Confessions of a Poker-Pro Wannabe...

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2012-01-18T15:00:00.000-08:00

Swag is Fun!

2012-01-10T17:22:00.000-08:00

I was being a bit of a ham today after receiving my Nit-hat! The Bike was giving away a hat to everybody who registered for the WSOPC Main Event, and although I didn’t play…I had a pretty good connection to get one for myself.

Helllllooooo from The Bike!

2012-01-04T01:19:00.000-08:00

Just a quick post to keep you up to date... Advertisement

Welcome to 2012!

2012-01-01T08:57:00.000-08:00

My resolutions for this new year are the same as the last... live life one day at a time and do my best to do no harm in the process.

I Owe Owe It's Off to Work I Go...

2011-12-31T10:00:00.001-08:00

As so many people around the world are celebrating the last few moments of 2011, I'm getting ready to do what I do at The Bicycle Casino for the WSOP Circuit Tour tournament series starting on the 1st of January. I'll be making the hotel across from The Bike my home for the first few weeks of the year and, although it's unlikely that I'll have time to play any events, I'm packing a few "The...

I Am Nightingale

2011-12-30T21:17:00.001-08:00

Yes...I'm playing Skyrim! And after having finished both the Dark Brotherhood (Listener Rank Assassin) and College of Winterhold (Arch-Mage) quest lines, I am about to begin the ceremony to become an Agent of Nocturnal. Not long now before I am the new Guild Master of Thieves! Ahhhhh, it seems like it was just yesterday that I was running around Cyrodiil as the Grey Fox...those were the days....

Look What I Found!!

2011-12-30T08:55:00.001-08:00

I was rummaging through an old dresser and stumbled upon this $2 that was trapped in the back of a drawer ... it took me a while to remember why I saved this particular bill. Then I looked at the date: 1976. For those of you too young to know, the $2 was specifically printed in 1976 to commemorate the Bicentennial if the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The 1976 Series are the...

Christmas Tidings from My Family to Yours

2011-12-24T19:50:00.001-08:00

The last time I took pics of our shoes (mine, my 14 year old son and 11 year old daughter) was during Easter and I has the biggest feet. Now, just a few months later, I have the smallest. Have a happy holiday with the ones you love!

'Tis the Season for Tying Up Loose Ends and Forging New Beginnings

2011-12-23T17:21:00.000-08:00

I haven't written much this month, sorry about that, but I've spent much of December trying to figure out the direction to go in 2012. With the World Series of Poker Circuit Tour landing at The Bicycle Casino on January 1st, I've spent lots of time spinning my wheels preparing for the 9 days of live stream table coverage for Poker Netcast. I've booked some exciting guest commentators for Live...

I Guess I'm the Whipping Girl of the Day

2011-12-07T17:04:00.001-08:00

Since hitting the Super Jackpot in November, one of the things we want to start doing to help promote Live at the Bike is extract the hand that won the biggest pot and post it as the "Hand of the Night." To clarify, the decision of what hand is chosen is not mine to make. The hand is selected by the Producer of the show. So, I played on Live at the Bike last Friday and as it turned...

It's Not Always About Poker...Sometimes It's About Truffula Trees

2011-12-06T13:11:00.001-08:00

I'm such a big kid...if I were a boy, I'd have joined Peter Pan in Neverland a long time ago. Anyway, I'm so excited that one of my favorite Dr. Seuss book, "The Lorax," is finally being made into a feature length movie, that I wanted to share the classic cartoon that I would watch religiously every year during my younger years. Advertisement

Grinding, Grinding and More Grinding

2011-12-03T13:23:00.001-08:00

I played the Nooner Daily Tournament at The Bicycle Casino last Tuesday. I bubbled. It was pretty unreal. I was double average at the first break, but then went totally card dead for four levels after. Then it became obvious I was destined for failure. I came in second best with fairly big hands every single time I was in a pot. A friend of mine, Mike Jones, who was seated at my tables agreed...

Nooner Anyone?

2011-11-29T12:16:00.001-08:00

For the first time EVER...I've decided to play in The Bike's Nooner Bounty No Limit Hold'em tourney. I got my Micros t-shirt on and an hoping for some run good. I'm a WhoJedi wannabe today and so far, so good...I'm free rolling after coming up $75 in the $2-3 NLH game while I waited for the tourney to start. Advertisement

The Battle for the XBox has Begun!

