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Saturday, November 7, 2009

Frustrated fans of poker WSOP 2009 the NOVEMBER NINE - If it's a LIVE tv event - I sure can't find it..

I'm on Twitter (xfilespoker) and all over the web today pulling what little bit of hair I have left, OUT! I'm searching for information on today's big WSOP final table. (November Nine) I could swear I read somewhere a while back that said today's event was going to be broadcast "live." The World Series of Poker (main event) is the biggest game of the year for poker fans.

This years event finally gives us MAJOR poker ACTION with a major TV poker PRO - He's short stacked against some really good players. (Players that had months of rest and time to READ UP and study their foes) He does not need any introduction in this blog "for anyone following pro poker." (For any poker newbies.. His name is IVEY)

ESPN needs to drop back and punt when it comes to covering these events. I'm scanning my TV guide on DIRECTV and nothing lists until 11pm tonight? What the hell kind of LIVE action is this? If this event is happening live and we are all missing it somehow - It's all the fault of the POWERS THAT BE at this years World Series. Shame on you guys.

HARRAH'S / Rio in Las Vegas has had many years to work out the bugs with these events and yet - every year they drop the ball. This year - sending players AWAY (not enough tables/dealers) I dunno.. Time to hire some new people to run things. Is this event on TV live? DOES ANYONE OUT THERE KNOW?

Phil Ivey and some other guys are playing in the BIGGEST poker game of their life - plus, most poker nuts LOVE Ivey. DO YOU KNOW HOW BIG THIS DAY IS TO POKER ESPN/RIO? If Ivey's able to pull this off and SNAG the win - It's huge for HIM/POKER/RIO/ESPN & the other 8 felt masters. (I'm a fan of Ivey but I put him out 4th or 5th due to the fact that players today's are a smarter bunch) Let me say it agina..This is huge for the RIO.. (HARRAH'S) It's huge for ESPN! It's huge for "ME" and countless other poker fans, and the players that are new to poker. Some of us have been in poker since JESUS won the main event... (Jesus - that's a long time ago folks) How can all of the BIG SHOTS mess this UP? Talk about DONKEYS. (send me an e-mail and explain please)

How are we ever going to get to the day when PEPSI pays me (whoops I mean US) to play poker on live television if all the REAL POKER fans can't even find the coverage for this, the biggest event in all of poker. (I want to break something! Someone give me something to snap)

My blog today is due to FRUSTRATION.. I'm frustrated.. My pals that watch poker are Frustrated. My dog Zowie - "The famous poker playing Doberman Pincher" is freaking frustrated. We wait all year for the FINAL TABLE of the WORLD SERIES OF POKER and you can't find out if it's LIVE or NOT (when it's on TV?).... Fans should be able to KNOW (yes or no) if there is coverage of **ANY** WSOP final table event within 2 CLICKS of a mouse.. Internet searches. (look into them WSOP)

Such a BIG deal is made of the NOVEMBER NINE.. and what happens.. they leave us hanging. This is enough to make even the most seasoned poker pro TILT.

I'm glad I'm still a year or two away from playing in the series and making the final table..or I'd be ripping all the people on national television for a job NOT WELL DONE. I would not want to do it - but cm-on.. Someone needs a kick in the ass. THIS IS TOO BIG A GAME.

All eyes want to be on Phil Ivey today as well as the other 8 skilled/lucky rounders. Lives are going to change today.. (Poker fans want to see it) Somebody playing in this years NOVEMBER NINE event is going to DISNEY LAND for crying out loud.. "for PLAYING POKER." THEY GET THAT BRACELET!!! Playing a game they/we ALL LOVE.

The WINNER of this event will go from WHO'S DAT? to ROCK STAR and we can't find it anywhere on the web. Anywhere on our DIRECTV. Ivey even made it on the cover of ESPN magazine this year for crying out loud. That's it - I'm calling VEGAS. Get Vegas on the line.

The main man in this event has PRIVATE JETS! (cough.. Maybe) We can't SELL THAT VEGAS?

OK - I'm going back to the wsop searches.. If I find information WAY down low in a search engine - I'll let everyone know via TWITTER.. (look me up - come debate pro poker with me "xfilespoker")

If you want to play ME.. "A regular Joe" kinda winning poker player - I play on FULL TILT POKER I DO NOT have a private jet. (yet) If you want to join our regular Joe's poker club sign up today (It's free) - X-Files poker forum We have a FREE roll coming up soon. No deposits required.

God - Please let me watch today's game.. (This was for a poker playing friend/writer named Kim) @kimshannon on TWITTER.

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Forum @ Xfilespoker.com

8:51am - Just back from taking my little girl to school - what a crisp and sunny fall morning in the Poconos. Love it!

I just wanted to thank the members of our friendly poker forum - http://www.xfilespoker.net/phpbb for coming back after a long summer break. I'm working hard to make the site more and more fun each day - and promise BIG changes for the better are on the way. I'm in study HOURS a day and have found a new teacher that has me reading and reading.

