Archive for May, 2009
WSOP Trip Report Part Two (amusingly brief)
Sunday, May 31, 2009 19:19 No CommentsMy troubles really began on the 7th hand of the event. I find myself on the button. UTG open limps for 25 chips (we all have almost exactly 4,000 chips at this point. I’ve actually already raised twice pre-flop and took down the blinds both times). The next few players call. I believe the dealer [...]
WSOP 2009 Trip Report, Part 1
Sunday, May 31, 2009 9:39 1 CommentTraveling to Vegas was a huge PITA, but I got here in the end. All’s well that ends well they say. I was able to check into the Rio early in the morning and get settled in my suite. When you are here for short bursts, the Rio is actually a pretty good choice. The [...]
Sleepblogging
Saturday, May 30, 2009 17:21 No CommentsPosting when I am extremely tired is much like posting when I’m drunk in terms of how disorganized and incoherant my thoughts are, but with less entertainment value. Therefore, I make no promises about the quality of this entry. I’m pretty sure it will be so long that even my mom doesn’t make it to [...]
Details on the dismissal in the Gowen / Tilt fracas
Thursday, May 21, 2009 14:39 No CommentsThe judge has issued the formal order in the case which starts the clock ticking on the deadline for Gowen to refile. It is fairly critical of the initial complaint, charactarizing it as “problematic in its breadth” and “reaching too far.” Although most of the claims permitted Gowen to refile, there was at least one [...]
On backing and its associated psychology
Wednesday, May 20, 2009 13:53 No CommentsAs in past year’s WSOP events, I am taking small amounts of backing money from friends that want to “invest” in my WSOP endevours. With my 24th place finish last year, people seem to easily imagine the big rewards that would have come my way if the cards broke differently. Apparently, they don’t give the [...]
Forced to update my blog theme
Saturday, May 16, 2009 20:36 2 CommentsIt was one of those cascading things. I wanted to show my tweets on the blog and that created a problem because I had a very old theme that didn’t support all the cool new features of the new WordPress. Well, actually, I didn’t even have the cool new version of WordPress either. One thing [...]
WSOP coming up fast and I’ll be using Twitter to update.
Friday, May 15, 2009 8:42 No CommentsThere may be some weirdness going on the blog and the RSS feed today. I am testing out integration with Twitter, which looks like what I will use to update people on my progress in the WSOP. You can check out my poker Twitter activity at http://www.twitter.com/nsidestrate to get the information directly. During the WSOP, [...]
Test Podcast
Thursday, May 14, 2009 10:00 No CommentsTweet This Post