Archive for July, 2010
Are you actually a Buddhist, and if not, where did your screen name come from?
I’m not religious at all. If you accept the use of Zen as an adjective, then I’d say I’m a very Zen guy. But it’s a philosophical thing, not a spiritual one.
Read moreWhy did you decide to make Limit Hold’em your main game?
Limit Holdem (LHE) was the first game that played seriously back in 1999. I played a lot of No Limit in 2007, but returned to LHE in 2008 when I decided to focus on just one game for a while. Honestly, I was attracted to the large number of VPPs earned by playing limit. But [...]
Read moreWhich Day 1 of the WSOP main event are you playing? Have you played in the World Series before?
I played Day 1B (Tuesday), which was probably the worst Day 1. I chose it by asking my friends which day they were playing. Most of my friends are really good poker players, so perhaps I should have taken a different day from them. I played the $1,000 SHOE event in 2007, but this is [...]
Read moreMy Callback Is On Saturday
I don’t think I got on television yet, but my first audition for the final table of the main event went well enough. I finished the day with 42,700 chips, which is about average at this stage of the game. More importantly, I’m still alive, and I’ll be back on Saturday to play Day 2B.
Day [...]
I May Never Go Home
I arrived in Vegas about six hours ago. During my irritating trip through airport security, then my first flight and layover, I was planning to write a Seinfeld-esque blog about air travel. “What’s up with those 3 oz. containers? I mean, you can’t take a pair of scissors on board, but pen’s are okay? I [...]
Read moreRollin’ Up A Stake And Goin’ To Vegas
I watched Rounders again a few days ago. The poker isn’t quite state of the art, but it’s still the best movie ever made on the subject. It goes to show how much you can do with a good script and a great cast.
I find myself in much the same spot as [...]
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