I'm trying to network with poker players with integrity - players who LOVE and RESPECT the game. If you know any? - Can you get them on board... It's an OPEN forum that asks ANY and ALL topics poker and gambling.

In the coming months you can expect free rolls as the budget allows - as well as new games such as our NEW "HEADS UP" challenge - $2 games on Full Tilt. Working on building the brackets this month. I think in time - our free rolls will advance to some pretty big games. (Maybe this will help some of you build your poker roll) Get you IN the CASH!

We will starting TUESDAYS with TOM this winter.. Playing in select on line tourneys and ring games that we can later discuss on the forum.

Videos are in the works as well (For newbies) I love talking poker to players new to the game and watching them go from clueless to winning players. Learn proper poker from the start and join in the poker forum today! No such thing as a dumb question on xfilespoker.com

If you are NEW to us.. Please sign up today and get to posting poker chat. Bring friends!

I had about 3 hours sleep last night - so I'm off to crash and catch an hour of rest before work. Hope to see everyone on the xfilespoker.com poker forum soon!

Also! If you are on TWITTER - Please follow "xfilespoker" and start pumping us everyday! Twitter is really getting the word out there..

Have a great day all. Hope you flop nothing but quads all day long.

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

Sunday, November 1, 2009

I'm not buying any of this ONLINE POKER "RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR BS.." & BUCK ROGERS "Quantum Photon Shufflers"

Today's poker topic kiddies is..

The dreaded "RNG" & a little thing called a "Quantum Photon Shuffler"

This Sunday morning.. I was reading my ALL IN poker mag with the sun shining in the window.. doing not much really, scanning my face-book, twitter (Xfilespoker) while doing my normal sunday thing.. slamming down my 2nd big gulp coffee. Then I got this message on FACE-BOOK - (My face-book gets the most action l8tly for some reason...)

So anyways the message was from an old friend on mine - Poker instructor "AL Spath" It was a link to a site called Virtue-poker - and since I respect Al - I had to go and take a look.

For some reason.. my gut tells me something seems way off here (Online poker today) - and hm mm how can I say this.. hm mmmmm..over SOLD maybe?.. I guess?

No dis-respect towards Al Spath.. (I suggest you learn poker from this man) He only suggested the link.

First off.. Let's break it all down and take a look the name of this site.. "Virtuepoker" - The name itself says - SAFE. BUILT by PEOPLE WHO CARE.

(Why the need to pump safety & Integrity with an on-line poker site?) Are poker players unhappy with the OLDER sites?

I notice.. when I open the Virtuepoker's site that it is a set-up of buttons (links and names of links) that I've seen recently on another new poker site by a different name.. It's very close if not an exact match.. (Forgive me for not knowing the name) but it WAS the same setup.... OK, no biggie.. - This is what we call a "NETWORK of computer poker sites" in the on-line poker world. Virtuepoker is a SKIN site - I got no problem with that.. But still, something is just not right?

Why is there a need for a lot of the newer names of poker sites to be bundled up and wrapped around a stamp of being SOLID.. SAFE.. Using words like INTEGRITY & VIRTUE? How many players did online poker rake over the coals the last 10 years? (I see a shift in marketing)

Should we expect the book to give us what the cover is selling???... Should we BELIEVE these pitches because of what we read on a few of the poker sites links or in a poker magazine? Why do these new sites have to OVER SELL these pitches all of a sudden? Was RNG'S an issue? (I sure do think so.. and so do many of my pals playing on-line.. There are quite a few that left on-line all together.. In a nut shell... I know with all my heart I'm not alone here)

I've been in sales many years - and I can tell you - there are many times when a salesman can OVERSELL-PUSH and lose customers that they ALREADY HAD in the bag. It's never a good thing to PUSH too hard. Better to just show the buffet and let the customer choose what they like. Quality sure does help as well.. DO WE REALLY HAVE THE BEST and SAFEST POKER WHEN WE PLAY ONLINE?

The big questions I'll ask you to answer today is..

DO WE (Should we) BELIEVE WHAT WE READ ABOUT A POKER WEB SITES SECURITY and RNG to be 100% true? If the site SAYS they have "INTEGRITY" - Should we just believe this as FACT? (I'd like to see time and time again what a poker site is doing to give me a fair shot at winning.. To date - I don't think any these sites prove to us that we are getting a REAL RANDOM SET OF CARDS.. I'm not sure from talking to some computer nuts that TRUE RANDOM by a computer can ever be had...

I've seen too many KEY hand situations where LONG SHOTS.. crush quality cards and even more.. QUALITY PLAY.. I've seen this with various accounts. Mine, friends.. People I've railed/teach etc.. etc..)

Enough of my babble..

