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- 2010
- Mar03Quacked Out in the Desert.6 comments
- Feb15Zzzzzz... Vegas.“I depart for Las Vegas tomorrow. I'm feeling quite dispassionate about this trip; going out ...”
6 comments02Backfire, Botch, Leak.“My 2010 Borgata Winter Open Main Event was a disaster. That may sound like a ...”
3 comments - Jan26Crazy... Like a Fox?“Just yesterday a longtime reader of this blog told me he thinks that discussion of ...”
10 comments112009, The Year in Review.“At the end of 2008 Janeen and I were newly wed and had just returned ...”
5 comments02Goodbye, Old Concrete Dump.6 comments - 2009
- Dec15Circuit Weary.“Back in August and September a lot of praise and adulation was heaped upon me ...”
10 comments - Nov30Wingz.“What's better than a plate of delicious buffalo wings? Consider that when wings are ...”
3 comments23Thud.“For those keeping score at home, I have done nothing since my incredible August. ...”
4 comments06Poker Flow Chart #11 comments - Oct
- Sep29Yawn.7 comments18Shanah Borgata.“Although I am fairly intelligent (thank you very much), I am not a person who ...”
3 comments06Football Season is Here.7 comments02Juan Mirrión.6 comments - Aug23Connecticut.12 comments22Overlay Expert?4 comments17Woods bound again.3 comments11Locked Up!“I'm excited to announce some good news: I have just signed my first poker sponsorship ...”
8 comments02Decent Week.6 comments01Take Chains Off.5 comments - Jul20The 2009 Main Event, Part I.9 comments14Summer Salvaged.“I'm happily back home now with nowhere to be for a little while. It feels ...”
5 comments12One (More) Time!“We're in the money now, my third cash in the WSOP Main. The bad news is ...”
7 comments09Scrappin'.“Day 2b was an up and down day. I ran lousy early and waited. Finally ...”
6 comments07Poker Undead.“I'm not saying this to justify the dry spell I've been on, but during the ...”
7 comments05Poker's Christmas Eve.“The WSOP Main Event starts tomorrow for me. I have lots of fond memories related ...”
5 comments02Musical Interlude.3 comments - Jun29Serenity Now!“Well, I asked for a mincash and I got one. So I'm off the schneid. ...”
5 comments20My Kingdom for a Mincash!“Sorry I've been so quiet lately. In my mental state you're lucky to get anything ...”
8 comments080 for 10!“No matter how thoroughly you rationalize it and no matter how many poker euphemisms about ...”
10 comments05Same Time, Same Station.“My WSOP 2009 is beginning to feel a lot like my WSOP 2008. I'm 0 ...”
5 comments01It's Time to Start the Music...7 comments - May26Sink or Swim.9 comments20Tweet Tweet.3 comments13Back in Gear?“In my first tournament back from hiatus (okay, I'm not including Mohegan Sun), I made ...”
3 comments07Stalled.“The blog posts have come to a standstill for a reason: nothing has been going ...”
5 comments - Apr
- Mar31In Like A Lion, Out Like... A Larger, Angrier Lion?“After a pretty horrendous January and a so-so February, I have made a bit of ...”
6 comments26The Unbearable Lightness of Poker.“I've only played one tournament since Caesar's. Janeen and I have placed our lives as ...”
11 comments16Caesar's Redux.10 comments13Poised for a Big Score?“After two grueling days of poker, I'm headed to the final table of the Main ...”
8 comments11Say Hello to Ruthie!3 comments09For da Wynn...“At the end of my Vegas trip I was feeling pretty weary and was desperate ...”
6 comments01Two Postcards from Vegas!6 comments - Feb
- Jan20I'm a Team Player.6 comments14Biloxi Blurbs.3 comments04Oops, Forgot To Do My Gulf Coast Prep.“I'm typing this message from a hotel room in Biloxi, Mississippi, located in the center of a strip of ...”
5 comments - 2008“So far so good!”
- Dec31Goodbye 2008, Hello... Mississippi?“2008 was a momentous and fulfilling year in my personal life. Janeen and I got engaged. We purchased, moved into ...”
