The 24 Hour Marathon of Poker

[CRAZYBEAR007]

What do I say about a weekend so full of Poker I wanted to pull out of some tournaments late on Sunday. Now I have a glimpse of what the big live tournaments are like. Grueling is a good word. While I went deep in a number of these 40+ tournaments I only cashed 2 times until late on Sunday night. I was really starting to lose my confidence. Then I went on a run and finished 12th, 10th, 6th 4th and last but not least a 2nd. I believe if I was fresher I would have had one or two 1st finishes but fatigue became a factor.

No big cashes but it definitely was a humbling and character building experience. I finally found a zone where I made solid decisions, stayed patient and found my places to make large chip gains and fold when I really wanted to push all in with marginal hands. Now if I can just recreate that mind-set EVERY time I start a tournament I might become a very good player and succeed at my Quest.

[CRAZYBEAR007]

For those of you interested in the state of U.S. online Poker, here is some good news. We may be getting a big boost from my home state, California. Arnold (The Govenator!) and some politicians worried about the budget and their re-election, have introduced legislation to legalize internet gaming. They have proposed a law to regulate and “protect” the people of California and increase tax revenues. It’s about time someone saw the light!! Since they succeeded in re-writing the Indian gaming law about 18 month’s ago, look for this legislation to pass. It can very well be a MAJOR turning point for U.S. online gaming. As things progress I will post keep you posted.

Additionally, just in from Washington is the news that a bill has been introduced to clean-up the messy legislation of 6 years ago that sent online poker sites fleeing the U.S.A.. With the professional players groups, organizations and promoters’ getting pushing for it and democrat support in Washington, this bill should make it through to law.



Why should we the averages Joes (and Josephines) care? I believe the competition will heat up and result in new and better deals for Players I am all for that!

[NoWuckingFurries]

Were you playing in MTTs or SNGs?

[CRAZYBEAR007]

Many of you have asked where I play and find so many freerolls and tournaments that lead to bigger payout games and can’t seem to find my earlier post on the subject. At the risk of being asked not to post the same subjects more than once I bring you the new, improved and more advance version of U.S. Poker Rooms 101. Here is U.S. Poker Rooms 202B.

So you know where I am coming from, I have a background in computer software and systems. I was partners in a computer software company for 10 years before I sold my interest in 2002. This knowledge and background has given me a health respect and fascination for online poker rooms. Just to be sure I wasn’t missing something, I thoroughly “Road Tested” some 100 plus sites both approved for USA players and some that aren’t. As some of you know there are only a dozen or so distinct software packages for U.S.A sites and many of the rooms have the same games/tournaments which they share in common.

That said, there are differences and variations that make some standout over others. I enjoy and play a lot at the Cake Family of Poker of rooms including Doyle’s Room, Players Poker and 10 or 12 others. Most recently a medium size room that I have enjoyed, PokerWorld moved to the Cake Platform. Lock Poker is also a new room on the Cake network and The Greek Sports Book has added The Greek Poker through Cake. I happen to like Players and Doyle’s the best of this group for their Tournaments. Players has a 5 or 6 freeroll tournaments that qualify you to play in a weekend tournament and win a $13,000 all expenses paid trip to the WSOP. The total purse is about $17,000. Hurry, time is running down. Doyle’s and Cake have daily tournament that qualify you for a weekend $1,000 freeroll. Pretty good stuff.

I play a fair amount at Poker Stars, Ultimate Bet (which I prefer over its twin Absolute Poker), Timeless/Minted poker along with Carbon/Wass/PDC Poker rooms. They are all very good. For some reason I put Bodog Poker at or near the top of my list. It has its quirks and you either like it or hate it but I like the way the tables are displayed. The configuration allows you to play multiple tournaments (which I am doing most of the time now) and know right where you are at a quick glance. Bodog is easy to use, is well supported and has good cash games and tournament for all levels.

With all that said I don’t have just one favorite. All the sites I mentioned have great incentives and freerolls so I often go where the best Games are being played.

Unlike the some of the problems experienced in the sports book industry, Poker Rooms are well equipped to handle cash-outs in a variety of ways and there are new and easier methods coming along everyday. Obviously they have some small print you have to read if you have received bonuses and freebies, but getting your money to and from the online Poker rooms is typically pretty painless.

So what’s stopping you; get out and play somewhere new. It will do you and your Poker game a world of good!

[NoWuckingFurries]

I was partners in a computer software company for 10 years before I sold my interest in 2002.

You might have been a partner, but I don't really see how you could be partners - unless you were suffering from schizophrenia?

Also this thread is a bit peculiar. Usually one person starts a thread, and then other people contribute to the thread, and hopefully all posts in the thread are about the topic in the OP. Whereas you appear to be ignoring replies from other people, and putting a series of unrelated OPs one after the other.

Strange.

[CRAZYBEAR007]

I am not sure how these all got strung together other than I had an I D 10 T error with my computer (ID10T which means I was going to fast and not paying attention).

I had intended to give all the poker room information though. I had another Forum webmaster accuse me of promotion 1 Poker Room (which he didn't represent) and hurting his sign-ups.


Up until now I have been playing MMT's 85% of the time. As of yesterday I decided it was time to mix thing up. I am now playing just the higher end password protected FRs, low priced MMTs, cash games and SNGs all about equal. It was time and my bankroll can take some hits.

That is it for now.

Barry, Jerry, Larry and Harry

[NoWuckingFurries]

That is it for now.

Barry, Jerry, Larry and Harry

Nice reply guys.

I mainly play MTTs, but one of the downsides is that high variance means that you can play a lot of tournies but still not win. Important to keep your morale up during those times.

[P0K3RP0N3D]

The current record for the longest poker marathon in history is by Paul Zimbler who played an incredible 74 hours and 20 minutes to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, Zimbler’s record is now at risk.

[TheDude167]

The current record for the longest poker marathon in history is by Paul Zimbler who played an incredible 74 hours and 20 minutes to get his name in the Guinness Book of World Records. However, Zimbler’s record is now at risk.

Wow - that's alot of poker! I don't even like playing for 10 ours without stopping. Thats crazy to me. Well, good luck to whoever might beat his record. Let's see if he/she can do it.