Blog by Kevin Ramsay

Pokerface - chapter 5

July 7th, 2008

Phew! What a day! 10 hours of intense poker.

I started off well, winning a few hands and bringing my chip count up from the initial 20,000 to as high as 30,000. But then my luck turned and I lost three times in a row with great cards (AK, AQ, QQ) and this decimated my chips. After 8 hours of play, I was down to about 5000 chips. Then I had pocket jacks, waited for a flop with a 10 hig ...

Pokerface - chapter 4

July 5th, 2008

Tomorrow is my big day, the first (hopefully) of many at the tables. I can feel the anticipation building. I overheard one guy yesterday who was out in the first hour. There is always next year, he says. I really want to avoid being like him.

Yesterday, I went to the Rio to check out the gaming expo. Here you can get all kinds of poker related gear (energy drinks, personalized chips, ...

Pokerface - chapter 2

June 30th, 2008

Well, it has been 7 days since I was diagnosed with Bell's Palsy. I'm still bound and determined to use it to my advantage at next week's world championship poker tournament in Vegas. I'm very optimistic. I think I will have the best pokerface there.


My wife has been commending me on my positive outlook. I tell her I can't sit around and cry about it - it's too hard when you can only bl ...

Pokerface

June 25th, 2008

On June 1st, I won a seat at the World Series of Poker Championship playing poker online for $85. The tournament starts July 3rd in Vegas, my $10,000 buy-in and travel expenses are paid.


On June 23rd, I became Pokerface. Shortly after lunchtime, my wife came home and only half my face could smile. It had only happened moments before she arrived and I was a bit shocky from the realizatio ...