Harrah’s Announces the 2005 WSOP Schedule
The 2005 WSOP will go on from June 2 – July 15. Looks like the main event will be a full seven days which should make the pace easier (especially if they get the kinds of crowds people have been predicting).
Poker
Gus Hansen’s New Poker Site
Looks like Gus Hansen has opened his own poker site. Talk is that it has some pretty cool features having to do with multi-table play. I haven’t checked it out yet but with this, Full Tilt, and the others new poker sites rumored to be popping up, online poker seems like the new fad. If …
Poker and Geeks
Since my career is in technology I’ve always found players like Paul Phillips, Phil Gordon, Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, Barry Greenstein and others who hail from the ranks of the tech industry interesting players to watch. Poker and the analytical skills needed by people in the technology field go hand in hand. Somebody over at the …
Dan Harrington ‘s New Book
Mason Malmuth let it slip that he was working on a new book with Dan Harrington and Bill Robertie. From the sound of the post it seems like Dan and Bill will be the authors and I’m assuming it’s going to be published by 2+2. The new book is Harrington on Hold ’em: Expert Strategy …
Here’s What A Maniac Looks Like
I know we’ve all seen our share of maniacs but I had to share the PokerTracker stats on this joker: $3/$6 at Paradise. 115 hands played. VP$IP 97.39% PF Raise 54.78% Win/Lose -35BB If this guy hadn’t just been catching lucky cards he would have been broke after the first 20 hands. He would almost …