| ibpatti |
Interview By NewJane |
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Some of the key hands were against players I had played no limit with the night before. If I could tell they were making a move on a pot I made big bets and they folded. I made a few great bluffs during this game...Read
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| Poker_Fan99 |
Interview By NewJane |
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This event was my first major B&M
tournament. I've mostly played online. I have my TV hooked up to a PC so
that I can sit in my recliner with a wireless mouse and play. I'd have to
say I enjoy playing online due to the comfort factor. I have been
a member of PSO for coming up on 2 years now...Read
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| bazonkers |
Interview By NewJane |
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I qualified for the Live Tour Final
by playing in Event #22 at the 2005 WSOP, $1500 NLHE. This was my first
major tournament so I wasn't really sure what to expect. I had played many
tournaments before, both online and live but this was the big time. I knew
I had the skill to play but I wasn't sure how I'd do....Read
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| Wildbill41 |
Interview By NewJane |
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It was a $100.00 buy in (One $100.00
rebuy allowed) no limit hold-em event at Spirit Mountain Casino in Grand
Ronde OR. One of the cheaper events on the PSO calendar. Maybe I am frugal.
More likely I am the king of cheap. I have played poker since high school.
I much prefer live to on-line, because of the people factor....Read
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| Clay Knight |
Interview By NewJane |
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I decided that 'The big one' would
be the perfect last event for me at PSO. I had not played any events there
all year. I noticed a last chance event at 9am my time, only 14 entries,
top 6 got entry. I played ultra aggressive and then got pretty unlucky heads
up and came 2nd. So the big one came around. I had an 'x' qualification
which meant I had to win to get anything...Read
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| fishmonger |
Interview By NewJane |
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I qualified via the Big One Spring
where I made the final table. The final table was invited back to compete
for one of four seats to the Live Tour Grand Final. My biggest strength
was my position, I was seated to the right of two of the more active and
aggressive players so I was able to act....Read
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| j0hngalt |
Interview By NewJane |
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I qualified for the Live Tour Final
by making the final table in the Spring Big One. The final table got to
play in a play off tourney and the final 4 of that got invites to the live
event.Besides from playing poker I am an avid Guitar player. I love playing
all kinds of music but grew up a rock kid ..Read
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| HereIgoAgain |
Interview By NewJane |
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Everything that I wanted to learn
in life I have taught myself. I don't have much of an educational background,
dropped out of high school sophomore year when my mother passed away so
I could work and support myself. I guess you could call me street smart..Read
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| Sac |
Interview By NewJane |
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It was the $500 No Limit Hold'em event
of the New England Poker Classic at Foxwoods. There were just fewer than
1000 participants and we started out with 1500 chips. The levels were 50
minutes each and the blinds started out at 25/50...Read
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| megabit |
Interview By NewJane |
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This was a huge event and we started
off 11 handed. I'm used to weekly/monthly local tournaments and the 40-minute
levels were a great change. I felt like I had enough time to play tight
and watch what was going on. Early I had AA and won the 15T in blinds with
my raise to 100T. That was one of maybe 2 or 3 hands I played that 1st level..Read
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| pspitalnic |
Interview By NewJane |
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The event that qualified me was the
$500 NLHE event at Harrah's Atlantic City on January 7, 2005. The event
was scheduled to start at noon with a capacity of about 350 people. Needless
to say, around 1:30 and ultimately with 628 runners, we were off. There
were about 10 PSO members and I enjoyed meeting them all. My goal was not
to outlast 10 but to outlast 627.Read
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| Hitman |
Interview By NewJane |
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I first learned the rules of the game
when I was a kid, watching my parents and grandparent's play. I started
playing for money in college with my friends. I didn't know anything about
strategy then, but had very good card sense, and that was enough to take
down the money more often than not. I played off and on after college in
home games, but nothing really serious. In 1998 I accepted a job transfer
to Las Vegas. Read More... |
| schwarze |
Interview By NewJane |
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During the Big One, I soon realized
that it would be very difficult to double-up early since everybody was playing
very tight. On a key hand early, I called a pre-flop raise with AQ and the
flop hit AQJ. I was able to double-up when the original raiser went all-in
with AJ. Accumulating chips early is so important because it allows me to
see more flops and I feel like I am an above average player after the flop.
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| MolochMayhem |
Interview By NewJane |
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I've been playing poker of some kind
since I could understand hand rankings. Admittedly, I jumped on the hold-em'
bandwagon about a year ago. Hold em' is now my preferred game. Portland
is a big poker town now and it can be hard to find a game with a buy in
I can afford. I'm a good player but I'm not a hardcore gambler. Read
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| ibpatti |
Interview By NewJane |
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I have only been a PSO member for
a few months. I read everything I can get my hands on to improve my game.
I thought PSO would be a good investment to give me more information and
chances to improve my game. I play on a couple of real money sites but would
never play the free games because the play is totally off the wall. I really
enjoy the tournaments at PSO because the tournaments are played as if there
were real $$ involved in order to keep your average up. There are some very
good players there. Read More...
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| Wildbill41 |
Interview By NewJane |
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The last hand I played was a total
brain-fart. I stupidly allowed the fact that I had been playing a short
stack for so long to convince me that 4th place was a good enough finish.
