This Really Happens

A story from work the other night:
Sometimes I work nights as a poker dealer. My boss’s name is Mike.
Me: Hey, Mike! C’mere for a second.
Boss: Yeah?
Me: Who’s the new girl?
Boss: Which one?
Me: The hot one setting up that blackjack table.
Boss: Which one?
Me: The one in the corner.
Boss: That’s my daughter…
Me: (silent)
Boss: …and she’s sixteen.
Me: [...]

The Endeavor

(This is my first attempt at a “live blog”.)
It appears that online poker will soon be shut down in the good old free U.S. of A.
I logged into my online poker account today and surprisingly found $6 sitting there.
I now have a fucking mission.
The mission:
Turn $6 into $600 in 24 hours, playing poker… online.
This is [...]

Put Me In, Coach

For those of you that don’t know, I am a part-time poker dealer in NYC. I run all kinds of games ranging from your company Christmas party — to underground high stakes Wall Street games — to your run of the mill casino themed bar mizvah.
My agent(yeah, some part-time poker dealers have agents) called me [...]

World Blogger Championship of Poker

I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker!
This Online Poker Tournament is a No Limit Texas Holdem event exclusive to Bloggers.

Registration code: 7712767

It should be really fun.
They’re giving away nine seats to the main event at the World Series of Poker.
I want a seat. Wicked bad.
I’ll let everyone [...]

How To Lose $400 in Five Minutes Playing Poker.

The first step is to find an underground poker club in NYC and talk your way in past the extremely skeptical club owner who inevitably thinks you are a cop.
You did it? Great!
Once you’re inside, buy $300 in chips and take them to an available seat at a $1/$2 No-Limit table. Sit down in [...]

Poker Tournament: Part II

–If you haven’t read Part I, read it first.–If you don’t care about poker, skip this post and the next one. You’ll find something you like.
By the look of the competition I’d already decided that being a bully would give me the best chance of winning this thing. So I went in full steam ahead. [...]

Poker Tournament: Part I

Poker will be a reoccurring topic in this blog. If you don’t care about poker, you should skip this entry and move on to the next one of my posts about the stupid religious meathead kid or the next one about the huge-hearted junkie. You will like them both. I promise.
Moving on.
I started a [...]