Hi,
Doke here again. This week I played a lot of live poker, spending 4
days in the D4 hotel at the European Shorthanded championships. I
played the supersatellite and managed to get a ticket, which I used
the following day, day 1A. I lasted almost 2 hours :) I had starting
stack just before the first break but managed to lose it all in the
space of three hands. First I got set over setted which is never
pleasant. That accounted for half my stack (could have been more but
my opponent decided to slowplay). Half of what was left went on an ill
timed bluff when I was trying to represent a flush to an opponent with
a three high flush. The rest went when I ran AK into aces.
Since the tournament allowed re-entry, I had another bash the next
day. This time I got off to a good start but drifted back after dinner
and busted near the end. The following day I was back for the 300 side
event. Never really got going in this one and eventually lost a race.
I was back for more punishment on Sunday for the last side event. I
managed a min cash in this one, losing with ace 9 against 89o just
after the bubble.
Overall the tournaments were enjoyable though. Once again, the field
was mainly foreign (French this time). The D4 lads always run a good
tournament so I'm looking forward to their next one already (the
European Deepstack, the first running of which I won a few years ago).
Next up for me is the Barcelona EMOP at the end of the week. I'm
flying out on Thursday and hoping for another good run. I'm 7th in the
overall leaderboard after the Dublin leg so another result could
cement my place in the top 10. Hopefully I'll see a few Team Irish
Eyes members there. The following Monday I fly direct from there to
London for the last few side events at EPT London.
Something new and fun on Irish Eyes is Terminal Poker. The basic idea
is similar to rush poker. At the moment it has a growing number but
still small. If anyone wants a freebie to try it out, sign up at my
blog, and then email me your username and we'll give you a 10 euro
free money voucher to get started.
Also best of luck to anyone playing in Killarney. Connie and Matt
always run a great show and Killarney's one of my favourite places to
play poker, but unfortunately I can't make it this year due to the
clash with Barcelona.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
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Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Letter from Doke (19th Sept 2011)
Hi,
Doke here again. I had a pretty good week online, with more than my fair share of final tables, and better yet managed to win a handful of tournaments, including a ten euro rebuy on Irish Eyes. Cashing is nice but there's nothing like actually winning a tournament to get the blood pumping.
On the live front, I played the 50K guaranteed 100s festival in Maynooth, largely because I was intrigued to see how the novel idea of 4 day ones with re-entries would work. I played day 1c and got through with one bullet (no re-entry), mainly because I got off to a great start. Or should I say a lucky start: the first major hand of note I got it in with the schnuts (second nuts) against the nuts on the flop and still managed to win the hand.
Day 2 didn't exactly go to plan though: I was definitely on the toughest table in the room. I was struggling to get anything going and ended up reshipping queens from the blinds over an early position raiser. He had a huge stack and seemed very spewy so I reshipped knowing full well I could get called very light, but it was still a surprise to see him call fairly quickly with A8. He hit the ace on the turn. I can't really complain though: I'm always happy when an opponent calls it off as a 9/4 dog getting only 6/4. Professional poker players and bookies have one thing in common: in the long run our money all comes from people making bad bets against us at insufficient odds.
This week I'm playing day 1A of the European Shorthanded in Ballsbridge. This is also a re-entry tournament so if I do bust 1A I'll probably be back for more punishment on 1b.
A big thank you to the Irish Eyes team for giving my blog a makeover. It was probably well overdue: the blog had the same look and feel as when I started it three years ago as a secret "Dear Diary". Also, the latest edition of Player Ireland has an extensive description of EMOP Dublin with pictures. Speaking of EMOP, I'm really looking forward to EMOP Barcelona at the end of the month. It will be my first foreign trip since Vegas and while some time at home was needed after Vegas, my batteries are well and truly recharged now and I'm raring to go. I'll be flying directly from Barcelona to London for the last few side events and the EPT Country of the Year freeroll I qualified for.
You may notice ads for various stuff on the new look blog. Not to plug everything, but one worth paying attention to as I genuinely get asked about it a lot (or more generally the best way to get money on and offline). I personally use Neteller and an associated Net+ Cash On Cash Off card which works as a debit card (meaning no credit card fees) against your Neteller account.
