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A tough time at the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP).

February 5, 2010

Team Poker Shuffle had a very dry run at this years PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker (WBCOOP). The competition was tougher than what we had realised and that was our first mistake we made. Never underestimate the other players ability, respect the play and dont go looking for action unless you have a very strong pre-flop hand AA KK etc. Premium hands are great starting hands but in a game like this, execute positional moves to try and stay in front.

Our second mistake was playing at strange times of the morning. The 7 day tournament took place from 1am and this odd time took its toll on us. On three occasions we overslept, one tournament we started and fell asleep after the first break and the rest we were just plain stale.

Donkey

Lessons learnt from this experience:

  1. Never play tired
  2. Choose your competitions wisely ie. time wise
  3. Never underestimate your competition
  4. Play premium hands
  5. Don’t play out of position

The above is poker 101 but every now and then we ALL need a reminder.

”All-in Stefk”

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  1. braydenmark on February 17th, 2010 4:17 am

    You know, I have to tell you, I really enjoy this blog and the insight from everyone who participates. I find it to be refreshing and very informative. I wish there were more blogs like it. Anyway, I felt it was about time I posted.

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