Keith A. Carangelo
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I am a
software engineer
with twenty years experience developing
real-time applications for a number of different industries.
I have worked on medical and military embedded systems
and distributed applications in storage, networking, and monitoring.
I am also a
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with national clients. I specialize
in solving issues with existing sites; giving a professional
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Hand history files, like computer programs, are notoriously difficult to read.
Software developers use syntax coloring to highlight keywords and contrast
different sections of code. I’ve developed a syntax definition file for the
Vim editor that colors both Poker Stars
and Full Tilt Poker hand history files.
Installation instructions can be found at the beginning of the file.
Installing the syntax file is fairly straightforward, especially for anyone
who has used Vim before. Feel free to experiment with the colors, and
let me know if you come up with better.
View or download handhistory.vim hand history syntax coloring for the Vim editor.
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Last Updated: Thu, 29 Jan 2009
I’m not going to the 2006 World Series of Poker after all… at least
not on the Miller Brewing Company’s dime. The last two MBL tournaments
were held this weekend. I never got going in the second tournament,
finishing in 371st. But I actually lead briefly in the first tournament
with 182 players left!
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Last Updated: Mon, 06 Mar 2006
So I’ve been logging-in to the Milwaukee’s Best website every day for the
past couple of weeks. For six Sundays, they have a 400-500 person NLHE
tournament. The top 100 finishers each week get a set of poker chips, and
the winner gets an entry into the 2006 World Series of Poker Main Event!
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Last Updated: Wed, 08 Feb 2006
Is there ever a time when you should call an all-in with cards that
are, shall we say, sub-optimal? Check out this hand from a tournament
I played on New Year’s Day.
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Last Updated: Tue, 24 Jan 2006
Pocket Kings are a great hand. At least until an Ace comes out on the
flop. Here’s a couple of hands that still make me laugh out loud when
I go back over them.
Our setting is a Poker Stars 2-table SNG. It’s down to the final four,
so we’re all in the money. I’m the short stack, so I’m ready to do
some gambling.
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Last Updated: Thu, 22 Dec 2005
The older the player, the higher the kicker.
- From Up for Poker blog entry,
“Lessons Learned”
I was warned about A-x. They told me it was trash in Super System, but
some lessons need to be learned the hard way.
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
In this tournament, I learned a valuable lesson in poker etiquette.
Only I’m not sure what etiquette is called for in the situation. And
it probably is more of a strategy issue than etiquette. Anyway, it
was the first time another player actually swore at me.
We pick up this tournament on the last hand played out on two tables.
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
I played three poker tournaments last night, and all three turned out to
be very interesting. Of course, they were interesting in the ways that
I lost all three. In these two tournaments, I learned the disasters that
befall those who slow-play two pair.
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
A friend asked me how my poker playing was going. I replied that I had
a chance to win the low-level SnG’s “when I got the cards”. It sounds
like a silly thing to say, but my theory is that you need skill to
legitimately compete in a tournament, but you need luck to actually
win.
Below is my first attempt to quantify the quality of my starting hands
for a given tournament. Try to guess which one I actually won:
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
It’s always a good idea to go back and review your play. But
sometimes, the mistakes hurt worse the second time around. I
can’t believe some of the mistakes I made on Monday.
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
It’s a poker truism: with pocket Aces, you’ll either win a small pot or
lose a large one. Here’s an example where I slow-play the darned things
and get burned.
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Last Updated: Fri, 16 Dec 2005
