Flushdance – Joxums poker blog

Having a strong poker network is key to becoming a great poker player. It will allow you to get into the best games and allow you to make friends with the strongest players who can help you further improve.

Andrew Robl (Good2CU): Six Characteristics of a Great Poker Player

Good2CU is being portrayed in the second episode of From Busto to Robusto. You can watch the trailer here:

From Busto to Robusto: Episode Two teaser from Ryan Firpo on Vimeo.

Andrew Robl’s blog can be found at www.andrewrobl.com/blog/

And I’m writing all this, because “Andrew Robl”, “Good2CU” and “From Busto to Robusto” has been the three phrases that provides me the most traffic from Google for quite a while now. Fourth is: “poker player strangles competitor in  fit of rage”. No kidding!

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But anyway: How is your own poker network? Mine is shit all – present online-company not included, of course.

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PokerStars, Full Tilt, and Cake all specifically announced they would match all player donations made on their sites. According to the Poker Players Alliance, more than 50,000 players donated to the cause, raising over $760,000. With the sites’ matching donations, that means more than $1.5 million will be given to Haiti relief efforts from the poker community.

CardPlayer.com: Poker Players Donate $1,5 Million to Haiti Relief Efforts

The actual figure has to be much bigger, though. Compare it to this quote from Pokerstars:

The official relief effort ended 12 hours ago. When all was said and done, PokerStars players had donated $746,390.26, a figure that PokerStars will match for a total donation of $1,492,780.52 to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

Pokerstars.com: PokerStars Haiti appeal tops out near $1.5 million

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This is just a quick email to inform you that you have been credited $1.58 from the player ‘MI_Turtle’. He kindly offered to share $1000 amongst all the players that outlasted him in the WBCOOP Main Event. His final finishing position of 635th place meant the $1000 was divided between the top 634 players.

If you have any questions regarding this unusual prize, please let us know.

MI_Turtle, if you’re out there: Thanks for busting out so early, so I’d get a chance to share the wealth!

/j.

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All righty! This is it – the big finale, the grand poobah, king of the hill, top of the heap. Yeah, whatever – all I’m lookin for tonight is to NOT bust out early, and – if possible, not embarrass myself with TPTK vs turned straight etc.

Feel free to join me as the event unfolds. I’ll try and keep scores, but I can’t guarantee their accuracy.

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The live blog opens in just a matter of minutes!

Once again, there will be nearly full disclosure of every hand played.

Join in and let’s have some fun!

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Never mind the non-cash and the rather bland exit when I rammed  7’s right into a pair of Aces. (It was an obvious fold, I can only blame myself).

Never mind, that it was 2:38 A.M. by the time it was over.

Never mind, that it took me another hour to become tired enough to fall asleep.

The biggest thing about last night was Blaargh, Crash (with Swimmer, I think) and bastin (lowercase only) who dropped in to rail. And even more so, actually having real time conversation with all of you.

Why it’s such a big thing, you ask?

Because I suddenly realized that hey! I’m a part of something good. It matters that I’m here. That’s a big realization.

When I first started out with Flushdance, I tried to connect to other bloggers by commenting on their posts. 19 out of 20 times there’d be no response. And it would go on like that for a very, very long time. It was like banging your head against a wall, sans the headaches. Even personal e-mail messages would seemingly get ignored.

I dunno – maybe they were just too tight knit to take newcomers in or something. Maybe there were other reasons, but I eventually had enough of being ignored and left them alone.

You know how it is – everybody starts out by declaring that they write for themselves only and to hell with readers. But in reality, the first thing we do when we log on, is to check for comments. Everybody’s a sucker for being acknowledged in the world. That’s how it is, we all have egos that need to be fed and nourished.

I was close to packing it in, though. Then I noticed that there were people coming by now and then. And now and then there would actually be feedback to something I wrote.

And ever so slowly, the ball began rolling. Dialouges began to happen. Words would go back and forth. I found a foot hold.

Last night was a highlight of sorts. I’m still trying to get over how cool it was to exchange words in the chat box.

There will be more live blogging from event #6 and the Main Event.

See you all (t)here!

/j.

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4. Don’t fold the nuts on the river.

Klopzi’s Mediocre Poker: Not My Finest Hour

That is solid advice you can take to the bank, folks! And as a side note, I’d like to add: Don’t play more tables than you can handle.

/j.

