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"There's only two things I hate in this world. People who are intolerant of other people's cultures, and the Dutch." ~N...

"You're making a huge misstep." ~Daniel Plainview (Daniel Day-Lewis), There Will Be Blood (2007) The holidays have com...

Last weekend, I journeyed to Poker Mecca with good buddy Santa Claus . Santa was knocking an item off his before-40 bucket list: Play in th...

"Flopping a set is like printing money." —Ironman Santa Claus The Horseshoe Casino in Council Bluffs is the nicest poker room in...

If you ever find yourself in Des Moines, Iowa in a dim-lit, near-vacant 70s-retro dive bar at 1:30 in the morning on a weekday, drinking Sch...

Last night, Ironman of Poker (IMOP) cruise director and Templeton Rye hunter Santa Claus was in town for business, so we met up for an a...

Have you ever had one of those sessions where you are playing bad and know it, yet you find yourself continuing to play, and play poorly? We...

While on IMOP-V last month, I played several sessions of 1/2 PLG at the Venetian.  During one late night session, a guy dressed in Cardina...

IMOP-V begins today, and I've been on the ground in Vegas since yesterday for pregame training and festivities. Last night included an I...

NOTE: A detailed description of the Ironman of Poker (IMOP) can be found in the pages linked under the blog header. One of my favorite IMOP ...

The home Internet is out for the second day (thanks, Mediacom), so no pithy or insightful blog post for y'all today. Which is too bad, a...

Last night, I played a session at the Meadows ATM. My first hand, I post in late position and call a small raise with Js6s. I flop a pair wi...