Archive for April 2008
And it was good.
So very soon I get a new, hopefully permanent office. I currently work either at home, where I have poor output because I refuse to be dismissive of my son when he comes into my office, or at Starbucks where you can’t hear me on the phone because of their music, or downtown in an…
Read MoreFunniest thing I heard all day
Some of you know that I take my poker game very seriously. I’ve been working for four years on my game, through books, occasional coaches, analysis, and tons of practice. I recently picked up a new poker coach and he said something that I found hysterical. "If you enter the pot and your opponents aren’t…
Read MoreCrushing the $3/$6 tables
It being his birthday, I’m going to give my buddy Chris Hannigan an unusual present. I’m going to freely admit now that in the past, when I said, "You can’t make money at $3/$6 limit poker", I was full of crap. Chris always disagreed with me. I dropped down to the $3/$6 tables the other…
Read MoreMy first 90 days of an iPhone
I traded my Cingular 8125 (an HTC product based around Windows Mobile) for an Apple iPhone. Despite the fact that the 8125 perfectly integrates with my Microsoft Exchange server and my iPhone does not, I’m thrilled with the switch. Here’s a quick summary of my behavior changes and what I like about the new phone.…
Read MoreNap + Kidtime + Dogs + Wife = good
Last Saturday was one of those litmus days for what kind of person you are. I woke up with Moishe and took him to the Chinese bakery for dim sum for breakfast and some gear from the hardware store for some home improvement projects. Then we came home and Sarah woke up, cobbled together something…
Read MoreO’Shea’s Casino and the Vegas Carnival
When I say Vegas is like a carnival, it was never more obvious to me than at O’Shea’s casino. I was sitting at a $1/$2 no limit table, waiting for the poker tournament to start. I had just cracked a guy’s Aces with 76o and two pair when I saw a "little person" walk by…
Read MoreVegas recap
I’ll post the third day wrapup later, but the upshot on Vegas is that I made a total net of $544 on tournament wins, and I lost net $158 on the cash games I played waiting for tournaments to start, or waiting for Tim or Katie to finish a tourney they were in. Those are…
Read MoreSafdar Poker Tournament Boot Camp, Day Two
Today was also a lot of fun though less lucrative. 9am: Rio $35+rebuys tournament, came in 2nd out of 10 for prize of $304After an attempt to hit the 8am Stratosphere tournament, we discovered it didn’t exist and went to Rio for the 9am $35 NL. After I buy rebuys and addons repeatedly, I was…
Read MoreI’m looking forward to Gus Hansen’s upcoming book: Every Hand Revealed
"Every Hand Revealed" is a hand-by-hand explanation of how he won a multi-day tournament. The technique of recording every hand with a pocket tape recorder is just as interesting to me as what I’m likely to learn about his thinking throughout the tournament. I am a little self-conscious of the fact that I’ve got three…
Read MoreSafdar Poker Tournament Boot Camp, Day One
(Some of the terms in this post refer to the concept of "M" from Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie’s seminal 3 volume set on poker tournament strategy. When sitting in a tournament, "M" is the cost to sit at the table for one orbit, and includes both blinds and the antes. Depending on your M,…
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