new yorker nama situs judi slot online cartoons
Diversion of the day: nama situs judi slot online cartoons from The New Yorker. My favorite is the wife saying to her husband "Why do you keep raising me when you know Im bluffing?"
howard lederer's wsop report
Howard Lederer has a fantastic diary-style report of his World Series experience this year up over at The Gutshot Poker Collective. It's peppered with his typical understated, modest style.
I opened a lot of pots and won a lot of antes. When I got called, I usually flopped a good enough hand to bet, and I seldom got raised. I don't think I saw a river nama situs judi slot online card after level 3 and I finished day 1 with about 30,000. Fewer than 400 players survived day 1. I was happy to be one of them. I also had accomplished one of my goals heading into the day. I hadn't burnt myself out. You can't sustain total concentration for five straight days. I skated through day 1 as planned and I hadn't left anything on the table. I felt fresh and ready to play all five days.
getting banned
I once played poker in London with a guy who had been banned for life from another English casino for getting into a fight over 10 years ago. There's a funny (fictional) little story over at What Green Tastes Like about getting banned from various casino games:
I'm not allowed to play roulette ever since the day I tried to win some serious cash by betting on a number right in front of me and, if my number didn't come up, I'd pull it off real quick before anyone noticed.
Well, the dealer noticed like... the first time. He told me not to take my money off because that's cheating.
"Cheat THIS!" I yelled at I threw a handful of chips in his face and then scooped up an armload of dealers chips. I ran off real quick like with probably 100,000 dollars in chips in my arms.
katy lederer reads poker face
Katy Lederer will be reading from Poker Face (currently 29th on the poker bestseller list) this Monday, August 18th in Cambridge, MA. Go check her out if you're up there!
video poker artisan
There's a good article on Wired about Larry DeMar, a former pinball game designer who has recently moved over to the more-lucrative field of video poker design:
Companies like IGT value the arcade guys for their ability to devise clever concepts that stand out in a crowded market. Arcade veterans like DeMar, in turn, view casino gaming as a new and challenging arena with enormous profit potential. A top-selling game can reap more than $1 million per month in royalties for its creator. No wonder a half-dozen elite developers and artists have moved to casino machines over the past few years.