Hello all! It's the day before poker and that means that it is time for me to pick my top 5. This week was tough as there are a number of players who I think are going to break out. Just letting you know if you don't get picked this week it's no slight against you. Ok, here goes... My first pick was in my opinion one of the best players in the league. He's had a couple rough games, but I'm figuring he's due for a huge night. My first pick is none other than Jim. Onto my next pick. This player is at the top of the leaderboard and is a really good player. My second pick is Ryan. This is where it started to get difficult. So many good players, so few picks. This next player is again in my top 5 best players list and is beginning to build some steam. My third pick is the host of Kurt's No-Limit Kasino, Kurt. With my fourth pick I went with probably one of the most underrated players in the league. This player has made 45 out of 62 final tables and is a very consistent player. My fourth pick is Greg. My last one was really tough. I decided to pick a guy who's on a very good roll. My final pick is Jack. Ok, to recap my picks are: Jim, Ryan, Kurt, Greg, & Jack. Good luck to everybody tomorrow night and you'll here from me soon.

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X's Top 5


Hi all, I'm back again. I figured for my second post I'd do something a little fun. Keeping that in mind, I've created X's Top 5 list. Since most of you reading are involved with Kurt's No-Limit Kasino in some form or fashion, this is geared to you. I'll explain... about 3 months ago, Kurt came up with an idea us to have a little more fun during poker weeks. Each Thursday before poker, Bill, Kurt and I would pick five people who we'd think would do the best that night. After poker, we'd compare who did the best that night and add up all the points everybody accumulated to figure out who won that week.

So now that we've all learned where I got this idea from, here's what I'm going to do. Each week, I'll pick a topic and choose 5 people from Kurt's No-Limit Kasino who I think are the best at that certain topic. All clear? Ok, this week's topic is this... Who is the 5 best players we have in Kurt's No-Limit Kasino?

Here are my choices:

#5 - Jack

#4 - Ryan

#3 - Moe

#2 - Jim

#1 - Kurt

If you disagree with my picks, feel free to post your own top 5 or post any comments you may have. That's it for today. Later everybody!

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Coming Out Swinging


Ok, I promised Ryan and Bill that I'd make a post so here goes. As you can see, I think highly of myself, although I'm not really sure why. Obviously I am the greatest poker player that ever lived. LOL, I can't even keep a straight face while making that comment. I'm not even in Kurt, Ryan, and Bill's top 10. Here's the deal, about a year and half or so ago, I was the point leader in Kurt's No-Limit Kasino. Since then, I've fallen on some hard times as far as points go. I'm not sure why I've fallen as far as I have. I am currently about 22nd in this year's standings and I'm nowhere near the leaders. Maybe it's because I've switched up my game from a reckless agressive player to a more tight agressive player. Before, I would play junk hands like 5-7 offsuit or Q-5 offsuit and I'd get lucky by hitting my flop. Now I fold away a lot of mediocre hands which puts a lot more pressure on getting my money in with premium hands. I can say confidently that I'm a much better player than I was a year ago. Only problem is that hasn't really shown up in this year's standings. I've made quite a lot of good reads and played well for the most part, but it just doesn't seem to have payed off just yet. I'm not sure if it's an issue with my confidence or that I'm just really unlucky. Either way, it would be nice to get at least one win under my belt this year. That would be an awesome boost to my confidence and it would legitimize all the work I've put in trying to change the way I play. It's funny that I say that because the person I credit with helping me change my game is Jim. It all goes back to about a year ago. Kurt and Jim were talking one night and I happened to come up in the conversation. I guess Jim had said I was an awful player or something to that sort. He in actuality was absolutely correct. Kurt later gave me the gist of the conversation and that really opened my eyes to how bad I was really playing. I ended up taking a hiatus last year soon after. I worked and practiced my game by playing online and in small tournaments around where I live. I came back for the tournament of champions last year and I tried to apply my new strategy. I played really well with a short stack until running into Kurt who had pocket aces. Since then I've been hot and cold. I won $325 in a big tournament in East Providence by coming in 3rd out 40 people. I've also had some really horrible nights where all my reads were wrong and was out early because of it. I guess I can chalk that up to a learning curve or something like that. This past Friday night we had a couple of non-league tournaments. The first game was horrible and I couldn't get any cards to make any moves. I ended up finishing that game real early. The 2nd game however, I did really well. I came in 2nd place thanks in large part to a huge pot in which I took $700+ from Leo and Bill, (sorry again Bill), after I had flopped the nuts. Also in large part on picking up pocket aces in back to back hands eliminating Moe and Greg. Hopefully I can follow up this week in our usual league game. I'll post my results after the game. Thanks for reading and I'll talk to you later.

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