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Poker Celibacy- The key to my recent success

February 24, 2010

I’m sure most of you have realized that i have slowed down a lot with my poker posts. The main reason is that i haven’t really played much poker. Apart from the social league, it has been a quiet poker year for me.

Today, i played my first freeroll in well over a month on the Pigg’s. It started off fairly well and i quickly found my grove, my game has improved a lot over the past few months and it seems that my new approach and poker ethos is working. Anyway, i slogged it out in the hold’em tournament and managed a win.

I pocketed a nice amount of R350 ( about $35) which boosts my 2010 freeroll earnings to $61.95. Not bad considering i haven’t loaded any accounts with my own money!!!

Feeling in great poker shape, I took R80 from my winnings and played in the R5000 Guaranteed Tournament on the Pigg’s and played a similar game, applying the tactics i have been training for and WHAM… a top 10 finish in 7th with a nice R776.00 purse( No re-buys or add-on’s) and my freeroll earnings explodes to $141.95.

The key to my success at online poker. Poker Celibacy!!! Yes, you heard correctly! I have taken a well deserved break and feeling fresh, fresh enough to pick up from where i left off! I will continue to play once or twice a week but not more and concentrate on quality online poker sessions rather than long innings!

”All-in Stefk”

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2010 Poker Shuffle Challenge

January 6, 2010

ALL-IN STEFK

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AMOUNT EARNED $147.35 $0.00
GAMES PLAYED 23 12

Team Poker Shuffle will be undertaking a furious poker challenge this year.  The task is to build a hefty sum of money using freerolls. Yes, you heard correctly! Team Poker Shuffle will not be putting in any money into this challenge but will use this money to build on.

Our goal is $1000 between us. How soon we achieve this will depend on our frequency of freerolls that we play and the quality of freerolls. The key could be to play freerolls that have seats to bigger competitions for more prize money.

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Game selection is a critical skill at poker. I have spoken and mentioned this factor a couple of times, if not to find your poker game then perhaps learn other poker games to master improve the other. In today's post im referring to 'game selection' as in choosing which games or tournaments to play. You want to play in a poker game where you have an advantage over your opponents. No matter how good you are, if you play in a game filled with sharks, it is virtually impossible to make any money. The luck factor and the rake would make profits slim in the long run. Its is simple, find a game that is BEATABLE! There are several ways to quickly analyze your opponents to figure out if you should play in the game: Know the opponents. If you play at your local casino or an online poker room for a while, you will get to know the players. So keep notes! Determine how loose-passive the game is. A loose game is  a good poker game. A game that is passive is also good. This can be determined by how much raising occurs. If people won't bet hard when they have very good hands, they will let you draw out on them and let you get away with only small losses on your losing hands. Fundamentally, the two work well together because the loose game let's you win big pots when you have your made hand and you are aggressive and the passive game let's you draw cheaply and have small losses on losing hands. Notice the number of fundamental mistakes people make and capitalize on it! Be aware of your surroundings, dont just play any poker game- selective = profits.