Top B2B Marketing Zone Game Theory Portal Content for October, 2005

I Bubbled, Dee Scores

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 31, 2005

Played the $500 Omaha 8 today. It was looking like a good day. I had some great hands early. Had to listen to some old farts bitching about my starting hands, but when I'm in late position with no callers yet, I'm going to play a high hand for a raise. I maintained an above average stack for most of the day. It was right before dinner break that I got dented.

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On my way to WPF

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 30, 2005

Today is the $500 Stud 8, reports from the floor tell me that my buddy Dee is doing well. Hope he can hold out, it's time he hit one. I should be arriving late and will play tomorrow's $500 Omaha 8. Happy Halloween! Carolyn, Melissa and I carved pumpkins this week. Tore up my digestive system eating the seeds. Ouch.

Over There - made me wonder.

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2005

Tonight was the season finale of Over There on FX. I'm sure the series has some historical or technical inaccuracies, but it's a TV show, not a documentary. That said, I thought it was very well done. It shows the life of a squad in Iraq. It doesn't flame liberal anti-war garbage, nor does it spin pro-war for that matter. IMHO, if it makes some viewers salute our troops while being entertained, then it succeeded.

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Heads Up Play

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 28, 2005

After plenty of sleep, still not feeling my best, I decided to just play in spurts today. Heads up matches with some rest in between. I love playing mid-level heads up (50s or 100s). I can usually get in an average of 2 per hour, so it works out to a so-so rate, but I love playing heads up so it works. Today I was on a roll, I had won 9 for 9 and none of them lasting more than 20 minutes.

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Spam and a Twinkie

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 27, 2005

Played Nashua's $135 tonight. Out with 2 tables left. Then I played a $50 sng, took first with no chop (sweet). Followed by 3 $100 heads up matches. I took 2 of the 3, so all in all, it was a +EV night. I should have packed it up and gone to bed so I could play the opening day of Foxwoods'WPF , but I decided to go play an all nighter NL game. It wreaked havoc on my digestive system so I slept in and passed on the tourney.

Dual Monitors = 8 Tables

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2005

If you are a serious online player and haven't already experienced dual monitors , you don't know what you're missing. I've got two 21" monitors going and can easily watch 8 tables at one time. I usually don't, I stick to 4 tabling, but I find it usefull to watch friend's tables, final tables, or just do other work (browsing, email, chat, etc.) My buddy just installed his.

Private Game Security (Followup to shooting)

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 26, 2005

In followup to the Shooting that took place a couple weeks ago.my buddy is ok. The bullet did more damage to his manhood than his livelihood ;) As a followup though, I've done some thinking about ideas on how to make private games more secure so that things like this are discouraged, or at least safely survived. First - to be as safe as possible, if you have a choice, play at a casino, pay the rake and stay secure.but if you have to play private games, these thoughts might be useful (feedback we

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Calling a Raise in the Big Blind

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 25, 2005

Last night in Nashua , I was playing the $60 + one optional $60 rebuy. It was almost the third hour and I had a respectible T9k in front of me. Blinds were 150-300 and I am in early position with ATx. Have I mentioned that I hate AT? Instead of ditching it, limping it, or making a good bet, I simply double the blinds. Everyone folds except the big blind, a friend of mine, who calls with 95x.

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Behavioral Economics & Finance in Poker

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 24, 2005

Working on a consulting project this week, I stumbled on a paper by Hersh Shefrin , who has written extensively on the subject of Behavioral Finance. He sumarizes that there are three aspects (in general) to the topic. I started wondering about its implications in a poker environment. I haven't found anyone that has written on it yet, so I'll keep thinking and digging: Heuristics : People often make decisions based on approximate rules of thumb, not strictly rational analyses.

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Blogger Freeroll

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 23, 2005

Just got knocked out of the Pokerstars Blogger Championship. Great job to Stars! The prize pool was well worth playing - a $12k package to the WPT-PCA, flat screen TVs, iPods, etc. I was more impressed with the weak field. I was actually shocked that people that love the game this much were so sloppy with their play. I got cut in half late in the tourney by a weak Ace out of position catching against my QQ.

