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January 09 In the Books

Saturday, January 31st, 2009
The last day of January is now behind me. I played a couple of tournaments today and ended up for the day.
Due to Party Poker being out of the picture, I played a couple of tournaments at Full Tilt as well. I expanded my tournament play today by signing up for a $2.25 18-man sit-n-go. My play was focused and I was able to make it to the final table sitting in 4th place. Here I stayed until there was 6 players left and the 2 low stacks were to my right and left. The guy on my right for the last few time he was on the button was going all in with about 1300 chips. My stack was around 2500. Then I was dealt Big Slick. Everyone folded to the… Read More

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The Party’s Over

Friday, January 30th, 2009
My quest to gain big dollars from Party Poker bonuses has come to an abrupt halt. The last couple of days have been tough and I have lost all but $0.84. I only cleared about 3% of the bonus. Hmmm...
On a good note though. I managed to break $100 again at Cake Poker!! Wow something nice to finally see during the rocky January poker waters. The month is almost over and it's time to refocus and get back on track. Read More

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January 09 Bonus Offers

Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
Part of the benefit of playing online poker is the multitude of various bonuses that the poker sites offer you. It is a very competitive business and bonuses are part of the game. Here is what I have received the past week:
  1. Cake Poker is offering me free entry into a $25,000 tournament if I cash in 4 3 of clubs Gold Cards. If you are not familiar with Gold Cards, they are just an extra point earning aspect offered by Cake. Since I have the cards, I could enter into the tournament but payout is only to the top 3 players. That's a lot of time investment for a very slim chance of return. The highest I have ever placed to date in a large… Read More

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Party Poker Chart Now Up

Sunday, January 25th, 2009
It has been a while since I have had time to update my blog. I have played a bit of poker but not enough to have any real impact on my bankroll. The Party Poker chart tracker is finally up. My bankroll is only at $14.90 which has dropped down a bit since my last post but definitely enough to use in the challenge.
My Cake balance is once again getting close to that magic $100 mark. It has definitely been a bumpy road but I have a good feeling that soon I will breakthrough again and continue in the right direction. Read More

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Running out of time for $15
Party Poker bonus

Friday, January 9th, 2009
I am now down to less than a day remaining to meet the requirements for receiving the $15 Party Poker bonus. After playing 2154 hands I have cleared only 64% and so I am declaring this one too hard to achieve. But my play was definitely not all wasted. My bankroll on the Party Poker site is now at just over $33. So take away the 15 and I am still at $18. A reasonable starting point to include this site as part of the challenge.
The technique that I started using to try and get as many Party Points as possible is to play as many low limit tables at once. Once I got up to $24, I was playing 6 $0.02/$0.04 tables, bringing $4 to each one. This… Read More

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Party Poker $15 Promotion

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009
I got a great email from Party Poker today. They have given my account bonus cash. Now Party Poker is a site that I had tried a while back but had pulled my money out about a couple years ago. Ever since then, a few time a year they award my with a bonus in the area of $10-$15. This money I can keep if I played the required number of raked hands. In the past I always played for a while but then ended up being very aggressive and just losing the bonus money. Hey it was just free money anyways and this was a site I no longer played at.
This time, they have loaded my account with $15 to play with. The timing is good because the bonus amount… Read More

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Get RAKEBACK signup through Poker Dreams Online

Friday, January 2nd, 2009
For those of you who are fairly new to online poker and have not yet signed up to a site, I invite you to take advantage of the rakeback promotion available through Poker Dreams Online. Just go to rakeback.pokerdreamsonline.com and follow the instructions for the site you wish to play at.
If you are not familiar with what rakeback is, here is a quick explanation. When you play at an online poker site, the site earns their money through a rake. The amount can vary per site and game type. An example of a rake in a cash game is that for every $20 in a pot, the house (poker site) will take… Read More

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