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$16 Per Hour SNG Blueprint... Now Ready

Published on 2010-07-24 05:38:00

Hey, my new course is ready!Called this the '$16 Per Hour SNG Blueprint' and as the name suggests the idea is to take novice poker players and empower them to earn at least $16 each hour from the tables.This course lasts 30 days and is in 4 parts, each building on the one before. We start with 'The Blueprint' which outlines the basic strategy stage-by-stage. Next I teach bubble play in terms of prize pool equity (ICM etc), before the 3rd part gets readers up to speed multi-tabling. Finally I bri

New SNG Course Almost Completed!

Published on 2010-07-09 08:12:00

Quick Planet Corp Update here today... I'm a good 80% through completing a fantastic (in my opinion!) new course, this is called the $16 / Hour SNG blueprint and is actually in 4 parts, going from the basics to bubble play then multi-tabling and finally bringing it all together with some killer strategy tips.The thing is, having worked in the poker industry for a good few years now, I'm paranoid that the scummy low life out there will re-publish the course, which is currently in pdf format. So,

Time For A Graceful Retirement!

Published on 2010-07-01 04:58:00

*** Another Update *** Bringing this blog back to life... not so much covering my own games anymore (see link below)... providing industry insights, links to interesting articles and highlighting any interesting blogs out there instead... ****** Quick Update: I started a new blog - it is part of my main site Sit N Go Planet, and continues right where Plan3t Gong left off.... check out the Sit N Go Planet Blog now! ***An announcement - I have decided the time has come to let Plan3t Gong gracefull

Planet Network Expands Again (Not Strategy)

Published on 2009-08-10 04:52:00

Just a quick post to inform the search engines that my network continues to grow, the latest additions are: - http://www.prorakeback.hu a Hungarian rakeback-focused site providing reviews, a beginners rakeback guide and our SNG rakeback calc (along with a Texas Holdem one), this site also features some VIP loyalty deals which are too good to be called 'Rakeback' !! - http://www.rakebackbonus.ru this one is Russian, again the rakeback side is the focus, and agfain the best articles are available

Rakeback-Planet Revamp Completed

Published on 2009-06-17 02:38:00

Well, it took a while longer than planned... but we finally got the new version of rakeback-planet up last night. Still a couple of minor updates to do but have to say I really think this is the best effort yet - Check it out at:Rakeback DealsWe have all the leading deals from Tilt, Cake, Carbon, Absolute etc + some special 'VIP' offers including 40% to 55% iPoker Rakeback equivalent and a Bodog Loyalty scheme. The angle we are going for is VIP service + best deals... PG readers have my persona

The PG Online Poker Strategy Super Jump-Off Page

Published on 2009-06-16 03:13:00

OK - As will shortly be explained in a sticky post at the top of Plan3t Gong this is the Online Poker Strategy super jump-off! This will contain links to many of the articles posted here over the last 3 years - and many of the links to good outside resources too.This will take a little while to fully update, and will work in categories. If anyone would like to see my current writing on SNG, MTT, Omaha, Satellite and Rakeback (and more) then check the square adverts towards the top right.We can s

Classic PG #1 - Reasons For Checking In Sit n Goes!

Published on 2009-06-10 03:48:00

First in a few posts from the archives today... noted earlier that strategy posts go into our commercial sites these days.... meaning that I somehow do not feel like posting them here at Plan3t Gong any more. So, develed into 2007 and found one that is the opposite of the 'conventional wisdom' that you should always be raising and betting while playing poker.... entitled Reasons for Checking in SNGs.... enjoy************Any SNG player (well poker players in general) knows there are a whole numbe

Poker Basics - Introducing Poker Hand 'Ranges

Published on 2009-06-07 07:14:00

Get searches in Google et al from players at many different stages of poker knowledge and experience.... so to keep things balanced I'm starting a mini-series on a poker basics topic today - one that is a bit of a buzzword recently, but has been around as long as the game itself - the subject of Poker Hand Ranges in Texas Holdem games.Todays idea will be to explain what we mean by ranges and point out come common situations in which they can be used. Later we can look at more detail of how your

Start Of Month Business Update - Plans Plans Plans!

