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Goodbye to the NX-class

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 09:00:56 +0000

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A quiet escalation, and Sham’s game

admin — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:49:50 +0000

The recent heater has allowed me to quietly creep up in levels, to NL$2/3 on Bodog and some stabs at NL$2/4 on Full Tilt.

It's pretty exciting to me, since I've tripled my bankroll since the summer when I had a lot of kitty chemo bills.

NL$2/4 also is/will be a rite of passage for me, since I blew a huge chunk of my previous bankroll when I first moved up to that level in October 2006, just about the time of the UIGEA and my break-up with Kelley.

Of course, that was pre-CR offense and I can safely say that I really had no idea what I was doing at the time.

In the most recent CardPlayer, pro Kenny Tran talks about how you should move up in limits only when you've become bored with the current level.

I remember when I limped my 'roll into Bodog's NL$200 last summer and would run away, licking my paws when I would get spanked for $24. lol. Now it feels as natural to me as NL$100 or NL$50, which I still play on Bodog if the tables are good.

Having lots of buy-ins really helps when it comes time to make a decision. I feel like I am growing accustomed to NL$2/3 (although I really feel compelled to pay the extra dollar all the time in the $2 SB way too much) but I'll need more hands to feel good about $2/4.

I mean, I don't have any qualms about sacrificing a $300 stack, but I felt like I did playing NL$2/4's $400 stack, which is something that only a lot of hands -- and winning and losing stacks -- can numb.

Despite having all that fun, I went over to Sham's to play poker with the crew -- especially after having $4 blinds make my head spin, I thought it would be very relaxing to play in a $.05/.10 $5 max game.

So I put on some tennis shoes and ambled down the street, the warm evening packing Virginia-Highland with lots of bargoers, it was so nice to see all the activity.

Sham kept on 3-betting me light or raising light pf so I would just call and then call down whatever I flopped, if it was a J-high board, or even, in one instance 3rd pair (fours).

I raised and bet aggressively with primo draws in 2-7 TD and baducey and I also just donk called Brigid most of the time in Razz.

Those plays might have helped me in my biggest pot of the night against her, when we were playing NL Omaha and I turned my straight with T,9,8,6. It's so hard to see a straight and especially shorthanded.

Ended up cashing 3-1/2 buy-ins (SPAM 2-3), so it was a worthy evening.

Source: A quiet escalation, and Sham's game

India Poker Tour

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 19:14:11 +0000

The India Poker Tour which will take place in autumn will have preliminary events starting in June 2008. The $1 million prize pool televised tournament is organised by the creators of the popular Asia Poker Classic, and is expected to show the growth in poker interest throughout India.

Four tournaments have been scheduled for this year, starting in September and concluding in November. Tournaments will begin in Mumbai, and move to Bangalore and New Delhi, before the final event is played in Goa; the only state in Indian to boast legalised casinos. Online satellites are set to begin in June, providing players with the chance to win a seat.

Players will be from around the globe, and those reasonably new to the game will benefit from a poker school which will be set up to teach players additional skills. Indian poker enthusiasts are hoping that this year they will improve on the third place position in the Asia Poker Classic last year which went to Indian player Pranav Bathija.

Source: India Poker Tour

PartyPoker Premier League, Grand Final: Andy Black Triumphs

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 12:46:55 +0000

John 'Falstaff' Hartness The Grand Final of the PartyPoker Premier League saw big hands, big draws and a big payday for Andy Black, as he came from behind during heads-up play to claim the $250,000 first-place prize. Black overcame five of the top players in the world on his way to the title.

With Tony "G" Guoga, Black, Marcel Luske and Alex Kravchenko already having secured their spots in the Grand Final, four others played heads-up matches in best-of-five formats to win the final two seats. Eddy Scharf and Roland de Wolfe squared off in the first match, which de Wolfe secured in overwhelming fashion by winning three straight with a fortunate run of cards.

In Match #1, de Wolfe won a big race with against Scharf's Ks-Qh to take a 1-0 lead. De Wolfe raised preflop, Scharf moved all in over the top, and de Wolfe made the call to see a flop of . De Wolfe's flopped bottom set left Scharf drawing thin. The turn gave Scharf outs to a straight or a chop with a diamond, but the river gave de Wolfe a full house and his first victory.

Match #2 lasted only eight hands before de Wolfe moved all in over the top of Scharf's preflop raise with . Scharf echoed earlier de Wolfe sentiments from the final hand of Match #1, saying "I can't fold a pair," before making the call with . De Wolfe spiked an ace on the board to go up 2-0 in match play and leave Scharf with a big deficit. The final blow for Scharf came 22 hands into Match #3, when he moved all in with and de Wolfe called with . De Wolfe picked up a flush draw on the flop of , but the turn made two pair for Scharf. The river made de Wolfe's flush and put him into the Grand Final.

