Monthly archives: July 2009

Scrappin’.

Day 2b was an up and down day.  I ran lousy early and waited.  Finally I found a spot to double up after dinner and got my game into cruise control.  All for naught:  I lost a 100k pot in a cooler-ish type spot.
I patched things together from there and bagged around 54,000 chips. Difficult [...]

Poker Undead.

I’m not saying this to justify the dry spell I’ve been on, but during the past couple of months, the amount of times I’ve been victimized by a hideous bad beat far outnumbers the amount of times I’ve laid one on an opponent.  Then there was Sunday.  Sunday was a different story.
I was knocked out [...]

Poker’s Christmas Eve.

The WSOP Main Event starts tomorrow for me.  I have lots of fond memories related to this tournament, particularly from the years I cashed in this behemoth, 2005 and 2006.  Although I don’t get as nervous and worked up as I used to, the night before the WSOP Main Event still feels special.  There is [...]