The Republicans’ Slowroll
Date: Thu, Aug 28, 2008 Internet
During this week and next, the country’s two major political parties are having their conventions as part of the run-up to the November elections. Aside from all the speeches and songs, the...
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The Chicken or the Egg?
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 Internet
Was unable to catch ESPN’s coverage last night of the $10,000 pot-limit Omaha World Championship (Event No. 50), though I’ll probably try to pick it up later in the week. While I worked several PLO...
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Levels of Difficulty
Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2008 Internet
Was listening the other day to the latest episode of Bart Hanson’s Cash Plays (8/20/08) -- a consistently smart & interesting podcast, in my opinion -- which includes a good interview with cash game...
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The Poker Cause: Phelps Helps
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008 Internet
Like most of the world, I tuned in yesterday to see some of the coverage of the conclusion of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. In the morning saw the tape of the U.S. men’s basketball team...
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“It’s no fun when Scotty got the gun”
Date: Fri, Aug 22, 2008 Internet
Like most of you, I took a break from the Olympics this week to watch ESPN’s coverage of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. final table from the 2008 World Series of Poker (Event No. 45). As I wrote back in...
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The Hard-Boiled Poker Radio Show, Episode 7: Fibber McGee and Molly
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008 Internet
The latest installment of the Hard-Boiled Poker Radio Show podcast is up. It’s there in iTunes and I imagine should appear in other feeders as well if yr subscribed. You can also just click here to...
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Life’s a Bluff
Date: Wed, Aug 20, 2008 Internet
Had a couple of funny hands come up day before yesterday at my usual PLO game ($25 max.). Funny for me, anyway. (Warning -- brag post coming. Or self-implicating donkey post -- you decide.)
On...
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Thriving vs. Surviving: John Phan & David Sklansky at the 2008 WSOP, Event No. 40 Final Table
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 Internet
Mentioned last post Arnold Snyder’s The Poker Tournament Formula 2. An interesting read. I’d definitely recommend it to the serious tourney player.
After focusing primarily on fast tourneys in the...
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Worryin’ About Hurryin’: The 2008 WSOP Main Event Final Table
Date: Mon, Aug 18, 2008 Internet
Was catching up on some podcasts over the weekend and heard Gary Wise’s interview with David Rheem on Wise Hand Poker (the 8/13/08 episode). Rheem is one of the so-called “November Nine” who made...
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Wanting to Walk Away
Date: Fri, Aug 15, 2008 Internet
Has been a good while since I’ve tried to cash out any funds from the three sites on which I currently play (PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker, Bodog). How ’bout you?
There was a time -- pre-Unlawful...
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A Sticky Issue
Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2008 Internet
Yesterday I read Bill Rini’s post in which he passed along some inside dope from Two Plus Two regarding strategy posts and “Grand Poobah” Mason Malmuth’s worry that the forums are negatively...
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Sometimes the Cards Play Us
Date: Wed, Aug 13, 2008 Internet
I wrote a couple of weeks ago about how I’d run especially well during the second half of July. August hasn’t gone quite as smoothly -- lots of ups & downs, although I’ve held at just around...
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Poker & Pop Culture: Rolling Stone (1967-2007) (2 of 2)
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008 Internet
Following up on my search of the Rolling Stone archives for references to poker (see previous post), I wanted to give some attention to three other instances when the magazine did focus on poker in a...
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Poker & Pop Culture: Rolling Stone (1967-2007) (1 of 2)
Date: Mon, Aug 11, 2008 Internet
I mentioned last post that my brother gave me this nifty birthday present, a DVD set collecting the first forty years of Rolling Stone magazine. Every page of every issue is scanned and readable on...
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