Now a showtime film produced by Ron Howard ( Read more... )

MAN, I miss limit poker! Being an American who used to stay up late nights watching, playing, learning new games on stars and full tilt, it's really something I miss being able to do. Prior to that, going to the Borg in AC for 12 hour sessions was great for a single guy with no kids. My how things have changed. I was able to sneak out on a ( Read more... )

I now remember why I hate no limit holdem. Got invited to play at a club, it is convenient so I went to play. Average buyin was $200, I bought in for the same. Two guys at the table raised/reraised to $30+ preflop almost every hand, but the worst part was they stalled so bad, it seemed like I was dealt about 5 hands per hour at times. I got ( Read more... )

Went on the annual visit to Grandma's house in Utica, unfortunately now it is Grandma's "home," but it is a nice facility and she looks great. We stayed at the Turning Stone Inn, not in the casino, but a mile away with shuttle bus service for 24 hour degen poker players. Not that I know any of those ( Read more... )

Wow, awesome show. I could write a whole review, but there have been so many on Pearljam.com, I will just copy and paste one. Here's the cliff notes ( Read more... )

Headed to borg tonite I think. Just read this post on 2 plus 2, man I love the borg ( Read more... )

I have not been to Borgata in almost a year. I used to go a few times a month, and have had good success playing the 10 game there. Last night I had a great session. Wife gave me the go ahead, I drove the 45 minutes and got onto the list for the 10-20 limit. I was fourth on the list and I was short on time, so I jumped into a 1-2 no limit game ( Read more... )

So, I spent last weekend chasing after my kids at the Jersey shore. I had clearance from the wife to go to Borgata on Saturday night, but dare I say I didn't have the energy. My gambling activities for the weekend all took place at the boardwalk arcade. Surprisingly, I have incorporated aspects of game theory into playing these arcade games. I ( Read more... )

Good job, Hoss! Congratulations to Matt "Hoss_TBF" Hawrilenko, who defeated Josh Brikis heads up in just four hands to win the 2009 World Series of Poker Event 56 - $5,000 Six-handed No Limit Hold'em ( Read more... )

Ok, I still love poker, even though I never play anymore and never update this blog. It's been a good week for the math geeks, as co-author of "The Mathematics of Poker" Jerrod Ankenman has taken down his first bracelet in the Event 42: $2500 8-game mix. Congrats to him, book sales should increase by at least one, but I have to get them to re- ( Read more... )