2828988800738: Texas Hold'em NL $1/$2 10/05/2010 03:26:54
Table Everglades (Heads Up) (28289888)

Seat 1: ezmoneys226 ($619.56 in chips)
Seat 2: kagame ($882.10 in chips) DEALER

kagame: Post SB $1.00
ezmoneys226: Post BB $2.00

Dealt to kagame [6d 9c]

kagame: Raise $5.00
ezmoneys226: Raise $16.00
kagame: Call $12.00

*** FLOP *** [7s 5s 8h]

ezmoneys226: Bet $24.00

kagame: Raise $80.00

ezmoneys226: Call $56.00

*** TURN *** [Jh]

ezmoneys226: Check
kagame: Bet $240.00
ezmoneys226: Allin $521.56
kagame: Call $281.56

*** RIVER *** [Qc]

*** SUMMARY ***

Total pot $1,238.62 Rake $0.50

ezmoneys226: Shows [Js As]
kagame: wins $1,238.62

Absurd KK preflop spot

2010-09-26T17:00:00.000-07:00

Guys involved are all TAGS. I have no idea if they know I am playing reasonably tight at this moment in game, but I was. Obviously I have only done this a few times in my entire poker experience. QQ is different, but KK...So tough. I basically timed out on all 7 other tables I had open while I was trying to decide.

MERGE_GAME #2806875002199: Texas Hold'em NL $1/$2 09/26/2010 15:21:12
Table Bad Beat - Statue of Liberty (28068750)
Seat 1: H1tman85 ($743.19 in chips)
Seat 2: KoukussaII ($206.75 in chips)
Seat 3: kagame ($233.36 in chips)
Seat 4: screwed0 ($636.12 in chips) DEALER
Seat 5: sik0tic ($198.00 in chips)
Seat 6: BetterAllTheTime ($227.50 in chips)
sik0tic: Post SB $1.00
BetterAllTheTime: Post BB $2.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kagame [Ks Kh]

H1tman85: Raise $7.00
KoukussaII: Call $7.00

kagame: Raise $31.00

screwed0: Fold
sik0tic: Fold
BetterAllTheTime: Call $29.00
H1tman85: Raise $99.75
KoukussaII: Fold

kagame: Fold

BetterAllTheTime: Allin $196.50
H1tman85: Call $120.75

HU - A9 on A-J-9 facing shove

2010-09-08T16:35:00.000-07:00

So had a very tough spot today. Everyone say easy call? Or tough but mandatory fold? If the draws were not there I think I would turbomuck against all but the most spewtastic opponents. With the clubs and straight draws, not sure. I had also been three betting 15-20% so I do not think my opponent can give me credit for a set, AJ, and even A9 is usually a three bet for me.

Villain is a Tag, preflop - a bit wild.

Table Yosemite (Heads Up) (27653610)

Seat 1: hiksaaa ($145.40 in chips) DEALER
Seat 2: kagame ($416.10 in chips)

hiksaaa: Post SB $0.50
kagame: Post BB $1.00

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to kagame [Ah 9h]

hiksaaa: Raise $2.50
kagame: Call $2.00

*** FLOP *** [Jc 9d Ac]

kagame: Check
hiksaaa: Bet $4.00
kagame: Raise $20.00
hiksaaa: Allin $138.40

kagame ?

DC Heads Up Group

2010-09-03T14:16:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone,

For those of you that have not already done so, please go ahead and watch Prynnraiding S1 and S2 as well.

For early discussion topics, focus on identifying which type of player you are up against, and possible counter-strategies to aggressive three betting from the bb, which seems to be a very common issue in today's games.

If you care to, please comment and introduce yourself to your fellow HU DC players.

Ill go first:

My name is Dan, I'm 25, and I have been playing poker since the Moneymaker boom when I was in college which was many many years ago. I am currently grinding .5/1 on Merge on the sn Kagame. I just made a successful run at the 50NL games and had a very substantial winrate over a large sample. I am hoping the trend continues at 100nl.

I feel that my 6Max game is mucy stronger than my HU game. I tend to really only be able to win at HU when I run well, and have a huge problem with bluffing off stacks - usually when I have 4 bet bluff preflop vs a monkey clicking buttons who is 3 betting me 50% of the time. Sometimes I go for thin value with top pair, get pwned, and sit there shaking my head in confusion.

Know your enemy and yourself

2009-05-27T09:39:00.000-07:00

"If your enemy is secure at all points, be prepared for him. If he is in superior strength, evade him. If your opponent is temperamental, seek to irritate him. Pretend to be weak, that he may grow arrogant. If he is taking his ease, give him no rest. If his forces are united, separate them. If sovereign and subject are in accord, put division between them. Attack him where he is unprepared, appear where you are not expected."

"All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near. Hold out baits to entice the enemy. Feign disorder, and crush him."

- Sun Tzu, the Art of War

weakness as strength

2009-05-27T09:33:00.000-07:00

"If you are going to coach yourself for success, you have to embrace your shortcomings and view them--not as threats--but as opportunities for growth.

If you are threatened by your weaknesses, you'll tend to avoid thinking about them. That's a great way to ensure a lack of professional development.

If, however, you look at each weakness as a personal challenge to overcome and an opportunity to become more than you are, you will sustain the optimism and motivation to extend your learning curve."

-traderfeed

http://www.wallstcheatsheet.com/WS/WS/Entries/2009/5/26_WSCS_Trading_Combine%3A_Lesson_3.html

Coping well = better intuition

2009-05-22T17:30:00.000-07:00

"Improving our coping is important, not just to moderate the impact of stress, but to help us retain access to those subtle cognitive, emotional, and physiological cues that are markers for our implicit knowledge. As I've noted in past posts, we know more than we know we know. What we call intuition is actually an internalization of repeated experience that makes us exquisitely sensitive to patterns in events...

When we do not cope well and are overwhelmed by the mind and body's flight or fight responses, we lose access to those implicit cues...

Similarly, the trader who is enmeshed in panic, worry, and frustration loses access to subtle market patterns--and especially to the internal cues that are alerts to those patterns. This is how we can make decisions in the heat of market action that we later look back upon and wonder, "How could I have done that? How could I have missed that?"

Coping is crucial, because it keeps us in a zone in which we can reason well explicitly, but can also act swiftly upon our implicit knowing."

http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/

Trader's Spouses

2009-05-22T12:50:00.000-07:00

"As I began interviewing traders for this book, I was surprised how many of them wanted to talk about their love for their wives. One after another talked with great feeling and without any prompting from me about the trust, support, and encouragement he felt at home.

The intellectual demands of the market are not very high. In this game we only have to deal with five factors: open, high, low, closing prices, and volume. Why then do so many people who are successful in their professional lives fail in trading? This is because trading places immense emotional demands on all of us. It evokes powerful feelings- fear, greed, and so on, making it very easy to make bad decisions. A person with a happy personal life has an advantage, while the one with a stormy personal life finds himself doubly stressed.

This is not to say that every trader in this book lives in marital heaven. Some are single, and at least one is currently going through an unpleasant divorce. Curiously enough, he is also in a draw-down this year, although as a professional trader, his losses are minimal, and I am sure he will pull out of his slump. I still remember the deep slump I had at the time of my divorce many years ago.

A person who goes home to a smiling, loving spouse and does not need to spend an ounce of mental energy on figuring out the angles of a tense personal relationship is in a much better position when he sits in front of the computer to analyze charts and make decisions. While most traders in this book conformed to this pattern, it is difficult to translate it into a specific recommendation. What you do with this insight is entirely up to you. I can only share with you my surprise at discovering this factor in the lives of many successful traders."

Entries and Exits, Elder, p. 317

Spock her

2009-05-21T11:21:00.000-07:00

StockTickr: What do you like best about trading?

Michelle: It continually makes me a better person, calmer and more rational. You can’t say that for most jobs.

http://blog.stocktickr.com/2006/10/30/interview-with-michelle-b/

from Traderfeed

2009-05-17T12:01:00.000-07:00

"Without freedom there is no trading. Trading is a celebration of economic and political freedom. Slaves are traded; they do not trade.

