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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Why did I create this blog?  I'm sure that there are a lot of bad beat stories to tell. I created this blog, not to dampen your poker spirits, but to catalog some of my bad beats and somehow look back on how I should have played the hand. After all, in order to be really good in this game, one must strive to learn and hone one's skills. I have been playing poker, mostly texas holdem, for more than 5 years. I'd say I've had some success in this game. Do I consider myself as a "winning" player? Maybe. It really depends on how one perceive a poker player as being a winner. For me, a night of poker (5 hours) playing, say 10,000.00, and standing up with the same amount of money, is a fairly successful night. Why? Say you were playing in a 25/50 table. On the average, you pay a rake of 400-500 per hour. That's already 2,500.00 for 5 hours! That's not yet counting the tips that you gave the dealer every time you won a hand. For the 5 hours that you have been playing, you've already spent over 3,000.00. So standing up and bringing home the same amount of money you started with when you sat down 5 hours ago is already a successful night for me. Now back to why I started this blog. I wanted to document all the "interesting" hands that I have encountered so I can look back and see if I could have played it any other way. As they say, hindsight is always 20/20. I also want to look at my betting paterns and the range of hands that I have played. I do not claim to be an expert in the game of poker. I am encouraging you to share your views as well on the situations and the hands that I will be posting on this blog. Feel free to post your insight. Hopefully, all of these information will help me become a better player. |
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