Archive for the ‘Poker Stories’ Category
Money for Nothing, Chips for Free
This is the story of how I really got started as a webmaster… by pushing this idea of money for nothing and chips for free. It was all true too, I don’t think that I ever told a lie…
Posted by admin at April 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »The Wheel and Evolution of Man
I was just sitting around thinking about how I got into poker and I remembered this story from my first poker game.
We all used to play a little bit of poker when we were kids it seems. Later on…
Posted by admin at March 25th, 2009 | No Comments »The McCreedy Poker Swindle
I’m sure this has been done numerous times, but this ploy was new to me.
This morning I was watching this old show from the 1970′s called Alias Smith and Jones (I think). I’m not sure how it got onto…
Posted by admin at December 6th, 2008 | No Comments »The Worst Beat Ever
This is a pretty funny story…
The Baddest Bad Beat Poker Story Ever! – video powered by Metacafe
2 Consecutive Disaster Hands at the High Stakes Tables
These 2 pots happened in consecutive hands just a few minutes ago on Full Tilt. In the first hand; A-A vs. K-K, all of the money went in before the flop for a pot of almost $700,000.
In the…
Posted by admin at October 26th, 2008 | No Comments »My Aces Cracked
Let me give you a quick scenario…I was playing in one of those drunk donkey home games one night. You know what I’m talking about…play every drawing hand, push with ace-rags, and somehow justify playing 2-3 suited. Everything has implied…
Posted by admin at September 16th, 2008 | No Comments »Making the Rounds of the Underground Poker Scene
A poker playing friend of mine was looking for some action this past weekend. Another friend of ours told us about an underground poker club in Astoria Queens, so we said what the heck let’s give it a try.
We…
Posted by admin at September 4th, 2008 | No Comments »Atlantic City Revisited – Return to The Taj
I went to AC on Tuesday. A real good friend of mine had planned this out so we booked a hotel room at the Taj Mahal. The good thing about the Taj is that it’s right next to the Showboat so…
Posted by admin at August 21st, 2008 | No Comments »I’m a great player (at the bar)
About ten years ago, I had an epiphany about playing poker. I was sitting at the bar after work and a friend starts rambling about a hand that he had. He was playing limit holdem and raised before the flop…
Posted by admin at August 8th, 2008 | No Comments »Vegas Trips and Table Selection
Three weeks ago my parents were in Las Vegas, and tempted my brother and I to take the four and a half hour drive from San Diego to Sin City with a free room at Paris. Of course, we obliged.…
Posted by admin at July 29th, 2008 | No Comments »The Rockets Red Glare…or how I won a poker tournament in my poker league.
I played 2 SNGs yesterday and it was very satisfying to say the least.
Both were $30 buy-ins. $270 in the prize pool.
1st – $150
2nd – $80
3rd – $40
This isn’t exactly the WSOP but hey…
Posted by admin at July 4th, 2008 | No Comments »