All this freedom, however, is for naught if we, ourselves, are not free. It is the deepest of ironies that we experience greater freedom--far broader potentials--than those who came before us. And yet, in our lives, in our abilities to master ourselves, we are no freer. Amid opportunity, we remain partial: tethered to our conditioning.

What it means to be free is to be able to choose, to live with intention. The free life is one that we guide: a life lived with purpose, direction, and meaning.

Trading, like all the great performance activities, is an opportunity to cultivate the intentional life. Pursued properly, it is a path to freedom."

Enhancing Trader Performance
p. 254

zzzz

2009-02-24T12:44:00.000-08:00

UB = UTTER GARBAGE

2008-03-16T18:47:00.000-07:00

Ultimate Bet wouldnt let me withdraw a transfer to my account, and I even wanted to transfer to Absolute. So they tell me if I play on the ENTIRE transfered balance my account will be unrestricted. So I take half the account to a big game in an attempt to play a big pot or be able to reraise all in to get access to my money. This is the VERY first hand I play in a big game.

Hand #51338522-215 at Radford (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 16/Mar/08 21:30:44

Kagame is at seat 0 with $2500.
JacquesB is at seat 3 with $7070.
trambopoline is at seat 4 with $11492.
jcada99 is at seat 5 with $2346.
The button is at seat 4.

jcada99 posts the small blind of $25.
Kagame posts the big blind of $50.

Kagame: Kd Kh
JacquesB: -- --
trambopoline: -- --
jcada99: -- --

Pre-flop:

JacquesB folds. trambopoline raises to $175.
jcada99 re-raises to $575. Kagame calls.
trambopoline re-raises to $1950. jcada99 folds.
Kagame goes all-in for $2500. trambopoline calls.

Flop (board: 3d Ad Jc):

(no action in this round)

Turn (board: 3d Ad Jc 9s):

(no action in this round)

River (board: 3d Ad Jc 9s Qs):

(no action in this round)

Showdown:

Kagame shows Kd Kh.
Kagame has Kd Kh Ad Jc Qs: a pair of kings.
trambopoline shows 9h 9d.
trambopoline has 9h 9d Ad 9s Qs: three nines.

Crushcrushcrush

2007-12-23T23:58:00.000-08:00

I could never get away with these types of calls in the old school FT 5/10 games. Actually I just wouldn't ever even have the opportunity. There seems to be a trend nowadays of devolution into the type of aggressive player who doesn't seek to represent a hand, or tell a story with a bluff, but merely shoves it in at whim and prays for a fold. Pray harder sir, pray harder.

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
Hand Converter Tool from www.DeucesCracked.com

Button: $1081.50
SB: $215.00
BB: $1337.00
UTG: $1162.00
MP: $2700.25
CO: $1030.00

Preflop: Hero is Button with Ad, Qs
UTG raises to $35, MP folds, CO folds, Hero raises to $120, SB folds, BB folds, UTG calls $85.

Flop: ($255.00) Qd, 4c, 5s (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $100, UTG raises to $250, Hero calls $150.

Turn: ($755.00) Ks (2 players)
UTG bets $792 (all in), Hero calls $711.50 (all in).

Final Pot: $2178.00

Results:
Hero shows Ad, Qs (two pair, Aces and Queens).
UTG shows Jh, Qh (a pair of Queens).
Outcome: ($2178.00 Rake)

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I should probably have been up against a huge draw. Pretty sick lack of re-raise pf, and then that draw heavy flop, and the check raise opportunity as Paul has the WORST position initially, but the BEST position once the short stack's C-bet goes through me. Bob Ciaffone talks about this phenomenon at length, apparently I need to reread that excerpt. Saw so much AA vs KK action tonight. At one table it happened in back to back hands, with myself having KK in the second confrontation. NEAT. Paul Wolfe, the FT pro that won this pot, is a super nice guy and loaned me some cab fare (actually he just commented on the hard core cooler).

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em - 6 players
Hand Converter Tool from www.DeucesCracked.com

CO: $2267.00
Button: $227.25
SB: $1342.00
BB: $1079.00
UTG: $1120.50
MP: $302.00

Preflop: Hero is CO with Th, Ts
UTG raises to $30, MP calls $30, Hero calls $30, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Flop: ($105.00) Kd, Tc, 4c (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $100, Hero calls $100, UTG raises to $410, MP calls $172 (all in), Hero raises to $2,237 (all in), UTG calls $680.50 (all in).

Final Pot: $2558.00

Results:
Hero shows Th, Ts (three of a kind, Tens).
UTG shows Ks, Kc (three of a kind, Kings).
MP shows Ah, Ac (Just one measly pair).
Outcome: ($2558.00 Rake)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Jamie, this is why you don't slow play, its just too hard to fold monster hands, and often you're missing a chance to get it in as a huge favorite. I was a bit shocked to see my opponents hand (suited clubs aspect). Pretty amazing check behind. Hated his river bet, I sort of assumed I'd be beat a large % of the time... I definitely played this hand terribly on about 3398723487 levels. I'll just lead with a nasty BET POT next time...

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
Hand Converter Tool from www.DeucesCracked.com

Button: $1619.25
: $200.00
BB: $2349.50
UTG: $1127.00
CO: $1000.00

Preflop: Hero is BB with Qd, Qh
UTG raises to $35, CO folds, Button folds, Hero raises to $110, UTG calls $75.

Flop: ($225.00) 2s, Qc, Tc (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

Turn: ($225.00) 6d (2 players)
Hero bets $150, UTG calls $150.

River: ($525.00) Jh (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets $420, Hero calls $420.

Final Pot: $1365.00

Results:

Hero mucks Qd, Qh.
UTG shows Ac, Kc (a straight, Ace high).
Outcome: UTG wins $1363.00.
($2.00 Rake)

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Well now, I can suck out too, and somehow I get paid off these days. Must be the newfound popularity of my blog. lol @ kagame.

Full Tilt Poker $5/$10 No Limit Hold'em - 5 players
Hand Converter Tool from www.DeucesCracked.com

CO: $1375.00
Button: $943.00
SB: $1412.00
BB: $702.00
UTG: $385.00

Preflop: Hero is CO with 4s, 3s
UTG folds, Hero raises to $35, Button calls $35, SB folds, BB calls $25.

Flop: ($110.00) Jd, 6h, 5d (3 players)
BB bets $66, Hero calls $66, Button folds.

Turn: ($242.00) 9c (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $190, BB calls $190.

River: ($622.00) 7c (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $1,084 (all in), BB calls $411 (all in).

Final Pot: $1444.00

Results:
Hero shows 4s, 3s (a straight, Seven high).
BB doesn't show.
Outcome: ($1444.00 Rake)

All's well that ends well

2007-12-19T07:27:00.001-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4553297942: Table Auborn (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 10:25:42 ET - 2007/12/19
Seat 2: KaGame ($9,576)
Seat 4: ZingDingDing ($2,106)
Seat 5: dsindy ($2,496)
Seat 6: BOCKHUNTER ($2,033)
ZingDingDing posts the small blind of $10
dsindy posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [As Ac]
BOCKHUNTER has 15 seconds left to act
BOCKHUNTER folds
KaGame raises to $70
ZingDingDing raises to $250
dsindy folds
dsindy stands up
KaGame calls $180
*** FLOP *** [Qs 6d 5s]
ZingDingDing checks
KaGame bets $350
ZingDingDing has 15 seconds left to act
ZingDingDing raises to $1,250
KaGame raises to $2,150
ZingDingDing calls $606, and is all in
KaGame shows [As Ac]
ZingDingDing shows [Ts 7s]
Uncalled bet of $294 returned to KaGame
*** TURN *** [Qs 6d 5s] [9h]
*** RIVER *** [Qs 6d 5s 9h] [3d]
KaGame shows a pair of Aces
ZingDingDing shows Queen Ten high
KaGame wins the pot ($4,230) with a pair of Aces
ZingDingDing adds $2,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,232 | Rake $2
Board: [Qs 6d 5s 9h 3d]
Seat 2: KaGame (button) showed [As Ac] and won ($4,230) with a pair of Aces
Seat 4: ZingDingDing (small blind) showed [Ts 7s] and lost with Queen Ten high
Seat 5: dsindy (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: BOCKHUNTER didn't bet (folded)

