Daniel Negreanu - TAKING A LITTLE REST FROM POKER

I just ripped thru Daniel Negreanu's blog.. Seems he's making some changes for 2009. Slowing down. Being more selfish.. He wants to play more golf and he is going to slow down with giving away all his TIME and poker secrets..

He plans on making the WSOP his number one PUSH in 2009.

I wish him well...

I feel sorta the same as Daniel - except to a much smaller degree. (and I'm not talking poker) I need to slow down.

- No - I have it wrong..

I need to slow down... AFTER I speed up - I have a few more major projects to complete and then - I'm taking it a lot more easy.. Over the past 3 years - I've done major projects on my 100 year old home(s) - to make it modern and more like.. ME. (I added a little VEGAS lighting) I did so with every extra dollar (many thousands) and even some of my poker bank roll.. (OMG!)

Odd.. I expect when my life projects are done (and I know they will never totally be DONE) - I'll be playing more poker. The MAJOR stuff is behind me! (THANK GOD!)

I often Wonder if I'll ever get to a point where I'm looking for yet another rest from the felt.. (I have had this happen in the past..) I get where DANIEL is coming from.. needing to SCALE back.. (I'm sure his hours involved with poker CRUSHES mine - and I've played a load of poker..)

For right now - I'm tired of WORKING the regular work.. (too much work - DIRTY work - for too long - WEARS YOU DOWN) Funny how one man looks to LEAVE poker behind a little and another - is looking to GET back into it all HARD CORE.. (me) I guess this is why the game will go on FOREVER!

God help me to get to a point like the TV poker players - I'd love to wake up and worry about playing "more" GOLF.. or Getting my POOL game better... (I hate golf)

I think many - but I'm sure not ALL of the TV poker PROS - are sitting SO good that they don't have to worry much about house projects - like a leaky roof.. I do havre these worries - and I'll bet many reading this here blog do as well..

How nice for them..

For us - It's just a dream to "just play poker" for the fun of it.. Most of the ROUNDERS are playing to Pay rent - OR at least to have a vacation - etc.. (One vacation) or to buy a few EXTRA nice toys in life - In short - To many of us POKER is a hobby that PAYS.. sometimes.

Other times - POKER IS THE DEVIL.

Blah blah blah...

The point I'm trying to make is this.. Many of us REGULAR POKER JOES (Hey! - Do a search today for POKER JOES!) Many of us POKER JOES will never sit in a game and be able to experience what it's like to PLAY without the WORRY of losing "THE BUY IN".. With us - We have 1 or two buy ins... and then it's BACK TO THE EXPRESSWAY - HOME.. DREAMING of the NEXT TRIP.

It must be cool for Daniel - to be able to - well - be Daniel.

I'm not HATING on Daniel either.. He's got a good thing going and I'm happy for him.. He's great for poker and just a good guy. It's just - I'd like to PLAY at the level they play - and do it without sweating the buy ins...

lol

Then again.. I wanted to play in the ROCK GROUPS AC/DC and KISS when I was a child and Huh.. it never happened..

What do you think?

Head on over to XFILESPOKER.COM and sign up in the forum - and let us know..

Here WE GROW again! xfilespoker.com

Made a deal with POKER JOES and have set up some serious web search engine stategy for xfilespoker.com - I even got some posts banned over at pokerspace.. (oh well) They asked for my LINK in their sign up - (figured it was cool to talk my shit up)

Site is getting a few players pretty fast - and they seem to be posting for the most part.. which is a good thing...

THEY ARE NOT SURE - sliding towards rigged. (online poker scams.. ReAL OR NOT?) REAL.. Seems to be the slant so far...

What is your take with online poker? GET IN THE DEBATE TODAY! (I'm going to get on the next 60 min show with this web site)

Online poker - Rigged or not rigged?

Get on over to POKER JOES and take the poll (Just up today, their banner on this site) OVER ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THIS BLOG.

Or better yet!

Jump in our forum at xfilespoker.com (or both!) "2" is always better than one - right?

Free roll on December 28, 2008

Online poker OVERHAUL! It's time for a change for the better!

The new system will ALLOW better players to send POOR Players to the RAIL - Just like a REAL GAME.

SAY IT WITH ME!

Yes!

