The Surly Poker Gnome

Where does all this money come from?

Friday, September 29, 2006

Pot odds

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I'm sure Waffles is well aware of the importance of pot odds, but I'll address one of his comments anyway. I wrote a couple of day...
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Thursday, September 28, 2006

Linky links

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I recently wrote about Sixth Sense, a program that scans sites' tables lists and cross-references them with your PokerTracker database...
Wednesday, September 27, 2006

Drawing hands

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For lack of better content, I'm going to ramble for a little bit ... I've been thinking about the power of drawing hands. These kind...
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Tuesday, September 26, 2006

On a run

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I wish every 260-hand session could look like this. This graph was made using PokerPatterns, which I downloaded from this 2+2 thread because...
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Monday, September 25, 2006

Pinball

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After a couple of beers in Chinatown, I walked by this late-night arcade that I always see. It's open as usual, even though it's aft...
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Looking ahead

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It looks like Internet gambling might be safe for the time being. Two senators apparently objected to anti-gambling provisions being attache...
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Tuesday, September 19, 2006

Rigged!

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I think this is just a software glitch. The duplicate screen name never bought in, and the hand history only shows his screen name once. Sti...
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Monday, September 18, 2006

No structure, no theme, only scattered thoughts

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There's not too much doing. Just a few notes. _ The anti-gambling legislation may be fought out in the Senate over the next couple of da...
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Friday, September 15, 2006

Folds to Continuation Bet

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In response to my post about whether to continuation bet out of position with an Ace-high hand against a calling station, I got this commen...
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Wednesday, September 13, 2006

Capped NL games

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I figured I'd give Full Tilt's capped no limit games a try. The idea is that you can only lose 30 bets in one hand, even if you buy ...
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Monday, September 11, 2006

Royal Vegas Casino promo is a scam

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Royal Vegas Casino has this new promotion where they will give you 200 free spins on their slot games without any deposit required. I receiv...
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Coming out of it

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I don't get GSN from my cable provider, but fortunately I found this site to get my High Stakes Poker fix. Pokerbay has tons of poker s...
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Friday, September 08, 2006

Riding out the ass end of variance

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If you play at Party, I found this really neat AHK script that automatically gets rid of the Monster jackpot counter, closes Party's pop...
Thursday, September 07, 2006

Go Steelers!!!

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The Steelers picked up a lot of new fans really fast.
Wednesday, September 06, 2006

Stupid poker

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Six-max is hard! It's especially hard when out of position against huge donks who I'm sure are profitable, but they're tough to ...
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Monday, September 04, 2006

Game selection

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I canceled my subscription to Sixth Sense at the end of the free trial period. It's an excellent program that accesses your PokerTracke...
Sunday, September 03, 2006

Bad move, dude.

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There are lots of mistakes you can make in poker, but this has to be one of the worst. This guy limps from under the gun, and I make a pot s...
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Friday, September 01, 2006

So long, August. I'll miss you

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August was my best month at the tables yet -- more than $5,000 in winnings. Woo hoo! The month started on the wrong foot as I lost some mone...
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Thursday, August 31, 2006

SMTL>Hammer?

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I got all in with the identical flopped nuts on two tables at once -- Q9 in the hole and JT8 on the board. Got all the money in on the turn....
Tuesday, August 29, 2006

Free money

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Most of you probably know about this sweet offer at Mansion Poker, but just in case: You can wager $1,100 there on the Pittsburgh Steelers-M...
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