Team Never Tilt

Hey guys and gals,

There is a new 6 week poker league starting up next week at Dooly’s Elmwood Dr, Sports Rock in Dieppe and Legends in St-John.  They will be played on the Electronic poker tables set up there.  These will be 2 table 20 player tournaments and the entry fee will be $40 per tournament (80 percent of nightly fees go to that night’s prize pool, 10 percent goes to the final pot, 10 percent goes to admin fees).

The league consists of three bars combined  and will consist of 2 games per week.

The final event will consist of 20 players (5 top point getters from each bar plus 5 drawn names) and the final prize pool has a guaranteed $5000.

The leagues start on the week of Feb 8th, and play starts at 7pm.  People can pre-register, so if you are interested in playing, visit one of these locations ASAP if you want to make sure you have a seat seat (be sure to bring a piece of ID to register).  The league nights are:

Dooly’s Elmwood:  Tuesdays and Thursdays, first night is on feb 9th

Sports Rock: Mondays and Wednesda’s, First night is on feb 8th

Legends (St-John): Wednesday’s and Fridays, First night is on Feb 10th

Again, the final prize pool is a guaranteed $5000 and it is only a 20 player tournament!!!

Contact me or comment in the comments if you would like further information…

So I have been thinking about the re-emergence of the forums and the associated decline of the TnT blog for the last couple of weeks.  I have decided that I am going to start writing a lot more on the blog again.  My main focus from here on in is going to be to post about what ever poker topic I am tackling at the moment.   I will throw in some posts about other topics, some notable hands I have encountered and some LPT recaps as well.

To kick off this “new beginning”, I am going to ask the readers of this blog a couple of  questions.  It’s something that my poker mind is very much  preoccupied with at the moment.  I would really appreciate comments surrounding the questions below.  I am not hunting for specific answers, I am very interested in hearing what YOU think about this topic.  Please do not try and mold your answer to other’s  that might pop up in the comments.  Here goes:

The premise

Most of the readers of this Blog have passed the stage of playing poker for the “sheer social aspect of it”.  We have all at some point, decided that we were going to take the strategic part of poker seriously.  In my opinion, there is  a certain mindset you need to attain to be able to learn the game properly.   This is the “prerequisite” needed to start studying the game of poker and to try and take a realistic stab at getting proficient at it.  If  I ever decide to teach my son how to play poker when he is of age to do so I will definitely make sure he understands certain things about the game even before I pointed him towards his first poker book, the best online poker communities or to even begin trying to give him pointers about playing specific poker situations.  I think a lot of us try to learn how to play poker before we are ready to do so.   This has mixed results.  Eventually we can all get there, but for some of us it takes a lot more time then others.

The questions

What do you think are your weaknesses (mindset,characteristics etc)  that “stunted your poker growth?”  What personal obstacles do you think you need to overcome to take your poker game to the “competitive level”?

For example.  The three things that i know slowed down my progress or still does so today are:

• My ego:  I thought I was a “natural” at poker and anything “counter intuitive” had to be wrong
• My fear of failure:  I will do anything I can do to avoid facing being a poker failure.  This means I play as little as possible in the name of protecting winning sessions and to protect myself from huge losing one’s…
• I am too result oriented.  I micro manage my wins/loses from every session instead of focusing on making winning poker decisions

Again, I would appreciate any comments about your past and present poker learning obstacles and even some that you feel are common to most recreational players looking to take the next step.

No Limit Hold’em Heads Up Poker Tournament ( Buy-in $ 30.00 )
( w/ second chance Sit and Go )

REGISTRATION REQUIRED
TO REGISTER, RESPOND TO drawflush (at ) gmail . com, call me OR BE THERE BEFORE 7:45 P.M

!! THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS !!

DATE :
JANUARY 29TH

REGISTRATION
7:00 PM – 7:45 PM

START TIME:
8:00 PM

WHERE :
JOSH & MELS HOUSE ( 71 BeauJolais Cressent, Dieppe, Ph # 855-7003 )

OTHER INFO:

We will be hosting the annual LPT heads up poker tournament this friday, january 29th @ 8 pm. It is going to be very important to know how many players are going to be attending due to the dynamics of heads up so please try and respond if you plan on attending.

The format of the tournament has also been changed so that it does not run until 4.00AM like last time but should also make things a little more fun.

Please see the full rules by following the link below,

Tournament Rules ( link )

Additional Info:

As always , a cash game will be available to anyone eliminated from the tournament. In the interest of keeping things friendly and fun the house cash game will have the following rules imposed;

Blinds : 10 cent / 20 cent
Maximum Buyin : $20.00
Minimum Buyin : $ 5.00

YOUR RESERVATION IS REQUESTED, IF YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THIS EVENT

Where have I been? Well, honestly, not here. Sure I browse every now and then. I’ve read most of the posts, but in general, I’m just laying low seemingly to get a dig in at Shane.

My posting is directly related to my playing. Over the past 2 years, I’ve done a minimal amount. I had a stint at Dooly’s, I had a few short stints online, I played the last PSO, and I’m a regular at the LPT. But, that’s it. My stints have been short at best.

Why? Honestly, I’m disinterested. Well, no, that’s not the right word. Disheartened maybe. I don’t have the drive. I actually do have the interest, but have stopped doing all the things that make one a good player. I stopped reading, I stopped watching, I stopped following, I stopped discussing. My game has suffered tremendously because of this.

Kids, my job, my interest in my XBOX are all factors in this. None of these are really stopping me from doing the above. I could find the time, I just don’t. I still get the bug, but it’s fleeting.

Am I gone for good. Absolutely not. I still truly enjoy the game. I love playing the LPT and wouldn’t trade it for anything. I love playing with friends. I love live play. Maybe the game right now is just a social vehicle. You guys have read a lot about all the players out there, have they gone through periods where poker just didn’t “do it” for them for a bit?

I don’t think this is my first post where I’ve announced I’m not dead. It probably won’t be my last. Keep on posting guys, one of you will get me to bite!

Hey guys.

If some of you guys haven’t noticed, we have relaunched the forums. They are also linked over there to the right.

Josh and I relaunched the forums to try and get some more participation on the site as a whole. I welcome everyone out there, those of you on TNT and those of you lurkers that read the blog to register for the forums and get in there and participate. We have forums on poker, video games, sports, and more.

I will be talking it over with the boys but I will be probably be taking down the sports blog that we don’t post to , as well as the games blog. Just taking up room. But I hope that you guys will all join the forums and participate.

If you see anything missing, or have any requests, let me or Josh know!

With so much tension from the last post, it’s time to remember the better times of TNT

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