Madden-ing: adjective meaning extremely annoying or infuriating; invoking the memory of former football coach and analyst John Madden. These back-to-back…
FONK
Trying to keep up with social media acronyms makes me dizzy. My MAWG-ish-ness (Middle Aged White Guy) just gets the…
Tells or No Tells
I’m reading Zachary Elwood’s excellent book Reading Poker Tells, trying to improve this part of my game. I can already…
Forty-Love
The final week of Wimbledon is underway, with its traditions of grass and Brits and strawberries & cream. As a…
Bonomo Bucks… One More Chance (Act Quickly!)
Loyal readers, FYI, poker superstar Justin Bonomo is offering a unique opportunity to earn a 2% stake in his 2019…
Straight to Jail
It’s a private $1/2 game. With AJo in middle position after one player limps in, I raise to $11. Somebody…
Auto-Fold Ranges
I downloaded a spreadsheet from poker guru Tommy Angelo’s website for developing “auto-fold ranges.” He defines an auto-fold range as…
Nitsulting
“Are you going to play any hands other than pocket kings?” Apparently I brought my ‘A game’ last night, which…
Boiling Frog
Like a frog in calm, cool water In a pot filled to the hilt Slowly brought to a full boil…
The Cardinal Blockers
In the late spring of 1981, I was close to finalizing a summer internship in Washington, DC, where I had…
