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		<title>Joe Cada WSOP 2009 Poker Main Event Champion</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2009/11/14/joe-cada-wsop-2009-poker-main-event-champion/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:25:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phil Ivey finished in 7th place, Jeff Shulman in 5th and 21-year old Joe Cada wins the main event a WSOP bracelet and $8,546,435.
Here are final results:




 #1.  Joseph Cada 
$8,546,435.00




 #2.  Darvin Moon 
$5,182,601.00




 #3.  Antoine  Saout 
$3,479,485.00




 #4.  Eric Buchman 
$2,502,787.00




 #5.  Jeff Shulman 
$1,953,395.00




 #6.  Steven Begleiter 
$1,587,133.00




 #7.  Phil Ivey 
$1,404,002.00




 #8.  Kevin Schaffel 
$1,300,228.00




 #9.  James Akenhead 
$1,263,602.00




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		<title>Laptops are cheaper at Amazon</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/laptops-are-cheaper-at-amazon/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:31:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m finally buying a laptop, but not to play poker on. I&#8217;m getting it from Amazon which is way cheaper than the Apple site for some reason and it&#8217;s next day delivery.
Apple MacBook Pro MB990LL/A 13.3-Inch Laptop
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		<title>Poker tip and important lesson for life &#8211; subjugation of the ego</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2009/07/28/poker-tip-and-important-lesson-for-life-subjugation-of-the-ego/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 20:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Beating strong foes wins much respect and little money. Beating weak foes wins little respect and much money.
This is a quote from Super System 2 from chapter 5 &#8211; Tips from Mike Caro University (Tip 14).
Poker theory says you don&#8217;t have to be a good poker player to make money. You just have to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=219&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Ivey &#8211; King of Poker</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2009/07/17/phil-ivey-king-of-poker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:02:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Phil Ivey has proven beyond any doubt this year that he is the best poker player in the world. All the poker pros have said he&#8217;s the best in the past. This year he&#8217;s on the final table of the WSOP Main Event &#8211; a tournament with 6500 entrants. He&#8217;s also already won 2 WSOP [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=217&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Haven&#8217;t played poker for a year</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/havent-played-poker-for-a-year/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 12:35:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s now been a year since I last played and about 1.5 years since I last played online.
I&#8217;m pleased with my decision to stop. My only regret is that it would have been better never to start playing in the first place. I could have learnt so much in that time. One positive is that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=216&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Peter Eastgate wins $9.15 million in WSOP 2008 Main Event</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2008/11/19/peter-eastgate-wins-915-million-in-wsop-2008-main-event/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 18:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve never heard of the guy before. Hope he spends his money well.
If you sign up to any poker sites through my blog I will donate all the proceeds to charity.
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		<title>Life update</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/life-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 20:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t played poker for money for a few months now, but whenever I hear about people winning a lot of money playing poker I get jealous. I know two people that have won a lot and have even appeared on TV. Both are in the year above and I used to play with them. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=212&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Poker Stats</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2008/08/27/my-poker-stats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:43:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are my poker statistics for the last 36,000 hands I played. All stats are for short-handed tables (max. 5 or 6 players per table).




Game   Level
Total Hands
Total Won ($)
BB/100 Hands
Total Rake ($)


NL ($10)
15
43.0
14.3
2.0


NL $1000
294
282.0
4.8
44.0


NL ($6)
6
681.0
945.8
3.0


NL $600
10685
1651.7
1.3
1564.7


NL $400
14566
14480.0
12.4
2102.1


NL ($4)
3914
142.2
0.5
683.9


NL ($2)
2453
295.2
3.0
331.2


NL $200
3820
558.2
3.7
397.0


Total
35753
18133.15
6.3
5127.86







Game   Level
Total Hands
Vol. Saw Flop %
PF Raise %


NL ($10)
15
40.0
26.7


NL $1000
294
22.8
20.1


NL ($6)
6
16.7
16.7


NL $600
10685
24.8
19.9


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		<title>I turned $20 into $31,000 through online poker and then quit</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/i-turned-20-into-31000-through-online-poker-and-then-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:16:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pokerplayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the story of my poker career.
I started playing online poker in March 2006, 2 months after my 17th birthday. My 1st deposit was $20. I doubled it up quickly. I then cashed out $20. I then lost the $20 in my account and redeposited $20. I doubled this money up, cashed out $20 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=199&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WSOP Update: World Series Of Poker 2008 Final Table: We&#8217;re down to 9!</title>
		<link>http://pokerlife.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/wsop-update-world-series-of-poker-2008-final-table-were-down-to-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>pokerplayer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s disappointing that there are no superstars left in the event, nonetheless it should be a great final table.
The most notable name at the table is David &#8220;Chino&#8221; Rheem. Rheem had many professionals supporting him on his way to the final table including J.C. Tran, Nam and Tommy Le, Greg Mueller, Quinn Do, Tommy Hang, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pokerlife.wordpress.com&blog=302465&post=197&subd=pokerlife&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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