Goodbye Card Club
I still living in exile but I needed to make a post this weekend to congratulate Sean, Brent and the boys on a great 84 episode run on Card Club on Lord Admiral
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No WPBT Summer Classic For Me
Wow, look at all the dust that's collected on this thing. Even I wasn't sure that I would be able to stay away, but it seems that life has kept me pretty busy.
Throwing in the towel
Well, there are probably few who actually still visit this dusty little corner of the web, but for the few who do, I just wanted to let you know I'm officially
Belated Vegas
Well, this Vegas Death Flu (courtesy of Gracie) just won't let go of me. Still very low energy and enjoying regular hacking coughs. But, I really need to get
Goodbye Las Vegas
Ha, my firefox autocomplete remembered the title of my post from the last time I left Vegas. God bless wireless access in Macarran International Airport. Th
Vegas Ho!
No, I'm not pointing out one of Vegas' many ladies of the evening but instead expressing my excitement for my pending trip to Vegas. I'm looking forward to see
What's new
I am a very, very bad blogger. It's actually not been as long as I thought since my last post, but it has still been pretty sparse here. Of course, just beca
And...done
Well, that was fun. Actually, not so much. Pretty frustrating. Was feeling pretty good at the table but got most of my chips in with Q3 against TT on a 89Q9
Online Poker Blogger Championship
Looks like Poker Stars believes in the marketing power of bloggers. How can I not play? I have registered to play in theOnline Poker Blogger Championship! T
CNE Casino
Early last month I visited the local exhibition casino that runs for about a month every year. It's a short walk from my office, so if I can sneak out early, I
Caught with my pants down
There's nothing like getting a kind mention on your favourite podcast (thanks Sean!) when you haven't posted to your blog in over a month. So, at the prompting
A Canadian at the WSOP
In what has officially become an annual event, I am once again linking up the WSOP trip reports of Mr. Dave Scharf, a Canadian poker player and writer. Unfortu
Day 4 - Finally a Win!
First, a disclaimer before you read this post. Yes, I am a geek. I've never hid the fact and if you saw me in Vegas you might have seen me involved in a passi
Tournament for Charlie
I've stolen most of this post from Pauly's site, as he had all the information, so don't be surprised if you've already read this. Charlie Tuttle is a dear
Day 3 - Golden Nugget
Wow, if I keep up the pace of one post a week, I may get this done before the end of the summer. But, I digress. On with the story. At the Golden Nugget we
Dave Scharf at WSOP 2005
Last year I posted some links to some of the great World Series reports from Dave Scharf, a Canadian poker player and writer. I've been following his progress
And so it begins...
In just a few hours the the first cards will be dealt for the WSOP Championship event. I'm terribly excited, despite being thousands of miles away. And I woul
Day 3 - A Bucket of Nickels and a Shrimp Sundae
I told myself I would get back on these things and try to get these last few trip reports out quickly but that hasn't really worked out for me. I think the big
Go Team Canada!
BG has posted the results of the various prop bets made about the Vegas trip. Back when he originally posted the bets, I considered getting some money in for T
Day 3 - The Main Event
Wow, this is turning out to take quite some time to get finished. I'm only just getting past the halfway point now and it's been three weeks. I already have
Reminder
I'm going to have to interrupt my series of Vegas posts to remind everyone of the great World Series of Poker available out there on the web. World Series of
Day 2 - Storming the Castle
I apologize for the delay in the continuation of the Vegas epic, but a combination of this cold and a busy schedule has kept me from the keyboard. But I'm here
Day 2 - I ... See ... Famous People
Still no air conditioning here and my place and I'm still feeling like death warmed over (pun intended). But, I was back in the office today, so I suppose I ca
Day 1 - Sunrise at the Plaza
I just set up a second fan in my apartment and I've managed to find a bareable spot in the crosswinds to get a little bit of work done. At the moment, that mea
WSOP 2005
As many of you probably know, the WSOP started running last week and will be continuing well into July. As predicted, the fields are huge, without almost as ma
Day 1 - A Grand Ol' Time (part 2)
Wow, *I* even got a mention on Card Club in the PokerProf segment, as a Canadian blogger down in Vegas. Of course, they forgot to mention that JP from Vancouve
Day 1 - A Grand Ol' Time
Where to begin? I'm facing a pad full of notes and I'm finding the prospect of getting them all written down rather daunting. And there is the huge number of
Goodbye Las Vegas
I'm sitting here at McCarran airport writing my first (of many) trip report for the latest blogger gathering. I have over a dozen pages of notes that I'll need
not so Red Hot Poker
So much for my resolution to update here on a more regular basis. This tale has been in the queue for while awaiting refinement and has really stopped up the p
Ugh!
