Thursday, August 28, 2008
Upstate New York and NL poker
I am near Syracuse, NY for the weekend. I am posting this with the new wordpress app for iPhone. Nice to get some rest. I have been playing a lot of NL recently with wildly different results. I started off on UB with the idea that a lot of the good players are gone, which for the most part is
Thursday, July 31, 2008
America gets Hinkle'd (WSOP spoiler)
One of my buddies playing in the main event was at the table with one of the Hinkle's and it was hilarious listening to him berate them.  In case you missed Tuesday nights airing of the WSOP Grant Hinkle wins, with his mom and brother in tow (his brother later goes on to win a WSOP bracelet). 
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008
Paul Pierce at the Bellagio with no shirt on
Now I totally get it that Paul Pierce owns the world at the moment and has every right to gloat.  And also there are so many celebrity types at the Bellagio and around Vegas that this would warrant no consideration.  Except that when you are walking with no shirt on early in the morning it has a
Thursday, May 01, 2008
Shocked
By in large the news about the WSOP delaying the final table until November has been received poorly, which shocks me on multiple levels. 1. I realize people are averse to change but it should not take a brain surgeon to realize that ESPN has some clue of what they are doing. 2. Start of
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Do not whine when you are broke
This is a summary of a typical conversation that I have often, it is not verbatim but it is close. Yesterday a friend Instant Messaged me and said "I am done with XYZ poker".  Now I knew that this guy used to play fairly small but once they won a tournament everything changed.  All of a