I don’t play much online these days. My entry into poker (after a twenty-year hiatus from nickel-ante five card draw games) was well after the poker boom was on its post-UIGEA downswing. The first posts on this blog—in early 2011, pre-Black Friday—were … Continue reading
Carbon Poker $1,500 NLHE Another tournament that went well for the most part. I had the chip lead for a long portion of the middle part of the tournament, made only one really glaring misstep, then had the dirty done … Continue reading
It’s been just about four years since my first post here, just before my 49th birthday in 2010. So at the end of this week I turn 53. I’m still not making a living playing poker, but as I wrote … Continue reading
Carbon Poker $1K NLHE 6-Max (T3,000) I hadn’t played on Carbon for a while since it wasn’t particularly easy to get money on there any more, but they sent me a $5.50 tournament coupon to entice me back in at … Continue reading
The Caesars Palace Kick-Off Classic Seniors tournament was a small affair, just 43 entries, but it had a decent prize pool because of the $350 entry fee. I flew down to Las Vegas on the morning of September 11 (whee!) … Continue reading
You might think that because I haven’t posted anything for nearly two months that things hadn’t been going very well. For part of the time, that might have been true–although that wasn’t a poker-related “not going well”. The home game … Continue reading
Carbon Poker $1.5K Guarantee Deepstack (T5,000) Sometimes you can’t win. Sometimes you can’t lose, even when you’re trying very very hard. I started playing this Deepstack at 9:30am, not realizing that it ran for eight hours or more and I … Continue reading
Carbon Poker $200 Guarantee HORSE Freeroll (1,000 chips) Karina Jett’s mention of a weekly HORSE tournament at the MGM Grand during the Tulalip Poker Pro Challenge last weekend got my juices flowing for some mixed-game action this week, and since … Continue reading
Carbon Poker Super Bowl Pick-the-Winner $5,000 Freeroll All you had to do to get an entry into this freeroll was to pick the winner of the Super Bowl, and since I know nothing about sports I figured I had a … Continue reading
Looks like I’ve got some serious catching up to do. Here, first of all, but really at the tables. The Final Table Pot Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Another one of those PLO8 experiences where you get a wad of chips early … Continue reading