Jul
3
3
Adventures in Omaha
Today was the first Omaha hi-low split tournament. It’s a game I play a lot and I think I played well.
Jul
3
3
Week 1 at the WSOP, A Review
The first open event kicked off last Tuesday, and by the end of the today we’ll have seven hard days of poker under our belts. It seems an apt time to review some of the trends developing at the 2006 WSOP.
Jul
3
3
My Favorite Line of the WSOP
I was playing in the $2,000 no-limit hold ‘em event and there was a very fishy player at my table. From the 2,000 starting stacks, he managed to accumulate almost 6,000 very quickly. Then he lost of bunch of his chips when he re-raised with 9-4 and doubled up a player with pocket Kings.
Jul
3
3
Need a Couple of Early Breaks
I’ve played five events and so far I’ve made seven breaks. YES!!
Actually, I feel like I haven’t gotten into it yet. I haven’t even made it to a dinner break.
Jul
2
2
A Failure to Adjust
I’m playing the $3,000 buy-in limit hold ‘em tournament today, and so far I’ve seen some strange play that I’m trying to adjust to.
Jul
2
2
Fish or Shark?
When I came into the Full Tilt suite yesterday, I saw Howard Lederer and Andy Bloch discussing a hand. I sat with them and asked if the hand contained a lesson I might share in this blog.
“Here’s a tip,” Andy started, “don’t call an all in from Howard Lederer when you have bottom pair.”
Jul
2
2
Erik Seidel’s Music
Erik Seidel has a passion for music. At the poker table, he wears bulbous headphones while a 60-gig iPod sits on the on the table in front of him. I caught up with Erik as he played the early stages of today’s limit hold ‘em tournament. I wanted to know if there was a genre that he felt worked best for this game.
Jul
2
2
Interview with a Bracelet Winner, Part II
In this portion of the interview with $1,500 pot-limit hold ‘em champion Rafe Furst, we discussed some of the more personal aspects of his poker life.
Jul
1
1
Keeping My Spirits Up
I haven’t cashed in any of the first four events I’ve played. I don’t think I’ve been playing bad poker, though. In the first event I got a lot of chips – worked my stack up to 12,000 – but then I got pretty unlucky in three hands.
Jul
1
1
Interview with a Bracelet Winner, Part I
Last night Rafe Furst won the $1,500 buy-in pot-limit event. I interviewed him this afternoon in the Full Tilt hospitality suite.
