I’ve hit 10,000 hands at $100-$200 on PokerStars

• As promised, after the WSOP I said I’d be playing more NLH online and working on improving. Over a small sample size I’ve been up, down, up, down, and back to even again. Most of the people who critique my play mostly say that you need to have at least [...]

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I dun’ been Readin’ + RawVegas

• I’ll try to keep this relatively short otherwise it will turn into a book. I’ve been reading an interesting book recently and I haven’t put it down. It made me reflect on family, and how much your childhood shapes you into the person you become.
  It made me think of my [...]

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My WSOP Main Event Day Two

• It was a good start to the day. I came in with 24,475 and early on doubled up:
  HAND 1:
  A player limps for 400 under the gun, everyone else folds and I check my option in the big blind with AQ. The flop comes Q 9 4 rainbow. I checked and [...]

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RawVegas: Daniel Negreanu Comments on the WSOP Ladies Event

• Daniel Negreanu comments on men playing in the 2010 WSOP Ladies Event.

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WSOP Fantasy Pool Updatesa and my new favorite website!

• As you may already know I”m involved with a few different WSOP Fantasy pools, the FCP Fantasy Pool which is a free roll that I don’t actually enter. Money comes out of my pocket and it’s a pretty fun pool I think. I’m also in the ESPN Fantasy Pool which [...]

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The Best Female Poker Player in the World? Reallly

• Ok, so I said I wasn’t going to talk about the ladies event anymore because I’ve said my piece on the issue and I’m confident that the majority of people get why this event should be left alone. I do want to call out Annie Duke, though, for dodging the pressing [...]

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Sticking Up for the Ladies One More Time

• I spent the day vegging at home and reading random blogs, many of which discussed the ladies event stuff. Dusty Schmidt wrote one I agreed with, and Annie Duke wrote one I didn’t agree with.
  I guess what puzzles me the most about Annie Duke’s position is that she appears [...]

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Men Playing in Ladies Events

• Poker has come along way from the days it was played in the back of smoke filled pool rooms where the only women you’d see were the cocktail waitress, wives, girlfriends, or even mistresses hanging out.
  More and more women have shown an interest in poker, and for many women, the most special [...]

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The Durrr Spectacle

• Based on the interest and electricity surrounding Durrr’s final table, you would have thought it was the main event. Durrr has made tons of side bets for this years WSOP and if he is to win a bracelet he’ll pocket enough money to bank and live off for life. Well, [...]

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WSOP Chip Count Coverage? + raw Vegas Video-Blog

• PokerNews normally does a really good job with everything they do, but what in the world is up with the chip count coverage at the WSOP this year? They have a page for it, but clicking on it would be a complete waste of your time because not only is it [...]

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Another Blog about, like, different stuff

• Laser Hair Removal: So I decided rather than shaving my chest and the back of my neck, shoulders, etc. I’d go to Ideal Image and get the laser treatment. They say it takes like 9 treatments and it gets easier each time as the hair thins out. I went [...]

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