Category Archives: Poker
Poker and Mefi
An interesting sequence of events this morning… I had just started my morning sisyphean struggle to empty my ‘daily’ folder in Bloglines. Boing Boing, Lifehacker, Slashdot, Tao of Poker, A List Apart, etc., etc. Metafilter had a post titled “Viral … Continue reading
Quick Hitters
Facty finished 4th in a $1 mtt on paradise yesterday that started with 988 players! Its her best finish in an online mtt ever. Show her some love. Joe Speaker quit smoking. show him some love. Since the blogger comment … Continue reading
Charlie Tuttle
I’m adding my voice to the chorus asking all interested parties to take part in Charlie’s tournament on Pokerstars Sunday. I just got some money into stars and signed up. I was surprised to learn that I was only #34. … Continue reading
Book Review: The Professor, The Banker And The Suicide King
One of my Father’s Day gifts was The Professor, The Banker, And The Suicide King. If you follow the poker world at all, you know about Andy Beal and “the corporation” put together by Doyle Brunson. The book goes behind … Continue reading
WPBT.062005.3
First off, be sure to send your karma toward Cinncinati, Ohio and the blogfather. He and the family need it at the moment. Second, as long as I wait, these trip reports don’t seem to be writing themselves. Guess I’ll … Continue reading
WSOP Coverage
The bad part about Dr. Pauly killing himself to bring us all WSOP updates is that we are deprived of his blogger tourney writeups. Help make that sacrifice worth it, check out the Tao of Poker for regular updates direct … Continue reading
WPBT.062005.2
Previous: Airports and conspiracies. It took lkim all of about 4 seconds to find me once I got through the door at the Plaza and went to check in. We dropped our bags in the room and decided that if … Continue reading
WPBT.062005.1
“You know, in retrospect, the luggage scene was really fascinating.” – Tom ServoRather than the minute-by-minute play-by-play, I’m going to try to go stream-of-consciousness while (as always) maximizing hyphens (and parenthesis). 1% notes, 99% memory. Roughly chronological: Friday afternoon is … Continue reading
…survived
I’m back and recovering and the brain dump with be along shortly.
Pre-Vegas Roundup
Lots of other things to talk about, but time is short. One quick note about Memorial Day. I’m not the most gung-ho, patriotic person around. But Memorial Day is a little different for me because of my grandfather. The story … Continue reading





