This is not a man with a blog.
…but it starts at 11am. now we have to kill time…
i’m all setup to live blog. i’ll be writing about hands at the table to keep me focused. i’ve got to get breakfst and then i’m off to the rio.
The Paris casino, which is adjacent and attached to Bally’s, are both owned by Harrah’s. In fact the software that runs the poker rooms is linked so that if you’re in Bally’s, you can sign up and see what games are running in Paris and vice versa. The Paris therefore has become a poker tournament…
I was sitting at the Sahara poker room’s 7pm tournament when the player in the 6 seat, clad in Yankees garb, started berating us all for our sucky play. "If you guys hadn’t sucked out on me I’d have about 17,000 in chips right now." I ignored his Hellmuth-ian tantrum and started fiddling with my…
Spoiler alert: Syriana. Don’t read this post if you’re going to see the movie. A few nights ago Sarah and I watched "Syriana". Watching the child get electrocuted in the pool was horrifying. Sarah couldn’t watch and I kept rubbing my face in my hands hoping it would be over. As the scene ended I…
I’ve spent the last 5-6 months honing my tournament game. This wasn’t because I’m going to play in a baby $1,000 event this week. I’m always studying poker, and I treat tournament skill like a muscle, you’ve got to use it and exercise it to improve it. At the same time I didn’t want to…
I’ve written many times about the Big Game. Today Katie hooked me up with a much bigger game, though I don’t think I really have the bankroll (or the financial base) to play in it. It’s basically $100/$200 spread limit. During the first rounds of betting, all the bets can be up to $100. In…
"Why can’t your workers be your workers, your friends be your friends, and your family be your family? Why do you have to complicate things?" -Ed Truck, "The Office" (US Version, Season 2)
I shoulder surfed a guy reading a paper on this topic on the metro. It begs the question, “is there even such a thing as pleasant monetarist arithmetic?”
I confess that I’m a little more tickled by retro space invaders jokes than other people at this moment, since Sarah’s knitting something for me with a space invaders alien on it. This is pretty funny though, and I think you’ll enjoy it.