Hold Em

Been Holding the Hold Em

True to my word - no Hold Em games have been played since the last time I blogged about the rude people attending WI’s private WWDN tourneys. As I mentioned, the first one was fun, but the second had the most obnoxious A-Holes I have ever encountered online, and that means something.
So I decided [...]


Handing in the Cards

Im uninstalling the poker games tonight. I had a terrible time at Wil Wheaton’s latest tournament. The week before last was fun, but this last week, there were some VERY rude comments being thrown around the room. I know it IS a poker tournament, but I honestly thought the kind of [...]


Wil Says Im Weird

In what could either be a compliment or a devastating blow to my self-confidence, Wil Himself has called me… weird. Now, this comes almost a year when he said I was “cool” [see Hot Heads Under Silent Wigs] - so I’m not quite sure what to think.
And not only am I called weird, [...]


I’m Not Gonna Let Em Win Easy!

One of the hardest things I have found in playing Texas Hold Em online is to control your inner demon (or daemon for that matter.) No matter how many books you read or how many times you tell yourself not to get suckered in, you ALWAYS end up with the feeling sooner or [...]


No Limit Tourney Results

Tonight I did something stupid - I deposited another $50 into my pokerstars.com account and entered a no-limit tourney. After a bunch of ups and downs, I ended up #300 something out of 1800. Not bad, but about 150 outside of a dollar prize. I then went into a $1/$2 blind limit [...]