Poker Perambulation

Actually, I’m not a big beer drinker in general; but, do have a lager with a pizza or nice, greasy tacos. Guinness though is a syrupy abomination that’s main ingredient has to be syrup of ipecac. (Now I’ve lost the Brit readers too.) But, ‘Guinness and Poker’ has always been rather tasty.

There are a lot of writers of poker blogs that are better writers than yours truly. Mean Gene, Change100, and the triplets at UpForPoker quickly come to mind. But, Iggy just might be in there too. (Whom I kidding…the SOB kills.)

There are those who get coverage with an important bit of info like missing chips. And there are those who make a insightful poker post – yes, poker is occasionally discussed in poker blogs — that we admire and try to put to use. And, there are the guys who are consistent and don’t have the crapola letdowns that the rest of us experience. And, dammit, he in those groups.

He also seems to know everybody that ever played poker. I’m sure James Garner consulted the pre-womb Iggy on how best to play Brett Maverick.

My best blogging results got boosted to astronomical levels from a one line blurb on G&P about something I wrote at the start. Thank God they’ve finally moved off the graph. It was like looking at an Internet bubble stock to look at the chart.

So why am I P.O.’d? Well, wouldn’t you be? In the past, I at least had the hope that my next reader was coming from some guy’s blog that was always whining about another of his bad beats. Now, I get a read from somebody who’s slumming after reading the Goober with the Ubber. Life ain’t fair! This is worse than that runner-runner that sends me packing. BAHH, baa, humbug.

Welcome Iggy! Thanks Linda!

ADDENDUM:

I’ve been on a rant about blinds. Sunday, I figured I’d play a tournament on Fulltilt – certainly far from the worst with their blind structure, but isn’t as good as Ultimate Bet. I actually concentrated while watching ‘Da Bears’ and got to where there were two tables left. And, while there, I managed to move up to 6th or 7th. In that lofty position I had an M = 7. That is dice rolling territory. It’d be nice if they were a blind or two behind at such a point. I’m not saying they are required to bend to every players whim. Yes, I should be able to cope as well as the next guy in such a position. And, yes, they do have double stack tournaments I can play too. But, it wouldn’t have to take a lot for them to make it a bit better and still finish the tournament in a reasonable time frame. You play a couple of hundred hands fairly well and it comes down to making coin flips. I got taken out with a blind steal attempt called by TT and QQ. And, the poor SOB with the girls has even more to complain about. LOL

I’ve been asking everyone to sign the online petition that will be sent to congress. When I started, there were just over 10K signing. I looked this morning and it is just over 12K. That is a shame. It should be a million strong. Go sign the damn thing!

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