HAHAHA

2007-12-19T04:45:00.000-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4552576624: Table Sparkle (6 max) - $5/$10 - $300 Cap No Limit Hold'em - 7:44:23 ET - 2007/12/19
Seat 1: MexLucK ($817)
Seat 2: KaGame ($1,507.50)
Seat 3: Carbondated ($416)
Seat 4: Budhist Monk ($968)
Seat 5: Hermaphrodite ($190)
Seat 6: amak316 ($39,750.50)
Budhist Monk posts the small blind of $5
Hermaphrodite posts the big blind of $10
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [9c 9h]
amak316 raises to $35
MexLucK folds
KaGame raises to $120
Carbondated folds
Budhist Monk folds
Hermaphrodite folds
amak316 calls $85
*** FLOP *** [2h 7h 7s]
Carbondated has been disconnected
amak316 checks
KaGame checks
*** TURN *** [2h 7h 7s] [7d]
Hermaphrodite adds $600
amak316 bets $180, and is capped
KaGame calls $180, and is capped
amak316 shows [2s Ah]
KaGame shows [9c 9h]
*** RIVER *** [2h 7h 7s 7d] [7c]
amak316 shows four of a kind, Sevens
KaGame shows four of a kind, Sevens
amak316 wins the pot ($612) with four of a kind, Sevens
Carbondated has reconnected
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $615 | Rake $3
Board: [2h 7h 7s 7d 7c]
Seat 1: MexLucK didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: KaGame showed [9c 9h] and lost with four of a kind, Sevens
Seat 3: Carbondated (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: Budhist Monk (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: Hermaphrodite (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: amak316 showed [2s Ah] and won ($612) with four of a kind, Sevens

Reality Resumes

2007-12-19T04:34:00.000-08:00

The capstone to a night of beat after beat after beat after beat after...

Full Tilt Poker Game #4552531617: Table Oakmont (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 7:28:41 ET - 2007/12/19
Seat 1: KaGame ($2,000)
Seat 2: Sydney Dean ($2,036)
Seat 3: luckydubs27 ($1,529)
Seat 4: BlaaserN ($368)
Seat 5: emma_206 ($500)
Seat 6: Legend ($380)
Legend posts the small blind of $10
KaGame posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Jc Jd]
emma_206 stands up
Sydney Dean raises to $40
luckydubs27 calls $40
BlaaserN folds
Legend folds
KaGame raises to $170
Sydney Dean has 15 seconds left to act
Sydney Dean raises to $560
luckydubs27 folds
KaGame raises to $2,000, and is all in
Sydney Dean calls $1,440
KaGame shows [Jc Jd]
Sydney Dean shows [Ah 5h]
*** FLOP *** [5c Kd 9h]
*** TURN *** [5c Kd 9h] [Ac]
*** RIVER *** [5c Kd 9h Ac] [Qh]
KaGame shows a pair of Jacks
Sydney Dean shows two pair, Aces and Fives
Sydney Dean wins the pot ($4,047) with two pair, Aces and Fives
KaGame adds $400
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,050 | Rake $3
Board: [5c Kd 9h Ac Qh]
Seat 1: KaGame (big blind) showed [Jc Jd] and lost with a pair of Jacks
Seat 2: Sydney Dean showed [Ah 5h] and won ($4,047) with two pair, Aces and Fives
Seat 3: luckydubs27 folded before the Flop
Seat 4: BlaaserN (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: emma_206 is sitting out
Seat 6: Legend (small blind) folded before the Flop

Excerpt from my paper on Survivorship and Randomness

2007-12-16T14:52:00.000-08:00

Feedback Welcomed

My own personal experiences with survivorship are the primary cause of my interest in this topic. Beginning about halfway through my sophomore year of undergraduate study I took up the habit of participating in a five nights a week poker game with a group of other students at the University of Kansas. This group was maintained by a core membership of about ten individuals, with perhaps twenty or more others frequenting the game on a whim or only on a few occasions. Thinking back, the vicissitudes of random luck on certain individuals caused them to disappear forever, while other less skilled or intelligent players, are still playing to this day. Those with the initial luck sufficient to keep them playing soon gained the necessary experience and skills to become long term break even players, or even winners vs. weaker competition than my group of poker savants. An appraisal of the group four years later gives us a very dynamic and bizarre set of results with regard to poker success among the group‘s members, many of whom I am still cordial with. The earliest winner in the game, a player I will call Jeff, had a great deal of natural brilliance and aggression in his early style. Jeff won a tremendous amount of money ($30k+) from a start of perhaps $50. After this initial run, Jeff experienced numerous “blowups” where he would put his entire bankroll into a game, start to experience poor luck, start playing terribly, and subsequently lose everything he had won. Another of the early leaders, a player referred to here as Stephen, played very well compared to the group initially, showing advanced reasoning skills and the ability to go with his instincts. However, later on Stephen experienced numerous shocks to his confidence and was unable to continue winning, becoming a long term break-even player who never advanced to fulfill his, in my opinion, considerable potential. Another player, whom I will call Brett, was one of the biggest losers in the game initially, the other players would prompt a friend of his to invite him to the regular game to donate money (only a $20 or $40 buy-in early on, growing to $100 or $200 later). This went on for some time, but eventually things clicked and Brett began to win occasionally, always improving versus the field. Through the years Brett has become one of the most successful poker players any of the group have ever met, winning hundreds of thousands of dollars playing professionally on the internet. Many other players with medium level skills from this group have done well, and even more who seemed promising have experienced poor results and given up the game except as an occasional hobby. I personally have experienced both great success and huge blowups, my saving grace the fact that I have always taken money while winning and put it into a savings account or the stock market, convinced that the role of luck in the game was huge and that the extent of my results might only be the result of a prolonged lucky streak. As my experience has grown I realize that at some points the difference between success and failure was truly a coin flip.
The implications of my observations, while not at all scholarly or scientific, do have the advantage of being the result of first hand and highly detailed experience. Everything I witnessed in this game in which results come from mostly short term variance, combined with the necessity for basic math skills, intuition, emotional self control, fearlessness in the face of intimidating sums of money, and constant adaptation, lead me to believe that long term success was highly possible with the correct money management and determination. I was always told poker was unbeatable, like any zero sum or worse (when considering the money raked out of every pot by the house). This common knowledge was simply wrong. Yet I realized that in any individual, the ability to see odds clearly and make probabilistically correct decisions was an incredibly rare ability, especially in newcomers. Those who were successful in the game short term had basic technical poker skills the group as a whole lacked, however as we all gained those skills through practice and emulation, the long term winners emerged. Those long term winners, I call them survivors, had traits incredibly similar to the traits of surviving farmers, or of money managers with extremely long survival rates. Anyone can do well in the short term due to luck or random factors, but true success requires acceptance and expectation of the black swan event that will surely befall us all one day. For poker, all successful players have a fallback plan in case of losing their playing bankroll. They even have contingencies to make such a loss almost an inevitability, such as moving down in game size, or setting loss limits for a certain time period. As we have seen, the other risk filled environments have similar requirements for survivorship. Whether it be a particularly vicious flood that sweeps all but the field planted at the highest elevation away; or the utter and complete economic collapse of a particular country causing a market panic and a portfolio shattered into huge losses except for that one risk hedging short position which balances out a large percentage of the loss. (As an aside, my penchant for risk assessment and management has led me to consider a career in stock trading, or short term investing. However the more I read on the subject, the more I see the skills I gained from poker are merely an entrance ticket, and short term luck in this field is just as high a factor as that in poker. Truly verifiable results might take years or even decades to be revealed.)

I Must Be. Clairvoyant.

