Book Review: Basic Economics
"Basic Economics" has to be one of the worst titles ever developed for a book that contains so much useful information. Actually the full title is "Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to…
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A Bad Beat . . . That I Wasn't On The Losing End Of
For once, a bad beat I was happy to lay down on someone else. :-) Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ad. UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, Hero…
Read the articleThe Tournament Streak Continues
Mom always used to say that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all. Luckily for me, she never said anything about just walking up and punching them in…
Read the articleDo you think you're improving?
I hope that after I die, people will say of me: "That guy sure owed me a lot of money." --Jack Handey HDouble from The Cards Speak recently asked commented on one of my posts tracking…
Read the articleI'm Famous
My amigo, Marcello, just sent me this photo from his recent trip to Eastern Europe. Some research has uncovered that "Rini" means "Push" in Slovene. Strange considering the orgin of the…
Read the articleAnother Tournament at The Bicycle Casino
Despite my less than spectacular performance earlier this week at the Bike NL tournament I wanted to give it another shot. I entered Friday night's $25 +$5 NL Hold 'Em tournament. I was…
Read the articleThe Poker Gods Speaketh
Last night was a very strange evening. I had originally transferred $100 into my Empire account a few months ago when I opened the account and, for the most part, had forgotten about it.…
Read the articleHow Rich Are You?
I ran across an interesting site that I thought I would throw out there. It's called the Global Rich List and it claims to compare your salary against the world population. For instance,…
Read the articleMy First Live Tournament
I wish I had an exciting story to tell from my first live tournamnet but it was pretty much a pre-break bust. I played in the Bicycle $20 +$5 NL Hold 'Em tournament last night and busted…
Read the articleNo Karma Points At The Bike
I previously posted about a game last Sat. night at Hollywood Park where I split the pot with another player when the dealer had screwed up and mucked her hand. I was hoping for some…
Read the articleJust a bunch of stuff . . .
I forgot to mention during my Chaos at Commerce post that at the table over from me this guy just took a major digger. All of a sudden this guy just hits the floor and he's out cold.…
Read the articleFish Spotting Tip #104
I'm killing some time playing $1/$2 on Paradise and this guy sits down with $525. When you sit down at the Paradise table it gives you a choice of the recommended $40 (which is the…
Read the articleChaos at Commerce
A buddy of mine who has never really played "real" poker before wanted to go play so we scheduled a trip to Commerce Casino Friday night. He brought an out of town friend with him who…
Read the articleYou're Going To Jail
That's right. If you play online poker, the terrorists win. Actually, I'm posting this in response to an IM session with a buddy (who I shall allow to remain nameless). He said he wanted…
Read the articleWhat Does A Pro Earn?
Special Report Click here to find out how you can make a living playing poker Fortune Small Business (FSB) has a one pager in their print mag about Annie Duke. It was a pretty…
Read the articleCelebrity Poker Disappoints
Well, last week I spoke enthusiastically about the new season of Celebrity Poker. This week they went back to their previous format of medicore poker playing. Tonight's players were…
Read the articleLookout For The UniFish
I'm a little surprised more poker bloggers haven't written about last night's WPT Invitational. It was one of the most bizzare games I've seen that wasn't online. That Unibomber kid,…
Read the articleSome Tourney Advice . . . Anyone?
Hey, I'm throwing this out there to see if anybody has any general comments or advice. I've been playing a lot of SnG and Multi-Table tournaments lately and I do pretty well with the…
Read the articleTrying Something Out
It's been kind of funny that lately I've been having a good run with the SnG games but my cash game run has been pretty poor. I went back and looked at what I was doing and I think I've…
Read the articleSpeaking of Table Chatter
Earlier I posted about Wanda Sykes' table banter on the Celebrity Poker show. It started me thinking about interesting table chatter I've heard watching the WPT. The one that seemed to…
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