Let's look into the Virtue poker sites "INTEGRITY" link - the pop down menu gives you an option to see what their RNG is all about .. (It's the best!) Is it? I dunno.. Maybe.. It would be fantastic to KNOW that we as players are getting TRUE RANDOM. WHY the really fancy word OVER SELL??.. If ever I've seen an oversell like the 20 year old salesman at the car lot.. This is it! OK - enough of my thoughts.. YOU MAKE UP YOUR OWN MIND... This is how the powers that be explain their RNG.

Virtuepoker's Real Random Card Shuffler

We're convinced that our card shuffling system is the best one out there. In fact, we're so convinced that we built an on-line poker room around it.

Our "Quantum Photon Shuffler" is essentially an unpredictable, scientifically- proven quantum-mechanical process inside a special, impregnable, 'hack-proof' "black box".

All on-line casinos use an RNG, but not all RNG'S are the same. Of course, for security reasons, we can't tell you exactly how ours works; but we can give you an idea:

At the start of every game, the table asks for a freshly shuffled deck.
The Shuffler requests a clean set of random data from the RNG.
The RNG generates purely random data using the simple yet highly reliable and secure mathematical representation of the statistically random behavior of photons (particles of light) when fired through a half-mirror - or a mirror which allows only 50% of all light to be reflected while the other 50% passes through. As it is impossible to tell whether a photon will pass through or be reflected, the resulting data is a totally random string of ones and zeros, or binary code.
Just to be sure, the Shuffler monitors the output of the RNG for randomness.
If the data is clean, the string of code is translated into a freshly shuffled deck.
This process is repeated again on the shuffled deck - i.e. a double shuffle.
The cards are then sent along a secure, encrypted line to the table - a freshly double-shuffled deck.
Before each card is dealt out, a re-shuffle of the remaining cards takes place. This means that each dealt card has been randomly drawn from a freshly reshuffled deck, each and every time.
And so on, until the game is over and the next one begins. This process of continuous shuffling is a measure of added protection to ensure the highest level of randomness and security that can be obtained.

A unique system:

It is impossible for player actions to influence the cards.
It is impossible to predict future cards.
As all the shuffled data is sent along a secure, encrypted line, it is impossible to intercept card data
Hole cards are only visible to the players that hold them. Even our floor manager cannot see what you are holding until the game is finished.
The design is simple and therefore fail-safe.
The "black box" shuffler is itself set within a totally secure system.
- The only thing which can enter our shuffler is a secure, coded request for a freshly shuffled deck of cards.
- The only thing which can come out of our shuffler is a shuffled deck of cards.

Virtuepoker works hard to give you the peace of mind you deserve - so you can concentrate on your game. "

OK.. back to my thoughts.. (This next line I think isssss a MAJOR over sell)

"Quantum Photon Shuffler" is essentially an unpredictable, scientifically- proven quantum-mechanical process inside a special, impregnable, 'hack-proof' "black box".

All on-line casinos use an RNG, but not all RNG'S are the same. Of course, for security reasons, we can't tell you exactly how ours works; but we can give you an idea: "

Remember the WIZARD OF OZ? Something tells me there is a man behind the big emerald crystal wall... Pushing our buttons with BULL SHIT. a "Quantum Photon Shuffler" - BEEAAAMMMM ME UP SCOTTY! Somebody Quick.. get me a real deck of cards. Pennsylvania! Please RUSH and bring me LIVE casino poker.. "Quantum Photon Shuffler" - Like they say on Saturday night live.. REALLLLLlllllllyyyy? LOL!!!

"The "black box" shuffler is itself set within a totally secure system."

Yeah... there is a system in place alright.. and my gut tells me it's a very complex system of BALONEY. It's a good thing for us rounders however that these virtuous people have our backs.. so when our stack of CHIPS.. (REAL CASH) crashes and burns.. at least they have a "BLACK BOX" - We have a NEW system to blame.. GOD DARN "Quantum Photon Shuffler"

I'm not a fan of current RNG's or these NEW "Quantum Photon Shufflers" I'm told by many that the cards we all receive on-line are really random.. I'm simply NOT BUYING IT. If this is so... Why the OVER SELL? ("Quantum Photon Shuffler" - PPAAA LLLLLEEEAAASSS EEEEEE!) Why a need to sell like this at all??? Would not a product like a REAL DEAL POKER system from a "real deck of cards".. sell itself? I think if anyone ever comes up with a REAL DEAL POKER system - Ads won't even be needed - The news of a real deck of cards will spread like the H1N1 virus.. Killing all these older systems or at least - making them change the current SYSTEMS.

While I'm on a steam roller - I'll add.. It might be possible that some players are playing on ONE legit system while another is playing a not so legit/fair system. (we have to at least ask these questions) Don't be mindless on-line poker zombies.

Integrity - That's a major word. We would expect quality cards to hold up and win even after the turn and river card. At least the majority of the time..

