This website and my two blogs are being created to document my life and provide a place to collect poker news and stories. Here I will parse out my daily array of feelings ... You may read about my joy, pain, anxiety, love, frustation, peace of mind, patience or lack thereof, acts of kindness, acts of goodness, trust, humility, self control, anger, sadness, depression, fears, apathy, pride, hate, forgiveness or lack thereof, resentment, jealousy, worthless thoughts, anxiety, worry, happiness, rejection, hurt, insecurities or lack thereof, shame, doubts, distrusts, guilt or lack of guilt, positive attitudes for the future or hopelessness. Well maybe some of these feelings will pop up from time to time, but mostly I will try to document what is transpiring from day to day.
Below is the last 5 posts from my Twitter account. If I am playing in a live tournament I am posting my progress as well as specific hands. By joining Twitter you can choose to follow my Twitter posts as well as those of millions of other people. Updats can be sent as text messages to your cellular phone as well. Updates can be turned on and off from your cell phone by sending a simple 1 one text message. Click on the following link to find out more on Official Twitter Text Commands
I find poker news and articles on the net and list them here in one place. I sort them by date. You can make this a place to find your poker news. I also provide links to postings in several player's blogs whom I respect, like Daniel Negreanu, Phil Gordon and others. Check my site every day for what is new. Hope you like it.
Poker title in the cards for Mo. man St. Louis Post-Dispatch The two of them started watching instructional videos from Howard Lederer on how to play poker, which put Regan, now 9, right to sleep. ...
With the release of the new iPhone 3G S, poker players are more excited than ever about the robust hardware and internet features of this amazing device. There are many poker resources available with the iPhone, including podcasts, training videos, and other applications.
As thousands of poker players await their fate at this yearâs $10,000 Main Event, which starts in a couple of hours, Matt Hawrilenko can enter into the tournament with the satisfaction of having won a World Series of Poker bracelet in Event #56, the $5000 Short Handed No Limit Holdâem tournament.
In a day at the 2009 World Series of Poker largely reserved for charity and good works, Alex Bolotin captured the âAnte Up For Africaâ poker fundraiser...
It isn't often you hear that a young 20-something is semi-retired, but Leo "Pechorin" Wolpert is just that. Wolpert went from being a full-time online poker player to a law school student at the University of Virginia.
I walked into the Amazon Room at the Rio Hotel and Casino at 11:59am to play in the $1,500 buy-in Omaha/8 event at the 40th Annual World Series of Poker (WSOP). Iâve participated in 28 out of the 40 years that the WSOP has been in existence, and, as usual, I was filled with excitement at the prospect of winning another gold bracelet.
The 2009 installment of the World Series of Poker (WSOP) Ante Up for Africa charity tournament brought out Hollywoodâs elite and pokerâs biggest names. In the end, Alex âDieselâ Boloton emerged victorious, winning $176,000 and donating half of his earnings to the ENOUGH Project and International Rescue Committee.
Amid the fanfare of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Main Event in Las Vegas, Costigan Media, the parent company of Gambling911, has filed suit to open warrants in the case involving the seizure of $30 million in online poker player funds by the U.S. Attorneyâs Office for the Southern District. It is the first legal action brought after the Southern District acted in June.
An evening full of festive entertainment at the Golden Nugget in downtown Las Vegas marked the inaugural Howard and Suzie Lederer Celebrity Charity Tourney...
NBC and Full Tilt announced their joint effort to produce Face the Ace, a new concept for a poker show where players who qualify online get to play heads-up against three Full Tilt pros for a $1,000,000 prize.
The preliminary events of the 2009 World Series of Poker (WSOP) are winding down and with the completion of Events #54 and #55 Wednesday there is only one more bracelet to give out before the Main Event kicks off on Friday.
I know you may find this hard to believe, particularly after all the sage advice I have doled out on this website, but I have never won a World Series of Poker bracelet. I came close to a bracelet when I watched a final table from the bleachers, but never have been named the rightful owner of one.
The largest online poker site around keeps adding to its all-star stable of pros, and they seem to be shopping both ends of the poker world this time, as they add beloved veteran Marcel Luske and hot discovery Jason Mercier.
Mike is presenting six seminars at the Rio during the World Series of Poker and playing in some of the events.
Poker personality, columnist, and WSOP Media director Nolan Dalla has been introducing Mike and regaled the audience with a tale about Mike from 15 years ago.
Mike was giving a seminar at a restaurant, and as occasionally befalls such events, the audio equipment went on the blink.
Mike usually manages to discover a way to make the most of a bad situation. This time he led the seminar audience outside onto a balcony and climbed on a ledge to address that crowd of poker players.
Wild. Mike is aware that he presents a rather wild image, but imagine the Mad Genius atop a ledge, on a roof, in the moonlight, his hair in its usual disarray, waving his arms about and speaking loudly to his audience. A worried security guard asked Nolan, 'Do you think he's going to jump?' What a sight that must have been!
