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IPOY Movers & Shakers (Jan. 2 - Jan. 8) |
| Written by Ryan Peck |
| Tuesday, 7 January 2007 |
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With the start of the New Year, a new name has emerged as a potentially formidable player in the 2007 race for the IPR Internet Player of the Year. With six cashes in premier online multi-table tournaments in just eight days, joeljaden debuts at No. 2 in the initial installment of this year's IPOY standings.
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2007 IPOY Schedule Announcement! |
| Tuesday, 7 January 2007 |
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Following a wildly successful debut in 2006, IPR is pleased to announce its online multi-table tournament slate for the 2007 Internet Player of the Year race. In devising the ’07 schedule, IPR used feedback from the top players on the Internet, in conjunction with the analyses of its own expert panel.
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We at IPR urge everyone to join in the madness. The next king of online poker could be you! | |
Visit www.internetpokerrankings.com to register for 2007!
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Rank |
Online Poker Player |
Points |
| 1 |
ch0ppy |
469 |
| 2 |
joeljaden |
468 |
| 3 |
LOPINI |
318 |
| 4 |
The Omaholic |
307 |
| 5 |
freeman |
297 |
| 6 |
I <3 $-FLOW |
296 |
| 7 |
severine |
267 |
| 8 |
AK87 |
258 |
| 9 |
Pyas |
253 |
| 10 |
ToniChamp |
253 |
Click here for more Player of the Year info like updated rankings, ranks by poker room, registration info., upcoming tournaments, player info., interviews, and online poker coverage!
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Schooling |
| Written by Ian Taylor aka Piemaster |
| Thursday, 14 December 2006 |
| You are dealt AcKc in early position, and you raise your premium holding. Three players cold-call your raise, as do both the blinds.
The flop is a nice looking Kh6s4s. You bet and all five opponents call.
The turn is 9c. You bet and three of your five opponents call.
The river is Qd. You bet and get raised. You make a crying call and are shown JdTs for the straight.
I think this story will resonate with most poker players, especially those who play (or have played) in the lower limits. Most winning poker players realize that they need to play against inferior players to win. However, sometimes it seems like your opponents are so bad that they actually become more difficult to beat. So many players are staying around with so many random hands, that one of them is bound to hit a hand better than your’s.
And so the theory of schooling was born. A school is a collective noun for a group of fish. Likewise, at the poker table, schooling is a word
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The Nut Can - ITH Community
Hilger Final Tables Aussie Millions Rebuy Event -
The International Man of Leisure is on the move down under....
(compiled as the Tournament progressed into the Final Table....mostly taken from Nside & Taz)
164 total runners bought into the event including David "The Dragon" Pham, Jeff Lisandro, Michael Tomeny, Tony Bloom, Kenna James, JJ Liu, Matt Hilger, Tony Hachem, Lee Nelson, Mel Judah, Gary Benson, Tony G, Mark Vos, Scott Fischman, and Sarah Bilney. The total prize pool was $464,000 with the top 18 players winning prize money. ...
Matt Hilger jumped out to an early lead along with David Pham. ...
# Tue Jan 09 2007 07:19 GMT
Matthew Hilger gives away some chips!
Matthew Hilger on the button raises to 800 and Paul "The Virus" Ravesi umms and ahhs before calling the extra 500 from the BB. The flop comes {A-Clubs} {A-Spades} {6-Diamonds} and it's checked to the turn which is a {2-Diamonds}. Again it's checked and we see a {5-Diamonds} on the river. Ravesi bets 1500 and Matthew calls. Ravesi turns over {A-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} for a hand that just got better and better from the flop to the river!
# Tue Jan 09 2007 04:11 GMT
Tony Hachem dominating!
Two limpers into the pot and Tony Hachem raises to 450 in the SB, BB (100) folds, Jimmy Soo counts his chips, rubs his forehead and folds. Matthew Hilger asks him why he didn't call because he only has a marginal hand in the cutoff showing Q-10o before mucking. Tony Hachem shows A-Ko.
And then Hilger Busts another one..
Matthew Hilger mini - raises to $4000 and Sam Khouiss makes the call from the BB.
The Flop is   
Matt bets $7000 and Sam moves all in. Matt makes the call and shows 
 Sam has the  
The Turn  and River don't help Sam and he is eliminated in 10th place. Sam the Champ is out
Matt Hilger made his second final table so far at the Aussie Millions! He's fourth in chips and trails Gary Benson who has a stack worth over $232K.
