My skill is not enough ... I FAIL

Tried to qualify 3 times but failed ... the last 2 chances I missed out on because I had family coming over from Denmark. I will have to try again next year !

On a sidenote, I have agreed with Walker Poker to start writing strategy articles for them. I'm pretty excited about this opportunity, it may be the start of something big ... who knows.

Quick one.

Got my aces cracked way in the beginning of the WBCOOP 'qualifier' ... The worst thing is it was a Holdem qualifier, where I figured my best chances are.. AND I misplayed the aces a little bit ...

Trying to get value I raise to 2.5x from mp, get 2 callers... the flop comes J92 and I bet half the pot (a tiny bet compared to the stacks). 1 guy calls and the turn was a 10, I bet half the pot again and he minraises me ... I think for a second 'if he has KQ this is a really sick beat', still I hope he has like AJ or A10 or something and I can check call the river. The river is a blank, I check and he goes all-in (slightly more then pot at this point...). I thought about it, but since we only played a few hands I had no read on him yet ... it's a freeroll so I'm expecting a lot of bad play (the omaha one was a laugh, even I came close to qualifying in that one and I thought I sucked at omaha ! If I win the pot chances are HUGE that I will qualify, so I call and he shows me the sick KQ to crack and snap me.

That hurt. 2 more chances at a Holdem qualifier this week ....

Ok, this is pretty cool from PokerStars ... They have started a series of freeroll tournaments for the Blogger community.

I have just signed up for these events and will hopefully be taking it down and winning some cool prizes :) The prize pool looks absolutely juicy I can tell you that. Read more about this event by following the link belo. This alone could be a reason for you to start a PokerStars account if you didn't have on yet ! To register for the tourneys all you need is a recently updated blog that exists for more then 2 months. I knew all this blogging was good for something !

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!

This PokerStars tournament is a No Limit Texas Hold’em event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 041310