The Teflon Don

I'm looking for an old buddy and roomate of mine from last year named Justin Meyers. He's from the east coast and carried a nickname "The Teflon Don". I've lost all his contact info.

I'm going through my old files to see if I have any pictures of Tef. Until then, here is what I know about him... he's either 20 or 21 years old, a tad on the overweight side, wears a little cabbie hat everywhere he goes. He said he has a dad and step-mom who are both VPs at clear channel (I'm assuming his dad's lastname is Meyers).

If anyone can give me enough info to lead to a reunion, I'll transfer $100 into a Poker.com account. Thanks all for you help!

Crazy Sometimes, Never Boring

So after a brief retreat back home in Columbia, a little Chucky-E-Cheese with Austin and some bar poker at Thirsty Turtle, it's back on the road.

First I'm going down to Miami this weekend to chill with Poker.com. That's a cool domain name with a lot of history. Back when I was working on the other end of the box, I used to go to these gaming conferences. Poker.com was controlled this african cat named Michael Jackson. Had a couple of good stories with him. One time we all forged VIP passes to get into the IGM party (which is PartyPoker.com before the party). It was in Toronto and they had a tiger at their party. Michael gave me some good advice... the best business deals are easy and the best businessmen are the middlemen who bring a good deal together. I guess he's out of the picture now because the current owners of the domain are domainname guys from Australia. I guess they figured poker was the hottest thing they were working with in their domain business and they decided it would be a good move to try and acquire Poker.com. Good move. Smart guys. I want to meet these guys. :)

After a couple days in Miami (hopefully will also get a chance to hitup some other nightclubs down there with Ali and my vegas nightlife master player Brian from Tao... maybe even play some poker), it's off to Houston to chill with Ali's crowd and also see an old buddy of mine named Caldwell. Caldwell and I were at the same table the very first day of the WSOP back in 2003. He drew the seat with Sklanksy and Cloutier on his immediate left. There were worse spots, I guess. We've been friends ever since. One time he got me in a game down in H-Town with Roger Clemens son. The kid brought two autographed baseballs for me. Still one of the coolest "nice-to-meet-you" presents I've ever gotten in my entire life. I heard that the kid had his hummer stolen a few months later. I hope he got it back.

So after Houston, it's off to Antigua. I finally got the kick in the pants I needed to go fullsteam with RakeFree.com when I saw the last issue of CardPlayer and the pioneer behind "Rake-free poker". I gotta say... I should have trademarked the term back when I coined it in 2003. Whatever. It's a huge step forward in poker and it's the first time we've seen a legit cardroom eliminating the rake. They still are screwing it up, though, because they are treating the room like a loss-leader instead of the huge cash cow it's got potential to be. So hopefully within a week I'll be on a beach. Last time I was in Antigua they locked me up in a concrete cell for going crazy. I hope they'll let me back in. I have this dream of building a little cardroom on the beach in Jolly Harbor... with an adjoining recording studio, rehab, and mental hospital. We'd make it all posh and comp suites to all the poker stars and rock stars and movie stars (in that order). We'd charge everyone else way too much. But if you're going to be in restraints, at least they could be made of velvet... right?

Trojan Horses

According to a news article, there was a trojan horse found in a downloadable poker calculator from CheckRaised.com. They issued a statement here.

And in other news, PartyPoker.com offered to buy Paris her Bentley back if she played Mike Sexton headsup and won. That's a pretty good freeroll. I think if she takes the challenge, WSEX should book it. Mike's pretty good, but I always bet on the underdog.

You are what you love. Not what loves you back.

Poker.com

I'm hosting Event # 5 of the Blogger Poker Tour over at Poker.com this Saturday from 15:30 GMT-5. (EST without daylight saving)

We've named it 'Blogging into Spring'.

To play you have to have a blog registered with the BPT & a Poker.com account.

1. Click here to download the Poker.com software if you don't already have an account.
2. Go to BloggerPokerTour.com and register, then add their linking code to your blog.
3. Register for the tournamant on Saturday, using the password 'DUTCH06'
   

I'm looking forward to playing and meeting some of the Blogger Poker Tour regulars.

Become a Better Poker Player

Don't be a one trick pony. Learning how to play more than just No Limit Texas Hold'em will actually make you a better overall poker player and make you a better No Limit Hold'em player as well.

Limit and No Limit Hold'em are games that are played very differently, but that doesn't mean you can't use some Limit tactics in No Limit. There are several poker weapons that are considered Limit plays, but when used correctly are very effective in No Limit.
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Vegas, baby... vegas.

This is where I am right now. It's a weird time because when Joey and I are chilling out, I'm still the one that gets the occasional look. He's going to be the biggest poker player since Doyle. The only two people who have won more money then Joey in a tournament were Hachem and Raymer. And Joey was already a rockstar. So it's a weird time because all these people we come across don't even realize that in four months they are going to be watching tv with their friends and they'll say, "Hey! I know that guy!". It's awesome.

When his episode airs, a significant percentage of the population is going to know who he is. And now when he tells us all that he's really good at poker, people are actually going to believe him.

I got a room out here and will probably be playing a little poker tonight at the Hooters new cardroom. Life is good. :)