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Reading various poker blogs has helped me think about poker in different ways.
I've been trying to increase my subscriptions to poker blogs in my blog reader.
A lot of poker blogs I found are no longer update. Some seem to have been sold to spammers.
I tried to whittle down the list to known good blogs but I know I'm missing a lot. There are many sites I visit regularly from Google search but I forgot to bookmark or add to my reader.
Other blogs I'd like to read regularly don't have feeds, like Phil Galfond's blog, which makes them harder to follow.
If you have any suggestions for good poker blogs that you read please let me know in the comments below.
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I've been trying to increase my subscriptions to poker blogs in my blog reader.
A lot of poker blogs I found are no longer update. Some seem to have been sold to spammers.
I tried to whittle down the list to known good blogs but I know I'm missing a lot. There are many sites I visit regularly from Google search but I forgot to bookmark or add to my reader.
Other blogs I'd like to read regularly don't have feeds, like Phil Galfond's blog, which makes them harder to follow.
If you have any suggestions for good poker blogs that you read please let me know in the comments below.
You can subscribe to my feed with this link: http://blog.microrollers.com/feeds/posts/default
Note: if you can't see the list below click here
Time To Build A MicroStakes MTT Plan
When I first started playing poker I thought I'd be playing mainly multi-table tournaments but I've barely played any lately.
Grinding SnGs and cash games brings a small but steady profit but tournaments have the possibility of delivering a nice big prize for finishing 1st.
Unfortunately I find that SnGs and cash games fit into my schedule better since I can start them whenever I like. But I think I can manage to fit in some more MTTs.
My goal is to try and play at least 30 (hopefully more like 50-60) MTTs a month. I should be able to swing that playing 3-4 tournaments a couple of nights a week. I'm hoping that's enough to get a handful of deep runs and one final table each month. As long as I still remember how to play :) I'll also try and find some time to study some more on MTTs and maybe get some new books.
Grinding SnGs and cash games brings a small but steady profit but tournaments have the possibility of delivering a nice big prize for finishing 1st.
Unfortunately I find that SnGs and cash games fit into my schedule better since I can start them whenever I like. But I think I can manage to fit in some more MTTs.
My goal is to try and play at least 30 (hopefully more like 50-60) MTTs a month. I should be able to swing that playing 3-4 tournaments a couple of nights a week. I'm hoping that's enough to get a handful of deep runs and one final table each month. As long as I still remember how to play :) I'll also try and find some time to study some more on MTTs and maybe get some new books.
Posted on: 10/05/2010
PokerStars VIP Freerolls iCal Feeds
PokerStars offers a lot of benefits to players as part of it's VIP Program. One of these benefits are free online poker tournaments with prize pools as high as $1 million. The buy-in to these events are either free or through frequent player points (FPPs).
Three $500 tournaments run every day for a 10 FPP buy-in. There are three weekly tournaments with $1,000, $2,000 and $30,000 prize pools, two monthly tournaments with a $2,500 and $100,000 prize pool and 4 times a year the big $1,000,000 quarterly freerolls.
These seem to be a pretty good value for your FPPs. I played one a few months ago and final tabled it. I keep meaning to play more but I lose track of when they are.
To help me keep track of these tournaments I've added them to my calendar.
If you'd like to add them to your calendar (Outlook, Thunderbird w/Lightnight, iPhone, Blackberry or other smartphone) you can use the following links to sync your calendar using either the iCalendar or XML feed.
I've split up the calendars into two groups:
Three $500 tournaments run every day for a 10 FPP buy-in. There are three weekly tournaments with $1,000, $2,000 and $30,000 prize pools, two monthly tournaments with a $2,500 and $100,000 prize pool and 4 times a year the big $1,000,000 quarterly freerolls.
These seem to be a pretty good value for your FPPs. I played one a few months ago and final tabled it. I keep meaning to play more but I lose track of when they are.
To help me keep track of these tournaments I've added them to my calendar.
If you'd like to add them to your calendar (Outlook, Thunderbird w/Lightnight, iPhone, Blackberry or other smartphone) you can use the following links to sync your calendar using either the iCalendar or XML feed.
I've split up the calendars into two groups:
PokerStars Weekly/Monthly/Quarterly VIP Freeroll Calendar
Use this calendar to keep track of the Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly PokerStars VIP Freerolls.PokerStars Daily VIP Freeroll Calendar
The PokerStars Daily VIP Freerolls run every day at 12:40pm, 7:40pm and 10:40pm ET. I don't plan on playing many of these plus they run every day three times a day so they should be easy to remember. For that reason I've added them to a separate calendar feed if you don't think it will clog up your calendar view.PokerStars VIP Freeroll Calendar
Posted on: 10/04/2010
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