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Friday, May 12, 2006

Online Poker, is it for me or is it for you?


Since early February I had no time to go to Casino Niagara, therefore I've been playing online at PokerRoom.com and PartyPoker.com. So far this year I am in the negative -thanks to online poker. Actually if it wasn't for my casino winnings earlier this year (check the pictures); I would have been in the big negative.

So the question is; Is online poker for me?
I think I could be a good online player since I always make a profit in the first hour I play, then it goes downhill. What is it? maybe I have no patience, maybe I get tired after that or I just get bored.

One thing I know for a fact - I am a very good live poker player. My bud, Gord, suggested that it might be because of the phycological game I play in the table, which is hard to do in a chat box and they can just ignore you.

I am going to stop playing online and just try to go to Niagara once a month or just go to underground tournaments in Toronto; there are plenty, been there, done that.

From now on, if i feel like playing poker online I will stick to tournaments. Even though I can't make a lot of money from them, I am very good at them, just today I got first place in a one-table Limit tournament; I won $25. The irony is that I didn't realize it was limit till I was in, I don't like Limit. My best record has been finishing 30th in a 980 people tournament.

I believe what helps me online is that I can switch gears very quickly, I have courage and I can see player's patterns very quickly before they realize I got them.

So finally just enjoy the pictures, I hope I take some more later this month. :)

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