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Back in the winner's circle

Imper1um / 06 November 2009 / Leave a comment

Grinding online this month in a relaxed, distraction free environment has so far proven to be a great decision for me....Read more »

Back to blogging regularly

Imper1um / 01 November 2009 / Leave a comment

Other then a few strategy articles, I haven't really done a lot of blogging about live poker tournaments or what's going on in my life lately. I'd like this to be the first of many official blog posts in a...Read more »

River bets in Omaha

Imper1um / 22 October 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the key areas that weak players make mistakes in when playing Omaha is how and when they bet the river. The river is one of the most crucial times in any pot limit game, as it is usually...Read more »

Pre flop initiative in Pot Limit Omaha

Imper1um / 21 August 2009 / Leave a comment

In a recent Marcus Bateman piece we saw what a huge effect pre flop initiative has in hold'em, and why it is critical to try and take as much momentum into the flop as possible. Many hold'em players immediately assume...Read more »

Adjusting Continuation Bet Frequencies in Pot Limit Omaha

Imper1um / 03 July 2009 / Leave a comment

One of the key mistakes hold'em players make when they start playing pot limit Omaha is to continuation bet at a similar frequency to what they do in hold'em. This is nearly always a big mistake in pot limit Omaha...Read more »

Re-isolating

Imper1um / 21 May 2009 / Leave a comment

Re-isolating is one of the most dangerous, yet also potentially rewarding moves in poker, particularly at the higher limits....Read more »

Changing Your Behaviour When Re-Stealing

Imper1um / 29 April 2009 / Leave a comment

After reading Marcus Bateman's excellent piece about when you should be re-stealing, I thought I'd look at the situations where you should be looking to change your own behavior depending on the stack sizes around you....Read more »

Attacking The Big Stack

Imper1um / 11 April 2009 / Leave a comment

Most players in tournaments try and avoid the big stack at the table. This is mainly because they can bust you, where as you can't bust them - which gives them a sizable psychological and practical edge over you....Read more »

Heads up SNGs - Position

Imper1um / 10 March 2009 / Leave a comment

The single most important concept to understand when playing heads up is position. If you do not understand the importance of position and how to use it to your advantage you will be an easy target in any heads up...Read more »

Kick Boxing Main Event In Latest Prop Bet

Imper1um / 04 February 2009 / 3 Comments

Seems like it's the Prop Bet season and last year's weight loss bet with Rolande De Wolfe now seems pretty tame compared to what I have in store once the WSOP starts....Read more »

Bellagio Videos

Imper1um / 28 January 2009 / Leave a comment

Couple of videos below while at The Bellagio hanging out with the best DJ in the world Tiesto and the freaky magician Antonio Esfandiari! Antonio Esfandiari bets Tiesto's friend Val Kolton $7,000 on a coin flip!!! Coinflip 1. Heads or...Read more »

A quick review of 2008 - Sorel Mizzi

Imper1um / 31 December 2008 / Leave a comment

Passing the million dollars mark in live tournament earnings, winning my first major live event and being just one river card away from winning a WSOP bracelet all meant 2008 was a pretty special year for me at the poker...Read more »

Collusion and soft playing in Italy

Imper1um / 23 November 2008 / 1 Comments

So I'm in Italy to do an interview on an Italian poker television show called "Poker Sportivo" in Bologna and there just so happens to be a 2200 Euro event 200 km away in Venice. How can I pass this...Read more »

Day 3 Niagara - Ups and downs and pleased with a cash

Imper1um / 11 November 2008 / Leave a comment

I'm start off on a decent table with one good online player and Gavin Smith. I lose the first three pots I play and get down to about 170k. Then I make a really good value bet against Gavin with...Read more »

Day 2 Niagara - Short-stack to top ten stack

Imper1um / 04 November 2008 / Leave a comment

After ending Day 1 with just 9,100 chips, I had a lot of work to do. With the blinds being 400/800 with antes, realistically, I have low expectations, but it is a fun stack to play, and I never give...Read more »

Day 1 Niagara - Should have shoved on the flop

Imper1um / 01 November 2008 / Leave a comment

Day 1 was uninteresting in the early levels. I played a solid game in the beginning and got up to 40,000 within the first hour by playing very standard. However, during the later levels of Day 1, there were some...Read more »

Cutting down on mistakes

Imper1um / 28 October 2008 / Leave a comment

I'd like to take this opportunity to talk about some hands from WPT Niagara while it's still fresh in my mind. I think I played the entire tournament near perfect other than two or three mistakes I made throughout the...Read more »

