WSOP Bad Beat
June 26, 2009
Took a big bad beat this morning, when I got up early to head over to the Rio to register for WSOP Event #51 and discovered to my dismay that the f-heads who administer the Rio have done it again, they maxed out at 2700 entrants as of Friday night arou…
A New Era
June 17, 2009
It seriously is a new era for us poker bloggers.Five years ago when I first started really getting into poker blogs and eventually poker blogging, we were basically a bunch of misfits and geeks who had a good time getting to know each other while talki…
My Secret Obsession
June 15, 2009
I think I am obsessed with the New York Mets.I’m serious. I just can’t help it. It’s like the proverbial car wreck when you drive past it on the highway — I just can’t help but pay attention to the biggest bunch of bums I’ve seen in New York sports in…
Atlantic City Tournament Report
May 5, 2009
Despite a driving rain that threatened to sap my will to drive for 3 hours each way to play a poker tournament in Atlantic City this weekend, I decided to press on with my decision to go on Saturday night, both out of my wanting to play live for the fi…
Vegas in New York, and Vegas in Vegas
April 27, 2009
Wow. It’s kinda like the weather this weekend in New York City might be some oddly delayed reenactment of hell freezing over following my winning of the Mookie a couple of weeks back and then last week tying the record (I think) for being the longest-r…
Friday Thoughts
March 13, 2009
OMG I am getting crushed at work this week. Sorry for the lack of posting, but that’s the culprit right there. But I did want to weigh in with some random thoughts here for a Friday heading into a long-awaited weekend for me after as many hours as I ha…
The 2009 World Series of Poker
January 28, 2009
Wow. I got nailed out of nowhere there with basically a 36-hour bug of some kind this week. I woke up a couple of mornings ago after having felt a little off my game the night before, only I was so gross in the morning I couldn’t even consider trying…