Sick Week

Sorry for the lack of posts this week. I had a wicked flu all week and had no energy to write anything of worth in this BLOG. Was in bed for 3 days with a high fever, dizziness, and a really wicked cough. The cough got so bad on Thursday morning that I started throwing up! All this is in the past being I am on my way to a recovery now. Still feel weak, with lower back pains, but am 80% recovered. Half our staff at work has been sick in the last 2 weeks so it's going around. Anyway back to some Poker, was watching the Poker Stars Big Game on the net this morning. Damn what an entertaining show this is. I like it way better than Poker After Dark's regular Sit-N-Go format. It's as good as Poker After Dark's Cash game. I still like High stakes Poker a little more, that's my favorite Poker Show of all time. Been grinding away at the Limit Razz tables today. Damn the variance there is huge, was down 40BBs in he first hour! Came all the way back and am now up a few big bets. Will have to grind a lot today and tommorrow to maintain my VIP status. Beware of the Donks, it is considered a Holiday weekend you know. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Almost Shipped it

PokerStars Tournament #321312018, 8-Game
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
26 players
Total Prize Pool: $260.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/24 8:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A USD 78.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 72.50 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

I was so mad I should have TID! Heads up I was running over the villian but he won every hand he was all in. Oh well I will take the 7 buy ins. Happy Monday. Tony

Ship it!

PokerStars Tournament #321307682, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $3.00/$0.30 USD
64 players
Total Prize Pool: $192.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/23 10:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 1st place. A USD 52.32 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 120.95 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

My Razz skill continues to grow at the micro. stakes level. Happy saturday. Tony

Small No Limit MTT Score

PokerStars Tournament #336010245, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
1373 players
Total Prize Pool: $13730.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/22 7:00:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 68th place. A USD 23.34 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 90.35 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

I'll take it, need the TLB points. Still have a small chance to cash for the year. Tony

A New Look

As you can see I have decided to redesign my BLOG. After all these years it's look was growing stale. Look for more changes over the next few weeks. Please leave a comment about the changes. Thanks for visiting. Tony

Razz Score

PokerStars Tournament #318989827, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $15.00/$1.50 USD
31 players
Total Prize Pool: $465.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/17 13:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A USD 111.60 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 85.96 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

Razz keeps my roll healthy! Good Luck. Tony

Blogger Freeroll

Steps Quest Update

The Steps Quest is going very well for me this week. Last night I played my Step 3 on Stars and won myself a Step 4 ticket. Think I will use it for a Sunday major this weekend instead of playing vs. the really tough competition in Steps 5 and 6. When we got 4 handed the chip leader played super aggressive big stack Poker. Any hand you wanted to play you had to be willing to play for your SNG life! It was a very smart way to play when you have a huge stack and the other 3 stacks are basically even. I adjusted my strategy to only play hands I was willing to risk it all with. I noticed the other 2 players trying all different raise sizes to open the pot and not learning that the big stack was just going to go over the time over and over again. I saw him take down 10 pots in a row by re-raising and no one calling him. Whenever I would open it was for a shove and he would just fold to me, even though I only had less than ¼ of his stack. I love playing in these with another player that understands how to put pressure on the shorter stacks. So I spent $15 and have earned a Step 4 worth $215, not too shabby. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Steps Quest

I am back to spending most of my Online Poker time playing Steps Sit-N-Gos. Am playing on Stars and FullTilt. I perfer Full's Steps program over Stars. For one Step one is only $3.30. More importantly you can use all Step 3 and higher tickets for any mtt of equal value. One thing I like better about Stars is Step 6 is the top and there are some cash prices to have. Full you have to go to Step 7 and there is no cash available unless you win it! For now I have a Step 3 on stars and a Step 4 on Fulltilt. I will keep you all posted if I can get higher. May use my tickets in an MTT but not sure yet. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Micro-stakes Cash

PokerStars Tournament #317071336, No Limit Hold'em
Buy-In: $0.10 USD
5386 players
$50.00 USD added to the prize pool by PokerStars
Total Prize Pool: $588.60 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/10 10:00:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 140th place. A USD 0.70 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 33.75 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

Beware of he Donks today! Happy Donkday. Tony

I'm Just a Razz Machine

PokerStars Tournament #317071270, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00 USD
9 players
Total Prize Pool: $180.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/09 7:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 2nd place. A USD 54.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 48.93 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating.

Another day another Razz cash. I am ready for the 2011 WSOP Razz event! Tony

Online Update

Been doing ok at Rush Poker this week. I am not winning a fortune but holding my own. Have been doing great playing Step Sit-N-Gos at Stars. I hope to have a few step 4 within a few weeks. I will be able to play the Sunday Razz major and the Sunday Warm-up. We will see if I can pull it off. Hsppy Saturday. Tony

Another Razz Score.

PokerStars Tournament #314042280, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $20.00/$2.00 USD
15 players
Total Prize Pool: $300.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/03 7:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place. A USD 60.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 51.57 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating

I should play nothing but Razz MTTs. Problem is there aren't that many of them to play daily. Happy Donkday. Tony

Razz Score

PokerStars Tournament #333010905, Limit Razz
Buy-In: $10.00/$1.00 USD
100 players
Total Prize Pool: $1000.00 USD
Tournament started 2010/10/01 19:45:00 ET


Dear AVIGANOLA,

You finished the tournament in 3rd place. A USD 130.00 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

You earned 116.09 tournament leader points in this tournament. For information about our tournament leader board, see our web site at http://www.pokerstars.com/poker/tournaments/leader-board/



Congratulations!

Thank you for participating

As usual Razz turns a losing night into a winning one. Good luck. Tony