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Poker Materials For Weekends 2007-09-15 09:28:00 Changes have been implemented.ForewordsJust a few words to say that i have now added technorati tags in the post which would help add a few exposure to the blog and a new email subscription feature on the sidebar. I have changed the commenting system of blogger and converted it to Haloscan system which i think is great. However all previous comments in the blog have now vanished which is alright as this blog is not receiving a lot of comments at the moment. I value your opinions and what you have to say.A quick look at my subscribers base shows it has increased with my highest number is 11 subscribers. I am looking forward to some of your feedbacks though.Poker ReadingThere are some books on the shelves of local bookstores in Malaysia (i.e; Borders) that i would want to buy. I remember seeing a very thick book from Johny Chan but is not there anymore. I also see books from Sklansky, Phil Gordon, Matt Matros and Ed Miller there also. The price range is from RM80-120. In the meantime i a ...

New Poker Network 2007-09-14 04:40:00 Time, it is what we are having less of as we get by.The Poker NetworkThe poker industry however is not holding back on time. A while back, a new poker network just emerged; Cake Poker. Now, the list grows bigger with another network namely;Action Poker There are 48 sites under this network now.ALEA NetworkThere are 6 sites under this network.I haven't try all, but i have tried Action Poker though. One day i will do a review here when have time.Technorati Tags: poker network ...

Money, Money, Money, Money 2007-09-11 17:22:00 Salary always comes on the last day of the month.The Fact IsIt always goes out faster than it could ever enter into my bank account. And my paycheck is not going to go up any higher. It has already been 50 years since Malaysia gained its independence. I am 25 now and i still do not see any financial independence. There will always be car loan to pay, credit card debts to settle and other miscellaneous expenditures. Perhaps another 25 years to when i am 50 that i would see financial independence.The APPT SeoulSeriously, there's only 3 days left to qualify for the APPT Seoul round 2 freeroll. I do not have that much time left to play because i have to work. Damn. I heard Korean girls can drink. My mentor just qualified for round 2 and i am happy for him. I am rolling my fingers into a fist and kneeling down and cried, "Stars, let me go to Seoul!!".Technorati Tags: money ...

Winning Does Matter 2007-09-10 12:38:00 I am closing in on maintaining my blog for 3 months now. Since doing so, i have developed an interesting relationship with numbers. I am growing quite fond of blogging and all matters related to blogging. In respect to that i am beginning to realise why blogging can be a full time job. As silly as it is, it is interesting to observe the numbers related to your blog.The picture above shows the stat for my readers base. It was a surprise and an equally rewarding feeling to see the numbers go up. It rose to its highest on the day i made a post on my winnings. And it dropped down as well the day after. It fluctuates. I am happy that poker postings have a place in its visitors. Actually, wasn't very happy when it declined. Actually it disturbs me. It makes me wonder what would make pokerpostings.blogspot.com better.Technorati Tags: blogging ...

Weekender's Post For Weekend Readers 2007-09-08 11:48:00 This weekend's post will be on 2 things, The Venetian Macao and Poker Fuzzy's 2+2 Anthology.The Venetian MacaoDuring my random checking on websites and blogs, i came to the infamous Malaysian blogger kenny at kennysia.com. His blog has such a huge following that it put my puny blog to shame. The reason why this post has something related to his was his recent traveling experience at the newly opened casino at Macau. The name of the casino is 'The Venetian Macao', the casino that will bring Las Vegas to Asia. It was opened not too long ago last month. It is also the same company that will be completing The Marina Bay Sands casino in Singapore in 2009. You can check out some pictures of the casino under construction at wikipedia by entering the keywords 'The Marina Bay Sands'.Anyway, kenny's inside pictures of 'The Venetian' are so glorifyingly stunning that it stirred up an urge to save some money for a vacation to Macau. His Macau trip was posted on 6th September so it is sti ...

