St Joseph St Thomas Charity Poker Tournament review !

Staten Islands largest Charity No Limit Hold'em Poker Tournament went down last night. Approximately 90 some odd heads showed up to test their skills and hopefully navigate their way to the final table and a cash payout...I cashed here a couple of times in the past but wasn't as fortunate last night...The next one here will be in July...

"Big Wins Bad Beats" on Facebook...That's Us !

  Big Wins Bad Beats on Facebook is where you can quickly post about the big win you took down or about the bad beat that took you down playing No Limit Texas Hold'em...Post what hand you were holding or tell how it went down.  Post about your big bluff or ha, if you really have balls then post about the stupid ass move you tried to pull off that back fired. What ever you want to post, links, videos, is all good as long as you stay within the parameters of the idea. So if you're happier than a pig in shit, as miserable as a mutha f**ker or you just love this friggin' game then post something....You'll feel a whole lot better...trust me!!  "Like" the page and start posting....!
            http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Big-Wins-Bad-Beats/169714593085971

1st place win!! Wahoo...No bad beat this time!!!

Regained control of the final table after one hand cost me 3/4 of my stack...Holy crap!

Some real Bad Beats.......

With Ray Romano at the table this Bad Beat goes down...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7loj2AhBMM4.....

Bad Beat YouTube Link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiZ0gVnqtnQ Bad Beat Link

And then I ran into Ronnie.....

Ronnie is a regular on the Staten Island poker circuit as well as the casinos. Ron is a good guy, gives lots of action and is on an incredible winning streak having recently won a very large bad beat pay out at a casino as well as chopping last nights tourney between 1st & 2nd and taking the "High Hand" payout for the tourney, which was a nice chunk in itself. I had quadrupled my stack in 3 hours and then Ronnie sat down...........

How this came about...

Pocket Aces has become my nightmare. Over the course of my last 6 nights out playing No Limit Texas Holdem, 4 tournaments (local), 1 cash game (local $5/$5) and my first time @ The Borgata, I was sent kicking rocks down the street each time playing this hand! After my first experience and attempting to slow play the pair and getting sent home early I knew this was not going to be my approach ever again. The next 5 times was either all in pre flop, after flop or on turn. Apparently none of these moves proved to be rewarding. Yes, I had good reads each time and knew what I was up against with each individual. People just love to chase those straights and flush draws and I CAN'T STAND IT!