3 comments22Sorry Fellow Jets Fans.“In our neverending quest to explain the universe around us, we have picked up an odd habit. We ...”
8 comments16Mommy! Daddy! Stop Fighting!2 comments02Catching Up, Part II: I Got Married.6 comments - Nov25Catching Up, Part I: NYT Rejects.6 comments05Obama.“I loathe political discussions and completely avoid them. Nothing ever gets accomplished with them. But ...”
8 comments - Oct28The Return of Mo' Sun.“A couple of days ago I played a poker tournament in Connecticut's newest poker venue, the ...”
4 comments06Seismic Shift A-Comin'.“The final days of my betrothal are in sight. The last phase was strange indeed. Journeys to Home Depot ...”
3 comments - Sep22Poker? Hardly Know Her.“I'm writing this entry to confirm something I already know: I've played very little poker ...”
3 comments11The Final Frontier...8 comments - Aug28Chaos and Lee Evans.“The universe is chaotic. The time-space continuum in which we reside is infinitely dynamic. So ...”
9 comments15Whiskers on Kittens...8 comments - Jul29The 2008 Main Event, Part II.17 comments17The 2008 Main Event, Part I.11 comments10Mushed.“I was unable to make the donuts. This was a vexing, unpleasant Day 2. And it's ...”
3 comments07Munchkins, anyone?9 comments05Time To Make The Donuts.4 comments - Jun26Trip Report Part 5: Back Home.“I am back home. And by home I mean a spacious Brooklyn apartment, which I ...”
8 comments20Trip Report Part 4: By myself, but not alone.“That book I mentioned a couple of blog entries ago, the one written by Mlodinow, ...”
8 comments15Trip Report Part 3: Bummed.“I love playing poker and would not trade my life for anyone else's, but playing these tournaments ...”
2 comments09Trip Report Part 2: On the Board.“I now have my first cash of the trip, but also my first heartbreak. Unlike every ...”
5 comments04Trip Report Part 1: Deep Breaths...“Welp, Janeen's brother's wedding was quite nice. The celebrity nuptials went off without a hitch. It ...”
9 comments - May28Move & Bail.“The last week of my life has been dedicated to getting moved and settled into ...”
7 comments21Exciting Investment Opportunity.“I have decided to accept some staking in the preliminary World Series of Poker Events this ...”
4 comments13The Golden Rule.“"If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all." That was a ...”
7 comments05Quite the Daily Double?“What are the odds of the two most momentous personal events in your lifetime occurring ...”
8 comments - Apr28Sick.“"Sick" might be the most overused word in poker. But I mean it literally. Around 2:00 p.m. on ...”
4 comments18Guerilla Marketing.6 comments04Sawxwoods & My Place in the Poker Universe.“So I'm back from Foxwoods. There are a couple of new things about Foxwoods these ...”
9 comments - Mar24The 'Woods Again.“Since my last personal update, I failed to cash in the main event at Caesar's, ...”
6 comments14PGQ, A Comprehensive Guide to Poker Fashion.7 comments08The New Poker Brat?“I just finished third in the Caesars event. This tacks another $20,000 score onto my ...”
8 comments07Good News/Bad News at Ceasars.5 comments05Running Bad and Party Planning.5 comments - Feb26Random Notes From Vegas.“-On this trip, I'm reading Blood and Thunder: The Epic Story of Kit Carson and ...”
2 comments17Should Have Stayed Closed.“My poker hiatus finally over, I was back in business today. 'Twas not a good ...”
1 comments11Poker Paused, Life on Fast Forward.22 comments - Jan28Whose House?!“The Borgata houses the most popular poker room on the East Coast and runs the ...”
12 comments24Bridezilla's Revenge.5 comments14On The Good Foot.6 comments032007 Recap.7 comments - 2007
- Dec26I won SoY again.“I'm a huge fantasy football nerd. I'm practically psychotic about my fantasy football league. I ...”
9 comments18In a lull...4 comments10It Ain't Palm Springs.“What location could be more inspirational than Atlantic City, New Jersey on a chilly Monday in ...”
