Archive for January, 2004
Grinding and Taking a Shot
“Certain individuals come here just to make money. They grind, grind, grind in the small-stakes games, they make a living and they have no down side. But they have no gamble in them, either, so they will never know the enjoyment of the high roller, the romance of gambling.”–Mickey Appleman After a long week at [...]
Building the bankroll… the hard way
Between work and migrating the blog to another server, I didn’t even get to play any poker today. This week’s been rough at work, but my deadline is tomorrow so it should ease up after that. Migrating the blog is another story… I hope my pic didn’t scare anybody away, and I’m looking forward to [...]
Loosening up, and “The Migration”
”. . . to be acutely conscious is a disease, a real, honest-to-goodness disease.” –Dostoevsky, Notes from the Underground It’s been a while since I posted anything about theory, but recently, I’ve felt like my game has hit a plateau. So I’ve been hitting the books to try to get over the hump. I’ve been [...]
Killing skill and choking on THE HAMMER
A post-first-anniversary champagne filled blog, we’re going on a run through the WSOP, one of my greatest Party sessions ever (including a hammer victory!), and who knows what else… read on… WSOP HighlightsThanks to Chris H., who was kind enough to send a copy of the WSOP DVDs, I was finally able to see the [...]