Championships, Excuses, Bad Play

In the recent $25,000 World Poker Tour Championship, I made a weak play that cost me my last 40,000 in chips. First, let me say that I had wanted this tournament as much as I've wanted another World Series of Poker bracelet. The WPT Championship is prestigious, important, and filled with...

Wednesday Jun 11, 2008

published 25 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 11

Rock Star, Tattoo, and Bad Beat

Phil Hellmuth note: About 18 months ago, Sully Erna, the charismatic lead singer of the rock group Godsmack, took a bad beat so upsetting to him that he went out and got a huge tattoo on his back that read, "No Justice." Erna tells his story here. I had been at Bellagio playing in a...

Wednesday May 21, 2008

published 46 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 10

Huck Seed Versus Brad Booth

In early March, on the heels of the NBC National Heads-Up Poker Championship, Calgary hosted the Canadian National Heads-Up Championship. Many of the top poker players were there, including world champions Huck Seed and Joe Hachem, Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari, Phil Laak, Jennifer...

Wednesday May 14, 2008

published 53 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 9

Bay 101, Bad Play, Bad Beat

The World Poker Tour came to the Bay Area in early March, and I was fired up! First, the host casino -- Bay 101 in San Jose -- is in my backyard. And second, I had just made the final table of the WPT event in L.A. 10 days earlier. So, I was feeling like I was at the peak of my powers, and I had...

Tuesday Apr 29, 2008

published 68 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 8

World Poker Tour and 'Fluff'

Recently, 665 of us began play in the L.A. Poker Classic at Commerce Casino in L.A. This World Poker Tour event featured a $10,000 buy-in and a $1.6 million first-place prize. I was extra motivated to play my best poker, for several reasons. First, despite a pretty good track record, I have never...

Wednesday Apr 09, 2008

published 88 days ago in
Card Player Magazine Volume 21, Number 7

Premier League Poker

For 12 days in early February, I was in London playing in Premier League Poker. This one-of-a-kind event features 12 known players who are playing in six heats, six players per heat, for points. The top four point earners advance to the six-player finals, the middle four point earners play heads...

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