2007-11-28T15:12:00.001-08:00

The Big Game

2007-11-27T13:14:00.000-08:00

Shanda ER Tonight! General bearish conditions and underperforming Chinese stocks have crushed Shanda down 20% or so. Pretty painful considering I rebought all the shares I had sold at $40 when the pps got back down to $36. I really had no idea when the conference call would be, but this is much later than I expected. Well, I changed my Ameritrade account to margin capable and now I have over 7000 shares. 7000 is the most I've ever held into a conference call. Many would say it is reckless gambling. Maybe they are right. However, I have confidence in the managment, and the chart looks strong. Many institutional market genius types have been buying in bulk. Chen gives an interview on CNN Money tomorrow. I suppose you could say I believe the stars have aligned for Shanda to move up over $5 tomorrow. What a rollercoaster!

WHAP THE POT aka paynter style

2007-11-16T19:15:00.001-08:00

Its just unfair how good this river bet is

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199850240: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:09:02 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($12,176.50)
Seat 2: KaGame ($10,176.75)
OneUponAStar posts the small blind of $25
KaGame posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Td Qc]
OneUponAStar raises to $150
KaGame calls $100
*** FLOP *** [3c Qd Jc]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar bets $200
KaGame raises to $400
OneUponAStar raises to $1,100
KaGame calls $700
*** TURN *** [3c Qd Jc] [Ah]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar checks
*** RIVER *** [3c Qd Jc Ah] [5c]
KaGame bets $3,000
OneUponAStar folds
Uncalled bet of $3,000 returned to KaGame
KaGame mucks
KaGame wins the pot ($2,499.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,500 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3c Qd Jc Ah 5c]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (small blind) folded on the River
Seat 2: KaGame (big blind) collected ($2,499.50), mucked

Same guy who wouldnt fold AA earlier on the scary river

2007-11-16T19:06:00.000-08:00

Hand plays itself, what an amazing flop, I really could just have a draw.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199806407: Table Larson (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:04:50 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: KaGame ($5,473)
Seat 2: skier_5 ($5,773)
Seat 3: kerpowski ($1,374)
Seat 4: Gollum63 ($500)
Seat 5: duke027 ($971)
Seat 6: thumper18 ($4,249.50)
skier_5 posts the small blind of $10
kerpowski posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [As Ah]
Gollum63 folds
duke027 folds
thumper18 raises to $70
KaGame raises to $240
skier_5 folds
kerpowski folds
thumper18 raises to $710
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame calls $470
*** FLOP *** [Td 6s 7d]
thumper18 bets $920
KaGame raises to $4,763, and is all in
thumper18 calls $2,619.50, and is all in
KaGame shows [As Ah]
thumper18 shows [Kh Kd]
Uncalled bet of $1,223.50 returned to KaGame
*** TURN *** [Td 6s 7d] [9c]
*** RIVER *** [Td 6s 7d 9c] [3c]
KaGame shows a pair of Aces
thumper18 shows a pair of Kings
KaGame wins the pot ($8,526) with a pair of Aces
thumper18 is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8,529 | Rake $3
Board: [Td 6s 7d 9c 3c]
Seat 1: KaGame (button) showed [As Ah] and won ($8,526) with a pair of Aces
Seat 2: skier_5 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: kerpowski (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: Gollum63 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: duke027 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: thumper18 showed [Kh Kd] and lost with a pair of Kings

This is the level of play that you cant teach

2007-11-16T19:01:00.000-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199759039: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 22:00:23 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($13,212)
Seat 2: KaGame ($9,145.75)
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [7h Ad]
KaGame raises to $100
OneUponAStar calls $50
*** FLOP *** [3h 4c 5h]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame bets $200
OneUponAStar calls $200
*** TURN *** [3h 4c 5h] [As]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame checks
*** RIVER *** [3h 4c 5h As] [Jc]
OneUponAStar bets $300
KaGame calls $300
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OneUponAStar shows [6c Tc] Ace Jack high
KaGame shows [7h Ad] a pair of Aces
KaGame wins the pot ($1,199.50) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,200 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3h 4c 5h As Jc]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) showed [6c Tc] and lost with Ace Jack high
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) showed [7h Ad] and won ($1,199.50) with a pair of Aces

he hits another draw

2007-11-16T18:47:00.000-08:00

Yeah he rivered a straight. I make a good fold.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199593083: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:45:20 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($12,968)
Seat 2: KaGame ($9,400.75)
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Js Jd]
KaGame raises to $150
OneUponAStar calls $100
*** FLOP *** [6d 4c 6s]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame bets $50
OneUponAStar raises to $250
KaGame calls $200
*** TURN *** [6d 4c 6s] [Qc]
OneUponAStar bets $500
KaGame calls $500
*** RIVER *** [6d 4c 6s Qc] [2s]
OneUponAStar bets $1,000
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame folds
Uncalled bet of $1,000 returned to OneUponAStar
OneUponAStar mucks
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($1,799.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,800 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6d 4c 6s Qc 2s]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) collected ($1,799.50), mucked
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) folded on the River

Here I make an amazing play

2007-11-16T18:37:00.000-08:00

Oops

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199483983: Table Larson (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:35:18 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: KaGame ($2,663)
Seat 2: skier_5 ($8,363.50)
Seat 3: kerpowski ($595)
Seat 4: alexkush ($927)
Seat 5: Jose Chavez ($790)
Seat 6: thumper18 ($2,559)
thumper18 posts the small blind of $10
KaGame posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [6d 2d]
skier_5 folds
kerpowski folds
alexkush folds
Jose Chavez folds
thumper18 raises to $80
KaGame calls $60
*** FLOP *** [4h 3h Jc]
thumper18 bets $160
KaGame calls $160
*** TURN *** [4h 3h Jc] [9c]
thumper18 bets $280
KaGame calls $280
*** RIVER *** [4h 3h Jc 9c] [6c]
thumper18 has 15 seconds left to act
thumper18 bets $620
KaGame raises to $2,143, and is all in
thumper18 has 15 seconds left to act
thumper18 has requested TIME
thumper18 calls $1,419, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $104 returned to KaGame
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [6d 2d] a pair of Sixes
thumper18 shows [Ad Ac] a pair of Aces
thumper18 wins the pot ($5,115) with a pair of Aces
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5,118 | Rake $3
Board: [4h 3h Jc 9c 6c]
Seat 1: KaGame (big blind) showed [6d 2d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: skier_5 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: kerpowski didn't bet (folded)
Seat 4: alexkush didn't bet (folded)
Seat 5: Jose Chavez (button) didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: thumper18 (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won ($5,115) with a pair of Aces

i love my turn raise, he loves calling and sucking out, i love making terrible river bets

2007-11-16T18:14:00.000-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199238014: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:13:01 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($8,339)
Seat 2: KaGame ($14,054.25)
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [7d 4s]
KaGame calls $25
OneUponAStar raises to $150
KaGame calls $100
*** FLOP *** [8d 4h 4d]
OneUponAStar bets $200
KaGame calls $200
*** TURN *** [8d 4h 4d] [Kh]
OneUponAStar bets $500
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame raises to $1,800
OneUponAStar calls $1,300
*** RIVER *** [8d 4h 4d Kh] [Ad]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame bets $2,200
OneUponAStar calls $2,200
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [7d 4s] three of a kind, Fours
OneUponAStar shows [Kd Jd] a flush, Ace high
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($8,699.50) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $8,700 | Rake $0.50
Board: [8d 4h 4d Kh Ad]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) showed [Kd Jd] and won ($8,699.50) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) showed [7d 4s] and lost with three of a kind, Fours

hit that min bet button one time uggh

2007-11-16T17:58:00.001-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199063758: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:56:41 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($9,471.50)
Seat 2: KaGame ($12,935.25)
OneUponAStar posts the small blind of $25
KaGame posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [3c 8c]
OneUponAStar raises to $150
KaGame calls $100
*** FLOP *** [7h Jh 6d]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar checks
*** TURN *** [7h Jh 6d] [2h]
KaGame bets $300
OneUponAStar calls $300
*** RIVER *** [7h Jh 6d 2h] [2d]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [3c 8c] a pair of Twos
OneUponAStar shows [Th 9c] a pair of Twos
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($899.50) with a pair of Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $900 | Rake $0.50
Board: [7h Jh 6d 2h 2d]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (small blind) showed [Th 9c] and won ($899.50) with a pair of Twos
Seat 2: KaGame (big blind) showed [3c 8c] and lost with a pair of Twos

Missed bluffing opportunities abound

2007-11-16T17:57:00.000-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199051217: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:55:28 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($9,097)
Seat 2: KaGame ($13,311.25)
OneUponAStar posts the small blind of $25
KaGame posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Js Kd]
OneUponAStar raises to $150
KaGame calls $100
*** FLOP *** [Qd 2s 3h]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar checks
*** TURN *** [Qd 2s 3h] [Tc]
KaGame bets $300
OneUponAStar calls $300
*** RIVER *** [Qd 2s 3h Tc] [6s]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [Js Kd] King Queen high
OneUponAStar mucks
KaGame wins the pot ($899.50) with King Queen high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $900 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qd 2s 3h Tc 6s]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (small blind) mucked [9d Jc] - Queen Jack high
Seat 2: KaGame (big blind) showed [Js Kd] and won ($899.50) with King Queen high

Misclick?

