DANGERLION

I’m reading Scott Belsky’s Making Ideas Happen.  There’s a section in there where he says: Ideas often have the tendency to lie stagnant until we are jolted into action by either excitement or fear…  For this reason, competition — regardless of whether it stems from friendly camaraderie or outright envy — is an extremely powerful [...]

Check it: http://www.deucescracked.com/fff Here’s the scoop.  All videos on DC are FREE this week. No joke.  We are opening up our doors to everyone and anyone with an interest in what we’re up to at DeucesCracked, and giving away the farm in what is, as far as I know, the first ever Internet poker training [...]

I would pay a bunch of really smart high stakes online poker players a lot of money to do consulting work.  Design, promotions, business strategy, writing the TOS, anything and everything would be super useful.  Look at this thread on 2p2 about the ratholing timer on Stars: http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/19/high-stakes-pl-nl/input-requested-ratholing-timer-nlhe-plo-games-pokerstars-747951/ Maybe it’s just me, but it seems [...]

But John does! http://www.deucescracked.com/blogs/j-mac/16501-The-Good-Old-Days (great blog post about the golden days of online poker)

*note – sorry I haven’t been blogging but my WordPress got hacked (we’re all good now). An aside to hacker(s) – use your powers for good! Look how much money the chatroulette guy is gonna make! So we didn’t get renewed. The reasons are varied. Ratings (good but not GREAT), expectations (the highest), and so [...]

We’re toying with group coaching over at DeucesCracked, and Ariel has started his own experiments. I’ve run two groups of my own since I started a few months ago – one didn’t work out so well, the other is moving along at about the pace I expected and the students are starting to bond (and [...]

Grinded the Main Event all day, was chip leader around 70k at one point. Lost a buncha chips with a superdraw, down to about 50bb at 150/300, lost A9 to 66 on A96cc to Sirens. Busto!!! At least I… nope, there’s no silver lining. FML (obv should have played rush poker for high scores all [...]

American football in Australia: Dani, Emil, Brian and Bond18 vs. me, Joe Tall (w/ Entity subbing after a valiant 2 hours of play), sthief and BalugaWhale:

Heading down under for Aussie Millions: DeucesCracked hosts Aussie Millions Academy Academy schedule: http://www.aussiemillions.com/Page.aspx?ID=1426 Sorry for the infrequent updates (I suck at blogging lately), have been busy moving into a new apt (Emil and I have split :-O) and getting my act together for 2010 and the pending journey down under.  Will post more coherently [...]

1.  Be social. Get to know other poker players.  The game is lonely and isolating and downswings (literally) drive you crazy.  You need a group of people you can talk to that speaks the same language you do. 2. Get an accountant. You are making lots of money every year, you can afford one who [...]

http://pokercast.twoplustwo.com/listen_and_browse.php?episode=99 Mike and Adam I should really be listening to this more often because you guys do a great show.  Really great point about the nosebleed games online right now.  The top online cash game players haven’t had the business/sponsorship opportunities that gave a lot of the “best” players everyone knows and loves the limitless [...]

Just read this article on PokerNewsDaily: http://www.pokernewsdaily.com/poker-pros-comment-on-isildur1-and-high-stakes-online-poker-6564/ Tom Schneider (apparently a pro who won the 2007 WSOP player of the year, hosts a poker podcast/blog) says: “Many have suggested that the players in this high-stakes game are perhaps the best in the world, but Schneider respectfully disagrees. “I can’t comment on whether these players are [...]

It’s ridiculous that we wake up every day in the middle of a widespread American prohibition on a game that everyone loves to play, is clearly a skill game and obvious to anyone with half a brain, and is a multi-BILLION dollar industry.  It’s high time more online poker players realize this.  Tons of Americans [...]

http://www.pokernews.com/news/2009/11/help-fight-breast-cancer–play-in-the-bad-beat-on-poker-7523.htm Tonight.   We donated some sweet prizes AND THERE IS A CHANCE TO PICK THE MIND OF JAMIE GOLD.  If someone wins it I will buy it from you for a lot of money. There are too many black eyes on poker right now.  Everyone in poker might be in poker for themselves, but [...]

Play mid stakes 6max NL and want free coaching from me? http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/17-Intermediate-MS-No-Limit-Hold-em/32376-Never-Tell-me-the-Odds- Boom.

DeucesCracked is proud to announce Dani will join Chris “moorman1” Moorman, Amit “AMAK316” Makhija, Alec “traheho” Torelli and Zach “CrazyZachary” Clark in rounding out the first five members of the Brunson 10, a group of top young poker pros handpicked by Doyle Brunson. Doyle has identified what other online poker sites seem slow to realize: [...]

pokersoftware.com says: Overall, DeucesCracked looks like the Mercedes Benz of poker training sites. It has gorgeous art design and fantastic navigation. The videos are very well produced and will force players to think more about poker, learn new theories of play, and, in the end, become much better players. The stable of coaches is arguably [...]

