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Now, I mentioned that due to an obscene amount of academic work I wouldn't be updating my blog too often this month. However,I felt a tad guilty that people wold click on blog in anticipation and feel the pangs of disappointment when they see it hasn't been updated.So, I have opted to publish an article I wrote some time ago on the importance of chat box in online poker. I hope you all enjoy it.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF THE CHAT-BOX IN ONLINE POKER


Perhaps of all the features of a poker site the chat box is one of the most important: there is nothing more satisfying then typing "broksie woksie" when a delinquent rotter donates his last few dollars of social security money into the taffer foundation.Or indeed, to let out your frustration with a series of meaningful abuse ridden utterances, when a fish of the highest order opts to defy the laws of stupidity with an obscene call.

Yet there is far more importance than one would assume to the power that the chat box holds: you have the possibility to change the dynamics of the table with the very words you type. However, it is of fundamental importance to realise that you have to calculate certain permutations to contextualize how to use this profound power.

When I sit down at a table there are two important factors to consider, is it a tight table? or a loose one?; for the latter I do my my best to displease the players with a series of "TY's" after winning every pot and do my best to goad my opposition with a few of my delightful expressions such as "donkey wonkey" or "fishy wishy", I will in turn raise more pots with marginal holdings and show bluffs.Here I am using the chat to fortify my image as a somewhat of a maniac, this image combined with the loose aggressive nature of the table amalgamate splendidly, and offer a greater chance of a poor call by my opposition when I hit a big flop.This methodology is reversed for a tight table, I will utter "TY's" in a courteous manner and even when an idiot outdraws me Ill type "NH", albeit grudgingly.This reduces the number of rotters who normally would call me down with ace high and hence my win ratio is substantially higher.

So when choosing poker software don't solely consider the lucrative sign up and rake back bonuses.Make sure that the site in question does not have any authoritative chat policies which will see you reading copious emails of "chat revocation" ,"permanent ban" orders, and politically correct "poker managers". They will continually observe and interrupt a process which is of immense importance to online poker profitability.

©Taffer 2007

And so it begins...........

Greetings, and welcome to the beginning of something truly special(hopefully!). I have opted to create this blog due to a variety of issues that have arisen in my faltering poker career. I am by all accounts, a jolly good player with exceptional mathematical abilities and have a sensory perception which is at times awe inspiring.Unfortunately there are numerous areas in my game which cost me dearly.Indeed,instead of competing amongst the upper echelons of the poker world I am slumming it with the riff raff on the mickey mouse tables and, due to my immense carelessness ,impetuousness and impatience I have too often blown my meager bank roll and instantaneously find myself at the proverbial square one,broksie woksie!

The fundamental issue is, as aforementioned, bank roll-management and game selection, two very simple and essential aspects to the game.Too often have I blown my pitiful bankroll by playing way above what is feasible,I may have lost the majority of the pots with the best hand but this is just not an excuse anymore as if you play above your means you deserve to be outdrawn and I am sick of bleating like a snotty little rotter.Through this blog I aim to eradicate my erroneous ways,hopefully people will comment on various hands that I shall post(win or lose) and suggest any methodologies that I can implement to move my game in a vertically upward direction.

I have drawn up an ingenious plan to haul me up from obscurity to my preferred destination of 10/20$: up until now I would deposit 200-400$ and play 50/1 nl, a perfectly preposterous strategy that is not entirely dissimilar to hitting the roulette wheel. I would generally cash out if I hit 5x my buy in which resulted in static growth and no progression, and due to a beastly patch of variance, in the last few weeks this methodology invariably meant I went busto.

I propose the following to help salvage my fledging career; I shall deposit 400$ on full tilt, on which site I have just inked a 27% rake-back deal,and replenish my obliterated Cake poker account to the tune of 320$.

Instead of fannying about with Nl micro stakes(10/25c) I shall switch to limit which is utterly tedious yet, the swings are less severe and my embarrassing bank-roll shall cope rather better.I feel I really need to learn some discipline and this is a fitting remedy for my impatient and careless characteristics.I shall initiate proceedings by playing 50/1$ fl 1/2 fl and below, with my rebate and a TAG game I should soon build up and move up to where I rightfully belong.

My initial objective? to reach 1010$, with this I can play 25/50 nl and/or 2/4 FL without too much worry,albeit perhaps 1450$ would be a wiser option?

The road ahead shall be perilous and undoubtedly I shall run into obstacles, but with my profound intellect and immense poker ability I am confident of achieving at the very least my first pitiful objective.


P.S my master plan shall not fully come into effect until after this month at the earliest, I hate disappointing people but due to academic commitments, I am occupied with an obscene amount of coursework ! life is beastly sometimes :(