LOL Donkaments

Imper1um / 12 September 2008 / 1 Comments

Started Day 2 with 68k at 400/800... proceeded to lose 16k chips with AQ vs JJ all in preflop.... table got broke. Proceeded to lose another 22k chips with AK vs TT.... at this point I'm at 20k at a...Read more »

EPT Barcelona

Imper1um / 12 September 2008 / 1 Comments

I woke up in the morning of the tournament and went for a nice long run... does wonders for clearing my head. I recommend it to anyone =) Started the day off really well by doubling up to 20k after...Read more »

Backkkk in Business

Imper1um / 03 September 2008 / Leave a comment

Back on the circuit! After a long (2 month) break from intense poker following the WSOP, I am finally ready to start traveling the circuit again and playing in enough tournaments in enough different countries to keep me living out...Read more »

What Grinds My Gears: Journalists making comments without Merit

Imper1um / 01 August 2008 / 6 Comments

You know what really grinds my gears?...Read more »

The run continues.....

Imper1um / 20 June 2008 / 3 Comments

Okay, so I get to my $1500 PLO rebuy table, look around, and see absolutely no one I even remotely recognize. Generally speaking, this is usually a sign of a table that isn't going to be doing much gambling during...Read more »

WSOP Events 1 and 2 + Weight loss bet results

Imper1um / 02 June 2008 / 2 Comments

The first two WSOP events have been quite disappointing... In the 10k Pot Limit Holdem event I got off to.a really good start by winning big pots in situations where I had my opponents drawing to very few outs....Read more »

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Closing down satellites

Imper1um / 30 May 2008 / Leave a comment

In satellites players usually start off with more chips and the blinds move up slower, better players usually have a clear edge and therefore there is tons of value in playing them. Early in the satellite play your standard game,...Read more »

Updates on weight loss prop bet!

Imper1um / 26 May 2008 / 2 Comments

Okay, so Roland and I decided to cancel the 1k penalty rule since both of us had gotten penalties from eating restricted food way too many times and it was hard to keep track of. Pretty sure Roland would have...Read more »

EPT Monte Carlo- Part 2

Imper1um / 19 May 2008 / 5 Comments

The EPT Grand Final had a structure similar to the WSOP which meant tons of play throughout the entire tournament. At my table I recognized three players, Greg Raymer who was to my immediate right, David Peters (dpeters online) to...Read more »

EPT Monte Carlo- Part 1

Imper1um / 29 April 2008 / Leave a comment

When we arrived at Nice Airport we had the option of taking a cab to Monte Carlo or going in style and taking a helicopter over the French Riviera to MC. The interesting thing is taking the helicopter was only...Read more »

WSOP Circuit - $1,570 NL Hold 'Em

Editor / 23 April 2008 / Leave a comment

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EPT San Remo and future of poker

Imper1um / 13 April 2008 / 3 Comments

Another EPT another day 1 bust out. I was down to 3k chips in the first level after the following hand occurred:...Read more »

EPT Monte Carlo Main Event €10,000

Editor / 12 April 2008 / Leave a comment

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Winter sports, prop bets and Warsaw trip report

Imper1um / 01 April 2008 / 3 Comments

A couple weeks after Copenhagen my friend Roland De Wolfe invited me out for a 1 week skiing trip with himself and his parents in Zermatt, Switzerland. I elected to go snowboarding instead of skiing as I remembered having a...Read more »

Irish Open Main Event

Editor / 20 March 2008 / Leave a comment

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Setting the record straight on that FTP issue

Imper1um / 10 March 2008 / 8 Comments

I have fought and debated with several people including myself about talking any further about the FTP issue. Most people have advised me to "let it go," "don't raise the issue again", "people will forgive and forget". Despite the advice...Read more »

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Hi... Welcome to my blog

Imper1um / 28 February 2008 / 5 Comments

I've been meaning to start writing a blog for quite some time but haven't really had the time or motivation to kick it off. One of Betfair's requirements is that I keep an updated blog, so that's more than enough...Read more »

WSOP Main Event - $10,000

Editor / 06 July 2007 / Leave a comment

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WSOP NL Hold 'Em $1,500

Editor / 23 June 2007 / Leave a comment

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WSOP NL Hold 'Em $1,000

Editor / 05 June 2007 / Leave a comment

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WPT NL Hold 'Em Championship - $25,000

Editor / 21 April 2007 / Leave a comment

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Irish Open Main Event

Editor / 06 April 2007 / Leave a comment

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Vienna Spring Poker Festival - €200

Editor / 17 March 2007 / Leave a comment

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Vienna Spring Poker Festival - €1,000

Editor / 14 March 2007 / Leave a comment

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Ongame, Poker Classic - $5,000

Editor / 02 December 2006 / Leave a comment

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