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Bluefire Poker

2011-09-05T02:41:00.002-05:00

improve your poker game with all of the resources that are available through Blue Fire Poker. The site includes educational and instructional poker content, as well as content that is designed for entertainment purposes. Poker Pros At Blue Fire Poker you have the chance to learn from pro poker players such as Phil Galfond. All of the poker pros at Blue Fire are top players in the games that they

Find Poker in Online Bingo sites

2010-12-03T19:19:00.000-05:00

Online Poker sites are all over the internet and some of the brands that offer this games also offer other casino games. In the other hand Casino sites and even Online Bingo sites also have their poker options. No matter if you decide to play with a Poker, Casino or Bingo brand, Online Poker is so popular that you’ll find it everywhere

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2010-11-15T00:13:00.000-05:00

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Aussie Millions 2011

2010-07-27T17:57:00.004-05:00

Australian poker rooms are buzzing with news of the upcoming Aussie Millions 2011 event. The Aussie Millions is a spellbinding contest between the finest poker players. It’s the Southern Hemisphere’s premier poker tournament and the prize money is sensational. Every January at the Crown Casino in Melbourne, the Aussie Millions poker contest kicks off. Some of the biggest names in the poker world

Tiger Mahjong Scratchcard Review

2010-07-16T23:39:00.001-05:00

Scratchcards can be found at many of the online casinos and they have become popular with a lot of players. The scratchcards can generally be located in the specialty games section of an online casino. One scratchcard that has been launched and is expected to become quite popular and capture the attention of many online players is the Tiger Mahjong Scratchcard. This scratchcard is intriguing and

True Poker Review

2010-07-16T08:35:00.002-05:00

The True Poker Site looks good. As the centrepiece of a poker website it really hits the spot. The nice looking graphics sit well on a black background and in a nide twist the guys at Truepoker have not put a “download now” banner that takes up most of the page but have made it big enough to see easily without ruining the overall look and feel. The lack of dropdown menus for easy navigating is

888 Poker Netork Review

2010-06-17T21:15:00.001-05:00

The 888 Poker Network is operated by Cassava Enterprises and is owned by 888 Holdings. It is licensed by the Government of Gibraltar. 888 Holdings is one of the oldest and most experienced online gaming providers available in the industry today. It was established in 1997 and since then has been listed on the London Stock Exchange. 888 Holding's first foray into the poker industry was with the

Excel Help

2010-05-18T06:29:00.002-05:00

Although totally unrelated to gambling, I thought I'd talk about an extremely helpful website I came across the other day.Now I'm not a very technical person so I was banging my head against the wall trying to figure out how to use Excel properly. All I wanted to do was organize a list of contacts I had which was basically a schedule of tasks assigned to particular people and I wanted to sort it

Winner Poker Bonus Codes

2010-05-15T01:41:00.002-05:00

There are many online poker rooms available for players on the Internet. Winner Poker is one such poker room, which offers its players a lot of services that set it apart from the rest. The site itself is part of the Redfinger Trading Limited, which is a company based out of Cyprus. The main features of the Winner Poker site are their numerous cash tables, round-the-clock poker games, many

Basics Of Online Poker

2010-05-10T20:04:00.001-05:00

Online poker is one of the most popular online gambling ventures. This game has managed to achieve cult status around the world, with millions of players taking to the various poker websites to indulge in a little poker. Online poker however, is a little different from regular poker and players sometimes find it a bit tough to make the transition from one form to the other. For players who are

The WSOP Uncovered

2010-04-24T08:05:00.002-05:00

Las Vegas is the epicenter of bricks and mortar gambling – with all manner of card, table and video slot games ruling the roost. But deep in the heart of Vegas beats the pulse of Poker. This is the game that pundits the world over are all too eager to play. The 2010, 41st annual World Series of Poker (WSOP) is soon to kick off and the anticipation is extraordinary. Come Thursday May 27, 2010 the

40th international World Series of poker

2009-11-15T20:35:00.002-05:00

The biggest tournament that is “40th international World Series of poker” has completed in “Las Vegas” more than thousand people came and gambles for many times in a month for thousand millions of dollars. Total 9 players from 6494 players were on the final table of main event, these players were called the “November nine”. The winning amount of the wsop was the gold bracelet and $8,546,435.Some

Latest Poker Bonuses Leaderboard

2009-10-05T20:29:00.002-05:00

Going to be running a fantastic leaderboard promotion at LatestPokerBonuses.comDetailed haven't quite been finalized yet but it looks like it will turn out to be exciting. With a prizepool of $1,000 and an additional $200 for those who don't come top 5, it's a pretty nice incentive for people to play in.More details about it when it's confirmed!

