Archive for September, 2008

WSOP-Europe On The Cheap

I mentioned before intention to go London later this month for WSOP Europe and EPT London. Although I’ve already purchased airfare, lately I had been considering canceling the trip since the $30k worth of buy-ins seemed steep in light of the opportunity cost to bet that money on John McCain. Thanks to a stroke of [...]

Online Poker, Poker Travels, WSOP

Bill O’Rielly Interviews Obama

This is the first segment in a four-part Bill O’Rielly interview with Barack Obama. Quite frankly, it’s pretty uncomfortable to watch, so I can’t say I’m eagerly awaiting the next three segments (which air Monday through Wednesday).
Basically, O’Rielly alpha-males Obama to death. No doubt, O’Rielly comes off like a jerk, but I think the [...]

Non-Poker

Wake Up Call

My phone started ringing at 11:45 a.m. today. Of course, since my life is awesome, I was still asleep. I barely got to the phone in time to let off a sleepy, “hello?!”
“Hi, this is Steve from ESPN, we’re calling to get some biographical information from Cory Albertson for an upcoming World Series of Poker [...]

Poker Community, WSOP