Off-Topic Talk
Just an Update
I haven’t blogged here in awhile.. but when I stopped by and read about Bellatrix’s dilemma I wanted to update on somethings.. I was laid off from my apparel design job 2 days before my 29th bday. Working 9-6 used to kill me. I hated it. Also, for some reason I always ended up in the least inspiring work spaces.. dark corners. Makes us creative types just want to explode.. Well, the whole time I was trapped in my salary job dreaming of playing poker, pursing my own creative venture and just seeing daylight.. I guess I finally got my wish.
All about Poker Affiliates
First things first. Many, many users believe Full Tilt needs to change it’s affiliate policies. If you are one of them, please visit Onlinepetition.com, and sign the petition asking them to do so.
Now, more about affiliates than you probably ever wanted to know…
A poker affiliate is a company or person that receives a commission for sending new players to the poker sites that they work for. For the most part, affiliates attract new players through online marketing efforts. Their commission can either come as a one-time up-front payment or a percentage of the action the player gives the site for as long as they have an account.
PLO Tourneys
There hasn’t been much written on PLO tournament strategy. Trust me, I’ve looked. So, I’ve been doing some strategizing on my own, which has made me realize how much harder players had it before Super Systems and Card Runners.
This past weekend, I played twelve hours to cash for a whopping $150 profit in the Venetian PLO event, but it was worth it because I managed to figure a few things out.
1. If the tournament is structured like a typical hold’em tourney or stacks aren’t deep enough (you should get substantially more starting chips in a PLO tournament than in a hold’em event) then you pretty much have to win your first pot to have a decent chance at going deep.
60 Minutes
60 Minutes finally ran the story about cheating in online poker. It seems like people having been talking about this for such a long time. I actually thought it must have already ran, but I guess not.
Watch the 60 Minutes story Online
I thought they did a good job explaining what happened. It was interesting though to see the buildings where the servers are held and to here some of the players talk about what happened.The only thing I didn’t like was that they over simplified the legality of playing online
Day 5 of my WSOP week. Event #12, 1500$ Limit Hold’em
Finally, some sleep. It is 11:30am and I am just waking up. The TV is blabbing idiocies about Hillary Clinton and her endorsing Barack Obama. But I just have to watch. I make my way down to the coffee shop. I am so hungry, I say to myself “screw the comps” and just go in and pay for a nice hearty Omelette breakfast. God, it is taking me so long to get going. I don’t know if it’s the 1k I lost the night before or just laziness on my part. I do not feel excited at all. As I sit in front of the Video Poker machine to get my mailings activated, boredom settles in. Man, you can lose so much time in Vegas and survive.
Day 4 on my WSOP week. Mt. Hopkins – Las Vegas
I’m sorry, I just ended this report so abruptly. Las Vegas happened, plus a bunch of other personal stuff (good stuff, don’t worry). Finally I’m getting to update this. Anyway, this is Day 4 on the WSOP trip. Let’s get on with it!
Observing was great. We got a lot of data and I’ve got a lot of work for the next few weeks. But this isn’t about work. This is the day I go to Las Vegas. A lot of driving to do today, but I have done the trip before and I know it’s beautiful. So we all get up at around 11 am (after having worked until 5:30 am), I guess we are all just eager to leave the mountain. After driving down the long and winding road, basecamp is reached at around 1pm. I am in the real world again…
Day 2 on my WSOP week. Phoenix – Mt. Hopkins
It is always nice finding a bargain. The hotel in Phoenix certainly was one. It was almost like a nice little mini-suite with sofa and everything for 53$ (tax and everything included), less than my tank filling anyways. For good bargains in terms of hotels, especially in Las Vegas I have two recommendations.
Day 1 on my WSOP week. Pasadena-Phoenix
So this is it! Travel week is here. I’m writing this on Tuesday, but it is a small blog of my weeklong experience that will be observing and playing at Event #12 (1500$ LHE) at the WSOP.
It’s RSS Awareness Day
In recognition of RSS awareness day I want to point out the RSS feeds for my current blogs/projects. That amounts to a total of three right now but come late summer I’ll be launching a few more projects.
There are also numerous RSS readers out there. The one I use is Google Reader. Check it out!
