Tom Schneider

DonkeyBomber

PHOENIX, AZ -- Occasional columnist and one-time high-stakes pro, author Tom Schneider ("Oops I Won Too Much Money", Brown Books, 2006) won the 2007 Pokerati Invitational, and from there, two bracelets and the '07 WSOP Player of the Year wearing a Pokerati jersey -- a jersey he earned by winning the '07 Pokerati Invitational, which gave birth to his first podcast, Beyond the Table.

Tom is also a member of of the WSOP Players Advisory Counci.

Posts by Donkey Bomber:

  • Where is the Collective Outrage?

    When I looked at the numbers, I had to re-evaluate
    03 Oct 2011

    Tom Schneider OP-ED Ed. Note:  Shortly after Tom wrote this piece, the AGCC revealed that some $330 million had been seized pre-Black Friday. I sent an email asking if this changed the math, to which Tom replied, “That’s almost all that they owed to players, just short $60 million which is purportedly what they had in the [...]

  • Over Before It Started

    @DonkeyBomber's 2011 WSOP Wrap-Up
    10 Jul 2011

    Quote of the Series – Player in a cash game complaining to a dealer about how badly he deals… Dealer says to player, “If we switched seats, we would both make more money.” Things I won’t miss after leaving the WSOP The piece of paper that has been on the 18th-floor ice machine for 45 [...]

  • Washington DC Needs More Gambling

    Politicians might make better policy if their own money were on the line
    01 May 2011

    Tom Schneider OP-ED It’s time to have a poker player run for President of the United States. Forget Joe the Plumber. How about Tom the Gambler? I actually gave serious consideration to running for President in 2012. However, when I woke up, it didn’t seem like such a great idea. I thought what could a [...]

  • Where is Eric Crain?

    08 Jul 2009

    Eric and I played in the first round of the limit holdem shootout. What a nice, funny guy in addition to being a great player. I beat him at the first table, but before I did, we agreed to save 10 percent. After beating him, I failed to get his phone number in order to [...]

  • 11 Jun 2008

    I will make geat decesions 2day

  • CSR Report

    05 Jun 2008

    Thanks bud

  • Test leme no

    31 May 2008

    Test leme no

  • 30 May 2008

    Picture is up

  • Start/Stop the B-tching!

    01 May 2008

    I wrote this post right after the 2007 WSOP, but I hadn’t pressed publish yet. With all the talk about structural changes and travel plans for the upcoming WSOP, now seem’s a good time for us to think about our (poker players’) behavior for the upcoming WSOP: I have a request for all poker players. [...]

  • Is the WSOP Changing Things? It’s So Scary!

    13 Apr 2008

    I can only speculate on all the stuff that is going on at the WSOP regarding the discussion of changing the final table format, but here are my thoughts on what has already been discussed. Given the same payout structure, would you rather make a final table last year or this year? If you say [...]

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