Friday, March 23rd, 2012

Royal Flush in the Family

tl;dr Last month I was part of an event 6 times rarer than winning the MEGA Millions Lotto jackpot. My grandfather played poker with a core group of friends (to my knowlegde he did not play in card rooms or casinos) and taught me the basics of the game. We played Five-card draw with penny […]

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

Full Boats

Registration for the Sunday 12am, 50 person maximum, $70 No-Limit Texas Hold-em at Caesars opened 2 hours prior to the start. As luck would have it, I attempted to sign up for it at 10:05pm (thinking it might fill up and giving my wife and I time to eat dinner beforehand) but it hadn’t been […]