The Poker Bug

• My sleep schedule has been a bit off and the main reason for that is that I’ve been playing poker in Bobby’s room at the Bellagio. After I was eliminated from the tournament, I felt like playing so I stopped in and played till about 6am that first night. It was a good game, with [...]

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The WPT Bellagio has now officially become a PAPT event

• Bellagio used to always have really good, sensible structures, but kind of out of left field they have made some totally random tweaks that are just plain stupid and unnecessary and bad. Aside from the gimmicky addition of 4x chips they’ve made antes significantly smaller at several stages. The 4x gimmick is really starting to [...]

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I am a Stats Geek Like No Other

• I’m going to be providing a link where you can see the whole spreadsheet I created, but this blog I’ll be posting some highlights. ROI stands for return on investment. Assuming the average buy in for a WPT event is $10,000 (it’s likely a bit higher including the $25k and two $15k buy ins) you [...]

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The Ratings are In…

• I am SO very happy with the show. Wow, just amazing numbers in terms of viewers and I really think the show hits a demographic that is mostly totally new to poker and likely doesn’t watch shows like PAD, High Stakes Poker, or even the WSOP. The whole point of creating the show was to [...]

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PokerStars.net Million Dollar Challenge… and other stuff

• I’m excited to see how the first show comes off this Sunday. Being a part of a show, and then seeing the edited down version if often very different. I had a blast doing the show and definitely think there are some great moments.
  This Sunday, Father Andrew Trapp, a Catholic Priest will [...]

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Soaking it All In

• After a 17 hour final table, a commercial shoot, and a flight to LA, I’m finally back in the US. The initial shock of finishing second has worn off for the most part and had given me a chance to reflect on my career, my life, where I am, where I was, and where I [...]

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Poker has Gottten Really Hard

• Poker just isn’t what it used to be. Not even close. This is the second year in a row where I’ve made the final table here at the WSOPE and last year was the toughest final table I’d ever been at… until this year.
  In the "old days" the percentage of excellent players [...]

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Another Excellent Day of Play

• Very pleased with how I’m playing. I’ve learned a lot about myself during this tournament and reconfirmed some other things that I already know. Playing against high level competition brings out the best in me. I’m really enjoying playing and thinking at a high level.
  I’m currently in 12th place with [...]

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Fighting Jet Lag in London, on to Day Three

• I had a very blaze day in terms of chip movement, coming in with 89,000, topping out at 127,000 and ending at 113,100 which is where I was for most of the four levels. I never dipped below 90,000 and avoided major confrontations as best I could and am very happy with that decision.
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Brag Blog

• I’ve been trying really hard in the big no limit events, did well on day one in Barcelona, but got crushed early on day two.
  My starting table was pretty sick in terms of skill level. All day, we had precisely one player who wouldn’t have positive equity playing tournaments for [...]

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Caesars Cup a Major Disappointment for Team Americas

• Here is my full report on what happened along with analysis:
  The structure was fast with shallow stacks which made mathematics the most important aspect of the matches. Many of the players on team Americas excel more so with deeper stacks and a slower structure, and that definitely hurt us in a few [...]

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