Tag: narrative

In the latest installment of my poker serial, our hero finds himself in a Seven-Card Stud game, among other new experiences: “First time?” Mike laughed good naturedly at his hesitation. “It’s already lit, just suck it a little, like a straw. There you go. Wait, wait, don’t blow it out yet.” Walter did his best to oblige, holding his breath as he...

No new podcast this week, but… I've been writing some serialized poker fiction for Two Plus Two Magazine recently, and the third installment was just published. If you've been following along so far, I hope you're eager to read more, because Walter Tine is eager to play! He arrived early, naturally. He wanted to experience it all: the anticipatory butterflies in his stomach,...

My latest piece for the Two Plus Two Magazine is more of a story than a strategy article. It's about a friend of my grandmother's who was a small-time gambler and a few conversations we had about poker: “I saw you on ESPN,” he tells me once he’s made his left out of the parking lot. "I seen where one of them guys...