# World of Pokercraft SDMB 2nd quarter **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [April 3, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804 "2009-04-03T03:16:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/21 "2009-05-01T03:03:29Z")
And tonight’s results are: _Drum rolllllll…_ 1. Me 2. Dag 3. Yeti 4. Duck 5. Ast 6. Root and keeping the couch warm… 1. Oso ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/22 "2009-05-01T03:12:01Z")
YO Oso!!! ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2009, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/23 "2009-05-01T04:33:11Z")
Actually, it is still a bit dank and dark down here: 1 Duke of Rat 72.9 2 Dag Otto 68.9 3 Miss Take 59.5 4 Robot Arm 50.7 5 Yeticus Rex 49.4 6 Oslo Ostragoth 31.3 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/24 "2009-05-04T03:41:03Z")
Whatever my shortcomings in our games, I must be learning something: 35/2735 for a shiny new quarter in the freeroll Friday night. This one went really fast - people were cashing in Level 7. Here’s a couple of hands I loved: > [@](#): > > \*\* Hand # 2580961985 starting - 2009-05-02 21:12:08 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 26 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (1000.00|2000.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 1 with 10820.00[Dealer] > papa-don sitting in seat 2 with 5310.00 > d-scousedave sitting in seat 3 with 5424.40 > Vaskinhu\_x sitting in seat 4 with 32670.00 > exsmokeater sitting in seat 5 with 15806.25 > chrychry27 sitting in seat 6 with 14355.00 > hellboyhrc99 sitting in seat 7 with 25332.50 > moondevil2 sitting in seat 8 with 41000.66 > snamone sitting in seat 9 with 37695.20 > lucerojacint sitting in seat 10 with 15238.35 > papa-don ante’d - 75.00 > d-scousedave ante’d - 75.00 > Vaskinhu\_x ante’d - 75.00 > exsmokeater ante’d - 75.00 > chrychry27 ante’d - 75.00 > hellboyhrc99 ante’d - 75.00 > moondevil2 ante’d - 75.00 > snamone ante’d - 75.00 > lucerojacint ante’d - 75.00 > Oslo\_Ostra ante’d - 75.00 > papa-don posted the small blind - 500.00 > d-scousedave posted the big blind - 1000.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: 9h, 9c > Vaskinhu\_x folded > exsmokeater folded > chrychry27 folded > hellboyhrc99 called - 1000.00 > moondevil2 folded > snamone folded > lucerojacint called - 1000.00 > Oslo\_Ostra raised to 2000.00 > papa-don folded > d-scousedave folded > hellboyhrc99 called - 2000.00 > lucerojacint called - 2000.00 > > \*\* Dealing the flop: Qh, 6h, Kh > hellboyhrc99 checked > lucerojacint bet - 2000.00 > Oslo\_Ostra raised to 4000.00 > hellboyhrc99 called - 4000.00 > lucerojacint folded > > \*\* Dealing the turn: Kc > hellboyhrc99 checked > Oslo\_Ostra went all-in - 4745.00 > hellboyhrc99 called - 4745.00 > hellboyhrc99 shows: Ah, Js > > \*\* Dealing the river: Kd > Oslo\_Ostra wins 27740.00 from the main pot > > \*\* Hand # 2580973716 starting - 2009-05-02 21:34:05 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 26 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (2000.00|4000.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 1 with 16532.50 > Injun\_Joe sitting in seat 2 with 66895.00 > chipmuffin sitting in seat 3 with 42829.37 > Vaskinhu\_x sitting in seat 4 with 36030.00[Dealer] > rfmwcnic sitting in seat 5 with 95046.87 > sharki1 sitting in seat 7 with 22553.00 > reesy\_kett sitting in seat 8 with 2920.00 > snamone sitting in seat 9 with 125675.65 > eric2mrs sitting in seat 10 with 81523.00 > rfmwcnic ante’d - 150.00 > sharki1 ante’d - 150.00 > reesy\_kett ante’d - 150.00 > snamone ante’d - 150.00 > eric2mrs ante’d - 150.00 > Oslo\_Ostra ante’d - 150.00 > Injun\_Joe ante’d - 150.00 > chipmuffin ante’d - 150.00 > Vaskinhu\_x ante’d - 150.00 > rfmwcnic posted the small blind - 1000.00 > sharki1 posted the big blind - 2000.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: As, 9s > reesy\_kett folded > snamone raised to 4000.00 > eric2mrs folded > Oslo\_Ostra called - 4000.00 > Injun\_Joe folded > chipmuffin folded > Vaskinhu\_x raised to 6000.00 > rfmwcnic folded > sharki1 folded > snamone called - 6000.00 > Oslo\_Ostra called - 6000.00 > > \*\* Dealing the flop: 6d, 8s, 5s > snamone checked > Oslo\_Ostra went all-in - 10382.50 > Vaskinhu\_x raised to 20765.00 > snamone folded > Vaskinhu\_x shows: Ad, Ah > > \*\* Dealing the turn: 6s > > \*\* Dealing the river: 3s > Oslo\_Ostra wins 43115.00 from the main pot Here’s a couple of hands I hated: > [@](#): > > \*\* Hand # 2580968613 starting - 2009-05-02 21:23:32 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 26 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (1500.00|3000.