AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT

GREETINGS MY POKER PLAYING FRIENDS. HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND ARE PREPARED FOR A LUCK FILLED FUN FILLED NEW YEAR AHEAD I SURE AM LOOKING FORWARD TO 07. I RECENTLY DEPOSITED MONEY AT POKERSTARS AND LET ME TELL YOU I AM VERY PLEASED WITH THIS SITE. THE PLAYERS SEEM TO HAVE LESS DONKEY IN THEM WHEN IT COMES TO CASH BUYIN TOURNEYS AND THE BAD BEATS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN UNLIKE THE AP SITE. I'VE BEEN PLAYING SOLID POKER THE PAST WEEK AND AHALF MAKING THE MONEY IN 5 OF THE 8 TOURNEYS I'VE PLAYED WITH THE HIGHLITE OF THIS RUN COMING THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS WHEN I HIT MY VERY FIRST ROYAL FLUSH IN TOURNAMENT PLAY. IT WAS AN AWESOME FEELING I KNOCKED TWO PLAYERS OUT WITH IT THEY WERE SHORT STACKS BUT I WILL TAKE WHAT I CAN CAN GET ALONG WITH THE BRAGGING RIGHTS TO A ROYAL FLUSH. ONE THING I'VE GOTTA PRACTICE AND GET BETTER AT IS MY TIMING. BY THIS I MEAN I HAVE A TENDENCY TO CALL LARGE BETS AND ALLINS WITHOUT THINKING IT THRU SURE MY HAND MAY LOOK GOOD AND UNBEATABLE BUT IN MY RECENT EXPERIENCES I'VE COME TO FIND OUT THE OTHER GUYS HAND WAS BETTER. SOME TIMES TAKING THAT FEW EXTRA SECONDS TO TALK AND THINK IT THRU CAN BE THE DIFFERENCE FROM MAKING THE CALL OF A LIFE TIME TO LAYING DOWN A HAND THAT SAVED YOUR STACK AND TOURNAMENT LIFE. POKER SURELY DOES TAKE MINUTES TO LEARN BUT A LIFETIME TO MASTER EVERY TIME I PLAY I LEARN I GUESS ITS TRUE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

FROM THE TRISTATES POKER INC. FAMILY TO YOURS WE HOPE YOU HAD A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS. MAY GOD BLESS YOU TODAY AND EVERYDAY OF THE YEAR.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESUS......

ENUFF ZNUFF

PLAYING NO LIMIT TEXAS HOLDEM SHOULD BE FUN EVEN IF ITS WHAT YOU DO FOR A LIVING. BUT EVEN TOO MUCH OF A GOOD THING CAN WARE ON YOU. THE BEST THING TO DO IF YOU ARE ON A BAD BEAT OR LOSING STREAK AND FIND YOURSELF MORE FRUSTRATED THAN ELATED FORM ALL THE FUN IS TO TAKE A BREAK. SOMETIMES A BREAK OF 24 TO 48 HOURS WILL DO BUT IN EXTREME CASES TAKING A WEEK OFF FROM COMPETITIVE BUYIN TOURNIES WILL DO YOU SOME GOOD. WHY CONTINUE PLAYING AND LOSING MONEY WHEN ALL YOU NEED IS TO STOP RELAX TAKE A BREAK AND REFOCUS YOUR ENERGIES AND EFFORTS. SO AFTER ONE BAD BEAT TOO MANY IM ON A NO BUYIN COMPETITIVE POKER BREAK. THIS SHOULD DO THE TRICK. IM STILL GONNA PLAY A FREE ROLL DURING THIS TIME OFF BUT ITS A FREE ROLL AND IM DOING IT FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME IF I LOSE I LOSE PLUS FREE ROLLS ARE A GREAT PLACE TO TRY NEW STRATEGIES AND TO TRY OPENING UP YOUR HAND SELECTION ALTHO MOST PLAYERS PLAY LIKE DONKEY'S DURING THESE FREEROLLS IT DOESN'T HURT TO AT LEAST TRY. SO REMEMBER WHEN IN DISTRESS OVER A BAD POKER STREAK TAKE A DEEP BREATH STEP AWAY FROM THE GAME AND GET YOURSELF RESTED RELAXED AND READY TO START ANEW IN A WEEKS TIME OR TWO. THE DOLLAR YOU SAVE NOW MAY BE THE EXTRA DOLLARS YOU EARN IN THE LONG RUN.