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Dear Diary

I was off and running today

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not as fast as I would have liked but still, a nice steady plod in the right direction. I had to go way the hell up Sahara to the mortgage broker’s office. Wonder how much diesel I blew on that trip. Then I headed to the Rio…I know…the WSOP is in town and Linda is staying away. I called Katie Lindsay, one of PokerWorks’ writers for lunch as promised…and BTW she’s got a new gig called Suited Connections. Take a look, she’s just getting started and she’s going to be BIG in the business. Continue reading I was off and running today →

Dear Diary

A run-in with Devilfish, Herschel loves me, Sam G Lips off

I had this organized, little list, tucked neatly away in my brain, of all the things I would accomplish on my days off…but I had a visitor that screwed up my whole yard work plan. Rapping, tapping, shredding, and ripping through everything. Hello, Wind! Did you miss me? I haven’t missed you but then it’s hard to miss something that never goes away. Continue reading A run-in with Devilfish, Herschel loves me, Sam G Lips off →

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Andy Beal’s Sweater, Devilfish, Greg Raymer, Johnny Chan, Eskimo, Et Al

Friday night at the zoo! That statement says it all most of the time but not this time. It wasn’t a zoo. There were no cages and orderly paved walkways. It was a jungle. I swear there were people crawling up the walls and ceilings and swinging on the drapes to get into the middle of the room and sign up for games. The lists were 50 long…that’s not an exaggeration. Continue reading Andy Beal’s Sweater, Devilfish, Greg Raymer, Johnny Chan, Eskimo, Et Al →

Dear Diary

Bring on the medication

Last night I skated past all the high limit, tonight I think I hit everyone until the last part of my night. Everything was screaming mayhem. Microphones howled with pages for players to their open seat and table transfers and pages for phone calls, people talking and milling about, dealers, chip runners, supervisors, cocktails, porters, announcements of satellites being held for Omaha 8 or Better Tomorrow. Continue reading Bring on the medication →