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'BLAZING GUNS' wound two in Franklin County shoot-out
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http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5021091/
'Blazing guns' wound two in Franklin County shoot-out
Posted: Apr. 24 5:02 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 24 11:11 p.m.
Gunmen dressed as police officers burst into a house in the Pilot community in southern Franklin County, sparking a shoot-out that injured two people late Wednesday, authorities said.
WATCH VIDEOFranklin County shoot-out injures two
Investigators said that a man was standing on the front porch of a house in the 8300 block of N.C. Highway 39 making a personal call on a cell phone around 9 p.m. when two gunmen approached him.
"One had a police hat on, handcuffs and a badge, dressed in dark clothing," said Capt. Tim Strickland, with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
The gunmen held the man at gunpoint and then burst into the house, planning to rob those inside, investigators said.
"It's just like the old saying 'Guns blazing.' That's how they went inside," Strickland.
WATCH VIDEOSurveillance video of Franklin County shoot-out
A surveillance camera over the front door, though, had already alerted those inside the house that gunmen were outside.
"The patrons on the inside can actually see what's going on on the outside, so they knew they were getting robbed," Strickland said. "Once the door flew open, one of the robbers screamed, 'This is a robbery.' One of the patrons said, 'No, it's not,' and they started exchanging gunfire."
One of the robbers was shot in the shoulder during the shoot-out, and the surveillance video shows the gunmen quickly running out of the house soon after they entered it.
They chased down one man in the parking lot and shot him in the buttocks, Strickland said. Authorities believe the gunmen made off with about $2,000 from that victim.
The victim was treated and released from at a hospital. Investigators contacted local hospitals, but none reported treating any other patients with gunshot wounds.
Investigators said that poker games might have been going on at the house. Tables were set up in the house when deputies arrived, but no cards or money were present.
"It's pretty secluded. We don't even know how they found out about the place," Strickland said.
Investigators said that they are treating the property owners as victims and that their priority is identifying gunmen posing as cops.
"This probably wasn't their first trip. These guys are dangerous. They're not afraid of firing a weapon," Strickland said.
Reporter: Dan Bowens
Photographer: Greg Hutchinson
Web Editor: Anne Johnson
Copied from www.wral.com
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5021091/
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5021091/
'Blazing guns' wound two in Franklin County shoot-out
Posted: Apr. 24 5:02 p.m.
Updated: Apr. 24 11:11 p.m.
Gunmen dressed as police officers burst into a house in the Pilot community in southern Franklin County, sparking a shoot-out that injured two people late Wednesday, authorities said.
WATCH VIDEOFranklin County shoot-out injures two
Investigators said that a man was standing on the front porch of a house in the 8300 block of N.C. Highway 39 making a personal call on a cell phone around 9 p.m. when two gunmen approached him.
"One had a police hat on, handcuffs and a badge, dressed in dark clothing," said Capt. Tim Strickland, with the Franklin County Sheriff's Office.
The gunmen held the man at gunpoint and then burst into the house, planning to rob those inside, investigators said.
"It's just like the old saying 'Guns blazing.' That's how they went inside," Strickland.
WATCH VIDEOSurveillance video of Franklin County shoot-out
A surveillance camera over the front door, though, had already alerted those inside the house that gunmen were outside.
"The patrons on the inside can actually see what's going on on the outside, so they knew they were getting robbed," Strickland said. "Once the door flew open, one of the robbers screamed, 'This is a robbery.' One of the patrons said, 'No, it's not,' and they started exchanging gunfire."
One of the robbers was shot in the shoulder during the shoot-out, and the surveillance video shows the gunmen quickly running out of the house soon after they entered it.
They chased down one man in the parking lot and shot him in the buttocks, Strickland said. Authorities believe the gunmen made off with about $2,000 from that victim.
The victim was treated and released from at a hospital. Investigators contacted local hospitals, but none reported treating any other patients with gunshot wounds.
Investigators said that poker games might have been going on at the house. Tables were set up in the house when deputies arrived, but no cards or money were present.
"It's pretty secluded. We don't even know how they found out about the place," Strickland said.
