Category Archives: poker
reappearance of the tilt monster
i’ve been on a 5-week long streak of consecutive winning cash-game sessions. that came to crashing halt last night when i just couldn’t get on track in the 20/40 limit holdem game. losses happen, but that’s not the bad part. … Continue reading
poker math:the widespread availability of bad information
 i was sitting at a poker table last night with a very good player (mike) and another guy who i’ll call OG (for “opinionated guy”). OG is a common breed of poker player who plays fairly competently, but won’t ever … Continue reading
interesting cash game hand
i was playing 5/5 no-limit yesterday, and this hand came up. luckily i folded preflop and had no part of it. there was a raise and several callers preflop, which was a par for the course in this game. the … Continue reading
instant karma
if you play enough poker, you see a lot of weird stuff. last night while playing 2/5 NL holdem, i was involved in 2 consecutive hands with some unusual similarities. in the first hand of the sequence, i was in … Continue reading
nice job, jonathan tamayo!
frequent turning stone tournament participant jonathan tamayo missed a WSOP bracelet by a hair this week, finishing second in the 1500 mixed holdem (limit and NL) event. i don’t often go out of my way to compliment other players, but … 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
east coast poker championships
i was looking forward to this tournament, but the stars were way out of alignment or something, and i didn’t get to play much. i had a lot going on at work, and decided i couldn’t afford to take a … Continue reading
ah, vegas in june
it turns out that besides the 3-ring circus that is the WSOP at the Rio, there are THREE (count ‘em three) other tournament series running daily events (in some cases multiple daily events!) through the whole month of june. Binion’s … Continue reading