The Surly Poker Gnome

A good friend of mine used to say, "This is a very simple game. You throw the ball, you catch the ball, you hit the ball. Sometimes you...

Tommy Angelo calls it the Fog: the lack of clarity that infringes on good decision-making in the heat of battle. The way to break through t...

So-called poker experts do a great job of tilting me when they spread misinformation. I'm here to call them out. 1. Deuce Plays , Episod...

My reign as Pineapple Maze Champion has come to a quick end. When Kuro and I visited the pineapple maze at Dole Plantation yesterday, we s...

I was drinking in a bar this weekend when one of my friends brought up that I play poker. Another guy at the table said he always loses beca...

Dabbling in 10/20 is great because it seems easier to see how mistakes translate directly into dollars. Nothing is terribly different about ...

"Parcells believed that even in the NFL a lot of players were more concerned with seeming to want to win that with actually winning, an...

Well, that time off from poker felt good. I hadn't played in four days, which isn't that long, but it was enough time for me to get ...

The last thing I want to do when running bad is take a break. But it's the right thing to do. Even though I still feel like I'm play...

Ug, March sucked poker-wise. It was my first down month since December 2005, with most of those losses coming in the last week when I droppe...

I almost never post before sitting down at the tables for the evening, but perhaps it will put me in the right mindset before I play. I play...

My head hit the pillow around 1 a.m. early Sunday morning. Finally, sweet oblivious rest. Earlier, I had woken up optimistic about a product...

I haven't posted in a few days, not for lack of things to write about, but more because I had been winning. Winning is great and all, bu...