tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-182341752011-12-05T05:44:48.788-05:00My experiences and thoughts on this incredibly interesting game. I have accounts on Poker Stars and Full Tilt Poker. I play as kaellinn18.Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.comBlogger2631100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-72150582773735897572010-04-07T18:11:00.000-04:002010-04-07T18:11:22.918-04:00

It has been quite a while since I wrote anything on here. That's probably because I haven't been playing a whole lot of poker. I pretty much have no bankroll to speak of at the moment. In the past few days, though, I have started to play the step tournaments over at Absolute Poker. I pretty much hate Absolute's software, but I have to admit that the setup for their steps is nice. There are ten

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-42381958327065980452009-04-30T23:17:00.003-04:002009-04-30T23:23:45.462-04:00

The past few nights I have been playing in the $3+$0.30 90-player knockout sit-n-gos. So far, these things have been great. I've played in three of them. In the first one, I finished in 3rd, and in the second one I finished in 5th or 6th. Tonight I took it down. These things are a gold mine as long as Full Tilt doesn't screw you over with the two or three outers. That's actually what happened

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-40298161588001128792009-04-04T11:11:00.001-04:002009-04-04T11:12:52.485-04:00

All the money went in on the flop of course.

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Played in the Mookie last night for the first time in a very long time. I somehow managed to finish in third place. So rigged. It was great playing with friends and talking with everyone. Thanks to Joanne for the shoutout on BDR! And congrats to JJOK for taking down the whole thing.

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And not doing too bad, either. 11th out of over 1700. I'll take it!

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I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.Registration code: 971822

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If you're new to online poker, or if you're a bonus hunter, then I recommend that you check out BonusWhores.com. This site is a one stop shop for all of your bonus needs. The site is available in several languages, so if English isn't your first language, there's also German, French, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Swedish. That's something I've not seen from some of the other sites. They have

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I just had to post this one. At least I won.

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I don't know if anyone comes here anymore, but I suspect a few people may have this in their RSS reader or whatever. I'll make this short and sweet: I'm consolidating the three blogs that I have into one blog: I Push Buttons. If you care to follow me over there, I'd be happy to have you. The new blog should be a lot more interesting and active than any of my other ones, as it won't be

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I guess you could say that I've been on sabbatical. But you would be wrong. To be honest, I just got tired of poker and decided that I should take a break. It's been a very nice break. I've caught up on some reading, played some games that I didn't have time for, and bought this bad boy. HDTV is pretty freaking awesome. I just wish we got more HD channels. The standard definition channels don't

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Until today I had never even tried to satellite into an FTOPS event, but I was bored so I decided to try the $6+$.50 60-player NLH knockout SNG to Event #8: $120+$9 6-max NLH knockout. Well, I took the whole thing down, recouping most of my buy-in in the process.This is actually a pretty soft satellite. I only ran into a couple of tough players. You might want to give this one a try if you are on

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Not much interesting to say; I just wanted to note to myself for posterity's sake that I am still running well. I final tabled a $4 180 SNG yesterday. Unfortunately, I busted in 9th when I ran QQ into, of course, AA. That's always annoying. I almost final tabled a $3 HORSE tournament today, too. I finished in 12th place out of 648. I would have gone much, much deeper if A) I hadn't been sucked

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As I posted earlier, I built up a tiny bankroll on Pokerstars by blowing a bunch of FPPs on single table satellites to the Sunday Hundred Grand and then unregistering. Given the fact that I didn't really care about this money, I decided to take some shots. The first one wasn't so bad. I registered for an $11 turbo tournament which ended up having 1066 players. I played excellent poker, got

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To anyone who comes here and is even remotely interested in anything I've ever said: I am starting a new blog.If you are interested in checking it out, head on over to Sheer Determinism. My goal is to update it three times a week with a broad range of topics that will hopefully spark some intellectual thought and discussion. I realize that attempting intellectual thought and discussion on the

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I've spent the past few days building up a small bankroll on Pokerstars. I had no money on the site, but I did have a couple thousand FPPs to burn. I noticed that they are constantly running a 70FPP satellite to the Sunday $100k, which is an $11 buy-in event. (Talk about a lottery!) So what I ended up doing was burning all of my FPPs playing these 10-person single table satellites. I ended up

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It's been a while since I last posted, not because I haven't been playing, but because nothing of note has really happened. I've been kind of stuck in bankroll limbo, not making any significant gains or losses recently. I did play in my first ever Omaha tournament the other day, and I finished in 8th place out of slightly less than 200 people. It was only a $3 tournament, though, so it wasn't

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-86946953404264635962007-11-08T01:08:00.000-05:002007-11-08T01:09:38.078-05:00

I am running like shit. I'm sick of getting my money in as an 80%+ favorite and coming out on the ass end of things time and time again.[Insert about 35 bad beat stories here.]There better be light at the end of this tunnel...

