Book Review: Basic Economics
"Basic Economics" has to be one of the worst titles ever developed for a book that contains so much useful information. Actually the full title is "Basic Economics: A Citizen's Guide to…
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The archive
A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
A Bad Beat . . . That I Wasn't On The Losing End Of
For once, a bad beat I was happy to lay down on someone else. :-) Preflop: Hero is SB with Ac, Ad. UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO folds, Button folds, Hero…
Read the articleThe Tournament Streak Continues
Mom always used to say that if you can't say anything nice about someone, don't say anything at all. Luckily for me, she never said anything about just walking up and punching them in…
Read the articleDo you think you're improving?
I hope that after I die, people will say of me: "That guy sure owed me a lot of money." --Jack Handey HDouble from The Cards Speak recently asked commented on one of my posts tracking…
Read the articleI'm Famous
My amigo, Marcello, just sent me this photo from his recent trip to Eastern Europe. Some research has uncovered that "Rini" means "Push" in Slovene. Strange considering the orgin of the…
Read the articleAnother Tournament at The Bicycle Casino
Despite my less than spectacular performance earlier this week at the Bike NL tournament I wanted to give it another shot. I entered Friday night's $25 +$5 NL Hold 'Em tournament. I was…
Read the articleThe Poker Gods Speaketh
Last night was a very strange evening. I had originally transferred $100 into my Empire account a few months ago when I opened the account and, for the most part, had forgotten about it.…
Read the articleHow Rich Are You?
I ran across an interesting site that I thought I would throw out there. It's called the Global Rich List and it claims to compare your salary against the world population. For instance,…
Read the articleMy First Live Tournament
I wish I had an exciting story to tell from my first live tournamnet but it was pretty much a pre-break bust. I played in the Bicycle $20 +$5 NL Hold 'Em tournament last night and busted…
Read the articleNo Karma Points At The Bike
I previously posted about a game last Sat. night at Hollywood Park where I split the pot with another player when the dealer had screwed up and mucked her hand. I was hoping for some…
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