A New Season of Celebrity Poker
I just caught an episode of Celebrity Poker from the new season and if the rest of the season is anything like this show . . . I'm going to be watching. Last season was disappointing.…
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The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes
Back in January when I was studying for the PMP Exam, I volunteered to help on the PMI's Program and Portfolio Management Standards project. The goal was to construct a body of knowledge…
Read the articleStop Your Whining
From CardPlayer.com: "Gallagher limped in with pocket fives in a multiway pot, and managed to keep his cool as the flop came 7-5-5 . He checked his quads, there were a few other checks,…
Read the articleMore SNG Action
Wow, I really felt in the groove tonight. Only had time for one game but I just sat back and hit the monster hands at all the right times. Here was my favorite hand of the match:…
Read the articleYou Win Some, You Lose Some
I tried my hand at the SNG tables again tonight. Did pretty well and took 3rd place in my first game. Feeling a little cocky I decided to pony up to the the multi-table NL tourney being…
Read the articleBack To The Virtual Tables
I've been pretty busy the last couple of weeks which means that I haven't seen much poker action. Other than the tournament last week I haven't played for about two full weeks. That dry…
Read the articleDavid Ross' First 52 Weeks
Since I always enjoy reading David Ross' articles on the TwoPlusTwo forums I thought I would assemble the first year of his postings here. It's mostly for my benefit as a quick reference…
Read the articleSuper Bowl of Poker Photos Published
I may never get around to writing a full report on the May Superbowl of Poker but the long and short of it is that I didn't take home any money. Out of a starting pool of 36 players I…
Read the articleSome Sites of Note
Some of you who have been coming here a while might have noted a certain commenter going by the name initials MEP. Well, MEP has his own poker blog now. Knowing MEP, I'm guessing some…
Read the articleDiver Down Follow Up
I recently posted about scuba diver, Dan Carlock, who was left stranded in the water after a recent dive. Someone forwarded to me a press release sent out by the company who was…
Read the articleMy First B&M Casino Loss
Finally made it out for some live casino action at the Commerce Casino Friday night. Zengy IM'd me Friday afternoon and we agreed to meet up at Commerce around 9pm. Zengy beat me there…
Read the articleHey, I Know That Guy!
As I've mentioned previously, I'm a scuba diving fanatic. In fact, as a hobby, I teach scuba diving and am a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer. A friend emailed me this link to a story…
Read the articleThe Game I Decided Not To Play
I was swapping emails with my friend Mark this weekend and it reminded me of a poker game I once passed up. I was in Bangkok hanging out in a bar with a group of locals (some Westerner…
Read the articleWhat was your turning point?
Most things that take skill and mastery often come with an "Aha!" type moment where one can look back and point to an event, piece of knowledge, or lesson that marked a major turning…
Read the articleArg!
Well, I guess I knew that I couldn't do 40BB every night on Empire but man, what a tough night. I still walked away with a win over my two Empire sessions so I'm not crying too loudly…
Read the articleI've sold my soul
Tonight I started playing the Empire Poker tables. I've had a very, very good experience at Paradise and a so-so experience at Party (nothing to do with Party, it was totally my run of…
Read the articlePoker Tourney Photos Now Available
Though mostly of interest to those who played in last week's poker tourney, the photos have been uploaded and available for your viewing pleasure.
Read the articleNot Getting Tweaked
Chis Halverson has a post about a string of bad cards he's been experiencing. Almost makes me glad I've been too busy to hit the tables much lately. The one piece of advice I would offer…
Read the articleTourney Ideas
After the other night's tourney, we got some feedback and I thought I would throw it out there to the general poker community for some thoughts. Basically, it was a $50 buyin with $25…
Read the articleAnd the winners are . . .
Here's the email my buddy (and co-host) Zengy sent out announcing the winners from last nights tourney: Hello All- All I can say is "Holy Shit!" Last night's tournament was the best we…
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