DON tips

Double or Nothing sit and goes have changed my bankroll...But I wonder if they are changing me as a player. Are the skills needed to consistently win at them the same skills that I would use in cash games, or even "regular" MTT or STT?

I have decided no... Doesn't mean these skills are bad, but certainly I would be much too tight to play in the other games.

Bottom line...tight tight tight. To the point of folding AQ or anything below JJ. The premium hands will come, wait them out

It's begining to look a lot like Christmas

Spent the morning decorating the house for Christmas. Christmas music on the Cd player, Mrs. Aces88ss's special egg nog french toast and I am filled with the holiday spirit.

now. getting ready to settle in for an afternoon of Double or Nothing's...

BTW, tip of the day for DON's...learn to position steal, or you are doomed.

Best hand is not needed to win the pot. Just the best timed and placed bet

time to rename blog - a View from the lazyboy

I spend a great deal of time reading other people's blogs. Some I look to for interpreting the news of the day (centered around our VERY small world of poker), some I look to for the vicarious thrill of following someone else's life.

So, I wonder, what can I add that no one else is writing about.

I do not live anywhere exciting

I do not do anything exciting

I do not play high stakes (I am following sound bankroll management, and have moved steadily from $5 to $10 to current level of $20)

I have turned into a grinder. I play 25-30 sit and go's each day. Usually two at a time, occasionally three.

As I said in an earlier post, I have discovered Double or Nothings. I sit in my basement (a very nice basement), watching TV and playing poker from my easy chair. I am retired, and this is what I do.

SO, starting today, I plan to post more often, but with the perspective that I am what I am, and will share my views from that perspective.

poker...a view from the easy chair

Blogger Tourney

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

The WBCOOP is an online Poker tournament open to all Bloggers.

Registration code: 281387

New game on Pokerstars a GODSEND

Online poker is getting tough. Not just the legalities, but I am talking about the competition.

Seems less and less the tables are populated with newbies or poor players. I have been playing for several years, and I have never seen this level of competition before. I have had brief bouts of successes (winning one of the $24 HORSE tourneys at Full Tilt), but my long run stats were static. Occasional cashes, but equal numbers of adding money.

When I started this blog, I was going to start playing more cash games. Once again...break even. I had some success at RAZZ, but every effort I made to move up in levels (following sound bankroll management) just knocked me back to the lower levels.

BUT THEN...God Bless Pokerstars!

Double or Nothing Sit and Go tournaments have changed my life. At least my poker life.

I played 1,000 games. Started at $5 a game, moved to $10, and am currently playing at the $20 level. I cashed out $1,000 in November, and cleared $1,400.

So, call me D.O.N. Acess88ss