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Before the World Series, I was visiting Howard Lederer. He was amusingly annoyed at an ad Doyle’s Room was running. We got on the subject of the lack of imagination of online poker sites competing with Full Tilt. This particular … Continue reading →

Believe it or not, I am NOT going to go crazy-ass on CARD PLAYER, even though their September 27 issue (another Jamie Gold cover) just showed up in the Wynn poker room today. Based on my theories of karma, this … Continue reading →

THE POST IS COMPLETE! Now I can catch up on some interesting poker stuff to share. This post is really a shorthand means of letting you know the progress of the “Welcome to the Jumble” post. [As I update that … Continue reading →

1. I Could Sleep in it ‘Til Morning but this Nightmare Never Ends In the pre-dawn hours of September 14, I had a dream. I consider my sleeping dreams insignificant and I rarely remember them. (In contrast, I think my … Continue reading →

I’m back in Vegas, trying to finish the book and watching the Guns ‘n’ Roses show at the Hard Rock for Robin Leach. It was something to be enjoyed … and then endured. They opened the doors to let us … Continue reading →

Sorry to be out of touch for a couple days. Pokerworks was doing something or other with its software and they asked me not to post. OK, in all honesty, that explains away about 6 hours of the 72 since I … Continue reading →

I’m living the Writer’s Life, abandoning my family for 22 hours out of every day to work at a condo 5 miles from our house. The condo is nice; my Mom and her husband live here during the winter. But … Continue reading →

I think the articles by Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli on Pokernews.com represent as positive a development as the poker media could hope for. I haven’t seen Harrah’s response yet, though Amy and Tim separately told me they were going … Continue reading →

Finish reading this ASAP and read the trio of articles on Pokernews.com by Amy Calistri and Tim Lavalli solving the mystery of the extra two million chips introduced on 3-table day at the Main Event. (Part I, Part II, Part … Continue reading →

Jay Greenspan, a friend and author of Hunting Fish, e-mailed me today. We saw each other every day at the Series and haven’t spoken or written since. In addition to covering some routine business – he owes me 1/4 of … Continue reading →