Tag Archives: tournaments
turning stone winter meltdown tournament
i chopped (i.e. tied for first-place money in) the main event of turning stone’s winter meltdown yesterday for a great start to my new poker year. the old saying goes “you gotta get lucky to win a poker tournament”. yeah, … Continue reading
heartland poker tour – turning stone
the heartland poker tour is in town. very well run, and they had a good turnout with 442 players in the $1650 buyin main event. part of the reason for the good turnout is that turning stone “gave away” 100 … Continue reading
nice job cyrus!
my friend cyrus had 2 nice cashes in the recent “march madness” tournament at TS, including a 3rd place finish in the $750 main event, good for $22k. congrats! cyrus is a very good cash and tournament player, but he … Continue reading
just can’t fold those kings
i played the 300 event in turning stone’s “super stack” series thursday for over 11 hrs. finished 18th (out of 124 starters), which paid… nothing. interesting hand in level 2: i’ve got KK. strong player in early position opens for … Continue reading
cruising the strip in style
[i actually wrote this post on 11/13 but i didn't have internet access in my hotel so i never got around to posting it]. i’ve been in vegas the last few days. my friend jim l was out here for … Continue reading
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i played event 3 of the HPT New York Fall Poker Classic on friday, the $500 NL event. fairly small turnout (maybe 120 or so? official results not posted online yet). i didn’t make any real mistakes, but never got … Continue reading
NY fall poker classic HPT event 1
i made the final table at the first event of the Heartland Poker Tour‘s fall stop at turning stone, my first decent cash in a while. i played pretty well all day, with a couple gutsy and successful moves, a … Continue reading
bad beat of the week
for the non-poker crowd, a “bad beat” is a hand you lose for some weird reason, usually because the opponent played bad and got super lucky. listening to “bad beat stories” is tiresome, but most of us can’t resist telling … Continue reading
wsop trip part 1
i’m in vegas at world series time, and this town is bursting at the seams with poker players. the official wsop events are getting big turnouts, and the other tournaments series around town are drawing good crowds also. so far … Continue reading
final table chop blues
if you’ve read my blog for long, you might know i HATE this turning stone tradition of zillion-way final table chops. you don’t make that many final tables, and when you do you should want to play them, right? plus, … Continue reading