Category Archives: poker
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
the Tao of Dao
here are 2 interesting hands from last night that involved Dao (i’m not 100% sure that’s how his name is spelled, but…) hand 1: i’m not much involved in this one, but it’s pretty crazy. 4 limpers for 5 (including … Continue reading
goofing around is profitable
well, not usually, but here’s an example where it was we’re playing 2/5 NL and the game is temporarily short-handed and tight and boring. doug limps for 5 and the small blind folds. i’m the big blind w/ 74 offsuit … 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
sometimes it doesn’t add up to enough
top pair king kicker, nut straight draw, 3rd nut flush draw. sounds pretty good on paper, right? playing 2/5 NL last night: i open early for 20 with K♣Q♠. i’ve been opening quite a few pots. my stack is around 800. … 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
blah, and blah.
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