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When You Can't Do, You Pimp: WSOP 2008 Reading Guide
Filed in archive WSOP News on May 30, 2008
Since I am not currently huddled behind my laptop in the Rio's conference room where thousands of players have huddled together to strike first blood, I'll pimp those who are ready to bring th...
APPT Sets Sails For Its Second Season
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 30, 2008
I have talked about how successful the poker tours outside of the United States in past posts here have been thriving like the European Poker Tour and its amazing recent Monte Carlo Grand Finale that ...
Ultimate Cheating Uncovered at 2+2
Filed in archive Poker Forums on May 30, 2008
Most of what I write here is to encourage poker players who play live or those who maybe don't have the bankroll to play live and want to get the feel of the action for the cost of a few value mea...
PokerStars Announces 200 Seat Guarantee Satellite for WSOP Main Event
Filed in archive WSOP News on May 28, 2008
The fight to be the biggest of the online sites represented at the World Series of Poker this year is on. Full Tilt is offering their 150 seat guarantee tourney on June 15th. Which is nice, but PokerS...
Schmidl89 Wins $100K From PokerStars Turbo Takedown
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 27, 2008
The Turbo Takedown PokerStars completed its comeback and now mainstay at the end of every month. The buy in is simple: free. All this tournament cost is 5,000 Frequent Player's Points (FPPs), whic...
$25,000 Heads-Up Champion at Full Tilt Goes To David Singer
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 26, 2008
Despite rumors, the online poker game is still thriving. One could point towards the recent $25,000 buy in Heads-Up World Championship at Full Tilt which drew the bracket filling 64 players to face of...
Royal Oaks Poker Room Trip
Filed in archive Trip Reports on May 26, 2008
Many seasoned pros play the live game to grind out their monthly/yearly nut to live off of. While I am as close to a seasoned pro as Lindsay Lohan is to sobriety according to the many supermarket goss...
Grand Waldo Hotel to Host PokerStars-managed Poker Room
Filed in archive Poker News on May 22, 2008
The Asian Pacific Poker Tour, sponsored by PokerStars, introduced texas hold em' to many gamblers in the Asian gambling mecca of Macau with last year's APPT Macau tourney. The successful run o...
Daniel Negreanu Backs His Play With Prop Bets
Filed in archive WSOP News on May 21, 2008
I have been a reader of Full Contact Poker's forums for quite some time after seeing one of the best all-around poker players, Daniel Negreanu, open the doors to his blog and website. The poker si...
Rummmmmmmmmmble: FTOPS VII Two-Day Event Crowns a Double Champ
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 19, 2008
Let's get ready to CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH! Ok, a little lame play off of Bruce Buffer's famous boxing ring announcement, but cashing Full Tilt's Full Tilt Online Poker series hug...
Washington State Shoots Down Virtual Cards
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 18, 2008
Word to online poker players in Washington State: "You're as vile as a child molester" The arcane amendment enacted a couple of years ago to include online gambling into the state'...
FTOPS VIII: Two Day Event Paused
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 18, 2008
My son just presented me with a "stew" he was creating on his play kitchen consisting of eggs, steak, chocolate, peppers, and hot dogs. As you think about that going down with a nice glass o...
BBT3: The Straightaway Remains
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 16, 2008
The bankroll busting Battle of the Blogger Tournaments III at Full Tilt Poker is finally hitting the home stretch. For some it's been a haven, with piles of money going towards moving up poker'...
Layla Leaves, Is High Stakes Poker and WPT Far Behind?
Filed in archive Television and Radio on May 15, 2008
Layla Kayleigh leaves the World Poker Tour, but does anyone hear? The beautiful co-hostess of the WPT showed herself to the door (story as broken by Wicked Chops Poker) after just one season with the...
Phil Gordon Speaks About The Poker Pro Lifestyle in Freakonomics Blog
Filed in archive Poker Strategies on May 13, 2008
Iggy returns to his uber posting and poker bloggers rejoice. But the best part of his most recent post was a link to a great interview of poker pro Phil Gordon by the Freakonomics blogs in the New Yor...
FTOPS VIII Event #9 Hosted By Gus Hansen Tops 5,000 Players
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 12, 2008
I didn't win the $18,000 from the $10+$1 Stars Hundred Grand yesterday (how do you get away from TPTK with only 10 big blinds left??). Its back to reporting on the going ons around the internet po...
Sundays Are For Winning At Stars
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 11, 2008
Currently I joined the madness of the beefed up Sunday tournament schedule at PokerStars. 20,257 players joined the Sunday Hundred Grand which for just eleven dollars you could walk home after defeati...
FTOPS VIII Begins
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 9, 2008
Wow, time files when you're parent and suddenly find your normally quiet Friday mornings/afternoons filled with your niece and nephew to add a few more PB and Js on the menu for lunch. The Full Ti...
Ujogo.com Offer A Chance To Play at the Bike
Filed in archive Internet Poker on May 9, 2008
Everyone likes something for nothing, and for those who have or are taking up "The Ferguson Challenge" (starting at $0 and playing freerolls until you rolled up your bankroll into $10,000) t...
Borgata Chop, Drizz Rolls
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 8, 2008
As I'm folding my way through another Battle of the Blogger Tournament series with the Wednesday night Mookie after an unsuccessful attempt at the Razz tourney last night, I thought I'd update...
Buddy Dank at the Borgata Day 3
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 6, 2008
Podcasts are one thing. Live blogging another. But, combining the two for a poker tournament with the flavor of a radio show has been a treat for those who have been listening to Buddy Dank Radio fo...
1st LAPT Event Down to Nine
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 5, 2008
314 players made the trek to Rio de Janerio and the final nine have been determined. Per the PokerStarsBlog here is your inaugural Latin American Poker Tour final table as Alex Brenes (pictured above)...
WSOP Main Event Final Nine To Finish After Halloween
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 4, 2008
The reports are out from Harrah's announcement on the internet about the changes to their prime event. The World Series of Poker's Main Event final table will be delayed for 117 days from the ...
LAPT Rio Kicks Off
Filed in archive Tournament News on May 4, 2008
The Latin America Poker Tour officially kicked off yesterday with it first event being held in beautiful Rio de Janeiro. Of course, I was hoping to be part of team covering this inaugural event but th...
PPA Sends A Plea To Congress
Filed in archive Poker Laws on May 2, 2008
Reaching into the mail bag I've got some offers to make me rich from Nigeria, UK, and Montana? Guess steer prices are tumbling like my chips during an aggressive Omaha game. But, something did cat...
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