Monthly Archives: June 2007

Help, please!

I’m building a new page with a link over to the right there under “Pages” where I can list weekly online donkfests tournaments. Help me out and give me any and all tournies you are aware of and I’ll get … Continue reading

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Go, Pauly, Go!

I just snagged this from BG – pal Pauly’s in the money in Event #38 ($1500 NLHE) at the WSOP!!!! How great is that?? He will start the day with T27300 and will need to outlast only 161 players to … Continue reading

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The Big Dipper

I was snug in the little car, safely tucked at the side of my father. The seat-belt was fastened and the big padded bar lowered to our laps. I’d made a dash for the first car the second the attendant … Continue reading

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Alice in pokerland…

“Well, I’ve had enough. I need to go smoke.” That’s what one “player” said before pushing all in. A pink make-up tote had, moments before, been dropped into the middle of the table as a “pot sweetner.” The winner of … Continue reading

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Friday night live

Friday is my poker night. I zip out to the Riverwind right from work, or as soon there-after as possible. I’ve learned to phone ahead to get on the list, due to the rush hour traffic slow-up at the I-35, … Continue reading

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Telling tells

I had a poker conversation with a colleague today. He asked me how the poker was going and I said, “It’s going – up and down and all around.” He’s not a poker player, plays blackjack some, but not poker. … Continue reading

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Well, it’s one louder, isn’t it?

How great is that, huh? Hellmuth nabs number eleven. Can you imagine the eruption of joy, the cheers of the crowds around him, the unbridled celebration? Well, it would have to be imagined it because, unless you’d purchased the Bluff … Continue reading

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Chips on table 13!

My last session at the Riverwind was an odd one. I sat at a table with two people with whom I’ve played before. One I’ve written about – limping like a pro and in nearly every pot – who was … Continue reading

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Viva Las Vegas Laffin’??

I’m going to have to get a new cell phone. It appears to be on the fritz. It’s the only explanation I have for its three days of silence this weekend…. ANYway – so 13 events and counting at the … Continue reading

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Poker Porker

We’ve all encountered him at one time or another on the virtual felt. He joins the table with a short buy, enters every pot with a raise then when he loses the hand, he fills the chat-box with a tirade … Continue reading

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