Category Archives: Poker and Vegas
The No-Snowpocalypse
As I sit here on a day off in Vegas in the absolute dead of summer, my mind wanders back to a day a few years ago in Vegas, in the dead of winter. Those of who you have visited … Continue reading
Event #26 $2500 NLHE 6-Max and Tangentially Related Tales
I know some have requested that I stop writing about poker, and I am doing by best to honor that while I spend my days out here in the desert doing nothing except playing cards. I need to make an … Continue reading
Symptoms defeat Shoveament
Yesterday I find myself experiencing far too many symptoms of illness to force myself to play a 1K. Theraflu, get your shit together, I have the $2500 8game today. I’m doing my best to rally and focus for a tournament … Continue reading
Riding HORSE into a Bubblicious Sunset
A disappointing result today. I began the day with just above 14K in chips, and within 16 hands managed to run it up over 34K with average around 25. After a ludicrous hand in Razz, a tough loss in stud … Continue reading
Event #17 $1500 H.O.R.S.E. Day 1: Sponsored by AARP
One of the funnier aspects of playing different types of poker at age 24 is to see the average age of a player rise and fall based on which particular game you happen to be playing that day. A regular … Continue reading
Venetian DSE $1590 NLHE: Big Bluffs, More Wakeups, and Shots of Theraflu
Not too much to report today. Managed to find chips early, only to love the majority of them on a bluff that, outcome aside, I feel good about. Against his range and in light of the action, I think I … Continue reading
Event #13 $1500 NLHE Shootout: Stop waking up
Today I leave the table feeling nothing but frustration. Playing the 1500 shootout, where each player is required to defeat the other 9 players at his table to advance, I feel for the first time in many tournaments I am … Continue reading
$1500 6Max: Home of the C/R
This particular type of tournament, and also its buyin lend itself to several distinctive features. The first is simply speed of the game. The hands/hour rate skyrockets, as everyone now plays 6 handed rather than 9 or 10. This is … Continue reading
The Call of the Fake Real World
On my college campus, a tunnel no more than fifty feet long separates our field house and baseball diamond from the rest of campus. There are other ways to reach the field house, mind you, but every day for four … Continue reading
Chef Striker Recommends a Meat Salad
Part of my mission during this year’s WSOP is to not destroy my diet. With bizarre hours, food comps, and an inverted sleep schedules, it seems basically impossible to adhere to a diet beneficial to concentration and energy. That is … Continue reading