Annie Duke squared off against Dave 'The Devilfish' Ulliott in the second playoff match, and Duke would need all five matches to put away the tenacious Ulliott. Duke took an early 2-0 lead, picking up the first match when she pushed all in with to Ulliott's and picking up a pair on the flop. Ulliott couldn't catch another heart or a pair, and Duke led 1-0. Match #2 saw Ulliott move all in preflop with , only to run into Duke's . The board ran out , and Ulliott, the aggressor in early play, was quickly in a 2-0 hole.

Match #3 saw Ulliott begin a comeback, ending when Duke moved all in preflop with . Ulliott called with , and the board ran out to give Ulliott his first win of the day and make it 2-1 in Duke's favor. Match #4 came down to a kicker as Ulliott limped in with , and Duke checked her option with . The flop came down , and Duke moved all in. Ulliott went into the tank for a moment before making the call, and the turn and river came down . Ulliott's eight kicker played to tie the match 2-2 and force a fifth and deciding battle for the last Grand Final seat.

Ending the final match, Ulliott raised preflop with , and Duke, ahead in chips, made the call with . The flop came down , and Ulliott moved all in. Duke called with two pair, nines and fours, and her hand held up as the board ran out to give her the match 3-2 and lock up the final spot in the Grand Final.

With Duke picking up the sixth and final seat, the seating assignments for the Grand Final were drawn as follows:

Seat 1 - Annie Duke
Seat 2 - Andy Black
Seat 3 - Marcel Luske
Seat 4 - Roland de Wolfe
Seat 5 - Tony G
Seat 6 - Alex Kravchenko

Play started off fast, with big bets flying and big pots captured, but it took 49 hands for Duke to become the first casualty of the Grand Final. Alex Kravchenko raised preflop with , and Duke re-raised all in with . Kravchenko went into the tank for a while before calling, and the board ran out to give Kravchenko two pair and send Duke to the rail in sixth for $20,000.

Marcel Luske was next to fall when he moved all in preflop with , and was called by Roland de Wolfe with . Luske found no help on the board, and he exited in fifth ($30,000). Kravchenko then busted in fourth when Black cracked his queens. Kravchenko raised preflop, then moved all in once Black re-raised. Black made the call with K-x, and Kravchenko tabled . The board ran out , and the turned king meant Kravchenko's day was done, for $40,000.

Tony G started the final table with the biggest chip stack due to his top points finish in the preliminary heats, but he couldn't parlay those additional chips into the victory. Instead, he busted in third when he ran into de Wolfe's slow-played kings. De Wolfe limped from the button with , and Tony G called from the small blind with . Black checked his option with , and the flop came down . De Wolfe led out at the flop with his overpair, and Tony G moved all in with his inside straight-flush draw. Black folded and de Wolfe made the call. Tony G had plenty of outs, but the turn and river both missed, and he collected $60,000 for his third-place finish.

De Wolfe took a 3:2 chip lead into heads-up play, but Black came back to claim the $250,000 winner's check. In the final hand, Black limped in with , and de Wolfe checked his option with . The flop came down , and de Wolfe check-raised all in. Black insta-called, and de Wolfe was drawing thin. The turn meant that only a six could save de Wolfe, and the river gave the 2008 PartyPoker Premier League Championship to Black. The emotional Irishman remarked later, "I've been waiting 20 years for this," referring to his first major tournament victory.

The final standings and payouts were as follows:

1st: Andy Black — $250,000
2nd: Roland de Wolfe — $120,000
3rd: Tony "G" Guoga — $60,000
4th: Alex Kravchenko — $40,000
5th: Marcel Luske — $30,000
6th: Annie Duke — $20,000

Source: PartyPoker Premier League, Grand Final: Andy Black Triumphs

Three day Weekend Jams Vegas

admin — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 08:19:44 +0000

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com
Traffic fills the Las Vegas strip on Friday night

Everything in Las Vegas is crowded for the three day weekend. Cars fill the strip, restaurants have lines, the airport is a zoo, casinos are jammed, sidewalks are at capacity, and poker rooms have long wait list of players with pockets loaded with burning cash. What a great time to be in the city of entertainment. Vegas is far better than an adrenalin drip and comes with a list of amenities that include free food, full time gambling, hookers by the bunch, temporary insanity to go, your favorite drunk celebrity photo ops, more limos than a GOP rally, more Hummers than Iraq (and guns), and best of all its legal...well maybe not the hookers.

God, I love this city, nothing like the smell of crisp Franklins early in the morning. What are you waiting for? Come on down, the lights are always on.

photos by flipchip • lasvegasvegas.com

traffic fills the Las Vegas strip on Friday night

Source: Three day Weekend Jams Vegas