Archive for the ‘Gambling’ Category
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
I'm off to Vegas today. The World Series of Poker 2008 is underway in Las Vegas and continues through July 12th. For the first time, I'm going to Vegas and I don't plan on gambling at all. This is actually a business trip for the new website that we are launching soon.
I'm going ...
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Friday, May 25th, 2007
At a forum called 2+2, poker players post hands that they've had problems with and ask other poker players to give advice and strategy. What is very interesting in the forums is that players can post their hands and the action on from pre-flop to the river, but they cannot ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
Friday night I won another entry into a WSOP satellite. What I didn't know was that the satellite began 30 minutes after I won. So I ended up playing alot of poker Friday night.
I busted out in 96th place out of 221 on a two outer. A two outer is ...
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Monday, April 23rd, 2007
In no limit hold'em, one of the most difficult things to do is to size your bets properly. You have a good hand and you bet too much and your opponent folds. You bet too little and your opponent calls with the proper odds.
There are times in poker where you ...
Posted in Gambling, Real Estate | 2 Comments »
Friday, April 20th, 2007
Last year my friend and I thought about entering the 2006 WSOP main event. It would have been a nice experience but paying $10,000 for most likely a few hours of poker?
This year one of my non-financial goals was to get into the 2007 WSOP main event. So I have ...
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Thursday, December 14th, 2006
They found a title issue with one of my lots in St. George. I don't have too many details on it, but it appears to be an easement issue with the ingress egress dating from the 1980's. Hopefully that will get taken care of and it will still close this ...
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Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
I'd like to give an example of how poker players make money... For those that don't know the rules of No Limit Texas Hold'em, they can be found here.
Suppose you have pocket 5's (55) and you and your opponent both have $3,000 on the table. Your opponent has raised $200 preflop. ...
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