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      <title>Walking the fine line and FALLING</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[So, yeah, I'm on a bit of a downswing recently.  As always, I dropped money at the Borgata, first by blowing $2k in a supersat, then by blowing $10k in the main event.  The supersat was memorable because I had about an average stack with 75 left.  57 paid.  A total donk (keep in mind, my total lack of self-confidence, which you'll certainly see evidenced in the rest of this epic-length post, causes me not to throw the "d-word" around lightly) opens and I shove KK.  Barely having me covered, he calls with AJ and rivers the ace of spades (ALWAYS THE FUCKING ACE OF SPADES) to bust me.  If I knew he was going to call with AJ, I probably should have folded there; obviously, I had no idea how deep his donkitude ran.  It's tough to make calls that actually cost you 5k in equity when the most you can win in a tournament is 8k, but he did it and I was the victim.  Oh well. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 07 00:30:31 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vegas Recollections, part 3: pros and cons</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Wow, I'm a pretty big slacker when it comes to updating the blog.  Of course, I've been traveling, so that explains some of it.  So, I'll recap what's happened recently.

[b]EPT Barcelona[/b]: I got there, got drunk, stayed hung over for two days or so.  Luckily, I started the main event on Day 1B so the hangover was only a nuisance rather than an all-out incapacitating "I feel like grim death please kill me now" deal.  I doubled up the second hand when my opponent thought bet-shoving the river with a 9-hi flush was a good idea on a AJTTK board (I had KK).  Then, I blasted off most my stack shoving top-top into a set (I situation where I could often fold, because the guy was kind of a nit), ground it back up to average, and finally lost a flip for a 2.5x average pot.  Whatever, AK is the nuts preflop for 50 BBs (especially against a Scandinavian).

A few days later, I played an 1100 euro tournament and got 6-outered for a big pot early on.  Standard. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 07 04:51:26 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vegas Recollections, part 2: Kicking myself in the nuts</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[It's been a while since I've updated, but I've been busy running sick good.  I've run super hot at tournaments (at least at the end of July) and at cash games.  When I got back to Virginia, I really felt like putting in a lot of time playing; hell, there's not much else to do when all my friends around here have 9-5 jobs and can't do much 'til the weekends.  I played a bunch of 10/20 to climb out of the 40k hole I dug myself at the beginning of July, and then had two great tournament scores on one day (final tabling the 'stars $1k buyin and winning their nightly 100k) to book a solid winning month.  After that, I convinced myself that I had both the bankroll and confidence to play 25/50 again, and it's been working out so far this month.  Suffice it to say, if I keep up this pace (wishful thinking, in all likelihood; I've just been running sooo hot that I know I'll have to cool down eventually), I'll have my biggest winning month ever by far. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 07 01:32:00 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Vegas Recollections, part 1 of...a lot</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[So, I totally neglected the blog during my World Series of Poker trip.  My bad.  Many a time I would think of something marginally interesting to write, then just not do it for one reason or another.  Well, I guess now I will begin to recap this most awesome 5 (or was it 6?) week experience.

First, I have to give congratulations to all the people who met with great success while I was in Vegas and neglecting the ol' blog...

-Matt "mlagoo" Lagarde for taking down the Sunday Million while in Vegas.  Such a sick score, and such a sick time at the Rhino afterwards.
-Nath for taking down a rebuy and that nightly 100k we weren't even planning on playing.  Yet another sick score and another sick time at the Rhino.
-Jason "JCarver" Somerville for winning the FTP 500k and breaking out of his hellacious downswing in style.  He made one of the best calls I've seen at a final table, and pretty much owned at least two very good players.
-Steve "Mr. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 07 23:05:19 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>OMG I HAVE A BIG HAND!  Just one problem...</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Please forgive the long/rambling nature of this post; I'm pretty new to posting about strategy, and I guess I'm just longwinded by nature.  I hope you get something out of this.

It seems I've picked a less than fortuitous time to start a blog.  I'm taking the LSAT in a week, so I have to devote some time every day to preparations.  The whole LSAT studying process has actually stirred some thoughts about how studying (and other "academic" endeavors) relate to poker; hell, I may use that as fodder for a future blog entry.  I also have some other writing to do, and I have to prepare for Vegas and WSOP.  Oh, and I have to satisfy that several-hour-a-day goofing off addiction; perhaps spending dozens of hours playing live over the next couple months will help cure me of this.  Or at least make me goof off more efficiently.  Either way, it doesn't leave a lot of time for blog writing.  Anyway, enough with the digressions, on with the poker. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 07 18:00:24 -0400</pubDate>
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      <title>Pre-Intro</title>
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      <author>admin@tworags.com (Pechorin)</author>
      <description><![CDATA[Now that I have a(nother) blog, I suppose I'll start writing in it.  But, I have to wake up early tomorrow, so I can't even grace what few readers I may have with a proper introduction.  Anyway, I'm a 24 year old professional poker player from Virginia.  I mainly play 10/20 and 25/50 NLHE online, along with some of the bigger online tournaments.  Occasionally I have interesting things to say (but not in this post!).

In future entries, I hope to write about:
-My poker/gambling background
-My recent trip to Vancouver, where I final tabled a $1k PLHE event.
-My upcoming trip to Vegas, where I'll play a bunch of WSOP events and some live cash games.
-Other random hands I've played/seen, along with some analysis of said hands.
-Crackpot theories about poker.
-Crackpot theories about things other than poker.
-Much, much more!

I'll try to keep non-poker drama as much as possible, unless I find it entertaining. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jun 07 00:39:44 -0400</pubDate>
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