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I started out playing in the $.10 rebuy tournament on FTP with the intention of doing nothing but pissing people off by bad beating them as much as I could. Well, I dished out a hell of a lot of beats on my way to finishing 59th of 3600. I made a massive $3.57! Watch out world, my bankroll just got an uber boost!

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-68068188670736626092007-10-26T08:45:00.001-04:002008-12-09T01:25:31.464-05:00

You may be wondering why I haven't been doing so well in the blogger events recently. Well, I have your answer:I haven't been playing. I have trained my cat Roxie to play poker, but she has not been producing good results thus far. If this continues, I may have to resort to actually playing myself. This may prove difficult as I will be participating in NaNoWriMo this year. I will give her a

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I made it to my second consecutive Mookie final table and cash last night/this morning. Last week I came in third, and this week I jumped up a notch and ended up coming in second. For most of the tournament it was pretty standard play. My first big hand came when I flopped the nut flush with the suited lamer (AT) against jeciimd, who (unfortunately for him) turned the second nut flush with AK. A

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So I had an endoscopy today to check for signs of acid reflux disease, of which there were some. I'm on medication now, so hopefully it will heal pretty quickly, and I won't end up with Barrett's Esophagus. The procedure itself went flawlessly, and I now offer you various quips from when I was coming off the anesthesia. Enjoy.* The first thing I said after coming to: "I'm depressed. I dreamed

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It's been relatively uneventful for me recently on the poker front. I had a losing day sometime last week when I got it all in preflop with AA vs some dinky pair (6s or 8s or something). He not only flopped the set over me, but he rivered quads. Good times! The rest of the money I lost was when I had to fold mediocre hands to superior hands, and my big hands just haven't been getting paid of

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-74645511993884781792007-10-03T21:48:00.001-04:002007-10-03T21:48:21.474-04:00

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 4094560

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I've been doing alright at the tables recently, though I haven't been playing as much as I used to. I made two buy-ins at $100 NL, which was nice. I really shouldn't be playing at that limit, as it's horrible bankroll management, but I don't really care that much about it anymore. In face, my apathetic attitude towards the money being risked has actually helped me play better. I just need to not

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I've been on a kind of semi-break from poker for the past few weeks. There are a few reasons for this. The first is that I just wanted to take a break. It had been a while since I stepped away, and it's good to do that every once in a while. It allows you to clear your head and come back focused. The second, and probably the biggest, reason is that I recently upgraded the video card and memory in

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Sorry for the lack of content recently. Work was pretty crazy this past week. I was in charge of my entire three-man project as the technical lead and project manager were both on vacation. Luckily there was really only one big issue that came up, and I didn't really have to handle it, so I came out relatively unscathed. However, work this week left me pretty drained, so I didn't have a whole lot

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-11699031149855913802007-08-08T10:12:00.000-04:002007-08-08T10:16:19.048-04:00

- Got back from the beach on Saturday. Beach was awesome. All limbs are intact.- Won a $26 token and did decently in the cash games on Sunday. Yay.- Played the $24k Guaranteed on Monday and lost with AA vs TT all in preflop just before the bubble to bust. Boo.- Back at work. Boo.- I get to see Muse live tomorrow. Yay.- Yay = 2. Boo = 2. Chopped pot.

