Gambling

Pokerstars.com is giving away free entries to the WSOP 2008 main event.  What’s the catch?  Well, you have to come in the top 50 out of 5,000 in your first level tournament.  The blinds go up every 5 minutes.  Once ...

The movie “21” is based on the book, “Bringing Down the House,” by Ben Mezrich. The book is based on the events of the re-generated MIT blackjack team in the late 90’s and Jeff Ma’s experiences. Although I’ve not read ...

During one tournament at the Hustler, early in the tournament, the guy to my left was a jokster type and when I was the small blind, said to me, “Let’s just limp in blind and check blind all the way.”  ...

My friend noticed that I didn’t post anything for the entire month of October.  Well, it was a combination of things, but mostly it was jury duty.  Since I’m used to waking up late, having to do jury duty put ...

I’ve continued to play the deep stack tournament at Hustler on Sunday with no luck.  2 weeks ago, I was down to 2 tables and was all-in with about 48,000 chips with AJ against A7 and lost almost all my ...

A friend of mine invited me to a private poker tournament party in Laguna Hills where there were going to be a bunch of novice players.  That, plus the fact that there would be strippers dancing got me to go.  ...

Everybody and his brother’s casino has some type of players’ card or VIP card.  When each casino starts having yet another card for their computerized table, this is really going to be rediculous.  It’s already got my wallet stuffed to ...

What I liked about the WSOP main event was the deep stack of 20,000 in starting chips.  It really allows for some “real” play and not an all-in fest after 2 rounds.  Back in the day at Caribe, they used ...

Hustler Casino now has one of those computerized poker tables called “Fastdeal Poker.” For now, it’s a $25 (or $60 or $100) Sit-N-Go table with 10 players.  Here’s how it works.  First, you need to get one of these Fastdeal ...

Well, here is my account of day 3 at the World Series of Poker, 2007 at the Rio in Las Vegas. For some reason, I couldn’t sleep very well and got up before the wake-up call. As per usual, I ...