Hell - The RNG pitch is so good at Virtuepoker that even I might have to try this (new) site.. WAITE.. HOLD ON... EXCEPT ONE THING (I have this feeling I'm being oversold and possibly even ripped off by yet another used car lot salesman) I'd like to know WHY a site like this felt the need to BUILD a new site around this new magic black box? What was wrong with the RNG's that have been out there all these years? Huh? ANYBODY?

You can disagree with me.. but at least THINK ABOUT ALL THIS..

Of course poker players - I could be wrong... but I really doubt it.

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

A good balance of life and poker will make you a winner.

Oh, poker. The grip you've had on me since 1991.. Since my younger sun/fun filled days in Las Vegas.

This rounder made 50 trips to the city of sin, (a cool number), countless trips to New Jersey, Mississippi etc.. and of course night after night in back room games (I even ran my own games for a good 3-4 years 1-3 pot limit) and then - BOOM! I took ill... Most, but not all of these trips I mention, were prior to the MONEYMAKER years of poker.. I say this.. because I played with many of the big names in poker - before they became big names.. They became huge! I...

BOOM!

I had to leave the whole poker scene behind. I had to take a break from the action I so loved. I had to leave for a few years, (How would you like that? huh? It sucked.) Except for small stakes poker on-line Full Tilt Poker Homepage and WPT & WSOP on TV... I was out of the poker loop. In a nutshell.. I had to die or get better.. No cards for me.

I'm happy to say, I'm back baby.. Daddy is 98% back and feeling fine! SO DEAL! To me.. Playing poker is just as fresh as it was back in 1991. To me.. Nothing beats the live poker game. Nothing. (Now looking back.. It's OK. - I had a lot to learn in NL poker anyways)

I'm sure many reading this have been to Vegas... Some.. I'm sure been there many more times than I even and made tons more loot! (God bless ya.. really it's a tough game) but for a few reading this, the jump to the city of lights or Atlantic City..well, it's still a dream you have (As you sit in your house about to "go all in" with a click of the mouse....)Hell.. Some of you are probably 12-16 years old. (shame on you!) Wink wink..

Just do it!

I'm here to tell you it's a good dream wanting to treat yourself to the fun of poker in Vegas and Atlantic City, etc.... And. That you can get there if you learn to play quality poker & learn to use BALANCE. Get your schooling first.. (*Non poker schooling for crying out loud - Have a plan B & C) Earn your pay the right way... Work. Make poker a hobby that PAYS! (*Then get some poker schooling if you really take to it) If you hit the 1.5mil mark.. Maybe I'll vouch for you playing PRO.

Let's get back to Vegas.

Let's face it folks.. If you love poker (And boy do I ever love poker) Las Vegas Rocks! Vegas poker rooms are at the top of the heap. Every true rounder will make their way to the strip in time.. It's a must do.. They will all choose the card den of choice and purchase a rack of red or white.. As they improve maybe even more.. Rounders will also make there way to DOWNTOWN Vegas as well.. (If you don't know why - your just a rounder in the works, better come visit our poker forum Xfilespoker Poker Forum ) OMG! I miss the midnight steaks and the quick dinners at the food bar/diner.. Boy - they took care of you downtown.. Even the 2/4 players. (Are you with me? If not.. Pretty sure that's all part of history now) Good times!

Poker is a hobby that pays you back many times over when you play with skill and have oh.. a little bit of lady luck on your side. This (+ balance) Patience, game selection, skills of hands and position, selective aggression, playing the player.. etc.. You got to love it! It's an awesome freaking game!

Be warned! (Enter scarey music here) YOU WILL LOSE at times.. Bad even.. (like kick you in the junk bad) But if you stick to a winning program.. you should come out at the end.. after many years or sessions of playing.. saying you have chose one great hobby. (It's the hobby that pays U back remember.. THERE MIGHT BE A TEST LATER - PAY ATTENTION!)

Even if you lose some poker sessions.. (and you will) many nights are SO MUCH FUN. Just the PEOPLE you meet in poker is worth the buy-in many days. (The good , the bad and the ugly & smellyare all there people) Poker is a rainbow, Plus... Real rounders LEARN when they lose a session... so it's not all bad.

Another thing... Rounders are far better off than the people playing slots and table games. Avoid these sucker bets as much as possible. (Yes - I played all these games too) HARD CORE. Sometimes you got to roll the dice. (They don't call them one armed bandits for nothing)

HI - LOW - YO!

I'm going long with this blog.. But, hey.. Just to paint a good image for you in your head.. I've stayed at just about all the big hotels.. always drove rented gold Lincoln Town cars, always parked valet. Always and STILL WILL get back-rubs at the tables and at the spa..

