It's interesting to think back to 2002 when I first checked out online poker and Paradise Poker was the king. They and Pacific Poker were the sites I first downloaded and played the 'play money' tables. Over the years, Paradise really eroded as they didn't bother updating their software to include things like tournaments. Can you imagine a poker room not offering tournaments now?? That feet dragging plus events like the UIGEA really hurt their player base.
At any rate, Paradise is doing their best to reclaim market share. They joined the International Poker Network (IPN)a couple of years ago. This network is also referred to as the BOSS network by old timers. It's not open to USA players, but for non-USA players it's a good player population with loose games.
Their affiliate backend is undergoing some changes, and that is resulting in positive changes for the players. Paradise now offers our members and visitors a 200% up to €1000 plus 30% rakeback. That's a hard deal to beat on a network with such loose games.
If you haven't checked out IPN/Boss network rooms in awhile, they are growing. Start with the best bonus code: Paradise Poker Bonus Code
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Bad Bankroll Management
Oops. So I took my meager $700 roll to the $5/$10 7 card stud hi and hi/lo games at Full Tilt, simply because they were too good to pass up. Not to mention, bonus clears really well at that level, and I had $400 courtesy of a Full Tilt promotion.
Eh, well, donked through all $700 before the weekend was over and am playing on 'company money' right now. (We tend to always have a nice balance in our poker accounts to do rakeback prepayments and such). So bad bankroll management cost me.
I think Poker Stars $5/$10 game would better suit me because of the ante structure rewarding tight play. I'm a nit. The $5/$10 game at FTP has a $1 ante and $1.50 bringin. As you can imagine, if you can limp in and nobody completes, you can literally limp with just about any hand. This kills me in hi/lo because I'm still weak in that game, so limping with marginal hands end up costing me more money.
Good news is, I've got less than $100 left of bonus to clear and 2 weeks to clear it. Here's hoping I don't drop another $700 clearing that $100 bonus. :)
I've gotta say, it's interesting to play at the same tables as Keith Sexton, Cindy Violette, etc. - It also tells me that they obviously find something profitable in those tables. Maybe it's my bankroll? Hmm... I wonder if Keith and Cindy have FTP execs call them anytime I sit down at $5/$10. After last weekend, I could hardly blame them. Dinner was on me, for a LOT of players!
Eh, well, donked through all $700 before the weekend was over and am playing on 'company money' right now. (We tend to always have a nice balance in our poker accounts to do rakeback prepayments and such). So bad bankroll management cost me.
I think Poker Stars $5/$10 game would better suit me because of the ante structure rewarding tight play. I'm a nit. The $5/$10 game at FTP has a $1 ante and $1.50 bringin. As you can imagine, if you can limp in and nobody completes, you can literally limp with just about any hand. This kills me in hi/lo because I'm still weak in that game, so limping with marginal hands end up costing me more money.
Good news is, I've got less than $100 left of bonus to clear and 2 weeks to clear it. Here's hoping I don't drop another $700 clearing that $100 bonus. :)
I've gotta say, it's interesting to play at the same tables as Keith Sexton, Cindy Violette, etc. - It also tells me that they obviously find something profitable in those tables. Maybe it's my bankroll? Hmm... I wonder if Keith and Cindy have FTP execs call them anytime I sit down at $5/$10. After last weekend, I could hardly blame them. Dinner was on me, for a LOT of players!
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