Margaritavillains
Sometime during this year I decided I wanted to add more tournaments to my poker diet. I\’ve been a cash game grinder for my entire poker-playing career and don\’t really have anything to speak of in regards to big tourney […]
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Returning from Poker Hiatus
I just got back from my first live poker session in I don\’t know how long… almost two months I think. I took an extended hiatus from the game for a couple of reasons; a) my dad was in town
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Epic Poker Pro-Am to Be Broadcast via Heartland TV
I won my seat early … and since then I\’ve been watching the field grow for Epic Poker\’s inaugural $1,500 pro-am at the Palms, Pokerati\’s regular low-stakes NLH/PLO home. With @Donkeybomber so far my toughest potential competition … well, let\’s
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Free Poker Beef Jerky
A lot of people have been wondering where I\’ve been this WSOP. I\’m ready to admit it — I suffer from an addiction … one that snuck up on me when I least expected, but I can no longer deny.
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A Quick Pounding in the Pokerati Game
I spent the first part of today chilling at my place for a few hours, getting in a light workout then writing a couple emails. Then I made my way to the VW dealership. I drive a 2010 Jetta that
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(Las Vegas) People You Meet: The 1/2 $100,000-aire
Those following @Pokerati may recall an unusual situation I faced in a 1/2 game at the Golden Nugget last weekend — when this guy, \”The Duke\”, bought in for $100,000 … which he pulled from purple velvet Crown Royal baggies
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(Trash Talk) Tuesday Night Poker at the Hard Rock
I\’m headed out to play a little cash action … gonna go check out the Hard Rock — where the poker ops there have apparently taken a lesson from the Vegas nightclubs and have started to \”own one night.\” They\’re
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Dream Team Poker (Day 1) Official Report Team Tao of Pokerati gunning for the win!
It was a triumph for me individually — I\’ve made the money with an about-average stack, and made my first Day 2 ever in any tournament. (Stop laughing.) But from a team perspective … that\’s where the real money is,
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Why It’s Bad to Slowroll Bad cardplay, emotional taunts lead to famine, pestilence, war
Tom Dwan doesn\’t slowroll, and you shouldn\’t either. My latest Bluff column is now up online … in this episode I call out the Scandis for potentially causing a violent international incident: Without a doubt, for low stakes players MGM
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Chip Change at the Wynn
I hadn\’t played at the Wynn in nearly a year … but did so last night, and much to my delight they got rid of their confusing $3 chips in the $1/$3 NL game. They now use the more standard
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