Tag Archives: Hand reading

Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 10, Game 2

Posted on December 21, 2015 by patrick

Started out fairly normal. I don’t remember any huge hands, but I came into the game with a few goals: Don’t play as many weaker hands out of position weakly. If I want to play them, I have to player … Continue reading →

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Foxwoods $160 Deepstack Tournament 8/1

Posted on August 5, 2015 by patrick

Joined Cobra for a $160 deep stack at Foxwoods. 20,000 starting chips and 20 minute levels. Pretty good structure and we ended up getting around 105 buy-in’s. As usual, I started our pretty slow. I really was having a good … Continue reading →

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Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 9, Game 8

Posted on June 19, 2015 by patrick

As detailed in my last post, I went into this game with a goal of playing less passively. I largely succeeded there, but not without a few hurdles. Early on I won a few and lost a few hands. However, … Continue reading →

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Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 9, Game 7

Posted on June 1, 2015 by patrick

Started out poorly by losing a few hands, but then I was right back in after I hit a set of 2’s against one of the players who had just taken most of another player’s chips. However, after really thinking … Continue reading →

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Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 9, Game 6

Posted on April 23, 2015 by patrick

Every month, Cobra and I talk about how bad we run, how unlucky we are and how some other players don’t seem to have those problems. Normal poker talk right? We also say that the best way to combat those … Continue reading →

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Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 9, Game 5 & March Fun Game

Posted on April 9, 2015 by patrick

We play these games on Friday nights starting at 7:00. This is a good idea because many of us don’t have to work the next day. It’s a bad idea because many of us put in a full day of … Continue reading →

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Hand of the Day #5

Posted on March 13, 2015 by patrick

After 1 limper, I limp on the button with J/6c. Small Blind and Big Blind come along. At this point I have 73,000. SB has 25,000. BB has 30,000. Early limper has 10,000. The flop is Ac/Qc/6d. Amazing flop for … Continue reading →

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WSOP Qualifier

Posted on March 6, 2015 by patrick

On Sunday, 2/22, I decided to play in one of America’s Card Room’s WSOP qualifier events. $50+$5 and they were guaranteeing 5 $12,500 packages to the WSOP Main Event. 5,000 starting chips, 15 minute blinds, rebuys allowed for the first … Continue reading →

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Gargoyle Tournament Series, Season 9, Game 4

Posted on February 27, 2015 by patrick

Was extremely busy last week so didn’t have much opportunity to write. 1 week to go until the next Gargoyle game! Having done well in game 3, I wanted to continue that trend in game 4. I never really go … Continue reading →

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Hand of the Day #4

Posted on February 17, 2015 by patrick

This will be a good lead-in to my latest Gargoyle recap. Observed by me: Pretty normal hand early on in the tournament. Ace high board at the river when the following happens. Player 1 bets. Player 2 looks very thoughtful … Continue reading →

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