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Poker In Dallas

[Steal The Blinds] I want to play some LIVE poker without having to drive friggin hours away. I’ve even tried to have a poker night at my place, but when it comes down to it, people say, “Something came up.”

Jennifer Tilly: Poker Champion

[Dispatches from the Culture Wars] Laak is kind of an eccentric character and he likes to wear a hooded sweatshirt when he plays poker. And sometimes when someone is trying to get a read on him, he'll pull the hood over his head and tighten the drawstrings up so you can see his face, so it looks kinda like the famous sketch of the unibomber.

Posted at 09:39 PM

June 29, 2005

Poker In Dallas

Posted at 09:40 PM

Jennifer Tilly: Poker Champion

Posted at 09:39 PM

WORLD POKER TOUR Offers Autographed Final Table Cards, Chips & Felt on Ebay

[Cardgaming.com] The next frontier in must-have sports collectibles is about to begin: The WORLD POKER TOUR(TM) (WPT) will offer player autographed cards and chips from the Season Three WPT World Championship on eBay beginning the day after the show's first airing on The Travel Channel, Wednesday, June 29. The auction will be posted from June 30 to July 7.

Posted at 09:37 PM

June 27, 2005

OddJack City

[Bill’s Blog] At times it can be amusing but does the world really need a smarmy take on gaming? Perhaps Nick Denton’s other blogs like Gawker play to a different crowd of people who like to belittle the non-accomplishments of Manhattan’s elite but the entire tone seems out of place in the world of poker.

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Posted at 02:25 PM

June 26, 2005

Bodog Releases Odds on the World Series of Poker

[Cardgaming.com] "With the incredible growth of poker, our players have been clamoring for wagers on the WSOP, " said Calvin Ayre, Founder and CEO of Bodog.com. "It really brings together two of our great strengths - event wagering and poker."

Posted at 08:25 AM

The Hammer Photo Challenge

[Bill’s Blog] Between now and October 1st, 2005 all fans of The Hammer are invited to submit their most interesting photos of The Hammer. On October 2nd, I will confer with the voices in my head and we will pick a winner who will receive a 2+2 book of their choice.

Posted at 08:24 AM

June 25, 2005

The Futility of Affiliate Programs for Poker Bloggers

[Bill’s Blog] I’ve had more than a few conversations about affiliate programs with my fellow bloggers and I’m becoming more and more convinced that any attempt to generate significant income via these programs is an exercise in futility. I know, I can already hear the gasps out there but let me explain.

Posted at 08:10 AM

June 24, 2005

Nanolimit vs Microlimit Poker Online

[Poker Chip's Poker Blog] A lot of people recommend a bigger bankroll for a higher limit game, like 300BB, but the author of the post at Two plus Two suggested that it's okay to take a shot at a higher level game with 150BB if you're willing to move down if you have some bad luck. (BB stands for "big bets", by the way.) The author also recommends playing at Pokerstars if you're on a nanolimit budget.

Posted at 09:21 AM

WPBT - Oct / Vegas?

[Bill’s Blog] I had a conversation with the Prof about possible locations but he’s a little tied up covering some other rinky-dink tournament going on in Vegas right now. I’ve also had some conversations with unnamed sources about some cool stuff we might be able to pull off for this one.

Posted at 09:18 AM

Well on the upside

[Andrei Freeman (lordandrei)] The last 6 out of 7 times I played at limit tables (either online or in person) I doubled my bankroll within an hour. (The one time I didn't was this afternoon while I was distracted by the movers acting like they might not move the piano)

Posted at 09:15 AM

June 23, 2005

The Calling Stations are Getting the Best of Me

[The PokerShark's Cardroom] At least he wasn't weak tight...I just can't believe he's betting such a weak draw, especially against somebody who is just known for the stop n'go, and sucking every penny out of his opponents. He obviously doesn't use Poker Tracker, and damn sure never read the Guide.

Posted at 08:25 PM

June 22, 2005

Poker Bot World Championship Descends on Online Poker

[The Gambling Weblog - "Your ultimate guide to gambling" - $5bn Online Poker Website Used TV Advertising] As the surge of online poker continues unabated, the lesser-known part of the technology is the increase in poker bots - literally PC's that act like poker players - something chess players have been up against for years.

Posted at 11:06 AM

Summer Solstice

[Brian] Buy a burrito at Chipotle today, and bring back your receipt by June 26th and get a free burrito! It's their Summer Soul-stice offer.

Posted at 11:03 AM

Reminder

[tp’s table talk] I’m going to have to interrupt my series of Vegas posts to remind everyone of the great World Series of Poker available out there on the web.

