The recent final table action at the 2012 WSOP final table and all of the wonga flying around always has a desired effect on getting me to play poker. Can't say watching Wimbledon has the same effect though

Some events just motivate me to do something in the same way that books do. Reading Dusty Schmidts first book was inspirational as was Tony Holden's book "Big Deal" which just made you want to turn pro.

I have been grinding the NL50 and NL100 ring games ...

As always, I watched the WSOP Main Event final table to see the results, but also with a critical eye, looking for some of the stranger things going on at the event. Here is what I noticed at the 2012 final table.


Robert Salaburu’s “No Huddle Offense”

Do people in the crowd really need to be patched-up?

Jacob Balsiger’s energy release

The introductions, countdown, and cheesy smoke-show have to go

Save the Five-Betting ...

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Last installment was how I received this horrible name, that stuck with me through the ages like herpes simplex 2. So let's do something original... Let's remake this episode at Pikachar: Origins of the "infamous" 5-Bet... Well let's not and say we did.

So what to blog about? I'll fill you in on some of my history of start to the begging of enlisting in the US Army, shall we?

So during High School, and beginning of College I've had some ...

In the first installment of this series I talked about the future of online poker; now I want to talk a little bit about the individual instead of the bigger picture by taking a look at the expectations of poker players in the new poker economy. Before I get into the discussion on expectations it’s probably a good idea to repost the opening salvo from Part 1 of this series:

There are two distinct groups of poker players when it comes to expectations and these groups will both have ...