Recent Successes

Yes, it's true, I still exist :) Why haven't I been posting? It's simple. I've been putting the theories I espouse here and elsewhere to practice, and to that end, I took first twice in row recently at Hollypark. I also made a film in a week, which was almost financed by my winnings. Unfortunately, I hooked up with someone that reneged on promised payments, so, now, I'm back to where I started: Looking for a stake....

A moment of silence...

No glitz, no glamour, just an all around great player, and family man. A playing style that is often imitated, but never duplicated, and I can only hope to come close to his expertise one day. He will be missed.

Much sadness in the land this evening...

clipped from www.casinocitytimes.com Poker legend 'Chip' Reese dies at age 56 6 December 2007 Poker Hall of Famer David "Chip" Reese, who built a reputation as one of the best cash-game players ever, died at the age of 56 on Tuesday from undetermined causes. Reese, whose career live tournament winnings reached nearly $3 million, died in his sleep and was found by his son early Tuesday at his Las Vegas home. He was suffering from symptoms of pneumonia, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Reese was born in Dayton, Ohio and graduated from Dartmouth College. In a chapter dedicated to him in the legendary book, Doyle Brunson's Super System, Brunson told the story of how after graduating from college, Reese worked for a year as a manufacturer's representative before he and a friend visited a Las Vegas poker room one weekend with $800 between them. They doubled their bankroll in one day and Reese found a permanent home in Las Vegas.

I Don't Know Why This is Taking So Long....

Read the following, from the Casino City Times, and then come back here, and post your thoughts. Personally, most of the major online casinos have already figured out a workaround, so, it's only a matter of time before the UIGEA goes away entirely....

clipped from www.casinocitytimes.com Players state case for lifting poker ban 26 October 2007 by Tony Batt WASHINGTON -- Poker is good for you. That's what Internet poker players are telling members of Congress this week as they lobby to exempt poker from an online gambling ban. "Really, poker is just much closer to chess than it is to the other standard casino games," said Andrew Woods, a student at Harvard Law School who has played poker to help pay for his education. Poker develops cognitive, mathematical and psychological skills which help students become successful in life, said Woods, who founded the Bruin Casino Gaming Society when he attended the University of California, Los Angeles and has helped establish the Global Poker Strategic Thinking Society at Harvard. Charles Nesson, a law professor at Harvard, said he would like to teach poker to children. "I think poker has tremendous educational utility for kids," Nesson said. "I think it's a great family game." Nesson said he thinks the Internet gambling ban is vulnerable.