Archive for February, 2009
The Bottom
I just had about the longest five minute walk back to a hotel room in my life.
Played the Venetian $2.5k Main Event today. The five levels leading up to dinner break went pretty great. We’ll get back to those in a minute.
After dinner, I was in the tournament for 2.5 hours without winning a single [...]
Tulsa Busto and America Busto
Michael and I flew up to Tulsa this morning for the $3k Oklahoma State Championships of Poker. I love this tournament. It is so beautifully soft. The only other “good” player I knew of in the tournament was Jordan Morgan. Even the younger unknown guys with headphones who you would label as probably being decent [...]
When the Yanks Go Marching In
I just returned from a fun little trip with a few poker players. On Monday, I flew into Philly and was picked up by Ray “Exitonly” Coburn and his friend Cris who live in Jersey. We made the five hour drive to Pittsburgh to spend the night at Luke “IWEARGOGGLES” Staudenmaier’s townhouse where Matt “mlagoo” [...]
The Harrah’s Treatment: You Can Check Out Anytime You Like, But You Can Never Leave
Before going to Tunica, I called some transportation places to arrange a ride from the Memphis airport. The prices I was quoted were in the $110-$130 range roundtrip (for a 30 minute drive), which is actually more than what it would have cost to rent a car. I was sharing the absurdity of this to [...]
