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Negreanu is Wrong; Being Right

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 30 - 20093 COMMENTS

The other day Daniel Negreanu had blogged about his opinion,
The 50k HORSE- A One Year Blip where he talks about how there is no TV coverage of the HORSE event so players didn’t want to play / enter. “Not because poker players are so desperate to be on television”
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Winning With Table Selection

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 30 - 20092 COMMENTS

http://www.thedonkeyofpoker.com/poker-images/1/1-17.jpgPicking the right table is just as important as playing the right cards.
At the low limit micro tables, picking up some fast cash with smaller risks yields a greater return.  What tables should you be looking at to play?
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Weekend Warrior Playing

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 29 - 20092 COMMENTS

http://www.thedonkeyofpoker.com/poker-images/1/1-22.jpgWas a big weekend of big games for Sunday.
Carbon Poker $50k and MiniSOP Event #53 were the two big games I had scheduled to take part while mixing in some cash table, Black Jack and Roulette… the adventures of a donkey and a dream continues.
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$77 Carbon Cash Table

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 27 - 20093 COMMENTS

Poker is a funny game sometimes.  We laugh we cry and sometimes should leave it be and walk away when things are just not going your way.  Well, that is what I did when I was playing $25 Black Jack for about an hour till I ran into a cold run changing my swing to -$200 (was up almost $500 – ya I know, you have your job I have mine).

So I decided to go play some poker and recoup some of my loses


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Blind Stealing in Tournaments

Posted by Assistanc3 On June - 27 - 20094 COMMENTS

When playing poker tournaments it is crucial to wining and cashing in them by stealing blinds to get yourself extra chips to keep from floating.  Knowing where you can steal blinds from and attacking the right players is the key to successful attempts.
Lets look at those points supported with an outline.
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