Archive for March, 2008

Finding a Keeper

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

On my way over here this morning I was listening to the radio and some guy had written in with a story. The previous night, on his way home from work, he had stopped at a garage for petrol (gas station for gas, if you’re American). On his way in to the shop he spotted some flowers. They looked well and he thought it would be a nice gesture so he bought them and brought them home to his girlfriend. […]

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Rhythm and Stealth

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

Today we are talking rhythm. For me, a poker game has a rhythm. In fact it sort of has multiple rhythms. When the action from other players is fast and furious that provides a kind of pace or rhythm that effects me. It is easy to get keyed up in response to lots of action. When you do, that is the pace of the opponent’s game effecting your mental state (probably negatively). […]

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Swings and Roundabouts

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

After the spewfest that was my play in the middle section of the month, I had recovered to somewhere approaching reasonable by the 28th. If 2008 had not been a leap year, I would have ended February having played about 4,300 hands. But 2008 is a leap year and February 29th was not good to me […]

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