Archive for April, 2009
You’re One in Twenty, Kid
For more than the past three years, I’ve been authoring or co-authoring a Sunday column called The Weekly Shuffle at Poker Tips. I’d say about 60% of these Weekly Shuffles have been pretty good, 35% have been “meh”, and 5% of them have been hilarious/great. Thanks to our industry knowledge and a recent trip to [...]
"No… No…"
I was probably the last person in the poker world to see this video because I’m sheltered like that, but in case there’s anyone else out there with their head deeper in the sand than myself, check out the largest pot in televised poker history that came in at $900k. The best part is at [...]
Devout Jew: Alex Perelberg
This should make for some exciting TV.
The Foxwoods Poker Classic drew a paltry 257 players. This was already going to be a very boring TV episode when Amnon Filippi was the most interesting player remaining in the event with seven left. But if that wasn’t bad enough, two players were eliminated on the same hand [...]
Tel Aviv
I’m enjoying Tel Aviv a lot for a few reasons. In no particular order:
Size of City
I don’t really like small areas for the simple reason that it’s too easy to get bored. On the contrast, I’m not too wild about large cities either. There’s something about the hustle-bustle and magnitude of large, urban areas that [...]
