Quest of a Closet Poker Player turns one year old today. After lurking on blogs from the likes of Pauly, Luke Kim, Wes, and WillWonka, I decided a year ago to join the masses. “These folks aren’t anything special–maybe I’m a secret poker expert and can spread my wisdom among pokerdom,” thought CC.
I stood at the WSOP Tourney Room entrance, inside across from the cashout area and waited for someone I’d had a chance to watch in action. Juan Carlos Mortensen’s nickname is The Matador, an easy moniker as he’s from Spain. More fitting would be Corazón de un León, the heart of a lion. I haven’t seen anyone combine more solid decision making with more passion than Juan Carlos.
Some fascinating things are happening at the World Series of Poker, with Harry Demetriou being escorted out of the tournament area during play Sunday and Daniel Negreanu vowing not to play until changes are made.
The PokerStars 150-Seat Guaranteed Sunday tourney looked like a doozie, with 234 seats to be given away to the Main Event. I was able to gut it out to finish 157th… Continue reading
The World Series is filled with interesting birds all, from the famous to the washed up, the old farts and the eccectrics.
I’m moving my blog to PokerWorks and can’t be more excited.