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Brief Update from Mystical Mexico

I haven’t really written much about poker or the experience of living in Mexico on here recently. I attribute that mostly to having a bit of a hard time “finding the story” down here some five months since my arrival.
The story on this Friday night was deciding to grind an evening poker session. I [...]

Gambling Stories, Mexico, Online Poker, Playa del Carmen, Poker Community, Poker Refugee, Poker Travels

Reflection on the Road to Merida

It’s been one month since I put all of my belongings, including my dog, on a plane to Mexico. It’s been an up and down few weeks since getting here.
I spent the first few days in Playa del Carmen exploring the area and going through the requirements needed to once again access the game [...]

Black Friday, DraftDay, Life, Mexico, Money, NFL, Online Poker, Playa del Carmen, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Poker Refugee, Poker Travels

Settled in Playa

I got to Playa del Carmen yesterday around noon.
I spent most of the afternoon in the waiting room of an cargo company in Cancun that I hired to process the importation of my dog, Scout, who rode in the undercarriage on the same flight as myself. Once the dog was put on the plane, [...]

DraftDay, Life, Mexico, Non-Poker, Online Poker, Playa del Carmen, Poker Community, Poker Refugee, Poker Travels

Moving to Mexico

In a bit of huge personal news, I have decided to move to Playa del Carmen, Mexico to pursue my semi-professional poker career.

After Black Friday, the day on which the U.S. Department of Justice effectively shut down online poker, I told WSJ reporter Alexandra Berzon that I would not relocate to another country for the [...]

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