2007-11-16T17:55:00.001-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4199026407: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:53:05 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($8,098.50)
Seat 2: KaGame ($14,312.25)
OneUponAStar posts the small blind of $25
KaGame posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [8d 4d]
OneUponAStar raises to $150
KaGame raises to $500
OneUponAStar calls $350
*** FLOP *** [Qc Jc 9h]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar checks
*** TURN *** [Qc Jc 9h] [4s]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar bets $600
KaGame calls $600
*** RIVER *** [Qc Jc 9h 4s] [Ah]
KaGame checks
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar bets $1,400
KaGame folds
Uncalled bet of $1,400 returned to OneUponAStar
OneUponAStar mucks
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($2,199.50)
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,200 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qc Jc 9h 4s Ah]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (small blind) collected ($2,199.50), mucked
Seat 2: KaGame (big blind) folded on the River

See? Suckitude

2007-11-16T17:54:00.001-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4198980780: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:48:42 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($5,000)
Seat 2: KaGame ($17,412.75)
KaGame: gf
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [8d 7d]
KaGame raises to $150
KaGame: hah thanks foldtocash
OneUponAStar raises to $450
KaGame calls $300
*** FLOP *** [6s Qc 5c]
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar bets $750
KaGame calls $750
*** TURN *** [6s Qc 5c] [As]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame checks
*** RIVER *** [6s Qc 5c As] [2d]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame bets $1,500
OneUponAStar calls $1,500
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [8d 7d] Ace Queen high
OneUponAStar shows [Kd Qs] a pair of Queens
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($5,399.50) with a pair of Queens
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $5,400 | Rake $0.50
Board: [6s Qc 5c As 2d]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) showed [Kd Qs] and won ($5,399.50) with a pair of Queens
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) showed [8d 7d] and lost with Ace Queen high

wow i suck

2007-11-16T17:48:00.000-08:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #4198935696: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:44:23 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($5,199.50)
Seat 2: KaGame ($16,713.75)
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [4d 5d]
KaGame raises to $150
OneUponAStar calls $100
*** FLOP *** [3d 3s 2c]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame bets $300
OneUponAStar raises to $800
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame calls $500
*** TURN *** [3d 3s 2c] [9c]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame checks
*** RIVER *** [3d 3s 2c 9c] [Jc]
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
OneUponAStar shows [7h 6s] a pair of Threes
KaGame mucks
OneUponAStar wins the pot ($1,899.50) with a pair of Threes
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,900 | Rake $0.50
Board: [3d 3s 2c 9c Jc]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) showed [7h 6s] and won ($1,899.50) with a pair of Threes
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) mucked [4d 5d] - a pair of Threes

More gross action

2007-11-16T17:44:00.000-08:00

This pot put me even for the day. Good grief what a cooler for him.

Full Tilt Poker Game #4198894998: Table Even (heads up) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 20:40:30 ET - 2007/11/16
Seat 1: OneUponAStar ($6,843.75)
Seat 2: KaGame ($10,071.50)
KaGame posts the small blind of $25
OneUponAStar posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Ad Ac]
KaGame raises to $100
OneUponAStar raises to $400
KaGame raises to $1,200
OneUponAStar calls $800
*** FLOP *** [As 5h 6d]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame checks
*** TURN *** [As 5h 6d] [Kd]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame bets $500
OneUponAStar calls $500
*** RIVER *** [As 5h 6d Kd] [3s]
OneUponAStar checks
KaGame has 15 seconds left to act
KaGame bets $1,000
OneUponAStar has 15 seconds left to act
OneUponAStar raises to $3,200
KaGame raises to $8,371.50, and is all in
OneUponAStar calls $1,943.75, and is all in
Uncalled bet of $3,227.75 returned to KaGame
*** SHOW DOWN ***
KaGame shows [Ad Ac] three of a kind, Aces
OneUponAStar mucks
KaGame wins the pot ($13,687) with three of a kind, Aces
OneUponAStar is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13,687.50 | Rake $0.50
Board: [As 5h 6d Kd 3s]
Seat 1: OneUponAStar (big blind) mucked [6s 6c] - three of a kind, Sixes
Seat 2: KaGame (small blind) showed [Ad Ac] and won ($13,687) with three of a kind, Aces

Luck > Skill @ 50/100

2007-11-12T11:42:00.000-08:00

So a bit of an into here, I'm rambling pretty high as I'm disgusted at the stock market and want to make some money back. I was being intelligent about it, sat at two 50/100 tables with a shortstack idiot, who I won a bit from. But the games fill and before I quit this hand occurs. I realize this is a bad flop for me, and lead-calling an all in is trouble as I really only beat AQ and Iva seems to be quite good(probably doesnt have AQ). I figure hes likely to put me on AK if I check and perhaps bet JJ or his own AK, so I check, intending to most likely move in if he bets. Well he checks and I turn top set, wow. I have to lead because the board is increasingly likely to have a 4 card straight on the river and the pot is already large, but I'm going to chump bet in case he has a marginal hand and he might put it in putting me on air due to my flop check. Wow he moves in and I call, thankfully he doesnt have a bizarre hand for a straight, but a set of Queens! Heck of a flop check by him LOL.

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Full Tilt Poker Game #4152728714: Table Kennedy (6 max) - $50/$100 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:36:48 ET - 2007/11/12
Seat 2: Iva-lakcko ($10,000)
Seat 3: KaGame ($5,962)
Seat 5: 40putts ($2,572)
Seat 6: I Win Flips ($10,000)
KaGame posts the small blind of $50
40putts posts the big blind of $100
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Kh Kc]
Iva-lakcko raises to $350
I Win Flips is sitting out
KaGame raises to $1,150
40putts folds
Iva-lakcko has 15 seconds left to act
Iva-lakcko calls $800
*** FLOP *** [Tc Qs 5d]
KaGame checks
Iva-lakcko checks
*** TURN *** [Tc Qs 5d] [Kd]
KaGame bets $1,000
Iva-lakcko raises to $8,850, and is all in
KaGame calls $3,812, and is all in
Iva-lakcko shows [Qd Qc]
KaGame shows [Kh Kc]
Uncalled bet of $4,038 returned to Iva-lakcko
*** RIVER *** [Tc Qs 5d Kd] [3c]
Iva-lakcko shows three of a kind, Queens
KaGame shows three of a kind, Kings
KaGame wins the pot ($12,023) with three of a kind, Kings
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $12,024 | Rake $1
Board: [Tc Qs 5d Kd 3c]
Seat 2: Iva-lakcko (button) showed [Qd Qc] and lost with three of a kind, Queens
Seat 3: KaGame (small blind) showed [Kh Kc] and won ($12,023) with three of a kind, Kings
Seat 5: 40putts (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: I Win Flips is sitting out

Stock markets killing me, lets play some poker

2007-11-08T22:51:00.001-08:00

So a little history here; I have found the HU play on UB to be simply atrocious. If only the site wasnt connected to AbsolutelyRigged poker I would be playing there full time, as it is FTP has my business currently, even though the games arent quite as good. Its sortof funny though, I sometimes do better against the higher caliber players, as I know how theyre playing and they have no idea about me b/c I switch the gears alot (Thanks Sammy!).