Published on 2009-06-04 02:59:00

After the previous more thoughful post here is a more normal one - about my plans for the month ahead for Planet Corp and the ever growing list of sites in our portfolio. As usual I'll go through site-by-site, not going to link out from the article to any of these... but if you are interested there are adverts on the top of the right hand side-bar.Sit And Go Planet: Well, the Polish version is basically complete, the Romanian is undergoing a nice revamp and we will continue to add some great con

Start Of Month Planet Corp Business - Thoughts

Published on 2009-06-02 05:04:00

New record for sign-ups and revenue last month and steaming ahead with some great plans for June. Always start each week with 'its going to be busy' and June is once again no exception.Had a thoughful and welcome comment from a reader last week noting that my sites have become 'spammier' of late. This is both correct and part of a premeditated plan (though I still firmly believe we have a far better balance between content and adverts than at least 90% of the competition!). This comment was wort

Opening Bets Late In MTTs

Published on 2009-05-31 06:44:00

Always regret it, but decided to play in one of the small buy-in rebuys yesterday, along with almost 6000 others (!). Anyway, long story short for the background... won some, lost some, got lucky, got unlucky, stole pots, had pots stolen from me and eventually busted in a classic AK vs Pair situation in 195th (or something similar) place.As a quick aside it was a friendly table for a long while, not overly chatty, but pleasant and good natured - something that is becoming increasingly rare these

The Psychology Of 4/1

Published on 2009-05-29 05:35:00

Friday used to be my favorite day... now I'm always baffled by how fast the week went and looking forward to planning for next week - must be in the right business for me!Anyway - a good old fashioned 'something to think about' post today. This one was triggered by a comment over at Melted Felt, it was on a post about Carbon Poker being rigged not to pay out the bad beat jackpot... and was from a reader who posted his evidence that Carbon was rigged in all seriousness - this evidence was... wait

Poker Links Week At Planet Corp!

Published on 2009-05-25 02:58:00

Starting 'Poker Links Week' today with some late-spring cleaning here at Plan3t Gong... and no less than 2 offers, one for for fellow poker bloggers to join my blogroll and the other for poker webmasters (or bloggers) that I'll supply some unique and high quality content.First the blogroll here at Plan3t Gong... well, blogs come and blogs go as people's circumstances change - so we end up with a bunch of out of date blogs listed. So, today I'm going to remove any that have not been updated for 6

General Update - Psychobabble On Business And Playing!

Published on 2009-05-24 07:22:00

Frustrated at the moment... the thing is I know that I should not be.Business first, I measure my results in $$ and sign-ups of new players. There we go trundling happily along at xyz new players a day and *boom* we fall off the proverbial cliff for 5 days now, with xyz daily tops... aaaarrrggghhh (edited out the numbers, you don't really need to know ;O) )Here is the rub, in my heart I know that short-term fluctuations are just part of the game, that in a couple of days time the sign-ups will

Online Poker Accounts Hacked... PokerStars Again Show Leadership

Published on 2009-05-22 04:00:00

You are never far from a 'my online poker account was hacked and all money stolen' story on forums these days. Lets face it, to a hacker there is a ton of money to be made - even more than normal bank accounts in a lot of cases. What is more, poker players are often to stoned / careless to take security seriously until too late! logging on in internet cafes... public wifi spots... downloading from torrents while playing... you are probably gambling in more ways that you think,Anyway - this is su

Mimicry - Using Your Opponents Betting Tendencies Against Them...

Published on 2009-05-21 02:56:00

Actually watched 2 Poker X Factor videos last week... have been a member since Nov 2006 and used to really enjoy the new series as they appeared. To be fair the offerings now are even better than when I first joined, with new instructors and some big-name online pros.What changed was me - poker is now business rather than liesure - and so time spent watching PxF vids feels like 'work' and has to hold its own in the 100's of other competing tasks on a day-to-day basis!Anyway, Bax is still great a

Welcome Break Over...

