Zen and the art of tolerating bullshit…
Remember when you used to admonish your table mates about their bad play after cracking your aces with Q-7 off suit? Remember how you used to steam when, hand after hand, those donkeys would just...
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Got no poker ballz
A couple of weeks ago, in a fit of angst, I slammed shut the Harrington I’d been plodding through, placed it unceremoniously atop my burgeoning stack of poker books on the desk next to my bed and...
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Next week I get to go on a bit of a road-trip. I have to pat myself on the back for a stellar bit of whining that spurred my bosses’ decision that allowed said road-trip. Annually, in my line of work,...
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Poker – I’m glad to know ‘er
You know, it’s funny – with a casino not ten minutes from my own front door, I find it a little odd that I get a bit excited at the prospect of coming to the Cherokee Casino in Tulsa to play poker. I...
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All in Okie Style
It’s poker tournament season not only in the Las that is Vegas but in the Okla that is Homa. ………. At Cherokee Casinoin Tulsa, the third installment of the Scotty Nguyen Poker Challenge is underway. The...
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Playing catch
I’ve had the opportunity to play a little more live poker than usual lately. After returning from Oregon, I had a full week off from work and indulged in a mid-day, mid-week visit to the Riverwind....
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Poker Porker
We’ve all encountered him at one time or another on the virtual felt. He joins the table with a short buy, enters every pot with a raise then when he loses the hand, he fills the chat-box with a tirade...
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Chips on table 13!
My last session at the Riverwind was an odd one. I sat at a table with two people with whom I’ve played before. One I’ve written about – limping like a pro and in nearly every pot – who was a chatty,...
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Just another Friday
Friday the 13th is supposed to be a good day for me. Well, let’s just say it’s not usually an unlucky day for me, nor is it a particularly lucky day. It’s just a day. Really, my only attachment to...
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Chicken Fried Vegas
After four days of friends, poker, rural routes, and bar-b-que, I feel like a fully sated epicurean after a meal at Bouchon in Vegas. It just doesn’t get any better. The pic above is of an Oklahoma...
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