As mentioned before, I was in Las Vegas on Friday night and early Saturday morning on a layover coming back from San Francisco. One of my college friends picked us up at the airport and gave us a ride over to Caesars Palace. We checked our bags and headed for the poker room.
The Caesars Palace [...]
Tag Archives: Casino Poker
Going Cold at Caesars Palace
January 22, 2008 – 7:56 am
One Week Until Las Vegas
January 11, 2008 – 7:28 pm
At this time next week I’ll be on a flight from San Francisco to Las Vegas, coming back from MacWorld. I have a 10 or 11 hour layover in Vegas for the night. How convenient hey? The plan is to hit up Caesar’s poker room this year. I think the last time I played poker [...]
Quick Las Vegas Visit Planned
December 14, 2007 – 3:35 pm
Each year I attend the Macworld Conference and Expo in San Francisco, CA. On the flight home, we try and schedule a long layover in Las Vegas, NV. This year is no different. I’ll be landing in Vegas on Friday, January 18th at 10:16pm and flying out on Saturday, January 19th at 9:25am. The past [...]
What Is Poker?
March 31, 2007 – 9:15 am
Where have I been you ask? Shit…who am I asking? Does anyone even visit this “poker” blog anymore?
I haven’t written here in 5 or 6 months. I’ve played poker barely more than that. In mid-January on a flight back from San Francisco, I had a night long layover in Las Vegas. Hit up the MGM [...]
Review: The Professor, the Banker, and the Suicide King
October 6, 2006 – 2:59 pm
Inside the Richest Poker Game of All Time
I’ve had this book sitting on my shelf since Christmas, when I received it as a gift. A few weeks ago I finally got around to reading it and finished it last week. It ranks right up near the top with some of the other poker related books [...]
The Casino Experience
October 4, 2006 – 2:52 pm
Signal vs. Noise, a design and usability blog from 37signals, has a neat post pointing out certain aspects of casino design. It’s titled The casino experience and is interesting coming from a software design company’s point of view.
2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Results
July 27, 2006 – 10:18 am
A list of the winners so far in the 2006 World Series of Poker.
$500 No-Limit Hold’em Casino Employee – Chris Gros
$1,500 No-Limit Hold’em – Brandon Cantu
$1,500 Pot-Limit Hold’em – Rafe Furst
$1,500 Limit Hold’em – Kianoush Abolfathi
$2,500 No-Limit Hold’em Short Handed 6/Table – Russ Boyd (Dutch Boyd)
$2,000 No-Limit Hold’em – Mark Vos
$3,000 Limit Hold’em – William [...]
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 6
July 19, 2006 – 10:25 am
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 5
Wednesday, July 5, 2006
Woke up around 9am. Showered and packed up the hotel room. Borrowed a key from Jere and stored our bags in his [...]
2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Winners
July 17, 2006 – 1:43 pm
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) has been going on since June 26, 2006. A lot of new poker players are making names for themselves and a lot of professionals are adding to their poker resumes. Following is a list of those players who have taken home bracelets so far.
$500 No-Limit Hold’em Casino Employee [...]
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 4
July 17, 2006 – 11:29 am
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
Monday, July 3, 2006
I think I woke up around 9:30 or 10am. Grabbed some overpriced drugs from the hotel and headed to the pool. Start off with a large Bailey’s Irish Cream and coffee. After about 2 [...]
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 3
July 17, 2006 – 11:08 am
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
Sunday, July 2, 2006
Crawled out of bed around 11:30 after 4 hours of sleep and made my way to the pool for an hour or two. Showered and grabbed some lunch from the Pizza Hut inside Excalibur. Sat at a video poker machine [...]
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 2
July 14, 2006 – 3:17 pm
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
Saturday, July 1, 2006
Woke up to sound of someone exiting the shower. Practically jumped out of bed because I thought it was at least 10am. “Who wants breakfast?” Looked at clock and saw it was 5am, only an hour after I went to bed. Quickly settled down and went [...]
First Trip to Las Vegas: Day 1
July 14, 2006 – 2:49 pm
Friday, June 30, 2006
I woke up at 4:15am on Lindsay’s couch. Our flight was scheduled to leave Detroit at 7:00am, so we cleaned up and were on our way. The flight to Minneapolis/St Paul went off without a hitch, but the flight to Las Vegas wasn’t quite as smooth. The plane had an oil leak [...]
World Series of Poker (WSOP) Live Updates
July 14, 2006 – 12:01 pm
For this year’s World Series of Poker (WSOP) it seems the Rio has made some changes in regards to live updates by the media. Last year I was continually refreshing Pauly’s Poker Blog to get the most up-to-date information about the WSOP, not to mention his top 5 lists. Today I’m following the events of [...]
2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Live Updates
June 18, 2006 – 9:37 am
The 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) starts in one week, so this is the time to get your web sites bookmarked in order to follow all of the action. Pauly over at Tao of Poker will be have the best live updates found anywhere on the web.
2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP) Schedule
June 18, 2006 – 9:33 am
Full schedule for the 2006 World Series of Poker (WSOP)
25-Jun-06 Sunday 9:00 AM Satellites/Live Action begins
26-Jun-06 Monday 12 noon Casino Employee No-Limit Event (2 day event) $500.00
27-Jun-06 Tuesday 12 noon No-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500.00
28-Jun-06 Wednesday 12 noon Pot-Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500.00
29-Jun-06 Thursday 12 noon Limit Hold’em (3 day event) $1,500.00
30-Jun-06 Friday [...]
Poker Chip Colors
May 24, 2006 – 11:01 am
I’ve never memorized the standard colors used for different poker chip denominations, so I looked them up. Thought I’d post them here as well for reference.
White – $1
Red – $5
Blue – $10
Green – $25
Black – $100
Darren McCarty Filed for Bankruptcy
April 26, 2006 – 10:29 am
On New Year’s of 2005 I played poker with professional hockey played Darren McCarty. It was great and he was a great guy. I had mixed feeling when I heard he had recently filed for bankruptcy, but after reading the article I’m glad to learn that a small portion of his debt is from gambling.
2005 WSOP on ESPN
February 3, 2006 – 8:58 am
I finished watching the the broadcasts of the Main Event of the 2005 World Series of Poker a couple of weeks ago. I was only 3 months late, but that’s the beauty of having a DVR.
I enjoyed the coverage more than the last two years and I’ll even admit that I enjoyed watching Mike Matusow. [...]
Where To?
February 2, 2006 – 10:08 am
The lack of postings here have been a result of a lack of poker play as well as taking a break from blogging. I have played some poker in the last month or so though.
On New Year’s Eve I played in St. Ignace, MI. They run $2/5 no-limit with a maximum buy-in of $100. So [...]