If you are ANY kind of poker player.. you know that ***ANY*** FORUM YOU VISIT (WHOOPS - I'm yelling at everyone)

Every game that you play online -

In chat - on the forum boards etc..

It's the same old song... People RANTING "online is rigged" "expected that beat" "saw that coming" "online poker is a sham" (I know.. I do it - every day - few times a day ..SAD PART - I COME TO KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT EVEN... It's Always... in key hands, where players against me, MAKE INSANE CALLS - on weak draws, and poor odds) AND THEN LIKE magic - (OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT - The online luck train) Hits them and gives them WHATEVER THEY NEED.

Look. I ran a live game for years ( a pretty serious game in the end) - YES! IT was LIVE! YES! It was much SLOWER..

(I'm yelling again)

But one fact was easy to see - PLAYERS MAKING BAD CHIOCES - LOST way more than players with skills, & quality play.. from position for the most part... but not always..

FOR some STRANGE reason - THE SAME LAW OF %'S , PROB. and STATS - does not work ONLINE.. Hmmmmm. Math in live game holds up - Math Online? -

MAny of us LOSE to the weak draw 80% of the hands..

Online is suspect at the very least.

During my years of live play and game running.. (to tell the truth)

I seen some NIGHTS where the dogs won.. sure.. it happened from time to time. - THEY GOT UBER LUCKY and crushed the better players.. (Key - The better players are easy to spot in live games - They are the ones you ALWAYS see cashing out ahead 90% of the time) Most nights however - the LUCK did not hit that low % draw for the weak skilled poker player.. and the UBER WEAK player was sent packing.. and FAST! Or He/she was forced to BUY IN AGAIN.. (Usually to lose that as well)

(boy I miss the LIVE action)

Online is about a fair as - well - Uncle Sam.

BAIL OUT anyone?

Come to debate me on this subject in deatil if ya ont to.. (I'LL TRY NOT TO YELL)

xfilespoker.com -

In a short time - you will see ALL the online CHATTERS that RANT about the bad beats... hanging out over with us.... We are like the MISS FIT TOYS of the online poker world ! (we see the truth - Others can't handle the truth) **BUT*** YOU have to ask yourself this KEY question.. What if we are all right and MOST PLAYERS ARE BEING SCAMMED with action flops, set hands,or worse yet - PLAYERS That can SEE YOUR CARDS! (yeah - that will never happen right???) 60 minutes anyone?

The xfilespoker.com site is up LESS than a month and we have many already TALKING up a storm. (in the forum) I think there are MANY, MANY pissed off players (players of quality) that are going to eventually FIND us and join us! Please (if you can - at least let them know we are out there)

It will help us! It will help POKER JOES!

NOT TO LEAVE YOU ON A DOWN NOTE - Last thing we would ever want to do - WE LOVE POKER TOO MUCH!

Over at xfiles - we are working on a FIX for online poker.. (holy shit Tom.. NO WAY YOU SAY?) Maybe you would like to JOIN us in making ONLINE POKER a little more fair for all.. We are building an ARMY!

YES! the NEW SYSTEM WILL OFFER AFFILIATES TOO I'M TOLD.. and hopes to be up and testing soon.. AND GET THIS.. IF WE will get in EARLY! (think of all the new sign ups) AFFILIATES DREAM TO GET IN ON GROND FLOOR.

THIS NEW SYSTEM (are you sitting) has a UNIQUE TIWIST TO IT.. The new system will ALLOW better players to send POOR Players to the RAIL - Just like a REAL GAME.

Let's say that one again.. Maybe you did not catch it the first time..The new system will ALLOW better players to send POOR Players to the RAIL - Just like a REAL GAME.

Crazy stuff - huh?

(That thought - kinda makes YOU feel all warm and fuzzy inside if you are a better player)

Poor players to the rail.. (say it with me)

xfilespoker.com - The truth is out there


Come today and join in the debate!
THANKS JOE! FOR SENDING US ANY OF THE PLAYERS HERE that MIGHT AGREE that online is NOT totally on the up and up....

To the players! (You can.. and I expect you will take any SIDE you want to on this HOT TOPIC subject)
We will be sending players (new ones) to POKER JOES soon I'm sure.


Maybe we can even get a FORUM vs. FORUM going someday soon! 5 or 10 players a team (we are small yet)