Oskar Silow

The morning session is over and it was a good one. I have finally managed to kick the bad habit of not taking a break for lunch. When playing many tables your head really needs to take a break! Also, your brain needs food, and it will help you to stay focused when the rigg hits you bad.

Today WPT Malta starts. Unfortunately I couldn’t make it this time, but a few other players from our team are there to I’ll keep my fingers crossed for them You can follow the action here.

Now it’s time to dive back into the action!

Pokers 10 commandments part 5: You shall not borrow money for gambling

=BRM (Bank roll management) 101. If you are in a situation where you need to borrow money for gambling there is probably a good reason for you beeing in this situation. Before getting back into the game I suggest you analyze your game and try to find any leaks that might have caused your latest bust. Also you should never play higher than your BR allows. It is easier to go on tilt and lose control if you lose a pot that is a significant portion of your bankroll. An average player with good BRM will probably do better in poker than a great player with poor BRM.

With those words of wisdom I wish you a great weekend!

Yesterday I had a friend over. We had a nice dinner and watched All Good Things with one of my favourite actors, Ryan Gosling. My friend, who is semi-pro at cell phone entertainment send a text to 118118* while he was here, asking them who I was. This is the answer he got:D

*118118 is a Swedish service where you can text any question and get an answer texted back to you.

5050-poker finally went public. Today is the first day of trading at Nasdaq OMX First North, Stockholm. A very exciting day for those who has been working with 5050 and those who grinded for shares early on.

To celebrate this I will personally give away 3 Omaha-coaching lessons at 5050-poker (1 hour each) to the first three who sign up a new account at 5050-poker using this link and then e-mail their nick to oskar@5050poker.com.

Pokers 10 commandments part 4: You shall not slowroll

To slowroll is the murder of poker. If you haven’t been punished by a biblical roaring flash in the head after your lates slowroll you have one coming. Slowrolling is definitely on of poker mortal sins.

To slowroll is to take your time before calling with the obvious best hand after the last betting.

I also want to congratulate Swedish Nichlas Mattsson to a nice 3rd place finish in the WPT Paris Highroller! Well done!!