Rants

Mission Impossible: Cake Poker’s Security Check

I haven’t played at Cake Poker in over two years. If I recall correctly, I busto’d my account there and was just never motivated to redeposit. Recently, I received an email from them informing me that I can exchange my gold cards (which you earn for real-money play at their site) for cash. It occurred [...]

Online Poker, Online Poker Industry, Poker Commentary, Rants

Dumb Continental Airlines Coupon

I have an incredibly thin amount of patience for companies in the customer service industry. One such company that I’ve been a regular customer of for several years is Continental Airlines. They have a huge hub in Houston so pretty much anytime I fly, I fly on Continental Airlines. I’ve pretty much always loved them. [...]

Non-Poker, Rants

Jeffrey Loria is a Greedy Pimp

Yahoo! doesn’t do a lot right, but one thing of theirs I like is their sports portal. Today, they ran a story about the greedy pimp that owns the Florida Marlins, Jeffrey Loria.
To summarize that article a little bit (though you should still read it because it goes into other atrocities that I am not [...]

Money, Rants, Sports

Another No-Limit Event

This entry originally appeared on my WSOP blog at PokerTips.org.
Another washout.
Today was a $560 at Venetian. Things were going nicely for a while, I won some pots, flopped a set and dodged two outs, and was sitting on 45k during 300/600 when I lost a 65k pot with KTdd all-in against TT on a 932dd [...]

General Gambling, Poker Commentary, Rants, Sports, Vegas