http://www.hammerblog.com/ A site dedicated to the joy of playing slop hands, most of all the hammer, but other junk as well. en-us 2006-10-16T04:06:04+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/10/rocking_hammers.html Tonight, Phil Gordon and some of the other folks associated with the Put A Bad Beat On Cancer drive hosted a small buy-in tourney to benefit the charity. I had almost forgotten about it but remembered in time to sit... The Hammer puckett 2006-10-16T04:06:04+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/09/chuck_norris_ro.html From Chuck Norris Facts: "Chuck Norris has the greatest Poker-Face of all time. He won the 1983 World Series of Poker, despite holding only a Joker, a Get out of Jail Free Monopoloy card, a 2 of clubs, 7 of... puckett 2006-09-21T00:16:13+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/07/fbi_misconduct.html This article raises the possibility that the FBI misused passenger lists given to them by airlines in order to arrest David Carruthers of BetOnSports.com this week. These lists are made available to federal authorities to allow them to screen flights... terry 2006-07-21T06:49:43+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/07/utter_dominatio.html It's been some time since we put a true Hammer post up. Since I was semi-short-stacked in a freeroll and needing to go, I pushed with The Hammer and had a caller. You can guess what happened next: Full Tilt... The Hammer puckett 2006-07-12T18:08:52+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/07/the_wto_vs_the.html The Register - March 2004 The Register - November 2004 The Register - August 2005 Isn't it odd that, instead of allowing financial services to transfer money to casinos and allowing U.S. citizens to use gaming services located off-shore... Poker Activism puckett 2006-07-10T16:33:49+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/07/slowplaying_the.html First, an instructive example. In a 90-player freeroll which had a prize of exactly one entry into the next tournament, the following hand decided the match: Full Tilt Poker Game #785277592: .NET Satellite to Round 1 (5202652), Table 1 -... Poker Studies puckett 2006-07-10T15:52:50+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/07/and_im_free_fre.html Having played more than my fair share of freeroll satellites lately (hey, they're cheap - when a donkey makes a horrific call to crack my hand, I can't complain much), I've made a few observations about them that may help... Donkeys puckett 2006-07-05T14:39:40+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/thrsone.html Or, The Hammer Reigns Supreme Over Nearly Everyone ... The tournament was brutal. I kept making do with junk all night - the highest pair I had was pocket jacks. After that, I caught a pair of 10s which ran... The Hammer puckett 2006-06-28T12:41:18+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/some_questions.html I found there at Iakaris' blog and they supposedly came from TripJax's blog. They seemed interesting, so here's a stab at answering them. 1. What is the biggest mistake people make at a NL table? People rely on all-ins "as... puckett 2006-06-23T14:47:15+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/purely_for_the.html Gabe Kaplan may well be the single worst poker announcer ever. His announcing is about as skillful as Colin Quinn's poker playing. It's as if he has never held a deck of cards ... I stopped watching the heads up... Poker Studies puckett 2006-06-23T14:04:05+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/the_last_few_da.html 1) Why do I bother with freerolls? Full Tilt Poker was doing a freeroll satellite to a Red Rock tournament and I figured I might as well - it's free, right? I started off well - I picked up 5-6s... Poker Studies puckett 2006-06-23T09:45:43+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/more_coverage_o.html Ken's 'Schrammie' Award: Sen. Margarita Prentice New Washington Online Poker Law Stretches Tentacles Internet gaming ban is a rash move all in There's a fairly active discussion on the Seattle Times website including some comments from the Washington State Gambling... Poker Activism terry 2006-06-22T16:42:55+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/back_in_the_bla.html After all my muttering about bad beat lately, I need to shut up now because I came in 2nd in an SNG this morning and finished first in one tonight, more than erasing my losses yesterday. Pocket kings held up... Poker Studies puckett 2006-06-20T08:00:34+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/bad_beats_galor.html After getting beat up on in some SNGs tonight when hands didn't hold up, I switched to a low limit ring game. Jesus. I was better off in the SNGs. I catch pocket 9s and know I'm going to flop... Suck Outs puckett 2006-06-19T09:07:22+00:00 http://www.hammerblog.com/archives/2006/06/hold_on_this_wi.html Well, as part of me feared, I got knocked out of the blogger tournament pretty early in. I watched 10-20 hands of dead money chasing pots with 7-8h, 9-3o and even 7-2o (which called the big blind, called a bet... Donkeys puckett 2006-06-18T21:10:52+00:00