An Update from Hilger regarding going into the final table, setup, etc
"Thanks guys. Benson is one seat to my left."
"The hand reports are not very accurate. 1-2 blinds. i raise to QJ from cutoff and player calls (sammy i think). Flop is J87, all diamonds. I bet 7K and he calls. Turn is a blank and he moves all-in.
On the Hand Feature. We both hit our straights on the turn and I believe he was in the SB while I was on the button.
I made two mistakes, both on the last hand before the breaks. I'm happy to have been able to survive them. I was a little unlucky against Benson when I had KK and he says he had AK on a Kxx flop. The turn was a third spade or otherwise I probably win a big one. River was a 4th spade which was even worse but I still won the hand." - mchilger
Going into Final Table, Matthew holds 5th
Player Amount
Gary Benson................232K
Jeff Heiberg.................101K
Sam Youssef...............91K
AVERAGE STACK.......69K
Matthew Hilger............67K
Luke Brabin................ 51K
Cody Slaubaugh........50K
Javier Arango..............42K
Baden Logan..............35K
Jim Sachins................29K
Matthew
Of the first 25 hands. Matthew raised 5 times and folded to a reraise twice. Won the other 3 preflop. He reraised the big stack once preflop and bs folded.
Six raises in 25 hands....he's active.
Boo! Matthew makes a nice call of an allin with A8 against K9. Sadly, the river is a 9 and shorty doubles through Matthew
He is now second short stack at the table.
Ugh Matthew takes ahit on hand #30 A8 vs a shorty pushing K9, 9 on the river!
He has an M=5.5 (if the simulator is correct)
Looks like Matthew busted on hand 32 Aq vs AK 
A $14,000 payout might ease the pain somewhat. GG, Matthew.
Congrats Matthew! 2 on for 2 Final Tables is pretty Nuts!
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This is the eighth article in a series called Top 10 Mistakes of Online Players.
The mistakes are not given in any particular order. Most of the mistakes apply to live play also although two or three of them are more applicable to online play. So far we have discussed the following mistakes:
#1: Playing Too Many Starting Hands
#2: Drawing to Outs That Won’t Help You Win
#3: Miscalculating Odds with Two Cards to Come
#4: Calling Raises Too Often on the Turn
#5: Automatically Betting or Raising the River When They Think They Have the Best Hand
#6 Playing at Limits Too High in Relation to Their Bankroll
#7 Not Paying Attention
This leads us into our next common mistake…
Mistake #8: Bluffing Too Much
There is nothing more glamorous and exciting than making a big bluff at the poker table. For the poker player, it doesn’t get much better than raking in a nice size pot with the worst poker hand. For the poker player, satisfaction comes in knowing that you have outplayed your opponent.
Unfortunately, many poker players get themselves in trouble by bluffing too often. This is even truer on the Internet than in live games. Bluffing a lot is just not a profitable endeavor on the Internet, especially in the low-limit games where you frequently have hands go to showdowns.
There are two main reasons to try a bluff in poker. The obvious one is the immediate profit you gain on your successful bluffs. When playing observant opponents, it is also necessary to bluff occasionally so that you will get action in the future when you have solid hands. This is one of the key reasons for Gus Hansen’s success. He wins and loses a lot by all of his bluffs. It is those payoffs he gets when he has a real hand that makes him such a successful player. If you never bluff you won’t get paid off very often while a frequent bluffer will often be challenged. So it is the combination of the immediate profit gained and the advertising value you receive that makes
bluffing profitable when done in the right spots.
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How do you get a professional poker player off your front porch?
Pay him for the pizza!
Child's Play
A salesperson comes up to a house and rings the doorbell. No answer. He looks in the front window and sees four young kids playing poker for what looks like huge stakes.
He rings the bell again. This time a seven year old boy in a smoking jacket, with a cigar in one hand and a large bourbon in the other.
"Are your parents in?" asks the salesman politely.
The boy replies, "Does it F@#$!%G look like it?"
Scrounged from the 2006 Maxim Magazine WSOP Special, July 2006
http://www.maximmagazine.com
I bet on Ohio State b/c SOMEone felt they would win around here
HA
- True Story
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