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.

I’m extremely FRUSTRATED right now… It’s really unbelievebale how badly I ran during the past two months. I’ve lost almost 30% of my bankroll and to be very honest, it wasn’t my fault at all. Just everything went wrong, it’s so irritating when you play good with some well-timed bluffs and right agressive moves during your smallball poker tactics. I’m really desperated at the moment and I really want to quit the online poker scene for a while, certainly at PokerStars because they have really sick dealers. I’ve saved some statistics to prove my frustration and anger. I’ve lost almost 85% of the coin-flips when we were all-in before the flop. I got 56% bad rivers when I was ahead against my 18% luck factor. And I’ve lost an impressive 67% when I had a reassuring lead of 70-30, e.g. when I had a bigger Ace or when I had a bigger pair and they got very lucky with some two or three outer.  I’m hoping for a better 2012 because I really don’t think that December will change all my luck. Or I’m just way too unlucky in life to be a successful poker player. Yeah Mike Matusow, I hear you ! I will show you now some special hands during these months, but as you might already know, it’s not me who won the hand…

The first hand is really crazy and probably typical  for PokerStars these days… What’s the chance for that board when you see their holdings. Well at least I could say is that the dealer saved the best for last…

So, the bast hand did won in the end. That’s a miracle for PokerStars, so I really had to post this one. The following hand is chosen by his exceptional flop, all the stacks were always going in on that board (at least my hand for sure!). And of course the player with the biggest gambling wish won the main pot…

Yeah, I flopped a Royal Flush draw ! I was even exciting as you guys. I could never fold that, maybe if I knew that mister small stack was holding my two biggest outs and a higher flush draw. In the end i got the flush and was beating the two pair of the third player, but I’ve lost the big main pot anyway.

I was only successful in a new poker format on PokerStars, namely the Time Tournaments! If you never heart or played them, you really should ! It’s a normal tournament with high blinds, switching really fast because there’s a time limit on the tourney. It could be 15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes and after the time is up, everybody who’s still in wins a share of the total prize pot. This share depends on your final stack compared with the other stacks. So for example you play a time tournament with an entree fee of $ 5 and a starting stack of 2500 chips. You end the tournament with a decent stack of 7875 (three times your starting stack) , so your share will be around three times the entree fee, in this example about $ 16.

I will end this post with the next five songs out of my Best 21st century Songs top-50 hit list. Next time you’ll know the conclusion with of course my ultimate number one, the best song of the century until now and there will also be some pretty hot chicks !

10/ Tool – Schism (2001, Lateralus)

09/ Kasabian – Fire (2009, New Musical Express)

08/ Coldplay – Viva La Vida (2008, Viva la Vida or Death and all His Friends)

07/ Fleet Foxes – Mykonos (2008, Fleet Foxes)

06/ The Temper Trap – Sweet Disposition (2009, Conditions)

Cheers,

J.M.

Such a shame that it’s been a while since I’ve posted something. But I’ve been very busy with different occupations : sports, football season started again, work, music, searching my own place and of course, with poker, my everlasting love ! I’ve also visited a casino for the first time ever in my life and I can tell you, it was a very pleasant experience The original plan there was to play in a 100 Euro tournament freeze-out structure with 50 entrants. But there were too many players than the casino expected and because we didn’t have a early registration number we were forced to sit out and wait. Since the cash games were too high for us, we decided to play some roulette in stead and come back another time when we have a certain registration. The roulette was amazing by the way, I made a big profit there Can’t wait to go back and test my poker skills … and to play some roulette afterwards !