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Posted at 11:01 AM

Best Call Ever

[John's Jottings] June 17, 2005 10:20 PM | Thoughts (0) I've been keeping up with some of the WSOP events via cardplayer.com who have been doing a nice job with...

Posted at 10:59 AM

June 20, 2005

Blogs and RSS Feeds

[Bill’s Blog] While chatting with Grubby in Vegas he seemed unaware of how people were using Bloglines and other RSS feed readers. A few other folks seemed new to the subject as well so I thought I would rip out a quick post to serve as a mini-tutorial.

Posted at 08:06 AM

Poker Chip Calculator

[Mostly Muppet Dot Com] I’m wearing the hat as I type! (FOOTNOTE: the back of the hat reads “How big is your stack?”) ;-) What I need now is a poker chip calculator.

Posted at 08:05 AM

June 19, 2005

American culture comes to me

[DigitalCowboy] Whenever I start to fit in I start to become concerned. I’m sure that’s played a strong part in my fierce individualist philosophy.

Posted at 10:52 AM

June 17, 2005

more step higher

[the virtual nuts] I got called from the BB with AJo and it was back down to step1. In the step1 I played ok, but once again the blinds got high, and I gambled it up.

Posted at 07:39 AM

2005-06-16

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Foxs Sports will showing a new poker tournamet, the Ultimatebet.net World Poker Challenge, on Saturday night at 11PM (remember, Fox Sports times are all local, so it’s 11PM your time). It’s been filmed at the swanky Hollywood Park Casino in scenic LA.

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Posted at 07:38 AM

June 15, 2005

Better skill next time

[Ugly Chart] Whenever I play poker there is always a lot of talk about luck. Usually it is someone blaming poor luck for their own losing mistakes. Sure, there will be times when you can't get any cards.

Posted at 05:32 AM

7-card poker stud

[actionBERG] Cliff kept the pressure up, and the short stacks had no choice but to challenge Cliff only when they had hands. Cliff is a bit of an online legend, (JohnnyBax), having won seven seats to the main event already this year online. But those were No Limit Hold Em tourneys (online no less).

Posted at 05:31 AM

June 14, 2005

WSOP Trip #1 Report

[Jason Antonelli] So I made last minute plans to go to Las Vegas to play in one of the earlier WSOP events. After an incredibly long night on Wednesday getting a bunch of stuff done since I didn't think I would be out -- I got a few hours of sleep before having to wake up to go to a 9 AM meeting before heading to the airport.

Posted at 08:06 AM

WPBT Vegas 2 - Conclusion

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] I was a little nervous about this trip. I’m pretty introverted and I don’t open up too well. Once I get to know people I’m fine, but it’s getting to that point that is tricky for me.

Posted at 08:04 AM

Go Read Pauly

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Tao of Poker, for real-time tournament reporting and various nonsense including what promises to be a month-long drama involving the coked-up stripper-neighbors

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Posted at 07:39 AM

June 13, 2005

K5

[Matt's Place] There are nine players and $22.50 goes to the winner. I’ve been playing decent poker lately with several money finishes of late, but only mostly ”˜third’ place finishes. A third place finish usually won’t even double your entry fee, but it keeps you going - no complaints :)

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Posted at 08:26 AM

June 12, 2005

The Next WPBT Event

[Bill’s Blog] During the Aladdin Classic several people were talking about doing the next event someplace other than Las Vegas. The conversations tended to assume Atlantic City but I was thinking about that and wondering if LV and AC were the only two choices.

Posted at 10:40 AM

Day 1 - Sunrise at the Plaza

[tp’s table talk] I just set up a second fan in my apartment and I’ve managed to find a bareable spot in the crosswinds to get a little bit of work done. At the moment, that means continuing my Vegas series of posts.

Posted at 10:39 AM

Quick Funnies

[Bill’s Blog] PokerRoom.com spots. Funny stuff. I like the guy playing Russian roulette. The pick up lines one isn’t too bad either. This one isn’t poker...

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Posted at 10:38 AM

June 10, 2005

WSoP Coverage

[Bill’s Blog] Give your fellow poker bloggers some action: Pauly’s WSOP Live Blog FlipChip’s WSOP Photo Gallery And last but not least, PokerProf’s 2005 World...

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Posted at 06:39 AM

T-Minus One Week

[Drowned at the River] I have been trying my hardest not to think about it, but here it is, Thursday night at about 11:45pm, and it’s just dawned on me that I exactly one week (almost to the minute), I’ll be touching down in Sin City…

Posted at 06:38 AM

poker post!

