Poker Rants

Joe Cada 2009 World Series of Poker Main Event Winner

admin — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 01:00:49 +0000

Well, I finally have cable again thanks to my Samsung 1080p HDTV (don’t worry I’m providing a link below to order one if you want as you MUST HAVE an HDTV or a converter box these days to get cable) so I finally saw Joe Cada win the 2009 World Series main event. I must say the scenes that they showed on television sure made Cada look like Moneymaker (they even called Cada a Moneymaker baby boomer.) 22 vs QQ and 33 vs JJ? Both hands are something like 81% to lose heads up so those are 2 very lucky almost back to back (on television anyway) suck-outs. They did show Cada make one good play though on the final day, his call against aggressor Darvin Moon with middle pair when there was a possible set on the board.
I don’t know about this editing they do nowadays though. They make poker look more like luck on television than a skill game. Moneymaker won in 02 with a series of suck outs, now Cada. Being that I only saw the final day I’m not going to say anything negative about Joe Cada, but if he’s playing online like he was on TV I sure would like to take a crack at him.

They did the same thing with Gus Hansen on the World Poker Tour though, only showing his wild play and not showing the skillful maneuvers he made to actually make it to the final table, or the moves he pulled to survive the final table. Poker on television is nothing like real life, Joe Cada must have made a lot of smart moves to survive that field that were simply edited out before the broadcast or else he’s the luckiest man in the world.

Then again online play does start to teach you that the losing pocket pair typically hits trips on the flop, even though it’s only supposed to happen roughly 11% of the time. It seems to happen quite a few times more than it should. I have something like 8,000 hands logged in the past 50 days, and the number of suck out’s I’ve seen is unbelievable. Queens beating kings, ten four suited beating aces (really weird all in pre-flop but I’ve seen it), etc.

Perhaps they have the pros editing these tapes to create more suckers, who don’t know anything about odds so those with extra cash to flush will make odd moves with weak pocket pairs.

As promised, here’s the television.

By the way if you click the link above to order the television the FTC has mandated that I alert you I’ll make a commission. Or you can copy down the model number, go to Amazon and search for it. You’ll pay the same amount of money, I just won’t get my $12 referral.

Protect your poker winnings with the poker money clip

admin — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 08:39:22 +0000

Yes, that’s right that robber got ahold of the wallet quite easily. Why? Because the wallet was a decoy of course. Why carry around an item that thieves love to steal when you can keep all your poker winnings in your poker money clip? Protect your cash, use the poker money clip. Keep your credit cards at home, avoid falling into the pit of despair of credit card debt. Manage your money. Spend what you have to spend. Use cash.

Added edge to your game

admin — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:05:57 +0000

The music sets the tone, the player with the card guard is mopping the floor with his opponent.

Poker stocking stuffers

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:22:12 +0000

As the holidays are quickly approaching its about time to throw the royal flush of spades into the pool of poker stocking stuffers. The money clip not only holds your cash, works as a card cover, it also sits quite nicely in (certain) hats and works well as a pendant for a necklace or chain as well. Depending on what kind of poker product you are looking for, the royal flush may fit all your needs.

No, it can’t be read like a book, watched like a movie, or carry all your poker chips, but it is quite the poker novelty and a great addition to any serious poker collection.

To ensure that no one breaks their wallet when shopping for their poker loved ones, the royal flush will be on sale starting Black Friday. Orders of 3 or more money clips will be made available as in the past, our customers have wanted to share the money clip with many of their loved ones.

With 4 different uses and counting, the royal flush of spades may be the best versatile poker stocking stuffer on the market today. That’s just my opinion anyway.

So head on over to poker money clips to complete your holiday shopping.

Poker Money Clips PreSale on now!

admin — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 20:23:11 +0000

Ready to pick up your poker money clip? This is a great poker novelty to pick up for yourself or a loved one. Makes a great conversation starter. Visit Order your money clip now to order! Supplies are limited so hurry!

The Top 10 Reasons To Order A Poker Money Clip

Note: This list is more for comedy than a real list as to why you should order a poker money clip.

Because your spouse doesn’t approve of “gambling” and knows how much money you have in your wallet at all times
Because your rubber band broke trying to hold your “gangster’s roll in place
Because that guy who wants to mug you doesn’t know all your money is in your money clip
Because you want to take a set amount of money with you to the casino and leave your credit card(s) at home (you’re a responsible gambler)
Because you booked your Vegas trip online (thus it’s already paid for) and know better than to take your credit card with you to the casino (thus avoiding the dreadful swiping away of the kid’s college fund at the withdrawal machine)
Because Money just looks cooler in the money clip than in your wallet
Because you hate reaching into your back pocket to buy back in to your poker game
Because you hate reaching into your back pocket to put away your poker winnings
Because you already own all the other cool (and not so cool) poker merchandise
Because you want a unique card cover

Facebook Poker Introduces the skill meter

admin — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 19:40:56 +0000

Well, that’s a lie, its not really a skill meter. It’s more of a “how many hands have you played” meter. It doesn’t take into consideration how well you play or anything like that, it just keep track of how often you play.

Think Mafia Wars, Ninja Clash, or any of those other games where you click a button and you get experience points. That’s how this Facebook Poker meter works. You sit at the table, fold, fold, fold, and you get points. They give you experience for sitting, not for playing well, which I personally think is just downright retarded. Wow, I folded a hand and I got 5 experience points. Great. Not.

I was hoping the meter would actually be good, but alas it doesn’t take anything into consideration except how long you sat at the table.

What do you want to see next?

admin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 21:39:03 +0000

Ok, so I have determined that something needs to be added to the Poker money clips network. Right now the topics I’ve come up with are

A forum where people can discuss all sorts of poker stuff……. (done this in the past, it was called Cards, Booze, and Smoke…. it wasn’t very popular)
A Poker Radio show aka a poker podcast (never tried this before, have all the stuff to make it happen, just need something to rant about)
A paid members only section featuring all sorts of cool stuff for people to access….

That’s what I’ve come up with so far. Feel free to e-mail me at webmaster at pokermoneyclips dot com with suggestions, ideas, etc.

Easy come, easy go

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 04:02:36 +0000

Well my lotto ticket experiment just took a turn for the worse. I spent $28 on scratcher tickets today after a buddy of mine told me he won $210 the day before. So I went on a spree throughout town. I won absolutely no cash and I won a total of 3 tickets. I had a total of 17 tickets. So let’s do the math really quick. It somewhere around 1 in 5 wins a ticket and 1 in 11 wins cash. So I had 17 tickets and I won 3 tickets. The breakdown on that would be about 18% which is slightly lower than 1 in 5. We’re off about 2%. Then again, its 1 in 5.something so the #’s may be dead on today.

No WSOP coverage from Poker Rants

admin — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 04:04:50 +0000

The reason I am not doing WSOP coverage is simple, I don’t have any television channels. I’m limited to Poker After Dark (if that’s even on any more) and the show with Vince Van Patton that I haven’t watched in years being that its typically re runs. No other reason than I have a bad television package.

Fossil Man Greg Raymer

admin — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 01:46:05 +0000

The Fossil Man is a player I definitely do respect and here’s why. He placed 3rd in the $40,000 No Limit WSOP event this year. He has a bracelet. So Raymer is one of those players who cannot be considered a fluke *cough moneymaker cough* as Raymer actually makes final tables and has proven he has “staying power.”

That’s what I feel makes a good player. Do they have staying power. If the answer is yes then yeah they’re good. Think of the players you hear a lot about. They know how to play and its not a fluke they keep making final tables. When the name is rarely heard then either A) they aren’t good or B) they don’t play often. It’s usually A.