Congratulations, you made it to the weekend! Sorry I'm a little late with this week's recap. I'm hoping to get more time to post on Scorum in the next month but that hasn't happened as of yet, so I'm just trying to manage the Little @Mikey and other responsibilities first. I do plan to write some posts about losers in sports in the next couple of weeks.

Here is this week's recap post for the Little @Mikey Poker Series, which has finished its 7th week.

Quick Poker Tip

Regardless of how long you've been playing, you can always improve your game by carefully analyzing the starting hands you play. Each hand you decide to play will cost or earn you chips. When you play hands like J4 suited or 45, over the long run, you'll lose far more than you'll win. You need to carefully pick your starting hands and not get too loose with your range unless you have more than enough chips to spare and you aren't worried about your opponents gaining ground on you.

Playing loose is one of the best ways to let your opponents back in the game, and it's something I depend on when I am a short stack clawing for every chip. Tighten up your range (the starting hands you're willing to call or raise with) when a very good player is low on chips, and consider doing it in general. You need to pick your spots to play weak hands, and pick them very carefully.

What do you think about hand selection and playing medicore or weak hands?

Daily Winners This Week

Once again, we had a week where every day's winner was someone different, which we love to see! I finished in second in a tournament (Monday), but didn't take home any victories.

Monday: @Nikoskol

Tuesday: @Potplucker

Wednesday: @Lama10

Thursday: @Goldhunter1

Friday: @Leosdemond11

Final Week 5 Standings

It was a poor week for me but a great week for @leosdemond11, @lama10, and @potplucker, who all broke 20 points on the week, which is not easy to do.

#8. @Thebull (1)

#7. @Nikoskol (10)

#6. @Goldhunter1 (11)

#5. @Tadas (12)

#4. @Mikey (16)*

#3. @Leosdemond11 (20)

#2. @Lama10 (23)*

#1. @Potplucker (27)*

*Players who played in all five of the tournaments received 5 bonus points. If I am incorrect about you playing in all five or not playing in all five, please let me know below and I will change the standings. You can view results from tournaments on Scorum Poker here.

Congratulations to @potplucker for winning week 7 of the Little @Mikey Poker Series! He made sure to play in all 5 tournaments this week, which helped him hold off @lama10 from moving ahead of him for a last-second win.

Week 8 will start on Monday. Will you be the Player of the Week and win a bonus 25 SCR? You have to play to win! See you next week!