“So… what do you do?” he asks. I sense the implication. The awaited answer, how one derives income, is shallow, insolent. I’d like to think he is trying to learn something about me. If so, I can choose from a variety of interests: Traveling, music, eating, writing, exercise, reading, poker, photography, cooking. Why reduce ourselves [...]

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Since the end of summer I have set aside time to merge two lifelong passions of mine: food and writing. The result: www.stillservedwarm.com

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The BLUFF Mid-States Poker Tour will be kicking off Season 3 in just 10 days! Season 3, Event 1 will be held at Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, Minnesota, just 30 miles north of Minneapolis. This event is $100,000 Guaranteed. Last year’s BLUFF MSPT event at Running Aces created a prize pool over $200,000! [...]

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Not many things are more painful than enduring a baseball game. The activity is glacial process, like waiting for my banzai tree to grow. Fastball, slider or change up, what is the difference? Regardless, the score is only going to change three times during the entire game. The only thing I like about it is [...]

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The BLUFF Mid-States Poker Tour will be opening Season 3 by invading Running Aces Harness Park in Columbus, MN, February 15-19! Last year’s event at Running Aces generated a prize pool of over $200,000, which will likely be far surpassed this season! Additional satellites and qualifiers will be held prior on February 4th & 11th. [...]

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Objective: Live in the moment Priorities: Writing and Working Poker Goal: Focus on cash games; Play less tournaments Habit to Break: Biting my nails Habit to instill: Budgeting A Sight to See: Danali, Alaska A Hike to Do: Mount Whitney A Place to Eat: Sage in Aria Hotel, Las Vegas A Person to Meet: Billy [...]

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If you were given a button that tells you exactly when you are going to die, would you push it? My vote is yes. Even if the information is painful, I’d like to know what could be the single most valuable factor in altering my immediate future. To illustrate, let’s take the following scenarios: 1) [...]

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GSOP Prague is in the books and what an event it was. Things got started just four days ago at the Hotel Corinthia with a Prague single-day tournament entrants record of 500 players. It then ended with just one man standing Sunday Night: Estonia’s Raigo Aasmaa. After leaping into the European poker scene with a [...]

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The third day at GSOP Prague separated the men from the boys and one very special lady. The field was whittled down from 47 to the final three tables before Norwegian model and Porn Star Aylar Lie busted 23rd, making her as the last woman standing. She was followed closely to the rail by a [...]

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It was move up or move out day at GSOP Prague Friday. On the way, Day 2 of the event saw 209 players enter and just 47 earn a spot on the Day 3 roster. England’s Chris Kiefer did the most moving, putting himself into chip lead position as the bubble burst and holding onto [...]

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