I'm afraid this week's WSOP satellite did not go much better than last week's. After taking a few hits and folding a few raises, I called with ATs against a la
Accolades
First of all, I was very happy to hear all the positive news from Felicia. It's been a rough stretch, but the prognosis is good. Also, due to my early exit
Well, that didn't take long
*sigh* Well, that was a spectacularly poor performance. Tonight I managed the dubious honor of being the first eliminated from the WPBT WSOP satellite. Third
Best of April Fool's
As expected from bloggers on April Fool's, there were a few tall tales spun today. Here are some of them from across poker bloggerdom. Badblood - the first
I'm tired
But happy. Should probably have finished this post last night, but the adrenaline didn't last as long as I expected and I crashed shortly after 2am. I shoul
80 million?
Andy Beal is a crazy man. This is the latest in a series of articles published in Card Player in an attempt to publicly come to terms on the format of the "big
WPBT
Last night was the latest WPBT and the third of the year. It was back to the traditional no limit hold'em at Pokerstars. Since one table is never enough, I d
Uberpost
I don't know if I've ever written an uberpost in the history of this blog, but I think this may qualify. One of the players from my bi-weekly tournament invi
It was a bust
A friend led me towards the Red Hot Poker Tour a month or two back after discovering them running a poker tournament in his local bar. It's a group that organi
I'm in, I'm out, I'm in again
Last week I posted that I had booked tickets for the June poker blogger event and was really looking forward to it. Unfortunately the excitement did not last v
WPBT HORSE
The night finally arrived. For the first time ever, a WPBT event that scheduled that was not NLHE. At 9:00pm last night, 93 players began a strange journey in
Poker, poker, poker
Friday night (last Friday...boy, this has been sitting in the queue for a while)was again my bi-weekly. I thought I've been cold-decked in the past in these to
I'm in
At Pauly's urging (see comments in the last post) I signed up for the live WPBT event taking place in Vegas on the first Saturday in June. Ok, it didn't take m
Poker Tracker Guide
Well, my poker playing frequency has been up, but that hasn't really translated to more weblog entries. But I haven't abandoned this thing altogether. Firs
Home again, home again
Unfortunately there was no poker in the Carribean, which was made even more frustrating by the people we met at the casino that I know would have been sitting a
WPBT
Despite running around like a chicken with my head cut off trying to take care of some remaining errands before I depart for the sunny Dominican Republic, I was
A little home game action
Well, I've already started getting my game back in shape this year with a third place finish in the my first home tourney of the year. I should probably have l
2005 Poker Resolutions
I've finally finished assembling my poker resolutions for 2005. 2004 was my first year as a poker player and while I made a lot of progress - and a not insigni
Poker Year in Review
The new year is already a few weeks old and still I have not made good on my New Year's resolution to post to my blog. I was almost there last week, but was la
Finally, some poker
As anyone reading my blog has probably figured out, I haven't been playing nearly as much poker as I used to. There are a lot of reasons for this, but one of t
The game that wasn't
Well, I haven't played a great deal of poker recently and was really looking forward to participating in the Grublog Poker Classic Sunday night. Unfortunately,
Short Story
Had my usual home PLHE tournament tonight. Win the first hand on a bluff. Fourth hand I get the nut straight on the turn and don't bet quite enough to get the
Bounty Hunter
Well, I wasn't really hunting, but I did collect a few bounties in the last Poker Blogger Tournament. The first of which arrived today. The much famed Coach,
On a break
I've been taking a bit of break from poker play. I've been very stressed by the work I'm doing right now and my mind has been constantly churning trying to sol
Let's compare
On Friday I received two packages in the mail. One came from Poker Now and one came from Party Poker. The Poker Now package (from Lakeside, ON) contained a t
WBT IV
