In my last post, I wrote about Expected Value and how it pertained to making decisions in poker. After writing that summary in response to a question on one of Microsoft’s email distribution lists, a friend of mine from Tellme sent a tremendously insightful follow-up geared towards more advanced players who might use EV […]
I know that there are a lot of friends and aquaintances of mine who read this blog and are very interested in poker. And, as mentioned earlier, the Microsoft poker distribution list has some very good discussions about poker strategy and related topics.
While I don’t want to post other people’s comments […]
One of the nice surprises about being back at Microsoft is the sheer number of poker enthusiasts at the company, and level of knowledge they possess. When I left back in 2004, there was no company-wide email distribution list specifically to discuss poker. Today, there are at least a half-dozen different lists, and […]
A couple people have asked why I haven’t been playing nearly as many WSOP events this year as I have the past couple years. While there are a number of reasons (what most of my friends would consider “bad” excuses, like wanting to spend time with my girlfriend and the puppy, not having extra […]
After some good play and a cash on Saturday, I was excited to play again on Sunday. Unfortunately, the Venetian event on Saturday went late, so I didn’t get as much sleep as I had anticipated. Regardless, I was up at 10am on Sunday, and headed down to the Amazon room in the […]
The streak is finally broken!
After missing the money in yesterday’s $2000 no-limit WSOP event, I played and cashed in a non-WSOP event today at the Venetian. As I mentioned in a previous post, the Venetian is running some great events ($10,000 in starting chips, hour rounds), and I decided that despite […]
After winning the $2500 Bellagio Cup III no-limit event, my best friend was back in strong form today for the the $2000 no-limit WSOP event.
The event started with just over 1600 people at noon on Friday, and was down to the final 153 at 1:30am Saturday morning. Ezra and the other 152 […]
Congratulation to my best friend (of 25 years) for winning the $2500 Bellagio Cup III No-Limit Hold’em event that completed today. Ezra started the final table today in seventh place, and after a rough start (he was in last place with 7 players remaining) made a spectacular run to capture a Bellagio gold bracelet […]
Wow.
That’s really all there is to say about Harrah’s decision this year to disallow live spectators for the non-televised World Series of Poker final tables. You heard me right — if you’re one of the lucky ones to make a final table at this year’s WSOP, you won’t have your friends and […]
As promised, here’s a WSOP update after my first weekend in Vegas…
Quick version: I played two WSOP events ($1500 NLH and $2500 NLH), and made relatively early exits from both. I also played the first event in the Bellagio Cup III, missing the money by seven spots.
Before I go into more detail, some […]