Mahjong

2009-07-16T20:01:00.002-05:00

Ever played mahjong?I've been playing it a bit recently with some mates and it's pretty fun. It's a nice change of pace from poker but I'm still very much a beginner at it as I'm still learning the rules :p I'm yet to try the mahjong solitare yet although I think that's an entirely different game. Next thing on the "to buy" list for me is definitely a mahjong table. Hopefully they're not too

No Deposit Poker Bonuses

2009-07-13T01:17:00.002-05:00

Want to play poker without risking any money? I highly recommend taking advantage of no deposit poker bonuses before jumping into the deep end. No deposit poker bonuses are a way for you to start off with free money that is generously provided by poker sites which can be withdrawable pending certain criteria. They are especially handy for the newer players who can gain experience and learn

Drewspop's Blog

2009-07-07T07:08:00.004-05:00

Hi All,Drewspop has moved on from his poker days and has created his own personal blog which can be found here so if you're wondering where he went, that would be the first place to look.

Wow, time does fly!

2009-06-11T14:04:00.007-05:00

Hello World.Geez, I haven't been here forever. It could use a fresh coat of paint. Seriously though, can you believe how fast time goes by? I hope everyone is fairing ok during our economic breakdown. I have been busy as usual with the kids, wife and work. We are well into baseball season and getting ready for summer 8U all stars. I am coaching and we are playing in 3 tournaments during

2009-01-20T14:08:00.001-05:00

Wow, it's been a long time. Hardly any poker in my life these days. I did get out to Vegas in September, but other than that, unfortunately, I have been relatively gamble free for too long!Football season was a lot of fun this year. I was an assistant coach to the little guys at the 7-9 year old level. It was fun to watch my 7 year old start off real tentative and then get more and more into

Blogger Survivor Pool

2008-08-14T13:28:00.000-05:00

Hello drewspoppoker,Welcome to Yahoo! Sports Survival Football. You have joined the Private Group called Blogger Survivor Football and entered the team called Drewspop in that group.You are now ready to participate in Survival Football. Your goal is to predict the winner of one professional football game each week. Win, and you keep picking. Lose, and you're eliminated.Thanks for joining. Good

More on the Moooook

2008-08-07T12:55:00.000-05:00

So last night was pretty crazy. My kids have been sick, so luckily football practice got cancelled. We hung out for a while, they went to sleep, and my wife was reading a book. I was watching the Sox but decided to pull up Full Tilt and see what was going on. I didn’t have any money in FT, but had to itch to play and figured I might see a few degenerate throwbacks out there somewhere. Sure

I did what??

2008-08-07T00:23:00.000-05:00

I jumped into the Mookie tonight and I, umm, won...It took 2 suckouts, one EPIC suckout to finish it too. Waffles caught me being too aggro with the lead and trapped me, but the river helped me. It felt like 2 years ago. Gotta go to bed now. More tomorrow.

PokerIntensity.com and other stuff...

2008-08-06T07:46:00.000-05:00

So I recently began to feel the pull of online poker again. I had some time on my hands one night and found myself firing up Full Tilt and searching for some of you out there. I rang up the girly chat and said hello to a few of you that I was used to talking to so much in the past. Since I haven't been able to play much live poker lately, I was looking for a way to get back in the game, but to

Actual Poker Content!

2008-07-22T06:35:00.000-05:00

I won a slider last night. Yup, bronze, insulated, screen included.I picked up a little bankroll at Bodog and started trying to whittle it away last night. Actually, I really started yesterday on the train ride home. I downloaded their mobile casino client. Sweet, an hour of -EV games to fill my time. I toiled on my $.25 Jacks or Better video poker, and just about broke even. Not too bad.

Vegas Trip Report-Part 3

2008-07-21T06:09:00.000-05:00

So I left off the trip report just after we left Sapphire to meet up with Don and Carmen. We started to stragger down the strip from about the Circus Circus area, but I quickly realized we were running late, so jumped in a cab to get us to our meeting spot. We met up at Diablo's Cantina in front of the Monte Carlo. My buddy, who had met Carmen a year or 2 ago quickly, forgot who we were

General Update

2008-07-18T08:51:00.000-05:00

So I am going to take a quick detour from the trip report, part 3. Just a quick post about what is going on in general, to noone in particular.Baseball season ended a couple weeks ago, but my 2 older boys are still playing in a summer fun league. It is great for my 7 year old because he is facing live pitching for the first time, so he is getting a feel for what it will be like for him next

Vegas Trip Report-Part 2

2008-07-16T06:06:00.000-05:00

Ok, so I left off in the middle of the second day, just after hitting a Royal on video poker. By that time, it is about 1:00pm or so. We decide to beat it out of downtown and grab a cab from the Plaza.It was a nice sunny day in Vegas, fresh off a little VP score. What do we decide to do next? Strip Club naturally. Now I am not a huge strip club guy. I couldn't possibly love the female form

