Home Sweet Home

Posted by | at 2:14 pm

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I arrived home yesterday for a short break from the summer grind.  My wife Leann welcomed me home with a fresh pot of homemade chilli and a fridge full of new IPAs that I have never tried.  I'm taking my son to see "Super 8" tonight and then I'm going to do a whole lot of… Read more »

Failure

Posted by | at 7:33 pm

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Well, to say that my summer in the TPE house for the WSOP was a failure would be a vast understatement. I went out there focused and prepared to do something epic. I did none of this. I had high hopes because in my limited live play experience I have had some pretty decent results…. Read more »

Venetian Deep Run and an Update

Posted by | at 2:36 pm

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Sorry it took so long for me to make this update…things have been a little hectic the last few days.  So, when I made day two of a Venetian DSE $350.  I went to day two with 204,000 chips which was just slightly above average, but only good for 25 BBs.  I wold have had… Read more »

Summer Poker Series 2011 – WSOP Event #20

Posted by | at 12:35 am

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If the Saturday 1.5k starting table was a dream, the 1k starting table was a nightmare.  Actually, my official starting table lasted about 5 hands and then I was moved to a tough table. At the official starting table I was able to turn my 3k starting to 3.8k super easily.  I flatted QJ from… Read more »

Summer Poker Series 2011 – WSOP Event #18

Posted by | at 12:12 am

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Saturday brought my first event of the series, the $1500 Event #18.   I geared up in TPE swag and headed over to the Rio with the team.  I was super excited to play because I feel like my game has grown so much in the past year since the last WSOP since I’ve been… Read more »

Summer Poker Series 2011 – Arriving

Posted by | at 12:40 am

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Nothing is quite as exciting in poker as gearing up for the big summer tourneys such as the WSOP and Venetian DeepStacks.  My plans for this year's summer poker series was split into two trips.  The first trip is over and I'll be recounting the events here for you.  I’ll be back in July for… Read more »

Tournament Poker Edge Provides WSOP Hand Analysis for Cardplayer

Posted by | at 4:13 pm

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Tournament Poker Edge has teamed up with Cardplayer Magazine to provide analysis on key hands from this summers World Series of Poker. Check out the first installment of this feature here: http://www.cardplayer.com/poker-news/11477-tournament-poker-edge-analyzes-key-hand-from-allen-bari-s-wsop-victory

Summer in Vegas Update

Posted by | at 3:27 pm

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Taking today off.  I have a pizza in the oven and a cold Mt. Dew for fuel.  Plan on just taking it easy today and getting a bunch of work done.  I've really been having a blast here in the TPE house.  Never a dull moment to say the least.,,hopefully you guys have been checking… Read more »

WSOP – Week 1

Posted by | at 4:55 am

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The first week in Las Vegas for the 2011 World Series of Poker has not gone quite as planned.   I’ve had a few near misses including a pretty deep run in a Venetian Deepstack where I flopped the nuts and ended up losing to a rivered full house for 200 BBs with the bubble approaching. … Read more »

The Vegas Summer Begins

Posted by | at 10:48 am

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Waking up at 6:30 am was not how I planned for the summer to begin, but since I did, I figured I might as well start things off in a productive fashion and get a blog post done. I arrived at the TPE house at 2 PM yesterday.  Cougars and Bigdog had already arrived and… Read more »