When I flew out west to play poker.. I stayed no less than 10-21 days on average... (This was all prior to my daughter being born - times change :) I played in every poker room they had in Vegas... Uptown, downtown, across town and out by hoover dam. - I had parties in comped suites, or in rooms or suites they would give to me at check-in with a lucky draw (regular rooms were sold out) I went to all the big shows.. some of which I hit two and three times to take friends out for a night on the town. (Seeing Kiss in Vegas was a childhood DREAM come TRUE) What can I say.. I was a poor kid. I ate at the top steak houses WELL DONE please - KILL IT! (Circus Circus and Binions to name two) I've had my share of 99cent cocktails and cheap late morning breakfasts as well.. so many comped meals.. and room service.. I'd have to guess $ wise.... Actually I can't guess... but it was a lot. I played poker for days on end without sleep but soon gave that program up. (some never do) I read Dr. Pauly on the Internet before anyone knew this great poker writer.

I went to poker seminars when poker seminars where ALL the rage and NEW.. I tipped dealers and board people (list of games) more than the cost of an average home today I'm sure.. I drank Makers Mark and coke at the pool (never drank in a poker game, except maybe 2/4 limit) and... I played the radio loud... usually Queen, Kiss, Zeppelin or Johnny Cash. If I was a special trip with the boys - I'd even hit the strip clubs and had me a few lap dances. (I'm a bad catholic, Forgive me father for I have sinned) When in ROME.. you know..

(Major key is.. I never fooled around.. Always came back to my wife.. the lady I love.. or I simply asked her to come with me) BALANCE.

The point of all this is not to brag.. it's to offer you newbies hope! It's also to thank God for this life of mine.. (and the 2nd chance he gave me) plus to thank all the great players, writers, etc.. I met along the poker road. You see.. I did ALL this..and I did it with my poker winnings 90% of the time.. and I was never what you could call richy rich. Most, if not all of it was with LIMIT POKER too.. (yes kids.. it is an option.. shocker I know) My wife and I built buildings with my winnings/$1500.00/$2500.00 at a time.. A truck of block here.. Plywood there.. Buildings that are still to this day paying us back.

I ran with scissors with poker.. While I played I ran and built a new photography studio attached to my compound of a house.. During this time I made countless 2-3 day trips to Atlantic city... and those darn seedy back room games.. I always played hard.. payed attention and took it serious - while having one hell of a fun time.

I could never have afforded all the back-rubs and royal treatment had over the years had it not been for poker. (note - again, no big money man here) No Bobby's Room poker reports from this cat. I'm the biggest SMALL time player you will ever meet. 5/10 was good to make it happen IF youcould leave a winner.

I went long here with this post.. but I needed to make a few points.. I did all of this by A. Taking care of my wife and keeping the heat and lights on high.. B. Running a great photography studio (easy work for me) Another gift from God C. Learning how to play the game (really learning) hooking up with better players and listening. D.Tipping people that took care of me/us (Gave us great information) E.Always having BALANCE.. Getting away from the action.. Doing the pool, shows.. the Grand Canyon.. Why make money if your not planning to ENJOY the making of money and caring for the ones you love.. F.I Cashed out a winner... One of the best moves in poker is CASHING OUT! and (this is huge) I mailed the money home right away. (This trick paid for the next plane ride out and then some) G. I did it all UNDER THE RADAR and with not being known for the most part.

I ALWAYS TRY TO LEAVE A WINNER - IF EVEN $5 up in those hard grinding nights. Tomorrow is another day.. The card game never really ends as they are always in the air. We just take breaks is all.. If I can;t leave a winner - I cut my losses.

I'll close by saying this.. I'm back! Like babe Ruth - I'm pointing towards VEGAS! I'm telling all the poker players out there that are smart enough to listen.. STANDBACKWORLD! I'm coming back to your limit games.. Your NO-LIMIT games and your Tourneys too! I'm coming DAVID LEE ROTH style.. I don't look the same - I'm a tad older and heavier.. but I got game and I'm coming to crush your stack. Be ready Phil Hellmuth.. Ivey.

2010 is my breakout year. I've been under the radar long enough... Time to make a run for the gold. God, thank you.. I love poker. (Strippers are cool too once in a while :)

If you want to talk poker - I invite you to my super small, super FRIENDLY forum Xfilespoker Poker Forum were all levels of poker play and talk are welcome. - Our will be coming back to life any week now.. We take the summers off. (Balance) Note - NO BAD LANGUAGE in our forums please..

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

Monday, October 26, 2009

WSOP November Nine, Phil Ivey and (?) Private Jets? TEST FOR FACEBOOK

Test for FACE BOOK using posterous.. (If your getting this post for a second time..my appologies)

Ok - Early morning, drinking some joe and thinking poker already.... We are just a few days away from the 2009 final table action at the world series of poker in Las Vegas. Phil Ivey has all eyes on him. Can he take a small stack and double up? (He still has a good few orbits in him) What will be his plan of attack? Will the big stacks keep the pressure up early? The stakes are high and the table is set for some great poker strategy.

