XFilespoker Twitter poker games - Our poker forum and a great American named Joe. (US NAVY)

Full Tilt and the Navy. Today on FULL TILT POKER I played quite a few small limit games (tourneys) and had a mix of hard luck and one cash (3rd place - 90 player knockout game) For my forum members who know my style play.. I'll show a picture (BELOW)of the final 3 players.. I'm "Bigtime loser" - (Note- I go in with the best and I'm out like the rest!) Today we posted on the forum that TODAY November 14, 2009 X-FILES-POKER will be starting PRIVATE (password protected) games for our forum members as well as our pals on TWITTER (@xfilespoker) The games will run on FULL TILT POKER EVERY DAY @ 9pm est. There will also be other poker games at various times of the day, as needed - Weekend games too..  Games will be LIMIT , NL and STUD and H.O.R.S.E. for now. (Suggestions can be made in forum.. We will do what we can to get it right)  I'll be playing in as many "BUT NOT ALL" of these games as possible (During winter months) with a focus on a special run game called "Tuesdays with Tom on Full Tilt.." The games above will be $1.50 and $2.50 and the Tuesday game will be a $5.50 buy in game  Today in the xfilespoker forum! Earlier on our xfilespoker forum XFILESPOKER FORUM SIGN UP  A new member (&Great American) named Joe (US NAVY) came on and posted about his idea's on how on-line poker "might" be rigged.  I thought it was odd that he DID THIS in his 2nd post and he later mentioned it was the sites statement of allowing an open talk on the subject (poker being rigged or not) as to why he logged on & signed up. Joe found us on TWITTER. FYI - Xfilespoker does not say on-line poker IS or IS NOT rigged - We welcome any and all question's and idea's on the subject. Here is the snippet posted by Joe   "I just dropped this one on your forum for possible on-line rigged play. Enjoy. "I believe and this is just my personal experience, look first if they are in the leader board, if they are and you hold QQ or higher, see the flop as cheaply as possible, if you do and the flop misses your hand entirely and he shoves all in, the A$$hole has some sort of RNG or works for the site to collect winnings for the site (maybe, just saying, its obviously not the truth just speculation). Also, I try and avoid any hands that guy is in for the rest of the tourney. Pay closer attention to how people on your table (especially deeper in the game) and also pay attention to the leaders that just blast through the first few hands of the tourney and make notes on just how fast they are winning to keep in mind who you need to avoid. If the player that is winning is playing correct and calls normal hands and doesn't win with junk (Q-4 o/s and trips his 4's) then it maybe safe to tangle with, if not, fold and wait. These tactics have helped me place deeper in the tourney. Let them cheaters beat the piss out of the other players deep. You just keep climbing the ladder until you get cut. I know that is like laying down and taking it but if you are a glutton for punishment and like playing against either 1. Really, really good players 2. Really Really lucky players 3. Really really cheating players 4. Or just plain psycho loose donkeys then that is your punishment. Happy hunting!!"         Joe The reason I show this post from the forum is to let readers know that we are talking about this subject in our forum often and we welcome both sides to the debate.  Say what you like. I myself lean to the fact that on-line is "not right" - but it's just my thinking and it's based on GUT more than stats or data.. My guts are good enough for me.  I trust my gut. The forum is picking up nice and I expect that many will return for the winter. We have a lot of good players in our forum.. Let's see.. We started the PAL TALK service as well - For use during Tom's classes/Forum poker games.  If you need PAL TALK - It's a free download and can be found here - DOWNLOAD PALTALK HERE - Once downloaded - Search for "XfilespokerTwitterGames" (on word - no spaces) This is my account. What else.. Hmm Well - Big news hit the WSOP and poker world as Jeffrey Pollack resigned As Harrah's WSOP Commissioner - I've not read into the topic but I think he was quoted as saying he was.. leaving to "'explore new business challenges."  Sounds to me like he was let go in a nice way.  Maybe Harrah's wants to make a break with the old guard and usher in a whole new crew/plan for 2010.  Hell even FT poker hired "Tom Duuur Dwan" - My guess to appeal to the 15-20 years olds that will soon be flocking to the the live tables in the coming years.  (I'll have a good blog on my thoughts of all the young guns in poker coming very soon)  My thoughts on Pollack and WSOP - I think many mistakes were made and too many complaints came pouring in from players and fans in the last few years - My big gripe was with the live audio coverage of this years WSOP - Bluff Magazine's coverage went from VERY GOOD to REALLY bad - It was great with Annie Duke and Phil Hellmuth, etc.. and very bad with what I'll call the KIDS.. (I don't know their names - never heard of most of them) Their take (When Annie and Phil left the air) sounded like 7th grader material and was many times crude and well, Rude..  The W.S.O.P is a BIG production and it the biggest event in all of poker - happens only once a year - It needs to be more polished and professional period. (A piss pore job makes poker players, poker itself, HARRAH'S and WSOP look bad in my eyes)  POKER WILL GET SO MUCH BIGGER IF THE RIGHT MOVES ARE MADE.  HARRAH'S need to have much better oversight on such things in 2010 and beyond.. (I'm available for the right price.. wink wink.) There were of course other big complaints as well.. such as not having enough poker tables/dealers - Players turned away.. FOOD QUALITY.. etc..  Do a search WSOP + BAD - I'm sure there are more.  I met Mr. Pollack and good number of times at the wsop (He's not a close friend) He's always been very nice.  Given the task and the insane growth of poker  since 2003 - I'd say he did a good job overall..  It's time to move on - try something new.  I'm excited to see what goes down next.  I'm going long here.. If you are new to my blog - WELCOME.  If you are new to POKER welcome! Please consider joining our POKER FORUM and signing up today.  It's worth it alone for "Kim Shannon's Hot Tub" - but the new poker games we have everyday now - should give our members hours of poker fun.  Plus you get to try and take me out!  Good luck with that. you can track my every move on TWITTER (@xfilespoker)  Let's get on-line and play some cards!  Any questions - Hit us up on the forum. The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER MrXfilespoker Xfilespoker Poker Forum WHERE I PLAY - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

