Poker Blogs

Started with 30,000 in chips, got off to a nice start and chipped up to about 40k after the first two levels. Then for 4 hours straight basically blinded off about 20k and bluffed off a few k and found myself shortstacked with 14k going into the the last level of the day.

2010 is starting off with a BOOM~!. Thanks to Poker Stars, nearly 400 people have qualified through satellites and the event is almost capped out at 900 people. First place should easily be a cool mil, plus LIVE,  coverage Feb.

On Sunday I was talking to Newhouse via text and he texted me back, “I have to concentrate I’m still in the Pokerstars Sunday Mil and the Pokerstars Sunday 500.” About 4 hours later, I check both tournaments to find Mark Newhouse A.K.A Newhizzle 2nd in chips with 16 people left in the Million with a huge rail and a ton of buzz.

The days of specialists are over. Everybody is a specialist now; just look at all the limits 5-10 to 200-400, lines of people waiting for the fish to arrive. It is especially most rampant in limit holdem and no limit holdem.

First stop Pokerstars PCA, EPT Numero Uno. Flying across the country from Las Vegas, NV to Atlantis in the beautiful Bahamas. Second stop Turk and Caicos in the British Colombian Islands. Then it is off to Europe for travel, fun, some EPT poker stops, and most importantly for an experience of a lifetime.