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I didn't expect to post anything while I was down here in the Outer Banks on vacation, but it looks like I'm going to have a lot of time for it, since I'm holed up in the beach house on the couch. I expected to see some marine life while down here in the Outer Banks on vacation, to be sure. What I did NOT expect to see were freaking sharks. And I'm not talking about your little teeny nurse sharks

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You people are horrible about responding to questions, and I know you're reading these because I can see it in my stat counter. Garth was the only one who responded to the post (DC represent!), so he gets the title of Coolest Blogger for the week. WTG, Garthmeister.I last left off with me having to make a big decision for my tournament life with AdQs on a jack high all diamond board. I ended up

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So what's put me on tilt this time? Well, it's definitely much worse than some dumbass trying to steal my cable. I've noticed that I tend to swear a good bit in my tilting posts. If that bothers you, don't read on. I get extremely pissed off, and it's either vent it here or beat someone with a lead pipe. If you would like to volunteer for the beating, I will tone the language down.So, I get home

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This hand occurred this past weekend during a tournament at the Showboat Casino in Atlantic City. I sat and thought about this one for about five minutes before making my decision, but I'd like to see how you all would have handled it. The situation here was a bit different than the one presented before as this was for my tournament life.---Blinds: 300/600; ~12,500 in chipsTable is 6 handed, a

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Last week I posted the details of an interesting hand and asked for input from all of you as to how you would have handled it. Several bloggers weighed in on the hand, with varying opinions. Now you get to see how the hand actually turned out.The responses I received were evenly divided between folding and calling on my opponent's pot sized river bet. OSU and Hoyazo both felt that I should call

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I played this hand last night at a $100NL cash game. I'd like to see how you all would have handled it, as I thought it was pretty interesting. I encourage you to answer the questions in your head as you read the post, so as not to let future action dictate your decisions.---Seat 1: samoraee ($90.75)Seat 2: fiyaman01 ($21.90)Seat 3: Tufro ($101.35)Seat 4: billy ho 1 ($33.50)Seat 5: Suter15 (

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I like thrills. I like to ride on all of the crazy rollercoasters and other rides at amusement parks. I even helped run the Skycoaster at Carowinds for a couple of summers when I was a teenager. These rides can make you feel like you're flying, falling, and zooming all over the place. Rollercoasters are fun!Rollercoasters with your bankroll are NOT.I have had the most crazy past few days at the

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The probability of getting kicked in the junk is directly proportional to the number of cards in your opponent's hand.Hold'em: Happens fairly regularly. We'll say one in four, although I know that some people are going to say that's way too low.Omaha: It's a coin flip as to whether or not you will get kicked in the junk.Stud/Razz: Only play these if you are a masochist. See: Razz King

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If you ever want to see how much you've improved as a poker player, drop your bankroll to what it was when you started and see how long it takes you to get back to where you currently are compared to how long it took the first time. When the UIGEA passed, I immediately withdrew almost all of my poker funds to see how it was going to pan out. This helped me avoid getting any money stuck anywhere.

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It is late in a $10+$1 MTT. We are in the money. I have been playing very tight. Seriously, what the hell is this?Full Tilt Poker Game #2862054875: $10 + $1 Tournament (21331294), Table 8 - 300/600 Ante 75 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:30:59 ET - 2007/07/05Seat 1: dussault969 (45,791)Seat 2: kaellinn18 (19,360)Seat 3: TeamBlissX4 (19,050)Seat 4: Flop Ninja (29,204)Seat 5: Otis_GW (13,009)Seat 7:

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I ended up finishing in 43rd in the final leaderboard of the BBT. I was a bit disappointed with the turnout for the final BBT event, which was Don's Big Game; I thought there would be way more people than the 45 that showed up. Oh well. At least I'm freerolling into the rakeback game.I started out in the Big Game pretty well last night. I ended up chipping up by 1000 when I managed to make

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Thanks to the people that commented on my last hand. It looks like all were in agreement that this should be check-folded, and that's basically what happened.Full Tilt Poker Game #2693777482: Main Event 100 Seat Guarantee (16050138), Table 256 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 18:08:16 ET - 2007/06/17Seat 1: kaellinn18 (2,985)Seat 2: styleWcash (3,735)Seat 3: wouldman (2,820)Seat 4: ASTON DBS (2,705)

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I'm going to run a series of hands over the next few days that I played during the 100 Seat Guarantee last Sunday. I would like to get your input on these hands to see if I should have maybe played them differently. So, without further ado, here's hand #1.Circumstances: 8th hand of the tournament. The guy to my left (styleWcash) has already proven himself to be a somewhat loose player and has

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Matt: I'm glad your girl finally wised upMatt: final table was oh so goodMookie: told you i'd put in a good word :)Matt: I appreciate itMatt: you're a good friendMookie: lolMatt: she was everything I thought she would be and more----That's right everyone, I FINAL TABLED THE MOOKIE!!FINALLY!!!