Today I’m going to tell you something about Action Dan ! I hope you’ve already heard of him. Anyway, you should have because it’s referring to the magical poker legend Dan Harrington. He’s one of the best tournament players ever with especially amazing results at the World Series of Poker Main Event. His back to back Main Event final tables in 2003 (3rd place) and 2004 (4th place) has been regarded as the greatest accomplishment in the WSOP history. He’s also very famous for his excellent poker training books, probably the best in the world and a recommendation for everybody who wants to learn this beautiful game. And of course I know he’s a true fan of the smallball-poker strategy so only for that I can say that he’s a hero. But in our home game Action Dan is referring to a magnificent starting hand in NL Hold’em, namely the 10-3 off suit! There is some big money to win with that hand, as I’ll show you now as the blinds were pretty high…

So I had Action Dan in the small blind and there were some limpers before me. Of course I decided to join the party because I know the power of 10-3 off suit. I flopped two pair against some agressive players so I checked to trap, and it turned out beautifully as I almost tripled up my stack. Action Dan ftw !

The next hand I’ll show you is something special and extraordinary because it was the first time ever that I personally experienced something like that. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that.  I’ll let you see for yourself because you’ll recognize my excitement if you had the same micro chance once…

I woke up in the big blind with a pair of threes, some of what late in the tournament where I had a average stack. It was a typical battle of the blinds as all the rest folded their starting hands preflop. The small blind raised my blind and I decided to just call as I noticed him as a pretty good and solid player. The flop was unbelievable as I flopped Quads. That’s a micro chance of 0.24 % to flop a four of a kind with a pair in your hand and it just happened to me. I loved his continuation bet where I just called after some pause and hoping that he had something good, or decent at least. But after two following checks from him and no more high cards on the board, he probably not even had Ace High. What a pitty!

Anyway, here are the next ten (in stead of the usual five because you certaintly missed this list) songs out of my brilliant Best 21st century top-50.So than I’ll dive into the top-10 the next time. I hope that you take some time to listen to all of them. You really should !

20/ Vampire Weekend – A-Punk (2008, Vampire Weekend)

19/ Florence & The Machine – Rabbit Heart (Raise It up) (2009, Lungs)

18/ Mogwai – We’re No Here (2006, Mr Beast)

17/ Radiohead – Jigsaw Falling into Place (2007, In Rainbows)

16/ The XX – Islands (2009, xx)

15/ Kings of Leon – Closer (2008, Only by the Night)

14/ Sigur Ros – Saeglopur (2005, Takk)

13/ Interpol – Evil (2004, Antics)

12/ Muse – Plug In Baby (2001, Origin of Symmetry)

11/ The National – Terrible Love (2010, High Violet)

Cheers,

J.M.

You probably all know the famous poker show from PokerStars, called ‘The Big Game’ ?  Well if you don’t, here is a quick explanation about how the show works and operates. You should definately look it up and watch it some time. They are already at the second season so you’ll have a lot of catching up to do. But believe me, if you’re a true poker mind, it’s worthwile. Please note that this Big Game isn’t the more famous one that was played in Bobby’s (Baldwin) room at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, which is probably the biggest high-stakes poker ring game out there.

The PokerStars Big Game, aired on Fox Network,  is kind of different from the normal cash games on television. The format is pretty simple, but well-thought of and I really like it. There is one amateur, named as the Loose Cannon, who made it through different free qualifying rounds on PokerStars.net. He or she is stacked with a starting stack of $ 100,000 and they keep all winnings in excess of this initial amount. The Loose Cannon plays against 5 other players, mostly a mix of famous poker professionals, young guns and wealthy businessmen who of course all play with their own money (between $100,000 and $ 500,000) , contrary to the Loose Cannon. The game is played in 150 hands of no limit Texas Hold’em with blinds of $200 /$400 and an ante of $100 (payed by the player on the button), dealt in 5 episodes each week. One big difference with any other usual poker cash game is the fact that the betting before the flop is Pot Limit and turns into No Limit after the flop. This is to prevent the Loose Cannon from going all in immediately with a strong hand. It’s also a perfect rule to play the smallball poker strategy, you can see a lot of flops for lesser chips than otherwise and it creates more action. The Loose Cannon with the biggest profit at the end of the season wins an additional prize, a North American Poker Tour passport valued at $50,000, consisting of entry fees and expenses for various NAPT tournaments.

