A mere one day after returning home from Vegas, I set off for my next poker meet: The Turning Stone Classic at Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. It was a familiar venue, and not only because I’d played poker there in March.
My first visit to Turning Stone took place in the [...]
Monthly archives: June 2006
Rewind: May 2006, Part 2–Turning Stone
29Jun06Getting kicked around/WSOP qualification
24Jun06I had a new blog entry planned for yesterday. In it, I was going to admit that I was in the middle of the roughest stretch of my career. I was going to admit that my self confidence had virtually evaporated. I was going to admit that I had endured a three week marathon of [...]
Rewind: May 2006, Part 1: Vegas
20Jun06As a birthday present to myself, I arranged for an extended leave of absence from NYC. I put together a two week trip of mixed business and pleasure: two fun weekends bookending a five day poker marathon in Vegas.
Besides the obvious: packing (utilizing my enormous Pokerstars bag for the first time), booking flights and hotels, [...]