Monthly archives: February 2010

Zzzzzz… Vegas.

I depart for Las Vegas tomorrow.  I’m feeling quite dispassionate about this trip; going out there for the first time in seven months arouses nothing in the way of excitement.
The purpose of this trip is to enjoy the possible fruits of the grand return of the direct-online-satellite entry tournament to the poker scene.  It arrives [...]

Backfire, Botch, Leak.

My 2010 Borgata Winter Open Main Event was a disaster.  That may sound like a harsh assessment but unfortunately it’s true.
My first misstep was innocent enough.  This past Sunday was one of the biggest online tournament days in a long time.  Apparently Pokerstars ran a two million dollar guarantee, Ultimate Bet ran the main event [...]