One of the skills of a winning poker player is patience. In cash games if you play maniacally you usually end up losing. In tournaments, though, sometimes patience must take a back seat to naked aggression.
My good friend Aaron played in a home game satellite for a spot in a major, live tournament series. Twenty players began the tournament, and the key was to finish in the top three to advance to the playoffs. The structure was fast. Each player began with T1,000 and the blinds increased every 15 minutes. There were two heats with the top three players from each heat advancing to the playoffs. The playoff had a slower structure, and each player stared with T5,000 and the blinds advancing every 25 minutes.
Unfortunately for Aaron, all he looked at for the first half hour was a steady diet of junk. At a ten-handed, player-dealt table, it can easily take 15 minutes for an orbit. In fact, after two levels only 18 hands were dealt at Aaron's table.
'The price of poker is going up!' as Mike Sexton would say.
Just when you thought that action at the nosebleed tables was already ridiculously high, the stakes have been elevated. Tom 'durrrr' Dwan and Ilari 'Ziigmund' Sahamies engaged in several $3,000-$9,000 heads-up pot-limit Omaha matches. The two normally played with $500-$1,000 blinds, but they agreed to make it at least $9,000 to see the flop. Ziigmund alluded that he wasn't all that comfortable playing so high, but with the lack of available high stakes opponents, he really had no choice.
'I hope I won't do it anymore,' wrote Ziigmund on his blog. 'That's sick, sick big game.'
The swings have been immense. Durrrr won and lost a couple of million dollar sessions during the first week of escalated blinds. Eventually the two were involved in a pot so big that it set a record for largest pot-limit Omaha pot of all time. It was also the second largest pot ever played online. In case you w... Continue reading Higher and Higher
One of the recurring themes of poker theorists is the concept of dominated hands. Entire books on poker strategy are based primarily on the concept of building the kinds of hands that dominate those held by opponents, and avoiding situations where yours is the hand that's dominated.
If this concept is new to you, here's how it works. If I'm holding A-10 and you have A-K, my hand is dominated. Miraculous straights and flushes that might accrue to A-10 notwithstanding, I have just three outs, and three outs only, to win this pot. And while there are a few more hands that will enable me to split the pot-a rainbow coalition of K-Q-J-10 might hit the board and our straights will propel us to a split pot-that's beside the point since my objective is to win; it's not about playing a lesser hand in hopes of getting my money back courtesy of a really miraculous fall of cards.
Dominated hands, by definition, have three outs. Except for those aforementioned miraculou... Continue reading Domination, Part 1
If you're interesting in checking out the final table of the WSOP LIVE, I will be the lead analyst along with Oli Nejad. Tune in for all the hand-by-hand action. We're going to be joined in the broa...
If you're interesting in checking out the final table of the WSOP LIVE, I will be the lead analyst along with Oli Nejad. Tune in for all the hand-by-hand action. We're going to be joined in the broa...
Hi all,Things are in full force at the WSOP, and the entire poker world is here. It's truly amazing how this event has grown over the past five years.Hope you are all keeping up with my podcast from t...
Hi All,The Expert Insight 2007 WSOP Podcast has officially started. This year you'll be getting insider reports from me and my good friends, Rafe Furst and Andy Bloch. We'll be at the WSOP talking a...
Hi All,I apologize for not posting in a while - I've been very busy with my wedding, honeymoon and work.Just wanted to let you know that I'm currently playing in the WSOPC in New Orleans. Feeling good...
On behalf of the Cancer Research & Prevention Foundation, I want to thank you all for helping us reach our goal of $1M via the "I'll Raise You a Million Challenge".Harrah's did a fantastic job of ...
Hi Everyone,Sorry it's been a while, but as you all know, it's T-minus 11 days to marriage so I've been a little busy.EI Fantasy Golf:My company is hosting a great fantasy golf league and we are givin...
Hi all, It's been an exciting day at my company, Expert Insight. A video from our upcoming DVD, Card Trick Magic with Stephane Vanel, is being featured on MySpace's home page and shown as a featured ...
Ok everyone. I want to give you, my loyal readers, a chance to get your poker questions answered on YouTube. Here's how it works: 1. Post your questions in this thread. (You will get ex...
With the game of poker that is. Iâm really enjoying the WSOPE event here in London and in my off time all I want to do is play at PokerStars.com and/or write and think about the gameâŠ
I repeat, NEVER check a bag with the most incompetent airline in the world when it comes to handling your luggage⊠that, and a whole bunch of other stuffâŠ
Rarely do I meet a celebrity or athlete that makes me feel like a fan, but meeting Agassi made me feel like an awkward little boy asking for an autograph...
It's a pet peeve of mine, as Iâve always been into stats every since I was a little kid, and looking at the various sites that carry all-time money lists it had me wondering⊠what are they thinking?
I'm in Germany right now and just finished listening to a radio show where an admitted cheat was thrown softball after softball and still screwed it up...