So back to the hand at issue, this crazy ass had been potting it to $75 every single button and calling my reraises to $300 every hand, with as light as QJ (vs my TT he hits a J and a idioticly value bet the river when he checks behind every street till then). So, I'm down about $1500. Hes running me over, reraising 1/3 of my button raises. So he has a hand but not too often will he have QQ, KK, or AA. I am about 90% confident my JJ is good here before the river, due to his turn check, and at the river he has to have A9 or have flopped a set of 7s to have me beat. A9 I believe he would have lead the turn or check raised since the pot was so big, so unless he was making an awful turn call with AK high, Im only losing to 77744. His terrible turn play allows me to get full value from my hand, and hes not even sure what hes doing on the river, and neither am I, but I know I have the best hand, easy call.

Hand #47285500-12749 at PhilHellmuth4 (No Limit Hold'em)
Started at 09/Nov/07 01:47:37

Kagame is at seat 0 with $2414.
Lent53 is at seat 1 with $3886.50.
The button is at seat 0.

Kagame posts the small blind of $10.
Lent53 posts the big blind of $25.

Kagame: Jc Jd
Lent53: -- --

Pre-flop:

Kagame raises to $75. Lent53 re-raises to $280.
Kagame calls.

Flop (board: 9c 4d 7s):

Lent53 bets $410. Kagame calls.

Turn (board: 9c 4d 7s 4c):

Lent53 checks. Kagame bets $600. Lent53 calls.

River (board: 9c 4d 7s 4c As):

Lent53 bets $2580. Kagame goes all-in for $1124.
Lent53 is returned $1456 (uncalled).

Showdown:

Lent53 shows 8d 8h.
Lent53 has 8d 8h 4d 4c As: two pair, eights and fours.
Kagame shows Jc Jd.
Kagame has Jc Jd 4d 4c As: two pair, jacks and fours.

Hand #47285500-12749 Summary:

$.50 is raked from a pot of $4828.
Kagame wins $4827.50 with two pair, jacks and fours.
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I LOVE 25/50

2007-10-28T16:03:00.000-07:00

Full Tilt Poker Game #3996791260: Table Sonador (6 max) - $25/$50 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:54:39 ET - 2007/10/28
Seat 1: SaturdayNight1 ($5,820)
Seat 2: Big Eye Fish ($5,874)
Seat 3: KaGame ($6,160)
Seat 4: Ansky451 ($5,500)
Seat 5: hcdnttb ($6,032)
Ansky451 posts the small blind of $25
hcdnttb posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [As Ad]
SaturdayNight1 folds
Big Eye Fish raises to $175
KaGame calls $175
Ansky451 raises to $750
hcdnttb has 15 seconds left to act
hcdnttb folds
Big Eye Fish calls $575
KaGame raises to $2,300
Ansky451 has 15 seconds left to act
Ansky451 has requested TIME
WHO am EYE lol sits down
Ansky451 raises to $5,500, and is all in
Big Eye Fish folds
WHO am EYE lol adds $1,060
KaGame calls $3,200
Ansky451 shows [Jd Js]
KaGame shows [As Ad]
*** FLOP *** [8c 4d 2s]
WHO am EYE lol is feeling confused
*** TURN *** [8c 4d 2s] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [8c 4d 2s 9s] [2d]
Ansky451 shows two pair, Jacks and Twos
KaGame shows two pair, Aces and Twos
KaGame wins the pot ($11,797) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Ansky451 adds $5,000
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $11,800 | Rake $3
Board: [8c 4d 2s 9s 2d]
Seat 1: SaturdayNight1 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: Big Eye Fish folded before the Flop
Seat 3: KaGame (button) showed [As Ad] and won ($11,797) with two pair, Aces and Twos
Seat 4: Ansky451 (small blind) showed [Jd Js] and lost with two pair, Jacks and Twos
Seat 5: hcdnttb (big blind) folded before the Flop

Magic!

2007-10-11T13:48:00.000-07:00

Take the Magic: The Gathering 'What Color Are You?' Quiz.

Yeah River! :)

2007-10-01T17:46:00.000-07:00

Oh wait, I was already winning :) I love when big games get wild preflop and you can just nit it up and get sick action with your monster hands. This is pretty much the situation I was waiting for hours for, folding hand after hand to the lagdonks. As Phil Helmuth says, just let them think they can push you around every hand, and soon enough you have all the chips and your opponent is sitting there bemused and broke.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $25 BB (4 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from http://www.flopturnriver.comFlopTurnRiver.com (Format: Plain Text)

UTG ($9805.50)
Button ($2496)
SB ($2500)
Hero (SNDA) ($1758)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Ah, Kc.
1 fold, Button raises to $85, 1 fold, Hero raises to $375, Button raises to $2385, Hero calls $1383 (All-In). Button shows Ad, Ts.

Flop: ($3526) 7h, 7c, Jc (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: ($3526) 6d (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: ($3526) Ks (2 players, 1 all-in)

Button has Ad 7h 7c Jc Ks: a pair of sevens.
Hero (SNDA) has Ah Kc 7h 7c Ks: two pair, kings and sevens.

Hero (SNDA) wins $3524 with two pair, kings and sevens.

Shanda CC 8/29

2007-09-02T22:32:00.000-07:00

Analysts give positive nod to Shanda's performance

By Chris Oliver, MarketWatch

Last Update: 7:55 AM ET Aug 28, 2007

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Analysts praised Shanda Interactive Entertainment Ltd. second-quarter results, saying the Chinese online gaming company appears to be making gains in key markets.

4:00pm 08/31/2007

Shanda said its active paying accounts totaled 2.72 million for the three months ending June 30, up 16% from the preceding quarter...

"It looks like a good set of results," said Dick Wei , an analyst who covers the company for JPMorgan in Hong Kong. "People were concerned that Shanda was taking money from the same user rather than expanding the user base, but from this set of results we can see that Shanda is increasing its user base."

Shanda's quarterly profit totaled 415.9 million yuan ($54.6 million), up from 133.6 million yuan in the same quarter a year earlier.

Wei maintained his "overweight" rating on the share and will consider revising his current price target from $35 in view of the strong results.

"I think with Shanda's good marketing capability the company can get more money out of a bigger user base in the long term," Wei said.

He added Shanda's quarterly non-GAAP operating margin rose to 46%, up from 44% in first quarter.

In a conference call late Monday Chief Financial Officer Daniel Zhang said the company expects third-quarter revenue to increase between 8% and 11% from the previous quarter.

"My view is quite positive on them (Shanda)," said James Rhee, an analyst who covers the company for Bear, Stearns & Co. in Hong Kong. "They've had their ups and their downs and they are definitely on the road back."

Excluding an investment gain from the sale of shares in Sina Corp, net profit for the quarter was 238.4 million yuan or 3.28 yuan (42 cents) per American Depositary Share.

Revenue in the quarter amounted to 564.4 million yuan ($74.1 million), up 39.1% from 405.7 million yuan in the second quarter of 2006. Analysts polled by Thomson Financial were expecting, on average, a per-share profit of 36 cents a share on revenue of $72 million.

Shanda also said Monday Chief Financial Officer Daniel Zhang has resigned but will remain on the board. Jun Tang, the company's president, was named acting chief executive.

