Tag Archives: poker

Congratulations, James!

Via the Evil Genius Chronicles, an update on James Slusher’s run in the WSOP. By the numbers:

James wound up 230th in a field of 2706.
He was knocked out by Bernard Lee, who now leads the tournament event.
Bernard Lee isn’t a newbie at this.
James netted $3,000 for his efforts, not bad [...]

Not Pokin’ Along

Frequent tbbs commenter and all-round good egg James Slusher is in Las Vegas this weekend, playing in the World Series of Poker Event #27. Via the Evil Genius Chronicles, an update on how he’s doing:
At the last check-in, the field had shrunk from 2700 to 600 and Jim had about an average stack. Something [...]

Instructed

One of my daily feed reads is the Instructables1 feed. The site has how-tos which are illustrated and compiled by the site’s subscribers. I’ve seen geek projects, crafts, recipes there; you name it, they’ve got it.
Yesterday, they had a Texas Hold ‘Em how-to. The article explained the rules of the game, in a [...]