I will be losing sleep over that hand for a while. My ego continues to berate
me, telling me that I was the best player left at the table and that I should
have just continued to play solid poker, instead of putting my money in
a situation where I was likely (in fact, actually) behind. That was honestly
the only asshatted move I made all day. Read
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| CockneyKid |
Interview By NewJane |
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Have played poker for 6 or 7 years now, but over
the past 3 years since online really took off, I have played a lot. For
the most part I play for fun. I bought a seat in this years WSOP main event
basically so I could say that I have done it. Read
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| Arthur Dent |
Interview By NewJane |
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I know the basics and what each card
is worth but I don't feel the need to know what a certain person would have
done in a given situation. It is after all if one is honest mostly about
chance? One comes to a certain level or boundry where how one should play,
postion, money, hold the cards how much someone has laid down etc... Read
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| Siberianex |
Interview By NewJane |
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I am on the button and the player
under the gun raises to $600 (blinds 100/200). It is folded to me and I
look down and see K-Ts. I have about 7K in front of me and decide to call.
The blinds both fold and the flop comes out KJT rainbow. I have 2 pair.
Under the gun person thinks for a little bit and then finally bets $600.
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| Erik_jr.jpg |
Interview By NewJane |
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I guess I will start with the Big One Final. I
had KK in mid position and first to play. I put in a decent sized pre-flop
raise and the person immediately to the left who had slightly less chips
raised me. Alarm bells went off- could he really have AA? My gut said yes
but my brain overruled. Read More...
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| Kdogg66 |
Interview By NewJane |
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My short stack play kept me in the game. I spent
the majority of the tournament with less than 10 times the big blind. I
remained very selective with my starting hands and when I looked down to
find a big ace or big pair, I'd put all my chips in the middle and hope
for the best. Read More... |
| xxpiratexx |
Interview By NewJane |
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My key hand was just 2 rounds later. Blinds still
2/400 UTG raises to 1600. 3 people fold and I look down to find AKs. Now,
this raiser has had a love affair with AQ and has made bigger raises with
big pairs but I've been trying to not get myself into races lately so I
just smooth call and everyone else mucks. I have 5000 to start the hand
and he has me covered, but not by much. Read
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| RetireAt45 |
Interview By NewJane |
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My most memorable hand was when I was on the big
blind and limped in with A2o. The flop came K84. I checked and the player
on the button raised 3 times the big blind (blinds were 300/600). I came
over the top of him with a check raise for 3 times the big blind and he
called. Read More... |
| Kaelaine |
Interview By NewJane |
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I'm a fairly tight tournament player - which is
both a strength and weakness. As the blinds progress, I need to pay closer
attention to my position and look for opportunities to "make a move" in
order to build my stack. I always find myself short-stacked when I get near
the end. Read More... |
| BigSissy |
Interview By NewJane |
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I look down and see 8s. I hear the voice of jmuzzey
saying, "You gotta be lucky to do well in tournaments." I have no idea what
this guy might have, but I push it all-in anyway. The guy immediately calls
and shows AKo.
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| ROCKDOC |
Interview By NewJane |
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We start with a $1500 stack and $25/$25 blinds.
60-minute levels. For the first level I am going to play very tight (AA
and KK only), get my B&M tourney legs under me, not do anything stupid,
and try to see how everyone else is playing. At 30 hands an hour I think
at the very worse I will be down $150 blind money if I never play a hand.
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| LeoT |
Interview By NewJane |
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During the rebuy period, I was on the right of
Barney Boatman who raised with AJ. I had KK and went all in, he called and
I survived. I went all in preflop with 88 v AQs, and won with quad 8's.
(This was during rebuy, and NOT a move I recommend during freezeout part.)
Nothing much more happened until I got to my last table (about 6 tables
left when I got there.) Read More...
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| IAGO |
Interview By NewJane |
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2/3s of the way through the Big One IV, I held
66 with 262 flop, which I checked the bet and was ecstatic when I had 2
raisers. I either called or put them both all in one and took the pot. I
already was among the chip leaders but it was more of a wake up call for
my poker ego to say to me that the remaining players will have to beat me
because I won't beat myself. Read More...
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| LIEBE |
Interview By NewJane |
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Well, to qualify the week before I made it to
the final table and woke up with KT spades in the big blind. No raise, so
I checked it. The flop came 10 high with two diamonds. I bet about a quarter
of my medium stack, and Jivamukti called with about the same percentage
of his stack. A third diamond came on the turn (below a 10) and I checked
and he checked. Read More... |
| IRONSIDE |
Interview By NewJane |
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During the rebuy period, I was on the right of
Barney Boatman who raised with AJ. I had KK and went all in, he called and
I survived. I went all in preflop with 88 v AQs, and won with quad 8's.
(This was during rebuy, and NOT a move I recommend during freezeout part.)
Nothing much more happened until I got to my last table (about 6 tables
left when I got there.) Read More...
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| DTERMINED |
Interview By NewJane |
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There were 5 of us left at the final table. The
blinds were 800-1600 with antes at 150. I was the short stack and was on
the button with about 4900 in chips. The small blind (a player who by the
way finished 2nd in this event and won the $300 buy in NLHE on Friday, as
well as two other deep in the money finishes in limit events) had 12000
in chips. It was folded to me. Read
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| PennPenn |
Interview By NewJane |
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I had a lot of memorable hands in the 15 or so
hours of play. I won a big pot by calling a raise with AK, catching a king
on the flop, and just letting my opponent do all the betting while I called
him down [he had K9]. Read More...
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| OmahaRon |
Interview By NewJane |
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My strengths in the tourney (as in general) were
my patience and selective aggression. My weakness in this tourney was not
making a move sooner before I got very short stacked. There were a couple
of hands I felt I should have played that I didn't when I was short stacked.
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| SBJensen |
Interview By NewJane |
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It was the $500+50 NLHE at the World Poker Open
in Tunica on Sunday, January 11, during the PSO convention. There were 950
entrants, apparently making this the largest field ever in a brick-and-mortar
NLHE tourney. Among the entrants in the event were T.J. Cloutier, Scotty
Nguyen, Chris Moneymaker, Bob Ciaffone, and Juha Helppi. Read
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