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I was excited at the chance to play in my first MATH tournament last night. I had specifically spent some time Sunday afternoon winning a token and pre-registering for it so I wouldn't blow it on something else. My confidence in my game was high after my deep run in the 100 Seat Guarantee. I get home last night, and I start surfing the web, checking on some blogs, and generally trying to pass

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I finished 256th out of 3338 in the 100 Seat Guarantee. I felt I played pretty well, but may have been a little to timid folding to some re-raises in the end game. I will post some hands to ask questions about later, but right now I'm just going to dump my notes. It's not so much as post as just saving my stuff in case I ever want to go back and look at it. It's mostly just a live-blog of who

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Matt: The Mookie better start putting out. Riverchasers gave me final table goodness the first time.Matt: I'm just sayin'Mookie: ha haMookie: The Mookie isn't a little whore like riverchasers that puts out that easy :)Matt: yeah, except we've been on like 50 datesMookie: The Mookie is saving herself for marriageMatt: I'm tired of being teased dammit!Mookie: lolMatt: you and I both know that The

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The Mookie sucks. Riverchasers rules. Full Tilt can KISS MY ASS.I played in my first ever Riverchasers event last night, and not only did I not bust on the final table bubble, I also made the money. And when I made the money, I was in first place. But Full Tilt hates me so bad. I lost the majority of my stack when Garth limped UTG. I figured him for a monster hand, so I just called with my 88 and

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-11742051174822725442007-06-14T00:23:00.000-04:002007-06-14T10:15:05.518-04:00

I'm seriously considering not playing this tournament anymore. The number of final table bubbles I have experienced is insane, and I have yet to cash in the damn thing. Last night was another repeat experience with another freaking three-outer. I hope Full Tilt gets this crap out of its system before Sunday. I'm going to be severely pissed if I bubble the 100 Seat Guarantee because of some

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-59362146417469203252007-06-12T23:17:00.000-04:002007-06-12T23:34:39.996-04:00

Not a whole lot has been going on with me poker-wise. I've been playing the cash games semi-regularly and doing well there, and I've won a couple of tokens. I used the tokens to play a couple of tournaments that didn't materialize into any winnings, the most recent of which was tonight's $19k Guaranteed. I busted from this about halfway through the field when I got coolered: my trips lost to

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-61055735998608670032007-05-23T22:13:00.000-04:002008-12-09T01:25:32.265-05:00

I never thought I would say this, but God bless DC traffic. I got stuck at work a little longer than I expected today, and when I left, the traffic was just awful on the inner loop of the beltway. There was absolutely no way I was going to make it to choir practice at church, so I headed home instead. I got home about fifteen minutes before a satellite to the 100 Seat Guarantee was about to start

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-73591632231902405362007-05-21T16:05:00.000-04:002007-05-21T16:16:19.778-04:00

It's been a rollercoaster ride recently, and, unfortunately, it's been mostly in the downward direction. I was bad beat out of almost the entire portion of my bankroll on Stars on Saturday, even after I dropped in limits. I was two outered on the river twice for my entire stack, both times with all the money going in on the turn. I also lost boat under boat twice for my entire stack. Generally

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-79528642704310607182007-05-15T10:17:00.000-04:002007-05-15T15:47:50.706-04:00

I was wondering when this thing was going to end up hitting me. Almost everyone has had one of these posts up. I was tagged by Neil over at Geekster. So, here are my seven random facts.1) I don't think I technically have OCD, but I'm definitely obsessive about some things. For example, I always have to push all the little tabs down on the top of the plastic soda lids you get at a fast food

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-54136009606588727432007-05-12T09:50:00.000-04:002007-05-12T10:02:38.071-04:00

Seat 1: CK the 1 ($105.85 in chips) Seat 2: Amigo_II ($71.50 in chips) Seat 4: Muletz ($107.60 in chips) Seat 5: studboy1 ($98.80 in chips) Seat 6: jrockhaf ($96.65 in chips) Seat 7: DONK ($26.05 in chips) Seat 8: kaellinn18 ($94.75 in chips) DONK: posts small blind $0.50kaellinn18: posts big blind $1*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to kaellinn18 [Jh Js]CK the 1: folds Amigo_II: folds Muletz: calls

