Imper1um entries

Day 3 Niagara - Ups and downs and pleased with a cash
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... More...
Comment now | Permalink| Tags: Kathy Liebert, live tournament, Steve Paul Ambrose, WPT Niagara

Day 2 Niagara - Short-stack to top ten stack
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... More...
Comment now | Permalink| Tags: Chip Leaders, Imper1um, Joe Sebok, Short-stack, Sorel Mizzi, WPT Niagara

Day 1 Niagara - Should have shoved on the flop
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... More...
Comment now | Permalink| Tags: Dan "Kingdan" Smith, Imper1um, mistake on the flop, Sorel Mizzi, WPT Niagara

Cutting down on mistakes
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... More...
Comment now | Permalink| Tags: AIM, cutting down mistakes, live tournaments, NLHE, online poker, WPT Niagra
LOL Donkaments
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... More...
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EPT Barcelona
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... More...
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Backkkk in Business
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... More...
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What Grinds My Gears: Journalists making comments without Merit
You know what really grinds my gears?... More...

The run continues.....
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... More...

WSOP Events 1 and 2 + Weight loss bet results
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.... More...
Closing down satellites
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,... More...
Updates on weight loss prop bet!
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... More...

EPT Monte Carlo- Part 2
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... More...

EPT Monte Carlo- Part 1
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... More...
WSOP Circuit - $1,570 NL Hold 'Em
16th... More...

EPT San Remo and future of poker
Another EPT another day 1 bust out. I was down to 3k chips in the first level after the following hand occurred:... More...
EPT Monte Carlo Main Event €10,000
55th... More...

Winter sports, prop bets and Warsaw trip report
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... More...
Irish Open Main Event
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Setting the record straight on that FTP issue
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... More...
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Hi... Welcome to my blog
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... More...
WSOP Main Event - $10,000
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WSOP NL Hold 'Em $1,500
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WSOP NL Hold 'Em $1,000
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WPT NL Hold 'Em Championship - $25,000
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Irish Open Main Event
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Vienna Spring Poker Festival - €200
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Vienna Spring Poker Festival - €1,000
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Ongame, Poker Classic - $5,000
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UB Aruba Poker Classic - $ 5,000 Championship Event
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