m3lkor

I'm in pretty much the same spot as this guy. I play with a bunch of calling stations, and was stuck for a while. Preflop raises were lost on them, and it took some time for me to adjust. Listen to these guys though, they know what they're saying. Just take cheap flops, and out play them late in the hands. For me, this makes the game based on a lot more luck, but it's the only way I've found to crack them so far. As said before, put down the poker book, take off the shades, suck it in, and play down to their level.

I personally like VVP and Mike, but that's probably because I'm an announcer myself. It's their job, they're paid to be over the top and exciting. Have you ever watched a proffesional baseball game? Announcers are the same way on that. You've got the color commentator, the guy that knows little to nothing about the actual game, but is quite good at talking and making insightful comments, and you've t the analyst, the guy that, well, analyzes. He know's his stuff, and in the case of baseball, is usually a former player.Compare this to the WPT. VVP would be the color commentator, and Mike the an

I saw a commercial for it today while watching the Turning Stone event, and it showed Chan, Greenstein, andMoneymaker(ha!), plus it said there will be 24 total players. I wanted to know who else was playing, so I looked online, but couldn't come up with much.

Responding to the original poster here:Daniel has always been my favorite pro. When I first got into poker about a year or so ago, all I would do was watch poker on TV. The first time I saw Daniel at a table, he became my favorite player. I don't really know how to say it, but something was just 'right' about him. Not only did he play really well, but he seemed like a great guy also. Someone you could respect. As I got more and more into poker, and became a player myself, I have come to respect Daniel more and more. Not only is he one of the greatest players in the game right now, but he's go

From the pokerstars blogspot:Young Gavin Griffen spent an afternoon and evening amassing a $73,550 stack besting yesterday's leader, John Smith, who ended Thursday with a little more than 68,000.The official chip count and leaderboard won't be available for a while, but I thought people might appreciate seeing who the leaders were at the tables.Rather than put these in order right now, I'll just list them by table. When the official count comes in, you'll see it here first.Table 1--Thomas Dwan-52,850Table 2--Ron Corber-26,475Table 3--Gavin Griffen-73,550Table 4--Thomas Schreber-44,700Table 5--