Vegas

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 [...]

2012 WSOP, Future Plans, Poker Commentary, Poker Travels, Vegas, WSOP

Times-Union Article

A good friend from my hometown who works for the local newspaper did a great story on my WSOP run and poker career. We did the interview late on Saturday night after I finished play on day five and the article was printed (front page, I’m told!) in today’s edition. It’s for sure a nice [...]

2011 WSOP, Vegas, WSOP

Wow, What a Run!

This blog was originally posted on PokerTips.org.
My run in the Main Event ended shortly into day six. I looked down at QJo on the button with 11 big blinds which is basically the stone cold nuts in that spot. I moved in but unfortunately the small blind had been dealt KJs and I couldn’t find [...]

2011 WSOP, Poker Community, Vegas, WSOP

Made Day Six!

This blog was originally posted on PokerTips.org.
I don’t know how, but somehow, improbably, I’m still in the 2011 WSOP Main Event. I’m really tired and I’ve basically already written this blog 140-characters at a time on Twitter, so I’ll keep this brief.
There’s 144 players left and I’m one of them. I don’t have many chips; [...]

2011 WSOP, Vegas, WSOP