[Care For a Cheese Blog?] rmontcalm's music list There are no music lists on this space. Archives June, 2005May, 2005April, 2005March...

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Posted at 06:38 AM

My theory is proven correct..

[cerulean ink] I didn’t work any hours at my work study job yesterday, and I borrowed $20 to play some poker again. Slowly but steadily I built up a stack until I had about $70 in front of me.

Posted at 06:37 AM

WSOP Bound

[John's Jottings] Hello John, You have been registered in to the following WSOP event: Tournament 7403113 June 22-Event #22-- $1,500 NL Hold'em using W$1,500 from your account. You will be next receiving an email from wsop@pokerstars.com with further instructions. Good luck at the tournament! Regards, Leonard PokerStars Support Team

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Posted at 06:36 AM

June 09, 2005

It’s All About Class

[Bill’s Blog] It seems my recent post on bonus whoring has set off a industry-wide chain of events resulting in many players being booted from online poker sites. Ok, maybe I’ve got delusions of grandeur (actually, I’m quite sure of it). Anyway, it looks like Empire and UB have sparked widespread panic in the online poker world by cutting off people who are generating negative rake.

Posted at 12:22 PM

June 08, 2005

ps. poker is (usually) fun

[cerulean ink] I only worked two hours yesterday, but I worked ten today; I’m blaming the boredom of work on my losses. Too bad I have to go in early again tomorrow, and the next day, and the day after that until school starts again…maybe I should lay off the poker for awhile, but it’s just too much fun.

Posted at 09:40 AM

World's Best Collegiate Poker Player - Chad Flood

[Blog] Flood, an economics major with a 3.0 GPA, placed in the top 100 in the 2004 College Poker Championship (CPC). He returned in 2005 with the goal of placing in the top ten, but with an additional year of poker preparation and conditioning, Flood has now established himself as the World's Best College Poker Player. He is determined to defend his title in 2006...

Posted at 09:39 AM

Good Book - The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King

[Check Raise] It's about a serious of heads up match ups between Andy Beal, a rich banker from Texas and a 'corporation' of big stakes poker players that took place in Las Vegas over the last few years...

Posted at 09:38 AM

All Aboard That's Going Ashore

[PARANNOYING.COM - Tastes like burning.] We didn't get out there (it's 14 miles out in International waters, don't ya know?) until like 10:30 at night. We went up to the poker deck and while I was playing Adam found out that all the shuttles back to land were full until 8:00 AM, which is ridiculous. He luckily got us some passes on the 4:00 AM shuttle when someone was returning them to exchange for another shuttle. Call me crazy, but if I was running a business like that I'd try not to strand my customers so they will come back more often.

Posted at 09:34 AM

Day 1 - A Grand Ol’ Time

[tp’s table talk] Where to begin? I’m facing a pad full of notes and I’m finding the prospect of getting them all written down rather daunting. And there is the huge number of posts from other people to catch up on, and I think that the flood has barely begun there. I just broke things out myself and it looks like I have material for about ten posts.

Posted at 09:32 AM

June 07, 2005

Update Your RSS Reader!

[Bill's Blog] Please update your software to point to http://www.billrini.com/wp-atom.php

Posted at 10:36 AM

WPBT Vegas 2 - Thanks

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Thanks to CJ for working hard on getting the tournament setup. Yeah, the blind structure was awfully fast, but hey, such is life. The important thing was being able to play together and have a good time.

Posted at 10:35 AM

WPBT Vegas 2 - Thursday Report

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] This meant that I got to sit there and limp in during O8 for a half hour while attempting to figure out if I had a good hand or not. In general, I didn’t have good hands, but that didn’t stop me from playing them, after all, I didn’t come to Vegas to fold! I helped put Al on tilt when I raised my nut low on the turn. After I split that, he just jumped up and yelled, “You never raise the low!!” We ordered another round of SoCo and all was forgiven.

Posted at 10:33 AM

June 06, 2005

2005 World Series of Poker

[BIGJIM.ORG] Official Site Harrah’s 2005 World Series of Poker — Tounaments started Thursday, the big one starts July 7 where they’re expecting 6000+ entries.

Posted at 09:59 AM

WPBT Vegas - I’m Back

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] Writeups to follow. Highlights include: Sucking out on Al while straddling Playing mixed games at MGM Craps with Hank, Scott, Felicia, and, oh, about...

