Post Archives Category: Personal Poker News

Going to Day 3

Wow crazy today. Climbed steadily to 145K by dinner, got 100K in drawing dead, pulled out AK > JJ for a 90K coin flip, sucked out 6c 3c > AQ on a Qc 4c 4x flop (running straight, baby!), won … Read more…

July 10, 2008 3 Comments

Day 2B

The numbers are in, and 6,844 players entered the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event. Fewer than half survived Day 1, and only about 1/3 of those will survive Day 2. Hopefully I will be among them. I’ve done … Read more…

July 9, 2008 10 Comments

Quite the Upgrade

Even though I eventually won a WSOP seat through Stars, they were out of hotel rooms at the Palms, so my only option was to take $1000 in exchange for their sponsorship. Cheapskate that I am, I spent my first … Read more…

July 8, 2008 1 Comment

Sample Video on Cardplayer

There’s a free sample from one of my Poker Savvy videos up on Cardplayer this week: Some of the scenarios that Brokos goes over include how to play a strong hand like A-Q after missing the flop or hitting a … Read more…

July 3, 2008 No Comments

June

Hey, a winning month! Maybe I am not so bad at this game after all. There are still a few days to go, but I probably won’t be playing much if at all. As you may have noticed, I haven’t … Read more…

June 27, 2008 No Comments

George Carlin on Death and Online Poker

George Carlin, one of my favorite stand-up comedians, died yesterday at the age of 71. I was fortunate enough to see him live at the Orleans in December, and of course now I’m doubly glad that I took advantage of … Read more…

June 23, 2008 1 Comment

WSOP Here I Come!

After spending more than enough money to buy in directly, I finally won a freaking main event seat in one of the last $650 satellites Stars will be running. Counting the spending money and sponsorship deal that comes with the … Read more…

June 22, 2008 5 Comments

Bond18 Cardplayer Interview

Cardplayer just posted a great interview with the always entertaining Tony “Bond18” Dunst. On why he enjoys being a professional poker player: “I get to play a game all day, every day, and take any day off I want. What … Read more…

June 5, 2008 No Comments

May

15K hands at -2.5 BB/100 is the short version of the story. And despite a final table appearance in an FTP $100 rebuy, I lost money on tournaments as well, thought I didn’t play that many. I very nearly rallied … Read more…

June 3, 2008 2 Comments

Two Deep Runs

Finally got good runs going in the Stars $300 and Tilt $100 rebuy Wednesday tournaments. At one time, I was chipleader in the Tilt and 2nd on Stars with like 3-4 tables left at each. Unfortunately, I ended up busting … Read more…

May 22, 2008 No Comments

I Knocked Out a Pro

I’d forgotten about this, but apparently I knocked an FTP pro out of some long ago tournament. Recently I got this t-shirt in the mail: And here it is displayed along with my other trophies, an autographed picture of the … Read more…

May 16, 2008 No Comments

FTOPS VIII Starts This Week

I’ve done a pretty good job of cutting back on my tournament play, but with FTOPS VIII starting on Wednesday, that will probably change, at least for this week. I’m leaving town on the 11th and probably won’t be back … Read more…

May 5, 2008 2 Comments

April

I’m taking tomorrow off, so I guess I just played my last hand for April. I put in about 20K hands over 50 hours this month. That’s about half of my monthly goal, but this was a particularly busy month … Read more…

April 29, 2008 3 Comments

Bryan Clark Owns

I don’t know how he did it, but Bryan Clark (AKA Dynasty, the editor of 2+2 Magazine) managed to defuse Mason Malmuth’s temper. In both our public and private communications, he gave no ground whatsoever and continued to insist that … Read more…

April 23, 2008 6 Comments

Mason is Upset

Mason Malmuth, the owner of Two Plus Two Publishing, was none too happy with the reviews of the Harrington on Cash Series that I posted on the 2+2 Forums. His responses were split roughly 50/50 between substantive rebuttals of particular … Read more…

April 21, 2008 7 Comments

March

Oooph. Man I feel like I just got brutalized all month, but the truth is that I was nearly even until about 10 days ago, and then things really hit the skids. It was some combination of running bad, getting … Read more…

March 31, 2008 2 Comments

Ship It

Two exciting deliveries arrived yesterday. The first was my new laptop. My old machine was going on five years and pathetic at handling all my poker applications. Also the screen was so lame compared to my dual monitor wide-screen desktop … Read more…

March 23, 2008 4 Comments

Sorry for the Recent Downtime

It was brought to my attention that updates haven’t appeared on the blog since Thursday, though I’d been making them. Apparently my terrible hosting company, Ipower (I’m not giving them a link here, and I urge you never to use … Read more…

March 17, 2008 No Comments

February

Best month ever! At that start of the year, I set some year-long poker goals for myself. So far I’ve played too many tournaments and not enough hours, but my hourly rate has been so good that I’m getting by … Read more…