Argh! I just lost a rather lengthy post about the Poker Blogger Tournament tonight. I'm using Firefox and was trying to do the mouse gesture to open a new tab
Blogger tournament
I just remember what I forgot to include in my Poker Grab Bag post. The next Poker Blogger (and readers) Tournament, organized by Iggy, is happening this Thurs
Poker Grab bag
First things first. There's a new Party Poker skin in town. It's called Poker Now, and they are offering a great sign-up bonus right now. Use the code "Shark
Storytellers
Well, for a while now Wil Wheaton has been giving the poker blogging community a run for their money in terms of great poker tales. But today I read an excelle
Bonus done
Well, my second night was not nearly as profitable as my first, but I did play the remaining 500 hands last night to unlock the second $100 bonus at Party Poker
Let's Party
After working much of Sunday night and all day Monday, I finally got a bunch of documentation out the door for work. So, I finally had the opportunity to put i
Poker progress
Well, it turns out that the Party bonus situation does require that I play 1700 before next Thursday. Fortunately, I was able to get enough work done last nigh
Empire makes good
Well, the saga of the Empire bonus continues this morning. I received an unprompted email from Empire support saying they realized that they prevented my full
Congratulations again
Well, it seems that Felicia is on quite a tear recently. She just finished second in the Stud event at the first WPPA tournament at the Orleans in a small but
Good poker tale
Well, I may be having trouble finding my groove writing about poker here at my site, but there are folks out there who have no such problem (just check any of t
Less giddy
But I suppose I am not entirely without gid. You remember that nice match bonus I mentioned from Empire yesterday? Well, apparently they have rescinded it. S
I'm giddy
It's a bit sad, but I am actually a bit giddy at the thought of all the bonus money I currently have to unlock. There's the $140 left at Absolute that I've be
Poker
Well, I've been a bit behind on finishing up my post about the cottage, but that's mostly because as soon as my work deadline passed, there was poker to play.
Odds & Ends
Due to a looming deadline at the office, I'm not going to be able to put much of a post together for the next couple days. I have a post about my vacation on t
Pinball and poker
The other night I got the craving to play a little pinball. It's probably related to the book I'm reading now, Lucky Wander Boy, but whatever the source, it co
CNE Casino
I finally managed to sneak out of the office a bit early (4pm) to try my luck at the nearby CNE Charity Casino. As I suspected, the list was much shorter than
Monty Memorial
Well, my performance in the Monty Memorial was not terribly memorable. The blind structure was horrendous. Even though we started with T1500 stacks, 30 minute
Back in the game
Due to some inclement weather, my conflicting plans for Sunday night have fallen through, so I will be attending the great Monty Memorial blogger's tournament t
Quick Update
Ended up not hitting the Charity Casino last night. Just didn't have the energy or patience to wait for an hour or two in the smoky haze. And now I'm not ev
Friday Home Tourney
It's coming a bit late, but I finally have a few minutes to piece together my notes from Friday's home PLHE tourney. The big difference this week was the $5 bo
No-go
I went to the Charity Casino at the Ex last night, but after an hour of waiting, I decided to head home to take care of some laundry. Only a quarter of the nam
Pacific restitution
Well, you have to give Pacific Poker some credit. They have said that they will be making up for the missed Monty Memorial tournament by crediting all the entr
Still exhausted
I'm still very tired after two full days of volleyball this weekend. In fact, I was so tired last night that I didn't even harass Pacific Poker about dropping
Beach Volleyball
I managed to catch the Women's Beach Volleyball match today between Canada and Cuba. I got my laptop hooked up on the wireless network at the office and brough
Milestone
I hit another milestone this evening, though it took longer to happen then I had hoped. My bankroll now sits at $3084 (US). The last grand took just over two
Ultimate hit & run