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-3324492561099147782007-05-10T13:17:00.000-04:002007-05-10T13:23:13.725-04:00

The new online gambling regulation bill, HR-2046, is going to be coming up for a vote in the House of Representatives soon. Notify your Congressperson that you want them to support it! Congress needs to see that the people are behind this. Even if you don't play online poker (what are you doing on my page?), the current law is a blatant infringement on the rights of your fellow citizens. Congress

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-48069927630003366802007-05-10T00:30:00.001-04:002007-05-10T00:30:34.578-04:00

I am sick of bubbling in the Mookie.That is all.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-80616612124321084632007-05-09T10:35:00.000-04:002007-05-09T10:52:51.014-04:00

I missed out on satelliting in to what I think is my best chance at a WSOP Main Event seat the other night. I had managed to break my month long (I kid you not) Tier 1 token bubble/bad beat streak last weekend. (That's right, I hadn't won a Tier 1 token in a month, and not for lack of trying either. I bubbled so much it was ridiculous.) Anyway, I managed to turn the Tier 1 token into a Tier 2

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-55631537066894499222007-04-21T16:00:00.000-04:002007-04-21T16:21:20.329-04:00

I had a great time last night playing with a bunch of fellow bloggers in an ad hoc $.10/$.25 NL cash game that sprouted up on Full Tilt. Tons of people ended up playing over the course of the evening, and I had a great time ribbing and chatting it up with my online companions. This is the kind of poker experience I was missing when I took a brief hiatus at the end of last year.I ended up getting

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-89921054177416574892007-04-07T19:19:00.000-04:002008-12-09T01:25:32.442-05:00

Final tabled a $4 180 this evening. It only paid out $25, but I will take what I can get. Busted out when my A9 lost a race to 88. At least it wasn't as bad as AA losing to 55...

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It's 3AM, and I'm beat. But that's not a bad ROI for $15. Of course, it should be a lot more. I went all in AA vs 55, and I don't have to tell you what hit on the flop. Oh well. I'm completely satisfied with my play. Now it's time to get what little sleep I can.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-52463434187656827072007-03-28T15:24:00.000-04:002007-03-28T16:03:15.973-04:00

I'm always a bit hesitant to post when I'm doing well, since I almost always start to do worse afterwards. However, it's been a while since I posted anything remotely meaningful, so I figured I'd give it a shot. I've been winning a decent bit ever since I moved my tiny little bankroll over to Pokerstars from Absolute (slightly more than doubled!). There are definitely a lot more fish on Stars

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-40536150765213333722007-03-20T20:03:00.000-04:002007-03-20T20:11:21.416-04:00

Garth was dealt the Golden Hammer last year, a hand only bestowed on the most worthy poker blogger by the poker gods. I am not nearly as worthy as Garth, so I only get the silver hammer.PokerStars Game #9004763530: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2007/03/20 - 19:50:24 (ET)Table 'Patricia IV' 9-max Seat #8 is the buttonSeat 1: kaellinn18 ($98.50 in chips) Seat 2: Golf_Nutcase ($93.85 in chips)

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-13309793858285026662007-03-11T23:25:00.000-04:002008-12-09T01:25:32.667-05:00

From the jjok school of how to play tournaments (don't show up):

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-26083564797565111892007-03-10T23:06:00.000-05:002008-12-09T01:25:32.766-05:00

I know, I know, I hate the whole cat picture thing too. But I like this one.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-217341847528916282007-03-05T19:19:00.000-05:002007-03-05T19:21:39.503-05:00

For those of you who were signed up for the Bloggerpods tournament on Sunday and didn't get to play because Full Tilt died, it has been rescheduled for Sunday, March 11th at 7PM EST. If you didn't manage to register the first time, maybe there's still time to get in. I'm not sure if he's closed registration or not.I’m registered in the free BloggerPods poker tournament. Poker Mac

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Not a whole lot to report here. After getting bad beat repetitively down to $30, I've been forced to grind my way back up playing $6 SNGs. I'm currently up to $150, and playing SNGs at the $10 level. I've beening hitting the money about half the time, and getting royally sucked out on the other half. You would not believe the number of four, three, and two outers that have been hit against me in