5 comments - Nov27Brrrr...“That'll be me in January. For the past two weeks I've been playing "Step" sit 'n go's ...”
5 comments15What Now?“I suppose some of you out there might be wondering what I’m up to now. ...”
10 comments12Foxwoods Recap (finally).“ A shortish recap of my experience at Foxwoods: Foxwoods gets very busy when it hosts a ...”
3 comments06Large Tournament.“I just busted near the bubble of my third Act 3. This old guy didn't ...”
17 comments04Always a Bridesmaid.“I am taking a much needed two day break from poker and don't have the ...”
12 comments03Zoned In.“I have wrapped up a successful week in the 'Woods by making Day 2 of the $1500 ...”
4 comments - Oct29Sug vs. Inertia.“I've had a great year so far when you measure it using the typical poker barometers: ...”
9 comments21Trip Report: Bellagio and Budapest.“And by Bellagio, I don't mean the Steve Wynn version, I mean the original. And ...”
3 comments09Life Tilt.“Here's a summary of what has been going on with me for the past week. On ...”
8 comments02Like it's my job.“Hello from what might be the most depressing place on earth on a Tuesday afternoon: ...”
6 comments - Sep20Boooogata...“If you break down my career poker stats by location, there is a clear outlier ...”
3 comments14Why Second Place Sucks.“A couple of days ago I had an encounter with a tournament pro that really ...”
9 comments10Freakin' Borgatz...“I haven't posted anything to this blog in over two weeks for a simple reason: ...”
1 comments - Aug27OMG! Sug Pwning.“I hate to bump my football entry so quickly, but last night brought some breaking ...”
9 comments26Football Nerd.“My experience in the main event of the Empire State Championships was eerily similar to ...”
2 comments18Satellite Sug.“I am in need of food and sleep, but I wanted to offer up a ...”
5 comments14Romancing the 'Stone.“After a lovely weekend in Ithaca & Finger Lakes region, I am now back to work. ...”
6 comments06Reading is Fundamental.10 comments - Jul25Out of Retirement.“Not much has been happening with me. I've settled back into playing online, with mixed ...”
1 comments18Sug in Action.“I've been getting a lot of requests for this, so here goes: Good news for DZ ...”
6 comments13Anatomy of an Early Washout.“In both 2005 and 2006, one of my personal highlights from the World Series of ...”
6 comments07Seven Out!“The concept that 07/07/07 would be a lucky day for me was thoroughly disproven in ...”
4 comments06Main Event Eve Y'all...“Hello from Vegas. It took me quite awhile, and yesterday was one of the more annoying ...”
3 comments02Prepping for the Main Event.“The next big tournament I'll be playing is the 2007 World Series of Poker's Main ...”
6 comments - Jun26I'm Bob Cousy.“Boiyoiyoinnng... That's the sound of my confidence bouncing back from the subterranean level. The last two ...”
3 comments24Root, Root Root for the Sug Team.“I've made it to day two of Event #38, $1500 NLHE. We're down to around ...”
8 comments21The $250,000 Bridesmaid (Part III)“When I left off, I had just made the final table of Event #12 of ...”
12 comments16The $250,000 Bridesmaid (Part II).“I’ve been asked the same two questions many times in the last few days. The ...”
6 comments12The $250,000 Bridesmaid (Part I).“I’ll start this with an admission: Before I played Event #12 at the WSOP, my ...”
8 comments10Wow.“The good: I won a quarter million dollars. The bad: I suffered the beat of a ...”
15 comments09Whoopin' Stick Deployed.“I made the final table of Event #12, 6-Handed No Limit. To say i'm giddy ...”
13 comments08A Love Supreme.“Just when I'm close to my wit's end, wondering why the hell I'm alone in ...”
8 comments05Beyond OOC.“I have reached the point where coming to Vegas alone is simply business. When I'm ...”
6 comments01June, The Month of Reckoning.7 comments - May23Is The Online Donkey An Endangered Species?“Short answer: yes. Back in October 2006, in the wake of Congress' passage of the Unlawful ...”
5 comments16A Long Drink of Water.“The drought is over. I have my first substantial live tournament cash of 2007. It came ...”
