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Hey all, I am back again from my holidays in Barca, Spain. Lovely. My Patrik & Maya Antonius lens at Squidoo.com has been doing well. I am looking for people to help me boost its ranking. Simply, visit the lens and give it some comments, stars or feedback. You can even join the Chilipoker fan club...

Here is the link...

Thanks a million!!

I've been spending some time chatting with folks on Twitter and have gotten acquainted with Trevor Holewinski. He runs a pretty cool poker blog called Pokerplasm. Trevor is also an instrumental force in the Twitter Poker Tour, a weekly 'home' game played online at Poker Stars and Full Tilt.

Recently, Trevor sat down with me and gave me a great interview at Tourneyblog. I'm happy to share it here.

<div style="height:140px;width:100%;"><a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/blog_tournament/"><img src="http://www.pokerstars.com/images/wbcoop/WBCOOP_banner3.gif" alt="Online Poker" align="left" style="margin-right:10px;" border="0"></a><p>I have registered to play in the <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/blog_tournament/">PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker</a>!</p><p>All bloggers can play in this exclusive <a href="http://www.pokerstars.com/">online poker</a> tournament.</p><p>Registration code: 235386</p></div>

Hey everyone, if you've got some time tonight - there's a special charity event at Full Tilt. Erick Lindgren is hosting. It's only $5 + 5 and benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.

I can't wait to play. I signed on before I found out my father-in-law has lymphoma. He was dx'ed just this week. Although we have high hopes he'll be fine, this cause is even more special to me now.

It's a great cause and a slew of full tilt's best and brightest have already put in their buy-ins including Matt Vengrin, Allen Cunningham and more...

Even if you're not in the US this week, why not think about what you're most thankful for? I am very thankful for poker. Lately, I've been sick with some lung problems and poker has helped keep my mind off the pain and the illness. It has kept me focused on something else. That has been a blessing of sorts. Poker, for me, is more than a game. It's therapy.

Happy thanksgiving everyone, even if you don't technically celebrate the US holiday of over-eating turkey and carbohydrates. Hope to see you at the tables. I'm mostly at Full Tilt these days, using my online handle there (panndyra).

Do you Twitter? Twitter is a mini-blog service where you can post short updates on what you're doing. I update there a lot under dcgoodson. Recently, some people got together and began the Twitter Poker Tour. Open to anyone and everyone, the games are played at Poker Stars and Full Tilt.

More info can be found at the Twitter Poker Tour's main web site or at Twitter at #TPT.

There is so much going on in November we don't know where to start. For all you frequent depositors we have something special in store this month. We also have something in store for all you high rollers as 2 of the biggest events of the year are looming in the air this month including ECOOP III & APT Manila 09. 

Here are all the details you need:

Chilipoker is offering 3 Chilipoker Freerolls to ALL players that make 1st or 2nd deposits between the 1st of November till the 30th of November. Also players that deposit a 3rd time during November receive $20 Cash + a $22 token. 1 deposit gives you access to 1 freeroll, 2 deposit gives you access to 2 or 3 freerolls. The winner of each will win $1000 exclusively to book a vacation. 

Get into the madness in November at Chilipoker all your freeroll hunters. This November has been called by some "Chilipoker Freeroll Madness", cause exclusively at Chilipoker we are offering a series of freerolls where we share a total of $2,000. This time we are not going to specify a prizepool or scheduled, so players have to keep an eye out in the lobby to know what time the next one is starting. Pure madness!

Chilipoker proposes to you another Chilipoker Sit&Go Challenge for the month of November, a Sit&Go race where you just need to play a minimum of 40 Sit & Go's during the whole month to be eligible to share $3,500! Be in any leaderboard and get your prize! For each Leaderboard, the ranking will be done according to the ROI. After playing a minimum a 40 SnGs your ROI will be taken into consideration.

We are also bringing back the Chilipoker Cash Challenge this November, a cash table contest where you will qualify by just playing 10,000 raked hands!! We are giving away more than $7,000 spread over two leaderboards! Each Leaderboard ranking will be based on your Big Bets and after playing a minimum of 10,000 raked hands your BB will be taken into consideration.