The most famous poker pros on the show are sponsored by PokerStars, like Daniel Negreanu, Barry Greenstein, David Williams or Joe Hachem, but not all of them (Phil Hellmuth, Antonio Esfandiari, Phil Laak, …). Some young guns who have been playing at the Big Game are Jason Mercier, Joe Cada, Eugene Katchalov, Lex Veldhuis or Scott Seiver. Among the rich businessmen were Cirque Du Soleil boss Guy Laliberte and filmmaker Nick Cassavetes.

Now I’ll show you a hand that I’ve played with would have created big action at the Big Game, if it was dealt there. Even preflop because there were a lot of big pocket pairs in the hole as you could see…

Okay, I would never fold QQ there in that spot, with only 5 BB. I’m just pretty unlucky that I ran into the Kings of the button. First time ever that I saw four big pocket pairs at the same time in the hole. Oh well, more luck next time ! I still have the music for now and the next 5 songs out of my Best 21st century Songs top-50…

25/ Queens of the Stone Age – No One Knows (2002, Songs for the Deaf)

24/ Mumford & Sons – The Cave (2010, Sigh No More)

23/ Foo Fighters – Rope (2011, Wasting Light)

22/ Bloc Party – Banquet (2005, Silent Alarm)

21/ Arcade Fire – Ready to Start (2010, The Suburbs)

Cheers,

J.M.

Last week I’ve played the Sunday Millions on PokerStars for the first time. It was by far my biggest buy-in tournament, with a fee of $215, until now at least. I won a ticket for such a tournament after I won a poker league in January. But I wasn’t that successful in the Sunday Millions. I made a nice start with some early pots using the excellent tournament smallball poker strategy but I was pretty card dead after the first hour so I was very disappointed with my early exit and my missed chance on the first step to a professional poker career. But I keep winning on smaller levels so I hope that I’ll have another shot of glory in a short time. Fingers crossed !

For now I’ll show you some strange and funny hands involving the second best starting hand in NL Hold’em, namely King Kong / The Cowboys / pocket Kings / KK . Afterwards you could enjoy the next five songs as usual. The first hand involves myself, raising big with KK in early position and getting rewarded with 2 callers before the flop hits…

So the flop came J J 9 with 2 spades which is a dangerous textured board for my Kings but I still decide to make a C-bet to see where I’m in the hand. I’m a bit surprised to see that they both just flat call  my bet. I love the King of Spades on the turn which gives me the best hand for sure.  Because I’m so strong I decide to play it very tricky and check, so they think that I’m weak and giving up the pot. Player 1 makes a half pot bet and after the other player folds, I decide to ship it as she was pretty pot commited there. I had her big time with my full boat against her straight. The next hand started when I woke up with KK on the button and decided to make a suspicious looking bet to induce some action, because all the other players before me already folded.

I was so happy to see the reraise and I immediately ship it in and I was surprised that he called because we both had pretty big stacks. It was pretty funny to see that he had the exact same hand as me. That was the first time ever something like that happened to me with such a big pair. Of course we splitted the pot, at least that what  the small blind lefted. The next is the perfect example of how you shouldn’t play King Kong. Of course, it wasn’t me that did it…

So I limped on the button with a suited Ace. I could raise but it was very early in the tournament and I just wanted to see a cheap flop. I loved the flop as it gave me the absolute NUTS so I just flatted his small bet. The turn wasn’t that special and I loved his big oversized donk bet so I pushed my small stack in and saw that he was drawing dead with his Kings. What a moron

I hope that you enjoyed my hands and talks, and even more the next five songs out of my Best 21st century songs top-50 list. I leave you for now but don’t forget poker people : Keep Gambling !

