Uncle Sam Sucks
I hate paying taxes. It would be nice if they just sent you a bill every year but instead they just take it out of your paycheck before you even see it and then, like a crack addict,…
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Whatever Happens In Bangkok, Stays in Bangkok
Since I got Tivo I rarely see commercials. First off, I don't watch that much television to begin with but more importantly, with Tivo I can skip the commercials. Still, I do love a good…
Read the articleBetting your life savings on roulette
MSNBC is running a story about Londoner, Ashley Revell, who claims to be a professional gambler, placing a $135,300 bet on "Red" resulting in a $270,600 payoff. Just in case you're…
Read the articleSongkran
I spent the day with a scuba and travel buddy at the Songkran festival held at Wat Thai in the San Fernando Valley. Songkran is the Thai new year (currently 2547) and is a enthusiastic…
Read the articleSo far, so good
Couldn't find any juicy games when I logged into Paradise so I played a $5 + $1 SNG. Took first place. My strategiology? I played almost no hands for the first 3 orbits. When I did take…
Read the articleOnline Gambling DOJ Letters
The other day I wrote about Google and Yahoo pulling ads for online gambling sites. Well, TechDirt has a follow up on that where it seems the DOJ has been sending out some nastygrams to…
Read the articleBack At The Tables
Finally was able to get in about 100 hands this evening after about a week and a half break from the virtual (and b&m) tables. Played two tables at Paradise and seemed to hit some big…
Read the articleEasiest or Hardest Job in the World? You Decide.
I was reading The Economist recently and they had the story of Abdi Jimale Osman, Somalia's minister of tourism. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, Somalia…
Read the articlePauly's Quest For The Gold
I just got done reading Pauly's post over at the Tao of Poker and I have some mixed thoughts on it. To give the background (in case you didn't read the link), Pauly has made it into the…
Read the articleChris and Hank's Excellent Adventure
I'm a big fan of both HDouble's The Cards Speak posts as well as Chris Halverson's blog. Good to see Hank was able to show Chris a good time while Chris was out visiting Los Angeles. A…
Read the articleFoiled!
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…
Read the articleSir, 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…
Read the articleMonsters
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…
Read the articlePlaying Poker From Behind the Curtain?
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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