This is my last post at PokerWorks. My departure is a bit complicated.
NY Times Poker Coverage
Jim McManus wrote a recurring weekend column on poker for the New York Times. It was short-lived, missing the mark it seems for both poker zealots and the general population alike. Sunday’s article on the death of Frank DeSena, unfortunately, was read more widely.
Posted in Am I Better Because of Poker?
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The Business Acumen of Poker
Kajagugu highlighted a recent 2+2 thread of an internal FullTilt email generated by Howard Lederer. It was posted by Jimmy “goboboy” Fricke, last year’s runner-up at the Aussie Millions. Here is a snippet of Fricke’s request to FullTilt and the comment from Lederer.
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Close but No Cee-Gar in the Mook
Sweetie fell asleep with the Little Guy last night, which meant I got to sneak into the Mook. The result: a final table, this time making an arguably bad play to go out in 5th.
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Super Mario Brothers: The Lost Levels
After reading an article on Slate about the Mario Brothers sequel deemed too hard for Americans, I decided to watch a master at work on YouTube.
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Weekend Wrap: Dog Starts Fire?
I made it through jury duty unscathed last week, but watching the boys while Sweetie had a girls weekend away proved to be a bit more challenging.
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Sick Hand of the Week Halloween Edition
Well, I guess it could be worse. I could have been in this hand…
Posted in No-Limit Holdem, Online Poker
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Age of Empires Monkey Tilt
Ridiculous. I’ve now found something that is more of a waste of time than online poker: Age of Empires.
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CC’s Vlog1
So, I guess I’ve figured out that my Sony Vaio laptop has a whole video component to me (quick on the uptake here). Without further ado and no editing comes the launch edition.
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After a Wild Ride, There at the End
I was able to play in a blogger tourney for the first time in a long while as a record 112 players convened in the Mookie. I had a wild ride along the way.
Posted in Blogger Tourneys, Online Poker
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