2011-11-28T16:57:00.001-08:00

I made the fatal mistake of buying CoD MW3 yesterday. Now, the boy who is usually out riding his bike until past curfew is #Ocuppying-My-Xbox and preventing me from carrying out evil deeds for the Dark Brotherhood.

So You Wannabe Pro?

2011-11-26T10:05:00.001-08:00

I was browsing some blogs today and stumbled upon this post: Courtesy of blogs.pokernews.com What are the chances you will make it as a pro poker player? There are two types of people who turn pro. The first type don’t think about what they are doing, they dive straight in and it’s just a matter of time before they fail miserably. The second type of person works out what they need...

Gobble, Gobble, Gobble!!

2011-11-24T11:30:00.000-08:00

I thought of typing a blog entry about all the things in life that I'm thankful for. Then I figured by the time I get all my thoughts together, everybody will be so doped up on tryptophan that the last thing anybody is going to want to do is read my Thanksgiving jibber jabber. So, I elected not to bore you with a bunch of warm and fuzzy coated guilt trips and instead just wish you a Happy...

Just Your Friendly Neighborhood Donkey

2011-11-23T12:24:00.001-08:00

You may or may not have seen yesterday's post: "Down Swings, Run Good and... Tebow?," but I posted a sample hand in that blog entry that exemplified how many times (and believe me - there were lots of them) that I pretty much flopped perfect then lost to runner-runner. I'm not really one to blog about game theory or go on, and on, and on about hands that I've played because as both a...

Down Swings, Run Good and... Tebow?

2011-11-22T15:49:00.001-08:00

Thanksgiving is lurking just around the corner, and do you know what comes after Turkey Day? You guessed it, Black Friday. But wait, not that Black Friday - - no, the traditional Black Friday, "black" referring to the color used when accounting ledgers show a positive bottom line. Could it be that I too may find myself "in the black" come the week's end? My Satellite Chips Last Thursday I...

Sugar, Spice & Everything Nice

2011-11-20T13:05:00.001-08:00

The house is filled with the smell of freshly baked pumpkin cupcakes...

Looking for a Little Run Good of My Own

2011-11-17T15:30:00.001-08:00

I'm playing super satellites to get into the Commerce Casino L.A. Poker Open main event. I'm in need of a little run-good since I've already busted out of one in 17th today.

#CoronaRunGood Strikes Again...

2011-11-16T13:33:00.001-08:00

It's been a week since my last post (Back to Back Busto but Still Smiling) and a few interesting things have happened since then. Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum Friday 11-11-11 was easily my most exciting day. Not only did the long anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim hit the stores, I had a great Live at the Bike evening planned. I had scheduled Jay "WhoJedi" Newnum and Mega Millions Series II runner...

Back to Back Busto But Still Smiling

2011-11-09T16:46:00.000-08:00

Yesterday I played in a couple of Commerce Casino's L.A. Poker Open events. The first was Event No. 7, the $225 6-Max NLH event. I thought it might be a good day because I got some pretty good hands and was able to be aggressive, until became obvious that my hands weren't holding up. Of course, as so many superstitious tournament players will tell you, it is a bad sign when you get Aces...

Wow! What a Sweat...

2011-11-08T08:45:00.000-08:00

I know, I know...I left y'all hanging. I haven't written much over the past few weeks, and I'm sorry. But, as you can see, I've been busy. I redesigned my site... hope you like it. It looks a little cleaner in my humble opinion. Anyway, if you follow me on Twitter or Facebook you know that I haven't been up to all that much. I spent Halloween in my pajamas watching T.V., I played a...

The Battle for Soda

2011-10-26T08:00:00.001-07:00

I'm sure we've all done this at some point... write our name on a soda can so that nobody else drinks it. But my 13 year old son went so far as to include "No R.J." on his cans, specifically naming his older brother as a suspected soda thief.

Mother of the Year...NOT!

2011-10-24T14:48:00.000-07:00

I should have known that my weekend was doomed when I woke up with a migraine on Saturday morning. On Saturday, my 13 year old my son had a soccer game. The way it works is that he has to be on the field an hour before the game. Saturday's game was conveniently located at the park near our house and since I wasn't feeling so hot, I just dropped him off at 2:30 p.m. with the intention of...