Chris Oliver is MarketWatch's Asia bureau chief, based in Hong Kong.

omaha oh ma

2007-07-23T20:05:00.000-07:00

Christmas comes twice. Lumps of coal.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3040164493: Table Lafaette (6 max) - $2/$4 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 23:00:22 ET - 2007/07/23
Seat 1: RaycerX ($289)
Seat 2: Wooderson123 ($766.70)
Seat 3: KaGame ($2,425.60)
Seat 4: ariigoldd ($1,093.50)
Seat 5: holdemit ($220)
Seat 6: COYS ($417)
holdemit posts the small blind of $2
COYS posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [3h 3s 2h 4h]
RaycerX calls $4
Wooderson123 folds
KaGame raises to $18
ariigoldd calls $18
holdemit folds
COYS folds
KaGame is feeling happy
RaycerX calls $14
*** FLOP *** [7h 2s 5s]
RaycerX checks
KaGame checks
ariigoldd bets $60
RaycerX calls $60
KaGame calls $60
*** TURN *** [7h 2s 5s] [Ad]
RaycerX checks
KaGame bets $240
ariigoldd raises to $960
RaycerX folds
KaGame raises to $1,680
ariigoldd calls $55.50, and is all in
KaGame shows [3h 3s 2h 4h]
ariigoldd shows [As Ks 6c 5h]
Uncalled bet of $664.50 returned to KaGame
*** RIVER *** [7h 2s 5s Ad] [4s]
KaGame shows a straight, Five high
ariigoldd shows a flush, Ace high
ariigoldd wins the pot ($2,268) with a flush, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,271 | Rake $3
Board: [7h 2s 5s Ad 4s]
Seat 1: RaycerX folded on the Turn
Seat 2: Wooderson123 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 3: KaGame showed [3h 3s 2h 4h] and lost with a straight, Five high
Seat 4: ariigoldd (button) showed [As Ks 6c 5h] and won ($2,268) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 5: holdemit (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 6: COYS (big blind) folded before the Flop

how not to play omaha

2007-07-23T19:41:00.000-07:00

What a gift.

Full Tilt Poker Game #3039895290: Table Lafaette (6 max) - $2/$4 - Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 22:38:04 ET - 2007/07/23
Seat 1: seatownz ($806.90)
Seat 2: Wooderson123 ($396)
Seat 3: KaGame ($1,812.20)
Seat 4: ariigoldd ($629.50)
Seat 5: holdemit ($60)
Seat 6: usi34 ($396), is sitting out
Wooderson123 posts the small blind of $2
KaGame posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #1
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Jc 3c Ts Ks]
ariigoldd has 15 seconds left to act
ariigoldd raises to $14
holdemit folds
seatownz raises to $48
Wooderson123 folds
KaGame calls $44
ariigoldd calls $34
*** FLOP *** [Js 5s Qh]
KaGame checks
ariigoldd checks
seatownz bets $146
KaGame raises to $584
ariigoldd folds
seatownz raises to $758.90, and is all in
KaGame calls $174.90
seatownz shows [7h 6h Kc Kh]
KaGame shows [Jc 3c Ts Ks]
*** TURN *** [Js 5s Qh] [9s]
*** RIVER *** [Js 5s Qh 9s] [Qd]
seatownz shows two pair, Kings and Queens
KaGame shows a flush, King high
KaGame wins the pot ($1,660.80) with a flush, King high
seatownz is sitting out
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $1,663.80 | Rake $3
Board: [Js 5s Qh 9s Qd]
Seat 1: seatownz (button) showed [7h 6h Kc Kh] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens
Seat 2: Wooderson123 (small blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 3: KaGame (big blind) showed [Jc 3c Ts Ks] and won ($1,660.80) with a flush, King high
Seat 4: ariigoldd folded on the Flop
Seat 5: holdemit didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: usi34 is sitting out

Now thats what we call ChauBang!

2007-05-04T04:57:00.000-07:00

** Game ID 1363244860 starting - 2007-05-04 06:51:05
** Smelt [Hold 'em] (2.00|4.00 No Limit - Cash Game) Real Money

- Miss_Millis sitting in seat 1 with $377.40
- SickenKing sitting in seat 2 with $394.00 [Dealer]
- hassearo228 sitting in seat 3 with $560.50
- boeks sitting in seat 4 with $916.80
- kyl111 sitting in seat 5 with $193.60
- ChauBang sitting in seat 6 with $869.46

hassearo228 posted the small blind - $2.00
boeks posted the big blind - $4.00
** Dealing card to ChauBang: King of Spades, Queen of Spades
kyl111 raised - $16.00
ChauBang called - $16.00
Miss_Millis folded
SickenKing folded
hassearo228 folded
boeks raised - $52.00
kyl111 folded
ChauBang called - $52.00

** Dealing the flop: 9 of Spades, 6 of Spades, 8 of Diamonds
boeks bet - $122.00
ChauBang called - $122.00

** Dealing the turn: 8 of Spades
boeks checked
ChauBang bet - $183.00
boeks went all-in - $746.80
ChauBang went all-in - $512.46

** Dealing the river: Jack of Clubs

ChauBang shows: King of Spades, Queen of Spades
boeks shows: Jack of Diamonds, Jack of Hearts

boeks wins $1753.92 from the main pot

Shanda CC on 5/10

2007-04-30T00:25:00.000-07:00

Here we go again. This when my instincts will really be put to the test, as this is the time for Shanda to move above $30, at which point I will most likely significantly reduce my position size to eliminate my shares held on margin. Holding these shares, which takes my total number up to 5000, is costing me about $400 a month. A small price to pay for the possible $5/s x 2000 this quarter will bring me in pure profit if the quarter is a resounding success as I predict it will be. The game pipeline grows ever stronger, the internet marketplace turns into an internet mall, and margins improve. All Hail the Free to Play model!

The Beginning of the End of the Petrodollar

2006-12-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

http://mathaba.net/0_index.shtml?x=530827

Stumbled across this link tonight, the article really ties together all the pieces of the US economic and military imperialism weak dollar puzzle. Take a look. Another scary installment in the world of coinflips.

shandaislovingme

2006-11-29T16:25:00.000-08:00

Oh, I smell vindication. Thanks for the upgrade JP!

She had an A1 body and a face to match

2006-11-29T15:26:00.000-08:00

People love to play back at me incessantly, most likely due to the crazydonklag image I craft at all available moments :-).

Full Tilt Poker Game #1325498541: Table Supreme (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:21:49 ET - 2006/11/29
Seat 1: harrydebeng ($2,260)
Seat 3: Irina_K ($2,110)
Seat 4: -AKwow- ($4,271)
Seat 5: KaGame ($3,829.65)
Seat 6: low_key23 ($1,909.45)
Irina_K posts the small blind of $10
-AKwow- posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Kd Ks]
fangus1 stands up
KaGame raises to $70
low_key23 folds
harrydebeng calls $70
Irina_K calls $60
-AKwow- folds
*** FLOP *** [8c 5s Qd]
Irina_K bets $20
PTAYLOR adds $2,000
KaGame raises to $200
harrydebeng calls $200
Irina_K folds
*** TURN *** [8c 5s Qd] [6d]
KaGame checks
harrydebeng bets $440
KaGame raises to $1,100
harrydebeng raises to $1,990, and is all in
KaGame calls $890
harrydebeng shows [6h 7d]
KaGame shows [Kd Ks]
*** RIVER *** [8c 5s Qd 6d] [2s]
harrydebeng shows a pair of Sixes
KaGame shows a pair of Kings
KaGame wins the pot ($4,627) with a pair of Kings
harrydebeng stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $4,630 | Rake $3
Board: [8c 5s Qd 6d 2s]
Seat 1: harrydebeng showed [6h 7d] and lost with a pair of Sixes
Seat 2: fangus1 (button) Seat 3: Irina_K (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: -AKwow- (big blind) folded before the Flop
Seat 5: KaGame showed [Kd Ks] and won ($4,627) with a pair of Kings
Seat 6: low_key23 didn't bet (folded)

Then there's this.