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-89301703758999034862007-02-23T14:04:00.000-05:002007-02-23T14:05:49.546-05:00

How To Win At Poker

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-49615446036069473082007-02-20T21:16:00.000-05:002007-02-20T21:32:20.308-05:00

This past Sunday, I made a day trip to Atlantic City with my wife and some friends so that those of us who wanted to could play in the $53+$12 tournament they run on a weekly basis. We got there early with plenty of time to register, and it was a good thing too. They were a little understaffed, and the line quickly began to form out the door of the entirely too small poker room.The tournament

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-13080425164031465422007-02-14T14:33:00.000-05:002007-02-14T14:35:09.737-05:00

I won my first iPod online by finishing deep in Pokerstars' first blogger freeroll. I could always use an iPod Video, though...I’m registered in the free BloggerPods poker tournament. Poker MacCome out and play!

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I busted on the final table bubble when I ran TT into QQ. Ugh.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-9907313039562815952007-02-10T11:38:00.000-05:002007-02-07T03:30:14.973-05:00

I went deep in the Full Tilt $15k guaranteed tourney last night. I started out jumping into the top ten early on in the tournament when I got paid off for a couple of big hands that I hit in limped pots while I was in the blinds. I stayed in the top until I was dealt AA in the mid-game. I raised it up, but I totally botched the math. Apparently I missed a blind increase between the previous hand

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-45501083085163353672007-02-02T10:49:00.000-05:002007-02-02T10:55:16.470-05:00

I won myself a Tier 1 Token last night on Full Tilt, and I was wondering if any of you had any suggestions on what tournament to play? I noticed that there are a lot of $24+$2 guaranteed tournaments, but they seem to have a huge range in prize pools. One was $2000, and I think the highest is $25k. Does the skill of the competition vary at all between these levels or is it all pretty much the same

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-30597674669778633372007-01-31T22:36:00.000-05:002007-02-01T17:54:18.134-05:00

Tonight I signed up to play in the Mookie. I wanted to have a good time playing with fellow bloggers that I haven't seen in a while. Of course, I got four outered on the river before the first hour was even half over, which is exactly how poker has been going for me for two weeks. I've lost about $300 so far to bad beats. I need to stop betting when I'm ahead. It's clearly a losing strategy.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-55042469034047143092007-01-20T00:46:00.000-05:002007-01-20T00:47:23.032-05:00

I like playing stellar poker for 4 hours, being in the top 20 in chips heading to the bubble, and then getting three outered for my entire stack twenty spots from the bubble.It's fun.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-12650311969677010702007-01-17T22:51:00.000-05:002007-01-17T22:52:20.870-05:00

Two outered FIVE TIMES in one session. Lost 1/7 of my bankroll. It may be more than a week before I get back to the blogger games.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-68826343937166951022007-01-16T10:25:00.000-05:002007-01-16T10:32:45.666-05:00

I'm still building the bankroll, slowly but steadily. I'm currently around $350. I would be over $400, but an ATM at my table last night three outered me on the river. What can you do? Unfortunately, he gave all my money away to someone else before I could get it back. I hate when that happens. I think that once my bankroll hits $425, I will move it off of AP and join my fellow bloggers back on

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-45846858146372083272007-01-10T22:43:00.000-05:002007-01-10T23:00:48.569-05:00

Stage #541392054: Holdem No Limit $0.25 - 2007-01-10 22:38:59 (ET)Table: NAPERVILLE (Real Money) Seat #6 is the dealerSeat 6 - MIKEY22888 ($38.15 in chips)Seat 1 - WAREGLE83 ($27.55 in chips)Seat 2 - KAELLINN18 ($25.75 in chips)Seat 4 - 904DUVAL ($91.65 in chips)Seat 5 - MR FURIO ($27.80 in chips)WAREGLE83 - Posts small blind $0.10KAELLINN18 - Posts big blind $0.25*** POCKET CARDS ***Dealt to

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-51697922075017517392007-01-08T22:20:00.000-05:002007-01-08T22:24:19.097-05:00

With my third place finish in the rebuy tournament this weekend, my bankroll reached $200, which is where I wanted it to be to start taking a shot at $25NL. I figured I would play a couple of $25NL tables, and if I lost two or three buy-ins, I would go back to playing SNGs. Well, I played a little bit yesterday and ended just a couple of dollars in the green. I played more today, and now I am up

