Archive for April, 2008

eHarmony.com Review & “Testimonial”

After breaking it off with my girlfriend last December, I tried meeting new people via a service that most people know as a reliable and trustworthy online dating company, eHarmony.com. I figured that it would be fun to try out, and could be a great way to meet new people. Boy was I wrong. When [...]

Final Week of the Bellagio Five Diamond WPT Event

After my last podcast, I went back to the Bellagio and played a little bit more $25/$50. I won another $6000 in the first half of an hour, but got in a hand against a fish where I flopped a set and he flopped a King high flush. The money went all in on the [...]

My First Podcast… Crushed the $25/$50 Tonight

Let’s try this out… Lost the $5k today, but beat the $25/$50

I’m Sick With a Case of Fancy Play Syndrome

For the first time in my short-lived life I had a really good shot at actually winning a healthy sized buy-in tournament with a healthy sized field of about 300. I was playing extremely well, surviving two cold decks during the tournament, one time having pocket Kings vs. pocket Aces and another having a flopped [...]

Crazy Night! Great $10/$20 at the Wynn, All-In Flips, & $5k on one hand of Blackjack

I haven’t been presented with a good game in awhile. In fact, I haven’t been near a game where I didn’t know at least three or four of the players sitting at the table. How is it so hard to get a bunch of tourists who just want to try their luck at poker sitting [...]

Bellagio WPT Five Diamond Event #5 Results and 9 Hours of $10/$20NL

If you’re gonna do damage playing poker, you gotta do it right. I’m talking $10,000 to $20,000 a day if at all possible. Today I almost broke that record, but it was for the downside. I started off the day by waking up in my condo at about 11:45 am and getting to the tournament [...]

Bad Beat Story, KJs Gets Trapped by Improving

My Hand: KJs My position: Big Blind Preflop: 6 players, which includes me, limp in. I check on the big blind to see a flop. Flop Qs Qd Jc: I bet $40 into a $60 pot, an early position player calls, everybody else folds. Turn 5s: I bet $60, my opponent calls. River As: I [...]

$5-$10NL Folded Pocket 10′s on the River

My Hand: 10 10 My position: Button There comes a time in a hand when you need to ask yourself, “just what would my opponent playing here?” This hand that I played in a $5-$10nl game at Bellagio was no exception. I was sitting on the button with pocket tens. All players folded to my [...]

A Means to an End (of a very bad run)?

I woke up very late this afternoon after having a night out on Las Vegas. I was supposed to get up early for Event #1 of the Bellagio WPT Five Diamond Classic Tournament, but I’ve been running so bad that it didn’t bother me missing a tournament. Nothing has seemed to be going right for [...]

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