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How to find the Tijuana Donkey Show

How to find the Tijuana Donkey Show

You are here looking for how to find the Tijuana Donkey Show that you’ve heard so much about? Well, you won’t find any directions here, but you may want to read on to understand why. I’m a poker player and a former drunk and I’ve spent countless hours hanging around drunk men with some sort of ego deficiency that compels them to seek attention in whatever way they can. On many occasions, I’ve heard talk about the Tijuana Donkey Show,

Double points Sunday

Double points Sunday

Here in lies the problem with playing for promotions… every regular online player wants to do the same thing. Typically there will be 2-3 NL100 tables on Sunday at this time. Today there are 5 already and looks like a new one could easily be started. And notice how they are all playing full ring? Of course, I can set-mine with the best of them and I need the double points for my Seven Stars pursuit, but it’s likely today

Bonus Time again!

Bonus Time again!

I just made a deposit to take full advantage of Wsop’s Celebrate bonus for $919. I’m actually not too sure how I feel about playing under a bonus again. It seems when I push myself to clear a bonus, I never do as well at poker. Outside of having a bonus to clear, I tend to only play when I feel good and focused and I more than make up for not having a bonus in higher EV. And now

Spa day!

Spa day!

Continuing with my once-a-week spa-day in Las Vegas, this time I visited Paris Las Vegas. While the fitness center was slightly more stocked than Harrah’s, I just can’t stand not having windows! Running on the treadmill while watching the happenings at the Harrah’s pool was a far better experience for me. For more on that… Paris Las Vegas Spa and Fitness Center Review (Paris Spa by Mandara)   Paris Diamond Lounge The Diamond Lounge on the other hand was in

Harrah’s Fitness Center and Diamond card use

Harrah’s Fitness Center and Diamond card use

With all the benefits we receive from Total Rewards for being Diamond Card members, I seem to neglect to use them. There are freeroll grinders in this town who only survive due to Diamond Lounges… I decided to spend an afternoon on the strip and enjoy the Harrah’s Spa and Fitness Center and then fill myself on the free finger foods at the Harrah’s Diamond Lounge (actually they had Orange Chicken which was great!). When I arrived at the 4th

Tilt and reading The Mental Game of Poker

Tilt and reading The Mental Game of Poker

Accumulated Tilt! That’s exactly what I’m feeling. Of course, it’s just another term for stress, which I was already very aware of, but it was comforting to read that definition when I sat down with The Mental Game of Poker. My technical game in poker is strong. It’s been strong for a long time. There really aren’t any concepts in No-limit Holdem that I’m lagging far behind other players, even the best players. Sometimes though, I just can’t get out

Homestretch to Seven Stars

Homestretch to Seven Stars

It seems that with the Spring Tier Bonus, and some above average play for me in July and August, I have managed to put myself in striking distance of earning Seven Stars with Total Rewards. Do it all with poker? With 50,000 points to go and 4 months to do it, that would mean playing 12,500 APPs per month on Wsop.com. That is a reasonable goal. Although it is a bit much for me, especially considering I have 16 credits

Right Quitting – how to practice

Right Quitting – how to practice

For me, my biggest leak is playing while tilted. I could say it is simply being tilted, but that is not actually the case. I can be tilted and not playing and I won’t lose any more than I just lost. I’m going to get tilted when I play — most of us do. I guess there may be some Zen masters out there who could lose set under set, get someone all in on the turn drawing to 4

Surprise cashback!

Surprise cashback!

It’s not too often that I’m grinding a breakeven session and I check the cashier and there is $1000 in there that wasn’t in there a few minutes ago. I checked my email and received a message that I received cash back! The reason this surprised me is I thought I was not able to get into this promotion due to an email issue I had with the promotion emails earlier in the year. I thought I got into the

Binked the 3k… coolered a great Headsup match

Binked the 3k… coolered a great Headsup match

I’ve been playing the 3k Nightly on Wsop.com regularly for a while now. I won it once about 10 months ago and since then have come up short… a few 2nd’s. I was beginning to doubt my heads-up prowess as I finished in a string of tournaments (like 8 to 10) in second place. As poker players, we really shouldn’t sweat results much, especially on any kind of short term scale. 8 to 10 headsup matches?  Ok, I should definitely