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Navarro's book is great. To answer one of the earlier posts, Navarro says the feet are the most revealing body part. When I read that I thought he was nuts, primarily because you can't see the feet at the table. Since then I've discovered that with a little practice you can see the feet of the players on either side of you (which is useful as they are harder to observe for any facial tells) and, depending on where you are sitting, some of the other players as well. What have I discovered? Well, like all tells, reading them takes practice but the feet seldom lie......

I didn't see the show, so I can't comment, but they do edit them up to make for drama, cutting out most of the real play that goes on when moves are made with marginal hands. I did play with McEvoy in a small ($120) buy in event (110 players or so) at the Mirage about 5 years back. I busted out in 7th and he was second at the time. From my observations he was a very good player, but he wasn't competing that night against any name players that I was aware of. Still, not a bad player by my observation for what it's worth.

I went, I played, I lost. Had a blast though. Ran $10K up to $19,375 by the end of day one. 15 hours of poker with 60% of the field eliminated. Ran it up to $31K on day 2 before I talked myself into a bad call. Great experience. Cheers.

Thanks. Good advice.

Depends what jursidiction you are in. An oral contract is likely binding as I understand the facts, as it was a contract for services with the lawyer, not a real estate contract. With that said, what was the contract for? What duties did he have under it? If he breached his part of the contract it is unlikely he could ever enforce payment of it against you. But what happened with the house? If he failed to put in your counteroffer and you lost the house as a result, you may have grounds to look to him in negligence. I don't have anywhere near the facts to know if that's the case. To su

Has anyone played in the main event for the first time in the last couple of years? If so do you have any observations or advice? I have a mild leak related to fear of losing. No doubt that will be made much worse by the magnitude of the game. I won my way online and have probably only played 40 live NL tourneys in my life, most under a $100 buy in and about 10 between $100 and $400.

"anybody else ever come to this crossroads? what did you do?"************* It sounds like the money is the reason you're pondering quitting. If it's just about the money, I doubt any of us can help you. You're either making money or you're not. If not, and the money is important, find a softer game. If you enjoy poker but the money is hurting, find a softer game. There's tons online.I played all the time before I had kids and I haven't played much in years. 6 months ago I picked it up again (only so much poker you can see on TV before getting the urge), with great success. Bottom line,

What happened to your blog updates?

I think you meant: http://etaipo.livejournal.com/

When you made it $50K to go there was an even $100K in the pot. His raise to $435K, made it $385K to you with $535K in the pot. It sounds like you put him on a better A, but even leaving aside what we know in hindsight, it's doubtful you get an all in raise in that position with an A-9 through A-J, or even A-K. Look at the play. You limped and checked the flop, but called when he bet 1/3 of the pot. The only draw is for the flush, so what did your $50K bet on the turn mean? There you could have A-K, A-7, A-Q, a set or a bluff, although with a set or A-Q and first to act you might check a

Limited information, but the $15 preflop raise could also be with 7-7, 8-8, or 9-9, in which case you're ahead, but he's drawing (even if he doesn't realize it yet). Push.