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My Skydiving Footage

Before I was ever serious about poker, I was a pretty avid skydiver. In the summer of 2004, I made my first jump and was immediately hooked. I spent that fall grinding online poker games to have enough money to travel to Florida over winter break where I could go through an Advanced Freefall (AFF) [...]

Non-Poker, Skydiving, Video Blog

Bet Scotty McCreery to Win Idol

I made today what I think is a very +EV bet on American Idol. An online sportsbook (not going to say the name because screw them unless they’re paying me to say the name) has Scotty McCreery, a country-singing 17 year old from North Carolina, at 9:4 to win the competition. James Durbin, a far [...]

American Idol, General Gambling, Music, Video Blog

Fox News Interview

I did an interview today on the Fox News program Fox Report about the online poker situation in the U.S. The whole thing happened pretty quickly. I got an email from a producer around 2:00 pm saying she saw my quotes in a WSJ article and asked if I would be willing to go on [...]

Black Friday, Online Poker, Online Poker Industry, Poker Commentary, Video Blog

Obama Sighting in Manhattan

My girlfriend and I were in Manhattan today. With an hour or so to kill, we decided to walk around Central Park. Before we got into the park, we noticed quite a few police officers, several barricades, and just generally a lot of hoopla at 79th and 5th along the east side of the park. [...]

New York, Non-Poker, Video Blog