2006-11-28T18:56:00.000-08:00

Some people just squeeze ya too tight ;-)

Full Tilt Poker Game #1321389924: Table Oakmont (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:54:31 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 1: jinsokkp ($2,385)
Seat 2: cinidy lynn ($400)
Seat 3: buck99 ($2,492.50)
Seat 4: KaGame ($1,937)
Seat 5: porktom ($2,093)
Seat 6: PIPETHREADER ($547)
KaGame posts the small blind of $10
porktom posts the big blind of $20
5 seconds left to act
cinidy lynn is sitting out
Time has expired
The button is in seat #3
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [Ah Jc]
PIPETHREADER folds
jinsokkp folds
buck99 raises to $78
KaGame calls $68
porktom raises to $312
buck99 folds
KaGame raises to $1,014
porktom raises to $2,093, and is all in
KaGame calls $923, and is all in
porktom shows [4c 5c]
KaGame shows [Ah Jc]
Uncalled bet of $156 returned to porktom
*** FLOP *** [9d Jd 8d]
*** TURN *** [9d Jd 8d] [2d]
*** RIVER *** [9d Jd 8d 2d] [2c]
porktom shows a pair of Twos
KaGame shows two pair, Jacks and Twos
KaGame wins the pot ($3,949) with two pair, Jacks and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $3,952 | Rake $3
Board: [9d Jd 8d 2d 2c]
Seat 1: jinsokkp didn't bet (folded)
Seat 2: cinidy lynn is sitting out
Seat 3: buck99 (button) folded before the Flop
Seat 4: KaGame (small blind) showed [Ah Jc] and won ($3,949) with two pair, Jacks and Twos
Seat 5: porktom (big blind) showed [4c 5c] and lost with a pair of Twos
Seat 6: PIPETHREADER didn't bet (folded)

Sickness

2006-11-28T18:35:00.000-08:00

These are the hands that I could post but don't.

Full Tilt Poker Game #1321254728: Table Oakmont (6 max) - $10/$20 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:32:35 ET - 2006/11/28
Seat 2: boringplayer ($1,368)
Seat 4: KaGame ($1,609.50)
boringplayer posts the small blind of $10
KaGame posts the big blind of $20
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to KaGame [8d 8s]
boringplayer raises to $60
KaGame raises to $220
boringplayer raises to $1,368, and is all in
KaGame calls $1,148
boringplayer shows [Ah 6s]
KaGame shows [8d 8s]
*** FLOP *** [Qc 8c Ks]
*** TURN *** [Qc 8c Ks] [Tc]
*** RIVER *** [Qc 8c Ks Tc] [Js]
boringplayer shows a straight, Ace high
KaGame shows three of a kind, Eights
boringplayer wins the pot ($2,735.50) with a straight, Ace high
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,736 | Rake $0.50
Board: [Qc 8c Ks Tc Js]
Seat 2: boringplayer (small blind) showed [Ah 6s] and won ($2,735.50) with a straight, Ace high
Seat 4: KaGame (big blind) showed [8d 8s] and lost with three of a kind, Eights

An Inconvenient Truth

2006-11-28T13:32:00.001-08:00

You need to see this movie.

Al Gore is officially sexyman. Terrifying stuff. I would love to work with this group:

www.climatecrisis.net

The IRS is Illegal

2006-11-28T13:32:00.000-08:00

Holy hell. There is no legal statute saying we have to pay income tax. Literally. The 16th Amm. wasnt even really ratified. Bankers control the US. Amazing stuff here.

So...

2006-11-11T04:12:00.000-08:00

Apparently the market doesnt like it when a company trounces estimates by .08 cents, from .18 ps to .26 ps. Lovely runup before the conference call. Great quarter. Stock drops back all gains from the day before and then some. There have been a ton of upgrades and projected price targets seem to be right at $20. To top it all of all the news headlines focused on year over year declines instead of quarter over quarter growth and a beaten estimate. Year over year decline is already priced in. Apparently everyone thought the estimate was going to be beaten by MUCH more and was disapointed. Then, pardon my french, what the fuck is the point of an estimate?!?

Shanda Back On Track

2006-11-11T02:50:00.000-08:00

SHANGHAI, China, Nov 09, 2006 /Xinhua-PRNewswire via COMTEX News Network/

Shanda Interactive Entertainment Limited (Nasdaq: SNDA), or Shanda, a
leading interactive entertainment media company in China, today announced
its unaudited financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2006.


Summary of the Third Quarter 2006:
-- Total net revenues increased 7.7% quarter-over-quarter and decreased
12.6% year-over-year to RMB436.8 million (US$ 55.2 million).
-- Online game revenues, including MMORPGs and casual games, increased
9.4% quarter-over-quarter and decreased 6.6% year-over-year to RMB409.1
million (US$ 51.7 million).
-- Average monthly revenue per active paying account for MMORPGs increased
13.4% quarter-over-quarter to RMB51.6.
-- Operating income increased 23.4% quarter-over-quarter and decreased
25.7% year-over-year to RMB112.7 million (US$14.2 million).
-- Net income was RMB143.5 million (US$ 18.1 million), compared to net
income of RMB133.6 million in the second quarter of 2006 and RMB261.1
million in the third quarter of 2005. Earnings per diluted ADS were RMB
1.98 (US$ 0.26), compared to earnings per diluted ADS of RMB 1.86 in
the second quarter of 2006 and RMB 3.56 in the third quarter of 2005.


"Shanda posted solid third quarter results which were primarily driven by growth in our
MMORPG and casual game business over second quarter 2006 levels," said Tianqiao Chen,
Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of Shanda. "The continuous growth illustrates again
that the new revenue model is sustainable and scalable. We believe this new model has
now justified itself as an effective way to most efficiently discover and satisfy user
demands, extend the life cycle of games and build a sustainable community experience
for our interactive entertainment offerings. The successful transition has once again
proven that Shanda's core competence lies in its operational ability to quickly address
changing user demands. We are also excited about the MMORPGs and casual games in our
pipeline. In the fourth quarter, we plan to commercially launch Dungeons & Dragons(R)
Online in additionto the launch of three new casual games including Kong-Fu Masters."

Was there ever any doubt?

2006-08-15T18:29:00.000-07:00

Chen Tianqiao “Shanda is more mature”

“Shanda is unwilling to earn shot-term money, while it doesn’t mean Shanda doesn’t have the ability to profit because we will not do the things conflicting with our principal objective. For instance, though we can profit from pay-to-play mode, we adopt free-to-play mode for it is better satisfy our principal objective,” says Shanda’s CEO Chen Tianqiao, “Each time Shanda got its success at the cost of taking huge risk and went through hardship, however, Shanda is more likely to succeed when it experiences hardship. Now, Shanda is more mature and confident than ever.”

Chen has been given confidence by two pieces of news. One is about Actoz, Shanda-controlling company and also the developer of “Legend”, Actoz's share price increased 14% when it released its new online game, the other one Sina, having sold 19.5% stake to Shanda, its share price increased 17% after it announced its Q2 financial report. According to Shanda’s insiders, Actoz and Sina’s previous unsatisfying performances influence Shanda a lot, while, now the current situation has changed.

sina http://tech.sina.com.cn/i/2006-08-11/09271081554.shtml

Shanda (SNDA)

2006-08-15T02:52:00.000-07:00

Nemesis. Disaster. Woe and Ruin.

The sort of terminology that has been coming to mind over the last 6 months or year when it comes to this stock, my primary equity holding.

Chinese Internet Gaming and Entertainment. Visionary CEO. Partnerships with many major US companies including Disney, HP, and Motorola. Archlord and Dungeons and Dragons.

The stock has almost rebounded fully from one of the following: the governmental regulation fiasco; The MIR II fiasco;The free-to-play fiasco. Yes, these are all separate traumatic events.

Will The9 fall? Will the World of Warcraft be supplanted? Will Shanda reclaim its throne as the #1 Chinese Internet Gaming company?

Tune in tonight at 9pm to the conference call! Riches are waiting to be plundered. Dartskyd holds 3000 shares. Holla.

WSOP Event #37, $1500 NL

2006-08-03T16:56:00.000-07:00

My first WSOP event, my first cash.

Welcome!

2006-08-03T16:44:00.000-07:00

Everyone seems to need a voice on the Net these days. Well, even though I'm not willing to scream to be heard, I've been won over. Everyone give thanks to a certain Joe Rogan, or perhaps a distinguished Tommy Angelo.

You may be interested in the following topics: $, $$, $$$

Seriously though, this is a window into the mind of a successful professional poker player. Age is not an issue. Skill tested over thousands of hands is the measure of my talent.

There will also be social commentary, discussion of my as yet futile efforts to conquer the stock market, various life updates, etc. But you know where the drama comes from. War on virtual green felt.

Oh yeah.

Vegas Baby, Vegas!