30/ Massive Attack – What Your Soul Sings (2003, 100th Window)

29/ Mercury Rev – The Dark is Rising (2001, All Is Dream)

28/ Editors – No Sound But The Wind (2010, /)

27/ Beirut – Nantes (2007, The Flying Club Cup)

26/ Phoenix – Lisztomania (2009, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)

Cheers,

J.M.

I finally find the courage to present you the next post on my smallball poker blog. You probably wonder why though. Well It’s really simple. I just had the most frustrating poker month in my career because I was constantly sitting on a rollercoaster, going down much more than going up though. I never had a good run in the past month, always busted out just before the prizes in a Sit and Go, winning only 20% of my coinflips and losing all the important hands in the big tournaments at the key moments. That’s why I really couldn’t build some momentum, which was really frustrating. But I must say that I’ve learnt to keep my cool and so I’ve managed to control my losses. That’s the experience I guess, because we all have had some month like that I suppose. So I ‘ll now show you some winning hands from me, probably the only ones from the past month,  for building up some confidence for the following weeks and months in my online poker career

The First hand is  really interesting and pleasant to watch. It all started with a limpfest before the flop…

So I limped in a really early position with pocket Nines and flopped the absolute nuts. The first limper bet really small on the flop so I had a decision there, just calling and hope to see someone else coming over the top or shipping it now. I decided to flatcall as there were really a lot hands after me that could have hit the flop, straight or flush possibilities. But I really didn’t expect that another 4 players would call his bet, but  I was very pleased with the Deuce of Clubs on the turn and the shove of two players before me. I had no other choice and I really wasn’t assured ater the other three players called also. I hated the Six of Diamonds on the river at that moment but  my hand held up surprisingly. I wasn’t the only trapper as it seems when there were Tens and Aces in play That was the first time ever that I won such a contestant hand, 6 players until the river !!

Now I’ll show you how you really must play pocket Tens as I had them twice in one turbo tournament against the same player who held the same hand twice ! Here’s the first one where I made a normal raise in first position, 4 times the Bg Blind …

So the button pushed his all stack in the pot and as it was a turbo and he was entering every pot, I decided to call and see an underpair or win a coinflip once. It looked like one of those hands but I was shocked to see his Kings crush my hand. Lucky for me that  I flopped a set of Tens and took a healthy pot.  The second time against my friend I limped in first postion with my Tens and see what happens.

My friend raised big and I decided to call and we saw a flop of 3 – A – 5 with two spades and we both checked. The turn was very hot, namely the Ten of Clubs which gave me the best hand for sure so I bet small to induce a bluf. He called and so he did with my riverbet, that should be a little bit more than I did but he was definately afraid of the Ace with his Kings so he wouldn’t have called an All-in I guess.

Hopefully I can show you more of those hands in my following post as I now going to leave you for my homegame ! But not before I present you the next five songs out of my beautiful Best 21st Century Songs top-50 :

40/ Snow Patrol – Chasing Cars (2006, Eyes Open)

39/ De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig – Hollereer (2008, De Machine)

38/ Kings of Leon – Fans (2007, Because of the Times)

37/ Moke – Last Chance (2007, Shorland)

36/ Explosions in the Sky – Your Hand in Mine (2003, The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place)

Cheers,

J.M.

It’s ideal to post another topic when it’s raining like hell as it does this afternoon. So here I am for the last post in the Special Hands categorie for the time being. Next week you’ll see numbers 50-46 of my list. I’m not going to talk a lot today about the crazy, different hands but you’ll have the chance to see those miracles yourself. You’ll probably remember my post about ‘ Cracking Aces’ ? Well this time I will have the best starting hand in NL Hold’em before the flop is revealing his mystery cards.I’ll show you now three hands where I play the Pocket Rockets and one extraordinary where someone else had the Nuts preflop.

The first one is very recently. I’m sitting on the BB with AA when there are two limpers to me, so I must raise and raise just over three times the Big Blind. I get one caller before we see the flop..

That was some Sexy Turn, like Antonio Esfandiari would say, don’t you think ? But well he deserved that for playing the J9 suited preflop with his small stack.

