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for those of you guys looking for a comment about my 3-day ban from 2 + 2, I’ll comment quickly:  I was banned for self-promotion, basically because I was advertising my book in their forums.  I was basically following the mold of another similar thread– what I didn’t know was that 2 + 2 had [...]

Tonight, we were walking along the beach trying to find a good place to eat, and the scene felt really familiar.  The moon and stars were both shining brightly, and the beach wasn’t lit in any sense by electric lights.  The first and most prominent memory that came to mind was Matala, a memory that [...]

ANNOUNCEMENT:
Cover Art Contest Starting @ Now!
Win a free FULL PACKAGE of the book! Submit your art here or email it to books@balugapoker.com !
The title of the book is Easy Game: Making Sense of NLHE
Andrew
PS: I have another sick co-author announcement coming up shortly as well.

yesterday was sick.  i woke up about 11, went and got some lunch, then piled into the bus with a ton of strangers to go to stingray city, a sandbar off rum point where a ton of stingrays come and you can chill with them.  en route I met this girl Jori who was really [...]

Finished writing my final paper tonight here in the Grand Caymans.  Only 3AM out here and I’m done on the night before it’s due.  You know, for some reason I thought being out here would make me finish my paper quickly.  Not so. 
I got a lot done today.  I finished up a 2-part, 2-week series [...]

whats up all,
arrived at the hotel yesterday at about 230, ate a lunch, and decided to take a nap.  didn’t set an alarm, and slept from 5pm to 1130pm.  ouch.  then, naturally i got involved in a super epic 3-tabling 25/50 HU match against against cadx2, where I managed to take 40k off him.  unfortunately, [...]

Hey guys,
 first of all, i leave tonight for the grand cayman islands.  how sick.
secondly, I posted at 2p2 the opening of my website and the development of my book.  I got asked to compare my book to that of bobbofitos and slowhabit, as well as aejones audio memoirs.  I definitely didn’t handle it very well– [...]

Full Tilt Poker Game #11093792587: Table Orman (deep hu) – $25/$50 – No Limit Hold’em – 0:05:18 ET – 2009/03/12
Seat 1: balugawhale ($8,422)
Seat 2: pony927 ($4,870.50)
pony927 posts the small blind of $25
balugawhale posts the big blind of $50
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to balugawhale [Kd 9h]
pony927 raises to $100
balugawhale has 15 [...]

Although there are still a few kinks in the site, check out BalugaPoker.com for information about all my new products.  Meet the BalugaWhale Team, featuring:
            Steve “tubasteve” Snow– longtime DeucesCracked hero, tubasteve holds it down for micro and small stakes guys alike. 
           Kai “ISPEWCHIPS” Fleming– Mid-high stakes full-ring and 6max pro, Kai is not only good [...]

so I got off the airplane in LA and checked my email on my phone to see that my professor has called another surprise class with a 5 minute presentation.  Oops! haha oh well.  I’m not going to fail any classes and that means that I get to enjoy my extra long spring break. I hung [...]