I would like to take this opportunity to say thanks to this forum and its members. I have learned a great deal from this forum (great job, Karma) and have never been made to feel stupid or incompetent. My questions, comments and posts of advice have been taken without ridicule from ANY other forum member here. Quite different from other forums that I, for those same reasons, no longer post at. I am certain I am not the only one posting here who feels this way.

On to the gist of my post; I won a micro SnG today. Not a major accomplishment in and of itself for I have won my share, but what was amazing was the way I played it. Yes, I did get a few more decent to good pocket hands than usual, but I played tight and aggressively throughout, taking down pot after pot, raising and reraising (no guys, really raising and reraising) hands to get more information. It, to my utter shock and surprise, was an amazing thing to watch the other players fold hand after hand to me. By the time we were down to 4, I had 11,000 chips.

I have learned so much from the members of this forum, and the above tournament outcome shows that, when put into practice, your bits and pieces of advice are coming to fruition. I just wanted you to know that, for the love of poker, you are making a difference...for me and I suspect, for many others here. Thanks!

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As my father always said, "Son, choose your sword wisely for some day you may find you must fall on it".

Good job on the tournament I hope you keep it up and for the pure love of the game keep playing. A lot of other sites do have a tendency to make beginers feel like beginers. I just wish when i first started there were sites like this, instead of learning by donating a lot of money.

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Kickboyswoop

I agree this is a much more friendly forum. It has more "Good Karma" you could say ;-)

Congrats on the using what you learned to improve your game and win. Keep up the good poker play!

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~PokerDawg~
Poker Blog

PokerDawg are you playing on stars right now if so what screename?

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Kickboyswoop

Good to hear Trauma! I have always said forums like this one are a great way to learn how to play poker, probobly the best actually. Good to hear you are doing well!

Thank you Jason for creating such a nice site! I like it a lot here!

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"You will succeed far more by capitalizing on your opponents mistakes than you will by the greatness of your own play." --- I am not sure who said this but it is a great quote and piece of advice.


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My pleasure. I'm glad you guys like the forum. We are trying to keep it friendly and "Spam Free". I've got a low tolerance for rude people, thankfully I haven't had to tell anyone to tone it down yet.

If you have any friends who enjoy poker send them to the forum. I haven't made a formal announcement yet, but I'm going to be giving away a free poker book for anyone who refers 3 decent members. Post will go up in the morning with all the details (I"m wiped out right now, just got back from my torture chamber session at the Bellagio)

Jason

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I'm Not Lucky, I Have Good Karma !