Posts Tagged ‘Guest Posts’
Guest Post - Tuscaloosa Johnny
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Stu Ungar won the 1997 WSoP Main Event at the outdoor final table
The final table of the 2008 World Series of Poker Main Event has played itself out over the last two days and we have a new champion. It was a unique situation where we had 4 months between hands from 10 handed to the final table but that’s just one twist the WSoP overlords have come up with in the history of this event.
On the eve of ESPN broadcasting the final table action, blogger “Tuscaloosa” Johnny takes a look at some of the other interesting changes they’ve attempted with the WSoP and how they worked out.
World Series of Poker innovations have been hit and miss
By “Tuscaloosa” Johnny Kampis
The move by Harrah’s to delay the final table of the 2008 WSOP Main Event by four months in an effort to generate more publicity has seemed to fallen flat. Time will tell how successful the decision has been, but we certainly haven’t seen the November Nine on Letterman reading Top 10 lists this summer. Perhaps the lack of media buzz has been due to many other more newsworthy and pressing topics over the last several months taking over newspaper and television coverage (the election, economy and Olympics certainly come to mind), but I believe the lack of buzz could have been expected. Poker is still mainly a niche activity, despite its overall popularity. The people who love it eat up all news about it, but those who only see it as an enjoyable hobby aren’t going to go out of their way to seek information about the November Nine.
This controversial decision by Harrah’s is certainly not the only major overhaul of the WSOP over the years. Let’s take a look at how well some of the other changes have been received.
More after the jump
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Bloggers On The Rail - Million Dollar Cash Game
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
For 5 weeks we ran a Brit Blogger Challenge to award two players a trip to London to watch the Million Dollar Cash Game. The Challenge drew players from throughout the United Kingdom and the play was entertaining. In the end, blogger Acornman and reader BURNLEY FC BB10 (Bullmeister) outlasted the field and earned their way to mingle with the big names and watch the high stakes action.
Acornman forwarded on his trip report and it he had a great time.
For more Million Dollar Cash Game coverage from Germany and London, check out Michael Craig’s blog as he followed along with all the action.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: HighOnPoker
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Greetings from the big poker room at the Borgata in lovely Atlantic City. I’ll be spending the next 6 days covering the $100K Guarantee tournament on September 13th and the Borgata Poker Open Main Event which kicks off on Sunday.
I’ll be wrangling up some interviews with the Full Tilt Poker pros as they start to make their way into town for the Main Event. We’ve already had an Erik Seidel siting and the room continues to fill. I’ll continue to update our blog throughout the rest of the event with stories and details of the tournament.
Til then we’ll finish up the week with another guest post.
Jordan from HighOnPoker recently spent some time in sunny California and brings us his trip report from Bay 101. It’s always a good time hanging out in the California card barns.
Enjoy.
Play at the Bay (Bay 101 Trip Report)
by HighOnPoker
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: Tuscaloosa Johnny
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Welcome to the new look here at Poker From the Rail. We’ve moved platforms and hope the new format will improve your experience floating around our different writers and posts. I will resume bringing you the words from the best sources in poker blogging starting with a new post from Tuscaloosa John and his poker reading recommendations.
As always, if you have a post you would like to submit for Blogger On The Rail you can contact me at BattleoftheBloggers@fulltiltpoker.com.
A little poker bedtime reading
If you’re like me, you’ve got a shelf full of poker books. (In my house they are juxtaposed with my wife’s Christian books, which certainly make for an interesting juxtaposition.) Although the brunt of poker books on my shelf deal with game strategy, there are still quite a few narratives. While poker strategy books certainly are useful – I know they’ve helped my game greatly over the years – I’d much rather lie in bed before sleep and curl up with a good poker narrative. Over the years there have been quite a few great non-strategic books. Here is a list of the best:
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: Julius_Goat 3
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Julius Goat takes a break from his best selling Stupid/System to bring us his thoughts on the always fun bad beast.
"A child of five would understand this! Fetch me a child of five."
-Groucho Marx
OK, I’ll take a one-week break from Stupid/System, and instead bring you my sincere, unvarnished thoughts on poker. What that means, essentially is this: Like Stupid/System, this is a post that displays a shocking and laughable lack of understanding of poker, but unlike Stupid/System, it is not on purpose. Get ready to stop laughing with me, and start laughing AT me.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: HighOnPoker
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
HighOnPoker is a fickle balance of neuroses. His addictive behavior is kept in check by his anal retentiveness. In other words, he plays too much poker at too little stakes. During his day job, he goes by the name Jordan, and does his best impression of a lawyer. But don’t hate him because he’s a lawyer; that’s too easy and there are much better reasons to hate HighOnPoker.
As always, if you’d like to contribute to Blogger on the Rail please contact me at Battleofthebloggers@fulltiltpoker.com.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: BWoP
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BWoP or Black Window of Poker or just plain CK. She’s known by many different names but also known for her skills at the non-HE games. She made the move from NYC to crazy world of Las Vegas to take advantage of the schooling fish in town for the World Series of Poker. She even survived an insane idea of driving across country to get out there.
One of the smartest bloggers out there, she brings you a unique way to look at your poker game.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: Julius_Goat 2
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
Julius_Goat brings us Chapter 10 of his critically acclaimed poker book. Critically acclaimed by me, but my opinion is the only one that matters. This chapter of Stupid/System deals with hand ranges and bet sizing.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: Riggstad
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
This week’s series of guest posts begin with one from Riggstad dealing with a touchy subject: live tournament chops. Nobody wants to talk about what goes on behind the scenes and it’s something to think about when you find yourself sitting at a major final table.
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Bloggers On The Rail - Guest Post: Tuscaloosa Johnny
Posted by AlCantHang | Filed under Bloggers on the Rail
"Tuscaloosa" Johnny is a blogger who has written for many publication and brings a solid background to whatever he decides to do. He spent a large part of his summer reporting on the WSOP for various sites, including his trip reports on Poker from the Rail. He won his way into several smaller WSOP events via the Battle of the Bloggers and represented us well. The Main Event played down to the "November Nine" and he was able to get some time to speak with Dennis Phillips and brings us his profile.
As always, comments or questions can be sent to Battleofthebloggers@fulltiltpoker.com.
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