Grubby at PokerWorks

Reeling off the best July for my bankroll ever, I trudged through August with a whopping 11 losses in a row. The highlight of my month was skulking into Hustler to play 6/12 with a full kill and meeting Ruthie, with shoes so great I had to ask to take a picture, along with the novel Hustler carpeting.

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My shoes are drying from the sudden, freak tornado that passed through the south side of Chicago, wreaking power outages and floods all over the place.

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Full Tilt just started qualifiers for their new biweekly freerolls, and I’m so excited about this that I had to post about it.

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I had 28k in frequent player points and was gearing up to cash in 25k for a $285 bonus on Poker Stars, when I ran into a hitch.

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This week’s orange bracelet-o’-the-week is “Keep It Fun,” and because of my history with putting the fun in gamboolfunning (see Gamblers Anonymous’ Twenty Questions), The American Gaming Association kindly asked me to edit some of their talking points.
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The gambler in me that gets so pissed at others sucking out is the same gambler in me that dorkily sings out loud “We Are the Champions” while putting a bad beat on someone else.

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With my history of cracked Aces, obviously I should have folded with two all-ins behind me. But no, I get off on collecting bubble finishes in PokerTracker.

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My NETeller loot EFTed to my bank account in less than 12 hours. Just like the old days.

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