Articles : HID John Tabatabai

Chicken, Chess and Crushing Regs!

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:38:12 +0000

I've put my chicken chorizo and sweet potato in the oven so I have about 15 minutes left before that is ready so I better get typing because I am not missing it for the world, plus I am heading out for the night so time is scarce right now.

I Will Punish The HUD Users!

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:03:36 +0000

Happy New Year to all my faithful readers and listeners I hope you all had a really enjoyable Christmas and New Year celebrations. As I wrote in my previous update I spent the Christmas back at home in Cardiff and it was surprisingly and relatively nag free!

John Tabatabai: My Highlights and Low Points of 2011

Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:32:38 +0000

I am back on home soil after a trip to Las Vegas that can only really be described as messy! It was just a real mess. Good fun but a mess! Everyone who was in our group showed the world the new style of aggressive partying, much like when three-betting light became popular in online poker, that's how we approached our partying.

Broken PCs, Shaving and Vegas!

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:53:22 +0000

I thought it was about to update this blog so here I am typing away at the airport whilst I wait to board my flight to Las Vegas! I am looking forward to better weather, plenty of parties and clubs and of course playing poker.

Truffles And My Caterpillar 'Tache!

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 12:24:44 +0000

Although I had planned to be able to fill this week's blog with lots of poker related stories I have not really played enough over the past seven days to warrant that to be honest, thanks in part to having lots of visitors over at my place that I had to entertain including my good friend Antonio Esfandiari.

MasterChef, Moustaches and Increased Listeners!

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 18:58:15 +0000

First of all a big thank you to everyone who has been listening into my radio broadcast on Wednesday nights, last week I had over 250 listeners, which was fantastic, really good. Let's see if this week's has beaten that, especially because I had a lovely lady guest with me!

WSOPE Main Event, Ring of Fire and Old Men's Games

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:38:51 +0000

Hello again! I forgot to mention in my previous post that I actually played in the Omaha event but it turned out to be a really bad idea. I had been drinking all night so turned up about two hours late then got my chips in with top set against the flopped straight of Johnny Chan, so I was there for literally half an hour, thankfully I lasted a little longer in the Main Event.

Betfair Live Dublin and my WSOPE Walk of Tilt

Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:11:37 +0000

The observant amongst you will notice that because I am writing this blog right now, it means I am not in the World Series of Poker Europe Main Event so the the hunt for a bracelet is over for another year. Despite the poker being extremely tilting for me I am enjoying it in Cannes, though being here does mean I will unfortunately miss this week's Kunku Wap Ambassador Challenge due to the French regulations for online poker.

A Big Online Win and the Kunku Wap Ambassador Challenge

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:04:07 +0000

I am writing this blog as a newly crowned WCOOP Champion, after winning Event #43, the $320 rebuy Pot Limit Omaha tournament, despite not even knowing anything about Omaha! The funny thing is I wasn't even going to play in it because I wasn't that confident in playing in a rebuy as I don't play Omaha enough, but my buddy said he'd take my action so I was freerolling! A few hours later and I win it for $102,543!

Upcoming Dublin Trip and Online Poker

Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:55:09 +0000

In just over a week I will be flying to Dublin to play in the Main Event of Betfair Poker LIVE! Dublin and I am really looking forward to the tournament, partly because I have never, ever played in a live knockout-style tournament before but also to make amends for Manchester where I feel I got unlucky and busted within three hours!

Late Night Poker, Heads Up and Hot dogs!

Thu, 25 Aug 2011 11:42:12 +0000

I have had an eventful few days with me playing on Late Night Poker in Cardiff and sitting on 30 different tables trying to get someone to play me at heads-up, oh and researching into and eating a lot of hot dogs, more on that later!

Late Night Poker Coming Up!

Thu, 18 Aug 2011 17:12:10 +0000

I didn't win the GSOP Manchester as planned, in fact I was only in it for three hours, but at least I have an appearance on Late Night Poker to look forward to instead.

GSOP Live! Manchester

Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:55:42 +0000

On Friday I went to Paul Scholes' testimonial match for Man United versus the New York Cosmos at Old Trafford, which was one of the perks of taking part in the GSOP Live event that Betfair Poker had a bunch of players in.

The Most Interesting Hand Of My Life!

Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:33:31 +0000

Since my last update I was mainly playing cash games at the Venetian and although I had some fun there, I can't really remember any hands that were too interesting. But I did play the $5k event at the Wynn, which was their Main event and in that I had a super interesting hand, I'd say the most interesting hand of my life!

Out Of The Main Event, But Still Grinding

Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:21:48 +0000

So yesterday was Day 2 of the Main Event and it sadly didn't go how I predicted earlier in the day. I thought I was going to finish the dinner break with 160,000 but I finished up with 160,000 less than that because I busted just before the dinner break, which is kind of tilting.