So people of the worldYou take a bowCause I used to be outBut I’m flaming nowSo hold on tightWith your knuckles white, causeMy time is coming OMG, I’ve had “What’s Love Got to Do With It?” stuck in my head … Continue reading
The Poker Mutant will be retiring (mostly) from poker on 1 January. This is the latest installment in his thrilling countdown to the End of Times. No poker played today, but by the time the five or six people who see this read it, … Continue reading
Another unimpressive week of (mostly) tournament poker. This is my last regular update for a while. It’s not that I’m going to take a break from writing, I’m just going to be doing so much writing, I’m not sure how … Continue reading
Not exactly a stellar week on the felt. Maybe I should pack the whole poker-playing thing in and just write about poker instead. Oh, wait…. Final Table Portland Poker Classic $100K NLHE I had some hopes for making some money in … Continue reading
In case you didn’t see my announcement in this week’s #PNWPokerCalendar, I’m going to be live reporting from the World Series of Poker this summer, and the application process, plus starting to make preparations for the long haul of the series … Continue reading
Every now and then I like to challenge myself to pay the bare minimum I can when I play poker. Conventional wisdom is that you should buy all the chips you can. My own philosophy is that a good player … Continue reading
For anyone who might have missed the blitz of Tweets and Facebook shares I did on my new article for PokerNews, it takes a look at the chance that a player will make the Top 100 in the WSOP Main Event more than once. … Continue reading
A little late with the Report this week; I was finishing up a couple of articles—including what should be the first item I’ve had on PokerNews in a number of months—and getting ready to pay taxes. Final Table $20K NLHE … Continue reading
Bovada 0.05/0.1 & 0.1/0.25 NLHE Zone 6-Max It was a week mostly like this. I got stacks in good but ended up losing. Eighteen sessions. Two hundred eighteen minutes. 943 hands. -325BB. -34.5BB/100 hands. Encore Club $11K NLHE MIssed the … Continue reading
Bovada 0.1/0.25 and 0.25/0.5 NLHE Zone 6-Max I’ve been working on a sort of smash-and-grab approach to Zone Poker where I stop playing after ten or fifteen minutes (or less). Not exactly ratholing; I don’t immediately jump back in the … Continue reading