10 comments11Vacation.“From Tuesday May 1, 2007 through Sunday May 6, 2007, I played no poker whatsoever. ...”
3 comments - Apr30On Shooting Craps.“Two weekends ago Janeen and I took a trip to Atlantic City with a big ...”
6 comments20A Near-Haircut Experience.3 comments13Poker With John Starks.6 comments02Goodbye Old Friend, Hello Underworld.6 comments - Mar26The Samson of the Green Felt.6 comments22No Repeat.“My title defense up here at Foxwoods ended with failure. How it went down: I played some ...”
3 comments19Defending A Title.“Since I was a lazy student and an indifferent lawyer, the only thing I'd ever ...”
2 comments08Poker is OOC.8 comments04Field Report.“Some significant developments in the last week, during which I've averaged over 12 hours of ...”
3 comments - Feb27Motions Due!“While I have no interest in renewing the "big law firm" debate from a couple ...”
2 comments22Bloops and Blasts.6 comments15Puerto Rican Poker?“So today I'm headed to Puerto Rico for my friend Dave's bachelor party. I did ...”
2 comments12Sam Grizzle Doesn't Like My Toothpicks.“Unfortunately, this is the most exciting poker-related thing I can say about this trip to Vegas. I ...”
4 comments08Dear Blogisphere...“I have arrived. I'm back in Vegas for the first time since the '06 World ...”
3 comments06Playing Poker While On Jury Duty.“Am I allowed to be doing this? 'Cause I am.”
2 comments - Jan31Disgruntled Ex-Lawyers Unite!“Just a short post to congratulate my longtime friend Steve-O on quitting his job at ...”
12 comments29Musing On Losing.“Unless something miraculous happens in the next two days, I have just withstood my worst ...”
1 comments26At War With Myself?“This week, I returned to AC so that I could try and satellite into the WPT main ...”
2 comments21AC and my CBO Log.“I’m getting comfortable with Atlantic City, NJ. Maybe a little too comfortable. AC on a ...”
1 comments17Neteller = Done Diddley.“For those of you who get your up-to-the-minute poker info from DavidZeitlin.com, allow me to ...”
1 comments1409Scamlantis.“I've had no success playing poker down here, so maybe that is going to color ...”
3 comments06No good.“I have now played three large buy-in (over $5,000) tournies in my life. And after today, ...”
1 comments05The Gang's All Here!“Hello from the Bahamas. So far there's been no poker; Janeen and I are just ...”03Bahamas Bound/Year End Comments“My first major poker foray of 2007 starts tomorrow, when I fly to Atlantis in ...”
4 comments - 2006
- Dec30Yearly Review, Part 3“Goal #3: Become Proficient at a Game Besides No-Limit Hold ‘Em In January 2006, I had ...”26RIP Godfather of Soul.2 comments20Yearly Review, Part 2“Moving forward with my one-year self-evaluation: Goal #2: Become a big shot online poker player I ...”
2 comments15running good.2 comments13Cheesetastic!“A pair of tens were prima facie evidence which made the case for David Zeitlin. ...”11Taj Tourney Recap.“A short summary of what was probably my finest tournament performance to date, at the ...”
2 comments07Movado time!“Good news: I just won Wednesday's $300 No Limit Event at the 2006 Trump Classic at ...”
2 comments - Nov29Yearly Review, Part 1.“Awhile back I mentioned that I’d be evaluating my yearly performance in this space. ...”
3 comments25NLCGIC.“Or No Limit Cash Games in Casinos, are donkfests. The level of play in ...”
2 comments21Foxwoods Trip Review, Part 2“Playing poker for a living requires a few skills that are less crucial in most ...”
3 comments15Score.“I recently noticed that I wasn't writing as many blog entries. I realized this ...”
4 comments13Foxwoods Trip Review, Part 1“Foxwoods was my first "business trip" since the WSOP. Both because it had been ...”
2 comments07Welcome to the Bubble.6 comments - Oct25Getting Analytical--creating an honest self-assessment.“As you know, I no longer have a boss. It recently occurred to me ...”
