a few days ago I found a package on my porch. it was pretty large – the side of the box informed me that it weighed almost 35 pounds. I was worried that I’d have to call some burly friends to help me move it, but I remembered a trick I had learned [...]

I’m not quite sure what it is exactly – maybe it’s the changing of seasons (winter is the best), maybe it’s the fact the super-draining WCOOP is finally in the rear-view mirror, maybe it’s the fact I’m actually training again and eating better than I have in a long time (more fish and plain chicken [...]

I’ve spent the past few weeks in kind of an odd cycle; for me, that means something, considering my definitions of “normal”. I’ve been feeling kind of strange, sleeping consistently oddly short durations, and ontop of all this I’ve had some weird computer issues come up lately.
I’ve been having computer problems for a few [...]

This is JCarver’s second final table of the 2009 WSOP. Full details can be found here: http://www.pokernews.com/wsop/2009/event-52/

With the inaugural SCOOP having concluded (along with my first ever $10K buyin cash!), I have a few suggestions that I feel might help improve the series in the future alongside potentially benefiting the WCOOP as well.
1.  Must-Play Satellites. Especially in this economy, any low stakes grinder/player who wins his way from his $2 satellite [...]

I got back from Atlantis on Saturday afternoon. It was an extremely fun week or so spent amongst friends in a pretty awesome resort. It was my first time there, as I did Aussie Millions last year instead, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect, but it’s a pretty sweet place and [...]