Tony G. Poker Blog

Tony says the last couple of days have been a lot of fun…he’s been hanging with Mike Tyson, Shane Warne, Jeff Fenech. There’s been a lot of boxing and cricket. The scene goes to a ‘cricket hit out’.
Amanda Leatherman takes over the mic as she intros Shane Warne, from 888 Poker, and Tony […]

Tony welcomes you to his blog and brings in a guest. Welcome the “Pilot”
His name is Phil Gluck but he really is a pilot and he jumped out of a plane two days ago, “Just to get the adrenaline started.” It was a first for Phil, even though he’s a professional pilot, he […]

“GO, GO, GO!”
Tony welcomes you to the blog and introduces Andreas Krause from Germany. Andreas says he feels very well and things are good.
Tony and Andreas do a laughing, nodding, contact in German. Andreas does most of the talking and Tony nods and agrees interjecting here and there…it’s all Greek unless you understand German.
Then […]

“BANG!”
Tony G. with a girl off the streets…he was just crawling by…
*She takes the microphone from him*
She says Tony G. is wasted right now and she intros herself…she’s Amanda. She asks Tony what’s going on in his tournament.
Tony says he doesn’t want to play the first two levels anymore because it’s such a bore.
Amanda […]

Tony welcomes you to his blog, introducing a couple of others that he grabbed off the streets. Apparently they are dealers at the Crown Casino. They deal mostly poker at the Crown and Tony asks them if they just quit their job and come to the World Series.
Yes, they are in […]

Tony welcomes us to his blog by introducing Kirill Gerasimov - a Russian player - and Tony tells us that Kirill is his best friend. Tony says that Kirill had a bit of an accident in Russia, that Tony sent him on his bike.

Tony has Kirill show both of his arms and he’s […]

Tony just won his first match. He played Sebastian Rotenberg from Germany and his opponent decided to play a lot of big pots with Tony early on. The match lasted about 20 minutes and Tony said he kind of steam rolled Sebastian but it’s nice to have a soft, easy win the first […]

Tony’s in a suit, looking damn fine to start the day.
Tony G. and Mike Matusow right before the final table. They share a great moment of camaraderie.
Mike talks about looking at the field of 28 players left in the event and when he looked it over, he said there were 27 of the best players […]

Tony’s playing in the Deuce to 7 Draw - day two - and he made the dinner break, “It’s exciting!” There are 21 players left and unfortunately he’s got a small stack left but he says that’s been the pattern for him. He feels he’s been “playing well…playing long and having a lot […]

Tony is in the Duece to 7, it just started a few hours ago. Tony says he’s at a sick table. Lyle Berman, Texas Dolly (Doyle Brunson), E-Dog (Erick Lindgren) and Adams are there, it’s a lot of fun and a lot of stories are flying.
It’s a re-buy event and Tony came in […]