Darvin Moon - 58,930,000 Darvin Moon? Will he hold the lead? Will this loggers life be changed forever? He's a satellite winner with a very good shot at a wsop bracelet. It's rare for the big stack to stay the big stack but we will see how the card fly. He seems like a regular dude.. Not sure he's the best for pokers future.. but props to him for a great stack going in. I place him 3rd

Eric Buchman - 34,800,000 From NY - a poker player with some serious cash winnings prior to this event. He plans on having all his friends to Vegas.. Another large stack.. It will be fun to see if he comes out ready for battle or lays low..

Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000 Winning his seat in the 2009 wsop via a home-game league - this player is one of my picks for the WIN. It's a great story with him being an amateur who is already saying he's won. Not the bracelet.. Just by being at the final table in this years event. He's quoted to have said.. "he's dancing between raindrops..in the middle of a minefield and somehow I'm still standing" Yes sir.. I'm pulling for this guy to be another Moneymaker. The other league members will chop 20% of his take.. (not bad.. not bad at all)

Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000 Did you hear about a guy this year saying that if he won a wsop bracelet he'd throw it in the garbage? Yeppers.. That's this guy. He's most known as the editor of Card-Player Magazine who has lots to say about a lot of things. (I have to say - I think SPADE-CLUB is trash.. just my thoughts Jeff) I do agree that Harrahs has managed some parts of the series poorly. Jeff pretty much thinks he a favorite... It will make for exciting TV watching him work his angles at the felt. I put him in 6th place. Figuring people will attack him.

Joseph Cada - 13,215,000 The youngest player in this years event will be this man.. Joseph Cada. He's a poker player with some really good winnings from on-line poker Full Tilt Poker Homepage - He took a break enjoying the Michigan summer and plans on doing the best with the cards he's dealt. He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders.. I'll be pulling for this guy too. I give him spot 5

Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000 51 year old - Father of 2 with his second deep run at the main event. He has 168K in tourney winnings to date - so this cash will be his biggest pay day ever no matter what finish. He and his son are very excited! Kevin can't Wait to come back.. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be.. he said.

Phil Ivey- 9,765,000 You know - YOU just KNOW!.. Phil has some plans on how he's going to climb the chip ladder this November.. He's a machine with way too many years experience. The question is - will the cards fly right for this legend of poker. How will the others play him? I can't see them not keeping him on the hot coals.. He's flying around in private jets (not sure I believe all this... hmmm Might just be good media hype for all the teenagers) and living the high-life. He's a poker legend with many years to come. If he pulls this feat off - it will be one hell of a short stack comeback and only seal the deal as to WHO the best player is in all of poker. (Sorry to my pal Phil Hellmuth) I hate to be a spoiler - but I put him on being out 7 or 8. No way these players are going to roll over for a guy who already has 2 bracelets in 2009. I predict - many players will push HIM around. For the sake of a good show.. I'd love to be wrong. Good luck to Mr. Ivey.. He deserves much respect but he's one big bulls-eye.

Antoine Saout - 9,500,000 Antoine is from France.. Nobody likes the french... so I don't see this player doing much. ONLY KIDDING. (lol) He's another satellite winner (Everest poker) His mother was not liking that he decided to play poker for a living.. he's hoping this years final table showing will change her thinking. Go France. I'll put him 4th or so.. (Someone has to be the lucky short stack)

James Akenhead - 6,800,000 Talk about a small stack... This Londoner is no BIG BEN at this years event. He's a member of an England based poker club called the "HIT SQUAD" so you know he's taking poker serious. He was a runner up in one of last years $1500 tourneys too.. So close! They say you have to lose one first right? He's looking to double up quick and make it happen. I'd give this player a nod if he gets lucky early - Top 5/6 for sure.

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

Sunday, October 25, 2009

WSOP November 9, 2009 - Phil Ivey and PRIVATE JETS? C'mon private jets?

Ok - Early morning, drinking some joe and thinking poker already....

We are just a few days away from the 2009 final table action at the world series of poker in Las Vegas. Phil Ivey has all eyes on him. Can he take a small stack and double up? (He still has a good few orbits in him) What will be his plan of attack? Will the big stacks keep the pressure up early? The stakes are high and the table is set for some great poker strategy.

Darvin Moon - 58,930,000

Darvin Moon? Will he hold the lead? Will this loggers life be changed forever? He's a satellite winner with a very good shot at a wsop bracelet. It's rare for the big stack to stay the big stack but we will see how the card fly. He seems like a regular dude.. Not sure he's the best for pokers future.. but props to him for a great stack going in. I place him 3rd

Eric Buchman - 34,800,000

From NY - a poker player with some serious cash winnings prior to this event. He plans on having all his friends to Vegas.. Another large stack.. It will be fun to see if he comes out ready for battle or lays low..

Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000

Winning his seat in the 2009 wsop via a home-game league - this player is one of my picks for the WIN. It's a great story with him being an amateur who is already saying he's won. Not the bracelet.. Just by being at the final table in this years event. He's quoted to have said.. "he's dancing between raindrops..in the middle of a minefield and somehow I'm still standing" Yes sir.. I'm pulling for this guy to be another Moneymaker. The other league members will chop 20% of his take.. (not bad.. not bad at all)

Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000

Did you hear about a guy this year saying that if he won a wsop bracelet he'd throw it in the garbage? Yeppers.. That's this guy. He's most known as the editor of Card-Player Magazine
who has lots to say about a lot of things. (I have to say - I think SPADE-CLUB is trash.. just my thoughts Jeff) I do agree that Harrahs has managed some parts of the series poorly.

Jeff pretty much thinks he a favorite... It will make for exciting TV watching him work his angles at the felt. I put him in 6th place. Figuring people will attack him.

Joseph Cada - 13,215,000

The youngest player in this years event will be this man.. Joseph Cada. He's a poker player with some really good winnings from on-line poker Full Tilt Poker Homepage - He took a break enjoying the Michigan summer and plans on doing the best with the cards he's dealt. He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders.. I'll be pulling for this guy too. I give him spot 5

Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000

51 year old - Father of 2 with his second deep run at the main event. He has 168K in tourney winnings to date - so this cash will be his biggest pay day ever no matter what finish. He and his son are very excited! Kevin can't Wait to come back.. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be.. he said.

Phil Ivey- 9,765,000

You know - YOU just KNOW!.. Phil has some plans on how he's going to climb the chip ladder this November.. He's a machine with way too many years experience. The question is - will the cards fly right for this legend of poker. How will the others play him? I can't see them not keeping him on the hot coals.. He's flying around in private jets (not sure I believe all this... hmmm Might just be good media hype for all the teenagers) and living the high-life. He's a poker legend with many years to come. If he pulls this feat off - it will be one hell of a short stack comeback and only seal the deal as to WHO the best player is in all of poker. (Sorry to my pal Phil Hellmuth)

I hate to be a spoiler - but I put him on being out 7 or 8. No way these players are going to roll over for a guy who already has 2 bracelets in 2009. I predict - many players will push HIM around. For the sake of a good show.. I'd love to be wrong. Good luck to Mr. Ivey.. He deserves much respect but he's one big bulls-eye.

Antoine Saout - 9,500,000

Antoine is from France.. Nobody likes the french... so I don't see this player doing much. ONLY KIDDING. (lol) He's another satellite winner (Everest poker) His mother was not liking that he decided to play poker for a living.. he's hoping this years final table showing will change her thinking. Go France. I'll put him 4th or so.. (Someone has to be the lucky short stack)

James Akenhead - 6,800,000

Talk about a small stack... This Londoner is no BIG BEN at this years event. He's a member of an England based poker club called the "HIT SQUAD" so you know he's taking poker serious. He was a runner up in one of last years $1500 tourneys too.. So close! They say you have to lose one first right? He's looking to double up quick and make it happen. I'd give this player a nod if he gets lucky early - Top 5/6 for sure.

The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER

MrXfilespoker

Saturday, October 24, 2009

The VOICE of Pennsylvania Poker

This is a big announcement for all poker players in Pennsylvania - The VOICE of Pennsylvania Poker is working very hard to put together a band of poker related sites that players can use to find the best information pertaining to POKER in Pennsylvania.

Poker is not even running yet.. and we are working on this special project.

Legal POKER in Pennsylvainia! How cool is that?

We plan on providing information such as -

*Poker Room info - Such as special POKER tours

*Directions

*Pennsylvania poker news

*Pennsylvania poker Stories (winning Pa players)

*Special offers such as low poker room rates

*Discount food coupons

*Tourney info

*Games being spread

*Room manager info

*Rules of the various poker rooms

*Much much more

*Pennsylvania poker hall of fame

As soon as we have the first of many sites up.. We will be in touch.

If you would like to get on the LIST and be an earlybird.. - If you would like news about Pennsylvania poker - visit this site - Http://www.xfilespoker.net/phpbb and join the forum. There is a section for Pennsylvania poker... We can talk there until everything is up and running. We offer small free rolls on Full Tilt Poker Homepage

Get pumped! Legal poker is coming to the Key Stone State!

If there is additional info you would like to see or if you advice or feedback - Please contact me via eail dwyertj@xfilespoker.com

MrXfilespoker

WHAMMO BAMMO BUSTO POKER!

Wow.. Time to hit the drink.

I just went thru the sickest 40 min of MICRO madness and GET THIS.. BUSTED OUT my entire roll for this $5.00 - $100K game.. I'm so bummed! Son of a _____ - I was doing my thing.. working the program and testing the poker software (software had me tilt BTW) Same issue as I posted about earlier.. with the players TEXT all over the poker games window.. Playing with tape over your cards would be easier.. (I've done it)

The number of times I was called and beat on the turn and river.. WOW.

Wow.

Holy crap..

