i am pokermax
My name is Vic de Guzman. I am an amatuer poker player from the Philippines.
Though I play a lot of poker, both tournament and cash games, I still do not consider myself as a professional player. However, I consider myself a student of the game, eagerly learning and appreciating this mind-blowing card game. I am known in the Philippine Poker scene as POKERMAX.
Why POKERMAX? A lot of people say that I bring so much action at the tables.
I've had some Poker Tournament success in my 5+ years playing poker,
namely, Champion of the 2nd season of the POKER BAR TOUR (2006), 2009 Filipino Poker Tour Champion wherein I bested a field of 667 (the biggest field in Asia) with a prize pool of 6 Million pesos, Champion of the 1st Rotary Charity poker event, 48th place in the 2009 Asia Pacific Poker Tour in Cebu, and several other tournaments wherein I placed in the money. I am currently a regular player at the Manila Bay Poker Club at the Mall of Asia and The Big Ace Poker Club in Mandaluyong.
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You Make The Call - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is the Poker God?
Funny All-In - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Poker - Insane first hand!
You Make The Call - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Daniel Negreanu is the Poker God?
Funny All-In - World Series of Poker 2008 WSOP
Poker - Insane first hand!
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WBCOOP Event #4
Gone again!
WBCOOP Event #3
Out of the tourney
WBCOOP underway
To be or NUTS to be?
Bad Beats Galore!
How do you sniff out a better hand?
Bad Beat Jackpot
Pocket Aces 1
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WBCOOP Event #4
Gone again!
WBCOOP Event #3
Out of the tourney
WBCOOP underway
To be or NUTS to be?
Bad Beats Galore!
How do you sniff out a better hand?
Bad Beat Jackpot
Pocket Aces 1
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Fun Poker Night Last night, I played at Big Ace for about 6 hours. I tell you, Poker hasn't been fun for me in a long time. By the way, I stood up from the table exactly with the same amount of money I sat down. It was a very relaxed 10/20 table. It is only now that I've realized that you don't have to win to have a genuinely fun night at the table. First, 3 of my friends were at the same table, so there were a lot of chit chats. Mind you, though we're friends, we were going after each others stacks. Some of the big pots I played were against my friends. Second, I was getting a good mix of hands. I was getting premium hands about 3 to 4 times an hour. Say, I lost a P600 pot on one hand, less than 10 hands later I would win a big pot of around P500 to P700.  Third, maybe I'm wrong, but I felt that the table was playing rather soft. I seldom saw a 3-bet situation that night. Very rarely that anyone would re-raised back, and whenever it happened, the board would show a 4-flush or a 1-card straight board, that your set or two pairs can get away. Counting the rake and the tips I gave within the 5+ hour session I played, in my mind, I left the table up by about P800 (costs of rakes and tips). I stood up feeling really good even if I had the same amount of money I sat with. Its a welcome break from all the grinding and agony of bad beats that I have gone through within the last few weeks. It really felt like a home game with all your buddies on a Saturday night. Sessions like this makes you love the game of poker even more. If only I can try to pull out such a mindset even on big tourneys. I guess the pressure of winning a big tourney, coupled with the stress, intense concentration and the long hours at a poker tournament really gets to you. It would be nice to have fun cash game sessions from time to time to recharge you and to remind ourselves why we fell in love with this game called POKER. |
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