March 1, 2008 No Comments

God It’s Great to Be Good at Poker

I recently came across this pretty amusing collection of quotes about why work sucks. The one they ranked 10th was actually my favorite and comes from one of my favorite writers: “It was true that I didn’t have much ambition, … Read more…

February 24, 2008 1 Comment

UBOC2 Gear

Ultimate Bet sent me some gear today for making the final table of one of their UBOC events back in December. Specifically, I got a t-shirt, a hat, and a backpack. It’s all kind of low-quality (the hat size is … Read more…

February 5, 2008 No Comments

January

At that start of the year, I set some year-long poker goals for myself. One month into 2008, I’m pretty much on track, though it’s close and there’s plenty of room for improvement. I averaged only about 16 hours of … Read more…

February 4, 2008 No Comments

Ich bin eine deutsche Berühmtheit

2+2 Internet Magazine recently cut a deal with a German poker website called PokerOlymp that allows them to publish German translations of articles initially written for 2+2. This is great for us authors because whenever they choose one of our … Read more…

January 22, 2008 1 Comment

2008 Poker New Year’s Resolutions

Happy New Year! Yesterday, I reviewed my 2007 goals and whether I’d achieved them in the last year. Today, I’m going to set some new poker-related goals for 2008. If you’re a serious poker player, I think that you ought … Read more…

January 1, 2008 No Comments

My Year in Poker

This time last year, I set four major poker goals for myself. It’s time now to review and evaluate the year in light of those goals: Goal 1: Make $X Playing Poker Failed Sorry, but as usual, I don’t want … Read more…

December 31, 2007 4 Comments

In Good Company

As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t put much effort into promoting my blog as a money-making vehicle. I’ve browsed some of the literature on search engine optimization and such, and while I find it interesting/impressive that some people are essentially … Read more…

December 20, 2007 No Comments

My Name Looks Familiar!

My UBOC final table earned me a quick mention (by screenname only) in the official Ultimate Bet blog: “Speaking of winning the Sunday Guaranteed…didn’t “urbandb888″ win that back on November 4th? Why, so he did!”

December 14, 2007 No Comments

The Sunday I’ve Been Waiting For

After more than a year of playing all of the big Sunday internet poker tournaments, I finally won one of the @#$% things. There were 815 entrants in Ultimate Bet’s weekly $215 tournament, but they guarantee a $200K prizepool, so … Read more…

November 5, 2007 5 Comments

October

October was a solid month for me. Unfortunately, I’m still not putting in enough hours. I’m only playing about 25 hours/week. Overall this year, I’ve only played about 2/3 as much as I was hoping to play. Combined with some … Read more…

November 1, 2007 No Comments

October: So Far, So Good

Two days in, and I’ve recovered about 1/3 of what was lost in September. I have a bunch of stuff on a list to post, but I got wrapped up in a really good heads up match that kept me … Read more…

October 2, 2007 No Comments

Worst Week Ever, Worst Month Ever

Yesterday concluded both the worst week and the worst month of my poker career. I’m not going to post dollar figures, but I lost about 15% of my bankroll and slashed my hourly rate for the year by nearly 1/3. … Read more…

October 1, 2007 No Comments

You Know It’s Going to Be a Good Day When….

Like most people, I get a ton of junk mail. My girlfriend managed to get her name on a ton of catalogue mailing lists, so I get like two of those on an average day, and she doesn’t even live … Read more…

September 19, 2007 No Comments

August

…was my third losing month of 2007. I was only out about $1500, and I made almost $1000 in rakeback, so it was really more of a breakeven month than a losing month. Still, there was a negative sign in … Read more…

September 5, 2007 1 Comment

WTF am I doing on the Sports page?

I got a mention on the Baltimore Sun sports page today from a blogger named Bill Ordine. He didn’t know much about me at the time, but here’s what he had to say: “The only other Maryland player who appeared … Read more…

July 13, 2007 No Comments

Day 3 Table Draw

I’m at Table 26, Seat 6. Here’s the full lineup: 1. Olav Prinz von Sachsew (101,700)2. Justin “Jurollo/WPTHero” Rollo (238,500) Justin’s blog3. Dale Michael (123,500)4. Matt “Matt24/Mattster24” Sterling (137,000) Matt’s website5. Andy Stocker (261,500)6. Me (344,100)7. David Lee (74,700)8. Randall … Read more…

July 12, 2007 4 Comments

Day 3 Table Draw

July 12, 2007 4 Comments

Quick Day 2A Update

I had a huge day today, up from 30K to 344,100. I’m not sure when I’ll get around to posting the write up, so please be patient. Hopefully I’ll be tied up for a few more days :-). Thanks to … Read more…

July 11, 2007 7 Comments

My Day 2A Table Draw

Looks like a tough lineup, and I’m not thrilled with where I’m sitting relative to the big stacks and specifically Barry G:1- Me 31K2- Barry Greenstein 93K3- Scott Yeates 163K4- Miles Dooly 57K5- couldn’t find a listing, maybe empty?6- Conor … Read more…

