http://www.barrytanenbaum.com Professional poker player who offers lessons. Fri, 09 May 2008 19:30:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I will be doing two radio shows and a charity seminar in May. The first show, with Al Spath and Konana Luce,. will be on Roundersradio.com May 12 starting at 6:30 PM eastern. The second will be on May 15 at 8:00 PM eastern with David Apostolico, also ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/05/09/upcoming-may-events/ I am writing this on the high seas, as we are on a cruise for a couple of weeks. We will be back home in May. Using the ship’s computers, I fat-fingered some e-mail and accidentally deleted about 20 messages. So if you sent me something in the last ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/04/20/thought-of-the-week-april-20-2008/ Here are a couple of hands I lost recently. I am not that happy with either, but in “tough” games, sometimes things are pretty unclear. I hold Qs 10s in the small blind. Al fold tot he button, who limps. Weird, but there it is. Does he have ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/04/03/thought-of-the-week-april-5-2008/ OK, maybe Thought of the “Week” is becoming a misnomer. I apologize for the lack of frequency. I do enjoy writing these, but I have had some other things on my mind. I still keep up with the forum, answer posts as I can. I have been playing ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/03/16/thought-of-the-week-march-16-2008/ Writing this pre-Super Bowl, but that is not the topic today. First, some quick book news. My book, Advanced Limit Hold’em Strategy, is now available on PokerStars for Frequent Player Points. For those of you who play on Stars as I do (no compensation, I just play ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/02/03/thought-of-the-week-february-3-2008/ I was born in New York City and lived there for 21 years. Then I moved to Boston and vicinity for another 20. So this Super Bowl features the first team I followed, and the second. Congratulations to the Giants and Patriots for making it to the ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/02/03/thought-of-the-week-january-27-2008/ First, my apologies to the dozens if not hundreds of you who turned out to meet our plane as it landed in Florida. We were not on it, as health issues forced us to cancel the trip. We will try again soon, I think. As some of you have ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/01/13/thought-of-the-week-january-13-2008/ Holdemradio.com is, at least temporarily, out of business. The owner has run out of money, and the site is closed. Thus, all of the podcasts and other previous broadcasts are no longer available. This is really a bad beat, as I listened to some, but never downloaded ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/01/12/radio-update/ OK, nothing to do with poker, but I wanted to share this moment. I am having dinner with a bunch of professional gamblers, mostly sports bettors. This was Thursday, Jan 3, so inevitably, the conversation turns to the Iowa caususes. “Does anyone know how the caucuses turned out?” “O’Bama won ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/01/06/vegas-vignette/ I started writing this Thought before Christmas, and wish you all a Marry Christmas ad Happy Holiday Season. Now I am wishing you all a very warm and Happy New Year. You can now listen to me (sort of ) every week or so. I have joined Dr. Al Schoonmaker ... http://www.barrytanenbaum.com/2008/01/01/thought-of-the-week-january-1-2008/