< -----POKER GOLD-----: July 2006

Friday, July 28, 2006

WSOP

I’ve tried to follow some of the WSOP preliminary events, usually via cardplayer.com or reading the PSO forums. Unfortunately Mike from PSO did not cash in the two promotional events he played in, so no extra PSO points for me.

The WSOP Main Event starts today with over 8000 participants. Actyper finally won a seat for the ME through PokerStars. I’ll be trying to follow his progress through the event. Hopefully he’ll keep posting on his Blog with how he’s doing and how he’s enjoying Vegas.

I really should set a goal to try and win a seat for the 2007 event. I think this is one of those "must do" things in my lifetime.

July's Poker

It’s been a bit of a quiet month for me at the poker tables. I’ve played here and there but have also been enjoying the nice summer weather outdoors.

I am trying my first B2B site (Winning365) this month. It’s been a rollercoaster ride but fortunately I’m up close to $500 with the bonus. I’ve only cleared $120 of my possible $500 bonus (just not enough time). I’ve had to play differently on this site compared to say a Party Poker. A lot of these Europeans are very aggressive at the table and I’ve caught them with a few good hands and made them pay.

I recently received a snail mail offer from Pacific Poker with a bonus up to $100. I read a lot of people only received a $20 bonus so I was happy when I got $45. It has a 20x WR, so I have to wager $900 to fulfill the requirement. I’ve decided to challenge myself to try to make this $45 grow to at least $250. We'll see what happens

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

WSOP events

With the WSOP now if full swing, I’m wishing I was in Vegas and taking part in it. I didn’t put an effort into tying to win a seat via an online poker room this year, but I think I might try harder next year.

I would be very happy to win a seat in one of the other events that take place every year; and maybe that’s where I’ll try to put my focus for next year. I know most of the online poker rooms offered WSOP seats for the Main Event, but I have no idea if they offered them for the smaller events. I’ll probably make a quick post in the PSO forums to get some advice from other online poker players.

Well it’s back to grinding out the last of my Party Poker reload

Thursday, July 06, 2006

Titan free tournament tokens

I received an e-mail from Titan Poker last night and they gave me a couple of free tournament tokens . One is for a Rio SnG and the other is a satellite for a $100,000 final event.

I logged into my account last night to see when the tournaments are and decided to check my account. I found where they had given me the two tokens and to my surprise I also have 3 other tokens, another Rio SnG, a Maui SnG, and another satellite for the $100,000 event. The other three tokens must be from when I signed up and I didn’t realize I had them.

I don’t see how I can use two tokens for the $100,000 event as it looks like there is only one event on Aug 5 with the qualifiers playing the final Aug 6.

Has anyone else received tokens from Titan or have any thoughts on the tournaments.

Wednesday, July 05, 2006

Time to REASSESS my game and set some GOALS

Like anything, once in a while we all need to assess ourselves and make some changes. That's where I feel my poker game is at.

The one thing I’ve noticed is a lot of players doing is setting Goals for themselves; usually monthly or yearly monetary goals & improving their game.

I used most of my Bankroll to fund my Vegas trip in May. I’ve slowly clawed my way back to almost a $1000 bankroll. I gave myself a new goal of building it up to $3000 by May, 2007. My only long term goal (which I set about a year ago) was to hopefully play in the WSOP or another Championship event one day. I’m not sure if that’ll ever be possible, maybe it’s like a lot of people thinking they can win the lottery.

The $3000 bankroll goal is pretty generic and not very specific, and I'd like to think too low. The last few weeks I feel like I’m just floating around the poker sites without a real purpose or strategy. I know I could be building up a bankroll more efficiently than I’m doing now. I also know I need to move up in limits, I’ve been stuck playing NL $.25/.50 or $.5/1. I feel like I need to improve my game before I do that. I’d also feel better about moving up if I had a larger bankroll to handle the swings.

I guess I’m looking for a strategy to build up my bankroll more efficiently and progress as a poker player.

Tuesday, July 04, 2006

Cryptos

I haven't been very successful with the monthly Crypto's lately. First was WH, cleared it with a $45 profit. But, once again I busted out at Intercasino (-$100). So what do I do go on tilt and give WH the $95 I had in that account. (stupid)

I'm not sure if I should continue with the casino whoring. I haven't played many lately but have busted out the last few I've tried. I should probably just stick with poker.

I see Actyper has a new 888 skin listed on his ownage site. I've done CON, so I'm not sure I'll be able to get the bonus on this one. But it does look tempting at 20XB.

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