When I got home from volleyball last night (1-1, for 6-2 on the season) I decided to sit down at the poker tables for a little bit after I washed all the sand o
Validation
It's always nice to follow up a bad session with some solid cards. Monday night I got right back in the saddle at Pacific and posted a +17BB run at 2/4 in a li
A blow to the ego
I was just going through the daily slate of blogs and over at College and Poker I read about a site he stumbled across (Poker Portal) that has links for just ab
Sunday, Bloody Sunday
Pauly, what does someone get when they have their pocket aces cracked by the Hilton sisters? On the river no less. Lost more than a buy-in worth at the 50PL t
Saturday poker
Started in today on my new bonus at Multi Poker. I told myself I was going to stop chasing bonuses, but since it's a Party skin I won't be giving up any of my
Friday night poker
It's Friday night. It's been two weeks. My ten two regular readers know what I'm talking about. Except it didn't happen. With a lot of last minute bail outs
The <i>Experte</i>
I forgot another funny incident from the game last night. At one point, shortly after midnight, the security guard for the building came by on his rounds and w
Pacific 10K
I've had this post half-written in my queue for the past couple days, but this is the first chance I've had to finish it off. I haven't played much at Pacifi
Holiday poker
Monday was a statutory holiday here in Canada, so since I'd gotten my chores taken care of earlier in the weekend, I was going to take advantage of the opportun
Poker mishap
I was working on my evening post to sum up the day's play, but I just had a terribly disheartening sequence of hands and I just need to get away from the comput
Argh!
I got my dates confused for the monthly $3000 and $1500 freerolls at Intertops. Now, I would have been busy for this evening's 9pm $1500, but I could definitel
Better lucky than good...
Saturday afternoon I got my internet back again (hopefully for good this time) so I was able to take advantage of the $100 reload at Empire. I then proceeded t
Don't get cocky, kid!
You really would think I'd learn my lesson one of these days. I continued my confident play on Tuesday by winning some big hands early and then having my sense
Poker Weekend
Managed to get some decent games in over the weekend. Played the 500 hands necessary to unlock my Empire reload bonus and managed to snatch another 100+BB from
The felt is greener...
I finally got my internet problems sorted out earlier this week (fingers crossed) so I was looking forward to getting back to the virtual felt this weekend. Ju
Saturday night poker
Yesterday I got back to the real felt, tonight I renewed acquaintances with the virtual variety. I hit a few small hour-long sessions throughout the afternoon
Back in the saddle
Well, after nearly two weeks without seeing a single card dealt, I finally had the opportunity to sit back down at the felt tonight. The bi-weekly tournament I
ho hum
"Announcing your plans is a good way to hear god laugh." - Al Swearengen, "Deadwood" Not much ne
Pissed
Ok, I'm pissed. Or maybe I'm actually not. We'll see where I am by the end of this post. But I started out pissed. I was just perusing my web stats as I am
Miscellaneous
Not much new to report here. Hit quad aces last night and was able to extract some money from them. That was in the middle of two hours or so of pretty solid,
Sunday poker
Another so-so day at the tables. Thankfully I had an old friend come say hello on IM and had a good time chatting, so it wasn't a complete write-off. The deck
Poker tidbits
With my new purchase, various sports, and a bout with the cold taking up a lot of time, I haven't spent many hours at the poker tables for the majority of the w
Free chips
When I got in this morning I found a nice hefty box sitting on my desk. I pulled out a handy exacto-knife and extracted my prize. A nice shiny new 300 11.5g P
Freerolling
Well, it looks like I took notes for the wrong tournament. I went out early in the 15+1.50 $10000 guaranteed tourney at Pacific by managed to make it deep in $
Saturday Night
Went out to watch the Flames game at a bar last night. Was a very exciting match but St. Louis' goal 33 seconds into the second period of overtime means we'll
sunday
Played at Paradise and Stars .5/1 on Sunday to work towards my bonuses. Played 2/4 Pacific for pure profit. The crazy loose players at Paradise continued to s
