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First Quarter of 2010 in the Books
Well it's now (almost) official, we are done with the first quarter of 2010. I wanted to reflect on how the year has gone so far, and also update everyone on my plans for the upcoming months. I want...
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Stakes: Steaks or Hamburgers?
There's a lot of chatter about the astronomical amounts of money (some) people are playing poker for these days. This interest began a couple of years ago with TV shows like High Stakes Poker and...
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Walking the Fine Line Part 1: The C Word
Blogs have many uses. One is to treat them like the classic soapboxes of the British parks, where you just stand up and start talking, talking about what you're thinking, why you're thinking it and...
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ADZ124: Putting Daniel Negreanu on Notice
Sorry to those of you who expected another blog from me sooner. I've been busy this month at home catching up with family, after a long month in Vegas, which included all the highs and lows...
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The Deconstruction of Ivey Continued
A couple of months back we did a psychological analysis of Phil Ivey and his approach to poker. I want to do another one because several recent comments from Phil got me to thinking about the depth of...
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Walking the Fine Line Part 2: Case Studies
We began this discussion with some history on the unsavory elements of poker. Today, some case studies of "marginal" situations where these elements present themselves. Cases like these make nice...
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Stout's $25k WPT Championship Wrap-Up
Matt Stout had another close call with a WPT final table, this time in the $25k Championship a few weeks ago in Las Vegas. Read on for the inside story on how Stout went from chip lead with 21 players...
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Zen's Answer to Poker Tilt
Poker is as much a game of emotion as it is of money. Poker is also more a game of emotional control than anything else. It isn't just the emotions that get stirred up during the course of a hand, a...
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Stout's Sunday Report: May 9, 2010
Poker pro Matt Stout is back with another installment of The Sunday Report. Stout will track all his results for his full online MTT Sunday schedule, complete with profits and losses. Keep track right...
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Stout's Sunday Report: May 16, 2010
Poker pro Matt Stout is back with another installment of The Sunday Report. Stout will track all his results for his full online MTT Sunday schedule, complete with profits and losses. Keep track right...
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Mercier's Top Ten Under 30 at the 2010 WSOP
In no order whatsoever, I have come up with ten players that I think are going to have an excellent 2010 WSOP. It doesn't matter whether it's going to be their breakout year, comeback year, or if...
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Matt Stout's WSOP 2010 Preview
This magical night comes only once a year. It's the poker player's equivalent to little kid's night before Christmas: the night before your first WSOP event!!! I can't tell you how excited I am....
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Stout's Sunday Report: June 13, 2010
Matt Stout had a massive Sunday yesterday, profiting over $55,000! Check out Stout's Sunday Report for an inside look at what it's like to play a full schedule of online poker MTTs. Stout is...
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Stout's Sunday Report: July 4, 2010
Matt Stout had a massive Sunday this week, winning over $50,000! Every week he reports his full Sunday online poker MTT schedule with wins, losses and an inside look at how it all went down. Stout's...
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Christmas Presents That Don't Suck for Poker Players
If you’ve stumbled across this article, you most likely have a poker player in your life and no idea what to get him or her for Christmas. Finding gifts for poker players can be a difficult task but...
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Tunica Part 3: More Rungoodsauce Than Me?
As I mentioned at the end of my last blog, I went into Day 2 of the WSOP Circuit main event in Tunica with $255,500 at $1,500/$3,000 ($400). I was second in chips out of the remaining 61 players, 27...
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Tunica FT Pt. 3: My Untimely Demise
It's finally here! The conclusion of Matt Stout's WSOPC Tunica final table run. At the end of my last blog I asked readers to guess what the most ridiculous hand David Dao could be holding after he...
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Got To Set New Goals
When I was planning out my schedule for the WSOP, I basically only had two goals for the series. I wanted to have a profitable series (make money), and I wanted to win a bracelet. After my win in...
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Phil Ivey - The Greatest Ever
Yesterday one of my poker buddies, who primarily plays cash games online for a living, asked me this question (which I hear quite frequently). "Who do you think are the better poker players: cash-game...
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Can Poker Players Have Normal Relationships?
I am sitting here in my condo with 15 minutes left before I am supposed to get started playing online for the next 10-12 hours. This will be my second to last blogpost that I will write for 2009. I am...
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