I solved the problem Independent Taxi arrived 10 minutes early for our 8 a.m. call but we hit every red light on the way to LAX to make up for it. We arrived...
Seared rare We had moved to the Windsor Arms, Toronto’s trendiest boutique hotel, for the night of the wedding reception. We had already had a legal ceremony...
Bogner Sweatshirts Our hunnymoon officially began when we locked the door to our Marina del Rey apartment and headed down to the front to catch our 5 p.m....
Susan Dalton Our airport taxi arrived 15 minutes early for our 5:45 a.m. pickup but we didn’t so he cooled his heels while we finished packing for a two-day...
Stand Clear of Claim Device Tabbycat had been invited by New York New York Hotel and Casino Las Vegas to go on a complimentary Mexican Cruise aboard Grandeur...
A scramble for reaccommodation National Airlines went out of business the night before our flight so I called America West to find out in what way they, as ...
On the Road to the World Poker Tour Live from Vegas A guy from Tennessee won $2.5 million so I decided to go on the World Poker Tour. I learned to play poker...
Frantic City: The 2003 US Poker Championship Taj Mahal Lanai There were two big Travel Channel events in Atlantic City in conjunction with the Miss America...
The 2003 Borgata Poker Open I couldn't wait to check out of the Taj Mahal, which I had come to think of as the Imperial Palace East. I got a host on the phone...
Warm-up at the Bellagio Pocket Aces Shortstack and I had her folks down for a little Seattle-Vegas holiday so I decided to play the regular $500+40 (really...
Poker flight The only sensible itinerary from Seattle to Aruba was an early-morning flight on Continental connecting in Houston so we asked the UltimateBet...
Who?s Your Little Pequot? The 2003 Foxwoods World Poker Finals A Seattle Yankee in Chief Pequot?s Court Next stop on the World Poker Tour was in Connecticut so...
Party suite The Sands Atlantic City scheduled a guaranteed million-dollar no-limit Hold 'Em tournament to be televised on Thanksgiving Day on Fox Sports...
Bellagio been berry berry good to me But not this time Bellagio scheduled a series of high-stakes tournaments during the slowest time of the year, the first...
The Stakes Increase: Bellagio $2500 No-Limit Hold 'Em Tourney Surindar Dorothy Having packed Shortstack's parents safely away on Carnival's new non-smoking ...
It's a Lot Nicer than Downtown: The 2003 Bellagio Five Diamond World Poker Championship I flop the nuts With Shortstack on a secret mission in Toronto, I flew...
Are the Stars out tonight? The 2004 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure Continental comes through PokerStars decided to have a last-minute World Poker Tour event on...
Put on your tunic-a, we're going to Tunica: the 2004 World Poker Open Championship I went to the airport and a poker game broke out The waiting area by Miami...
I just found out there is a listing for ESPN to show the 2003 US Poker Championships tonight (Fri 13th) at 10 Eastern/7 Pacific. If this is correct there may...
It Rains in Southern California: The 2004 Los Angeles Poker Classic I caught a rush I had a coupon for a free weekend from Hertz so I booked a trip to Vegas ...
You're that guy, right? The 2004 WPT Celebrity Invitational Free ice cream I played a little live No-Limit Hold 'Em at the Commerce Casino along with Haralabos...
The 2004 Bay 101 Shooting Star Championship A nice upgrade Next stop on the World Poker Tour was at the Bay 101 Casino in San Jose, Calif., so Shortstack and I...
Welcome to the Party: The 2004 PartyPoker Million Cruise In the same boat Shortstack and I spent the weekend in Vegas with my brother Mike prior to the Party...
The Biggest Little Tourney in the World: The 2004 Reno World Poker Challenge Roller Coaster I brought Shortstack and my brother Mike, visiting from his home in...
Five-Diamond Warm-up: Bellagio $2600 No-Limit Hold 'Em Tens again Las Vegas was having their annual thundershower and the airport was closed briefly Friday...
A big event with no TV: A Bellagio $5150 No-Limit Hold 'Em Warmup Table from hell I decided I needed more practice against the world's best No-Limit Hold 'Em ...
Once more into the Bellagio: another $2600 No-Limit warm-up Power on They got the power turned back on at the Bellagio after an unscheduled three-day outage so...
The Big Event: The 2004 Word Poker Tour Championship at Bellagio Pushed around With a $25,300 entry fee the WPT Championship was by far the biggest buy-in ...
Take Me Out to the Poker Game: 2004 WSOP $2000 No-Limit Hold 'Em Sliced and diced Harrah's Entertainment had bailed out the failed Binion's Horseshoe and ...
Two early outs: WSOP O8 and PLHE $1500 events Caught up I entered the $1500 buy-in Limit Omaha Eight or Better tournament because I felt like I knew enough...