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 1 with 38347.50[Dealer] > chipmuffin sitting in seat 3 with 30337.50 > Vaskinhu\_x sitting in seat 4 with 17715.00 > chrychry27 sitting in seat 6 with 33994.40 > INT235 sitting in seat 8 with 16710.00 > snamone sitting in seat 9 with 104765.65 > eric2mrs sitting in seat 10 with 71617.31 > chipmuffin ante’d - 100.00 > Vaskinhu\_x ante’d - 100.00 > chrychry27 ante’d - 100.00 > INT235 ante’d - 100.00 > snamone ante’d - 100.00 > eric2mrs ante’d - 100.00 > Oslo\_Ostra ante’d - 100.00 > chipmuffin posted the small blind - 750.00 > Vaskinhu\_x posted the big blind - 1500.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: Kc, Ah > chrychry27 folded > INT235 folded > snamone folded > eric2mrs folded > Oslo\_Ostra raised to 9000.00 > chipmuffin folded > Vaskinhu\_x went all-in - 16115.00 > Oslo\_Ostra called - 17615.00 > Vaskinhu\_x shows: 4h, 2c > > \*\* Dealing the flop: 4s, 4d, 9d > > \*\* Dealing the turn: Ad > > \*\* Dealing the river: 9c > Vaskinhu\_x wins 36680.00 from the main pot He apologized in the chat box. 😃 > [@](#): > > \*\* Hand # 2580983832 starting - 2009-05-02 21:58:22 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 26 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (4000.00|8000.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 1 with 38165.00 > Injun\_Joe sitting in seat 2 with 67795.00 > chipmuffin sitting in seat 3 with 313613.44 > Vaskinhu\_x sitting in seat 4 with 37740.00 > rfmwcnic sitting in seat 5 with 88260.00 > igac sitting in seat 6 with 225314.40[Dealer] > sharki1 sitting in seat 7 with 20231.00 > gillick sitting in seat 9 with 117620.64 > eric2mrs sitting in seat 10 with 40750.50 > sharki1 ante’d - 300.00 > gillick ante’d - 300.00 > eric2mrs ante’d - 300.00 > Oslo\_Ostra ante’d - 300.00 > Injun\_Joe ante’d - 300.00 > chipmuffin ante’d - 300.00 > Vaskinhu\_x ante’d - 300.00 > rfmwcnic ante’d - 300.00 > igac ante’d - 300.00 > sharki1 posted the small blind - 2000.00 > gillick posted the big blind - 4000.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: Kd, Kh > eric2mrs folded > Oslo\_Ostra raised to 16000.00 > Injun\_Joe folded > chipmuffin folded > Vaskinhu\_x raised to 28000.00 > rfmwcnic folded > igac folded > sharki1 folded > gillick folded > Oslo\_Ostra called - 28000.00 > > \*\* Dealing the flop: 6c, Qs, Qc > Oslo\_Ostra went all-in - 9865.00 > Vaskinhu\_x went all-in - 9440.00 > Vaskinhu\_x shows: Kc, Qd > > \*\* Dealing the turn: 9c > > \*\* Dealing the river: 6h > Vaskinhu\_x wins 83580.00 from the main pot ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/25 "2009-05-04T03:54:40Z")
By the way, some of these guys are morons: > [@](#): > > \*\* Hand # 2580884099 starting - 2009-05-02 19:38:17 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 29 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (40.00|80.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > Crow\_09 sitting in seat 1 with 880.00 > slinky27 sitting in seat 2 with 840.00[Dealer] > stickan50 sitting in seat 3 with 920.00 > ELMinon sitting in seat 4 with 1000.00[Sitting out] > riksu32 sitting in seat 5 with 1880.00 > Bruce21 sitting in seat 6 with 1000.00 > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 7 with 1000.00 > Petrus81 sitting in seat 8 with 1000.00 > ehud555 sitting in seat 9 with 600.00 > bobsy321 sitting in seat 10 with 2380.00 > stickan50 posted the small blind - 20.00 > ELMinon posted the big blind - 40.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: 9s, Ad > riksu32 folded > Bruce21 called - 40.00 > Oslo\_Ostra folded > Petrus81 called - 40.00 > ehud555 folded > bobsy321 called - 40.00 > Crow\_09 raised to 80.00 > slinky27 called - 80.00 > stickan50 called - 80.00 > ELMinon folded > Bruce21 raised to 120.00 > Petrus81 called - 120.00 > bobsy321 called - 120.00 > Crow\_09 called - 120.00 > slinky27 called - 120.00 > stickan50 called - 120.00 > > \*\* Dealing the flop: Jh, Qh, 7d > stickan50 checked > Bruce21 bet - 200.00 > Petrus81 folded > bobsy321 called - 200.00 > Crow\_09 folded > slinky27 went all-in - 720.00 > stickan50 folded > Bruce21 called - 720.00 > bobsy321 called - 720.00 > > \*\* Dealing the turn: 7h > Bruce21 checked > bobsy321 checked > > \*\* Dealing the river: Qc > Bruce21 went all-in - 160.00 > bobsy321 called - 160.00 > **slinky27 shows: Kh, 10h** > Bruce21 shows: As, Jc > **bobsy321 shows: 6d, 5d** > slinky27 wins 2920.00 from the main pot > Bruce21 wins 320.00 from side pot 1 > > \*\* Hand # 2580894418 starting - 2009-05-02 19:45:47 > \*\* $100 Freeroll[2933833]:Table 29 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (60.00|120.