I spit my faith on the city pavement
To keep a smile
I bought my legs from the US Government
To keep me in line
- Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, “US Government”
Every time something bad happens to the poker industry, it seems to bounce back in solid shape. After yesterday’s bad news, I have my doubts about its resilience [...]

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I’ve really been enjoying playing the multi-entry $1+$.10 Rush On Demand tournaments on Full Tilt lately. I wrote up a little post about them for the Poker From The Rail blog last week that you can read here. I was enthusiastic about them even before I had much success playing them – when I wrote [...]

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I read just a little while ago that the Sahara hotel and casino out in Las Vegas is closing down. I can’t say I’m surprised to hear the news. The Sahara was already in the late stages of decline when I first made my first trip to Vegas in 2004, decades after members of the [...]

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Day 2 of the main event, Jonathan Duhamel was in seat 9, I was in seat 2… Since I had position on him all day, I put a lot of pressure on him all day long…
Late in the day 2, I had more chips than him, I was on the button, everyone folded to Jonathan [...]

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It seems like there’s been an uproar over who wins the WSOP Player of the Year award every year since Harrah’s first introduced it in 2004. This year was no different, with Michael Mizrachi’s big performances convincing a lot of people that he should have won the award outright instead of merely having a chance, [...]

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It’s said that all good things must come to an end. So it goes with my WSOP November Nine handicapping assignment for this year, now that we’ve reached the third installment over Full Tilt’s Poker From The Rail blog. I think AlCantHang would be happy to let me keep throwing darts at the board, but [...]

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The second installment of this year’s November Nine handicapping is officially up at Full Tilt’s Poker From The Rail blog. My good friend AlCantHang asked me to join the inimitable Kevmath in guessing what’s going to happen at this year’s WSOP Main Event final table, and I couldn’t pass up the opportunity.
Our newest installment takes [...]

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One of my favorite little writing projects I got to do last year was a bit of November Nine handicapping for Full Tilt’s Poker From The Rail blog. My good friend AlCantHang asked me to reprise my performance this year, and I agreed.
I’m joined in breaking down the WSOP Main Event final table this [...]

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