Bad Beat
33, call from UTG. Flop comes J3J. Check for the possible check raise. Turn comes J. Well, no more dicking around, I bet here. I am called. The river is a
Strange
Same table, 33 again. I actually call a pre-flop raise. Flop comes 399 rainbow. I call someone else's bet. Turn is a rainbow blank. I call again. River is
Ultimate Thursday
Thursday night I have ultimate, and for the first time in the last few weeks I got to feel good about a game I participated in. We annihilated the other team 1
Tuesday night at the tables
Well, after the shellacking I took Monday night, I was anxious to settle back into the familiar rhythms of winning poker. My Monday night game was full of hole
May recap
Well, May is over (at least there'll be no more poker in the next hour) and it has been a good month. My first four months of poker officially ended in the se
Free money
Now, I've done a fair amount of bonus hopping in my time as an online poker player, but I've never received money that was quite this "free". This morning when
Sunday afternoon at the tables
Same old, same old at the tables this afternoon, but that's not a bad thing. Played a little 4-table 25PL at Party this afternoon. Started off badly slow-pla
Intertops $1500 freeroll
Well, this post will be much shorter than yesterday's. The tournament had 218 entries, but I think just about half of them were no-shows and were slowly blinde
Congrats Fossilman
My lord I can be long-winded, can't I. I apologize to anyone who read my monster tournament report from last night. But the one important thing I did forget
Intertops $3000 freeroll
Well, tonight was the night for the $3000 freeroll at Intertops I qualified for by playing 1500+ raked hands in the past month. Not that difficult when 1050 of
Dave Scharf at the Big One
I discovered pokerforum.ca last night through an ad in Canadian Poker Player and was happy to find a nice Canada-focused poker forum. Still not firm info on so
Pokerstars simulcast
Pokerstars is apparently hosting a simulcast of the WSOP final table today. Sounds like they are plugging in the hands to a special tournament table so that me
WSOP Final Table Start
I don't know about the rest of you, but I've been sitting at the Pokerstars "simulcast" table for the past 45 minutes waiting to see the results of the first ha
First foray in 2-4
Wednesday means volleyball and unfortunately I missed out on an online tournament I was invited to play in so that I could knock the ball around. At least the
Tuesday Meltdown
Well, I knew it was bound to happen. If you don't count the 20+2 buy-in to the WBT3, I had been on a winning streak going back over a month. Not one losing se
Long weekend
This weekend is a long weekend in Canada (Monday is Victoria's Day) and I managed to book Friday off, so I was able to get a much needed break from work. I dec
Monday night's alright for poker
There's something about a Monday night at the poker tables that is good for my bankroll. It could be because that is the only night I've really had to spend in
Tournament Poker
Two weeks have gone by since my last home hold'em tourney so this Friday it was time for the next one. It's just a basic $20 pot-limit hold'em tournament, with
Choice Poker stole my money
I'm taking a page from Tao of Poker and recounting my own experience with Choice Poker (not going to bother linking it, as no one should be giving them money at
T minus 15
Fifteen minutes until this week's poker blogger tournament, organized by the poker blogfather himself. When I logged into Pacific Poker, where the tournament i
Monday at the tables
I'm back with another time delayed post, this time from Monday. Had another great night at the pot-limit tables. I finally got around to opening an Intertops
Thursday night poker
After the art shows, I managed to get a little bit of poker in. The PL25 tables have been treating me well for the past while so I was wondering how long I cou
Bad calls
What is it that causes us to make a call when we know that we are beat? We are virtually certain we are behind in the hand and our outs of so few, they might a
WSOP '04 Coverage
For those of you interested in the month-long string of WSOP tournaments this year, you should be reading the great tournament write-ups by Andy Glazer and Max
Go Flames!
