Archive for April, 2008

Caesars $1k Circuit Event and a Failed Escape

I played a $1k prelim event for the WSOP Circuit at Caesars yesterday. I was really happy with how I played. There aren’t more than one or two hands that I regret a decision on – and those are pretty mild regrets. The tournament had something like 240 players. I finished 13th for like $2.5k. [...]

Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP

Confidence, Isaac Baron, and Vegas (Baby!)

One (on a long list of) leaks in my poker game is that my confidence goes up and down with the predicability of a yo-yo. I’m not sure if this is a common struggle among other players, but I regularly find myself unsure of how to play situations that, in other times, seem quite simple [...]

Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Vegas

If You’ve Ever Said “I’ve Seen It All”, Watch This!

Regarding this video, someone commented on Digg by simply saying, “God”. I believe that sums it up pretty well. And for the first time in my life, I’ve actually looked at a piece of art and said, “wow… I’d pay a ton of money for that.”

Non-Poker

Another Sick Month (March Recap)

I posted at the end of February that I was going to donate 5% of my net winnings in March to charity. Good news for charities: I had another great month. When I tallied up how much 5% of my winnings was, I was like, “wait… I’m giving all of that to charity?!” I mean… [...]

General Gambling