O-Poker

ThePokerMeister has organized a blogger freeroll on Seals with Clubs on Feb 26 (2 days from now) - go to his site for all of the details of the freeroll.

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I've been meaning to post a LV trip report but have been crazy busy between work and fun.  I'm currently in Hawaii and family is here now too.  Trip report might have to wait for one night when everyone is asleep or when I get back to Orlando.

I just got back from Las Vegas - pretty fun trip overall.

Played one WSOP event (#48 - $1,500 NL) and finished 125th for $4,100.

Trip report to follow some time over the next few days...........

I'll be in Las Vegas from 6/25-7/2.  I booked the flight with my airline miles (at least I'm getting something out of all the traveling I've been doing.)

I'll be staying at the Rio.  I haven't played enough to maintain my previous Harrah's Rewards status but I get got a decent rate on the room.

As far as plans go while I'm there, I'm pretty much going to play it by ear.  I'll be playing mostly cash games and may throw in a Venetian, WSOP, Binion's ME, or Casear's tourney in there to break things up.

Is anyone keeping a list of blogger dates in WSOP.?   Let me know if you are in LV during that time and want to me up?

Unless you've been living under a rock buried deep in an underwater cave, then you are well aware that Online Poker is history in the US.  I know it's been a long time since I've posted anything, but I wanted to post about my feelings on the future of online poker.


This post isn't meant to give you an in depth analysis of the indictments or keep you up to date for the latest news.  For that visit some of the following:


@Kevmath on Twitter


Ck's Blog


Bill Rini's Blog


Plus many others on twitter, in the blog-o-sphere, on the forums, etc, etc. 


Future of Online Poker (IMO) 

The Venetian is running their Deep Stacks Tourney Series from May 27 through July 15.  I'm not sure which week I'll be in LV this summer, but I'll probably play at least one of these.

Link to Schedule of Events.

I'm keeping the goals short and sweet this year.

1.  Play 600,000 cash game hands.  I've been playing only full ring rush NLHE, so this shouldn't be that difficult even if I'm traveling a lot.


2.  Cash in a WSOP tourney (assuming I play one this year).  I'm not sure if I'll be able to make it to the WSOP this year because of work/family events in June.  If I do, I plan to play at least 1 tourney (maybe 2) and the first goal will be to cash.  The second goal will be, of course to make a deep run.

3.  Lose 35 lbs by WSOP.  The first 20 lbs should be pretty easy.  The last 15 will be the difficult part.  I don't plan to do anything drastic at first.  The only real changes I'll make is exercise more and eat healthier.

I'll try to update the status of my goals once a month.

Happy New Year!!!  Good Luck in life and poker in 2011!!!

I know it's been a while, but I thought I would drop in to wish everyone HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!  My traveling is starting to slow a little so I may find time to start posting again.

Tampa Hard Rock/Live Poker

The Tampa Hard Rock just opened a new poker room, so I will definitely being checking it out one day next week.  It will be a rare treat to play some live poker.  I haven't played near as much live as I had hoped.  Once they changed the limits from $100 cap buy-in to real uncapped games, I assumed that I would be playing a minimum of twice/month.  That hasn't happened because of all my traveling for work.  I don't want to spend any of my little time while I'm home away from the family, so poker takes a back seat.  The kids will be at my Mom's house for a couple of days next week, so it will be the perfect opportunity to check out the new digs at Hard Rock.

I may be bored to death playing live cash games after not playing anything other than four tables of NL FR Rush Poker.  There might be a little difference in playable hands when you are seeing 25 hands/hr vs. 1,100+ hands/hr.  I guess I'll find out next week.

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Twitter vs. Blogs

Yin and Yang.  As Twitter has taken off with poker bloggers, the quantity of blog posts seems to have dropped significantly.  It only seems logical.  If you can follow someone's journey through a tourney in real time on twitter, why would you need/want to read their recap of it on their blog 3 days later.  If you feel like reliving their tourney then you can just follow their twitter stream (or whatever the term is).

You can follow me on twitter at @seemitch.

Million Dollar idea for free* - Twitter---->Blog.  Invent a tool that allows people to utilize a stream of tweets for a blog post or blog post template without having to cut/paste each one.  Imagine how easy it would be to recap a tourney or a trip to a casino to play cash games if you could just take your twitter stream and add a few details that you couldn't fit into 140 characters.  It would definitely cause me to start posting more.

...just checking in, in case anyone was worried.  :)

Too much work, not enough poker.  When I have played I've been far from focused.  I'm sure a lot of that has to do with my body never really knowing which time zone it's in.

