Ed Miller’s Bachelor Party

WHEN: Saturday October 15th

WHERE: 38 West 38th street, 5th floor, New York CITY Magazine

WHY: Debauchery. Pure unadulterated debauchery.

More details in the 2+2 forums

Legends of Poker: Billy Baxter

Like Bobby Baldwin and Amarillo Slim, Baxter began his gaming career in pool halls. He learned about competition, pressure, and exploiting the game. By the age of 16 (in the mid 1950’s) he had socked away several thousand dollars from playing pool, and it wasn’t always just because he was better than his opponent. A gambler needs to know how to win (even when he isn’t the best player) by finding that crack in the armor of their adversaries.

Like a number of players from the Southern United States, Baxter was able to find plenty of gambling in his hometown of Augusta, Georgia. He learned to play poker, and supported his poker “habit” for over a year with his pool playing income. Eventually, his poker playing improved to where it was the bulk of his income.

Read the original cool bio at Poker News

Ring Game Rebound

‘ve had it with SNGs. Although I’ll play here and there, I think the ring games are where I’ll be for awhile. Why? Here’s why:

Poker Ring Game Bankroll
As you might be able to see, unless that Grab is too big for your screen. The SNGs are the annoying and overall negatively trending mess at the beginninig and playing 3-6 and 5-10 Ring games contributed to the massive upswing at the end. So for me it is waiting to find the fish in the 5-10 for now…

Want to know what I’m using to do it?

Downward Trend

Here’s the unfavorable profit trend for my $5+0.5 STTsSTT Poker Trend

I guess I’d be better off just giving a bunch of cash to the Hurricane Katrina Victims.