BJ, Tourneys, WSOP and HSP

A new month, a new crop of blackjack bonuses. Why again do people dislike free money?

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And what's up with tournament players, anyway? I'm not saying that all tournament players are like this, but the volume definitely goes way up in the chat when I'm playing a tournament. The lower the buyin, the louder the smack talk.

I think people are way too insecure in their own abilities, and they take it out on others.

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Congrats to Ryan and Tuscaloosa Johnny for making it to Day 3 of the World Series! Hang in there!

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Daniel posted about how Ed Miller seemingly abandoned the 2+2 Magazine, leaving it in a lurch.

Without any new content to publish, Mason Malmuth and David Sklansky republished some of their previous work that hasn't made it into a book yet.

Some of this material is clearly dated, and some of it is just plain wrong.

In one column, Sklansky says, "Short term bad luck can only hold you back so far. It is practically impossible to be losing 300 big bets if you can play at all. That much you can blame on luck. Any more and you must blame yourself."

Give me a break. Even the best players go on a -300 bet run eventually.

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High Stakes Poker continues to be the best poker show on TV. It simply has the best players in the world playing a serious cash game.

I love watching the best players play their best game, while the weaker guys just call-call-call or make nonsensical all-ins until they go bust.

Doyle and Negreanu especially continue to impress. They're almost always right.

And it turns out I like Antonio Esfandiari's game -- he seems pretty solid and doesn't make too many ridiculous moves.