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-62647133067228138142007-01-06T18:10:00.000-05:002008-12-09T01:25:33.048-05:00

On a whim today, I decided to enter a $2 rebuy tournament. I only rebought one time, and at the first break I made a double add on (one of the things I like about the AP rebuy structure). Total investment: $8. Man, I saw some absolutely awful MTT play today, but I guess that's expected at a tournament of this buy-in level. It worked out for me, because I ended up finishing third, more than

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-75515050418908929982007-01-04T11:17:00.000-05:002007-01-04T11:31:00.697-05:00

I hope you all had a great time ringing in the new year. So far mine is off to a good start. I've played only a few games, but I've done well overall so far. I played in a $2 MTT and made it pretty deep, only to have someone call my all in with their underpair when there were two overcards on the board, and I had raised preflop. I had ten outs, but didn't hit.I have also played a couple of SNGs.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-64254857192577861072006-12-17T22:40:00.000-05:002008-12-09T01:25:33.198-05:00

Yeah, so I only won $3. I outlasted over 1790 other people to win it. This was also my first HORSE MTT. I think I may have to play more of this game.Required bad beat whining: I busted on the bubble of the final table when some jerk sucked out on the river (which he should have never gone to) on a Razz hand for a pot of over $150,000.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-41470540947369176022006-12-14T20:30:00.000-05:002006-12-14T20:40:01.089-05:00

Well, I lost my $60, but not because I lost a bunch of Sit-n-gos. I got impatient and tired of the suckouts from idiots who think they deserve their wins in the SNGs, so I went to play the cash game. At least there I can make them pay to try and suck out on me. The trouble is, someone always does in the end. So, maybe 2007 will start me off with a hot streak. Wouldn't that be nice?Quick stats on

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-907928278359991362006-12-05T22:25:00.000-05:002006-12-05T22:31:36.554-05:00

Well, I've played 5 SNGs so far, and I'm not off to a great start, results-wise. The amount of bad variance I've experienced is on par with some of my worst swings. Bad beat stories suck, so here's a very brief summary:Game 1: Busted 4th. Busted on the bubble as an 87% favorite.Game 2: Finished 1st. Didn't get unlucky!Game 3: Busted 7th. Donkey had three outs and caught two of them.Game 4: Busted

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-49248278931161251092006-12-02T12:36:00.000-05:002006-12-02T12:55:03.929-05:00

I haven't been able to play a lot of poker recently. As I've explained in a previous post, I pulled my entire bankroll when it became clear that I was not going to be able to move funds around without dealing with a good bit of hassle. However, I still get $60/mo deposited directly into my account at Absolute Poker from Poker Source Online for that banner over there on the right. If you've been

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-34674161613311950002006-11-17T15:00:00.000-05:002006-11-17T15:05:06.714-05:00

I'm still here, even though I haven't really gotten to play a lot of poker lately. I tried to do something with my $60 this month, but ended up getting totally shafted. I played last week's WWDN and did really well, only to bubble to a runner runner flush draw. I tried playing some cash games as well and got sucked out on by a two outer and a five outer. Both times I would have had pretty big

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1162578647622364152006-11-03T13:29:00.000-05:002006-11-14T08:55:39.170-05:00

Louisville - 44, West Virginia - 34.Number three my ass.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1162501549540526372006-11-02T16:02:00.000-05:002006-11-14T08:55:38.953-05:00

So Full Tilt Poker's customer support refused to unregister me from the satellite I won my way into. This is such BS. You can unregister from almost any other tournament after you have registered for it, why not a satellite? It makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, and it just pisses me off. What exactly is the big deal here?Someone please enlighten me.