This also means no fees when booking flights etc. (Ryanair for example charge you extra for using a credit card), and I can use the card to withdraw cash from ATMs. So click on the Cash On Cash Off banner at the side for more details.
Lastly, I have also tried a new site this week called Terminal Poker. Its like Full Tilt's Rush poker and although it is new its quite a bit of fun. Cash games only. Fold and you move directly to a new table and new players.
Irish Eyes Poker are adding it to their site (although you will need a different account on Terminal than on Irish Eyes)and have given me some free money to give to anyone who wants to try it out. If you click in the link on my blog (there is a link to it from the Irish Eyes blog) or put in the referral code 'doke' when you signup, they will stick 20 euro into your account for free if you email team@irisheyespoker.ie with your username.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
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Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
Doke here again. I had a pretty good week online, with more than my fair share of final tables, and better yet managed to win a handful of tournaments, including a ten euro rebuy on Irish Eyes. Cashing is nice but there's nothing like actually winning a tournament to get the blood pumping.
On the live front, I played the 50K guaranteed 100s festival in Maynooth, largely because I was intrigued to see how the novel idea of 4 day ones with re-entries would work. I played day 1c and got through with one bullet (no re-entry), mainly because I got off to a great start. Or should I say a lucky start: the first major hand of note I got it in with the schnuts (second nuts) against the nuts on the flop and still managed to win the hand.
Day 2 didn't exactly go to plan though: I was definitely on the toughest table in the room. I was struggling to get anything going and ended up reshipping queens from the blinds over an early position raiser. He had a huge stack and seemed very spewy so I reshipped knowing full well I could get called very light, but it was still a surprise to see him call fairly quickly with A8. He hit the ace on the turn. I can't really complain though: I'm always happy when an opponent calls it off as a 9/4 dog getting only 6/4. Professional poker players and bookies have one thing in common: in the long run our money all comes from people making bad bets against us at insufficient odds.
This week I'm playing day 1A of the European Shorthanded in Ballsbridge. This is also a re-entry tournament so if I do bust 1A I'll probably be back for more punishment on 1b.
A big thank you to the Irish Eyes team for giving my blog a makeover. It was probably well overdue: the blog had the same look and feel as when I started it three years ago as a secret "Dear Diary". Also, the latest edition of Player Ireland has an extensive description of EMOP Dublin with pictures. Speaking of EMOP, I'm really looking forward to EMOP Barcelona at the end of the month. It will be my first foreign trip since Vegas and while some time at home was needed after Vegas, my batteries are well and truly recharged now and I'm raring to go. I'll be flying directly from Barcelona to London for the last few side events and the EPT Country of the Year freeroll I qualified for.
You may notice ads for various stuff on the new look blog. Not to plug everything, but one worth paying attention to as I genuinely get asked about it a lot (or more generally the best way to get money on and offline). I personally use Neteller and an associated Net+ Cash On Cash Off card which works as a debit card (meaning no credit card fees) against your Neteller account.
This also means no fees when booking flights etc. (Ryanair for example charge you extra for using a credit card), and I can use the card to withdraw cash from ATMs. So click on the Cash On Cash Off banner at the side for more details.
Lastly, I have also tried a new site this week called Terminal Poker. Its like Full Tilt's Rush poker and although it is new its quite a bit of fun. Cash games only. Fold and you move directly to a new table and new players.
Irish Eyes Poker are adding it to their site (although you will need a different account on Terminal than on Irish Eyes)and have given me some free money to give to anyone who wants to try it out. If you click in the link on my blog (there is a link to it from the Irish Eyes blog) or put in the referral code 'doke' when you signup, they will stick 20 euro into your account for free if you email team@irisheyespoker.ie with your username.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
Click on the links in the menu for details on all Irish Eyes Poker promotions, including:
Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
Monday, September 12, 2011
Entraction blocking players from Canada, Isreal, Norway, Russia and Turkey.
Entraction, the network on which Irish Eyes Poker runs, has made the decision to block players from Canada, Israel, Norway, Russia and Turkey from their gaming platform. The blocking will commence at 12:00 CET on September 29. Entraction state that the "...decision is preceded by careful considerations and is necessary to fully comply with local laws.
