Tony with Gloria Balding as he talks about losing an 80K hand in the 50K HORSE event. He says it’s been a battle, he lost and then battled back to about 500K and then down to 400K. He says even though it’s grueling, he’s kind of enjoying it. He says he probably makes a few more mistakes than some of the others but a lot of it is luck, whoever has a good run will win. Read more »

Gloria Balding and Tony G., day 2 of the $50K HORSE. Tony says he’s doing great, although yesterday wasn’t so good. He was down to under 50, he lost 100,000 chips but he bounced back and finished the day about even. Today he started off the game bad and lost about half his chips in the first three or four hands, he says he plays a lot of hands – he plays for luck. Then he had a really good run and he’s up to over 300,000. He says he actually played good a few hands. Read more »

Mellisa Castello intros Tony G who was the last entry into the HORSE event, he was sharing a bottle of wine with Billy the Croc and was having a little fun. He’s going to play 4 levels, relax and have a little fun and hopefully come back tomorrow with 100,000. He says that would be like a win for him. Read more »

Billy the Croc and Tony G. with Gloria Balding. Tony says things are going bad, they used to come in limos. Tony says Croc’s been punished hard – Tony refers to getting older and slipping a bit with an eye on Croc. Read more »

Melissa Castello and Tony G talk about busting out yesterday. Today he’s playing the $10 buy-in Stud Championship. He wants to win a bracelet. He says he’s one of the weaker players in stud but anyone can do it and he’s looking to stay fresh and fit because there’s another 17 days of the tournament. Read more »

Tony has been MIA. Off to the mountains for 14 days. He’s been to Yosemite, saw a bear, did some white water rafting and then he was off to Big Sur and LA and back all freshened up. He’s sold shares of himself on ChipMeUP, in the $5K Pot Limit Omaha, and he hopes to do really well for everyone. Time for dinner. Read more »

Right now I am taking long walks around Big Sur California. I was also in the Yosemite Mountains for a few days. I will go down to Santa Barbara soon and enjoy being out of the heat and action although I will be back in Las Vegas around the 19th so I will be ready for the WSOP PLO on the 20th. Read more »

Tony visits with Melissa Castello out in the fresh Vegas air on an unofficial break from the Deuce to 7 Draw and the Add-on period is over. Tony says it’s a bit boring and slow and he started two hours late. He’s got about 12K and he’s cruising, he’ll be going on dinner break in about an hour and have a steak. Read more »