Tony is being interviewed after busting out of the PokerStars Baltic Festival.  The 1st question asked of him was “What The Hell Happened?”   Tony explains that he had Aces and another came on the board – they both end up agreeing ‘that’s poker.’ Read more »

It’s 6:47 a.m. and I’m in Vilnius, Lithuania.  I’m ready to jump on my privately booked jet and will be flying to Estonia to play in a poker tournament.  The tournament is the PokerStars Baltic Open.  It’s not a big buy-in event and I’m mainly going there to see what’s going on with poker in the Baltic States.  There are many Lithuanian stars going down like Andrius Tapinas and Marijonas Mikutavicus who is one of the most famous singers from the country of my birth, and perhaps the most exciting of all is Miss Lithuania 2008.

Also Estonia has passed a law to regulate online gaming so I am meeting the authorities and some lawyers to find out how it all works.  Things seem exciting right now with lots of new opportunities as new regulations kick in.  You’ve got to keep up with the game and be ahead of things to be able to earn enough to pay the rent. It should all be interesting.

I am playing good poker, having fun, and in the money in the WPT Marrakech event.  To everyone that backed me on ChipMeUp, thank you.  We are making a profit right now and winning this event would be a big profit for all of us.  I feel really good and hope to win it from here. Read more »

My  heat with Alec in the PKR Heads-up did not work out at all and I got crushed.  I did make the money and felt I played really well so I’m happy about that and how it all went. Read more »

I played Sandra Naujoks in the second heat and had another easy win.  I am not in the money yet.  I have played no-mistake poker so far and feel really good about my play and being here. I think I am the best player left in the field now and don’t see how I will not take this down.  I play Alec Torelli in my third heat in a few hours. Read more »

I just played my PKR Heads-Up heat Round 1 with Jennifer Tilly. Things went very well. I did not lose a pot at show down during the entire heat and it was all over in 45 minutes. Tomorrow I play Sandra Naujoks in Round 2 and I’m looking forward to it. As soon as I am done with the PKR Heads-up Event, I am off to Marrakech Africa to play the WPT Event. Read more »

Lynn Gilmartin talks with Tony. Tony says he’s feeling good. He caught the last bus to the crown and he’s happy to be there and it’s exciting. He says having an event named after him is OK, he’s just been lucky in much bigger tournaments and that a tournament could be named after anyone but he got lucky. He used to be on the street running around but now a tournament is named after him and it could be named after anyone. He says he’s happy he can participate and have a bit of fun with things he does. Read more »