I was playing some Omaha8 on Fulltilt this morning and I would like to say that it was going well but it was a parade of missed redraws, counterfeits and underfulls but this isn't about bad beats but about table manners.  I had one guy that was calling and raise with just about any 4 cards and had the luck of hitting a bunch of hands and a few with ( Read more... )

It's three days after the elections and we are all still standing, a bit more to the left, but still standing. I don't think that any group hugs and hand holding Kumbahya singing sessions are about to come about, but I think that this has to be better for the country and the world at large in some small way. I don't expect, even though I would ( Read more... )

A new day has dawned in America. I still think there is a whole hell of bunch of things to accomplish and so much of the the constitution that has been trample on in the last six years that I don't envy the task ahead of the Democrats. I approached the elections this year with more anger then I have in the past and it only angered me more the ( Read more... )

"If you are too clever you miss the point entirely" Tibetan saying ( Read more... )

Online poker is officially under siege and will become a crime 270 days after signing and it's a crime that this government doesn't realize there are many other important issues at hand rather then if I win or lose money at a hand of poker from the privacy of my home. The WTO has a hearing on the issue in December of this year that the US is in a ( Read more... )

Is poker a metaphor for life? Some days I think so and I have been thinking about this as I analyze my game more. I think that I am a solid player and as long as I pick the game that is right for me I can turn a profit. Everyone these days have been playing hold’em and that is what got me to the tables at first but I have found that it is not my ( Read more... )

First entry and what can I say, yet another place to blog and I am just one of a million or so who thinks he will stand out from the rest. Like that is going to happen!!! I will be happy if a couple you hang around for my ranting and hopefully astute observation on what it is to be a person in this world. What might be important to you may not ( Read more... )