2 comments19Pokerstars staying, Neteller leaving (soon).“About a week ago, online poker players got some very good news. Pokerstars, which ...”
1 comments11Firepay Flames Out.“Yesterday brought bad news for online poker players. Firepay, which after Neteller is the ...”
2 comments09After the Panic: Pretending I'm Broke.“After I found out about the new anti-poker legislation a week ago today, I joined ...”
2 comments03The Future of Online Poker“I have spent the last day or so researching the new Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement ...”
1 comments02Black Monday.“I was away in Chicago all weekend, then at the Jets game yesterday, and I ...” - Sep19The 2006 Main Event, Day 42 comments13Greetings.“Hey everyone. I haven't forgotten about my blog. I did that two week ...”
4 comments05Sacred Sunday2 comments - Aug29The 2006 Main Event, Day 35 comments18The 2006 Main Event, Day 24 comments14The 2006 Main Event, Day 1“There are good things about being a professional poker player, and there are bad things ...”
4 comments07Sug = #259“So I have finished 259th in the WSOP Main Event, which was good for $38,759. ...”
6 comments05Day 3 Complete, Sug still clawing.“Hey again. Day 3: After almost bubbling, I doubled up just before the field made the money ...”
3 comments02alive and scratchin' after Day 2.“Hey all I made it through day two with 62,100 chips. This is a fairly ...”
4 comments - Jul31Checking in before Day 2“I've been relaxing since my Day 1 ended on Saturday night/Sunday morning. The plan ...”
4 comments30Day 1 Complete, Sug Thriving“I'm way too tired to write anything coherent, but the 15+ hours of Day 1 ...”
3 comments27Gearing up.3 comments24This Just Ain't Right.“I try to keep my blog entries entertaining, and there's nothing less entertaining than a ...”
1 comments22Soaring, Then Crashing--WSOP Part 2“Having employed a series of aggressive, dangerous kamikaze maneuvers to reach the money of the ...”
4 comments17Finding My Inner Kamikaze--WSOP Part 1“Well, I'm back from Vegas for the time being. I've been having a hard ...”
2 comments13Bittersweet.3 comments12Get your "refresh button" fingers ready (and cross them)“The 2006 WSOP $2,000 Pot Limit Hold 'Em Event played from 590 players down to ...”
5 comments11Uncle Sug Hits Vegas“I became an uncle on Saturday morning. My sister had a 9 lb. baby ...”
4 comments03Mr. Mojo Rizen“Just a couple of days ago, one of the instructors at PokerXFactor, Eric Lynch, a.ka. ...”
3 comments - Jun29Rewind: May 2006, Part 2--Turning Stone“A mere one day after returning home from Vegas, I set off for my next ...”
1 comments24Getting kicked around/WSOP qualification“I had a new blog entry planned for yesterday. In it, I was going to ...”
5 comments20Rewind: May 2006, Part 1: Vegas“As a birthday present to myself, I arranged for an extended leave of absence from ...”
4 comments14Hand Analyses: Pocket Jacks.“Pocket jacks are the most reviled hand in hold 'em. They look so pretty, what ...”
1 comments13The Nightly Coinflip“You probably think this entry is gonna be about racing a pocket pair against two ...”
4 comments06Rewind: April 2006“You just won $85,500 in your third month as a professional poker player. What ...”
2 comments04Hand Analysis: min reraise by excellent player“This is a test to see if I can post a hand from the PokerXFactor ...”
1 comments - May31Rewind: March 2006, Part 2--Foxwoods3 commentsRewind: March 2006“Priority number one in early March was a trip upstate to Turning Stone casino for ...”30David Suffers Rain Shortened Loss“My least favorite kind of result in baseball is a rain-shortened game. They play ...”
4 comments25Rewind: February 2006“I celebrated Groundhog Day 2006 by making like Punxsutawney Phil and holing myself up in ...”
2 comments22Rewind: January 20061 comments19Live from the beach: Verona, New York“All poker players know the worn out axiom: "It's a hard way to make ...”
2 comments17David in Blogland.“It was bound to happen sooner or later. I've officially joined the legion of ...”
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