Poker – Ugh, Jealousy rears its ugly

It is probably not a well-known fact that this website seems to get more readers when it posts about poker drama. The editor suposits (intentional) because poker players love to hear drama, and poker is all about drama. Nothing infuriorates (intentional) a poker-ist (intentional) more than hearing about the positive progression of a player from…

Just Poker – The Road to Gold

Flynn has been getting swamped with requests for his poker stories and LV wrap-up, so he should probably relay the juicy details of his Vegas Poker Adventures before moving on to his Travel Adventures.   So, here goes it, mid-November ’22 and onward.  First here is a hot tip: Poker-playing frequent fliers in LV, check with…

Staking and Buying a piece – But why?

Flynn still doesn’t get it. Ollie may or may not get it. And, as always, the editors of the Chronicle have very strong opinions about staking, or buying pieces. Strong opinions they readily admit they don’t adhere to very consistently. Let’s break it down in bird and otter simplicity: Simple Staking: The backer, “Gollie”, gives…

Re-buy, Re-entry, Freeze-out: The F & O Chronicle Opinion

The Chronicle has been following the re-buy, re-entry, freeze-out debate with mild amusement on Twitter. The editors, Flynn, and even Ollie had long ago decided that tournaments with either re-buy or re-entry are not real poker. In other games, you can’t just re-enter or re-buy you way back. You don’t get do-overs. You certainly do…