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While a big chunk of poker bloggers prepare for their weekend of carnage in Las Vegas, I bring you another guest post by Julius_Goat. He asks the eternal question about bloggers and their poker playing ability. Everyone has their own opinions but the Goat brings us his unique perspective.
Enjoy and we’ll see you on the other side of debauchery.
Are Bloggers Donkeys?
by Julius_Goat
“Go, and never darken my towels again.”
-Groucho.
I’m going to give everybody out there in Bloggyland a tip.
Play me in coinflip situations. You will win. That is all.
And now, the nub of my gist. The crux of my rubric. The friggin’ point of this post. The question before us is:
Are bloggers donkeys? Wait! Don’t hollar ‘YES’ so quickly! The question, by the way, is not: “Am I, Julius_Goat a donkey?” That’s been made pretty clear. Like, with abundance and stuff.
See, there seems to be an occasional sniff of a rumor, floating among the tubes or the nets or whatever they make this I-N-ternet out of, that bloggers are the donkingest donks to ever give the hee a haw. Diggity donkiddy doo, yeah? Dang.
I don’t know. That’s not my impression. Here’s what I mean.
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Railbirds at the World Series of Poker
At least they have some restrictions
Photo credit: Flipchip at LasVegasVegas.com
You would think that someone who writes on a blog called “Poker From the Rail” would enjoy some of his time spent railing the big tournaments and cash games to get the inside information. That is not always true. While I’ve been spending my weekends it’s been increasing difficult to brush off some of the craziness that goes along on “the rail”, the chat box portal which allows anyone to type in random messages throughout the tournaments. It gets worse as the tables are broken and we get closer to the final table. Player pool shrinks as well as the opportunity for those outside the event to add their two cents. Put a red letter pro near the final table and you are pretty much guaranteed a constant stream of banter which is impossible to follow.
Imagine being in my shoes attempting to track the tables during 4 tournaments, nearly 14,000 players over 14 hours from start to finish. The railbirds can generally be placed in different categories. After the jump I’ll break down the six main types of railbirds I see on a regular basis.
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Big Money Sunday brought together another 13,504 players competing for just shy of $1,500,000 in prize money including a monster $46k overlay in the $750,000 Guarantee. The Sunday Brawl final table featured two former FTOPS Champs, a couple pros went deep in the $750k and the Double Deuce continued it’s streak of selling out all seats and the lemur-loving play.
Details and results after the jump.
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There’s a big weekend coming up and a bigger blogger week on the horizon. The regular big tournaments are set to run this weekend with more than a million dollars in guaranteed money and plenty of chances for a big score to load up the bankroll.
On the live front, poker bloggers around the world are preparing to land themselves in Las Vegas for the traditional winter gathering started by famous (infamous?) blogger Dr. Pauly and company. It will be 5 days of getting together with new and old friends, using it as an excuse to indulge ourselves in degenerate -EV gaming and insane low-limit mixed poker games anywhere someone will spread us a game.
The Venetian will be running a private blogger poker tournament on Saturday afternoon for the hordes of professional, semi-professional, and completely unpaid rant friendly bloggers. Any readers or bloggers in the area of the Venetian that afternoon should make a point to stop by to rail and meet with their favorite bloggers.
I also plan to play in the “Poker Jingle” at the Hard Rock on Friday afternoon with a bunch of crazy pros throwing their money around for a great cause. Even if you won’t be in Las Vegas to participate, you still have a chance to donate to the cause and “sponsor” a pro in the event. I’ll be sure to have the camera and recorder packed to bring you the action from inside the rail this time, not FROM the rail.
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Team Full Tilt member Erick Lindgren has organized a charity poker game to benefit the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society in memory of Mindy Trinidad. The tournament is a great chance to throw chips around with some of your favorite pros and raise money to fight this terrible disease. The game kicks off Wednesday at 19:00ET with the juice going to the charity.
There is another charity game being organized by fellow Full Tilt blogger Michael Craig benefitting the Relay for Life on Sunday, December 21st at 18:00ET. Michael has the details up in this post.
Finally, there is a great chance to play live with your favorite pros at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in another tournament benefiting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society on December 12th.
Full details after the jump.
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The last Big Money Sunday of November is in the books and we had another player shooting for a unique back-to-back.
The Sunday Mulligan seemed to be the final table to watch with several big online players making a run but “drunk mashimaro” had a chance to really make some noise. He was the defending champion after taking down last week’s Mulligan and was coming off a $16k payday by winning the $65k Guarantee just 24 hours before.
Big Sunday rundown and results after the jump.
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While yesterday was a regular Thursday in the rest of the world, we celebrated our version of Thanksgivings Day here in the U.S. of A. This generally involves feasting on roast Turkey and forced communion with a long lost drunken uncle. We do have our version of football as a distraction but that didn’t prove to be much of a factor yesterday.
I managed to overindulge in the glorious bird then pies of apple and pumpkin. I battled the food coma by searching the tables for schooling fish willing to donate their bankroll in the name of good tidings. This kept me up until 5am and got me thinking of those things in poker for which I am most thankful. Just a few of them after the jump.
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Our boy Julius Goat is back with another hilarious guest post. After presenting us with a few chapters of his highly acclaimed Stupid/System, he brings us his unique way of concentrating his focus while playing the big guarantee MTT’s and making your bets.
I’ve never employed this strategy but I’m pretty sure the “Moonwalking Bear” move is something even your top pros would never see coming. I’m still finding it tough to believe that Julius_Goat has never won a MTT in his career after reading his post. There is plenty more after the jump.
Sharpening your focus or How the Moonwalking Bear improved my game
by Julius Goat
You know how it is. You’re playing a long tournament, and your mind is wandering. You have the latest South Park open (hilarious). Every so often, the poker client screen flickers to the front and you make a quick decision, based on increasingly limited information. Fold. Fold. Call, fold. Cartman. Raise. Fold. Do you know who is aggressive at your table? Who is tight? What does it matter? You’ve been here before. If you get a nice size stack, you’ll pay attention. But for some reason, you just haven’t been getting that big stack lately . . .
That’s right. You’ve lost focus.
I’ve been trying something lately. It’s been helping. The results have been good, but results in MTT are deceptive. No, it’s been helping my mindset. Perhaps it will help yours, as well. One can only hope, and, after all, I’m here to help.
I have the recipe for you now. Here’s what you do.
Ready?
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Big Money Sunday kicked off with a bang as FTOPS X Main Event winner “Julian Verse” followed up that victory by winning this week’s Sunday Brawl adding nearly $80,000 to his $450,000 from last Sunday. The brand new $100K Double Deuce sold out all 7,000 seats two days before the scheduled start and was one of the craziest games I’ve ever watched. The $750,000 Guarantee sported an overlay and the Sunday Mulligan drew over 1,000 players for the last big game of the evening.
Details after the jump.
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FTOPS X finished up last weekend and everyone had time to decompress from the series. This weekend players have the chance to get back in the swing with some big guarantee tournaments as well as a private charity game featuring many of your favorite members of Team Full Tilt. Big Money Sunday alone features 3 big tournaments with $1,300,000 in guaranteed money.
Get the details after the jump.
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