As some of you may or may not know, I’m shelving my 1on1 coaching program for awhile and opening up two group coaching programs (4 students in each group, NLHE with a HU and 6max focus).  There are a few spots left.  The groups are based out of the idea that mutual group learning is [...]

Poker had been going great for Sept/Oct. until I got rocked at 50/1 the other day.  I’ll hold off on a big post about what I’m doing in terms of poker for a little bit, but I did want to post about two things: 1 – The new Run it Twice feature on FTP tilts [...]

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Hey DL, Jordo signing in here from home for the weekend for the Jewish New Year, the name of which escapes me. Been really busy with school, filling out a lot of applications — one to teach english in Santiago, Chile next year and lots to grad schools around the country. Just got a chance [...]

Episode 5 is now in the record books.  I haven’t seen full cuts of other episodes yet, so currently my order is 5>4>2>1>>>3. 105 finally brought everything together.  It did a terrific job addressing the pressure of the $2mm goal, how frustrating it was to just get crushed every time we managed to find a [...]

Just read something about “putpockets”, a team of 20 or so former pickpockets gallivanting around tourist sites in London and sneaking money into the pockets of unsuspecting visitors. Modern day Robin Hoods giving back amidst the global economic meltdown?  Now that’s something to write about. Then I found out that the initiative is being funded [...]

brian: is emil there? me: i think he just went back to sleep brian: lol ! me: he woke up for guitar lesson brian: did i tell u i went to jail yest me: then sleep again what? brian: ? me: for what brian: i had to call the radio sttn i was on the [...]

Subject: no history, 3rd hand at table Full Tilt Poker Game #13895094559: Table HyperAggrDonk (6 max) – $40/$80 – No Limit Hold’em – 10:01:03 ET – 2009/08/08 Seat 1: DaEvils ($16,000) Seat 2: Putinovitch ($16,160) Seat 4: E-Cart7 ($19,184) Seat 5: ericberen ($12,906) Seat 6: Contentolo ($17,283) Putinovitch posts the small blind of $40 E-Cart7 [...]

At the final table of the 40k NL, starts tomorrow at 2pm.  From what I’ve heard, 2M2MM is changing the first episode to account for this…  BOOM. GOOOOOOOOO ANSKY!!!!! Fwiw for those of you wondering, this doesn’t count towards our goal (but will make it much easier) b/c the “2 months” starts on June 1 [...]

Watch Bert and Ernie on a Boat (SNL Parody) on CollegeHumor Whoever edited this is mad talented yo. 

What do you guys think? http://www.thehandconverter.com/hands/112964 DISCUSSION: http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/27-Pot-Limit-Omaha/topics/20968-25-50-6max-with-antes-mul

In order to dust off any rust I might have before Vegas at the end of the month and the WSOP, and because I have a finite amount of money online, I’ve been managing my bankroll differently than I have in the past and playing lower stakes.  My plan is to aggressively move up in [...]

My means of escape is the movies.  2 hours of co-habiting another’s (multiple others’) brains/imaginations/desires/fears.  Paradise sounds good right about now.  Stranger Than Paradise from writer/director Jim Jarmusch is sitting on my desk, a library rental it is.  The back says, “Winner of the Camera d’Or for Best First Feature [in] 1984.”  This recommendation comes [...]

Auto Tuning from Casey D on Vimeo.

Had one of the best meals of my life on Saturday night on the Lower East Side at WD 50 (sorry Jordo, but I’ll go again with you!), food scientist/chef Wylie Dufresne’s molecular gastronomical (a blend of food and science that challenges how the senses conventionally intrepret cuisine) baby.  In a show of pure ego [...]

Shout out to Rick from Denmark who repped the graphic novel hard.  I read it over a half-disastrous/half-incredible 4-day trip to Montreal this week.  Wow, so well-written, so moving, so unlike anything I’ve ever read before.  Question now is what should I read next?  Loved V for Vendetta the movie, is the book as good/better?  [...]

There’s some discussion going on in the High Stakes NL forum on DeucesCracked here: http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/14-High-Stakes-No-Limit-Hold-em/17718-Dwan-v-Eastgate-BarryG-Ha?page=1&per_page=15 I figured I’d just comment briefly here since this hand is really exciting and getting tons of attention.  Here’s a smorgasboard of thought: 1- I think Eastgate’s fold is weak/tight and horrible. 2- I don’t know what Barry’s stack size [...]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showpost.php?p=9125332&postcount=6 Anyone who owns any poker books and doesn’t have a DC subscription is bad at maximizing their ev. Anyone who owns no poker books probably had a very long learning curve, and could have gotten better much faster. Basically, if you don’t have DC, you’re stupid and slow.  Moral of the story?  If you [...]

Chuck and I are headed to DC headquarters for the next three days for some meetings and I can’t wait for all the coffee.  Imagine a shower, now imagine a Swedish dude with long hair, now imagine Swedish dude with long hair laughing and smiling and a shower raining coffee all over his luxurious locks.  [...]

