Archive for July, 2008

Upcoming Poker Schedule and a Big McCain Bet

A few months ago, I posted a schedule of the poker tournaments I was going to play into the forseeable future.
The trips on that schedule were:
Vegas WSOP Circuit at Caesars (wound up cashing in a $1k prelim)Party Poker Million Cruise (3rd for $160k)New Orleans WSOP Circuit (15th in the Main Event)WSOP (18th in a $2,500 [...]

General Gambling, Poker Travels

Huge Online Score

I woke up this morning about 45 minutes before the Sunday Warm-Up so I could take my dog for a walk. At one point during the walk, I just kinda thought to myself, “I have a good feeling about today. Maybe I’ll win something big.” (Humor me and pretend for a second that I don’t [...]

Online Poker

NFL’s Worst Owners

Yahoo sports columnist, Michael Silver, wrote a pretty interesting article ranking NFL owners from worst to best. Here’s what he had to say about some of the worst NFL owners:
32. Jacksonville Jaguars – Wayne Weaver
“He’s a sick puppy,” one owner says of Weaver. “He’s totally and completely out for his bottom line, and the league’s [...]

Non-Poker

2008 WSOP Trip #3

I just arrived back in Vegas for my third and final stay during the WSOP. I’m staying at Treasure Island for the first few nights. Staying at this hotel is really good value. I’m paying a rate of $100/night, which is like significantly less than half the cost of the more “high end” hotels in [...]

Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP