I’ve had no success playing poker down here, so maybe that is going to color the scathing travel review i’m about to write.  But first I’ll describe the $1500 tourney I just played.
In marked contrast to the $8000 event, the $1500 event was filled with idiots, at least at my specific table.  One of these [...]

I have now played three large buy-in (over $5,000) tournies in my life.  And after today, my in-the-money percentage has dropped from 1.000 to .667.
I could not get anything going at all today.  I immediately lost about 20% of my stack on a poorly conceived bluff, then lost another quick 30% when my QQ was cracked [...]

Hello from the Bahamas.  So far there’s been no poker; Janeen and I are just chillin’.  Atlantis is a really nice place–it has all the benefits of the Caribbean (beautiful weather, slow pace) without any of the drawbacks (lousy infrastructure, horrible service).  My first day of the WPT event is tomorrow.
I have only one interesting to say right [...]