It’s probably a little tough to remember, but there was a time when every Tom, Dick, and Harriet didn’t have their own poker tournament series. Ten years ago, the Wildhorse Poker Round Ups were huge, and even though the Spring … Continue reading
Bilzerian PNW-Style https://twitter.com/jackiburkhart81/status/970179122604400641 Stepping Up The Game Over in SW Portland, The Game is splashing shootout pots with half the membership fees every three hours from open to close on Sundays. They’re also advertising 20/40 at noon on Monday and Thursday, though … Continue reading
Out From Under the Radar Ali Imsirovic has been mentioned here a couple of times in the past few months—the first was at the end of November when a 4th place finish in the WSOPC Planet Hollywood Main Event brought him … Continue reading
Seven Years A Poker Blogger It was almost exactly seven years ago that I started up Mutant Poker. I was talking to Brad Smith—owner of Hot Pepper Studios, a local website and mobile application development shop; a long-time colleague; and currently … Continue reading
We’re looking for good things today from Jeffrey Mitseff, who double-qualified for the $100K GTD Big HORSE tournament at The Bike over the weekend. He started Day 2 (Tuesday) in 5th place (and 18th place) out of 48 advancing players. There were two other players who qualified twice; Jeff was the only one of the three with two above-average qualifying stacks. Continue reading
A refrain you hear from tournament players as the summer schedules and structures are announced is that the rake is going up once again. That and that they’re paying too many players. Tournament (and cash) rake amounts have gone up over time—everyone … Continue reading
Experiments I’m a sucker for innovation, and I heard about something the other day that—even if Montreal wasn’t already one of my travel goals—would put the Canadian capitol on my radar. partypoker was one of the first online poker sites, … Continue reading
Limon Tweet of the Week https://twitter.com/limonpoker/status/839251251464282112 Î OKEP In the Black (Sea) Russia’s in the news a lot lately. I’ve long been interested in Russia, from an historical perspective, as a fan of Constructivist poster art, because of a fascination with non-Roman letterforms, and because part … Continue reading
Portlander Wins World Poker Tour Five Diamond Main Event I thought my little interview would be the most Portland thing in poker last week, then Sunday, Devin Sweet posted in NW Poker about James Romero’s first-place finish in one of the WPT’s premiere events at the Bellagio, for … Continue reading
Prague Five years ago, I was on a mission to get to EPT Prague for my 50th birthday in December. Poker, a big birthday, and snow in St. Wenceslas Square for Christmastime! What could be cooler? Needless to say, after Phil Laak crushed … Continue reading