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Oh, where to begin. And where to end. Did you ever have something that was going so well, I mean SO WELL, and then somehow it suddenly all goes to shit, and you’re not even sure how that happened? Not necessarily poker. Like maybe it was your marriage. Omigod. Maybe it WAS your marriage! And…
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The last time I was in Texas was 1993. Ruth and I were on a road trip across the Southern US from New Orleans to Las Vegas in a rented cherry red convertible Chrysler LeBaron. We weren’t married yet and this was our first real trip together, our first real test as a couple. (Spoiler…
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I almost got there. I almost made the money in three tournaments in a row. Almost got the poker trifecta… almost got the Hughie, Dewie, and Louie of poker tournaments… almost completed the elusive poker triangle… almost got the poker menage a trois. I went too far there, didn’t I? Anyway, I fell just short…
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I have no time to write this blog. It’s 7:00 AM and I’m working on less than five hours sleep, and i have another busy day today. Here’s quickly how yesterday went. -woke up at 7:30 AM and was out by 8 for a ninety minute contemplative walk on the beach. And yes, I realize…
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I played in a $400 two-day tournament today at The Hard Rock Casino beside a guy that was so old… Go ahead ask. Just do it. Ask. Or, tell you what, ask Chat GPT for “He’s so old…” jokes and fill in your own. This guy was so old… that his name was Ira, and…
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Christmas morning, 2025. I’m in The Maple Leaf Airport Lounge waiting for my scheduled 8:30 AM flight which now leaves at 10:30 AM so clearly for the folks at Air Canada, Christmas Day is a just day like every other. Luckily my Platinum American Express Card (with the exorbitant yearly fee) entitles me to all…
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It’s a little difficult really to think about anything but baseball right now. I think there’ll come a time when people have long forgotten about trendy stuff like Labubu’s and Global Warming, but they will still be talking about the World Series of 2025. I’ve nothing new to add to the conversation other than to…
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So, I met him. I met The Man Who Won’t Shut Up. I met The Man Who Won’t Shut Up at a $400 tournament at The MGM on Sunday. For short I’ll call him TMWWSU which rolls right off the tongue and I think is kinder alternative to calling him CLTIVD (Chronic long-term incurable verbal…
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Well, I cashed in my first tourney of the trip. It was the $300 WSOP Gladiator tournament. My heat of the tournament attracted over 9600 entrants of which 1482 got paid. I finished 1103rd for the minimum cash of $600. I made $300 in 12 hours. And yes, I realize that I could’ve made more…
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I haven’t written in a bit. I learned a new word this winter. The word is GLIOBLASTOMA which Wikipedia will tell you is “the most aggressive type of cancer that originates in the brain and has a very poor prognosis for survival.” I learned that word because my business partner of 37 years had it.…
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