Written on July 25 2010 by thkcduckworth
When Brandon Steven's was unable to improve against Matthew Jarvis' , to send nine players on a hiatus a guaranteed $811,823 richer.
My World Series of Poker (WSOP) was all about long nights that turned into daylight finishes, mixed with -EV gambling and plenty of colourful stories, but let's end the Mecca of all poker tournaments with my continued tournament recap with the The Eight Points of Enlightenment: WSOP.
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Written on May 07 2010 by thkcduckworth
As the rain bucketed down, I made my way up a wet Geelong Highway to visit a friend in the south-eastern suburb of Aspendale.
Written on March 17 2010 by thkcduckworth
My poker journey began back in the early stages of 2005.
It was my second year of a Bachelor of Commerce degree at Deakin University in Burwood. I had a wonderful girlfriend, an awesome apartment in Hawthorn and was busy coordinating the Deakin Basketball team while studying and partying hard.
Written on March 15 2010 by thkcduckworth
It had been a while since I ventured up to Melbourne, so it was good to journey up the highway to the city for some fun.
My friend Bec and I had discussed a night of ice skating a few weeks back, and with the day finally upon us, I was more than a little nervous. I arrived early planning to catch up with a mate, but when some things got in the way, we decided to postpone that and instead I ventured to the city to check out the water-damaged Crown Poker Room.
Written on March 07 2010 by thkcduckworth
Due to my interest in poker over the last few years, it was always inevitable that my Dad would develop an interest too.
Recently he made a small deposit on PokerStars but hasn’t been able to get any rhythm and settle in a limit where he can develop his skills and make some money. He understands the basics of the game, but of course, is still a basic amateur.
Written on March 03 2010 by thkcduckworth
It has been over ten days since I last blogged, but it’s not because I’ve been lazy or too busy, but because I’ve had nothing to blog about!
Last week was a terrible week for me on PKR as I spiralled downward hard and fast. Now I understand that downswings go hand in hand with upswings but last thing I couldn’t catch a break as everything and anything went wrong.
Written on February 22 2010 by thkcduckworth
So back in 1986 Argentina won the FIFA World Cup, the movie Aliens was released and Mike Tyson was crowned the youngest world heavyweight-boxing Champion . . . and on this day in that year . . . I was born!
Yes today is my birthday, but I don't really feel the need to celebrate as I'm soooooooo old!
Instead I've decide to let everyone that frequents this site an opportunity to peek into the early photo albums of the Duckworth household and most likely have a laugh at the young me.
Enjoy, and thanks to everyone for the well wishes!
Written on February 17 2010 by thkcduckworth
Courtesy of my Malaysian heritage, my family and I tend to celebrate Chinese New Year more heavily then the conventional calendar New Year, so Kong Hei Fat Choi to you all!
Now most people believe that when you say Kong Hei Fat Choi (or the various derivations of the term) that they are wishing the receiver a ‘Happy New Year’, but in fact they are saying ‘Congratulations and be Prosperous’.
Written on February 17 2010 by thkcduckworth
I played at Crown a few nights ago.
The short story is that I played real terrible at the start to be in for three buy-ins on a $2-3 NLH table before kicking myself in the ass to play better and grind back to near even . . . only to donk it all off at about hour twelve of my session.
Following my live donk off and my downswing online, there was only one thing left to do.
. . . I grabbed the noose, hung it over the . . .
No. Just kidding.
Written on February 13 2010 by thkcduckworth
As most of you know I have been playing online solely at PKR.
I deposited $500 just before the end of last year and began playing $0.10-0.25c No Limit Holdem with an emphasis on full ring play ahead of six-handed. Although I have been running below EV, I have managed to run my account up to $1,380 playing solely NLH with maybe 300 hands of PLO and one tournament (which I cashed in).
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