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That Time of Year

[Content Disclosure: Poker 0.0%; Meanderings 44%; Ponderings 37%; Prattlings 19%; Memories, Dreams and Reflections Jung%]Other's words on the path over the last year, the last several years and all those years ago; even though it all was just a moment...

European Union and United States Reach Trade Agreement to Continue Ban of Online Gaming

[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker, 14% Fascism, 9% Stupidity]The hope of many US poker players was that the huge compensation over the WTO trade ruling would force the Federal government to back off on the UIGEA. Well quietly today the EU and the US have...

The Sun'll Come Out Tomorrow

[Content Disclosure: Morose Material 3%; Travel Plans 4%; Current Visitations 8%; Moderate Poker References 12%; Life, The Universe and Everything .065%+/-]There actually is a winter here in Las Vegas. We haven't seen 70 in over a week, this after 108...

San Francisco & Cyberspace

[Content Disclosure: my work 37%; my travels 22%; me 43%; poker 9%]I have returned to the Nevada desert from a week+ in San Francisco with my friends. Now that I am back I can begin anticipating my trip to Mt. Shasta for New Year's Eve. In the meantime,...

Gobble

[Content Disclosure: 12% Poker Related; 44% Holiday Wishes; 35% Travel; 23% Good News]Happy Turkey Day to everyone who celebrates such and Happy Day to everyone else. I am in San Francisco this week and heading up to Matthew's in Sonoma for today's gathering....

Antigua Insanity

[Content Disclosure: Poker 83%, Politics 72%, Insanity 12.4%, Fundamentalism 11%, Gross Stupidity 101%]For those who are not poker fans: You really need to read this.For those who are poker fanatics: Ditto!For those who pay taxes to the US Treasury:...

Random Blog Notes

[Content Disclosure: 12% poker, 19% life, 67% more promises]I know this blog is read by an unusually mixed demographic. While my poker friends still make up the majority readership, they know my primary writing on poker has shifted to PokerBlog, OnlinePoker...

Poker In & Poker Out

[Content Disclosure: Poker 100%; online poker 50%; live poker 25%; dead poker 25%]Doyle's Room has reopened its doors to the US poker playing public. At the same time, the Las Vegas Hilton has closed its poker room. Are either of these really signs of...

Asian Poker Tour Hits Macau

[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker]My sources tell me that the Asian Poker tour and PokerStars will shortly announce the first No Limit Hold'em tournament in China.The last week of November will be the dates for the APT tournament in Macau.One wonders how...

Back in Vegas

[Content Disclosure: 62% Poker, 32% Life, 49% Las Vegas]Yes, I am so happy to be back in Vegas that I am even willing to use the tacky "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign. After a week in the San Francisco Bay area (my true home) I am back to the desert and...

More Poker!!

[Content Disclosure: poker 99%, life 16%]Yes indeed there is just no getting around the fact that my life continues to be saturated in all things poker.Amy Calistri and I are just a few days away from sending our complete book proposal off to the Big...

Finally Some Time to Play Poker

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.Registration code: 533521...

Poker, Money, Life and Change

[Content Disclosure: poker 33%, employment 32%, travel 31%, life 27.36%, etc. 11.44%]So here goes the update on life and yes it will revolve a bit around poker.Since PokerNews.com and I parted ways during the World Series this summer, I have been entertaining...

Yes I Know....

[Content: 0% poker, 43% other]....where the hell have I been?Well it's a long story and there is just no need to bother with it today.So how about something lite and whimsical today... a test!Strange though it may seem, this visual-emotive test has some...

100 Things About Me (2007)

[Content: poker 8%, me 100%]As some but not all of my readers know, bloggers often "out" themselves with a list: "100 Things About Me". I recommend this exercise to everyone, even if you only share the results with your cat.So as my final step in changing...

Change of Ships

[Content Disclosure: 37% Poker, 43% Life, 3% Innuendo]This is both a poker and a career update.First, I am now working for CardPlayer Online and CardPlayer Magazine for the remainder of the 2007 World Series of Poker. I will be working on the Pro Blogs...

Hellmuthian Reflections

[This is a saved post from 6/13/07, originally posted on PokerBlog.com]When it was announced in the Amazon Room at the World Series of Poker that Phil Hellmuth had won his record 11th bracelet there was a smattering of applause (OK, a few claps), mixed...

What's Going On?

[Content Disclosure: Poker 3%, Speculation 88%, Tease 6%]So what's going on with "Keeping Your Head in the Game"?Well a couple of things. First, the poker: there really is no reason for me to have a separate poker-only blog when I am writing six days...

Poker and the Summer in Las Vegas

[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker; 17% Bitchin'; 13% Whinin'; 4% Commentary on the State of the Species]As May rolls around and summer looms just around the corner, I paused to ponder just how cloudy and unclear one's future can be when contracts, attorneys,...

Blogger Tag

[Content Disclosure: Poker 23%; Blogging 34%; Me 42%; Jane Fonda 1%]Well my lack of posting here didn’t go unpunished as Amy tagged me for the 7 Things About Me Blog Chain. I figured I’d better get on it or there would be no one left to tag. This is...

Summer Poker In Las Vegas

[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker; 17% Bitchin'; 13% Whinin'; 4% Commentary on the State of the Species]As May rolls around and summer looms just around the corner, I paused to ponder just how cloudy and unclear one's future can be when contracts, attorneys,...

A Modest Poker Proposal

************[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker]In most poker venues the tables are tight and when you add in 65-70 poker media, like this week at the Bellagio, it becomes a traffic jam. But their comes a point, like today, when the field thins and there...

I Just Love Cats and I Like Poker

[Content Disclosure: 75% Poker; 25% Cats]For the poker purists in the audience..... there will be very little poker in today's post. To cut to the "poker only content" read my article on PokerNews and/or my post on PokerBlog on this topic.Today I am...

Springtime in Las Vegas

[Content Disclosure: 110% Poker]Well the spring poker season has started here in Las Vegas. The World Poker Tour (WPT) Championship has already begun preliminary events at the Bellagio. The $25,000 Main Event that will wrap up Season Five of the WPT...

An Invitation to a Resurrection

[Content Disclosure: 100% Poker; 43% Shameless Self Promotion]If you are reading this blog entry you know all you need to know today about UIGEA [Unlawful Internet Gaming Enforcement Act]. Unless you are one of my non-poker buddies and you are here to...

Best Laid Plans

I am really a very private person. Despite all my opinions that I toss out here and in other places on the big olde world wide web, I like to keep my private life private. As my good friend Amy might say: "The bear really doesn't like coming out of the...

Linkfest & EPT Monte Carlo

I was sitting in a Omaha8 game at Red Rock late last night, when Dr. Pauly came by and said:"You know I may never get to say this to anyone again......." "See you in Monte Carlo!"Yes, Pauly and I are taking our Dr./Dr. act on the road again for PokerNews.com....

10,000 Bad WSOP Stories

If you want reliable news about poker do NOT go to the mainstream press.Two days ago the WSOP top staff held a little teleconference and somewhere in there the number 10,000 was mentioned. I have now seen over two dozens press stories about that little...

Shooting Star @ Bay 101, San Jose

OK, I admit it. I like Bay 101, I like the Shooting Star tournament format and so do most of the other media. The Shooting Star tournament is one of the first events with a “non-traditional” format and perhaps the most successful of these. The 11th...

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