Bodog First Win 2007-09-07 06:40:00 My attempt to play at the bigger poker sites was a success. This would be my first time to be in the money at Bodog. I registered into its $500 guaranteed freerolls of over 2400 players. I came in 48th and pocketed $2. Bodog is not part of any network but have its own legions of loyal players. Its poker software is easy to navigate and customisable.I decided to migrate to bigger and respectable poker sites for reasons;1) SecurityTo ensure that all winnings are safe.2) PlayersThere will always be players playing and can always join in any games or tournaments at anytime. With many players around, the site will have responsibilities to its players.3) PackageBigger sites will always have promotions to the latest worldwide tournaments from its freerolls and satellites.However, choosing these sites would mean to play with thousands of players. All are eager to take a piece of the cake.Technorati Tags: bodog, winnings, freerolls ...

Pocket Kings/KK - Busted 2007-09-05 17:29:00 You might not be able to feel the pain when this happens. I was languishing away as my opponent hit his straight with Jack high. I was playing one live SNG last weekend of 11 people. I was around until 3 or 4 people were out. I was then the first to go all-in with KK. The person on my left goes all-in and later another guy, 3 person away goes all-in as well. Everybody else folded. Guess what their cards were; vs vs Everything was fine when the flop and turn came. All were low cards of the number below 10. By that time, i was overjoyed but composed. The anti-climax begins when the river dealt was a Jack. And so, my opponent on my left who have Ace Ten takes the big pot. And my fate was sealed. Bad beats can happen online and offline too as you can see.Technorati Tags: bad beats ...

I Am Not A Professional 2007-09-04 04:54:00 ..... poker player nor i claimed to be at least above average than others. This blog is not to brag how good i am but rather sharing information because of the interests in poker. It wouldn't be fun at all to write a post or create a blog just to get advertising revenue if there is no interest on the subject.Leaving me out alone, there are a lot of professional poker players everywhere. And this post is to highlight the amiable poker pro Daniel Negreanu. Being a poker player, there will always be one or two player that you look up to as a role model or trying to compete against. These professional players are being watched and most often, a lot of people will try to imitate their style. Daniel Negreanu is one of the well-like professional players.If you are a fan of Daniel Negreanu, you will probably know of his poker journal at Full Contact Poker. I previously wrote a short post about the old Full Contact Poker at (Merger of two titans: FullContactPoker and PokerStars). If you are a ...

Going online making money 2007-09-02 12:08:00 I have been wanting to write a post on this and had hold'em for some time. If anyone chances upon an opportunity to make extra money, almost everyone would want to take part in it. The idea to be able to make money online is not something new. A lot of people started blogging with the hope of participating in internet marketing and rake in some cash. There are many people that you can see that are successful. It sounded so simple almost anyone can do it. Afterall, you just need to sign up, create a blog and put some ads.To put a twist on this matter, i came across an interesting article from which it actually sparked off my intention on writing this post. Ray Dotson from Freshblogger had an article on You Are Not Going To Make Money Online which he had linked up to a video post from 45n5.In my personal opinion, a lot of people are online these days and are easier to find something they can relate to. Something, which was not that convenient in the past and which we would just used to ...

Tournaments 2007-08-26 17:08:00 Just before i go all-in with the topic above, i would like to say that this blog is feed-able. So, readers and some visitors here, you can actually subscribe to the feeds by clicking on the RSS button on the right sidebar which says 'Subscribe in a reader'. Or alternatively you can also do so using google reader if you have a google account and paste my main address into the subscription box.Benefits of doing this will be that it saves you time and the posts send to you in your reader without you coming to the site.So, as highligted in the header this post will be about tournaments, particularly Asia Pacific Poker Tour (APPT). The APPT is a PokerStars event and the recent APPT Manila, which just ended, is one of the events that is on everyone's mind. Being situated in Asia, having a big scale poker tournament like this is an opportunity waiting to be grabbed. Almost a part of the world has their eyes on it, at least in the Asia continent. And Malaysia is no different than any other ...