Yes! The ECOOP III events are played in all poker variants, to take part in this exciting contest choose the right tournament and buy-in from $109 to $2,600 ( or find out how to qualify spending just one dollar in Chilipoker.com) The ECOOP III will run between the 24th of November to the 7th of December 2008 and it's set to be bigger and better than ever before. Don't miss out on your chance for the biggest prizepool this year and a total guaranteed $4,150,000! The main ECOOP event is on the 7th of December and has a Guaranteed Prizepool of a staggering $1,500,00o. 

Last but not least is the APT Manila 09, thanks to the spyciest poker room you will meet the gorgeous capital of the Philippines, discover its friendliness and charm and find the treasures hidden among the urban chaos with this exclusive package worth $6,000. Chilipoker in collaboration with iPoker is bringing to you a series of Satellites and Super Satellites to this spectacular event. Weekly $250 + $18 super satellites are available from November 1st - January 10th. 

All about chili poker:

Chilipoker.com has become a leading Online Poker and lifestyle site. Chilipoker is available in 5 different languages, all providing professional and friendly support.

Discover all the popular games, including: Limit Hold'em, No Limit Hold'em, Pot Limit Hold'em, Omaha Limit, Omaha Pot Limit, Omaha Hi/low Limit, Omaha Hi/low Pot Limit, Seven Stud and Five Stud.Chilipoker is also hosting $12.5M in monthly guaranteed tournaments and almost $10,000 worth of monthly poker freerolls. 

Also, Chilipoker possesses the brand ShareTheChili.com which is an Affiliate Program that you can easily sign up for online. Chilipoker is proud to offer fun online entertainment and state of the art technology with all it's online gaming products. They also guarantee safety, responsible gaming and fair play.

After the Malta Poker Tour Event, we have had our eye on some local talent. So guess what.. we have decided follow them to at an event being player later on today. Stay tuned for a play by play about how it all went down.

Here is a shots for your enjoyment from the poker academy players at the Malta Poker Tour. Click here for more photos.

Well done lads. The Next time a player ask for a tell, give him a poker face!

When I get something into my head, I find it really hard to think about anything else. Ask yourself can you really multi-task all day long? There are times where I find it hard to concentrate and it's effecting my life and game play.

The beauty of poker is that no matter how greedy people get, though, it still maintains its artistic and psychological values. It’s a beautiful game and you have to use your memory. Your soul comes into play and you have to live well away from the table. If you have no empathy and are shrouded in darkness, then you’ll never win.

- Did you notice the straight on the turn?
- The flush on the river?
- The high pocket pair pre flop?
- Do you know how to receive, calculate and transmit information during game play?

Every card in life counts, so play your card well. As I play more and more Omaha games I find new skills that will surely help my game. I can not get over the fact that I am always discovering new ways to improve my life/game.

 I ask myself how to be more creative in life, something that comes natural to my dear brother, my lovely sister and me. I ask can you imagine shapes and colors without them actually being there? Or do you have to see to believe.

Life is a masterpiece and it's poker I play.

XEOflex

Simply put ... Spot a particular pro poker player style of play that appeals to you most ... read his literature and imitate his style. You can also add some personal touches to it to make it your own. Been seeing good results since I started using this exercise.

The more I learn about poker, the more insight I get about the relation between luck and skill involved in the game. As my friend Ari put it, luck is definetely involved in the game but the skill part is to put yourself in situations where luck has a minimum say on the outcome of your battle.

My Poker Academy's very own Poker Spokesman has been interviewed by the very popular Tourney Blog site!

Read the full interview @ Tourney Blog

About the Poker Spokesman:
Ari Pietarinen is a former medical student who found his passion, poker. A Finnish native who makes his home in the Helsinki area, Pietarinen is a family man. He vows that 2009 will be his breakthrough year and hopes to follow in the footsteps of countrymen such as Jani Sointula, Juha Helppi, Ilari Sahamies and Patrik Antonius. Using the nickname “PokerSpokesman,” Ari works closely with the My Poker Academy Community and forum where he is regularly a bounty in their tournaments.

