Archive for May, 2008

2008 WSOP: Trip #1

Tuesday, June 3rd: Event #5: $1,000 NLHE with Rebuys
My passport arrived in time for the $1,000 rebuy. In hindsight, I wish it hadn’t.
I was at Joe Sebok and Victor Ramdin’s table during the rebuy period. I won a bunch of chips off of Sebok TT > A8 and gave them all away to Ramdin a [...]

Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP

WSOP Circuit N’awlins

I’m driving to New Orleans (which is informal for its real name, N’awlins) tomorrow for the WSOP Circuit. Saturday is a $1k prelim. On Sunday I’ll either play day two of the prelim or online tournaments. The $5k Main Event starts on Monday.
Some people have asked what I intend to do with the winnings [...]

Poker Travels, WSOP

$160,000!!!!!

Too jubilent and excited to write much of a “real” entry about the final table today, but: I finished 3rd for $160,000!!!
Things went so great for me. I mean… I told Michael before the final table started that, “I feel like 7th place should be the most emotionless finish for me.” So the fact that [...]

Poker Travels

Party Poker Million VI Blog

So I’m on the Party Poker Million cruise. The tournament hasn’t started yet, so I don’t really have anything to say. I mean… it’s cute and all that you came to this site hoping to find something to read… but I’ve got nothing for you.
Right now we’re at port in Bari, Italy (wherever the [...]

Poker Commentary, Poker Travels