I just found out there is a listing for ESPN to show the 2003 US Poker Championships tonight (Fri 13th) at 10 Eastern/7 Pacific. If this is correct there may...
It Rains in Southern California: The 2004 Los Angeles Poker Classic I caught a rush I had a coupon for a free weekend from Hertz so I booked a trip to Vegas ...
You're that guy, right? The 2004 WPT Celebrity Invitational Free ice cream I played a little live No-Limit Hold 'Em at the Commerce Casino along with Haralabos...
The 2004 Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship A nice upgrade Next stop on the World Poker Tour was at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, Calif., so Shortstack and I...
Welcome to the Party: The 2004 PartyPoker Million Cruise In the same boat Shortstack and I spent the weekend in Vegas with my brother Mike prior to the Party...
The Biggest Little Tourney in the World: The 2004 Reno World Poker Challenge Roller Coaster I brought Shortstack and my brother Mike, visiting from his home in...
Five-Diamond Warm-up: Bellagio $2600 No-Limit Hold 'Em Tens again Las Vegas was having their annual thundershower and the airport was closed briefly Friday...
A big event with no TV: A Bellagio $5150 No-Limit Hold 'Em Warmup Table from hell I decided I needed more practice against the world's best No-Limit Hold 'Em ...
Once more into the Bellagio: another $2600 No-Limit warm-up Power on They got the power turned back on at the Bellagio after an unscheduled three-day outage so...
The Big Event: The 2004 Word Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio Pushed around With a $25,300 entry fee the WPT Championship was by far the biggest buy-in ...
Take Me Out to the Poker Game: 2004 WSOP $2000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Sliced and diced Harrah's Entertainment had bailed out the failed Binion's Horseshoe and ...
Two early outs: WSOP O8 and PLHE $1500 events Caught up I entered the $1500 buy-in Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament because I felt like I knew enough...
More chips please: WSOP $1000 No-Limit Hold 'Em with Rebuys Ram's Aces Today's tournament had a twist: if you busted out (or even got back to your starting...
Taking a Pot Shot: WSOP $2000 Pot-Limit Omaha with rebuys Old nemesis Since I had had some success playing Pot-Limit Omaha on line with play money I decided to...
They call me frisky: WSOP $1500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Who was boss Today was another $1500 buy-in No-Limit Hold 'Em tournament, the kind you saw on TV, and it was...
Just another $5k tourney: WSOP $5000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Half Vulcan It is said that when the student is ready, the teacher will appear. Phil Hellmuth, Jr., had...
Expensive entertainment: The $2000 WSOP Pot-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney Over the top There were 324 entrants ponying up $2000 each for the red-headed stepchild of...
Is there no limit to this tournament? Another $1500 WSOP No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney Elevator operator I licked my wounds from the two quick exits, got through...
Enough warm-ups already: WSOP $3000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Table of death The final warm-up No-Limit tournament at the Horseshoe drew an amazing 651 entrants,...
The Greatest Showdown on Earth: 2004 WSOP Championship No Money I had flown back to Seattle to change my underwear and returned in time to make the annual...
A Little Omaha City of Commerce While many of the pros were off in Barcelona playing in the heads-up championship I decided to sneak down to Commerce, Calif.,...
Fountain of cash: 2004 Bellagio Festa al Lago No-Limit Hold 'Em series, part I The first day Shortstack took a pass on Commerce but there was no way she would...
Garbagio: 2004 Bellagio Festa al Lago No-Limit Hold 'Em series, part II Back to a grand They gave us a break and reset the buy-in back to $1000+60 for Sunday's...
What, no TV? The 2004 Bellagio Festa al Lago Championship Teddy bear, teddy bear, what have you got? What with the lack of TV coverage and all there were only...
We next play Verona: The American Poker Championship at Turning Stone Go east young man It was perhaps presumptuous for the organizers of a last-minute $10,000...
I see England, I see France: The 2004 WPT Grand Prix de Paris British service Erick "E-Dog" Lindgren and I headed out of Turning Stone, which had generously...
A Rush at the Lake: A $1000 Weekly Bellagio Tourney Briefly speechless In Las Vegas early for the next stop on the World Poker Tour at the Mirage, I decided to...
Smells like Poker: The 2004 WPT Mirage Poker Showdown Warm-ups Though they don't like to talk about it, I'm pretty sure The Mirage was the first Las Vegas...
Persistence is Futile: The 2004 Borgata WPT Event With most of the month of August off and a conflict keeping me from competing in the World Poker Tour...
There Are More Horse's Shoes in the World: 2004 Hold 'Em at the Horseshoe Too many mosquitoes The World Poker Tour Aruba event conflicted with a small series...