Published on 2009-05-19 04:08:00

Had a fantastic long weekend with my Mother over to visit, was a good pychological break too with no thinking about poker and only a little thinking about the poker business. Caught the sun, 31 degrees C here in the city... oh and drank - a lot.So, looking down the barrel of another hectic week and looking forward to getting stuck in. Have a couple of posts on poker psychology in mind for this blog. One concerns mimicry and using an opponent's observed betting patterns to shape their perception

The Online Poker Chat Debate... Great Idea!

Published on 2009-05-14 03:16:00

Browsing the hate-filled forum that is Pocket5's yesterday and came across an interesting thread with an excellent idea from mod Adam in it... the subject is the debate about chatting while playing online poker.Pretty sure I have discussed my own thoughts on this before - basically that any chat is bad for your profits, whatever convoluted reasoning you come up with for it being positive. The linked thread actually suggests actively getting banned from chat as a good solution for those who can n

SNG Planet Polish Is Here!

Published on 2009-05-12 03:17:00

Always makes me jump out of bed early in the morning when we have a new site up (i know i know)... anyway - happy to be announcing the latest version of SNG Planet today, well 70% of it at least. We have gone live with:PL Poker TournamentsIn one fell swoop the biggest collection of SNG articles in Polish... + tons of beginners MTT articles, reviews and comparisons - there are more on the way, we plan on completing the Satellites section by the end of the month too... should be 110 pages soon (bi

Hectic Week Ahead!

Published on 2009-05-11 02:58:00

World record time... the number of consecutive Monday monrning posts here at Plan3t Gong which start 'going to be a busy week' (or something along those lines!). Well it is, both for our poker business and personally!Personal first - I am receiving a royal visit starting Thursday night when my Mother and latest Step-dad arrive from the UK. Should be fun, we are already planning a trip down south to see Erika's family (not that they speak any English - but that is a minor issue).Working wise we w

Thought Provoking Article On Hand Reading

Published on 2009-05-06 03:43:00

You know that feeling... the one when you get to the end of a 12 hour working day, sit back and assess - and then realise that your list of things to do is actually longer than it was at the start?? If you are involved in the poker business I'm sure it is a yes!Anyway, to keep things fast I'll link to an excellent article on hand reading from the 2+2 monthly magazine today... this is seriously thought provoking, for those of us who find exact hands a bit of a challenge to read the 'catergories'

Back In Budapest - Amsterdam Affiliate Conference Recap #1

Published on 2009-05-05 03:01:00

Each time I go away it is with good intentions of blogging on the go.... and each time I return the first thing is to announce it here and apologise for no updates! Ah, well - let me make it up to you with part #1 of my re-cap of an excellent trip to Amsterdam for my first poker business conference.Will post a more personal version of the trip report here - going to do a business one over at www.pokeraffiliatelistings.com - the greatest commumity of poker affiliatesFortunately, the annual 'Queen

Pot Limit Omaha Ramblings, Erm, I Mean Strategy

Published on 2009-04-29 03:40:00

Been a while since any Pot Limit Omaha featured on Plan3t Gong... some small ammends today.Still love this game, as frustrating as it can be.... wrote an article on playing top 2 the other day which will go up next week on Omaha Planet. Basic premise is that this hand is dangerous, especially on drawy boards - yet can be really very profitable against an opponent that you know is overplaying aces (and if you play PLO for a while these opponents become very easy to spot (and stack!!)).All good -

Preparing For My First Poker Conference

Published on 2009-04-27 03:05:00

Going to be a busy week, not only the day-to-day of running the global corporate monster that is Planet Corp Kft - but on Thursday Erika and I will fly out to Amsterdam for the 'Amsterdam Affiliate Conference'... our first industry event. Thats not all - today we are expecting to welcome Corina to the team and start training for our upcoming foray into the Romanian poker market!Judging by the conference agenda and feeback from previous meet-ups we are in for a fantastic few days - and as a bonus

Poker Bankroll Management For The Recreational Player

Published on 2009-04-26 07:23:00

Time to carry on my theme about poker strategy not really gelling with the perspective of the majority of poker players... the idea is that a recreational player looks at an article on Bankroll Management (for todays example) and can not fathom how it applies to them. So, instead of thinking about the subject they just assume that this is something for the pros (or geeks or whatever) and miss out on valuable adjustments to their play.Lets be honest here, a player who works hard and enjoys a game