Poker Travels

2012 WSOP Plans (or Lack Thereof)

It’s getting to be that time of the year again. The 2012 World Series of Poker (WSOP) is starting in just a couple of months. And for the first time since I started going out to Vegas for poker’s big annual exchange of dollars in 2005, I’m not really all that jazzed about it. This [...]

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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 [...]

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Checkpoint in Playa

Although I feel like I basically just arrived in Playa del Carmen, I’ve already reached a checkpoint where I have to decide to stay here longer or move on to something else. The lease agreement I have was only through December 27th. Unfortunately, I can’t extend my stay in this particular unit; it was already [...]

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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 [...]

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