Community Round-up: Mission Philippines and Poker Chip Tricks
GooRukYONG sent out an invitation to fellow PokerStrategists to join him and two more poker players on their "Mission Philippines". Meanwhile, yaxkukmian posted a mind-bogglingly awesome blog on poker chip tricks - if you ever wanted to be the next Mr. Esfandiari, now is your chance!
The Community round up is your weekly digest of all the latest news from the PokerStrategy.com forums.
If you were not around during the past week and still want to be up to date with everything going on in our community, make sure you catch up with all the most exciting stuff here.
Find out what you may have missed.
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Hot Thread of the Week
goorukyong opened a thread this week on his latest plans to go to Phillipines together with juicequadre and joenaes. As if their plan wasn't interesting enough, they are also interested in having more PokerStrategist join their mission.
So, in the words of GooRukYONG himself: Do you love hot weather? Awesome beaches? Cheap B*** (Baseball caps??). If the answer is positive, head to the thread and check out the details. On the other hand, check out the thread anyway because it has some nice pictures in it and if it's winterish time at your place, it's always nice to dream about the warm places - power of
Poker Blog of the Week
It looks like it's among the blogs, it is among the blogs,but it sure is a different kind of "blog". This week's most attractive thread-slash-blog was opened by yaxkukmian, as he shared an immense amount of information and videos on one thing we love to see but mostly fail to do - poker chip tricks.
If you've been trying to become the Antonio Esfandiari of your home games with friends or have some other agenda, now is your chance to learn how to do tricks with poker chips. The blog is pretty large, so better plant a big hole in your schedule to have enough time to check it all out!
New Community Members this Week
The number of new PokerStrategists joining us each week has surpassed the number of NLOs spotted across the globe (not counting the real ones, just those fake reports). Seemingly endless stream of newcomers has enriched our community this week and if you want to greet them all, check out their stories or introduce yourself if you haven't already, go check out the introductory part of our forum.
Below are some of the latest members of PokerStrategy.com:
- roundtown fell on this site because of Phil Ivey's tweets.
- unbitigirl is the latest poker girl in our community.
- vicstr is new here and new to online poker.
- hairycowboy stopped by to send us a "thanks".
We apologise for not being able to name everyone, but rest assured that even though your name did not make it on our weekly list, you are a valuable part of our community.
If you have any questions or comments, do not hesitate to post them in our forums. Our community members are some of the kindest and most knowledgeable poker players around and are ready to help you at any time.
All the best at the tables!
New members introduce yourselves here
Performances of the Week
Most notable performances of this week were certainly varied. Ranging from nice tournament cashes to turning a microscopic bankroll into a nice-looking starting one. However, there also other events and milestones reached that clawed their way to the spotlight. Below are some of the latest accomplishments worth noting:
- finished 2nd in 6max ACOOP for $1,878.12.
- won a live tournament for £7,500.
- mayapnd won an $11 buy-in tournament on PartyPoker for $254.41.
- ludafer is doing well with his starting capital, reaching $100 in four days.
One Million in a Year - Total Winnings (Week 14): $228,183.45
The story of our yellow line continues well this week, as we added over $12k to our total winnings. We are now barely below the $230k mark and judging by the increased activity of some of the new PokerStrategists along with the "veterans" of our Milion in a Year goal, we are in a good spot to finally nail that million this time. Don't forget to post your tournament winnings in the thread, regardless of the amount of money you had won - it all counts!