Investigators said that they are treating the property owners as victims and that their priority is identifying gunmen posing as cops.
"This probably wasn't their first trip. These guys are dangerous. They're not afraid of firing a weapon," Strickland said.
Reporter: Dan Bowens
Photographer: Greg Hutchinson
Web Editor: Anne Johnson
Copied from www.wral.com
http://www.wral.com/news/local/story/5021091/
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
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Friday, April 17, 2009
To play them all or specialize in just a few...
There was a response, and advice, to my post from earlier today and it got me thinking about rather to specialize or diversify. The writer didn't say not to diversify but said to specialize for 6 months on one game before moving on but he also mentioned to primarily focus on PLO and NLHE. Games come and go but poker will always be here and by specializing in just the hottest games around limits your long term growth and ability to adapt however mastering the hot games allows you to earn (hopefully) massive profits short term. To me the downside of only fully grasping just a couple of games (at just one time) is that your game selection and pool of dead money shrinks at certain levels. Obviously you're going to have fish play but they're harder to find as you move up and you're dependent on them short term bc either they'll get better, not play you or just quit the game completely. This is for any game at any level rather it be NLHE, PLO, heads up, full ring, razz, or whatever the game may be, you're solely dependent on the need for a wave of constantly new players to play against bc if you're good and specialize at just a few games, after a while you'll either win everyone's money or there will be no one to play against bc they fear you. One point that I should make is that this argument is based on playing mid to higher stakes which already have a smaller pool of players. If someone is willing to grind out 1/2, 2/4, even maybe up to 10/20 (which I think is starting to push it somewhat) then there will always be enough weaker players to be profitable, as long as those games are popular but here's the thing, everyone else is focusing on just hold'em and plo too so the games are getting harder by the day and you have to be very selective about when and where you play and most players are not willing to step down in stakes and play with the same focus and edge as they would at their normal levels.
Sidenote: Let me point out that the writer's advice, from his experience if he had to do it all over again, is to take 6 months and focus on one game only. The only problem I see is that once you get that far into a game and start building your bankroll you really have little interest in branching out to learn and play other games since you'll have to drop down in stakes to learn the game without risking too much.
On the other hand if you build an even foundation of playing all games at certain levels, understanding them and growing as you move up in stakes it not only allows you to have a more broader game choice but makes you better at every other game you play by understanding more concepts and understanding far more situations. That's not to say that if you start playing PLO and it just click's inside you that you should not move up and be as profitable as possible. Oh and btw, just bc you win doesn't mean that you're playing it right. So many times someone may go on a sick heater and just crush the game and before too long they start losing and don't understand why. Luck got them there, but understanding the game and having skills are far behind them. Anyway back to topic...if a player can learn various forms of poker then he should have an advantage over a specialist when it comes to game selection. Let's say I sit down online or go to a local game or a casino, the first thing I am going to do is look around and see where the juiciest games are at. I am able to pick chose from a multitude of options that will make me more profitable with less risk to my bankroll. As I type this I'm skimming over the games at PokerStars and right now seeing 12 tables of FLHE filled with regulars, the NLHE 2/4 & 3/6 is filled with grinders, the heads up NL tables just have sharks waiting for prey, there's just a few open sits on the PLO tables starting at 1/2 (which has some very nice stacks up there so its very tempting to sit down and play there), the O8 tables are filled with novice players it looks like by just glancing at the names and stats, the razz 1/2 & 5/10 tables are split between solid and poor players, i got a hard on looking at the 5/10 badugi table bc I know that just a couple of those guys are regulars and the others are really making some very bad plays, and on triple draw it looks pretty lame right now. From all of this I can sit down and pick and choose from an 100+ tables.
I should also mention that the absolute biggest factor in whatever a player decides to do is personal preference. Some players may be focused on short term domination and profits, others may be focused on playing a ton of hands and tables and be robots since they know what their roi is and the more hands/tables they play the more they make. Others may not care at all and just want to play cards. Some may just want to learn as much as possible. There really is no wrong answer but if you put a deck of cards in front of me, rather it be heads up, 6 max, a full table, mtt, sng, gin, gin rummy, free cell, solitaire, baseball, 357, I don't care just give me some cards and a game to play I can do it. I just want to play cards. To me when you look at who the great poker players are they all can play any game.
