Over the next bunch of orbits I was absolutely card dead. I won the blinds once raising from the button with pocket sixes but that’s about it. I was being not so slowly being blinded off without there being much of anything I could do about it. Amazingly I still snuck onto the final table [...]
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One Rainy Evening (Part III)
July 29th, 2010 No Comments
One Rainy Evening (Part II)
July 27th, 2010 No Comments
Things were less pleasant as the action continued. The best hand I saw in the next few orbits was a pair of snowmen out of position in a hand that the Eurodonk managed to double up on. At the same time, the Ice Queen was showing why I’d feared her as she snapped up a [...]
Tags: Poker
One rainy evening… (part I)
July 25th, 2010 No Comments
***Warning: Heavy Poker Content*** It’s been ages since I’ve played any poker, either live or online, but I had a rainy evening free this week and fired up my laptop for a little fix. Browsing the tables I found a reasonably small scale SNG that like wouldn’t keep me up too late if I went [...]
Tags: Poker · Stupidity · Writing

A venetian, a roman and a greek walk into a bar…
May 15th, 2009 No Comments
I had high hopes for poker going into this Vegas trip. The stories I’d heard of easy fish (with money to burn) at certain tables in Vegas had me salivating a little, and my practice sessions prior to the trip had gone well. Unfortunately for me, things did not go according to plan and I [...]
Tags: Gambling · Holiday · Poker

An uncertain neon oasis…
May 12th, 2009 No Comments
We are in the middle of a global economic recession. Though I certainly wasn’t in any doubt about it before, I had it systematically reinforced during my recent visit to Las Vegas. Things are bad in Sin City… and getting worse. …more after the break…
Tags: Gambling · If I had a Million Dollars · Nostalgia · Poker · Things that are hot · Travel · Vegas


Pre-Holiday Roundup!
August 1st, 2008 No Comments
It’s finally here! While nowhere near as fun or blog-worthy as my original plan, starting tomorrow I’m still getting out of this godforsaken city til at least the 20th of August. School doesn’t start until the 4th so I really don’t care when I get back. As a result updates will likely be sporadic since [...]
Tags: Poker · Summer 2008 Trip · Travel
The World Series of Donkey Liquification
July 10th, 2008 No Comments
I hope everyone who enjoys poker has been following the World Series of Poker the past few weeks. I have no doubt the ESPN coverage will start appearing on TV as soon as they can finish editing it but it’s entertaining to follow along online as it happens. ESPN will never let you know the [...]