The second hand with the AA is where I’m in first position. I really like to limp than, knowing there are some very loose-agressive or desperate low stacked players behind me. I do this 75% of the time, it’s the ideal trap. But you must know the players’ style a little before doing that trap because you don’t want a limp pot with 4-6 players where you hold Aces. So I limped this hand…

That was very close! I get deservedly lucky on the turn after the short stack made his 1 outer. Happily I could dodge the flush draw on the river and take a nice pot. But as you’ll see now in the next example, it also could turn very wrong as I limp again in first position with AA knowing there are two morons behind me….

So my trap worked perfectly as he shoved in with K9 suited, certainly after the flop was very good. But then I got Whamboozelled, as Norman Chad would say, when he turned and rivered a 9 to make trips and got rewarded for his bad play. The last hand I’ll show you is even worse . Happily I’m not involved in that one because I would really steam afterwards if that happens to me. So the guy limps also in first position with AA…

How Sick was That ?!? He made trips Aces on the flop against K 10 leaving the short stack with only running outs, namely the 2 remaining Kings or running Q J. He got his running Kings giving him Quad Kings against the full house. Fortunately he got enough chips left to make a comeback.

Be there next week for the continuation of the Most Famous Poker Players top 100 !

Cheers,

J.M.

Today I’m going to let you take a look into our great homegame where we’re playing almost every week with an average of 6-7 players, each time at a different home. We sat down at my place the other night with 7 players when one particular hand ran pretty good during our cashgame. Before I’ll tell you more, I really must inform you that we’re the specialists of Micro Stakes Poker.

So that night the blinds were at 0.05/0.10 euro ( we also play sometimes with blinds 0.10/0.25 euro) when I was the dealer and Mister Blind All-In (yeah, I’ll use nicknames but I’m pretty sure the players know who this is ) raised it up under the gun to 0.75 euro. After everybody folded , including me with my J3 offsuit, Mister Hitman called on the small blind, followed by a fold of the Big Blind. Then I dealt the flop with a pot of 1.60 euro :    , followed by a check of both players. After I showed the turn :  , there was some more action when Mister Hitman bet 1 euro, followed by the instant call of Mister Blind All-in. I thought that the river was definitely the action card. Hitman bet 2.50 euro , followed by a small raise to 6.50 by Blind All-in. Mister Hitman thought for a while before shoving in for another 12 euro. Blind All-in called immediately and turned over to make Quad Kings winning a nice pot over 40 euro !!!!!! Mister Hitman showed his very astonished after making a full boat on the turn, but losing to the Quads of King Kong (=pocket Kings).

A dozen hands later I woke up in the Cut-Off with the Cowboys : , so after a few folding people I made a very standard raise to 0.60 euro. The button and the SB folded, but Mister Blind All-in called on the Big Blind for another 0.50 euro. Then the flop came with a pot of 1.25 euro :  giving me the absolute nuts on a perfect rainbow flop. Blind All-in immediately bet out 1 euro and I just smooth call. The turn wasn’t a blank : and he bet again, now 2 euro. So I looked at my stack of around 13 euro and I decided that he must have something to bet like that into the raiser and I went suspiciously all-in and he called instantly. He showed leaving him with 1 out against my trip Kings. The river was very close, but no cigar : and I won a nice pot around 30 euro.

If you’re interested to come and play at our Micro Stakes Poker, just let me know because we always need new and more players ! See you next time for the last episode of the Special Hands for a while, followed afterwards with the continuation of my Most Famous Poker Players top-100 !!

Cheers,

J.M.

Welcome for another round of the great poker madness while I show you now some new self-experienced boards in my special hands categorie, like I’ve promised earlier.

I was playing some Sit and Go NL Hold’em ( $3 / 27 players) at PokerStars. I was playing very good, making the right decisions and winning the coin-flips on the right moments. So I easily made the final table and after busting some other donkaments, we were left with 5 players and I was the stackleader with a chipcount of $ 10,235.

