In the midst of our grass roots MSPT promotional blitz, Bryan and I made a trip to Verndale, MN on Sunday to hang out with the River Rat Poker League — a home game that draws from a player base of over 115 people.

Look for an “Underground Rounders” feature about the River Rat League… READ MORE

Its so simple, no production, yet I can’t stop watching! The last couple of evenings I’ve been glued to Bay101Live.com or www.ustream.tv/channel/bay-101-shooting-stars watching Phil Hellmuth make a run at the Bay 101 WPT event.

Hellmuth just now busted out 6th. He was chip leader for the majority of the tournament so I know this is… READ MORE

It’s rare enough to find tournaments out there that add money to a prize pool, but adding a car that retails for approx. $65,000 is incredible!  Event #6 of the Chicago Poker Classic was a heads-up event capped at 128 players, with an added prize of this Porsche.  No money was taken out of… READ MORE

I un-rack my chips and get settled at my 8-16 game on a typical Thursday night.  The first thing I notice about the game is its liveliness; that is to say, many players are yammering, and while some of the commentary is friendly, much of it is angry irritation and frustrated tilt.  I need… READ MORE

As many of you know, I began my media career at KFAN. My first venture into the poker media world was in 2008, when Cory Cove, Brandon Mileski and I hosted the FAN Poker Lounge. This eventually led to meeting up with Bryan Mileski, which led to MNPokerMag, which led to the Minnesota State… READ MORE

There are several reasons to form and play a home poker league: camaraderie, something fun to do or to win some coin are just a few.  Aside from these aspects one founding idea for our home league was to improve our players’ games.  If our games become great so will our poker bankrolls – at… READ MORE

Hello again. Midterms are over so I can get back to blogging on schedule. It sucks that I play poker on Sundays and then I have a class on Monday night but that is only for 2 more months…

Anyways, again since I have already qualified for state and double qualifying doesn’t do me any… READ MORE

I totally got berated in a Full Tilt SNG last weekend. And I probably deserved it, but what can I say?

It was suited…

$30 SNG, four players left, three paid, and I was the chip leader.

Blinds 80/160
button: $2,325
small blind (me): $7,410
big blind: $880
UTG: $2,885

UTG, who… READ MORE

The Minnesota State Poker Tour and Minnesota Poker Magazine will be giving away multiple $250 Qualifier seats during the next week into the Season 1, Event 2, Minnesota State Poker Tour Event at Running Aces, April 7-11.

The first $250 Qualifier seat will be given away in a drawing during the $200 buy-in tournament at… READ MORE

Here are a list of my favorite Rounders (the movie) quotes. I tried to select some of the cleaner ones for this post. There are a ton of one-liners in this movie so there are several fantastic ones I’ve left out.

For some reason, reciting Rounders quotes gets me pumped to play some cards. Enjoy!… READ MORE