ROY "THE ORACLE" WINSTON

BY: ROY WINSTON

August 30, 2008 04:40 PM

A Good Friend and Teacher: Joe McGowan

I am taking the Labor Day weekend off from playing poker to relax and get ready for the next round. I have received more than a few emails from players that ask about how I transitioned from recreational amateur to professional. I would like to take some time here and tell the story of how I made...

August 28, 2008 08:53 AM

Phan, Flack, and The Upcoming Borgata

The main event at the Legends went well for the first three levels, and then it was all downhill for me. I lost a pretty big pot when I flopped the top end of an open ended straight flush draw with JQ suited and the board went brick, brick. Then I lost AA and KK, and I was out. I have to say I...

August 22, 2008 08:22 AM

Heads Up

I am happy to be back in Los Angeles for the legend's WPT event at the Bike. It is always a good time when there are events at either the Bike or the Commerce because the action at both places picks up. I played the last couple of days at The Commerce; the game was only fair, and not a great...

August 15, 2008 11:43 AM

Last Day In The Mountains

I have really been having a great time with my parents in the Berkshire Mountains of Massachusetts. We have been playing golf, watching the Olympics, and just hanging out. I haven't yet got the; what's going on in your life talk, but I'm sure it's coming soon. The Olympics were...

August 14, 2008 10:12 AM

I Write Good English, Could Use an Editor Though

One item I would like to address, which I receive emails about on a daily basis is my grammar, or lack thereof. Let me start out by saying that if it were not for the red squiggly line from the spell checker I would have spelled grammar as grammer. During the WSOP I played with the guy that...

August 12, 2008 11:09 AM

Leaving Las Vegas for Some Family Time

I am once again sitting on a Southwest Jet headed across the country, this time back to Albany, New York and then off to Western Massachusetts to spend the week with my parents. It has been some time since I spent a week straight with my parents where it's just the three of us. Usually there...

August 10, 2008 12:47 PM

Training at The Venetian

I have spent the past few days at The Venetian working with Jonathan Thompson who is a journalist with Men's Health Magazine. He had never played a hand of poker until Friday, and my mission was to get him tournament ready in 48 hours. He is a very interesting guy who has been traveling...

August 08, 2008 04:03 PM

Time for the Anonymous to Put Up or Shut Up

So I happened across a two plus two thread where someone commented on my blog and what I wrote about going out of the first FTOP's event after flopping a straight against a flush. If that's the worst cooler I get this week either live or online I'd be surprised. I am amazed that the...

August 07, 2008 08:19 PM

Change of Plans

Well I am supposed to be on my way to The Borgata for their 2k event, but instead I'm sitting on a Southwest Jet on my way back to Vegas. I am beginning to feel like I'm renting one of these seats full time. This time I'm headed to The Venetian to do a story for Men's Health...

August 04, 2008 07:50 AM

A PLO Hand

Okay so I received a lot of negative feedback about my last blog. I do appreciate the emails and have responded to several and will try and be responsive about some of the suggestions. So, here is more poker content. In the past few months it seems like a lot of no limit players are taking a stab...

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