Poker - Recession Style

Next Game - Saturday, April 25th, 6PM

$10 buy-in, rebuy, and add-ons

Max 20 players.

Registered List

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. Todd
4. Rico
5. Toby
6. Sean
7. Patrick
8. Cristine
9. David
10. Stu
11. Cindy
12. Doyle
13. Ian

Game 15 Results - Championship Tourney Announced

This is ging to be short and sweet. All I remember is I was the 1st one out back to back and I was the coffee boy at the club.

Game 15 Results

Points Standings

Money Standings

Jackpot - I may take a few bucks out for prizes.

FPP - These guys are eligible for the Free add-on at the Championship Game.

Buy-in for the Championship Game

Championship Tourney - Saturday, January 17th, 6PM

Freeze-out $20 buy-in, $10 or $20 one time add-on. Max 20 players.

Registered List

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. Cristine
4. Justin
5. Toby
6. Armando
7. Cindy
8. Stuart
9. Mitch
10. Lori
11. Todd
12. Sean
13. Patrick
14. Ian
15. Michael
    

Game 14 in the books, Game 15 announced

We played Game 14 and I'd like to congratulate David on his first win in his first attempt this season. I had a rough go of it when my AA were cracked by AJ heads-up. I was the first one out. And much to Stacey's delight, CRISTINE GOT QUADS!!!

Thanks to everyone that brought food to share - it was a feast!

REMINDER We are going to host the Season 3 Championship Invitational Tourney in the January/February time frame. We will have at least 2 more tourney's before the game. I am requesting you play at least 2 regular season tourney's to be invited to the lucrative Invitational Event. You can how many tourney's you played this season in the "Games" column of the standings below. I highlighted the eligible players on the list.

This event includes discounted buy-ins based on points and money standings AND an infusion of the Jackpot bucks into the pot. The jackpot is growing nicely and will likely definately top $250.

Here are the results for Game 14.

Here are the overall Points and Money (sorted on Money) standings.
Here is the current Jackpot status:
Here is the current FPP tally. Rico, Stuart and I have earned free add-ons. (I forgot to take mine last time)

Game 15 - Saturday, December 6th, 6PM

Freeze-out $20 buy-in, $10 or $20 one time add-on. Max 20 players.

Registered List (bold for early sign-up bonus)

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. Mitch
4. Lori
5. Stuart
6. Justin
7. Toby
8. Ian
9. Todd
10. Kevin
11. Clint

Well it's about time.... Game 13 results, GAME 14 IS SCHEDULED

We played Game 13 back in September during Hurricane Ike. Wow, I have been very negligent in getting this post up. Nevertheless, it's time to play again. This post includes the stats and the announcement for Game 14.

We are going to host the Season 3 Championship Invitational Tourney in the January/February time frame. We will have at least 2 more tourney's before the game. I am requesting you play at least 2 regular season tourney's to be invited to the lucrative Invitational Event. You can how many tourney's you played this season in the "Games" column of the standings below.

This event includes discounted buy-ins based on points and money standings AND an infusion of the Jackpot bucks into the pot. The jackpot is growing nicely and will likely top $250.

Here are the results for Game 13.



Here are the overall Points and Money (sorted on Money) standings.

Here is the current Jackpot status:


Here is the current FPP tally. Rico, Stuart and I have earned free add-ons.

Game 14 - Saturday, November 22nd, 6PM

Freeze-out $20 buy-in, $10 one time add-on. Max 20 players.

Registered List (bold for early sign-up bonus)

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. Mitch
4. Lori
5. Justin
6. Armando
7. Toby
8. David
9. Cristine
10. Todd
11. Michael
12. Sean
13. Patrick

Review for Blackjack Stats

Wow. Let's take a break from Poker sites for a minute and review something a little different. This is a pretty neat site for you blackjack strategists. You can get to the site by clicking this link: Online Casinos. The site is a little slow. It has all kinds of charts you can customize for the type of game and other settings including: # of decks, betting style, rules (like dealer must hit soft 17), the strategy you want to employ, and the type of table you want produced.

After selecting each item, a table is produced showing how the strategy worked out on a random deck. It's pretty complicated, but manageable by applying some simple blackjack strategies that are fairly well known and publicized. I ran a few through and it wasn't as daunting as it first appears. I used a couple strategies I employ in Vegas and as one would expect, their recommendations were a little different than what I was doing. no wonder my bankroll takes a hit when I play live blackjack.

There are some other cool items. There is a video blackjack calculator here. All of these calculators and strategies are designed to guide the user through an online gaming session. There are also bankroll calculators and an income calculator.

So if you get psyched after watching 21, then why not plunk down a couple hundred and try out some of these free strategies. Let me know how they work out with a comment.

Poker Ownage Site Review

This sight, Poker News, has a weird name, but is probably the best organized and deepest sight I have come across. I like the diversity of topics on the sight including news, online sight reviews, gossip, and gambling coverage in the real world (not online).

Under POKER GOSSIP AND RUMORS it didn't take me long to learn of the rumor High Stakes Poker is not going to be on GSN anymore. That was disappointing, however, old news that might not even be accurate at this point in time. The problem is the latest news is form June?

Under the rakeback section, the sight site discusses how to choose the best online poker sight on the basis of rakeback. This would be more helpful if the sight included some current data.

The sight also posts a review for Titan Poker. I found it a little strange that all the major poker sights were listed on this sight, but Titan is featured in the header.

There are several lesser known sight reviews and these are interesting if you want to change your luck and try a new sight. The list here is intentionally small because Ownage has filtered them for you. The Doyle's Room link didn't work. Cake Poker has a link, but no review as of yet.

All in all the sight is handy. I bookmarked it and will return. Why don't you?

Game 13 Announced - 9/13/08 - 6PM

Game 13 - Saturday, September 13th, 6PM

Freeze-out $20 buy-in, $10 one time add-on. Max 20 players.Registered List (bold for early sign-up bonus)

1. Jim
2. Stacey
3. Stuart
4. David O.
5. Ian
6. Toby
7. Cindy
8. Scott
9. Cristine

Note - Jeff dropped due to Ike.

Site Review: Spin Palace Casino

Yet another review of an on-line related site. This time I am reviewing Spin Palace. The previous link takes you to an overview of the site. The actual casino site is located here.

I was impressed with this casino because of the attractive mega jackpot. $6.7 million. That would be nice. They also have slot tournaments and online video poker, blackjack, and roulette. You can see a lots of recent winners by country by going to this link.

I downloaded the software and it was easy to install. I toured around the site, but didn't put any money down. I was impressed with the sign-up bonuses, 100% 1st deposit, 50% 2nd deposit, and 25% 3rd deposit. The details are posted on their site here.

For each game they provide instructions and strategy tips. The tips for Craps were pretty good and I spent some time reviewing them and comparing them to my own winning strategies. I love craps and online craps is even better for action than that in a live casino game. It takes way too long for the staff to pay out, you don't have to worry about some jackass putting his hands down to foul the dice, and the dice never leave the table.

I will definitely check the site out when I get a few gambling bucks liberated from my allowance account.