Category: Poker

• August 26, 2022

  “Oh, Derek from Poker in the Weeds,” he quickly said.

  Even Derek got suspicious. No one aside from bloggers reads his blog… and only a handful do; Halverson, Daddy, Bob Genius and Boy Genius, AlCantHang, and…. Iggy. “Iggy?” I half whispered. He smiled. I gave him a big hug. At that moment I knew that no matter what else happened in Vegas, the entire trip…
• August 25, 2022

  Poker Errata

  Still no luck with my copy of Poker Tracker Guide. I’m throwing it out to the masses. I have my access code; I’m running WinXP; I’m connected to the internet through a Linksys wireless router; and I’ve turned off the firewall. Every time I plug in the validation code, a box pops saying that the…
• August 24, 2022

  Positively Dull Street

  It seems that Jim McManus, poker player and author, is writing a “poker journal” for the New York Times. His first entry, dated June 23, 4:31pm, appeared this morning. Perhaps this is the pot calling the kettle black, but man is it yawn-inducing. Yes, he’s writing for a broad audience that may not be as…
• August 16, 2022

  The Stupid Tax

  Welcome Red Barracuda to the blogroll. At RTFT, we like the Eastern Europeans. Here’s a question. If someone offered to spread a table game in a casino for you, where you could only bet $1 at a time, and the payouts were as set out below, would you do it? 1:75 winner pays $2. 1:141…