I will be in Australia for awhile winding down after the Aussie Millions.

I just played the first PokerStars PokerNews Cup Alpine satellite series. My player id on PokerStars is wraptduck. I wanted to be involved in the satellite series but I will go to Austria and play the PokerNews Cup Alpine either way. Winning the package would be a lot of fun. There were 48 players in this satellite, it has a buy-in of $32+$3 and guarantees 2 seats to the Sunday qualifier. I busted in 20th.

They say you don’t need a bike when you get knocked out playing online.

Gloria Balding inquires of Tony about his day.

Tony says, “I’ve been biked, unfortunately…” Read more »

Gloria Balding talks to Tony about a hand he played just before the break. Tony had Aces. Tony said people were all-in in front of him and he moved all-in, someone else went all-in behind him with Kings. He said it was a pot that would have made the tournament for him. “I feel sick, unfortunately a King came…Queen Jack came…someone moved in with Queen Jack…I ran third in that pot with Aces…” Read more »

I’m at the Crown Casino Melbourne going to play event number 1, day 1B. Everything’s great at the Crown and I hope to do lots of video blogs while I’m here and talk about everything I know you are interested in. Read more »

I’ve spent the last 22 days in Thailand. Sometimes it’s just time to stop and take a break from everything in life that manages to overrun your ability to take the moment and think of planning for yourself. I have put up a video about health and working out in my blog before – the video is more on a humorous note but the rest of the content is addressing a serious issue we all face – but to really take the time away from the stress of life and take care of myself has been very difficult. I’m always traveling and tending to business. This time I stepped completely away from poker and have been relaxing with my family and caring for myself. Read more »