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Our Affiliate manager at Bodog, we’ll just call him Paul, is a  cheer leader of sorts for VIP Poker Stop members. With the attention to detail of an IRS auditor, he has kept the tournament support coming.

Paul wants us to know that the upgrades to the Bodog Poker Software have been well received. I can vouch for the changes too, far fewer network problems and crashes. I play there at least twice per week and haven’t had a crash in over 3 months. The 2nd thing he wants is for one and all to have fun playing poker at their Site. Last, Rocking and Rolling is allowed and encouraged at Bodog Poker/Sportsbook (not his exact words, but close ha-ha!) I have to say that the Members at the VIP Poker Stop Forum are just the group to give him what he wants.

Come Thursday July 23rd starting at 6:05pm (PT) there are some great opportunities to increase you Bankroll at this top cabin Card Room! If you are not currently registered with Bodog, thanks in part to Paul, we have some great sign-up deals. Cruise on over to www.VIPPokerStop.com or shoot me an e-mail and I will give you the full run-down. Additionally, many of you at the VIP Poker Stop Forum belong to the Sports Book Review (SBR) Forum too. Please note SBR is having a tournament starting at the exact same time as ours. Coincidence, I think not. If you plan and play your cards right (get it, Poker, cards, LOL) this is an opportunity to double you pleasure and double your fun by playing in both;  Get Ready to Rumble!!!!!!

So about right now this Post is really looking like me shamelessly plugging some Poker Room and Sportsbook Forum. In some ways I am, but with a specific purpose. See if you can figure what my message is while you are reading.  If you know Bodog like I do, you can TRIPLE your Poker fun (and potentially pad your bankroll) by playing the Bodog $500 Freeroll that kicks-off at 6:40pm (PT) in addition to the other two private Freerolls I already talked about.

Next Bodog VIP Insider tip; you can earn VIP points even when you play private

tournaments like ours or, the daily freerolls. So, if you paying attention, I will be able to play in the VIP Bonus tournament on Thursday too, which starts at 7:40 pm (PT). What Poker Room offers the kind of line-up Bodog does on July 23rd? I’m not sure there are any? Bodog is the only Room I know to offer you QUADS. Without paying  any entry fees you can play in $1,700 worth of tournaments against modest fields of Players. Are you starting to get the picture Sparkey? 

If you are a thinking Man (or women’s)  Poker Player you need to apply what you know about winning on the felt to your Poker related activities before you hit the felt. Bankroll building and management isn’t just about plopping your money down, playing and trying to win. It is about giving yourself the BEST CHANCES to win when you do play.

When I first started playing poker I tried to play Every tournament. That was expensive and time consuming too. All of us have activities that compete for the time we have for Poker; a wife and family, a primary job, other hobbies and the list goes on. For instance, I am running out of time to make my goal of $10,000 by August 1st. This despite having built my bankroll to $1,800 from $0.00. Authoring a Poker website, a Poker Forum, this Super-Blogger System and two other websites, took me away from playing and being active in those Forums that helped me find the better tournaments in the first place. But Thursday I will give myself four good chances to add to my poker winnings without the worries of big fields, lots of semi-pro players and the time it takes to navigate them all.

One of my recent posts talks about why I am no Chris Ferguson. In the case of my bankroll, that is a good thing! If I was doing things Chris’ way I would still be looking for my 1st $100.

Bookmark this Site and see how you can achieve great results too. By keep up with CRAZYBEAR’s blogs and the posts made at the Forum, you get the benefit of my Catholic School, if there is a short cut I’ll find it, way of thinking. I am all about figuring out how to win in an efficient and cost effective manner. Follow me and you can achieve this mind set too. Since this is a Blog and not a website, you can share with me and the rest of the readers too; because frankly Sparky, I am running out of fresh ideas and time! 

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 Do you ever get in a funk playing the same old games at the same sites? It doesn’t have to be that way.

I have a background in computer software and systems. I was partners in a computer software company for 10 years before I sold my interest in 2002. This knowledge and background gives me a health respect and fascination for online poker rooms. Just to be sure I wasn’t missing something, I thoroughly “Road Tested” some 100 plus sites both approved for U.S. players and some that aren’t. As some of you already know there are only a dozen or so distinct software packages for U.S. approved sites and many of the rooms have the same games/tournaments which they share in common. That said, there are differences and variations that make some standout over others. I enjoy and play a lot at the Cake Family of Poker of rooms including; Doyle’s Room, Players Poker BetUS and 10 or 12 others. Most recently a medium size room that I have enjoyed over the years, PokerWorld moved to the Cake Platform. Lock Poker is also a new room on the Cake network and The Greek Sports Book has added The Greek Poker through Cake.

I happen to like Players, BetUS Power and Doyle’s the best of this group primarily for their Tournaments. Players has 5 or 6 freeroll tournaments that qualify you to play in a weekend tournament where you can win a $13,000 all expenses paid trip to the WSOP. Hurry, time is running out. Doyle’s has a daily tournament that qualifies you for a weekend $1,000 freeroll. Pretty good stuff.

I play a fair amount at Poker Stars, UltimateBet (which I prefer over its twin Absolute Poker), Timeless/Minted poker along with Carbon/Wass/PDC Poker rooms. They are all very good. For some reason I put Bodog Poker at or near the top of my list. It has its quirks and you either like it or hate it but I like the way the tables are displayed. The configuration allows you to play multiple tournaments (which I am doing most of the time now) and know right where you are at a quick glance. Bodog is easy to use, is well supported and has good cash games and tournament for all levels. For a variety of reasons I also happen  to favor playing at Poker/Sportsbook High-Byrd sites over the Top 4 which includes PokerStars, Full Tilt, UltimateBet and Absolute. The play during small buy-in and Freeorlls is not so reckless and the players tend to be more mature (another way of saying they aren’t Full Tilt young guns!) with some respect for the Game. With all that said I don’t have just one favorite. All the sites I mentioned have great incentives and freerolls so I often go where the best Games are being played.

Unlike some of the problems experienced in the Sportsbook industry, Poker Rooms are well equipped to handle cash-outs in a variety of ways and there are new and easier methods coming along everyday. Obviously, all rooms have some small print you have to be concerned about if you have received bonuses and freebies, but getting your money to and from the online Poker rooms is typically pretty painless.

So what’s stopping you; get out and play somewhere new. It will do you and your Poker game a world of good!

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