Archive for May, 2009
One Way Ticket to Vegas
I’m heading to Vegas for the World Series of Poker in twelve hours. It still seems surreal to me that it’s already WSOP time again. It feels like not more than a month or two ago I was sitting on a sidewalk outside the Rio taking a moment to honor the inevitable emotions one will [...]
Memorial Day Update
I’ve been in Indianapolis this weekend visiting friends and family before heading to Vegas next weekend for the WSOP. I skipped online poker yesterday to attend the Indianapolis 500 with a friend and his girlfriend and father. It’s a pretty fun event to attend if you ever get the chance. It reminds me some of [...]
Most Ballin’ NBA Jersey
My buddy Paul and I had a discussion last night regarding what the most ballin’ or cool or gangster (or whatever other adjective you care to use) current NBA player’s jersey is to wear. We agreed on a few criteria that should be weighed in reaching this conclusion:
Non-Mainstream
You have to immediately rule out wearing jerseys [...]
What Lodden Thinks
I spent some time with my buddy Dave in Vegas tonight. We played this tournament at Treasure Island called ‘Head Hunters’. It’s a $125 buy-in: $50 goes to the prize pool, $50 is put on your head as a bounty, and $25 to the house. With only 17 players tonight, it was a pretty friendly [...]
