jen's blog

The Vegas Undercircuit - or - Shoestring Tablehopping

Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:11:59 +0100

I think I might have just coined two phrases (I hope so, at least) but what they signify is the travel of a small-bankrolled player under the radar of the big poker circuit over here - a hunting out of the $1/$2 NLHE cash games, $4/$8ish PLO hilo, the $100- $300 tournaments and the overflowing satellite and side-event action which one hopes will bring value. Like my beagle buddy, I am not immune to the "everyone else is doing it, so I might as well" mentality which is leading me any minute to go and buy in to the ridiculous £1,500 NL Event on Tuesday, but up until now I have received plentiful fun and value for money in the non-WSOP games over here.

Return To Helsinki

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 18:19:33 +0100

The most fun of all the Unusual Suspects competitions, The Grand Casino Helsinki's 20,000 starting chipped, hour clocked, superbly run tournament was the only thing I actually wanted to play this year, so much so that instead of playing other events in the preceding months, I simply added to the €2,000 kitty so that I could have another go at it. For a smallish bankroll like mine, this was quite a chunk, but anything is doable if properly planned for. I suppose saving for something one wants is kind of a discipline-trainer in itself.

The Scandinavian Adventure

Fri, 05 May 2006 14:56:42 +0100

The Norwegian Championships

I always feel a bit odd writing my own personal experiences of a comp up as a ‘Tournament Report,’ because as an updater I am used to getting a nice overview of the ups and downs of the leaders and losers, so I reckon that my tales from the Norwegian Championships (held in Sweden for legal reasons) fit nicely into this Blog space. And I only really have the full story of myself, which fits in the ‘losers’ category. So here’s the story:

Djinn

Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:06:02 +0100

Having never written a blog of any sort before, I am somewhat hesitant given the shiny new grey and yellowness of the frest blonde site to fill it with my own wittering. Then again, if snoopy can do it, so can I. I have to start by thanking him for taking control for the most part of the words and their new homes - while swanning around Europe and the UK live updating it is he who held the fort. Congratulations to everyone who has put so much time and effort into blondepoker - and the people who make the community something unusual and good.