Poker Travels

Coolered in L.A.

Sometimes there are days where, in hindsight, you realize you should have never gotten out of bed. Today has been one of those days.
I’m in Los Angeles for the World Poker Tour event at the Bicycle Casino, a $3,500+$200 buy-in that lured something like ~700 entrants. Having not played a live tournament since busting [...]

Non-Poker, Poker Community, Poker Travels, WPT

Traveling Over Relocating

I’ve been back in Austin for a few weeks now and have settled in about as much as any poker player can in a place where there are no casinos and no online poker. God, Black Friday really sucked a big one. It’s not like I want to play all the time or try to [...]

Austin, Black Friday, Online Poker, Online Poker Industry, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Poker Travels, Twitter, WPT

Vegas Wrap Up

I never really took the time to write a wrap-up blog from my recent trip to Vegas, so here goes.
My last two days at the WSOP were fairly frustrating. Both days, in a $1500 and then $1000 event, I made it to the last level of the day with an above-average stack only to [...]

2011 WSOP, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP

A “Final Statement” on An Encounter with Joe Sebok

This blog originally appeared on PokerTips.org and was republished here on my personal blog.
Today was WSOP Event #28, a $1500 no-limit event. I got to the Rio an hour late and stood in a long line to late register. By the time I took my seat, blinds were at 50/100, starting stacks of 4.5k.
I’m [...]

2011 WSOP, Online Poker, Online Poker Industry, Poker Commentary, Poker Community, Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP