This week on the Zoo, Fausto Valdez. Fausto is immersed in poker, and just marked two years in as a professional player. We discuss his life and challenges, as well as[…]
Author: persuadeo
Poker player and low stakes coach.
Bluff
There are apparently quite a few poker novels out there. As far as I can remember, I’d read none until this past month. Seemed like I should get started.The issue[…]
The (Poker) Zoo, Ep. Two: Luka
Episode 2 of the Zoo features Portland reg Luka Vitasovic. His story is a West Coast one, taking him from where Ed Miller got his start in South Seattle’s Muckleshoot[…]
I Love This Game, Ch. 5
The Village – How to turn poker into craps – No room at the inn The Village was the Other Casino – an entirely different entity. No Late Nite Tony,[…]
I Love This Game, Ch. 4.
Sylvester Mallis Jones, Jr. – The Private Life of a Villain – A Villain’s fears The door on Sylvester’s giant Cadillac, a grey beast somewhere between an overdone barbecue station[…]
The (Poker) Zoo
For once I can keep this short. OOP: The (Poker) Zoo is a podcast I’ll be developing with Dean Martin and the rest of The Back Room. There’s quite a few[…]
I Love This Game, Ch. 3
Matton’s financial straits – Money and conscience – Sylvester offers distraction Not long ago, Matton Header had begun composing a list. He wasn’t sure why, at first, and in fact, he[…]
Together
I’ve been playing poker a long time – too long. While life events took me off the path of guns and glory, greatness and bracelets, when I do stray outside[…]
I Love This Game, Ch. 2
Matton plays poker – Late Nite Tony complains – Harvey Bumpback explains Matton Header, round, pale, bespectacled – a kind of tenure track albino pumpkin professor – was thinking. Pondering.[…]