• January 18, 2012 GBH $220 110 Player Event Recap

    by  • January 19, 2012 • 0 Comments

    The January 12, 2012 Great Blue Heron $220 110 Player NLHE Tournament was my first casino tournament after defining my focus and setting my goals in December. I was determined. I was focused. And I booked a good result. Early on I was patient because I had to be – I hovered around the 5K [...]

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    Remaining Focused

    by  • December 13, 2011 • 0 Comments

    After Friday at the OPT event I felt great about my goals and what needed to happen to ensure I was on the right track. Sunday only made the focus stronger. I played another 705 event with 37 players and following the same mind set as Friday I managed to finish 2nd. Realistically I could [...]

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    One Single Clearly Defined Goal

    by  • December 10, 2011 • 0 Comments

    It’s amazing what a single goal can do. A well defined goal can lead to chain of good decisions which in turn leads you in the proper direction to accomplish the goal. I had been playing without a clearly defined goal. Sure I wanted to “play well” and “win” etc., but from a purely measurable [...]

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    Ignoring the Obvious

    by  • November 29, 2011 • 0 Comments

    What an idiot I was. We had a satellite to the Fallsview Classic – 20 players for 2 seats. I was playing well … patient … stealing … value betting … had good idea what was up with my whole table … pulled off a big river bluff because of a great read … then [...]

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    The Team Poker Craze

    by  • November 2, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Wow! Our poker group set up a team event and in 4 days we had it filled with 9 teams and there was another team on the waiting list! And, the event is scheduled for the end of March 2012! So what is all the fuss about? Well, poker by nature is a solitary pursuit [...]

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    705 Update – getting better all the time

    by  • October 20, 2011 • 0 Comments

    Although I have yet to cash this season in any of our 705 Ontario Poker League tournaments, hopefully the trend will continue in the right direction. The trend? Better and better each outing … 26/34, 14/39 and recently 8/35. In the latest event I got caught stealing and ended up making a good call to [...]

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