Everyone’s definition of a downswing is different. I’m sure there are some pros, or at least players two take playing poker more serious than I do, who are both prepared and used to dropping several buy-ins and remaining confident in their play. For them, dropping a few big pots in a row is just a [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Bouncing back from a downswing
June 28, 2008Hey Phil Ivey
June 15, 2008Hope you’re feeling good about that $2M bet you put on the Lakers!
BEAT LA
Vegas Trip Report, Pt. II
June 8, 2008My second Vegas session was at the Flamingo’s “poker room.” It was very small. Again, I’m accustomed to the room at Turning Stone in upstate NY that must have about 30 tables. The Flamingo’s room probably had about six or seven. I guess it didn’t really matter in the end, since there were multiple 200NL [...]
Vegas trip report, part 1
June 5, 2008It’s a bit overdue, as I got back from my first (legal) trip to Vegas last week, but I played some interesting poker there that is worth mentioning.
But first, I have to talk about bad beat of fucking Gary Loveman, Harrah’s CEO, owning a small interest in my beloved Boston Celtics. None of the Harrah’s [...]
AQo flops Top 2, hilarity ensues
June 3, 2008Time to analyze a hand! I got myself into a tricky spot on the river and kind of screwed myself over. I like to give all the hands I talk about a “theme” or “moral of the story” that is some vague truism or concept in no-limit hold em. The moral of today’s story is: [...]
WSOP 2008 Underway
June 2, 2008Congratulations to Nenad Medic for winning the first bracelet of the 2008 Word Series of Poker. The Canadian outlasted Andy Bloch to take down the 10K pot limit tourney, which won him a bracelet and almost $800K.
Some great places to follow along with the action are Poker News, for live chips counts and official stuff [...]
May 2008 Wrap-Up
June 2, 2008I ended up having one of my best months yet on full tilt and pokerstars. Even though I appear to be mired in a downswing right now, I got off to a very hot start at 50NL, which more than offset some of the mistakes and poor play that have plague some of my recent [...]
