What does it mean

A few up-dates -----

Been hacked, not sure why but a few of my post were deleted. Could it be a hack job or just a screw up some place in cyberspace? Not sure, and to be frank do not care---

I have been playing on-line the last month. No casinos here in El Centro, CA.

They tell me on-line play has gotten tougher over the last year. Well BULL to that. The games are still as good if you play well.

Some of the blogs and form posting I read are just to funny. I hear " I crush the game BUT I am now suffering a down swing because of dead cards" To funny.

Also I hear "The games live have gotten to be a rock contest" Give me a break.

On another note---
UP-date---
Am an Olney, so what. WELLLLLLL
Great grandfather-----

Joseph Graves Olney, rancher, feudist, and outlaw, son of Joseph and Mary Katherine (Tanner) Olney, was born on October 9, 1849, in Burleson County, Texas.

During the spring of 1874 he became involved in a dispute over cattle that resulted in his shooting a man in Llano County. He was indicted for theft of cattle and assault with intent to murder. In 1875 he was drawn into the Mason County War by the killing of Moses Baird. During the rest of 1875 and 1876 he was opposed to the "mob" faction of Mason and Llano counties. On September 7, 1876, he engaged in a gunfight with two deputies in which one of them, Samuel Martin, was mortally wounded. Olney fled to New Mexico and established a ranch near Mimbres under the alias of Joe Hill. During the Lincoln County War in New Mexico, Governor Lew Wallace issued papers for his arrest for the Texas killing. By 1879 he was in Arizona, and in July 1880 was noted as having "hurrahed" Maxey, Arizona, after driving a herd of cattle to the San Carlos Indian Reservation. In November he was said to be in Texas. On March 8, 1881, he was present at Camp Thomas, Arizona, when Dick Lloyd was killed. Contrary to folklore, he took no part in the shooting. Wyatt Earp attempted to link Olney to cattle theft and stage robberies between 1880 and 1882, but there is no evidence to indicate his guilt. In the fall of 1881 Olney moved from his ranch at San Simon to Bowie. There he was killed on December 3, 1884, when his horse fell on him. Contemporary news accounts referred to him as a "well-known cattleman."

The man known as "Joe Hill of the San Simon" was in reality Joseph Graves Olney, born in Burleson County, Texas, on October 9, 1849. When he left Texas for Arizona, his choice of "Hill" as an alias was logical, as his older sister had married a man named W.J. Hill.
In his early twenties, Hill was active in the Minute Men companies organized for protection against marauding Indians in the Llano and Burnet County area. During that time be became acquainted with such men as the Horrel brothers of Lampassas County Feud fame, and he established friendships with men who would later develop sizable reputations - John Ringo, George Gladden, Calab Hall, and others who would be deeply involved in the Mason County War.
No charge more serious than illegal gambling was brought against Olney until the spring of 1874, when he was accused of stealing cattle and shooting a man. On October 14, 1876, he was indicted for the September killing of Burnet County Deputy Sheriff Samuel Martin.
If Olney intended to leave his troubles behind with his name when he went West, he erred, for in 1878-79 his name was linked to Billy the Kid and the rustler element in New Mexico's Lincoln County War. In an interview with Gov. Lew Wallace, the Kid said that "Joe Olney, known as Joe Hill," was living in the Silver City area. Olney was known also to have a ranch in Mexico. Wallace prepared a list of thirty-eight fugitives' names, among them the Kid, Charlie Bowdre, Henry Brown, Jesse Evans, and Joe Hill.
From Lincoln County, Joe continued westward to end up in yet another troubled area, Tombstone, Arizona. According to Stuart N. Lake's popular biography of Wyatt Earp, Hill was a trusted lieutenant in Old Man Clanton's army of rustlers, riding alongside Curly Bill Brocius, Frank and Tom McLaury, Pete Spence, and John Ringo.

On March 8, 1881, Dick Lloyd, in the little town of Maxey, stole Joe's horse and then rode into the saloon where Joe, John Ringo, Curly Bill, and others were playing poker. Some accounts state that all the men took shots at Lloyd for disturbing their game. The contemporary newspaper account names proprietor John O'Neil as the man who shot Lloyd. At any rate, the coroner ruled Lloyd's death a justifiable homicide. That was the only shooting in which Hill was involved in Arizona.

In this election Charlie Shill and Bob Paul were both running for the office of Sheriff of Pima County, and the Rustlers that were operating in the county and along the Mexican border at that time, did not want Bob to win the election, so on the morning of election day, John Ringo, Curly Bill, Milt and Billy Hicks, Joe Hill and a few others rode into the little station of San Simon - now quite a thriving city on the Southern Pacific Railroad, and took possession of the voting precinct and all of them proceeded to vote, and to make sure that none had been left out or overlooked, they voted several times over again; then they got all the white people of the little place - men, women, and children, probably eight or ten in all - and voted them in the same manner, they rounded up the Chinese and Mexican section hands and voted them two or three times over, they voted all their horses and a dog or two and a stray cat, and finally to make sure no one was neglected and not been given a chance to cast his ballot, they voted every one over again. When the returns began to come into Tucson, Bob took the lead and was quite a few votes ahead of Charlie, but when San Simon was heard from Charlie suddenly shot ahead in the count and Bob was completely "snowed under" by an overwhelming majority in favor of Shibbel, but Bob evidently was suspicious of the sudden increase in the population of San Simon, and thinking there might possibly be a dark object concealed somewhere in the wood pile, took a little scout off down San Simon way and found out about the job the Rustlers had put up on him, so he filed a protest and on investigation the precinct was thrown out which gave Bob the election.



