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Pinboard bookmarks for May 3rd through July 26th

brdweb — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 04:00:00 +0000

These are my latest links bookmarked on Pinboard

Octopress –
GamerGaia’s Free-to-Play Games Guide –
How to Burn Your Own OS X Lion Install DVD or USB Drive –
Computer model of DC in 1814 –
Deep Clean Your Grill Once a Year for Better Barbecues – Lifehacker –
VA-Holdem.com –
How to Tie a Tie: Four Popular Styles [Video] –
Restore Your iPhone Without Losing Your Homescreen Organization – Lifehacker –
Web Conferencing, Online Meeting, Web Meeting Software | Fuze Meeting –

Pokerstars Makes Me Play At Least Once A Year

brdweb — Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:09:48 +0000

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! The WBCOOP is a free online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers, so register on WBCOOP to play.

Registration code: XXXXXX 663717

Friday Night is Poker Night

brdweb — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 02:33:39 +0000

Had a good time last night hosting a nice little poker game for some friends. We actually were able to generate enough interest to start off the game with 9 seats filled with the 10th coming in just a little bit later. We played a cash game instead of what seems to be the normal Sit-n-Go’s in this area. Blinds were just .05-.10 and the max buyin was $20 so it made for a nice game. At those stakes of course it’s still going to be a wild, loose, and friendly game but a $15 or $20 bet will at least make you think a bit more than if you bought into a tourney for $5.

I will need to get at least a few more chips if I can make this a monthly game as after a few people went busto and re-bought I was running low. Also need to ensure that I have more small bills available for the cashing out at the end of the night. I was fine this time since I was up a good amount and just rounded everyone else up a bit when cashing out.

My plan is to build a nice tabletop this winter but I will probably at least buy the speed felt for it sooner rather than later. Using our granite table in the dining room worked, but it was too slippery to use my good plastic COPAG card set. Overall it was a good time had by all I would say and next month we’re going to try and do it again. Can’t wait!

Of course I’m playing!

brdweb — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 12:09:23 +0000

Let’s see, this will be the 4th year in a row. Two of the previous 3 I’ve gone pretty deep and close to the prizes. Watch out world!

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.

Registration code: 291058

Who wants to meet up in AC?

brdweb — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:26:26 +0000

So I’ve got a room reserved at the Trop in AC on Friday May 30th. Any semi-local bloggers that are going to be around that weekend or want to meet up? I’m bringing a buddy of mine along that never has been to a casino before and I’m not looking to necessarily play much poker [...] Related posts:

Time to Meet the Families

Why not to play when hopped up on meds

brdweb — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:21:01 +0000

Well I didn’t last long in the big game on Sunday. Bayne knocked me out pretty early after I was playing like the drugged up aggro-donkey that I am. My mind just wasn’t in it and so I basically just donated to the cause. I missed the Hoy last night as I was just too tired to even contemplate the effort, although I did win one of the early day token frenzys so I’m ready for next week.

Overall I’m not going to play all that many of the BBT3 events. I would love to play them all but 9pm start times and later fields pretty much will keep me from doing that. If I manage 1 or 2 a week then I’ll be happy and also give myself at least a decent shot of winning a seat. After all, I HAVE won a few of these blogger thingys before, right?

More BBT3 information

brdweb — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 12:06:21 +0000

Well, thanks to Al’s great work in generating interest from Full Tilt in sponsoring our little private tournies, there is a great prize pool available for the BBT3. Most of the details can be found in this post from Al and I’m going to actually try and play some of these and win my seat to the WSOP this year.

Grinding Out a Profit

brdweb — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:33:20 +0000

Holy smokes! Is this post actually going to have poker content? Why yes boys and girls it is! You see, I might have been silent lately and not showing up for most of the blogger events but I’ve actually started playing on a more regular basis again.

The 6-max NL tables at Full-Tilt are where you can find me currently. Mostly seated at the 25NL and 50NL tables. I’ve taken the stance that I know how to play poker dammit, I just need to actually think about my cash game and make the adjustments necessary coming from almost purely a tournament background.

I have had very limited long-term success at the cash tables online the past few years. I think that there are two very good reasons for this. First and foremost, there is admittedly a relatively small sample size. I mostly play cash games just for fun or to fill a little bit of downtime. Secondly, because of this, I never really took the time to study the differences between cash and tournament enough to really be successful. At a live cash game, I hold my own, mostly because I think the players are even worse and I tend to pay attention more because I don’t have anything else to do while sitting at the table.

So far the results have spoken for themselves. I haven’t had a single losing session this month. Now I know and realize that this cannot be sustained long term. However, I’m winning because I’m putting myself in position to win. I am studying my opponents’ tendencies and taking control of the table. If the game is not good, I get up and find a better one. When I find a fish, I find their weakness and wait to exploit it or manipulate them to exploit it. I think it’s mostly just about finally finding the proper mindset and taking the game seriously again.

Vegas ‘07 Plans

brdweb — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 10:59:49 +0000

Well it looks like I’ll be joining everybody in vegas. This week I’ll be purchasing my tickets from lovely DC to Las Vegas on Virgin America. I’ve been looking forward to trying this airline out and I’m even willing to sacrifice a longer trip with a layover in San Francisco to do it! As far as accomodations, they haven’t been finalized yet. I do plan on being towards the north end of the strip with the rest of the degenerates so that it won’t be far to stagger back from the Geisha Bar, et al. I’m really looking forward to the tourney at the Venetian as I enjoyed playing in their Deep Stack Extravaganza last time I was in town.Looking forward to seeing everybody there!

UPDATE: Well after taking a long look at the finances, what with a wedding to plan, Vegas is not going to happen this time around. Especially since I really should be taking some of my free time to go visit family. So that’s what I’m going to do. See you all next summer instead!

[posted with ecto]

WBCOOP and Stars $10 Rebuy

brdweb — Sun, 14 Oct 2007 14:42:04 +0000

Well, we’re currently at the third break of the WBCOOP. If you want to know what that means, just look it up :) Anyway, it’s a freeroll for bloggers that has a $40k prize pool. There are now 188 left out of the 1337 that started. The prize bubble starts at 81st place with some schwag and 1st place is a $12k prize package to the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. A bunch of WPBT members are still in it so hopefully if I don’t win then I’ll at least know the winner.

At the same time we recently excited the 2nd hour of a $10 rebuy, also on Stars. I’m sitting at about 2k above average with ~600 people left after over 2000 started. The top 227 spots pay in that one with a $15k first prize. So it’s possible (although highly unlikely) that I could end up winning almost $30k in the next few hours. Wouldn’t that be nice?

So if you’re not busy then come rail me!