Archive for June, 2010

Halftime at the WSOP

This blog entry originally appeared on my WSOP blog at PokerTips.org.
I’m leaving for New York later tonight to spend the weekend with my girlfriend which effectively marks the end of the first half of the WSOP for me. So far, I’ve played 9 events and have one cash (22nd in the $1500 PLO) which was [...]

Sports, Vegas, WSOP

Chip Up, Spew Out

This entry originally appeared on my WSOP blog at PokerTips.org.
Yesterday, I played the $1k ‘Donkulus’ as Dr. Pauly calls it. This tournament is such ridiculously good value that I could probably make a comfortable albeit incredibly boring living just playing it every day. Unfortunately (and fortunately) it’s only held a couple of times a year, [...]

Vegas, WSOP

Luck Ran Out

Today was day two of the $1500 PLO event at the Rio. I showed up with an average stack as one of 95 players hoping to be among the 81 to cash. The cash came fairly easily, I was never really in any spots where it seemed possible that I might washout, which was nice [...]

Vegas, WSOP

European Four Card Poker

This blog entry originally appeared on my WSOP blog at PokerTips.org.
I joined what seemed like a sea of Europeans in today’s $1500 PLO event. I had been really looking forward to this event for a while due to its small field size (compared to the events I’m used to playing) and change of pace from [...]

Vegas, WSOP