Archive for January, 2012

Hi Poker people,

At first I wish you all the best for 2012, with a lot of joy, happiness, love and a healthy life. And of course I may hope that all your poker dreams may come true this year, that you win a lot of money with some unbelievable rivers and some breathtaking bluffs while you were playing the perfect smallball-poker strategy. At least I’m trying to find that perfect strategy back as I had a very difficult end of 2011 with a serious downhill, as you could read before. So I decided to return to the basic of this famous and undoubtful strategy and I started to play really tight, but very agressive with a lot of check-raising moves. I’ve also made it very important to use my position at the table and I rearranged my starting hands. Well I may say that it created some positive results in the first month of the year as I started to crawl back and saw my bankroll moving up in the right direction. Maybe I’ve played some bad poker also during the last months of 2011, but hey when it’s all going against you, you’re starting to doubt  every move and than you make very stupid mistakes, which cost you a lot of money. But I’m trying to think and see positive now, so I’ll show you some well-played and lucky hands from January 2012, with the hope to gain full confidence again!

I’m the chip leader on the table in a big online tournament after some early double-ups by playing some great poker with a lot of confidence. This hand I woke up with pocket sixes in the big blind in a massive limpfest…

So I flopped middle set, which is a very good start and as there were a lot of small stacks I decided to check which turned out very well. Four players went All-in on that flop where I was in very good shape with 65% winning chance and I made it after the Jack on the turn gave me a full boat. So I busted three players in one hand, very exceptional and pleasant at the same time! I also cashed a good amount in the end of this tournament. The next hand started with a raise under the gun…

So I had the Snowmen and I decided to flat call  the small over the top all-in from the player between me and the under the gun raise, and so did he. I almost fell of my chair when I saw that I flopped the absolute nuts, namely Quad Eights ! Of course I just called all his bets on flop and turn with his pocket Tens and took a very nice and big pot, busting two players at the same time. I really hope that 2012 is going to be my year and I’m already off to a very good start.

And now is the moment you were all waiting for, the final conclusion of my excellent list: The Best 21st century songs top-50 until now. It took a while but I’m very glad to present you the final five masterpieces, where you all just need to listen to. Yeah, right now ! Find them on Youtube!

5/ Editors – Smokers Outside The Hospital Doors (2007, An End has a Start)

4/ Muse – Time is Running Out (2003, Absolution)

3/ Sigur Ros – Hoppipolla (2005, Takk)

2/ Radiohead – Reckoner (2007, In Rainbows)

1/ Arcade Fire – No Cars Go (2007, Neon Bible)

I really hope you enjoyed my music list because there will be many more in the future. But I promised you some hot chicks in my last post so I really need to follow that promise. But as professionals do, I’ll not give you the whole package yet, just a little clue in my new poll on the left side of my pokerblog. Please let me know your votes and wishes because it could change my next list !

Cheers,

J.M.