July 9, 2007 12 Comments

Still Alive

I’m working on a longer write-up, but I don’t know when that will be done, so just to let you all know, I did survive Day 1 of the main event. It was a real roller coaster, as evidenced by … Read more…

July 7, 2007 2 Comments

WSOP $5000 6-Max Tomorrow

I’d been going back and forth on whether to play this. I’ve been frustrated with how few prelim events I’ve played and how little playing time I ended up with in the two that I did play. However, my bankroll … Read more…

June 27, 2007 No Comments

Life Fish

Just read a good post from Taylor Caby (Green Plastic) over at Cardrunners that captures very well my sentiments towards at least one segment of the WSOP scene: “I’m already really tired of the whole live poker scene. I don’t … Read more…

June 24, 2007 No Comments

Live Poker Updates

Thayer finished up 4/228 in the WPT Mandalay Bay event, winning $131,170. Nice job, kid. Meanwhile, Steve Paul-Ambrose has final tabled the $5000 mixed hold ’em event at the WSOP. Good luck today, Steve!

June 3, 2007 No Comments

Leaving (for) Las Vegas

As some of you may already know, my girlfriend Emily has accepted a job doing public relations and marketing work for an adventure tours company based out of Las Vegas. Believe it or not, Vegas was in no way my … Read more…

May 31, 2007 No Comments

Another WSOP Seat

I won another WSOP seat tonight in a $650 satellite. Man, these things are soft. I mean, there are some good players, but you don’t even have to get first. Plus you get half hour levels, so nice deep stacks … Read more…

May 26, 2007 No Comments

Booyah!

PokerStars Tournament #49464655, No Limit Hold’emSuper SatelliteBuy-In: $615.00/$35.00551 playersTotal Prize Pool: $338865.00Target Tournament #43905792 Buy-In: $10000.0030 tickets to the target tournament Tournament started – 2007/05/13 – 18:00:00 (ET) Dear foucault82, You finished the tournament in 1st place. This qualifies you … Read more…

May 14, 2007 No Comments

A Welcome Change for a Saturday

I ran like ass in everything I played yesterday except the Stars $300, but I ran very well in that and finished 3rd for just under $9000, so it was still a quite good day. I’ve uploaded the entire hand … Read more…

April 15, 2007 No Comments

The Unproductive Profession

I found a kind of interesting article on Card Runners recently by one of their guest pros named Zimba. The piece, entitled “The Myth of the Socially Non Redeeming Activity“, disputes not only the claim that poker is actively harmful … Read more…

April 13, 2007 4 Comments

Another Article in 2+2 Magazine

I’ve got another article in this month’s 2+2 internet magazine, entitled The Last Bet. Please take a look at it and let me know what you think either by leaving a comment here or by posting in my thread in … Read more…

April 2, 2007 No Comments

Links

You may have noticed that I’ve updated the links section in the left sidebar. In particular, I’ve added some good blogs that I’ve started reading and deleted a few that hadn’t been updated in ages. This isn’t in any way … Read more…

March 29, 2007 No Comments

A Brief Sunday

Since I’m going to be getting up early tomorrow and hopefully spending the entire day playing the $2K at Foxwoods, I decided to pass on playing the big Sunday tournaments today. Another consideration was that the Sunday Million on Poker … Read more…

March 25, 2007 No Comments

Another Good Night

I usually have poker night with friends on Wednesday, but as they left for Vegas yesterday (I’m leaving tonight to meet them out there), it was cancelled, giving me a rare opportunity to play the Stars Wednesday $150K guarantee. Since … Read more…

March 15, 2007 No Comments

I’m Going to the World Series

Wooooooooooooooooooo. Double you ess oh pee baby! Picked my way through a ridiculous field today to come first in a double shootout and win my seat to the main event. Now that I’ve got this one under the belt, I … Read more…

March 12, 2007 No Comments

Boooooo Sunday

I dropped a bunch of money on tournament buyins yesterday, and today I’ve got nothing to show for it but one shallow cash. If I recall correctly, I played: Bodog 100KStars $1.5 MillionUB whatever their guarantee isFTP 400KStars WSOP satelliteStars … Read more…

March 12, 2007 No Comments

Winning Feels Good

I won the Poker Stars $100 deep stack last night for about $7000. The structure on these is phenomenal: I had over 100 BB’s for more than half the tournament, including much of the final table. Playing a deep stacked … Read more…

March 11, 2007 No Comments

I’m a Published Poker Author!

A piece that I wrote, entitled “Attacking and Defending Dead Money in Tournament Poker“, appears in this month’s issue of Two Plus Two Internet Magazine. Although getting published in an internet magazine isn’t quite as prestigious as appearing in print, … Read more…

March 4, 2007 No Comments

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