Author 'The All-In-Uit' Archive
The Week at FTP: Yes, Still WSOP
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under The Week at FTP
I feel like I just got pwned – when I innocently asked if there was anything to do today, Big Donkey suggested I take over our weekly news round-up. Of course when he wrote it last week there was only one event at the WSOP that had wrapped up. Fast forward seven days and there’s been 11 events, 11 final table appearances, two bracelets and a heck of a lot of work for me to do.
Tags: Erick Lindgren, WSOP
A Pastor, A Missionary And A Gambler Walk Into A Bar
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
In case you’re trying to work out what the punch line is for the above, there isn’t one*. Partly because I’m just not that witty and partly because it’s not meant to be a joke – it’s just a description of me catching up with my brothers.
A lot of people who get into poker do so because they grew up playing cards with their family, “gambling” with pennies or buttons, or whatever inconsequential household items families happen to have a lot of. If we did it in ours, the only logical currency would have to have been plastic take-away containers – being Asian, my mum refused to throw anything away if it was “still good” – I swear we have relics dating back to the early eighties.
Reader Mail: FTOPS-ical
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Reader Mail
The highs, the lows, the joy, the pain – welcome to yet another flowery edition of Reader Mail. Your favorite One Angry Monkey will return once he recovers from the pain of listening to poker slang being used as a euphemism for all things boy-girl related (nudge, nudge, wink, wink). Today I’d like to start by thanking the powers that be for coinciding the start of FTOPS VIII with today’s column – God knows we need something to talk about here. On to our FTOPS-themed mailbag for today:
Tags: Bouncebackability, FTOPS
The Pros Speak: Max Pescatori
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under The Pros Speak
Max “The Italian Pirate” Pescatori may be known to most poker fans because of his famous red, white and green bandana, but this accomplished tournament player is also a WSOP bracelet winner and feared high-stakes cash game professional.
At the recent Irish Poker Open, even in the midst of the tournament director asking players to take their seats, Max was more than happy to answer some of our famous pressing Poker From the Rail questions.
Tags: Max Pescatori, Phil Ivey
Is Jerry Yang A Better Christian Than Me?
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
If you were trying to work out whether poker and Christianity are compatible, you’d be forgiven for being completely confused. Between the right-wing UIGEA-toting political zealots and the Jerry Yangs of this world, even I’m not sure whether I should pray for my soul, or the ability to read souls.
Luckily for our inquisitive readers out there, I can happily say I undertook a post-graduate course in Theology. I may not have completed said course, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a bash at the question – surely the fact that I didn’t complete Introduction to the New Testament won’t have that much of an impact.
Tags: Jerry Yang
Reader Mail: One Sarcastic Monkey
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Reader Mail
Welcome to yet another week of what we here like to call Reader Mail. I apologize for One Angry Monkey’s absence, the last time I saw him he picked up a trash can, threw it through the office window and ran away screaming – it’s a damn shame our office is on the third floor. The only clue to his actions was the glimpse of an open email from someone called “The Chi” on his monitor before it strangely melted into oblivion. If you would like to extend get-well wishes, or ask some real questions now that you have the opportunity, send an email to pokerfromtherail@fulltiltpoker.com.
Tags: Main Event, Roland de Wolfe
Ladies Night
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
After my first post, our one loyal, dedicated and deranged reader saw fit to label me as a raging feminist. I’d like to exercise my right of reply by saying that I actually have nothing against men, it’s just that I’ve recently taken up a new religion which mandates me to publicly insult douchebags. With poker being full of well, poker players, I was simply compelled to pen the aforementioned vitriole.
Tags: Live Poker
God Bless Variance
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
I first got into poker because I was fascinated with the mathematics. Being the geeky little Eskimo I am, one of the first things I did was sit down and work out by hand the possible best odds of getting dealt Aces at a full-ring table. I realize by saying that in public I’ve now ruined my chances with all males other than Star Trek fans and video game freaks that have clocked Final Fantasy VII and VIII (KOTR+W-Item duplicate Megalixirs = the nutz btw).
Tags: Variance
In From The Cold
Posted by The All-In-Uit | Filed under Bloggers Corner
When my fellow Poker From the Rail bloggers were trying to encourage me to write my first post (under the guise of lessening their workload) one of the things they said to nudge me along was that it would be nice to have “a different point of view”.
This got me thinking – just because I’m a girl, is my view of the poker world really that at odds with my fellow bloggers? Of course men and women are different – I obviously don’t use those “differences” to type but God, it would be fun to try and I’d probably get a mention on Wicked Chops…. Anyways I digress…
Tags: Patrik Antonius