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Thought, I’d try a different method tonight.

You can view this event in a pop up, if you like. Click to open (disable your pop up blocker, if it doesn’t work.

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I’m trying a different method of live blogging tonight.

Instead of the usual paste-and-reload-page, I’m testing a new software that allows me to post live from the event.

About 5 minutes prior to game start a special page will open here, with the interface and all. Just drop in at flushdance.com and everything will happen before your eyes…

It’s pretty much like a chat box with extended features, such as mixing  twitter feeds and stuff. So basically, you don’t have to be all over the internet to follow.

You will see these feeds (provided they publish during the game):

• MemphisMOJO
• Cardgrrl
• PokerGrump
• Hardboiledpoker

And more.

Any tweet that has the #WBCOOP tag – I may decide to yank that, if the traffic becomes unberable or the tweets too dumb to read.

If there’s a feed you’d like me to add, just give me a shout when the event is on, and I’ll add it asap.

You can participate if you like – rail me and let me know as you bust out the event unfolds. If – God forbid – I stage an early exit, I’ll hang on for as long as I can and cover the event in any ways.

I hope to see as many of you as possible!

GL at the tables tonight,

/j.

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Done

Folded [AT] in BB to a raise from UTG, since I had no read on him.

Next hand I get [AJo] in the SB. Chipleader opens, I push, and he flips over [JJ]. Ooops!

Ended 241st.

gg.

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02:10 28-01-2010
Chicken-fold [88] to a EP jam.
Instead I openjam from SB with [55]. BB has nearly 40K, still elects to fold.

02:09 28-01-2010
[22] rules on a [A8A] flop. I jam and they fold.

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01:55 28-01-2010
Break
Stack: 5200, avg.11776
Pos:239 of 341

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01:47 28-01-2010
UTG raises, I insta-jam from MP with [AKo]. He folds.
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01:41 28-01-2010
Hmm. Another new table. Just the same, I guess.
My stack is only about 1/3 of average.

I immediately go all-in and take the 525 on the table.

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01:38 28-01-2010
Bathroom break squared away, but instead of a double up, I get moved to a new table with a full nine players. Sucks!

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01:35 28-01-2010
I need a bathroom break and a double up.

Trying to keep up

01:27 28-01-2010
Bust the second small stack of the night. Then steal with trash.

It’s hard to keep up with the average stack size.

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01:24 28-01-2010
Make a good laydown, villain shows [KK] for top set.

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01:22 28-01-2010
Pos: 310 of 662
stack: 4355, avg. 5690
Blinds 60/120/15
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01:20 28-01-2010
Another 1500 goes my way, thanks to someone who couldn’t fold his third pair of 5’s.

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01:19 28-01-2010
I can openraise from the button and take it down every time.

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01:14 28-01-2010
Open UTG with [A9s]. Table is very tight, and we are still 5-handed. Folds to BB, who minraises. I call.

Flop is [55K]. I bet 700, he calls. Damn.
Turn: [K]. Looking a lot better now. I bet jam, he folds.
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504 out of 981 left
Roughly 1000 behind average.

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Lose a big pot with [A8], turning an Ace, but really needing an [8]
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01:03 28-01-2010
Eeew! My M is dropped to a measly 10.

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Inching my way back

Now 462 of1134

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00:42 28-01-2010
We’re effectively playing 5-handed. The rest of the table is sitting out. Ante just kicked in, so there are dead money piling up.

Reraise two limpers in the BB and take it down.

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00:34 28-01-2010
Suited Motown in BB.
Folds to SB who limps. I check, he has me covered, but who hasn’t.

Flop [AdJsKd] – doesn’t get much better!
check, check
Turn [Jh], SB bets 50, I raise to 150. Call.
River [7c], I bet 300, he calls with[K8o]
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00:32 28-01-2010
999th of 1422

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A rocky start

00:11 28-01-2010
Fold [A9] on a [T8279] board. Good move, KK nemesis and player to my left both have nut straights!

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00:03 28-01-2010

First hand I get Queens in the Big Blind, and lose about 500 to KK. Could have been worse, but not the perfect start.

Next hand I have [A7] and a newcomer goes all in for… 20! Hell, it could have been me. KK nemesis calls, I call from the button.

Flop is AJ2, all diamonds. I lead, he calls.
Turn is a 4, I bet 100, he calls.
River is a 9. I check, he checks and flips over [Kd6h].

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