|  ... if I keep flopping quads. We're at the first break in the second FTOPS event, HORSE. It's a much different feel than, and a much different crowd from, last night's No-Limit Hold 'Em tourney. The numbers: The guarantee was $100,000. With 569 in t read more |
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|  The Last Testament of Mike Matusow When we left off last night, FTOPS #1 was more than three hours old. Mike Matusow was near the top of the leaderboard, Huckleberry Seed and Steve Zolotow were in the hunt, and Erik Seidel, the night's host, was on lif read more |
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|  It's Break no. 3 at the first FTOPS event. Mike Matusow is still in the hunt. There are 387 players left (306 will be paid). The chip average is 14,899. Huck Seed is making a run with over 18,000. Z is hanging in with 17,000+. Erik Seidel is four read more |
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|  Once you get to the top thousand, nobody really cares about the tournament, right? You are correct in gathering that I didn't make it to three digits, busting 1,117th. I'm pretty sure that's out of the money, but now that I have a pipeline to Stu, the read more |
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| | The stats: we started with 1,922. First place pays over $70,000. Over 300 will cash. 1,510 players are left. The average stack is 3,818. Sadie leads with 16,975. 13 pros started in the field. Rafe Furst went out 1,912th, Barny Boatman 1,682. 11 read more |
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| | OK, I have to admit that I'm selling the sizzle a lot more than the steak with this. The gang at Full Tilt asked me to 'cover' the FTOPS like I'd cover a live tournament. There are, however, three problems with this: (1) I haven't actually covered that read more |
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| | Deep Thoughts and the Art of Hammer Maintenance You can get, on your Google home page, the streaming Deep Thoughts by Jack Handey. I was sold instantly by this bit of wisdom: ''If you go through a lot of hammers each month, I don't think it necessaril read more |
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| | I am overwhelmed by the positive response to my Full Tilt Poker Blog. I have gotten such a swelled head over it all that I've tried to minimize the swelling through repeated humor. Unfortunately, that just made it worse. Count on my wife Jo Anne comin read more |
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| | I am, to the concept of Full Tilt Poker, what Hugh Hefner was to Playboy in its early years. By that, I mean that I think my real life mirrors how the site is marketed to players. Learn, chat, and play with the pros? That's me, me, and me. For those read more |
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| | I'm home now, back in Brooklyn. The Aussie Millions trip is over, and it's time for me to conclude my blogging of the trip. For this final post, I thought of writing something sentimental - talking about the great people I met and the great times we ha read more |
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