Understand that this wasn't a direct response to wait the writer said but a spin off what concepts that he and myself touched on. So what advice do you have? What are your thoughts?
Let's Play!
Sidenote: Let me point out that the writer's advice, from his experience if he had to do it all over again, is to take 6 months and focus on one game only. The only problem I see is that once you get that far into a game and start building your bankroll you really have little interest in branching out to learn and play other games since you'll have to drop down in stakes to learn the game without risking too much.
On the other hand if you build an even foundation of playing all games at certain levels, understanding them and growing as you move up in stakes it not only allows you to have a more broader game choice but makes you better at every other game you play by understanding more concepts and understanding far more situations. That's not to say that if you start playing PLO and it just click's inside you that you should not move up and be as profitable as possible. Oh and btw, just bc you win doesn't mean that you're playing it right. So many times someone may go on a sick heater and just crush the game and before too long they start losing and don't understand why. Luck got them there, but understanding the game and having skills are far behind them. Anyway back to topic...if a player can learn various forms of poker then he should have an advantage over a specialist when it comes to game selection. Let's say I sit down online or go to a local game or a casino, the first thing I am going to do is look around and see where the juiciest games are at. I am able to pick chose from a multitude of options that will make me more profitable with less risk to my bankroll. As I type this I'm skimming over the games at PokerStars and right now seeing 12 tables of FLHE filled with regulars, the NLHE 2/4 & 3/6 is filled with grinders, the heads up NL tables just have sharks waiting for prey, there's just a few open sits on the PLO tables starting at 1/2 (which has some very nice stacks up there so its very tempting to sit down and play there), the O8 tables are filled with novice players it looks like by just glancing at the names and stats, the razz 1/2 & 5/10 tables are split between solid and poor players, i got a hard on looking at the 5/10 badugi table bc I know that just a couple of those guys are regulars and the others are really making some very bad plays, and on triple draw it looks pretty lame right now. From all of this I can sit down and pick and choose from an 100+ tables.
I should also mention that the absolute biggest factor in whatever a player decides to do is personal preference. Some players may be focused on short term domination and profits, others may be focused on playing a ton of hands and tables and be robots since they know what their roi is and the more hands/tables they play the more they make. Others may not care at all and just want to play cards. Some may just want to learn as much as possible. There really is no wrong answer but if you put a deck of cards in front of me, rather it be heads up, 6 max, a full table, mtt, sng, gin, gin rummy, free cell, solitaire, baseball, 357, I don't care just give me some cards and a game to play I can do it. I just want to play cards. To me when you look at who the great poker players are they all can play any game.
Understand that this wasn't a direct response to wait the writer said but a spin off what concepts that he and myself touched on. So what advice do you have? What are your thoughts?
Let's Play!
Starting to play again....
Well its that time of year again. The birds are chirping, the days are warmer, the sun stays out longer which means it time to stay inside and play online again...lol! I've had to take a break from playing anywhere due to personal reasons but I am ready to start playing again. During this hiatus I've been doing a ton of studying and learning about really focusing on my game and being able to hopefully become a profitable player again online. One big change from last year is that I'm going to start grinding low limit sit and go's which will hopefully be the smart way to build up my bankroll. I've joined a coaching site, Deuces Cracked which has really helped me find some leaks in my sng game and will allow me to play more tables which in turn will increase my bankroll. Also, I've also gotten my hands on a tracking program that I can break down my badugi and triple draw 2-7 hands which has been very helpful too. Plus I plan to get back to playing S8 and Razz again which I was pretty solid at and add Stud so that I can play in the weekly HORSE tournaments since the fields are so small with a top heavy payout structure.
With all of this going on, I just hope I don't push myself too soon too fast. Guess there's only one way to find out! Let's Play!
With all of this going on, I just hope I don't push myself too soon too fast. Guess there's only one way to find out! Let's Play!
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