Going for Broke
I got a call yesterday at the WSOP from the Butler. I haven\’t seen the guy for a couple months — not since me and my jiu-jitsu coach and heavy metal teacher got booted out of our sweet pad (pool […]
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Money Kinda-Sorta Plays
On Friday I made a pretty big decision that I wasn\’t going to play at all here (at the Rio, at least) during the WSOP … $2/$5 NLH Buy-in: $300 Cash out: $0 Net: -$300 Argh … the cost of
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How to Be a Mid-Stakes Pro, Part 2
From Craigslist: well know poker player needs backer – $25 (Las Vegas) Date: 2008-04-17, 1:28AM PDT I will only accept the right person. I currently have a backer and we will be parting ways if I find a bigger backer.
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What It Takes to Be a Mid-Stakes Pro
Joel the MySpace Friend / Account Exec in Dallas writes in inquiring about a possible career change: —————– Original Message —————– From: \”Joel\” Date: May 5, 2008 2:02 PM How are things? How is Vegas? I might be moving out
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Keeping Out the Riff-Raff
750 percent increase for VIP lounge keys at the WSOP
Part of my master plan for covering the 2008 WSOP has already gone awry … Last year, you could make a $1,000 charitable donation for access to a VIP Players lounge across the hall from the Amazon Room. Inside was
Keeping Out the Riff-Raff
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Speaking of Odds
We hear about players going broke all the time — whether they are low- to mid-stakes grinders, semi-well-known pros (Eskimo Clark, e.g.), or total big shots (insert major pro\’s name other than John Juanda here, as virtually all have been
How to Play Live Real Money Casino Poker without Much Cash
Troy in Las Vegas writes in with a question about bankroll management that I’m going to attempt to answer: (Stop laughing.) Dan, I have a quick question for you… in your opinion what is the best for me to do
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Just for Robert to Read
And maybe Tom … and their nice friend from Phoenix whose name I forget: Somewhere along the way to posting six losing sessions out of eight and after receiving a severe tongue-lashing from Robert G (with echoes of Tulsa in
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Batfaces in V-town
After being snowed in at DFW for a night, a contingent of Batfaces is en route to Vegas — presenting the biggest threat to my bankroll since setting up camp in the Valley. A lot of these guys and other
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It’s the Poker, Stupid!
Spaceman apparently couldn\’t stay off the poker-bloggy horse, and he\’s got an interesting article in Poker Listings about the Mathematics of International Finance and its effect on high-stakes tournament players. Way too high-brow for me to understand, of course —
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