Former Bear Stearns Banker Makes Final Table At World Series of Poker Main Event
I danced between the raindrops on a minefield.
– Former Bear Stearns Banker Steven Begleiter on how he made the WSOP Main Event Final Table
After fending off the depression from having my right wrist put in a cast last Thursday morning due to damage to my TFCC tendon that I injured lifting weights, I have returned to my nefarious ways. After placing 14th out…
When I first started playing poker in the wake of Chris Moneymaker’s spectacular 2003 Main Event win, the bible of tournament poker was Dan Harrington’s Harrington On Hold ‘Em. Harrington won the 1995 Main Event and made the final table…
I drove from Davis to Bay 101 in San Jose early yesterday morning to play in their $1000 Last Saturday tournament. It’s a great one day tournament: players start with 40,000 chips and levels are 30 minutes long. Because of…
I was watching the live stream of Day 5 of the WPT World Championships today and the most interesting hand took place between Bryce Yockey and Daniel Negreanu. I was mainly watching because Negreanu is my favorite player and arguably…
The Economist has a lengthy and fascinating piece, “A big deal”, on the poker boom in their most recent edition (hat tip Abnormal Returns).
One of the reasons I believe that I continue to improve even as I approach 50 is my willingness to get outside of my comfort zones and try new things to see if what I’m doing in any of my…