Foiled!
I recently wrote about trying to bypass bans on gambling imposed by foreign governments . Well, I've been totally foiled. I thought I might be able to get around the government IP bans…
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The archive
A running collection of ideas, detours, and things worth remembering.
Sir, What's That In Your Trunk?
I had to go to LAX today to pick up a ticket and I may have almost given one of the security guys a heart attack. First off, I haven't flown recently but I have flown several times over…
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Wow, what a night. I set out to play just 100 hands because I had some other things I had to do and I walked away 100 hands later up 40BB. Believe me, it wasn't all me. The poker gods…
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Yes, I'm starting to believe my drought has really ended. Last night I tried playing two .50/$1 tables but Paradise couldn't seem to keep a second table full and the number of players…
Read the articleChat Like A Pro
I caught one of Grubby's posts and the following jumped out at me: I'm usually quiet in chat, not even saying "nh" but throwing in a "ty" if someone says it to me. I think there's a…
Read the articleLessons From Losing
Ahhhh . . . I think I may have risen out of my card funk. For about the last week of online playing I had been getting my butt handed to me. Over about 5 sessions I lost 150BB. I'm not…
Read the articleA Real Showdown (almost)
I was up in Monterey this weekend scuba diving with my buddy Jason. He's got the poker bug as well so when we got into town he flipped through the phone book and found some local card…
Read the articleRandom Thoughts 03/17/04
PokerTracker is an excellent tool for many reasons but one of the new ways I've found to use it is to uncover the re-loaders. Have you ever been playing and you see some guy sit down…
Read the articleRandom Thoughts 03/16/04
Whenever I think about playing a marginal hand, I try to take Lee Jones' advice in Winning Low Limit Hold 'Em; Look for an excuse to fold. I'm usually pretty tight but if you're sitting…
Read the articleRandom Thoughts 03/15/04
Random thoughts going through my head tonight as I played online: Why do people say "nh" about hands that were not very nice nor were they played well? Case in point, I folded pre-flop…
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