Archive for October, 2008

I Knew I’d Run Hot on This Trip!

Catching up on some Office and South Park episodes in my hotel room on the eve of WSOP Circuit Indiana. Run down to the gift store and buy two 20 oz. Diet Pepsi’s. It says on the label to look under the cap because “1 in 8 wins a Buy 1 Get 1 Free 20 [...]

General Gambling, WSOP

Foiled By PokerPages!

I drove 45 minutes to the Houston airport, took a three hour flight to Indianapolis, rented a car, and drove two and a half hours to the Indiana side of the Ohio river across from Louisville for the WSOP Circuit event that starts tomorrow. At least I thought it started tomorrow because that’s what PokerPages [...]

Poker Travels, WSOP

One Thing I’ll Give Poker Players

I met Michael tonight at a bar called the Wild West, a large country-dancing bar in Houston. I’ve always found the patrons of the Wild West to be very interesting to observe. Since the focal point of the bar is a dance floor, the emphasis is on dancing. The stereotypical “Alpha Male” (or “top dog” [...]

Non-Poker, Poker Community

Sundayyy!

Nothing special here. Just decided to bury all those WSOP Europe entries.
It’s Sunday and my Bodog account is robusto from fading the Cubs. You know what that means… sportsbetting and poker!!
Here are the bets I’ve got going for 1pm ET games:
2 dimes on:
Texans +4
Dolphins +7
1 dime on:
Redskins +7
Chiefs +10
Nickel on:
Brewers -100
The poker should be fun [...]

General Gambling, Online Poker