Rejected By 2012 WSOP: No Press Pass For Me (2011 Redux)

Posted April 2, 2012

We were somewhere over the desert on the edge of the city when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, “I feel a bit lightheaded…” My suitcase looked like a mobile pharmacy. I had two bottles of painkillers, one envelope of blood pressure medicine, a few s...

The Untelevised WSOP

Posted July 5, 2011

We were somewhere over the desert on the edge of the city when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like, "I feel a bit lightheaded..." My suitcase looked like a mobile pharmacy. I had two bottles of painkillers, one envelope of blood pressure medicine, a few sheets of h...

The Mental Game Of Poker - Jared Tendler

Posted June 4, 2011

As I began to study - the content is too valuable simply to read -  The Mental Game Of Poker, I found my thoughts sounded like blurbs in a movie ad.  "Dense, intense and worth the expense," came to mind.  "Raises the bar so high for poker mindset books, other thinkers may not b...

Helpful, Non-Fictional Advice To A Young Pro

Posted May 14, 2011

"My mind races. I’d like to make it stop but I’ve accepted I’ll be like this my whole life."  That's what he tells me.  This is what I tell him.   This is limiting self-talk.  Change takes work and time and awareness.   Add five minutes to the end of...

Surf The Tsunami

Posted April 20, 2011

Don't try to stop the waves of events and emotions; surf them. Allow upheaval and unhappiness, and you reduce their power.—Martha Beck   I play Internet poker.  I am married and my bills are paid.  I am a veteran, a senior citizen, a tax-payer, an informed voter...