Whats next
some place in the middle of the desert just to contemplate the past, today and the future.

I fear the country is going to tank for a long time, not sure the government can save us from the worst depression ever. McCain, Obama, Clinton or --- hell it does not matter we are in trouble.
Obama is now the guy to sit in the oval office, not my choice but what the heck I am not sure it really matters this time around. Just wish Sahara P. would have been in as VP, she seems like someone who would be very interesting to watch.

So, for now back to trying to make a buck, find interesting places and people and maybe just maybe find out who the heck this Rominger dude is----------

Limit Hold em is played for small edges over a course of time. Looking for the proper payback on each dollar bet takes skill and patience. Pot odds are key, starting hands are vital and strong post flop play is mandatory. Lacking any part of this will kill your bankroll.

There is an old poker saying that still works, even in todays wild and reckless games we see.

TIGHT IS RIGHT------

Below you will see what I do for each hand -------

Group A Hands	Un-raised Pots	Re-Raise	Raised	Call1	Call2	Call3	Call 4 or more
A's	X	X If 3 or less in the hand	X Only call if 4 or more are in the hand	Raise	Raise	Raise	Call
K's	X	X If 3 or less in the hand	X Only call if 4 or more are in the hand	Raise	Raise	Raise	Call
Q's	X	X If 2 or less in the hand	X Only call if 3or more are in the hand	Raise	Raise	Call	Call
AK's	X	X If 2 or less in the hand	X If 2 or less in the hand	Call	Call	Call	Call
Group B Hands These hands are played Mid to Late position	Un-raised Pots	Re-Raise	Raised	Call1	Call2	Call3	Call 4 or more
J's	Raise		Call if only re-raise once	Call	Call	Call	Call
T's	Raise		Call if only re-raise once	Call	Call	Call	Call
AK	Raise		Call if only re-raise once	Call
AQ's					Call	Call	Call
Group C Hands Late Position Hands	Un-raised Pots	R-Raise	Raised	Call1	Call2	Call3	Call 4 or more
99	Call				Call	Call	Call
AQ	Call				Call	Call	Call
AJs	Call				Call	Call	Call
KQs	Call				Call	Call	Call
KQ
Group D Hands Late Position Hands	Un-raised Pots	Raised		Call1	Call2	Call3	Call 4 or more
88	Small Blind					Call	Call
77	Small Blind
66-22
Axs
KJs	Small Blind
KTs	Small Blind
QJs	Small Blind
QTs	Small Blind
JTs	Small Blind
T9s
98s
87s
76s

Is this the 100% The Don play, well no. I do mix the hands up now and then. But not often and if I never did mix up the play I bet my results would be th same if not better.

POST FLOP PLAY SOON

Food for Thought

Food for thought (get it, Cracker Barrel--food)
alright, bad joke-----

Anyway, question here ----
When you play, what level are you most comfortable playing, 1/2 no-limit, 10/20 limit or some thing else? Where do you play the worst, not paying attention and say "Well, it is only $xx more to cal, no big deal. Lets see if we can run them down.".

What level do you feel very uneasy at?

I know when I first started playing full time 30/60 was my top limit. I thought at the time the 60/120 players were POKER GODS to me, they scared me to death. The limit made me dizzy when I thought about walking up those steps to get into the game. Then I noticed something, THOSE WERE THE SAME PLAYERS I PLAYED 30/60 with AND I BEAT THEM---
I took that walk one day, I bet the game that day, 60/120 was nothing I ran from any longer.

Over time they changed the game to 80/160 (damn 4 chip games, I just hate them), still the same players, still the same game for the most part. Maybe one or two would sit that I had not noticed. I still beat the game.
Then again, they change the game to 100/200--Right in th middle of my 80/160 session. Well, no big deal. I still did just fine.
THEN I WENT BUST------Not from poker though, I had to sit out close to three years. 2 years 7 months to be exact before I was able to play again.
30/60 scared me to no end now. It was a huge step back aftr so long off. 100/200 no way.
Not because I thought I had lost my skills, it was BANKROLL.........

So, where are you and why on game size or even tournament buy-ins.
For me, today--- 300/600 is a walk in the park. Higher if it is a mixed game----
Where do you want to be come Monday-----

The Don--- Poker

Over the next few days, well maybe the next few months, I will show how I play poker. Hands I start with, what I do with the hands and maybe just maybe tell why I do what I do.

Comments and questions are welcome, heck you can even get just a little pissy if you want but I will not take personal attacks.

All of my thoughts, teachings and such from this so called blog are mine and can not, should not and will not be down loaded for you to show, share or publish any where in any way.
You are welcome to down load for your personal use though and I hope I can in my own way help you become a great poker play........

As for me, I have been playing for 13 years now, the last 9 or so full time. Feeding the cats, my wife and my love for Scotch and cigars. Of the 9 years I have had only one bad year. Totally due to my own screw up and loss for giving a damn. One night at the Commerce whipped out my winning year, my bank roll and my love for the game. 2003 was a year of CRAP.

Anyway, follow along if you want, learn what I have learned. Nothing will be left out on when, why or how a hand is played.

As you read and follow my hands you will see I am the most of tight, conservative in play, protective of bankroll and a strong proponent of playing what is called your "A" game or no game at all.

This is a one purpose deal, teach how to make money.

Till next posting,
D