So I’m playing a SNG and the very first hand I’m dealt Q-10. With four limpers ahead I decide to call one off the button and see if I hit something. And I do–the flop comes Q-8-10. Top two, but a bit of a dangerous board, someone certainly has some kind of straight draw. It’s…
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I rooted for Kansas to beat UCLA last night…not realizing that my best bracket at the moment has UCLA in the final. True, I’m toast in the HUGE pool I’m in with like 500 people, but I’m in first place in Pauly’s pool. I need Oregon to beat Florida today. That would help, like, SO…
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The non-traveling call on Jeff Green at the end of the G-Town-Vandy game was…appalling? About as bad as it gets. Not only does he hop on his pivot foot a few times, he goes ahead and does a whole ‘nother spin move to get away from the double team. And gets his desperation heave to…
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I just read Allyn Jaffrey Shulman’s latest column over at Card Player. Headlined “Write Your Congressman”, it discusses the news that Barney Frank, the new chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, plans to introduce a bill to repeal the UIGEA. We’re OK so far. Thing is, after identifying Frank as the chairman of the…
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Sitting in a bar, beer at my side, doing work, watching hoops. These are the days. Stanford is getting the everlovin’ crap kicked out of them by Louisville, and folks in Syracuse and Manhattan (KS) are doubtless going apeshit. Fans of Florida A&M are also justifiably pissed, since they won their conference tournament and then…
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Watched the most recent episode of High Stakes Poker today. Um, how come Playtex was advertising so heavily during the show? Playtex, eHarmony, and Weight Watchers. Is this poker or Lifetime? I find this very confusing and a bit disorienting. ESPN has hired a new ombudsman. Not that anyone knew that ESPN had an ombudsman…
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This is a paid advertisement for UK Casinos These days our cousins across the pond seem to have a more enlightened attitude toward poker than we in the U.S.A. And if you’re planning a trip to the United Kingdom anytime soon, it might help to know what gaming options you have once you get there….
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So the Penguins are going to stay, and Pittsburgh is going to have a brand-new arena to replace the beloved but pretty disgusting Mellon Arena. It was touch and go for awhile, but the deal is apparently done. We’ll get to watch Crosby, Malkin, Staal, Fleury et al build a new dynasty. The city is…
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Sigh, another day, another half-assed (well, quarter-assed) article about the dangers of gambling. As I’ve said before, I’m not saying that gambling addiction doesn’t exist. I’m not saying it isn’t a potentially destructive vice. I’m not saying that it’s OK for 13-year-olds to play blackjack. But if we’re going to discuss the issue, we need…
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Funny, I always thought that ESPN would be against the government trying to restrict online poker. After all, how many programming hours has ESPN filled with the World Series of Poker? A zillion? But after reading Mark Kreidler’s hackjob, it looks like ESPN has it in for poker too. Kreidler’s column is such a sneering…
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