Wedding Day

Big shout out to my cousin Neil, he's getting married in a few hours. This is the same Neil who throws the kick ass Poker nights at his house. Good luck and congratulations! Tony

Cake Poker Update

Wow I am running bad this week. I have lost in cash games 5 out of the last 7 days. Thankfully I am softening the blow by crushing the Double or Nothing Sit-N-Gos. I have won 10 of my last 13 of them.The action in Cake's No Limit Cash games has picked up lately. They regularly have $2-4 and $1-2 No Limit Cash Games going on week nights. As for the Micro Stakes levels, .05-.10, .10-.20, and .25-.50 there are hundreds of games going. Of course deposit options for American players are limited. That is why strict bank roll management for me. I have a major announcement coming up in this BLOG. It won't be for a few weeks but at least it will give my readers something to look forward too. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Sign This Online Poker Petition

Let's all try to do something about fighting our Government from taking away our rights to play Online Poker. In the next few weeks I will find links to sign petitions to get Online Poker regulated. Please click on this link and sign the petition. Maybe our collective voices can do something about this. Here is the link:

Petition

Double Up Sit-N-Gos

This week things are going great for me on Cake Poker playing Double Up Sit-N-Gos. I just cashed in 8 of my last 10. The rake is higher at Cake than it was at Poker Stars but the players are way worse. They play these like a regular Sit-N-Go, don't make the proper adjustments. Double ups are all about survival not chip accumulation. Squeaking into the money is right up my alley. Still miss playing MTTs on sundays but I am coping the best I can. When will our government get it's act together? All this money they could be bringing in to reduce the deficit is just slipping through their fingers. Right now they have more important things to worry about like raising the debt ceiling. The way our government gets things done is just a joke. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Let's Band Together to Get Something Done

Let's all try to do something about fighting our Government from taking away our rights to play Online Poker. In the next few weeks I will find links to sign petitions to get Online Poker regulated. Please click on this link and sign the petition. Maybe our collective voices can do something about this. Here is the link:

Petition

WSOP Horses Results

My cousin and I both had 2 of our Horses make the final table. Not bad considering we choose when there were over 140 players left. For him Phil Collins and Ben Lamb made the final table. For me Pius Heinz and Ben Lamb made it. So the bet is a wash and no one wins anything. It was a fun sweat and am sure we will do it next year. Bring on November when we get to see the ending to this story. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

WSOP Horses

Every year my cousin and I make some Main Event picks. Here are my 10 horses for the Main Event Final Table.

David Bach
Byran Devonshire
Kyle Johnson
Sam Barnhart
Ben Lamb
Andrew Brokos
Thomas Grey
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Pius Heinz
Jean-Robert Bellande Winner!

Here are my cousin's picks:

Ben Lamb
Phil Collins
Daryl Jace
Frank Calo
Christian Harder
David Sands
John Robert Bellande
David Barter
Tony Hachem
Sami Kelopuro (Winner)

As you can see I am going out on a limb with my winner pick! May the best Donk's picks win. Enjoy watching the Main Event today on ESPN2 or ESPN3. Good luck at the tables. Tony

WSOP Main Event Inspiration

I have been watching ESPN's live coverage of the Main Event for the last 2 years. It's awesome, am surprised they haven't done this years ago. I believe it's on a 30 minute time delay with hole cards shown after most hands. Also they are showing hand after hand so the flow of the game is not interrupted. It's on ESPN2 and ESPN3 until 10:00pm eastern time tonight also on again at 12:00 midnight. If you can watch it don't miss, it's must watch TV. As for the Inspiration I played in a 76 man low limit No Limit MTT this morning on Cake. I cashed in forth place for 7.5 buy ins. It's my first cash in awhile. Felt I played tight aggressive poker great today. Being I am out of practice it felt good to cash. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

Poker Players Unite!

Let's all try to do something about fighting our Government from taking away our rights to play Online Poker. In the next few weeks I will find links to sign petitions to get Online Poker regulated. Please click on this link and sign the petition. Maybe our collective voices can do something about this. Here is the link:

Petition

WSOP 50K Players Championship

Sorry for the late post about the 8-Game Players Championship Results. It's been a crazy busy holiday shortened week. Basically had to get 5 days worth of work into 4 days! IMHO Phil Hellmuth blew his chance for a 12th braclet. Calling all in with an under card flush draw with a big stack is a bad move in most cases. In the one hand he shoved with it, which do to fold equity wasn't that bad. Brian Rasst made a great call with A-K unimproved vs. 9-6 suited which actually had more outs being 3 sixes and 3 nines were good too. The other 2 all in calls by Hellmuth were really bad being he called with 2 cards lower than the board, to a flush, both times. I don't know what he was thinking but maybe he wanted to win so bad that he didn't think it through. The one hand they had 9 million chips each and he called off into a pot that only had 1 million to begin with as a 2-1 underdog. Still he did have 3 impressive 2nd place finishes in non-holdem events this year. Plus he had 5 cashes overall and most likely will win player of the year too. Overall I think he has nothing to be ashamed of for this WSOP. Thanks for reading adn good luck at the tables. Tony

New Streak

I am starting up a new streak on Cake Poker. So far 3 winning days in a row. Also doing well at the Double or nothing Sit-N-Gos. Something weird happened, lost 3 in a row for the first time in over a year. It's all good being I won the next 5 straight to make up for it. Still miss the big MTTs on Stars and Full, what can you do. Happy forth of July to everyone. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony

End of a Good Run

The Winning Streak is over. I didn’t want to post about it but just went 14 days straight without a single losing one on Cake Poker. Granted it’s just micro stakes No Limit but it feels good to win every day for 2 weeks straight. On top of it have been putting in a lot of volume so my Rake back has been decent. Haven’t been winning a ton like ½ buy in to 2 buyins but is starts to add up over time. Now I am almost ready to move up to the next level, which will still be micro stakes but almost low stakes, lol. I miss playing for real money at the Razz and Hi/Lo Stud tables on Poker Stars. Really miss playing in large field MTTs for the big bucks. Oh well I thought we lived in a free country! Don’t get me started about the BS tactics of our short sighted politicians running our lives and this country. Everyone have a happy Fourth of July Weekend. Be careful if playing with fireworks. Thanks for reading and good luck at the tables. Tony