This blog isn't meant to be preachy in any way, shape, or form, but I'd be lying if I didn't mention the fact that my belief in God is an important part of my life...
Now you should know by now that I don't say stuff like that unless I mean it, and am always wiling to criticize, but this is a spot I love more and more each time...
Before we go celebrate the American pastime, the Super Bowl, here are a few things you should know about the league and itâs practices⊠(no poker content whatsoever)
It's that time of year again. Time to fill out your brackets for the National Heads Up Poker Championship on NBC. Also a bizarre story from my youth involving NBC...
I made the sickest 9-ball run ever last night against Gavin Smith. In other news, I read a recent Phil Gordon article that was so ridiculous I felt compelled to respond...
It's official, there will be a new addition to the Negreanu family! That, and why I suck at online poker, the NBA All-Star game, and wasting way too much time on internet poker forums...
Yuk, I just couldn't get anything going in the first 10 levels. Luckily the structure is sick otherwise I would have been outta there along time ago...
I love my new position at the Wynn, but with that position comes great responsibility. Couple that with spending a week with my ex-fiance and you have a stressful week..
After a rocky start to my Challenge Matches at Wynn Las Vegas, things are starting to look up. Also, a look at this whole celebrity thing and finally some news on an upcoming private FCP party...
With traveling across country, playing Challenge Matches, special events, and media, all after an exhausting month at the WSOP Iâm running on emptyâŠ
It's been a while since I've updated the journal and have lots of bits and pieces to share. From Christianity to Politics, a TV cameo, radio, and to catching up with old friends...
I's still trying to get caught up on e-mails, I've never been this far behind before. The computer screen was giving me a headache though, so I decided to head into Bellagio for a little $4000-$8000 action...
I mean, thatâs a really good question. In this blog entry we've got a little "Mommy", some TILT, Harrah's WSOP Tour, Two announcements, computer problems, etc. It's a potpourri...
FCP Announces The Poker Classic with a guaranteed prize pool of $5,000,000. Along with that announcement, comes the "Spring Has Sprung Reload Bonus." All that, and a funny phone call I just had with a telemarketer, poor guy, lol...
If it were up to me, here is what I would propose for a wonderful World Series of Poker schedule that best resembles what the WSOP should be all about...
I couldn't come up with a name for: doing a show for STACKED on MTV, watching Survivor, fantasy football, fantasy hockey, and an online tournament cash for your's truly...
I'm a lot more focused on playing poker recently and really have missed playing limit hold'em. There's that, and a whole bunch of other random thoughts in this blog including homosexuality, Paula Abdul, and a major issue with the WPT...
Lots to cover in this blog, from my halloween night to the High Stakes Poker show I'm doing tomorrow. Most importantly, is the FCP Charter Member program...
I find poker radio and podcasts on the net and list them here in one place. I sort them by date. You can make this a place to find your poker radio. Check my site every day for what is new. Hope you like it.
Editor's note: Complete interviews from the Dream Team Poker event can be heard on this week's Poker Edge podcast. Where can an average poker player spend $500 and sit down to compete against some of ...
A 22-year-old Danish poker professional won the
World Series of Poker early Tuesday, turning a wheel straight on
the last hand to become the youngest champion in the history of the
no-limit Texas Hold 'em main event.
The WSOP main event was put on hold a little more than two weeks ago, but the poker world has been busy in the news department. Here's a look at what's going on: • As the November Nine continue t...
That's the number that is running through my head. Event 3 , the $1,500 no-limit hold 'em tournament won by Cairan O'Leary, had 2,998 players in action, incl...
The World Series of Poker is going to start a little earlier this year. After a record-breaking field for the event last year, commissioner Jeffrey Pollack mailed letters to all WSOP participants info...
Tip of the Week: Online poker tells and tips | Tip archive You're sitting at your computer, staring at the flashing screen in front of you. A player named "slowplayer" has just bet out the pot and ...
The World Series of Poker's $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event shocked everyone with its huge field, but the final table participants didn't shock anybody. Doyle Brunson was going for his 11th bracelet. David "...
I find poker video feeds on the net and list them here in one place. I sort them by date. You can make this a place to find your poker videos. Check my site every day for what is new. Hope you like it.
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I have been on television playing poker on several occasions. The 1st time was when I made the final table at a World Series of Poker $10,000 event held in March 2005, in San Diego, California. The second time was in November 2005 when I finished 14th in a super tough field of 114 champions at the invitational only, World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions, held at Caesars Las Vegas... I lost when my back pocket nines ran into a button raise by Phil Hellmuth having red pocket tens. In the next 5 minutes Johnny Chan was out in 13th p-lace when he ran pocket 4's into pocket 8's. Doyle Brunson finished 10th and we all three recieved ZERO NADA ZILCH BUPCUS. That's tournament poker and why I am looking for a better sponsor. To see a compilation of my television appearances you can click on the heading above.
