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	<description>The Official Blog of icemonkey9, a poker player and journalist</description>
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		<title>Healing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think most people who read this blog realize that the negative tone of the last month or so goes beyond what&#8217;s happening at the felt.  After some reflection the past couple of days, I look back and see that I was going through a period where real life events were destroying my barriers for [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/tournament/healing/</link>
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		<title>EPT Berlin Robbery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Fortunately, first and foremost, nobody was seriously hurt.  I was not on hand obviously, but I wanted to weigh in on the situation.
First, I am really happy to hear everyone is okay.  I know some of the media members on hand and they&#8217;ve all tweeted or reported back that everything is okay.
If you did [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/pokerstars/ept-berlin-robbery/</link>
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		<title>Tournament Report for Custo80</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you don&#8217;t know who Custo80 is, he&#8217;s a good friend from Australia who has a great blog.  Look him up, great guy.
Anyways mate, this post is for you&#8230;.
I&#8217;m on and I got nothing really to do and my mind is kinda out of it so I decide to play some MTTs:
$26 $18k Guarantee
$26 90-man [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/tournament/tournament-report-for-custo80/</link>
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		<title>RIP Sarah</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A few of you noticed my status message of &#8220;RIP Sarah&#8221; and I want to thank you for those of you that expressed concern.  Sarah was a friend of mine dating back to my college days.  She was in a sorority when I was in my fraternity years at CSU San Marcos.
Sarah died in a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/personal/rip-sarah/</link>
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		<title>A PlatinumStar Ultimatum</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I accomplished both goals I set a few posts back of getting the $50 Stellar Bonus as well as achieving PlatinumStar level of PokerStars.  This marks the first time I have reached this VIP level, so that&#8217;s something to acknowledge.  See:

So there it is, finally.
The ultimatum I am issuing is of course unofficial and in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/pokerstars/a-platinumstar-ultimatum/</link>
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		<title>New Themes from TiltBuster.com</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Next week I&#8217;m doing another feature on table, deck and chip mods from TiltBuster.com, which is a site where these three guys put up some amazing modifications for PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and other sites.
As a little preview, check out the table below, it&#8217;s using the &#8220;Raven No Images&#8221; theme which is a little dark [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/tiltbuster/new-themes-from-tiltbuster-com/</link>
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		<title>This is Why I Set Aside 60 Buy-ins</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, the last post couldn&#8217;t have been more prophetic.  I had one of my worst sessions results wise at 100nl in a very long time.  It&#8217;s not devastating but it&#8217;s tough to lose 4 buy-ins in a session no matter what game or stakes you are at.  It always stings a little more when you have just [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/100nl/this-is-why-i-set-aside-60-buy-ins/</link>
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		<title>Why Bankroll Management is Important in Poker</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to tell you the story of a groundhog.  You all know one and chances are, we&#8217;ve all been one at one point in our poker career whether you are a recreational player or seasoned professional.  A groundhog pops out of his hole and sees a shadow, then dives right back to where he [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/100nl/why-bankroll-management-is-important-in-poker/</link>
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		<title>Goals to Achieve by the End of Feb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just got two goals to hit by the end of this month and they are both volume based (good thing cause I&#8217;m going through another fun rough stretch).

565 VPPs until I unlock another $50 Stellar Reward.
1248 VPPs to achieve Platinum Star.

At 50nl FR, that would mean I need 3,531 hands to get the stellar reward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/pokerstars/goals-to-achieve-by-the-end-of-feb-28th/</link>
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		<title>Vegas Recap &amp; NAPT Impressions</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Poker in Vegas!
My wife felt a little guilty realizing that her plans wouldn&#8217;t allow me to play any poker during our trip, so she said she&#8217;d love to go shopping at the complex at Planet Hollywood and I could play some cash game poker for 2-3 hours.  Awesome wife.  I sat down right before noon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://icemonkey9.com/pokerstars/vegas-recap-napt-impressions/</link>
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