I am THE James

Just for the fish today, I decided to play in a freeroll at Full Tilt.  (Fish, you know…the halibut.)  I had built up my stack to about 8k when I picked up pocket aces.  There was a raise to 250, and I made it 1,000 straight, and got called in 4 spot.  Flop is 3, 4, 10.  I am first to act and push all in.  I get called in 2 spots.  The powerhouse hands that called me were 3-4 and Q-4.  Remember they called 1,000 pre-flop.  No help for me, so I’m gone.  (Yes, I was covered by the person with 3, 4.) 

Lol donkeyments truly applies to freerolls.  I have played a couple of Pokerstars and gotten really deep and all the players that have chips are playing like crap.  I play crap and don’t catch.  I guess freerolls truly are crapshoots.  I know none of what I am saying is really earth shattering or ground breaking, but I just wanted to post about it.  

The following I found on the front page of Pokernews.com.  It is listed as a rumor, so I don’t know the validity of it, but its still funny as hell.

“This report from an eyewitness at a recent event on the poker circuit. A pretty young woman was having a meltdown of epic proportion at the casino cashiers cage, which was right next to the tournament floor. The woman was screaming at the cashier behind the cage, because the cashier refused to honor the chip the woman had presented for cashing. After some investigation, it turns out the young woman was a “professional” who had been paid for her services….with a tournament chip. When the woman returned to the tournament floor, her “client” was long gone, and she was left with nothing but her dignity. Well, almost.”

I guess thats one use for a tournament buy-in chip. 

It does make me question the woman’s intelligence, or at least her observation skills.  Most tournament buy-in chips are clearly marked “No Cash Value”.   Yes, it is possible it was an ambiguous buy-in chip.  My bet is that she just didn’t look at the chip close enough.

So, for you “working” women out there, or friends of “working” women that work poker venues, pay attention to what you’re receiving for payment.

Wow, I never thought I would be giving hookers advice on how to do their job.  Oh well.  Tally that up to the long list of things I give advice on.

A few days ago I posted a quiz testing your knowledge of poker.  How did you do?  Check the answers below: (more…)

Hi all.  I have recently picked up a couple of blogging gigs.  Nothing really huge, but something to get my name out there a bit.   One is a blog regarding Poker  After Dark and the other on Shark.   The PAD blog is http://pokerafterdark.onnbc.tv   and the Shark on is http://shark.oncbs.tv.   I’m also in negotiations for a couple of other blogs that are gaming related.  Keep an eye out and Ill post about that later.

Not much else going on.  I’m waiting for my trip to New Orleans and then Vegas.  Anywho, thats all for now.

Tonight, I was playing a Stud 8 or Better session that was a microcosm of how insane poker can become. Let me introduce two situations to you and you tell me what you think the outcome was on each. (more…)

It has been a very interesting couple of weeks. For those of you that have not yet heard, I was offered and have accepted a position with Pokernews to help cover this years World Series of Poker. My main job will be blogging on the different events at the Series. Chances are that with my background, I will be covering mixed events. I’m really looking forward to covering the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event. After playing on the circuit for the last couple of years, it will be nice to be at the series without having to go through the pressure of performing. (more…)

I started playing inside of a casino in January 2006. I had played online mostly to this point and primarily tournaments. The WSOP Circuit was in Tunica, MS and I wanted to try my hand at live tournaments. There were 3 stud events in this set and I decided that I was a decent enough player to make a run. I arrived in Tunica and played in some satellites with a decent level of success. Two of my buy-in were paid for and I had made about $1000 in cash. Then reality hit in the form of my first live tournament. (more…)

I just read an article on Pokernews.com about a stabbing that took place at the Taj Mahal casino in Atlantic City. Anyone that knows me that when I play live in AC, I consider the Taj my home. They always have a great spread of games and have a very solid staff. I always enjoy myself. The Taj is also the place where I broke a 6 month live tournament drought last year with 2 final tables in some daily events. I was really disappointed that something like this happened at one of my favorite places to play, but it also reminded me of the dangers associated with the playing of poker. (more…)

Today I want you to take a quiz about poker. Try out the questions below and see how you score. Don’t cheat and use other resources to help yourself. Try and answer the questions based on your poker knowledge. I will submit answers in a future posting.

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