What a hockey game! Almost worth staying up until two in the morning to finish watching. Unfortunately, my poker play was not quite as exciting, unless you
PL craziness
I just sat down at a $25PL at Empire to break another long streak away from the table. I throw 50 cents in to sit and get dealt 43 of hearts. No one raises an
Friday night victory
Just a short post for now, as I have to get to work to avoid being in the office too long on a beautiful Saturday. Last night I managed my first victory at m
The Rollercoaster
Well, today has to have been the biggest rollercoaster ride I've experienced in my short poker career. I started off this morning catching up with all the po
The dream is over...again
*sigh* Looks like I'm joining The Fat Guy on the sidelines as another dejected hockey fan who's 5th place team got bounced in the first round of the playoffs.
Back at the tables
It's been a while (10 days, according to my spreadsheet) since last I sat down at the online poker tables, but with one work deadline behind me and the Montreal
Monday update
Later in the evening I played 3 tables of .5/1 and though I was barely keeping even for the first hour, I managed to go on a run after that to add another ~30BB
Change of Pace
First, the good news. I went to the doctor this afternoon and he confirmed that it's probably just a bruise on my heel and though it may hurt quite a bit, it wi
PJK Fallout
Well, let's start this off with the finishes from yesterday's PJK Tourney. Congratulations to stinky, Roy, Rick and Jason. And huge thanks again to Felicia f
Friday tourney
Well, my foot is feeling better today, but I still can't step on my heel without some pretty serious pain. Friday was my bi-weekly PLHE tourney and I was sto
PJK Anticipation
Only 30 minutes to go until the big show. I've already got trash talking messages from Felicia and hdouble today. I'm not too sure that I can top my fourth pl
Chili Cookoff & Poker Lessons
Last night we had a company Chili Cookoff event here at the office and I, along with 4 others, contributed my chili for the judgment of my peers. It was pretty
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
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
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
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%
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
Oscar, Oscar
Of course, since I was watching the Oscars, I decided I should play some more poker, when I couldn't devote my full attention. I figured the servers would stil
15 seconds of poker
It's hardly even worth posting about, but since I've given up on poker for the day, I decided to keep my promise and make a poker post. Immediately after my pr
15 seconds of fame
I just got back from visiting some friends in Cambridge and instead of taking the nap I meant to, I took a quick shower and sat down at my computer. First thin
Another abbreviated night
Again tonight I only sat down at the tables briefly, but I had some decent cards that held up that I played for maximum value and managed to walk away from the
Back on track
I stole a little time at the poker table and was running very lucky. Unfortunately Empire is still being rather flaky, so it was too painful to play for very l
New Horizons
Well, I've taken a bit of a break from poker playing - and keeping up with my blog, apparently. After the weekend, I was under the 300$ mark, giving me a loss
Live Hold'em
Friday night was the third EPT 20$ buy-in pot limit Texas Hold'em tournament that I've organized. We had 13 people show up, which is a new record. But I think
Curling
I love my company. Tonight the glee club had arranged an outing to go curling at the Leaside Curling Club. Not many people knew how to play so I ended up skip
Bad decision
Of course, instead of going back to another tournament, I decide that maybe I'll try 2 tables of .5/1. I was holding my own, winning a few small pots to keep u
One last tournament
I had told myself I was going to call it a night, but after a bit more tidying up, I ended up back at the tables for another 10+1 LHE SNG. I figured I had to m
Ugh
Just busted out in 5th at the tournament. Some bad plays were the main reason. I just need to find some more patience playing in these tournaments.
Bad beat
Just finished a 10+1 LHE SNG. Things started well as I slowly pulled the occasional pot to climb into the chip lead with 3000 in chips. I was able to coast to
SNG success
I just installed the new Pokertracker patch and finally got my tournament from last night successfully imported. At the 5+1 limit SNGs at Party and Empire, I'v
Upward swing
Sat down at a 5+1 SNG tonight to try to bring myself up past a 200$ bankroll at Party Poker again. Made some good and some bad plays in the early rounds as I t
Positively what?
The strangest thing happened tonight. A few weeks back I order a copy of Positively Fifth Street, and it was shipped on Monday and showed up at the office toda