Hadn't realized he was ill.

http://bridgewinners.com/article/view/in-memoriam-kyle-larsen-1950-2012/

Kyle Larsen, one of the game's great players, passed away on August 21st at 9:10 PM PST. Kyle battled prostate cancer for several years before ( Read more... )

via captainparanoid in email:

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/03/02/BAVI1I2973.DTL&tsp=1

captaino, abostick59, heard anything about this?

I happened to be in the area tonight and randomly dropped by the Oaks. I was pleasantly surprised to discover a 20 lowball going. How often do you see that these days? (3 days in a row, they tell me, although it's unusual.) So I passed up the 15-30 and 30-60 for lowbahh ( Read more... )

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I played in the Oaks $540 NL today. I didn't get much to play and busted in the 4th round ( Read more... )

This is the second time I've seen someone fold for $5 more in a $200+ pot (the last time was in a live $15-$30 at the Oaks, except the pot was slightly larger and it went check/bet/call on the turn and bet $5 all-in/fold on the river).

I've had soreness at the base of my thumbs yesterday and today, and I only just now figured out why -- Wednesday's trip to the Oaks was my first live poker since the WSOP and my chip twirling/shuffling muscles are out of shape.

... measured in Oaks carpet units. This is the 2nd new carpet (3rd overall) at the Oaks since I started playing here. Larry says it's about a week old.

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Dropped by the Oaks tonight -- haven't been in a few months. Surprisingly un-busy for a Friday night. The $15-$30 game broke up shortly after midnight. The $30-$60 had been short-handed for a while before I showed up but soon filled up and was still full when I left. (That game often has a lull between the day players leaving and the night owls ( Read more... )