Since I have missed so many opportunities to post on Tango (weeks at a time go by without my insanity gracing these pages) there are a few back issues that need mentioning. Continue reading The rewind
Tag Archives: Andy Beal
Andy Beal is in Russia – OMG!
Tony G’s latest blog post tells of being in Minsk playing poker in incredible action games. Quoting The G:
“When I was in Minsk, I stayed at the Hotel Europa. And when I checked in, I saw Andy Beal’s Ferrari with Florida plates. It’s very nice to see Andy in Minsk nowadays.”
At the Wynn with Andy Beal and Craig Singer
Just think, in a few short hours, I’ll be tucked in my little, snuggly bed, crashed and isolated from the rest of the world in a blanket of dreams, but at Wynn, the poker game of the century will resume. Andy Beal came back to continue playing with the best of the best, for stakes that are truly, almost obscene. A few years ago, at Bellagio, I can remember hearing Mike Matusow state, “If he (meaning Andy) breaks them, there’ll be some great $200-400 games going on.” Continue reading At the Wynn with Andy Beal and Craig Singer
Andy Beal is back in action
Andy’s back. Everyone said he wouldn’t return after the licking he got last time. I knew better. I knew he would come back, he has to come back. He showed up around 5 p.m. and played Chau, $50,000-$100,000, on Table 1. Continue reading Andy Beal is back in action
Andy Beal vs. The Corporation and ‘2nd tier’ players
On the Andy side of play. He was playing Minh tonight when I came in to work. I stopped for a moment, sat down beside him in a spare chair, asked how he was doing and his reply went like this. He said he had won both Saturday and Sunday and that he was up right now. They started at $1,000-$2,000 and then moved up to $6,000-$12,000 and now were playing $10,000-$20,000. He also said that he felt he was playing a ‘2nd tier’ player and maybe that’s why he was doing so well. I left him for work and the game ran about another hour and a half. I didn’t deal it. Continue reading Andy Beal vs. The Corporation and ‘2nd tier’ players
‘yeah, she play everywhere, the Orleans, here…’
When I arrived, Andy was playing Howard L. I walked up and said hello to Andy, asked how he was doing and asked if he rested well. He stood for a moment and visited with me. Small talk. The dealer was shuffling the hand and I had just a millisecond to check out Andy, his attitude, his chips and Howard’s chips. Continue reading ‘yeah, she play everywhere, the Orleans, here…’
Andy Beal is back!
He’s back. I knew he would be. He can’t walk away from it now. He has to find out why it torments his thoughts, why he hasn’t beaten the game, why it’s an intangible puzzle that keeps spinning through his mind… Continue reading Andy Beal is back!
“Well, he can afford it!”
Andy played Todd and Howard. He lost. From what I heard, he’s going home. He may play again today but I believe he’s done for now. Continue reading “Well, he can afford it!”
Andy, Doyle, Todd, and Craig
My first game of the night was table 7. Andy and Doyle. Todd, Doyle’s son, was sitting behind him. Andy’s had a sweater sitting with him every night. When I walked up to the table, his sweater said, “Yes, he does remember you. I read your site and really enjoy it.” Continue reading Andy, Doyle, Todd, and Craig
Andy Beal’s tracking with poker chips
On the Andy scene, he was playing Ted F. Andy takes the 4s and has the 1-2-3 seats locked up with racks of blue chips – $1. They form a barricade across the end of the table and I couldn’t stifle my curiosity so I asked Carmen about it when we had a few minutes together. She said she thought it was some way of keeping track of hands raised or hands that went to the flop or some sort of record keeping but she wasn’t really sure. The word was that by the end of this session, he was down about 2.5…Ugh!