Entraction was recently acquired by U.S. based International Game Technology, IGT, one of the world's largest suppliers of gaming machines and gaming technology. Together with IGT we will be able to offer our partners a stronger and better product as well as a global reach.
Entraction's and IGT's commitment to adhering to the laws of the countries where we offer online gaming opportunities is an important part of building a network that will enable partners and players to enjoy online gaming in a secure gaming environment."
Entraction was recently acquired by U.S. based International Game Technology, IGT, one of the world's largest suppliers of gaming machines and gaming technology. Together with IGT we will be able to offer our partners a stronger and better product as well as a global reach.
Entraction's and IGT's commitment to adhering to the laws of the countries where we offer online gaming opportunities is an important part of building a network that will enable partners and players to enjoy online gaming in a secure gaming environment."
Letter from Doke (14th Sept 2011)
Hi,
Doke here again. I had a fairly quiet week online. I only played Monday and Tuesday as on Wednesday my friend Mark Smyth had been selected for the "Team Pro plays a home game" segment on the TV coverage for UKIPT Dublin. He invited me, Phil Baker and Lorand Santo along. You're guaranteed entertainment with that crew and hopefully it'll translate to the coverage.
I played Day 1A of the UKIPT on Thursday. Reasonably uneventful day as I chipped up steadily. I peaked at 50k before going card dead towards the end which meant coming back with a reasonable stack of 38k, just over 30 big blinds.
The following day I played a side event and was put at the same table as two of the readers of these letters, wee Bridie Gribben and not so we Steven Byrne. Steven knocked me out of this event in Cork but this time it was Bridie who did most of the damage, living up to her promise to my friends who were watching to make me her bitch :) The craic at the table was mighty and it was a shame we broke. I didn't last very long at the new table.
Day 2 of the main event didn't go so well. I had breakfast with one of the chipleaders, my friend Breifne Earley. Breifne asked me for some tips and I ran through some advice on shoving stacks, reshoving stacks, and ranges. I should probably have checked the table draw first: turns out we were at the same table!
I hovered around for a few hours without getting the hoped for doubleup and eventually went on reraising JTs all in from the small blind over a button min raise only to run into AJ in the big blind. We were about 50 from the bubble but with my stack I couldn't just be hanging round so I have no regrets about the shove.
On Sunday afternoon, I appeared on Dublin City FM's "On The Ball" with Breifne Earley to talk about the success of Team Irish Eyes players at
EMOP Dublin and other recent Irish tournaments. This week also saw the appearance of my first blog for the Star at their website:
http://starbets.ie/poker-blog/grinding-and-an-afternoon-with-roy-06092011/ This blog is aimed at more general readers than my normal blog.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
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Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
Doke here again. I had a fairly quiet week online. I only played Monday and Tuesday as on Wednesday my friend Mark Smyth had been selected for the "Team Pro plays a home game" segment on the TV coverage for UKIPT Dublin. He invited me, Phil Baker and Lorand Santo along. You're guaranteed entertainment with that crew and hopefully it'll translate to the coverage.
I played Day 1A of the UKIPT on Thursday. Reasonably uneventful day as I chipped up steadily. I peaked at 50k before going card dead towards the end which meant coming back with a reasonable stack of 38k, just over 30 big blinds.
The following day I played a side event and was put at the same table as two of the readers of these letters, wee Bridie Gribben and not so we Steven Byrne. Steven knocked me out of this event in Cork but this time it was Bridie who did most of the damage, living up to her promise to my friends who were watching to make me her bitch :) The craic at the table was mighty and it was a shame we broke. I didn't last very long at the new table.
Day 2 of the main event didn't go so well. I had breakfast with one of the chipleaders, my friend Breifne Earley. Breifne asked me for some tips and I ran through some advice on shoving stacks, reshoving stacks, and ranges. I should probably have checked the table draw first: turns out we were at the same table!
I hovered around for a few hours without getting the hoped for doubleup and eventually went on reraising JTs all in from the small blind over a button min raise only to run into AJ in the big blind. We were about 50 from the bubble but with my stack I couldn't just be hanging round so I have no regrets about the shove.
