The Shark Tank

The start of the WSOP each year is a cause for optimism for poker players worldwide.  Many thousands of aspiring poker players arrive in Las Vegas each year to take their shot.  Maybe they will just play in the Main Event or maybe they will just play in one or two preliminary events or maybe [...]

I met up this past weekend in Memphis for a weekend of BBQ competition and poker playing with ITH stalwart NukeDuke and his far too good for him spouse, Leigh_Leigh. If you have a weak stomach for serious drunken debauchery, stop reading now. I’m not talking about a few too many light beers drunken debauchery, [...]

A stray smartass chat comment to Barry Greenstein in a PokerStars chat window asking him to say “donkaments” on TV got the reply from Barry that he’d be happy to say it for $10,000.  If this was an ordinary poker story, that would be the end of it.  But when the guy reported the conversation [...]

I’m definitely feeling like poker is starting to run its course for me.  I don’t usually stay interested in anything this long, so I suppose this is some sort of record anyhow.  At the moment, I plan to play four or five events at this year’s WSOP, including the Main Event.  I expect that I [...]