I'm full of shame as I write this post. But I always tell the truth and tonight.. I took a POKER beating! I donked it all.. I went to the POKER edge.. and fell off. They got me for the loot. IT ALL GOES!

I was looking around the features of the software and playing.. and having a good old time.. I NEVER PLAYED MICRO LIMIT BEFORE THE OTHER DAY.. MAN.. The DOOM switch of POKER was on tonight baby... It was like a tidal wave of bad luck. Did you ever have those games where you get kicked in the nuts over and over.. It was that kind of game.

Maybe Ivey needed extra rake to pay for fuel for that private jet of his.. (How bullshit is all that?) Cm-on.. I'm not buying it. I figure some of these guys are going to eating out of dumpsters someday soon. You waite. Let Ivey deal with what I just dealt with on FULL TILT. (That prick is probably flying over my house right now on the way to the TAJ)

Put the razor blade down Tom..

Oh well.. MAYBE.. I'll add another $5 and take a shot.. I have to retreat to my bedroom - close the door - draw the drapes - turn off all lights and spend a few days in seclusion.. Maybe light one up. (been a while)

I'll let you know whats what - when the POKER GODS give me my next move.

Gotta love poker - I have lost thousands playing.. and this $5 hit hurts more than anything...

Not my style to loose it so bad..

;)

Friday, October 23, 2009

I was having a good MICRO poker run.. then..

Full force pressure poker - Micro style!

Where - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

Today I played more micro stakes on Full Tilt Poker and ran it up about $2 real quick. Still working the Hold-em Manager software I bought the other day. I played many hands from position.. connectors, big cards.. pocket pairs.. I had no issue going to the turn and even the river against some players. I played the players!

Many of these guys are just going to the RIVER CARD and SHOWDOWN with any A. So i pay them off to see to give look-see.

Well.. I had it up pretty good and I lost it.. WHY. I was playing with my new Hold-em Manager software, paying more attention to the software than the poker game at that point.

No biggie - I was saved by the bell when I had to leave to the eye dr.'s to pick up some new specs.

I'll be back on tonight.. Full Tilt Poker

I'll also be placing the graph here from Hold-em Manager software - showing the outcomes from time to time.. I seem to have deleted my picture software by mistake - so it might need to wait till the new computer!

Oh yeah! I'm buying a new.. much faster computer as this one is almost in the tank - I can't take this machine another week! I'm not a computer guy.. but.. I think I'm doing too much.

The computer shipped today! (Trying my best to keep the US economy going -How about you?) I like to spend.

So far.. I have one issue with Hold-em Manager - Seems when I play one session.. leave and come back to play again.. (another session on new table) I end up with all sorts of computer code (info of players action) all over the screen. I can't even see the flop or my hole cards so you can understand - I'm playing poker IN THE DARK at this point. If anyone knows what's going on.. give me a YO in the xfiles poker forum.

I have to close the software & re-boot and start over. I'm not sure.. It might be the old computer.. The new one will let us know.

I sit at about $7.50 right now.. I had it up to $10.50 or so.. so I have a long way to 100K. The KID did it.. Pretty sure Jesus tried it (not sure of the out come) and now - I'm doing it.

Come play or at least visit me on the Xfilespoker Poker Forum

Hope you are flopping A's!

I had Them! Ten I gave it all back.

Full force pressure poker - Micro style!

Where - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

Many of these guys are just going to the RIVER CARD and SHOWDOWN with any A. So i pay them off to see to give look-see.

Well.. I had it up pretty good and I lost it.. WHY. I was playing with my new Hold-em Manager software, paying more attention to the software than the poker game at that point.

No biggie - I was saved by the bell when I had to leave to the eye dr.'s to pick up some new specs.

I'll be back on tonight.. Full Tilt Poker

Oh yeah! I'm buying a new.. much faster computer as this one is almost in the tank - I can't take this machine another week! I'm not a computer guy.. but.. I think I'm doing too much.

The computer shipped today! (Trying my best to keep the US economy going -How about you?) I like to spend.

I have to close the software & re-boot and start over. I'm not sure.. It might be the old computer.. The new one will let us know.

I sit at about $7.50 right now.. I had it up to $10.50 or so.. so I have a long way to 100K. The KID did it.. Pretty sure Jesus tried it (not sure of the out come) and now - I'm doing it.

Come play or at least visit me on the Xfilespoker Poker Forum

Hope you are flopping A's!

Micro stakes with Holdem Manager

Just a quick report before bed.

Played 63 minutes micro 5/10 cent limit .. went from $5 or so - to $8.50

I played just about all cards from positon and had no problem calling raises from the bullies.

Many times - I looked for info with nothing.

after three days of play - 478 hands - I'm up a few bucks. I was down to about .18 cents too.

It's about 5 hours of play in the three sessions..

Mostly - I'm trying to get all the features of Holdem Manager... I have a long way to go.

100K - here I come.

Holdem Manager is $80

My aggresssion factor was in the RED ZONE.