Welcome to the second instalment in my series of interviews with no limit full-ring cash game regulars that I have become friends with over my time as a player in those games. This week’s guest plays as tiltbad on PokerStars and posts on 2+2 as PartysOver. He has a highly entertaining blog and does some coaching if you are interested. I’d like to thank him for his time in answering these questions and I hope [...]

This hand was shared with me by WCGRider, UTG is 27/20 over a few hundred hands and the caller in the small blind is a fish. Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em, $10.00 BB (9 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q, A Pipedreamzz raises to $35, 3 folds, WCGRider calls $35, 2 folds, Put up ur Dukes calls $30, 1 fold This seems like a fairly standard course of action. Folding [...]

One of the things that attracts a lot of people to full-ring cash games online is the ability to mega-table them and play a lot of hands every hour. The pace and lack of complexity of a lot of decisions allows experienced players to play up to 30 tables at once. I don’t take it that far, I feel like I’m giving too much up if I play anymore than 18 tables or so. That [...]

One of the things I enjoy in my spare time is reading the blogs of other poker players. I like getting an insight into their lives and how they balance poker with work and social life. I have a blogroll down in the sidebar, but I just thought I’d highlight a few ones I like especially and why. These are in no particular order… Life, Love & Poker – Belok Belok is a fellow full-ring [...]

It rained and hailed all morning long and for much of it I was wondering if we would even get any cricket in once it came game time. When we got to the ground there were some puddles on the ground and the pitch was soaked, but there was some blue sky in the distance. At 1:30 the game was able to get underway, but it was still extremely cold and windy. I was scheduled [...]