On Sunday afternoon, I appeared on Dublin City FM's "On The Ball" with Breifne Earley to talk about the success of Team Irish Eyes players at
EMOP Dublin and other recent Irish tournaments. This week also saw the appearance of my first blog for the Star at their website:
http://starbets.ie/poker-blog/grinding-and-an-afternoon-with-roy-06092011/ This blog is aimed at more general readers than my normal blog.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
Click on the links in the menu for details on all Irish Eyes Poker promotions, including:
Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
Monday, September 05, 2011
Letter from Doke (5th Sept 2011)
Hi,
Doke here again. I had a very good week online this week with a slew of final tables and a couple of wins and 5 figure scores. I also final
tabled the Monthly 100K on Irish Eyes tonight. 7 handed, six of us wanted to do a deal as it was getting quite crapshooty and the payouts
quite top heavy (23k for first and only 3k for 7th) but as the saying goes, there's always one. Unfortunately I exitted just before the
conscientious objector in 7th, and after he exitted in 6th, they did a five way chop. Still, after the week I've had, I can't really complain
too much.
Plan for this week is to continue to grind hard online to try and keep my heater going, and then from Wednesday switch my focus to live
poker, in the form of the Dublin UKIPT. I'm planning to play the shorthanded on Wednesday, and then day 1A of the main event on
Thursday. I've been in good form live since I came back from Vegas so I'm hoping for another deep run.
I hear Irish Eyes is now available to play on computers, and players can make cash deposits and withdrawals, in Ken Doherty's club in Terenure, Dublin.
Its a nice new club with full access to the bar next door.
Lastly, check back soon to see the blog's brand new look.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
Click on the links in the menu for details on all Irish Eyes Poker promotions, including:
Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
Doke here again. I had a very good week online this week with a slew of final tables and a couple of wins and 5 figure scores. I also final
tabled the Monthly 100K on Irish Eyes tonight. 7 handed, six of us wanted to do a deal as it was getting quite crapshooty and the payouts
quite top heavy (23k for first and only 3k for 7th) but as the saying goes, there's always one. Unfortunately I exitted just before the
conscientious objector in 7th, and after he exitted in 6th, they did a five way chop. Still, after the week I've had, I can't really complain
too much.
Plan for this week is to continue to grind hard online to try and keep my heater going, and then from Wednesday switch my focus to live
poker, in the form of the Dublin UKIPT. I'm planning to play the shorthanded on Wednesday, and then day 1A of the main event on
Thursday. I've been in good form live since I came back from Vegas so I'm hoping for another deep run.
I hear Irish Eyes is now available to play on computers, and players can make cash deposits and withdrawals, in Ken Doherty's club in Terenure, Dublin.
Its a nice new club with full access to the bar next door.
Lastly, check back soon to see the blog's brand new look.
Good luck at the tables - unless I'm at the same table :)
Doke
----------
Click on the links in the menu for details on all Irish Eyes Poker promotions, including:
Iron Man Barcelona Promotion (€18,000)
September Freerolls (€36,000)
Raked Hands Race (€40,000)
Sit n Go Leaderbaord (€30,000)
Upto 45% rake back
Team Irish Eyes Poker promotions.
Keep up to date on my blog
(http://dokearney.blogspot.com/) and on Twitter (daraokearney).
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It's no longer just about boasting rights. Fantasy Football comes to Irish Eyes.
Now you can back your opinion with cold hard cash.
That's right - fantasy football just got real!
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And its simple to play.
- Go to www.irisheyesfootball.com and signup for your new fantasy football account.
- Select your team(s) weekly.
- Place your bet from €2 to €200
- Pitch your skill against other managers for real money.
- Win your share of the prizepool guarateed each week to start at €1000
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Now you can back your opinion with cold hard cash.
That's right - fantasy football just got real!
Large payouts to the winning managers with prizepools starting at €1000.
And its simple to play.
- Go to www.irisheyesfootball.com and signup for your new fantasy football account.
- Select your team(s) weekly.
- Place your bet from €2 to €200
- Pitch your skill against other managers for real money.
- Win your share of the prizepool guarateed each week to start at €1000
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