Tao of Poker
blogging on the Fringe at the 2006 WSOP

Tomorrow’s the final table of the main event of this year’s World Series of Poker. I’d hoped to have a small stake in one of the final table players this year, but that’s not how the cards were dealt. Still, while my horse was still in the running, I was hitting F5 and “Reload all tabs” on Pauly’s blog like one of those strung-out characters he’s always running around with. Except without anything contagious.

Go on over to the Tao of Poker to follow the final table action and get a running commentary on poker, the WSOP, and everything tangential.

Had a disastrous session at the middle limits that ate through over a third of the bankroll. A cursory glance at Poker Tracker shows me overplaying or overcalling with second-best hands in far too many hands. Poker Tracker also tells me I got runner-runner’d, 3-outered, and 5-outered enough times to account for the entire loss. The games were juiced up with a few maniacs and I took them head on for a crazy swinging time. At about 3AM I called it quits and started to wonder just what the hell I was playing for. I’ve decided to cash out a chunk of the roll so that I have something to point to and say, “There, that’s what I got spending my free time playing poker,” and banish myself to low-limit purgatory. Because at the end of it all, I’m playing for competitive mental fun, and fun doesn’t usually involve contemplating four figure losses.

Somebody out there really hates the Maroon:

I saw your pic on tao of pauly. You look like a chimp. No wonder you are engaged to a fat chick.

Posted by: Nigga at August 5, 2006 04:57 AM

I’d put together a list of suspects, but that might take more time than I’m willing to spend.

Fellow LA Blogger Absinthe has been putting in the long hours and making the tough decisions at the WSOP Main Event this week. Now, at the tail end of Day 3, he’s outlasted 94% of the field, and busted professional player Chris “Jesus” Ferguson, ensuring a small profit for all us backers…. Go on over and congratulate him on his awesome performance and give him some luck so that I can get a nice boost to the bankroll.

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Update

He’s survived Day 3 with 103,000 in chips. Play resumes tomorrow.