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > lapinllandza sitting in seat 1 with 2700.00 > slinky27 sitting in seat 2 with 2810.00 > pokerguden86 sitting in seat 3 with 1790.00[Dealer] > ELMinon sitting in seat 4 with 880.00[Sitting out] > riksu32 sitting in seat 5 with 1920.00 > Bruce21 sitting in seat 6 with 2160.00 > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 7 with 1440.00 > Petrus81 sitting in seat 8 with 1580.00 > fandlaroma sitting in seat 9 with 660.00 > bobsy321 sitting in seat 10 with 2180.00 > ELMinon posted the small blind - 30.00 > riksu32 posted the big blind - 60.00 > > \*\* Dealing cards to Oslo\_Ostra: 3h, Jd > Bruce21 called - 60.00 > Oslo\_Ostra folded > Petrus81 folded > fandlaroma called - 60.00 > bobsy321 called - 60.00 > lapinllandza went all-in - 2700.00 > slinky27 folded > pokerguden86 went all-in - 1790.00 > ELMinon folded > riksu32 went all-in - 1860.00 > Bruce21 folded > fandlaroma folded > bobsy321 folded > **lapinllandza shows: Jh, Ks** > pokerguden86 shows: 8c, 8s > riksu32 shows: 6d, 6c > > \*\* Dealing the flop: 6h, Qs, Qh > > \*\* Dealing the turn: 7h > > \*\* Dealing the river: 10s > riksu32 wins 5580.00 from the main pot > riksu32 wins 260.00 from side pot 1 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/26 "2009-05-07T06:58:51Z")
Hello all. I hope you don’t mind me poking in here real quick. Just need to ask a question and maybe a few follow-ups, nothing worth starting a whole new thread for in my opinion. What book(s) would you recommend for NLHE, LHE, and PLO _tournaments_? Books for beginners preferably, but a little intermediate strategy mixed with beginning strategy won’t hurt. Or will it? I don’t want to read _everything_ that’s out there, because then I’ll just spend the rest of my life reading poker books. 😛 I want the best of the best. Training tools, not just “here’s a few successful recipes, try 'em out.” Make sense? Thanks. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2009, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/27 "2009-05-07T07:24:12Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Whatever my shortcomings in our games, I must be learning something: 35/2735 for a shiny new quarter in the freeroll Friday night. This one went really fast - people were cashing in Level 7. > > Here’s a couple of hands I loved: That’s some gutsy wagering on that first hand you posted. You had a pair of nines. The flop was suited, with two overcards, and a bettor in front of you, and you raised. It’s not hard to imagine that hand ending very differently. **CInB** , I rather liked the _Harrington on Hold’em_ series, but I think that covers no-limit only. I can’t recommend anything for the others. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/28 "2009-05-08T03:21:42Z")
Tonight’s results: 1. Yeti 2. Duck 3. Oslo 4. Root 5. Dag 6. Missy 7. Ast ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/29 "2009-05-08T18:10:08Z")
Standings: 1 Duke of Rat 73.3 2 Dag Otto 65.1 3 Yeticus Rex 61.7 4 Miss Take 55.1 5 Robot Arm 50.6 6 Oslo Ostragoth 37.9 ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2009, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/30 "2009-05-08T18:20:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > That’s some gutsy wagering on that first hand you posted. You had a pair of nines. The flop was suited, with two overcards, and a bettor in front of you, and you raised. It’s not hard to imagine that hand ending very differently. IIRC, both of those guys were playing very loose/aggressive, and were as likely to play and raise with 72o as an actual hand. I felt like I had the best hand, and I did. Sometimes you gotta break the eggs to make an omelet … ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2009, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/31 "2009-05-09T23:06:34Z")
[I’m speechless](http://www.billrini.com/2009/05/09/poelsax-online-pokers-version-crack-whore/). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2009, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/32 "2009-05-11T17:00:55Z")
