The 300 pound gorilla in the room that I talk about way to often just walked out the door. Ok lets be honest I don't talk about it I bitch and moan. In case you are wondering what gorilla I am talking about well it's the fact that I have never won a multi table to...

How quickly we forget the times when we lucked out, when faced with a bad beat or suckout ourselves. I think a lot of you know that when it comes to cards I take it a little more seriously than most do, and probably more seriously than anyone should. I tend to get irked, ...

Ever let someone else drive your ride while you are not drunk and are sitting in the front passenger seat? It feels weird doesn't it?

Well this weekend I did that, I let someone else drive my Truck. You feel a little helpless, and no longer in control. The only other...

    Poker can be a bitch sometimes, you make the right plays, the right reads, the right bets and the right calls, and it can all be for nothing. One man comes out looking like a genius and the other like a bumbling fool. These scenarios happen everyday in ...

I'm playing 2-2 NL at Isle of Capri in Lake Charles. It's a Wednesday night, but pretty busy. They had about 9 or 10 tables full and a 30 player $40 tourney. The wait for the NL tables was about 30 minutes. I went downstairs and played some slots. When my name was called, ...

In the game of poker, the rake is like a woman. Always taking money out of your pocket and never putting any back in….I Hope everyone had a Happy Valentines Day, and hope you got lucky with all the rake you paid. Many of you maybe unaware of what the rake amounts ar...

We have all played this guy before; some of us occasionally have been this guy.  The one who is in every pot catching hand after hand.  He is the suckout king and he is wasted.  He thinks he is playing great poker but he has been a luckbox.  He has been drinking beer, hard li...

Since I made a tool out of myself last Friday, I thought it only fitting to continue my punishment. To turn the experience into a “tool”, if you will. It’s funny how different things end up after we have such grandioso plans. Like when I wanted to be a truck driver growing...

I know this will not come as a shock to any of you heterosexuals out there. However, women just don’t understand poker. Some women have come to terms with the fact that their husbands and/or boyfriends are serious poker players. They still don’t understand. The only exempt...

“Wow, he played that perfectly.” This was said under the breath of an opponent sitting to my left that was not involved in the hand. Why is this important? Well I guess it is important to me because, it sounded sincere. It was not something that he said that was meant t...

I work in a semi-private office. I have the half of the office near the door. There is a big cabinet that divides the room. So, when people walk down the hall they can see what I’m doing. Unless I have my privacy screen on my laptop. Which I ALWAYS do! However, when someon...

So it’s pretty much the start of the new year and I have been thinking about things in my life and in my poker game a lot recently. I was going to write an article about my new year’s resolutions but frankly I don’t think y’all really care to hear my personal goals of donkey ...

December 24th, 1980 (Age 5):
Santa, I want a racetrack with stock cars. I want my hair to grow back from where my brother promised to make me look like “The Fonze”. I also want you to remove all the alligators from the creek behind our house so that I can walk across...

            My wife and I were watching movies when she made an outstanding observation.  “I don’t care what these damn movies or Oprah or whoever says, women want a m...

 After a hard day of playing poker and suffering some horrendous suck outs that resulted in losing multiple SNGs, and not to mention some of my own semi-retarded play that cost me even more money. I sat down knowing I had to start working on my real j...

TommyTwoToes is Wrong! I know. I know. It sounds really surprising.I Personally, cant say enough good things about the man. However, when I disagree with someone, I will let them know. In this case, I will tell all of you.

Observer chat does not make the game more realistic...

About 2 weeks ago Party Poker turned off observer chat and at the same time turned on side bets and blackjack. I am not going to get into the bad idea it is for you as poker players to get hooked into playing blackjack and making bad odds bets on the color of the flop. In...

The Rainmakers are Coming!
My father has been into long distance motorcycling since I was a kid.  He even retired to start a company that conducts motorcycle tours in other countries.  I'll never forget the time I read some crazy persons ...

Yes sometimes I want to scream at the top of my lungs "CHECK IT DOWN YOU MORON!”, as a guy bets into an empty side pot. But alas I can't say anything because it would be considered collusion. It amazes me the blatant stupidity that I see in poker tournaments, I guess it shoul...

Have you ever driven out to the country on those two-lane roads?I wonder if I'm the only one to notice the plethora of bicyclists that like to slow down traffic on those roads during weekends.  I have noticed that most of these guys are pretty fit. 

Ok this has nothing to do with sex but I feel like it is make up sex when you go out and play poker and lose your ass then come home and play a few games on the internet and win so that you turn a profit that day... its like poker is making thi...

... Oh yes it's the coveted prize for the biggest loser. Why is there not a bad beat jackpot in regular life? I think I should qualify. Ok not really but hey I want to be a winner for something even if it is for being a loser.
    I on...

Oh yes poker is a psychological game. The motivation of greed and the appeal of being the best on that particular day are often the reason people win and lose it all. In between the people and the chips is ...

    Yes you read the title right. I was playing in a big tournament last night on party poker and doing pretty well I had controlled myself and played a solid game until I got hungry and tired. Ya that is right I am a fat man and food and exerci...

    So Monday afternoon I get a call from an old friend to just come over and hang out on the deck in his back yard and drink a few brews. I gladly accept his offer and smile as I hang the phone up. The first thing I was originally thinking was wow he is going to sell me Amway...

    ... He's got to be a Macho Man! I see this way to often in online poker and in the B&M establishments. And I have now dubbed it the Macho Man syndrome. You know what I am talking about, it's the guy that is always pushing and forcing the issue when he m...

    Well Last night was the second stop on the GSOP, hosted by the people at GaragePokerTour. What a great evening of fun,excitement and learning. I swear it had nothing to do with the fact I came in first place, much...

    There currently exists no federal law banning a state from passing legislation regarding online poker.  Since the first online casino opened its 'virtual' doors in 1995, federal lawmakers have proposed legislation to proscribe online poker each and every year, with no su...