Archives for December 2007

It Was A Very Good Year
Posted: Monday, December 31 2008 6:20:06
By: Gene Bromberg
Another year has come and gone. It's just about time to close the book on 2007, but before we do that, why not look back at some of the highlights of the past twelve months?

The year [...]

It Ain't Over Yet
Posted: Sunday, December 30 2007 3:11:22
By: Gene Bromberg
Around this time of year it's natural to look back on the previous year and think about what the future holds. Well, you're not gonna find any of that mush-headed nonsense here. Well, at least [...]

Any Publicity Is Good Publicity
Posted: Friday, December 28 2007 4:44:00
By: Gene Bromberg
I mentioned the other day that The Economist had published a substantial article about [...]

A Christmas Tradition
Posted: Thursday, December 27 2007 11:41:19
By: Gene Bromberg

I've emerged from my turkey-induced coma and I'm back at the controls. Actually I don't think it was the turkey that knocked me out--it was probably the ham. Or the pirogi. Maybe the crab cakes my [...]

Bon Mot
Posted: Sunday, December 23 2007 4:39:52
By: Gene Bromberg
Why do we play poker? To win money, sure, but for many people that isn't the reason they love to sit down at the table. They like [...]

The Bitter and the Sweet
Posted: Friday, December 21 2007 7:01:43
By: Gene Bromberg
I'm from Pittsburgh, and yesterday was one of those good news/bad news nights for my sports teams. The Steelers won...but Willie Parker broke his leg. Pitt beat Duke in basketball...but senior guard [...]

Nothing To Look Forward To
Posted: Wednesday, December 19 2007 12:06:00
By: Gene Bromberg
The UltimateBet Online Championship is over. Done. In the past. And the future holds nothing but the endless [...]

Deja Vu
Posted: Tuesday, December 18 2007 1:36:44
By: Gene Bromberg
Today is the final table of the World Poker Tour's Doyle Brunson Classic, and the player who will sit behind the [...]

All Over But The Counting
Posted: Monday, December 17 2007 1:24:08
By: Gene Bromberg
The counting of a $181,575 first prize, that is. It took more than ten-and-a-half hours to determine the winner of the 2nd UltimateBet Online Championship [...]

All Over But the Shouting
Posted: Sunday, December 16 2007 1:56:57
By: Gene Bromberg
And no doubt there will be some noise tonight at the UltimateBet Online Championship comes to an end with our [...]

Straight To The Top
Posted: Saturday, December 15 2007 1:48:52
By: Gene Bromberg
The odds against making a straight flush are 71,941-to-1, which is not so good. Even worse, chances are when you make your straight flush it'll be in some nickel-dime game where everyone else has [...]

Familiarity Breeds Contentment
Posted: Friday, December 14 2007 7:52:49
By: Gene Bromberg
You know how you walk into a place and it just feels right? You saunter into a bar and every song on the jukebox is an old favorite, the beer arrives in tall, [...]

Your Name Sounds Familiar...
Posted: Thursday, December 13 2007 3:21:57
By: Gene Bromberg
Wednesday was Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Lo Night at the UltimateBet Online Championship. During the [...]

Harrah's Releases 2008 WSOP Schedule
Posted: Wednesday, December 12 2007 3:00:12
By: Gene Bromberg
Yes, it's time already to start planning for the 2008 World Series of Poker. And judging by the [...]

UBOC 2 by Annie Duke
Posted: Wednesday, December 12 2007 2:19:05
By: Annie Duke

It's a good thing that you can play online poker in bed because I can't seem to shake this whole stomach thing I have.  So [...]

A Different Kind of Bounty
Posted: Tuesday, December 11 2007 8:50:05
By: Gene Bromberg
Event #7 of the UltimateBet Online Championship is under way, and there's a special bounty for [...]

An Extraordinary Night
Posted: Monday, December 10 2007 5:17:01
By: Gene Bromberg
I mentioned in my previous post that Greg "Wild Duck" Hobson was the chip leader with about 60 players [...]

Staking His Claim
Posted: Sunday, December 09 2007 9:48:01
By: Gene Bromberg
The odds against making a straight flush are 71,941-to-1, which is not so good. Even worse, chances are when you make your straight flush it'll be in some nickel-dime game where everyone else has [...]

One Down, One On
Posted: Saturday, December 08 2007 2:27:12
By: Gene Bromberg
The first event of the UltimateBet Online Championship was taken down last night by shotskee, who defeated [...]

Let's Get Started
Posted: Friday, December 07 2007 7:51:41
By: Gene Bromberg
We're just 15 minutes away from the start of Event 1 of the UltimateBet Online Championship, and all systems are go. We're well over the 500 players needed [...]

UBOC Eve
Posted: Thursday, December 06 2007 5:12:54
By: Gene Bromberg
Sure, I guess we can agree that Christmas Eve is nice and all. The family gets together to drink wine and shoot the bull and eat a whole lotta fish and pirogi. At least that's what my family does, [...]

Chip Reese Dies at 56
Posted: Tuesday, December 04 2007 7:22:31
By: Gene Bromberg
Earlier this afternoon the news broke that David "Chip" Reese, one of the greatest poker players of all time, passed away [...]

The Cream Rises
Posted: Monday, December 03 2007 4:47:30
By: Gene Bromberg
Last night was the last Sunday Guaranteed Tournament before the [...]

The Best Damn Videos
Posted: Saturday, December 01 2007 3:30:20
By: Gene Bromberg
I wrote the other day about [...]