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ARGer, Gavin Smith 3rd in Fiesta al Lago

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 22, 2005

Fellow ARGer Gavin Smith went for his 2nd WPT title this week at the 4th Fiesta al Lago. After an impressive showing with some great plays, Gavin was damaged in a pot with Mihn Ly. The chip count before the hand was 1. Dan Harrington - T3.0m (seat 3) 2. Gavin Smith - T2.8m (seat 5) 3. Minh Ly - T2.4m (seat 2) Gavin Smith has the button with As7s. He raised to T600k and Ly moves all in from the small blind for his T2.4m holding K8x.

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Do the Clergy play Poker?

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 20, 2005

I'm glad the Nashua poker room is no longer located on Daniel Webster highway. Back in the 19th century, an author by the name of Steven Vincent Benet wrote a story (that later became a play and then a movie) called The Devil and Daniel Webster. It was about a New Hampshire farmer plagued by misfortune. When his bad luck becomes unbearable after his plowshare shatters on a rock that he could swear was not there the day before, and his plow horse starts coughing sickly, the farmer loses it and vo

In doubt? Jam!

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 18, 2005

I've used pokerstove for a while now to calculate equity on ranges of hands. Great software written by prock. Anyway, I had never noticed this on the pokerstove site before, but there is a great discussion of Jam or Fold in headsup situations that is credited to Michael Lerner. It's quite interesting. Take the time to go through the discussion page.

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Turning Stone and Greenbeans

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 14, 2005

Last day. Good to see some of my Foxwoods buddies here today: Hamdy, Fabio and crew. Hosed in the tourney, but what a great cash day. There was this goober eminem-wannabe from some local farm town playing the $100 max buy in table. He was surrounded by a posse (I swear to you). They were all over him. Telling him how brilliant he was, etc. He considered his all-ins with second pair to be his best plays.

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Turning Stone Part Deux

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 13, 2005

What a great place. Reminds me of the original old casion at Foxwoods. Small and comfy. The rooms are actually similar to the Pequot rooms. The tourneys are run flawlessly, and without computer registration (hard to believe). I bit the dust today in level 5 with a preflop raise from the cutoff holding 77. The big blind called. The flop hits 7 8 3 with two suits.

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Turning Stone

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 12, 2005

Heading to Turning Stone today for the East Coast Poker Championship. Have to drive alone. Hopefully, my podcasts are loaded. I think it is a 300 mile trek. Buddies buxx and hitman are there already. Aaron (hitman) won his 1k entry already. They said they would call up a cot for the room. Adam (Buxx) says the side games are merely "ok". Well, I bit the bullet already.

Birthday and Greenstein

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2005

Today is my dad's 65'th birthday. He still doesn't like my poker lifestyle, but is impressed when I tell him what it can generate. If you like interesting anecdotes about some famous players, check out Barry Greenstein's player analysis page. Be sure to have your speakers on and click on the "Reason for this song choice" link for each player. Interesting that Barry decided to put this kind of thought into each player.

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Police : Robbers knew Dracut bar was closed, had poker game

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 6, 2005

By JACK MINCH, Lowell Sun Staff DRACUT -- A trio of men who allegedly robbed Shooter's Sports Bar early Tuesday and shot a man, had to know the bar was closed and also had to know beforehand there was a private poker game being played inside, police said. Michael Breault, of Dracut, was shot during the robbery. He was released from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston yesterday, according to a spokeswoman.

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Terrible Bad Beat (keep reading)

Smashmouth Marketing

OCTOBER 4, 2005

After a great weekend at Fargo, although not showing well in any event other than making the final two tables with my partner Peter Caldes, I took a day to rest and then decided to play my regular Monday night No Limit private game. This game is held at a friend of mine's bar. He's closed on Monday nights so it is perfect for a private game. All the refreshments we need and plenty of big screen TVs to watch Monday Night Football.

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