Last night, I ran a charity poker tournament in North Bergen. 30 people played, buy-in was $80+20 (5,000 starting chips with optional $40 add-on for 3,000 more). I got the job because my poker buddy Bill got sick and couldn't do it, so he called me the day of.

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I WILL NOT PLAY IN ANY MORE NO-LIMIT HOLD'EM GAMES WHERE I CANNOT BUY IN FOR AT LEAST 100x THE BIG BLIND.

Buying in for $40 at a $.50/1 table is a recipe for disaster.

All right, it didn't help that the same player got dealt AA against me two times in a row.

Hmmm. Maybe $40 max isn't so terrible after all!

Another party with a poker tournament tonight.  After the group of millionaires busted out of their freeroll for another $10,000 prize, I dealt $5/$10 No Limit ($1000 buy in).   Two players went all in on the first hand of that cash game, which means I pushed a pot of over $2,000 to the winner.

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Last night I dealt a freeroll tournament for a $10,000. The group was a social club for millionaires. I WANT THESE PEOPLE AT MY NEXT CASH GAME. Horrendous players. Showdowns with possible straights and flushes on board, and ace-high beats king-high for the pot. Insane ( Read more... )

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If you're playing poker for money, isn't it important to play by the rules?

"rules" referring to minimum reraises, announcing "raise" when you want to raise, and the fact that throwing in a higher-denomination chip without statiing "raise" is only a call...

PokerStars Game #3929167702: Tournament #19225022, Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2006/02/10 - 20:57:11 (ET)
Table '19225022 138' Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: GARDOCK (4545 in chips)
Seat 2: Luoist (12965 in chips)
Seat 3: RLBeanMan (5463 in chips)Seat 4: shynstuff26 (7980 in chips ( Read more... )