Annie Duke. Professional Poker Player

The Annie Duke Show Ep. 6


This week on The Annie Duke Show, I got to talk to Ben Paul, President and CEO of After School All Stars. ASAS is an after school enrichment program for inner city kids founded by Arnold Schwarzenegger. I find the topic fascinating and would love to hear your opinions. In particular, I really enjoyed the [...]

The Ladies Event: Redux


There has been a lot of controversy about the Ladies Event at the WSOP this week and it has spurred a really healthy debate on the issue. Obviously, I have been speaking out on this issue for a long time. This year, with Shaun Deeb and other men having entered the Ladies Event, the controversy [...]

What the hell is up with these corn syrup commercials?


Ok–so I seriously have to rant here. These high fructose corn syrup commercials on TV are seriously driving me out of my mind and making me so angry. It is so sick that they are even allowed on the air. Recently, I just finished reading Michael Pollan’s brilliant book In Defense of Food By total [...]

Ringing in the new year with bad decisions


Okay so it is a New Year and to ring it in we found out that our government is still not as good as most poker players at decision making. I am talking about the TSA’s response to the Nigerian guy who tried to blow up a plane headed for Detroit. If you wanted to [...]

Web Surfing when Joe is out of Town


Last night after putting the kiddies to bed I found myself a little bored because Joe is out of town in New Jersey filming a web series pilot for a friend. He is mainly spending his time dressed as a giant cockroach. Don’t ask But I love him! Anyway, so in my surfing I happened [...]

Momversation!


I am really excited about getting involved as a guest panelist with this site Momversation I have a lot to say about parenting, having raised 4 kids. And the biggest thing I have to say about it is that everyone has their own opinion and there are definitely many ways to the right answer…the right [...]

Funny Billy Ray Cyrus Send Up


Man…it has been a long time since I posted a blog. I have been without a computer for two weeks! Long story short: Apparently some housekeeping staff at hotels think it is wise to move people’s laptops to the top shelves of closets so said people can’t find them at 6 in the morning. So [...]

Baking baking baking


In the interest of complete procrastination (and it was the kids’ first day of school today so wanted to do something special) I spent the afternoon baking. Believe it nor not, I do quite a bit of that. First, I am not a believer in processed foods so I tend to make most of the [...]

Just discovered That Mitchell and Webb Look


Emily Jillette pointed me to this sketch about homeopathy a while back… So I was showing it to someone today and I started exploring what Mitchell and Webb have on youtube. These guys are funny as hell and I particularly liked this sketch… I am not sure why I have never heard of these guys [...]

Ante Up for Africa on ESPN Tuesday Night!


Tomorrow night is the big night! Ante Up for Africa is its own episode this year as part of the World Series of Poker coverage so please tune in and check it out. I am so excited for the awareness that this episode of TV will create for the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. Here is [...]