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    Sunday, September 18th, 2011
    11:53 am
    Poker Players Go Bald - The Ongoing Support with regard to Thuy Doan
    rakeback Thuy Doan announced through her blog PokerRoad continue September that she's having difficulties cancer. Many of her co-player inside poker state her support on her behalf condition by shaving their particular head bald thus showing an exclusive form of camaraderie which poker players have.


    She is born with Vietnam and migrated towards the US after the struggle when she's still a baby with her family. Thuy Doan worked hard to finish college for her to help her family live a better life. She just finished here undergraduate degree and while doing so she played poker to provide a professional player.


    The news of her sickness was initially seen on her blog site wherein she have crafted an entry entitled, "Yup, I'm Gonna Go Bald. " At first, this news was a shock to any or all her friends online as well as poker buddies. Here is an excerpt belonging to the blog entry:


    "2009 was a year for my situation to become many stuff: college graduate, full-time poker player, California resident.... Never did I expect to become cancer fighter. "


    She continued, "The biopsy results came back... I have an violent soft tissue sarcoma in my upper calf. Thenext step is to obtain a chest scan to see ifthe cancer has spread. After that is chemo in order to shrink the tumour, then surgery. If chemo doesn't work then amputation is really a disturbing possibility. Since my health auto insurance policy is based in Va, I will be returning there soon for treatment solution. "


    This Vietnam born poker player established fact in the community of poker and much loved and respected. She has been obtaining a lot of support from her buddies and co-players in internet poker and from poker message boards. Some of them actually extended support by shaving their hair and included in this are Tom Dwan, Barry Greenstein, Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier plus Doyle Brunson. All in all as a minimum 19 poker friends are generally on the barber's seat to provide their own way elevating morale to Thuy.


    The commitment and compassion that my spouse managed to induce will be able to best be understood by way of reading an extract from her blog, which highlights her private brave outlook to the condition:


    "This is a tricky spot but don't feel bad for me. My life is still great. I have amazing people in the basket, a profession that I'm just passionate about, and the potential for any incredible future. It's a life worth fighting for that cancer is just some hurdle. I won't let them destroy me. I will beat them. Just watch. ".



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    Saturday, September 17th, 2011
    9:54 am
    Total Tilt Poker Report; Finding the Tables the spot where the Pros Play

    If you are on the lookout for some big money action to watch after, Full Tilt is the place because a number of the resident pros connect by tables nightly where pans reach into the lots. Yes, you read that right.

    A lot of pros play on the internet to kill time somewhere between big tournaments, live action games, traveling. Many have monikers that you won't be ready to associate with the participant, but on Full Tilt, not only do they're going by their own name they've a caricature to along with it search enginge.


    The result of which are a few of the biggest audiences (train) for internet poker-online tables. The chat box merely goes crazy when Gus Hansen and / or Phil Ivey sit at a table sign in forums also get a word in with another pros who don't mind chatting while playing. Chris Ferguson, Andy Bloch and Jennifer Harmon come to mind in that regard.


    So where do they play Gus Hansen likes for you to play NL and Limit Holdem as well as PL Omaha HL along with PL/L Omaha. The betting ranges from 200/400 to 1000/2000! His tables are typically 6 seated, and here you will seek those monster pots My partner and i was mentioning. These same tables one can find on occasion Phil Ivey, John Agostino and far more regularly, David Benyamine.

    Erick Lindgren often participates during poker tournaments with bigger payouts which enable it to be counted on in the form of gentleman at any table including a great ambassador for Full Tilt search enginge.


    Andy Bloch mostly sticks to your tournament action at Entire Tilt, often participating and/or holding FTOPS events, Sunday tournaments and qualifiers. He will generously speak to you as well in case you are on the rail. This goes the same for Chris Ferguson who moreover will play some low entry fee tournaments and some micro limit holdem tables.


    We can't forget pertaining to Mike Matusow, who until recently was online almost every day. During a recent interview on Poker In the evening he sadly admitted that she has lost 2. 5 million playing online poker. So hopefully when she cures that situation he might return to examples of these tables as well, because if anything altogether different, he IS an entertaining player.



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