Vegas Trip Report

2008-07-10T14:43:00.000-05:00

Well, only 3 months since my trip. I guess it is time to put up a quick trip report. I am on vacation this week, and have a few minutes to breathe, so my thoughts drifted off to Vegas. I am going back on September 7th for a conference and I can't wait, but about the last trip...We took a 7am flight out of Boston and got to Vegas at about 10am. My buddy and I really wanted to check out some of

VP Crawl

2008-04-04T07:31:00.002-05:00

My first test email didn't post immediately so I am trying again. Anyway, I think I am going to a VP crawl while in Vegas. Basically, sit down and get a drink immediately if possible. Stick $10 into a VP machine and play it until my drink is gone. Cash out whatever is left and move on. I will try and chronicle each step. Could be fun.

Testing for Vegas

2008-04-04T05:08:00.002-05:00

Just a quick test of sending posts from the blackberry. Preparing for my Vegas trip that starts tomorrow morning!

Nightmare Weekend

2008-03-17T06:14:00.000-05:00

So who knew I would have something to post again so soon right? Btw, thanks to those that stopped by last week and said hello. Good hear from you all and glad you are doing well.So last week ended bad for me. I was in the process of hiring a new guy and I thought I had it all sewn up. It was someone I knew, so it was great for me in that I knew what I was getting, and he would be a great fit.

Disgusting

2008-03-11T06:10:00.000-05:00

July 25th was the last time I posted? WTF? Man, life has been busy, but really, 7 months? Ok, so obviously, this is dead on the vine. Life has overtaken, and I no longer have time for as much poker as I used to enjoy. Why not a quick update then huh?I have been way out of touch. I can't help keeping up with Don's blog, and Carmen's blog, at least every couple weeks or so. I know I am

Bruschi Alive and Well

2007-07-25T08:29:00.000-05:00

Well, we were all freaking out last night in our house. One of the guys that works for me had gotten an email saying that Tedy Bruschi had a heart attach and died. Since we couldn't find anything to confirm it, we hoped for the best.Then, around 9:30pm, my wife gets a call from a friend saying the same thing. Again, we couldn't find anything to confirm it. Apparently, it was just a rumor that

Summer Update

2007-07-19T12:55:00.000-05:00

Hi all. Hope everyone is enjoying their summer. It is slipping away quickly up here.Quick update on what is going on here. Baseball ended at the end of June with my son's team finishing 9-4 in the regular season, winning a playoff game, then losing the next game. The absolute highlight was the playoff game they won. My son struggled at the plate this year. Not sure why (great coach huh?).

My 7 Things

2007-05-18T08:28:00.000-05:00

So thanks to Don-nie, the Uniballer (yeah, that one might stick), you are going to be treated to a bunch of me rattling on about my 7 things. I intended for this to be pretty short, but it wasn’t meant to be I guess. Sorry about that. And with that, I am off…1. I have never been addicted to anything, with one exception. Yeah, online poker is the only thing I have ever been addicted to. For

My monthly post

2007-04-25T20:46:00.000-05:00

I was catching up on a few of you characters and reading about Mookie's Weekend got me inspired. I have been ridiculously busy at work lately, and when not at work, it has been this...I have also been keeping real busy around the house now that spring is finally here. I am resurfacing my deck and putting in a new stamped concrete patio. The deck is a real pain in the ass because I am switching

Steve Ferris RIP

2007-03-22T19:04:00.000-05:00

I know, bummer title. My buddy Steve died in his sleep last night. He was only in his 40's and leaves a wife and 2 young sons behind. Steve was someone that I probably would never have gotten to know if it weren't for our mutual love for the game of poker. I have talked in the past here about how I really got into poker about a year and a half ago when I started playing at one of the local

Update

2007-02-13T16:45:00.000-05:00

Sorry, this place is obviously dead, but given the fact that I still have beautiful women checking me out, here is a cliff notes update for anyone that might care. Further details to follow when I can do it.-A month and a half since my last update (WTF?)-Went on the Disney Cruise-Broke my ankle playing basketball drunk and barefoot with my 10 year old on the cruise-Was in a wheelchair for the

Time to lose some lbs

2007-01-05T09:28:00.000-05:00

First off, thanks to those of you that stopped by to say hi. I do miss ringing up the girly chat occasionally, and hopefully I will find some time to get back out there soon. I am getting the itch to play the Mookie again soon too. Most likely later in the month when we get back from vacation.I am also itching to get back out to see Don again. Man I love reading those updates of his. I have

Still alive...

