Monthly Archives: August 2007
Ruthie’s slot shoes (by grubette)
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, … Continue reading
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Twitter and the tornado
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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Aussie Millions freerolls at Full Tilt
Full Tilt just started qualifiers for their new biweekly freerolls, and I’m so excited about this that I had to post about it.
Trading points for magic beans
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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Keeping gambling fun
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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Sucking out feels so good
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.
All electronic at the Four Winds
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.
No sex, please
My NETeller loot EFTed to my bank account in less than 12 hours. Just like the old days.
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