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Poker, pink Cadillac's and a WSOP Bracelet.. Darvin Moon vs. Joe Cada HEADS UP NL Hold-em 11/09/09

That's Moon in the CENTER with the light shirt (and my belly)

Look, I'm in Pennsylvania this year.. I'm no where near Las Vegas or the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) and yet.. I'm feeling CLOSER to this years event than ever before.


One reason. Darvin Moon.

Here is the GUY I have to push for.. For his cool name (Cool names always win pokers BIG ONE) For the fact that he's a regular dude.. worker bee kinda player. He's OLD SCHOOL.

It's Moon vs. Cada in the 2009 WSOP! Wooot! Let's get it on!

Not to take away from Joe Cada, he's one great player to get this deep in a field of poker players so huge and so talented. (He's also very lucky! He won races with small and medium pocket pairs.. as well as AK) My point is.. Mr. Cada is young. He has the rest of his life to go for the poker gold. (I'll write a blog on Mr Cada as well.. as soon as it comes to me)

For now though, enough of Mr. Cada.. Let this 40 something poker playing (poor writing) rounder since 1991.. soak all this in and enjoy all this years poker action. This blog is for my new pal Mr. Moon.

Now - To get this blog straight and to keep things honest - Mr Moon has had his share of "what the hell" poker moves during the final table "November nine hands" that were played out at the Rio Hotel and Casino. Strange moves like NOT CALLING a huge pot.. when a player could call with one of the cards BLANK, lol.. (Due to the pot size,position and amount to call)

Then there was an odd move calling an after flop all in with A4 (having nothing on the flop, bad draws and scare cards galore) He should have considered SET? TWO PAIR.. Nope - HE CALLED WITH NADA! It's hard to understand this huge miss step from Mr Moon.. We can GUESS he THOUGHT he was holding AA (It happens) or that the player, again, plain missed all together (but an ALL IN in this GAME?)... It's a major stretch. I joked that it might have been one of the BEST"Advertising moves of bad poker play EVER!" - Sure.. He lost a few chips.. But NOW look at the players scratching their heads.. (ALL OVER THE WORLD) In the end.. Most of us will agree.. The move sure did suck.

Even still.. The man named Moon was patient all summer- and made it to the November nine.. plus, hell - "People everywhere and pros "like him." (I think I read he never once had 1 ALL IN move to get to the November Nine)

I could go on and on about poker and Mr. Moon - I'm sure we all have a lot to learn about this WSOP MAIN EVENT "heads-up" poker playing Moon man.

Here are just a few of the reasons why I like this guy..that stuck out (to me)

* He's a WORKER. (A mans man) He is not a college drop out chasing the poker dream or a son of people with mega means..



*Moon is a logger.. C'mon. A logger to a WSOP bracelet winner?? JAMES DEAN COOL! Anyone who reads my blog for a few years knows I cut trees for exercise - hobby.. and for heating my compound.. not to mention to get OUTSIDE in the deep woods... Teach my 6 year old about working hard. (**Away from everyday life.. the wild) **Try it sometime it's awesome!



*Phil Hellmuth reported on Bluff Magazine radio that Moon (Up to the heads up action at least) had refused offers of up to 500,000.00 to wear on-line poker sites gear. caps, patches - etc.. He said something to the effect of... "He did not want to promote things he knew little about and he did not want to be owing anyone anything.. He just wanted to play poker." Man has some Integrity.



*He was helping Fire fighters raise money via poker tournaments when he won his seat.. (He had choice of CASH or 10K buy in) With his brothers pushing - He took the 10K buy in. Yeppers - More cool.



*He's buying his father a Pink Cadillac.. (This story alone sucks me in to this man's poker life/story)
Do I need to go one here?
Don't worry - "I will" and in very short order... You can BET on it!

