Archive for March, 2008

Logan Young: Sacrificial Lamb

NerdSuperfly wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt
Look at Mr. Young. He looks so peaceful, stoic, determined, and defiant. Damned all of the legal troubles, he is a true sacrifice for the institution that we call Alabama football. I love this pic of Mr. Young. Hanging on the wall behind him is [...]

Last day of the month part deux…

unknown wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHubby went in to do some work around his shop so I decided to play some poker.   I was in the mood to play some 45 player sngs on pokerstars.  I started with a $1 nlhe 45 player sng, it didn’t feel right almost right [...]

Our Trip To Tahoe

Shabbir wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptOur trip to Lake Tahoe has come and gone and I’m here to fill you in on the details. On Thursday morning we packed up the car (we’re still driving Jen’s Parent’s minivan) with an absurd amount of stuff and headed out on a three [...]

Borgata - NL$340, last Friday

Kasey Loessberg wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAfter a 4th place finish on Thursday night, I played in the noon NL$340 tourney.  10,000 in chips, 25-50 blinds, 30 minute rounds.  Hand one, I’m in the big blind, looking down at 8-8 and called someone’s 150 chip bet.  Flop 8,3,2 two clubs.  [...]

Ausgemärzt..

stockfield wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptDer März is’ vorbei und es war ein super Monat, eigentlich mein bester bisher in dem einen Jahr, dass ich jetzt OnlinePoker spiele. Ich hab an meinem Preflop-Spiel gearbeitet und meine Range etwas erweitert. Ich streue jetzt häufiger 3-und 4betBluffs mit ein und auch Postflop [...]

Hardware Pick of March: KEM Cards

Jim Treacher wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptPoker has gotten too mainstream for anyone to get by hosting a regular poker game without a decent set of chips and cards. The first to go is the chips, those plastic disks from Wal-mart just don’t fly anymore. If you are still using [...]

Last day of the month…

Kasey Loessberg wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFor many things…last time to rank in the railbird freeroll to make the top 50 of the month, last day of journaling before I can add my totals up for the month to see where things stand…I only add up once a month because [...]

Still sucking

Mike wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSorry about the lack of posts everyone, but poker’s still not going very well. I had a lesson with Wilt last Thursday where we crushed at 1/2, picking up about five buyins, but I just finished a really quick session and dropped three, so pretty [...]

Spring Break

23skidoo wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSpring Break consisted of me playing an intense amount of poker. I played literally for 8 days straight and pretty much did nothing else. Also, I saw a lot of my cousin and his crew. Seeing them involves a lot of drinking Heinekens and listening [...]

Headlines: Poker, Law, and Politics (03/31/08)

chr147 wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerpt
articles:
Hearing on UIGEA Rules Slated for Wednesday (CardPlayer, 03/28/08)
Gambling Raid Aftermath (WINK, 03/30/08 - FL)
Cave Spring grad and professional poker player holds workshop (The Roanoke Times, 03/31/08 - VA)
Poker President (Poker Player Newspaper, 03/30/08)
Editorial: Gambling losses (The Courier-Journal, 03/30/08 - KY)
GamCare, eCOGRA preach responsible gambling [...]