I woke up then with pocket 7’s, blinds were $300/$600 with an ante of $50, and I decided to make a small min-raise to $ 1250 , which I regretted afterwards while I should have raised more there with that hand. The button folded and the SB pushed all-in for a total of $3,590, which left me with a decision after the BB folded. That’s why I should have raised more, making this decision much easier. But seeing that player making loose, absurd moves earlier in the tourney and regarding my hand and stack (still being left with a decent stack if I lost), I decided to gamble as I expected a coin-flip (50%-50%). Probably he had two overcards or maybe even one or a smaller pair, but then he turned over Pocket Rockets (=Aces) and I was left with only 20% chance of winning the pot.

So after the flop came   , I was only left with a little 13% winning chance , which stayed that way after the turn but then the river was magical and sick at the same time, namely the beautiful giving me the low straight and a stack of $ 14,675, but more important eliminates the man with the bullets.

A few hands later I sat on the button with J7 suited, a stack of $ 10,200 and only 4 players left. The blinds were still $300/$600 with an ante of $ 50 when under the gun player ‘misseri’ (no mercy for him) pushed his low stack of $1,462 all-in. I was sort of steaming after a unlucky loss in a big pot against ‘Wilmus’ and decided to call. Nevertheless I knew my hand has a more than decent chance against a lot of hands and I couldn’t let him take the blinds with his low stack, so I took the benefit of it and hoped to bust him out. After the blinds folded and he turned over the American Airlines (=Aces) ,  I immediately knew I was in bad shape with my 19% chance of winning.

After the flop , I only had a chance of 15% but yet I pretty liked that board with a gutshot straight draw. Definitely after the turn , which turned my gutshot into an open ender and gave me 18%. The river was just perfect for me , and we were down to three players. Do I really need to say that I did won that SnG ? Yeah, I was lucky twice against the Aces but I really deserved that victory and we all need some luck from time to time , no ? I guess the 7 is the magical and necessary card if you want to crack the Bullets (=Aces).

Well, I hope you saw the new Poll I made on the left side of my blog! Please vote as quick as possible because I’ll take your advice into account when I’ll finish my list further and further. I can say that my top-10 is already a fact! The names aren’t of course between those of the poll but you could give your opinion about them in a few weeks when I’m reaching to the last Ten. For now you can help the Pro’s in this poll to rank as high as possible and as close to the divine Ten. My favorite of those is clearly Patrik Antonius so you must vote if you’ve another favorite.

Cheers,

J.M.

I’m running extremely bad this summer with some tremendous, horrifying beats and daily one and two outers hitting against me as well online as live. Especially Ace-King has become one of my most losing hands. I really think I’m gonna leave PokerStars for a while.Therefore, to gain some morale again, I’ll show you now one of the rare winning hands of the last months.

I was playing a multi table 3$-SnG and with the blinds at 50$/100$ my stack of 1400$ was a bit below the average. I woke up on the button with :

So I made a minimum raise on the button with three folding people in front of me and I only got a call from the small blind before we saw the flop: . Hellooo Yeah Baby, I just flopped the ABSOLUTE NUTS !!! There is just a chance of 0,245% to flop a four of a kind when you hold a pair. Thus I check after the SB checked and we saw the same after the turn came: . Finally I get some action on the river : . He bet half my stack into a pot of 500$ and I immediately chipped my stack in, followed by his call with . It’s so pleasant to play when you have the nuts !

I’ve got some other great news: my first list of the top-100 most Famous Poker Players is finished. I promised you some names of players who didn’t make my list, well here are the unlucky one’s: David Rheem, Robert Varkonyi, David Oppenheim, Jamie Rosen, Kirk Morrison, David Benefield, Lee Watkinson, Willy Tann and Hasan Habib.Next time you’ll see the numbers 100 to 96 ! Be there,

Cheers

J.M.