I was so excited about FL getting real poker, but I'm disappointed that I haven't been able to play live in a while.  Maybe that will change once the travel starts to slow down.

/End boring post about nothing.

Until next time (hopefully sooner than later) - Enjoy life.  Party Hard!!  Don't take even the small things for granted.

Yes, I haven't posted in a while, but I'm not going to make any excuses.  I've been busy with work and family life and just haven't found the time or felt like posting much.

I am going to be out of town for most of the next month or so and figured that I can probably use what little down time that I have in the hotel room to learn how to play PLO cash games.  I'm not talking about just watching a video or two and them jumping in and playing.  I'm talking about trying to really learn in depth how to play PLO cash - watching several videos, reading as much as I can and running some simulations as I gradually start playing.

Who knows, I may not even like the game at the end of the day, but I at least want to give it a shot.  The variance may drive me insane, but I won't know unless I give it a try.


So far my plan is to start with the following:

- Watch the DeucesCracked Solid State PLO series (all 8 videos) by DJSensei and delcrossb
- Read the Jeff Hwang's first two books (Pot-Limit Omaha Poker and Advanced PLO Vol. 1)

I'm not sure which video series I will watch after that.  I'll probably scan through KasinoKrime's (coach over at DC) extensive notes that he took while watching the different PLO video series and see which one seems the best.

I'll post my results (both good and bad), questions on hands, and other random PLO thoughts that pop into my head over the next month or two.

Any advice on resources (videos, books, blog posts, forum posts, etc, etc) would be appreciated.  I'm probably not going to hire a coach for a little while, but let me know if you have any experiences or know of any good PLO coaches.

I haven't posted in a while and when I do there isn't much content.

The content and number of posts both turn a big downturn almost 2 years ago, when I started my own business.  I have trouble finding the motivation to post after spending all day on the computer, phone, in meetings, etc, etc.

I am weighing my options (see below) and haven't made a clear decision yet.

1.  Start some sort of challenge and post weekly or twice a week updates. - This seems like the best idea because I don't want to totally abandon this blog.  Any suggestions?  (I'm leaning towards some sort of cash challenge on FTP and SNG/MTT challenge on PS)

2.  Commit to posting at least once a week.

3.  Commit to posting either once or twice a month.

4.  Stop posting and end the run of O-Poker.  Not much chance of this.

I'll figure it out in the next week or so.  Stay tuned..........

I hiked up Diamond Head solo on Sunday.  I think my legs and brain thought my body was in better shape than it is.  Still hurting a little today.

Here are a few pictures from the trip up and back down. (some better than others - all from my phone)

No detail for now, just random thoughts....

I met a lot of great people that I hadn't met before and ran into some awesome people that I had met before.  There are a lot of people that I wanted to run into but didn't get a chance to for one reason or another.  Sleep, tourneys, alcohol, laziness got in the way - take your pick.

In a $1.5k WSOP event folding to cash is OK, not OK, OK, not OK, OK (I have no idea), especially when you know you are flipping right b4 the cash.

EST is not Eastern Standard Time.  It is "American time" - via RealDawnSummers

If you agree to flip for $200/hand for x (5 I think) hands while really drunk and finish up $800, it is OK to stop flipping no matter how much the other guy keeps asking you too.  That is what I did, until he starting offering me his $350 to my $300 in omaha flips. (more later on this)

It probably isn't a good idea to stay up all night and watch the USA soccer game if you started drinking at 5 pm.  I think I fell asleep for a few at the bar somewhere between 2-0 and 2-1.  Credit Vinnay for waking me up a couple of times in the 2nd half.

It gets light outside really, really early in LV.

I play much better in tourneys while drinking and much worse in cash games while drinking.  Hmmm......

It is probably a good idea to set an alarm to remind yourself to eat dinner.  I think there were a couple of days that I only ate one meal unless 15 beers counts as a meal.

Don't order a burger if the waitress tells you, "Are you sure that you want to order that.  It is extremely spicy and there are no refunds."  Also, always read the read print under the burger that mentions the beef is mixed with the hottest peppers in the world.

It is OK to call someone a "jack ass" if they call the clock on you in a cash game when they aren't in the hand.  (more on this later)

OBFV and over shoving for value on the flop works really live if you just shoved on a short stack with AK on an all rag flop after the short stack called 2/3rds of this stack pf.  They must always think you have AK instead of top set.

Almost forgot - if you are having dinner at the bar, it is prob a good idea to put a few dollars in the vid p0ker machine.