Ugh
I think I just played the worst 2 hours of poker of my entire night. I knew my opponent had me beat, but I called him down anyways. I refused to believe that
March 2004
28 posts
Monday Night
I just got back from volleyball - we squeaked out a win at the end - and I'm exhausted. Unfortunately, that means my anxiously awaited post about Sunday's PJK
PJK tourney
Sunday night was the main event. It was the first weekly PJK Tournament organized by the lovely Felicia and I was nervous and excited. I had just had an abyss
Home again, home again
I just got back from my California business trip last night. Started off great with a drive up the coast from San Francisco, before we turned back east to Peta
Weekend woes
After my friend left Saturday I dove into the pools at Party to try my luck at 1/2. Apparently that was a bad idea and over the course of a long night I manage
Friday night poker
Well, I finished a disappointing 12th in my bi-weekly PLHE tournament. The pace of play was excrutiatingly slow, with many players chatting it up or paying mor
Truly Up
Was feeling a little bit under the weather again, but the tables at True and the last of my bonus deposit were beckoning. Unfortunately, the holes in my game t
Tuesday
I've now officially been on my diet for a full week. I've lost 8 pounds, but that is just weight I've put on since my last push. And the weight always comes o
Taking the plunge
Well, tonight was the night. After squaring away some work I brought home, I started up True Poker to take my chances at my new 1$/2$ limit. First thing I n
Choice Freeroll
I'd like to officially thank The Poker Hermit and Grubby for their words on Choice Poker. I'm 143 dollars richer thanks to their advice. First was the 23$ fro
Name change
I started this site with the name tp's tidbits for lack of a better idea when I first threw things together. I wasn't really happy with it, but I figured since
WBT II redux
UPDATED: Well, I'm a lot closer than I was, but there are still some holes. I have the names of all but one player (assuming Boygza was Boy Genius) and I'm on
Good weekend
Well, it's official, I just topped the 400$ profit mark(418.49 to be exact) across my various accounts, so I've finally met the requirements I set to move up to
Friday
There's definitely something about the green felt of Party that is good for me. I had another good night yesterday, really focusing on just one table and putti
Choice Poker
Per the advice of The Poker Hermit by way of Grubby I signed up for Choice Poker to try to qualify for their $1000 freeroll on Sunday. There's even a nice 20%
WBT II @ TruePoker revisited
What a hectic day I've been having, getting stuff organized for multiple projects, running between meetings. I finally just got a few moments of my own to make
World Poker Blogger Tour II
Well, I managed to accomplish my two goals last night. I won a hand and didn't bust out first. That honour belonged to hdouble. And I won far more than one h
Another day, another dollar
Well, I think I'm on the mend, though I'm still not feeling anyhere near 100%. Hopefully I'll remain coherent enough to get through my day at the office and to
Struggle
I just had the most thoroughly miserable day. Was feeling pretty ill and I managed to drop $20 at a table in Empire over the course of an hour. I guess I shou
Struggle
I just had the most thoroughly miserable day. Was feeling pretty ill and I managed to drop $20 at a table in Empire over the course of an hour. I guess I shou
Sick and tired
Well, it seems like my cold is just getting worse. I ended up staying home from work today, but I'm feeling enough out of sorts that I'm hesitant to sit down a
Here fishy, fishy, fishy...
Looks like winter isn't quite over. Weather's been pretty nice for the past few weeks, but the snow's back today. Didn't play much poker yesterday feeling a
Friday night tourney
I'm feeling horrible this morning. I knew yesterday when I was noticing that my throat was starting to get sore that I was probably coming down with something,
Thursday
Anyone else have trouble coming up with titles for their blog posts? I usually try to think of something at least halfways clever, but sometimes nothing comes.
The wide world of poker
I had a great dinner last night at a Portugese restaurant with an old friend I hadn't seen in far too long. The BBQ chicken, roast potatoes and rice was pretty
tp at TP
I played in my Tuesday night Ultimate game last night and we won handily. Of course, the other team was short a player, so it wasn't much of a contest. But it
Monday night poker
My volleyball team handily won our game last night, so I was in a pretty good mood when I got home. After a quick shower I decided to play the rest of the hand
Wil's Odessa Room Odyssey
Wil Wheaton just posted the fourth part in his four part (1 2 3 4) serial story about his experiences at a underground poker tourney. It's really a great read