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1162259273483565292006-10-30T20:41:00.000-05:002006-11-14T08:55:38.759-05:00

Decided to play a FTP points satellite this evening on a whim. Looks like I still got what it takes. The only problem is, I'm not sure if I can play this satellite on Saturday, and it doesn't look like you can unregister (which is what I was planning on doing). Does anyone know if the FTP customer service people would have a problem with unregistering me from this tourney or at least moving me to

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1162093654273085262006-10-28T23:37:00.000-04:002006-11-14T08:55:38.455-05:00

Wow, I've been so busy recently that I didn't even know my blog turned one year old on the 24th. Happy birthday blog! Hopefully this crap ass legislation will get repealed after next month's elections so that it can turn two. Hope everyone else is doing well. Does anyone even come here anymore? I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.I've tried playing some freerolls with some FPP points I have on

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I received the following email today from PokerRoom.com. Looks like another site is abandoning US customers.--"On September 30th 2006 the U.S. Congress passed the SAFE Port Act which also contained certain provisions known as the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 that affects the processing of payments between U.S. customers and online gaming companies. The legislation was signed

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1161283059276666792006-10-19T14:32:00.000-04:002006-11-14T08:55:38.049-05:00

So, according to what I've read over at CardSquad, Neteller is planning to comply with the new law as well. For now they say that it's business as usual, but you just know that once the law is defined more specifically, it is going to make what they're doing illegal. So they are most likely going to be closing their doors to US Citizens who want to use poker sites.What are those of you who use

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1160538990183650382006-10-10T23:55:00.000-04:002006-11-14T08:55:37.751-05:00

Looks like I won't be playing anymore for a long while. FirePay was the only way I could transfer funds...--SUBJECT: New FirePay policy for US account holdersOn September 30, 2006, the United States Congress passed the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006.Once President Bush approves the Act. FirePay (www.firepay.com) will no longer allow US consumer payments for online gambling

Matt Silverthornhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13993423920543532447noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18234175.post-1160084971015320512006-10-05T17:48:00.000-04:002006-11-14T08:55:37.532-05:00

You can get your money out at least...--Dear Matthew,Due to the recent passing of the Unlawful Gambling Enforcement Act by the United States Senate on September 30, 2006, and its imminent enactment as federal law, we will no longer allow real money gaming activities from United States residents. We regret to inform you that, consequently, we are closing your gaming account at Titan Poker. Your

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Via Wes: if you have money at any site operated by Party Gaming, you'll want to cash out now. If this recent ban on online gaming gets signed into law, which it will, then you will not be able to get your money out.Also, if you're not already a member, it's not too late to join the Poker Players' Alliance.Oh, and congress can kiss my ass.

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I had something all written up and ready to post at home when my internet died. This is doubly annoying because I was supposed to be working from home today, but now I've had to come in to the office. Even better, I get to deal with crappy traffic on the way home. Fantastic.I have been remiss in posting as of late, and for that I apologize. I have not been playing much poker, really. Work has

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The only thing min-raising does is slowly build a pot that you will not win.

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I played in the $10NL deep stacks tournament at noon on PokerStars on Saturday. It was mainly something to keep my mind occupied during commercials that interrupt my college football. I ended up playing in that thing for over five hours and finishing in the money in 88th place. I would have gone deeper, but I had to leave to go out with some friends, and my stack wasn't big enough for me to care

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Not much happening on the poker front the past couple of days. I played in the Mookie on Wednesday, and I made it to the final two tables, but I ended up busting out when I lost a race with the Lamer. I don't know why I continue to play that hand; it brings nothing but pain and suffering.--In other news, Maryland got completely destroyed by West Virginia last night, which sucks. Not that I like

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I had some decent finishes in the MTTs that I played last night. I started out with the $10NL on Full Tilt, which I am a big fan of. There's tons of horrible play in this game. I was card dead for probably the first five levels, but then I doubled up with pocket 8s in what I thought was going to be a race but ended up with me being up against 57s. Good push; well played, sir. I lasted to the

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We had a nice time down in Blacksburg this weekend at my friends' wedding. It was a beautiful ceremony and a fun reception, and it was great to be back at Virginia Tech with all of my college buddies, remembering the good times we had. We didn't make it back in time for me to play in the Sunday Million yesterday, so I will be playing that tournament this coming Sunday. Wish me luck!I should be at

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I sat down at what turned out to be the perfect table in $50NL last night. The guy to my right was incredibly loose pre-flop, and yet he was incredibly tight post-flop. I do not think I've run into this combination in a player before, and it definitely took some getting used to. I was always expecting a continuation bet of some sort, but 75% of the time it never came. He would raise almost any

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I don't know if I will be able to play this Sunday or not. It will depend on if we get back from Blacksburg in time. If not, I will be playing the next Sunday. Wish me luck!PS - Thanks for the tip on the $11 double shootouts Smokkee

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