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Charlie River

Charlie River

  • Game of choice:PLO
  • Best gambling movie ever:Robert Altman’s California Split
  • Favorite poker quote:“It’s a hard way to make an easy living.”
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I love this game – it’s just too bad that most poker players suck. The strange thing about poker is that it seems that nobody loose. The only poker pro I ever met who has admitted to have a loosing year is Barry Greenstein and he’s one of the best out there. So where do all the money come from? It’s still a mystery to me. Even though I’ve lost amounts that would support a small Caribbean nation while tilted and have gone bust more times than I like to admit, I’m still up more than enough to live the easy life. Well I guess some things just don’t add up. I started playing online back in 2001 and it’s been a rollercoaster ride ever since.

In my blog I’ll try to cover this strange and beautiful world of poker. But let’s be clear about one thing – it’s not real life we’re talking about here. The poker players I know couldn’t keep a day job for two weeks if their life depended on it. And yes it is true – most online pros under 40 still live with their parents.

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My spotify playlist

Someone has compiled a decent list of gambling tunes.

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Bad-Beat Free Holdem – Soon on a Site Near You

March 17th, 2010
Some poker players claim bad beats are what keep the game going. I don’t agree. “If people couldn’t suck out on their superior opponents, why would they even sit down and play?” In it for the Read More

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HSP6: Gus Hansen Really Bad at Counting

March 17th, 2010
After Phil Hellmuth left High Stakes Poker in a hurry, Gus Hansen went on joking at his expense. Thing is, Gus fails at counting to ten (30 seconds into the clip): Gus Hansen: “Describe Phil Hellmuth Read More

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Phil Hellmuth Meltdown on Video

March 16th, 2010
We’ve seen the picture of Phil Hellmuth rolled up in fetus position in his eternal leather jacket after busting from the LAPC final table. We’ve read Tony G’s worries in the open letter to Hellmuth Read More

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Isildur1 Blog a Fake

March 15th, 2010
It would have been fantastic if this was actually Isildur1 sharing his extreme existence with us mere mortals. Unfortunately it’s not. There’s a very well written and pretty damn hilarious blog out there. It’s about Read More

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Poker Legislation under the Table – Again?

March 10th, 2010
Stricter online poker legislation (UIGEA) was smuggled in under the radar, embedded in an unrelated terrorist legislation (Safe Port act). Now online poker could very well be smuggled out of its prison cell and regulated, Read More

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Poker Decision Tree pt. 2: Which Poker Player Are You?

March 9th, 2010
Follow the flowchart below to find out which poker pro you are most alike. No worries, the questions, the structure, the results are all based on science and complicated mathmatic algorithm. Negreanu, Hellmuth, Matusow Read More

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My Heroes: Poker Sites without Casino

March 8th, 2010
Poker sites that don’t offer casino are my heroes. Here’s why. Poker is a fine and classy game, but it struggles with all sorts of legal problems and has to fight for its status in Read More

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Negreanu: “Hellmuth Must Learn to Play Better”

March 3rd, 2010
Phil Hellmuth had a bad poker year in 2009. Many poker aficionados have reacted with astonishment to his weak plays in the first episode of High Stakes Poker 6. His own explanation for his bad Read More

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The Poker Decision Tree, pt 1.

March 2nd, 2010
The creators behind The True Odds in Death & Poker are back and have this time taken on the challenge of foreseeing the chain of events at any given WSOP Main Event. Imagine you’ve Read More

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Poker Lookalikes

February 25th, 2010
I shouldn’t have started looking for poker lookalikes. It has become like a drug for me. Last night I woke up in cold sweat just because I can’t find a perfect match for Phil Read More
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