Posted at 09:54 AM

Poker series moves to roomier casino

[Poker Party Resources] For nearly a year, poker fans, many of them recent converts, have been watching last year’s World Series of Poker on television, following Connecticut patent attorney Greg Raymer’s triumph over a reco

Posted at 09:50 AM

Poker club’s bluff called

[Poker Party Resources] One of the swanky poker clubs shut down by cops last week was so confident about its alleged illegal activities it published a newsletter hours before the raid.”We would like to thank you for making t

Posted at 09:49 AM

Filmstrip Poker

[60 second story] Here’s another cool 60 second film competition open this weekend only: Filmstrip Poker. Using visuals from a 1953 Encyclopedia Britannica filmstrip called “Brothers and Sisters,” entrants create videos less than 60 seconds in lengths. If you make it a story, you can kill two birds with one stone.

Posted at 09:48 AM

June 05, 2005

Cherokees push for poker

[Poker Party Resources] Harrah’s Cherokee Casino has all the action, noise, lights and big jackpots of Las Vegas with only one thing missing - the cards.”It’s a unique challenge for us, it really is,” said Lumpy Lambert, vic

Posted at 10:40 AM

Opinion says playing poker for money is illegal in Oklahoma

[Poker Party Resources] OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An opinion from the state attorney general’s office makes Texas Hold ‘Em poker illegal in Oklahoma.In an opinion released today, Senior Assistant Attorney General Neal Leader rei

Posted at 10:39 AM

Busted at the WSOP

[geeeek.com] Yesterday I played in my first ever World Series of Poker event. It was a $1500 buy-in, No-Limit Texas Hold ‘em event. In this same event last year, there were 830 players. This year, there were roughly 2375 players.

Posted at 10:38 AM

June 04, 2005

Friday Night Party Freeroll

[Drowned at the River] Getting ready to take on another freeroll tournament at Party tonight. It’s a $500 freeroll, paying $70 for first place, and to participate, you need a balance of 100 party points. With 20 minutes left to register, we’re up to almost 1100 participants. The last one I enter ended up with 2083 players.

Posted at 09:05 AM

Current Poker Reading List

[Drowned at the River] Thankfully, I find them interesting, so it’s not like reading them is much of a chore. I do wish I had the time to read them start-to-finish though. I also don’t like that I have several of them only partially read, but as my immediate attentions have shifted, I’ve had to jump to relevant study material.

Posted at 09:03 AM

June 03, 2005

World Series of Poker 2005

[Buster's Blog] i’m looking at entering the June 17th No-Limit Hold’em Shootout ($1500 buy in). i’m only short $1500 haha. if somebody backs me i will not take a penny of prize money, however if i win i’d just want the bracelet.

Posted at 08:14 AM

June 02, 2005

Is Poker just harmless fun?

[Roemerman on Record] Poker on TV is portrayed as a game of skill and strategy rather than its real main determinant: chance. The message conveyed is that with enough practice one will learn how to win, just as an aggressive investor intuitively knows how to play the stock market.Several of these shows make Poker look like more of a harmless game, than one of chance. Impressionable youth become convinced that that there is nothing wrong with gambling; these shows don’t suggest that there are any negative consequence attached to gambling.

Posted at 10:38 AM

not so Red Hot Poker

[tp’s table talk] So much for my resolution to update here on a more regular basis. This tale has been in the queue for while awaiting refinement and has really stopped up the pipes so to speak. I haven’t wanted to post anything until I finished it, but I could never quite get up the will to complete it.

Posted at 10:36 AM

June 01, 2005

Two programs, one bonus down, and another started.

[Life, Poker, and Video Games] So I finished the bonus up on Party Poker. It went pretty quick. I then withdrew the money so I could take advantage of what I thought was a great bonus on Pokerstars. You only needed 5 FPP(frequent player points) per $1 of bonus and they were offering 20% up to $120 with no expiration date. Another plus was that you could work it off by playing tournaments. You get 5 fpp for every $1 in tournament service fees. What I didn’t notice was what it takes to get a FPP in a normal ring game. Basicly the pot has to be huge. On any NL/PL table the pot has to exceed $20 to count toward a FPP. I don’t know how soon I’ll be finishing this bonus. I finished the 2 programs for school after another all nighter. How I love those. I really enjoyed the operating system’s program though. We had to write a virtual file system. Once I got a good grasp on it, it was fun. My compilers program was much easier than the previous installement for that course. I had finished most of it saturday. I just...

Posted at 08:10 AM

Tuesday Vegas Prep

[Chris Halversons Poker Blog] That may help a bit to those of you who are going. For a couple more, including Drizz and Chad, see the couple pics from the

Posted at 08:07 AM