Miscellany
March 20, 2008
- Let’s say, hypothetically of course, that you’ve just had a brake job done on your car. As soon as you leave the dealership with those new brakes, you hear a sound coming from the front tires that you haven’t heard ever before. What do you do? Do …
Good online poker news in Sweden
March 20, 2008
Before you get too excited, no the Swedish Chef isn’t making a comeback to prime time… That WOULD be exciting!But it looks like the Swedes have decided to ease up on online poker, which is good news.For some time the sneaky Swedish government has bee…
Workin the Wii
March 19, 2008
Congratulations to Chippy McStacks for taking down this week’s Skills Series event. In what, 9 or 10 Skill Series tournaments this year, yours truly still has yet to pick up even one measly bounty. That’s right. I haven’t eliminated nary a soul from…
2008 Five Star WPT Championship Coming to Bellagio
March 18, 2008
Tuesday, April 1st, will see the start of satellites for the first event of the Sixth Annual Five Star World Poker Classic at the Bellagio on the Las Vegas strip. A $2,000 NLHE contest kicks off the 5 Star tournament on Wednesday, April 2nd. Events run throughout the month and concludes with the final table of the $25,000 WPT No-Limit Hold’em Championship on April 26. This is the big one so expect to see all of the pros, semi-pros, hopefuls and the hopeless gathered at the luxurious resort for one of poker’s top premier events. The events will be under the guidance of Tournament Director, Tom McClelland, the man that invented and perfected the tournament director position. We always have a good time covering events at the Bellagio and appreciate the support they provide to the scribes and picture takers delivering the events to the world through the magic of the Internet.
MATH Recap, Sickness Recovering, and WSOP ME Satellite
March 17, 2008
As Monday evening rolled around at the Hammer House, I was still feeling kinda sick after a weekend of the flu. I had gone to work in the morning on Monday but ended up heading back home for the afternoon where I was on back-to-back calls in what prov…
Travel Prep
March 17, 2008
Looks as though the family and I will be making our semi-annual trek to visit my parents down in Florida on Friday. I’ve told the Mrs. that we can go out one night to the dog track / poker room where she can “practice” for her upcoming trip to Vegas. …
Best Day Ever!!
March 17, 2008
Well, I obviously didn’t win any tournaments on Wednesday night since I didn’t post on Thursday. I played a total of 8 tournaments, and cashed in 3 of them (Including the Mookie). They were all baby cashes, with the best one only doubling my buy-in (Th…