Going back to the M casino with the wife this time…for Thursday night stay (but might possibly bump it up to Wednesday night due to kid sitting issues), so I am 50-50 on being at next week’s game. M casino…Mmmmmmmm. (and yes, I told the wife about [Bread Girl](http://www.fanpix.net/picture-gallery/624/171624-susanna-hoffs-picture.htm).) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/33 "2009-05-14T21:45:54Z")
It’s gonna be a small game this week. I’m taking a class on Thursday evenings for the next month-and-a-half. But I’ll be back. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/34 "2009-05-15T04:02:23Z")
Even smaller. Sorry I had to bot, but a old friend called who was in town for the night so off for a beer or two I went. ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/35 "2009-05-15T05:48:00Z")
Results tonight: 1 Oso arises from the dank, dark basement 2 The Duck 3 The ast from the past 4 The miss of the take 5 Dag botto Excellent heads-up game, which had a lot of see-saw action, and lasted through several levels. The standings this quarter: 1 Duke of Rat 72.4 2 Yeticus Rex 61.7 3 Dag Otto 60.4 4 Miss Take 52.5 5 Robot Arm 50.6 6 Oslo Ostragoth 48.5 7 Asterion 35.1 And the hand of the night, in which Duke demonstrates to Dag that he don’t take kindly to bots: > [@CrazyPoker](#): > > \*\* Hand # 2604281669 starting - 2009-05-14 21:40:39 > \*\* SDMB[2959868]:Table 1 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (100.00|200.00 NL - MTT) Real Money > > DukeOfRat sitting in seat 1 with 2810.00 > MissTake sitting in seat 2 with 2665.00 > asterion1 sitting in seat 3 with 1190.00[Dealer] > Oslo\_Ostra sitting in seat 4 with 740.00 > Dag\_Otto sitting in seat 5 with 95.00 > > Oslo\_Ostra posted the small blind - 50.00 > Dag\_Otto went all-in - 95.00 > > DukeOfRat raised to 195.00 > MissTake folded > asterion1 folded > Oslo\_Ostra folded > > DukeOfRat shows: As, Ac > Dag\_Otto shows: 9c, 6s > > \*\* Dealing the flop: Ah, 10d, Ad > > \*\* Dealing the turn: Qc > > \*\* Dealing the river: Jh > DukeOfRat wins 240.00 from the main pot **Bam!** ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/36 "2009-05-15T18:36:19Z")
Bully! ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/37 "2009-05-15T21:38:19Z")
> [@Covered\_In\_Bees](#): > > Hello all. > > I hope you don’t mind me poking in here real quick. Just need to ask a question and maybe a few follow-ups, nothing worth starting a whole new thread for in my opinion. > > What book(s) would you recommend for NLHE, LHE, and PLO _tournaments_? Books for beginners preferably, but a little intermediate strategy mixed with beginning strategy won’t hurt. Or will it? > > I don’t want to read _everything_ that’s out there, because then I’ll just spend the rest of my life reading poker books. 😛 > > I want the best of the best. Training tools, not just “here’s a few successful recipes, try 'em out.” Make sense? > > Thanks. 🙂 > [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > **CInB** , I rather liked the _Harrington on Hold’em_ series, but I think that covers no-limit only. I can’t recommend anything for the others. No one else? Don’t you guys want a n00b, who only thinks he knows what he’s doing to join your game? Easy money. I swear. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/38 "2009-05-15T23:38:41Z")
I’ve never read any books, but then again I play like it. Dag, I think that was the best flop I ever got vs a bot. Really paid off, too! ---
**Author:** ![MindWanderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@MindWanderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MindWanderer)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/39 "2009-05-15T23:42:18Z")
I played one or two tournies with you guys a couple years ago, and I’ve been watching the National Heads Up Championship on Hulu, so I’m maybe thinking about getting back in. Where are you guys playing at now? ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2009, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804/40 "2009-05-16T04:59:04Z")
> [@MindWanderer](#): > > I played one or two tournies with you guys a couple years ago, and I’ve been watching the National Heads Up Championship on Hulu, so I’m maybe thinking about getting back in. > > Where are you guys playing at now? At the Microgaming sites. I think most of us are at CrazyPoker, but I’m pretty sure that all the Microgaming sites play at the same tables. And CIB, you are welcome to join. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/world-of-pokercraft-sdmb-2nd-quarter/491804.md?page=3)