One summer during college I worked at a day camp for kids from Cambridge. Most people know the city for Harvard and MIT, but actually a good chunk of it is projects and other low-income housing. The camp consisted mostly of minority youth from low-income backgrounds, but there were a … Read full post
Amidst all the bad news in the online poker world these days, there is one development that I find very exciting. Two news sites have launched recently, both promising to cover the online poker industry without the conflicts of interest that come from accepting advertisement from the industry itself.
I … Read full post
My latest poker strategy article, “Having a Plan For a Hand“, is now appearing on Part Time Poker:
In this article, I want to consider a hand that at first glance may look like just a lucky flop against a bad player. In truth, however, I think the … Read full post
Surprise, surprise, I’m just now making plans for where I’m going to be and what I’ll be doing a few weeks from now! I’m going to the Rio for the first week of June to hit a few of the WSOP prelims, specifically:
June 2: Event 4 $5000 NLHE
June … Read full post
Found this sort of interesting hand while randomly perusing the database. I don’t know for sure that I would have folded to a turn barrel, but I think Villain definitely ought to bet, and if I know that he isn’t betting this, then folding 88h on the turn is easy:… Read full post
My father was generally the parent more interested in playing board and card games, including poker, with my brother and me, but this particular story involves my mother. I meant to post this on Mother’s Day but didn’t get around to it (I did call her from Madrid, though).
Most … Read full post
Without online poker to order my life, the days just run together. Sunday in particular used to be a day that would almost invariably be given over to poker. But I just now realized what day it is today, and that I won’t be playing the Sunday Million, and that … Read full post
There’s a full trip report in the works, but for now, here’s my favorite hand that I played in the EPT Madrid main event:
Blinds are 150/300/25. The UTG is a very aggressive young Scandinavian with a huge stack. He opens to 750, and I call in the CO with … Read full post
Sorry for the long silence- I’ve just had better things to do than blogging while I’m in Madrid. I’ll be home on Thursday and should return to a normal blogging schedule not longer after.
It turns out one of my coaching students lives in Madrid and is also a very … Read full post
Andrew busted at EPT Madrid shortly after the dinner break Day 1A.
I expect he’ll post a more thorough recounting tomorrow, but he did have a Spanish friend relay the busto hand info for me to share –
… Read full postIt was shortly after dinner break, with blinds at 300/600, Andrew had
Andrew is playing EPT Madrid’s Main Event today, dubbed the Grand Final for the EPT series.
Main Event winners from each of this year’s other EPT stops are given an entry into this 10,000 Euro Grand Final as part of their prize package.
In … Read full post
My current 2+2 Magazine article, Gray Friday, is one of the most personal I’ve published. It’s about what was going through my head around the time of the online poker indictments and by extension a reflection on my relationship to online poker in general:
… Read full postIt still seems surreal to
Dipping into the archives to bring you some poker content…
Villain and I were starting a game. He’s pretty solid and not someone I’d ordinarily go out of my way to play heads up, especially not at 2/4 where there’s easier competition available.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em, $4 BB (2 handed) … Read full post