Poker Perambulation

Well, Scotty Nguyen outlast, outplayed, outchipped a cast of 148. I didn’t ‘watch’ and I’m glad I wasn’t the poor working stiff that got the PokerNews assignment. I imagine those poor souls are walking into walls at the moment. (more…)

All my troubles seemed so far away
Now it looks as though they’re here to stay (more…)

If you are a hunter, trails mean something different. You follow one to blow Bambi away. Come to think of it, tournament trails are pretty close. (more…)

Boxers or briefs make me no nevermind. Aaron has an article up outline a strategy relating to M being a low value — IE the short stack. M is a Harrington term that divides the cost of a tournament round with your stack. (more…)

If you’ve followed our friend here, Maxie; her trials and tribulation are awesome. She gone from knowing little-to-nothing to a sound player and still she can’t break over the hump. I haven’t been able to watch her play but I’d guess she’s way too tight. But then we guys often think that of the ladies and to our chagrin. (more…)

I’m on a roll – at least with consecutive titles. Maxie is where we all are playing tournament – frustrated as all getout. She has yet to learn that part never goes away. (more…)

A young player is trying to get a handle on freerolls in the Chasing Chris blog here. I think she’s making strong improvements. Today, she vented on the unfairness of it all – AKA The Card Fairy. (more…)

and I am talking about girls here! Specifically, our ladies in the Chris Ferguson blog. No, I don’t have delusions of grandur about my chances. It is their intramural success. Two have real money and two are still on the freeroll bread lines. (more…)

I’ve been on a dry spell about things to write about for a while. The Chasing Chris blog here is a godsend. It brings my thought back to tournament play at the modest levels I played and the freerolls. I also liked freerolls when there was some decent money ($1000) available from them over on PokerRoom. (more…)

I feel your pain. Been there; done that; have the scars. No, you don’t suck or at least not any worse than all the rest of us. (more…)