No Limit, Again

The new Sportbook.com poker is more visible when maximized.  Sportsbetting.com poker did not switch to
the new slick format and has the one the the human cartoons.  The older format, that Sportsbetting.com still has, is easier on the eyes and a game can be played without maximizing it. 

The new slick format has many fancy features - more than Pokerstars or Full Tilt.

Having recovered from the downturn, the King is thinking about playing in some freeroll NL Hold 'em tournaments.

Another Bad Beat Blog

Alan N. Schoonmaker wrote in one of his books - "Your Own Worst Enemy" that if witnessing a table of players that most people would not be happy with their results.  He said that scene were a workplace, that there was a serious morale problem. 

Another poker blogger starts of his blog with - this is not another bad beat blog. All this is funny because the King started off the month with a downturn.  With hopes of making his yearly earning goals, the King moved up to the nickel and dime games and lost a few rolls of pennies. 

Overall the higher stakes are more aggressive in that there is more raising to narrow the field. With tighter play, at the showdown, the tighter player with higher cards wins the pot.  The adjustment was to aggressive play was a shocker.

Loose Aggressive Player - Big Buy-In

In heads-up play money games, the loose aggressive players typically buy-in for about three times the minimum buy-in.  Whether it is luck or skill remains unknown but it is quite amazing to watchsome loose aggressive players play heads-up and make money. 
The big buy-in reflect to big variance of their style of play.

50 Billion Hands at PokerStars

The King got a little caught up in PokerStars 50 Billion Hand milestones.  This promotion is endless and requires no skill to win.  A table gets chosen and everybody on that table wins.  The first table everyone won a $234 each and a little while later another table got chosen and everybody won $155.

Normally, at this time of day there is about 40 tables of full ring penny poker games going, but with this promotion (that never stops) there are several hundred penny poker tables going.  At every level, the site is overflowing with games.

PokerStars several times an hour is giving several hundred and up to several thousand dollars away free, just for playing, unbelievable.

No Thinking Involved with Rules

Studying the rules, there is no thinking involved.  Thinking in the sense of decision making is not required, but thinking of all possible situations is necessary. So, initially the King will go thru all the hands and categorize how the pot are awarded and split for each hand.  Later, after this project is over, he will add situations as they happen.

The Rules of Poker and Half Juice

Yesterday was day two into the next project of the rules of poker and specifically the winning of pots and split pots rules. Turbo Texas Hold 'ems software is going to be used to create the different scenarios.
BetEd Poker has a 10% rake at the microlimits for limit poker, and this is higher than other places which have 5% rake.

Sportsbook.com has half juice on Fridays which is great for sportsbettors.

Gamber's Anonymous

1 Did I lose time from work due to gambling?   No
2 Has gambling made my home life unhappy?  No
3 Did gambling affect my reputation?  No
4 Do I feel remorse after gambling?  No
5 Do I gamble to pay debt or am financial strained?  No
6 Does gambling decrease my ambition or efficiency?  No
7 Do I have return to win back my losses?  No
8 After winning, do I have an urge to win more?  No
9 Did I gamble until last dollar was gone?  No
10 Did I borrow to gamble?  No
11 Have I sold anything to gamble?  No
12 Reluctant to use gambling money for normal expenditures?  Does not apply because the bankroll is so small. The bankroll for a 2-4¢ hold 'em game, that should last forever, is $12. 
13 Did gambling make me careless of my welfare.  Yes, The King has been eating more junk food to spend more time studying.
14 Have I gambled longer than planned?  Yes, when losing
15 Have I gambled to escape worry, trouble, boredom or loneliness?   Yes
16 Have I done illegal things to finance gambling?  No
17 Did gambling cause sleeplessness?  No
18 Do arguments, disappointments, and frustrations create an urge to gamble?   Yes
19 Do I have an urge to celebrate by gambling?  No
20 Considered suicide because of gambling?  No

Compulsive gamblers answer yes to at least seven of these questions.  The King has answered yes to several questions, but this hobby is profitable, barely, in fiscal year three, month one.