Entries from the ‘Bloggers Corner’ Category
In and Out of the Money
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
The Main Event is under way, and Day 1A saw 1,297 hopefuls take to the felt. By the end of the day, the field had been reduced to 657 runners. To put this in another context, 640 folks made a $10K contribution to a prize-pool that they’ll see no part of. While this might not seem like a lot in terms of big-name pros, it’s still a hefty chunk of change. Just making the decision to buy in to a tournament at this level requires a great deal of commitment. This is where the “psychology of money” begins to come into play: being able to deal with it as an abstraction and not an object.
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Tags: Mike Matusow, WSOP
Big Time Boxing – Full Tilt Poker Sponsor
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
If you’re looking for the best in Irish and UK boxing action this weekend, make sure to check out Big Time Boxing this Saturday, July 5th, at 9:00pm. Broadcast live on TV3 Ireland from the National Basketball Arena in Tallaght, Dublin, these all-star bouts will feature a top-of-the-bill clash between Irish Light-middleweight champion Ciaran Healy (8-7, 2 KO) and world rated gladiator Jamie Moore (29-3, 20 KO). With some of the best new and aspiring fighters in Irish Professional Boxing, this is sure to be an exciting event.
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Tags: Big Time Boxing
Singing, Dancing and Jumping the Chark
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
OK, add this to the list of 187 other reasons why poker is jumping the shark: All In – The Poker Musical.
I shit you not.
They’re making a freakin’ poker musical. Why, oh why must this be? Who in Hell(muth) thought this was a good idea? Uh, yeah, that’s right. Phil Hellmuth is credited as one of the “masterminds” behind what I can only guess will be a bigger disaster than the sinking of the Titanic, the burning of the Hindenberg, and the pregnancy of Jessica Alba combined.
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Tags: Chris Ferguson, WSOP
Random Thoughts
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
It feels like I haven’t posted a lot lately. That’s not because I haven’t wanted to, but rather, because other commitments have kept me away from the blogging keyboard and – honestly – I just don’t have anything really coherent to ramble on about. Shocking, I know. (I’m often capable of ranting/rambling about anything, by the way, which is why… oh, never mind….)
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Tags: Howard Lederer, WSOP
Battle of the Bloggers: And the Blogger on The Rail Is…
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
The end of the Write Your Way to the 2008 WSOP competition has finally arrived. First of all, many thanks to those of you who submitted entries – your posts were well received across the board and got a lot of laughs around the office.
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The Best of D’oh!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
A long time ago in a galaxy far away, a poker blogger named hdouble wrote an epic two-part post using quotes from The Big Lebowski to shed a new light on the poker world. Many years later, hdouble is now friend/maniacal overlord of The Rail (please don’t give me another 10 lashes for this one), and I thought it would be fitting if I paid homage to our fallen comrade by ripping off his idea (which he, in turn, ripped off from Bill Simmons, who probably ripped it off from someone else). After all, imitation is the most sincere form of flattery.
With that said, I’ll be attempting to match as many quotes as I can from that great cornerstone of American culture, The Simpsons, to our very own Full Tilt Poker pros. Some of the quotes will be stretches; some of the quotes have been so dead on that I couldn’t use them for fear of reprisal; some of the quotes I’ve picked simply because they’re so damn funny. One other note before I get started: I’ve nicked most of these quotes from various online sources, none of which I trust in terms of accuracy. So if you notice anything wrong, please don’t freak out and send me angry emails about how I’ve desecrated a classic piece of pop culture. Hey, we all make mistakes, right?
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Tags: Phil Ivey, Team Full Tilt
A Pastor, A Missionary And A Gambler Walk Into A Bar
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
In case you’re trying to work out what the punch line is for the above, there isn’t one*. Partly because I’m just not that witty and partly because it’s not meant to be a joke – it’s just a description of me catching up with my brothers.
A lot of people who get into poker do so because they grew up playing cards with their family, “gambling” with pennies or buttons, or whatever inconsequential household items families happen to have a lot of. If we did it in ours, the only logical currency would have to have been plastic take-away containers – being Asian, my mum refused to throw anything away if it was “still good” – I swear we have relics dating back to the early eighties.
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One TD to Rule them All
Posted by The Captain | Filed under Bloggers Corner
Heralded by months of speculation on policy and change, the WSOP is finally here. With that, anyone who’s made a quick cruise through the boards has probably come across entire threads dedicated not only to what is happening, but whether it’s good or bad and why. While some of that’s interesting and some people have valid opinions on their topic of choice, one striking aspect of it all is how upset people get over tournament rules. In particular, I’m talking about player conduct.
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Tags: WSOP
It’s Huge!
Posted by Big Donkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
So, the incredibly massive $25K Heads-Up World Championship starts tomorrow on FTP. It’s going to be huge in every sense of the word: a giant buy-in, an incredible field, huge interest from railbirds across the Interwebs… you name it.
And, for some reason, I really don’t care that much.
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Tags: $25K Heads-Up World Championship, Phil Ivey
FTOPS Madness!
Posted by One Angry Monkey | Filed under Bloggers Corner
FTOPS is still running strong, but we’re entering the homestretch as 18 of the 24 events have been completed. We’ve saved the best for last though, with the $2,500 Two-Day Event and the $2 million guaranteed Main Event still to come this weekend. If you like poker (and I should hope you do, being that you’re reading a poker blog right now), then get your butts to your computer this weekend and get in on some of the best tourney action online.
OK, now that my mandatory corporate duty is fulfilled for the day, let’s get on to the good stuff. On Monday I gave you an update for FTOPS events 1-9; today I’ll be covering 10-18. Without further ado, let’s get this show on the road:
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Tags: FTOPS, Scott Fischman