(500) Days of Summer

As I’ve mentioned before in our blog I’m a student and, as such, am beset with the daily financial struggle inherent to my caste standing.  I also really like to see movies in the theater…before they come out on DVD.  That said, here are some movies opening in the next couple months that have my [...]

I have to say the Judd Apatow produced Adventureland trailer does not look that great (even though I loved the actual Adventureland, an amusement park near my childhood home) and I’m not so sure about I Love You, Man, also Apatow produced.  But I think Apatow might have another 40 Year Old Virgin/Knocked Up on his hands with Funny People, starring [...]

I just found out I’ve got the flu and I’ll be stuck indoors for the weekend instead of sharing memories of Israel and getting fucked up at a birthright reunion.  I’m a little pissed, but at the same time this will give me a chance to catch up on my netflix instant viewing queue.  First [...]

Amazing new video: http://vimeo.com/3256023 

Inside Poker UK It’s a pretty good one as far as general interviews go that I’ve done. On another note, Jordo and I had a little heart to heart this weekend and decided that we would make an effort to post more.  I mean a lot more.  What kinds of stuff are you guys most [...]

x-posted from WoT’s blog: From the Financial Times online http://www.ft.com/ New move to legalise online gambling By Roger Blitz in London Published: February 4 2009 02:00 | Last updated: February 4 2009 02:00 function floatContent(){var paraNum = "3" paraNum = paraNum – 1;var tb = document.getElementById(‘floating-con’);var nl = document.getElementById(‘floating-target’);if(tb.getElementsByTagName("div").length> 0){if (nl.getElementsByTagName("p").length>= paraNum){nl.insertBefore(tb,nl.getElementsByTagName("p")[paraNum]);}else {if (nl.getElementsByTagName("p").length == [...]

PLO premieres today: http://www.deucescracked.com/forums/13-Videos/topics/14635-PLO-Episode-One?page=1&per_page=15#posts-106678 All episodes will be running biweekly (although episode 2 will debut next week) on both DC and BlueFirePoker: Deucescracked Exec. Producer Whitelime and Blue Fire Poker Founder/WSOP Bracelet Winner Phil Galfond (OMGClayAiken, AKA Jman28) collaborate in this Pot Limit Omaha series. Jman has taken Whitelime under his tutelage in the world [...]

Too lazy to convert hands. FullTiltPoker Game #9400167156: Table Knot (heads up) – $50/$100 – Pot Limit Omaha Hi – 1:39:30 ET – 2008/12/09 Seat 1: paperdotcom ($40,746.35) Seat 2: pr1nnyraid ($60,108.30) paperdotcom posts the small blind of $50 pr1nnyraid posts the big blind of $100 The button is in seat #1 *** HOLE CARDS [...]

Just played an 11 hour session at RailHeaven and GusHeaven.  I was 500k deep with durrrr on my direct left for a good 2 hour stretch.  Unfortunately, we did not play a million dollar pot. Bananas. Oh yah, I broke even.  Here’s the most interesting hand I’ve played in a long time – alas, I [...]

Because of a high demand for coaching, I decided to put many of my elite level, advanced thoughts on poker strategy into an exclusive video series not available on DeucesCracked.  Mostly concepts I felt that I was encountering all too often but that I saw that many high stakes No Limit Holdem’ players don’t fully [...]

We’re only a day gone into Season Six, but 2009 is fast approaching. In January 2008, DeucesCracked waved hello and showed you a new way to learn how to get better at poker. The bar was raised. We’re going to raise it again. Higher. That’s where you come in. Invent a series. Outline it. Tell [...]

i call this a dynamic klonkychomper: Full Tilt Poker Game #8662681893: Table Fine (deep 6) – $50/$100 – No Limit Hold’em – 23:56:50 ET – 2008/10/25 Seat 2: play2kill ($22,645) Seat 3: pr1nnyraid ($12,397.50) Seat 5: BeepBeepImaJeep ($22,096), is sitting out pr1nnyraid posts the small blind of $50 play2kill posts the big blind of $100 [...]

King of Grind did this, it’s pretty nasty w/ some sweet DC shoutouts. Have a listen: Live pros V. Internet Pros

confirming what everyone else already knows: Original Video – More videos at TinyPic

Played a really long session tonight, first 3 handed with Ivey and Antonius, then 6handed when trex, JMan and lady marmelade joined, and finally HU vs durrrr for a bit.  First part of the session was super swingy (as usual)… I lost top two to flushes twice but in a stroke of luck misclick minraised [...]

Erica seems to have a lot of faith in DB and his ability to destroy my bankroll.  I know he’s not that good at multitabling, so I hereby challenge David to a match: 2 tables of 200-400 or 300-600 HU NL.  4 matches at least 3 hours long each.  No side bets, no escrow, just [...]

I’ll preface this by saying I have no hate for DB at all.  With that said…  I kind of want to rant about how I’m actually extremely qualified to talk about online cash game etiquette or, how I really can’t begin to think of anyone who has made it to 300/600NLH (and played it regularly [...]