If you play on-line and want to give me idea's to post about or if you just want to chat poker - Come visit me on FULL TILT POKER or at the FREE "Xfilespoker.com Poker Forum"

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Heads up POKER "ACTION" - Tonight! Darvin Moon vs. Joe Cada - Me and my pals will e live on TWITTER - listening to the AUDIO from Vegas. Come joins us!

WSOP November 9, 2009 - Phil Ivey and PRIVATE JETS? C'mon private jets?

Ok - Early morning, drinking some joe and thinking poker already.... We are just a few days away from the 2009 final table action at the world series of poker in Las Vegas.  Phil Ivey has all eyes on him.  Can he take a small stack and double up? (He still has a good few orbits in him)  What will be his plan of attack? Will the big stacks keep the pressure up early? The stakes are high and the table is set for some great poker strategy. Darvin Moon - 58,930,000 Darvin Moon?  Will he hold the lead?  Will this loggers life be changed forever? He's a satellite winner with a very good shot at a wsop bracelet.  It's rare for the big stack to stay the big stack but we will see how the card fly.  He seems like a regular dude.. Not sure he's the best for pokers future.. but props to him for a great stack going in.  I place him 3rd Eric Buchman - 34,800,000 From NY - a poker player with some serious cash winnings prior to this event.  He plans on having all his friends to Vegas..  Another large stack.. It will be fun to see if he comes out ready for battle or lays low.. Steven Begleiter - 29,885,000 Winning his seat in the 2009 wsop via a home-game league - this player is one of my picks for the WIN.  It's a great story with him being an amateur who is already saying he's won.  Not the bracelet.. Just by being at the final table in this years event.  He's quoted to have said.. "he's dancing between raindrops..in the middle of a minefield and somehow I'm still standing"   Yes sir.. I'm pulling for this guy to be another Moneymaker.  The other league members will chop 20% of his take.. (not bad.. not bad at all)  Jeff Shulman - 19,580,000 Did you hear about a guy this year saying that if he won a wsop bracelet he'd throw it in the garbage?  Yeppers.. That's this guy.  He's most known as the editor of Card-Player Magazine who has lots to say about a lot of things.  (I have to say - I think SPADE-CLUB is trash.. just my thoughts Jeff)  I do agree that Harrahs has managed some parts of the series poorly. Jeff pretty much thinks he a favorite... It will make for exciting TV watching him work his angles at the felt.  I put him in 6th place.  Figuring people will attack him. Joseph Cada - 13,215,000 The youngest player in this years event will be this man.. Joseph Cada.  He's a poker player with some really good winnings from on-line poker Full Tilt Poker Homepage - He took a break enjoying the Michigan summer and plans on doing the best with the cards he's dealt.  He seems like he has a good head on his shoulders..  I'll be pulling for this guy too.  I give him spot 5  Kevin Schaffel - 12,390,000 51 year old - Father of 2 with his second deep run at the main event. He has 168K in tourney winnings to date - so this cash will be his biggest pay day ever no matter what finish.  He and his son are very excited!  Kevin can't Wait to come back.. If it's meant to be, it's meant to be.. he said. Phil Ivey- 9,765,000 You know - YOU just KNOW!.. Phil has some plans on how he's going to climb the chip ladder this November..  He's a machine with way too many years experience.  The question is - will the cards fly right for this legend of poker. How will the others play him?  I can't see them not keeping him on the hot coals.. He's flying around in private jets (not sure I believe all this... hmmm  Might just be good media hype for all the teenagers) and living the high-life. He's a poker legend with many years to come.  If he pulls this feat off - it will be one hell of a short stack comeback and only seal the deal as to WHO the best player is in all of poker.  (Sorry to my pal Phil Hellmuth) I hate to be a spoiler - but I put him on being out 7 or 8. No way these players are going to roll over for a guy who already has 2 bracelets in 2009.  I predict - many players will push HIM around.  For the sake of a good show.. I'd love to be wrong. Good luck to Mr. Ivey.. He deserves much respect but he's one big bulls-eye. Antoine Saout - 9,500,000 Antoine is from France.. Nobody likes the french... so I don't see this player doing much.  ONLY KIDDING. (lol)  He's another satellite winner (Everest poker) His mother was not liking that he decided to play poker for a living.. he's hoping this years final table showing will change her thinking. Go France.  I'll put him 4th or so..  (Someone has to be the lucky short stack) James Akenhead - 6,800,000 Talk about a small stack... This Londoner is no BIG BEN at this years event.  He's a member of  an England  based poker club called the "HIT SQUAD" so you know he's taking poker serious.  He was a runner up in one of last years $1500 tourneys too..  So close!  They say you have to lose one first right?  He's looking to double up quick and make it happen.  I'd give this player a nod if he gets lucky early - Top 5/6 for sure. The VOICE of PENNSYLVANIA POKER MrXfilespoker Xfilespoker Poker Forum WHERE I PLAY - Full Tilt Poker Homepage

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