Archive for May, 2006

The online journal of Tony G. Professional poker player
May 16, 2006

wraptduck on Ultimatebet.com

I have moved on to playing on Ultimate Bet for the last few days, the games I play there are 2-7 triple draw $300-$600 limit & Omaha pot limit $50-$100 blinds. This big Omaha game on UB is a recent introduction and the action is hot and wild. In the first couple of sessions playing the 2-7 I was down 19k in no time. Later on I moved to the Omaha pot limit game and got a very well known Finnish player Ilary (nick: captain Rehab) to play me heads up and he was on firm tilt right away. This guy is a great player on the prima network and he plays the $200-$400 no limit games there and is considered one of the best in the world at this limit. The problem for him is that this game has dried up of late so he has moved to UB. Anyhow I cleaned him up for 37k and was back in front on UB. Later I played Omaha (ring games) pot limit and did well at that game so I am up about 40k on UB now for the last 2 days. Just trying these sites out to see how the action is these days. The adrenaline of high limit of online poker play is great and to play at the very high limits is very tough as the swings are huge. I will post some of the latest partypoker hand histories for anyone that wants to have a look. The private tables at partypoker a really good value most of the time. The guys that come and play me heads up just want to give there money away most of the time. I might decide to play more online as I am enjoying the challenge. I might even start up a site soon where people that read this blog can come and play with me.

Anyone is welcome to ask me questions about strategy especially if you are looking to play short handed texas holdem.

To download my hand history right click on the following links and select “Save as…”:

You should be able to upload these hands into Poker Tracker and anlayse the play.

May 10, 2006

therealTonyG on partypoker.com

I have been back in Lithuania resting and playing a bit online. Lately I have been playing at Party Poker. I have been playing $100-$200 limit holdem. Most of the time I have been playing on private tables, but in case you want to watch me play the password for these tables is always my nick: therealTonyG

I think the games a pretty good at Party Poker. These days I do not take online poker as seriously as I once did, as the stakes are a bit small for me. Anyhow, I have been doing ok - winning about $30,000 in about 20 hours of play over the last 5 days. The swings are very big in short handed games like this and to win or lose 30k in 20 hours is just about normal. It is hard to judge how well I am playing compared to when I played online poker seriously. This is because the games are a bit softer than when I used to play with the likes of erik123. But I feel that I have improved my game a lot. It’s just a challenge for me to see if I can win $50,000 in this game. I will later post some of the hands and stats from poker tracker, if I can figure out how to do it, so that everyone can see some of the plays I make. We can start a discussion about my technique.

I hope that you can join me at the WSOP there are many free rolls that via PokerNews WSOP Team.

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