About Tourney Blog
Tourneyblog covers land-based and online poker tournaments almost exclusively. The team there really love the action. They love the players. They just love the excitement. Each year, tournament players impress Tourney Blog more and more with their awesomeness.

As I sit and watch the Omen II and this lady get her eyes get gouged out by a crow, I realize how much I love this holiday. The sheer destructive nature of the holiday. The deep darkness of it all. The devastation of the season. Reminds me of the camp and gore that ushers in the goodness.  It is the evil 'cleansing' that we must do to bring out the goodness in ourselves. I'm ready to get evil for a few more days...time to play so NLHE.

BTW...nice batman costume, Poker Spokesman! See y'all Saturday if I'm still lucid :)

This is just the introduction to blog.com.mt. The first Maltese online community of bloggers was born! A great domain, free sub-domains for everyone, sleek design, interesting top-blogs, rss feeds and lots of other features that can only be found here on poker.blog.com.mt!

Bad Beats happen to each and everybody but at PokerNordica you can get a part of a very big Bad Beat Jackpot when you get one of those Bad Beats. 

In any Texas Hold'em game, you will be looking to maximise your value when you pick up four of a kind. The chance to go all-in is automatic, but what happens if your opponent is holding higher four of a kind, or even a Straight Flush? 

These are the worst Bad Beats, and usually result in thousands of chips being passed over the table. 

The Bad Beat Jackpot at PokerNordica has now increased to more than an amazing $550.000 or half a million dollars! 

This means that the looser of the hand will take home more than an amazing $175.000. Imagine what you could do with so much money. 

Click here to read more about the Bad Beat Jackpot 

My Poker Academy is back again with another awesome event, the Halloween Special Bounty Tournament on Poker Nordica. This time we have increased the bounty to a $100 just for eliminating the Poker Spokesman.

The Poker Academy Halloween Special Tournament is a No Limit Texas Hold'em freezeout tournament with $25.00 + $2.50 buy-in, there will be no re-buys and no add-on this time.

Please note that Poker Nordica is a USA Friendly Poker Room.

The last time we asked you to eliminate the Poker Spokesman there seemed to be a glitch in the Matrix and our poor friend had to sit out.

This time we need to get him.

Come play in one of our community events, you won't regret it.

See you next Saturday.
The Poker Academy Crew

Theo Tran sits down with Amanda Leatherman after winning his first heads up match in the 10k event. Theo chats about playing an internet kid, who he will play next, and gambling in the pit. Tran is on a heater this series, already making two final tables.

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So tonight I was goofing around on some play money tables.  I'm tired and in no mental state to play for real money

Anyway, I've been running fairly badly.  But I keep playing my standard game -- which tends to have some variance but I'm fine with that.  We're playing a short-handed table and some people leave and suddenly it's me and this other guy head's up.

Heads up is one of my favorite ways to play any sort of poker.  It's also one where I am pretty good and knowing where I am at in NL Hold'em.  Even against weak passive players.  So I start hammering on this guy.  Hand after hand, if I have anything I get the most for it.  If he puts up any real resistance or my hand is super-marginal, I keep it small or get out of the way.  In about 30 hands, I triple through him and don't have any plans to stop.

He comments, "Wow, you're getting better fast."  

I told him it was just luck.  Explaining that I had a good idea of what I was doing wouldn't have helped the situation.  Eventually more players joined the table and my cards had warmed up a little.  He left shortly after.  But I got a big kick out of his comment about me learning fast.

I guess it was like I had suddenly gained years and years worth of experience.  lmao

This is from the final table of the WSOP 50k HORSE event.. Doyle shows why he is one of the best ever.. Nice laydown Doyle.. Niiiccce

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We have reached a milestone, after only a few weeks since launch we have made so many new friends, just today: 

My Poker Academy has 400 Facebook Members in its Public Poker Enthusiast Group

Thanks a million guys & gals for supporting us! We love you!