I just read the first part of this interview with an Irish poker player.

From just this one interview I can tell that he is a really smart player. One would be well advised to read this interview and take some nuggets of insight from it. There are a few lessons, in particular, that any poker player should never, but can easily forget. (more…)

I was thinking recently about how poker becoming televised has affected the game. I don’t mean the community at large. Obviously that has changed a great deal. I never even knew of a professional poker circuit before ESPN started making a big deal out of the world series. The number of players and spectators is astronomical compared to when there used to be only 100 players.

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Orel Hershiser, winner of the 1988 Cy Young and the World Series MVP, who in that year set a major league record with 59 consecutive scoreless innings pitched, now has another record to boast about.  This one, however, is in poker.   As reported in the Las Vegas Sun, Hershiser got to the quarterfinals of the National Heads-Up Poker Championship, and he did this by defeating three superstars in poker: Ted Forrest, Allen Cunningham, and Freddy Deeb.  Hershiser takes home a cool $75,000 for making it as far as he did in the tournament. 

Hey Orel - after this amazing poker-playing accomplishment, would you ever be so kind as to give PokerMoments an interview?  Just a few questions for my fans, many of which are baseball enthusiasts.   Pleeeeeese