2006-12-29T07:49:00.001-05:00

Man, it has been a long time. The last couple months have been pretty crazy, but I realized that yesterday was the one year anniversary of this little spot so I figured I should come out of hiding.Actually, haven't been hiding, just busy as hell at the new gig. I am really happy at work for the first time in years though, so all in all, it was a great move. Long days though. Up at 5am, on a

Yup, still alive...

2006-10-24T21:18:00.000-05:00

Thanks for asking Mook. Actually I have been ridiculously busy over the last few weeks. New job, football, all kinds of crap to keep me busy.In my last job, I was able to read everyone out there consistently, and had plenty of time to post. Also, I felt comfortable that it would not cause any problems if I was posting from my last job. The place was huge and if some little dweeb was going to

Update...

2006-10-09T06:06:00.000-05:00

I am still alive, but not playing much poker at all. Actually, I had a crazy busy week and this one will be more of the same I am sure. The quick update is...We are on a 2 game win streak in football so we are back to .500. We have a good shot at making the playoffs and the kids are doing really well. I missed yesterday's game because it was my sister wedding. The head coach picked up my son

The last day

2006-09-29T08:18:00.000-05:00

So here we are. My last day at work here at State Street Corp. In an ironic twist, the monthly employee newsletter was published yesterday with my 10th year anniversary announcement included. The company is huge, so the list is real big anyway, but it was pretty funny to see that.I move on from my role as requirements manager within our IT group here, to a new role as director of operations

Actual Poker Content...No, Really!!

2006-09-27T13:17:00.000-05:00

Not a lot, mind you, but I did play a little bit last night on Stars. I got home a little late for the WWdN so I jumped into a 1 table turbo SNG and also registered for the $10+1 Turbo MTT that started at 9:45 or so.In the 1 table, I ended up cashing but in 3rd. Nothing much to speak of really, but I was happy to get some cash on the positive side for once lately. After trying to do a little

Random Sunday Morning Post

2006-09-24T07:22:00.000-05:00

Ok, so as I get ready for a big day of football, I can't believe that I forgot one thing in my post on Friday. I forgot to tell everyone that my wife, I and about 20 of our friends were going to a concert last night.We aren't much into concerts really, and this was the first one we had been to in years actually. But since all of our friends were going, we figured we just couldn't pass up seeing

Man, I am slacking lately...

2006-09-22T09:32:00.000-05:00

So, another week of craptastic posting by me. Great timing too, with the blogfather pimping me and all. I have just been too busy, distracted, disinterested, etc. to put anything good together. I know, cry me a river, but don’t expect too much from this one either.My week has been pretty busy with football mostly. If we are going to win any games this year, we have to make some changes. We

Football and Poker Weekend

2006-09-18T08:46:00.000-05:00

First off, I want to thank Iggy for pimping me today. Much appreciated sir.Ended up playing the homegame on Friday night. We ended up with 9 players, including my wife. That turned out interesting as we ended up bickering most of the night because I was being an a-hole know it all that couldn't win a freakin hand. I would make some dumbass comment about a hand and she would get defensive. It

2006-09-15T06:59:00.000-05:00

Been getting beat down whenever I play poker lately. It is a combination of my play and some variance I guess. I won a token the other night after I busted out of the Mookie. I am probably going to try and play one of the guarantees sometime this weekend to use it. I have been playing mostly $25 SH NL on Party. I had been doing ok and made a couple withdrawals to do some promos here and

This sucks...

2006-09-14T20:50:00.000-05:00

***** Hand History for Game 5172057895 *****$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Thursday, September 14, 20:37:54 ET 2006Table Table 107997 (Real Money)Seat 2 is the buttonTotal number of players : 6Seat 1: wakuz_42 ( $28 )Seat 2: perfume44 ( $45.84 )Seat 3: spoiler1981 ( $35.37 )Seat 4: nosaj103 ( $35.65 )Seat 6: yasher4l ( $53.30 )Seat 5: drewspop ( $18.70 )spoiler1981 posts small blind [$0.10].nosaj103

Pimpin' ain't easy...

2006-09-13T12:16:00.000-05:00

...well, unless it is for Kristin's paintings, Mookie's tourney, and PokerSavvy!Ok, first up, check this out. First, the picture I sent to her...and then the painting...Come on now, is that great or what? She even made my butt a little smaller, wOOt! If you want a surprise Christmas gift, get your orders in now. I can't wait to get it.I will be playing the Mookie tonight. I have been pretty

Fantasy Football season starts slow...

2006-09-12T08:20:00.000-05:00

Well, I did manage to edge out Waffles this week in the blogger league, but lost all three of my other leagues. Not a good start at all. One of my teams is really weak. Not to make excuses but I wasn't at the draft and my partner butchered it. Big time. I am already pushing the panic button on that league and it is the most expensive one I am in. Kinda sucks.I forgot to mention that

First win...

2006-09-11T15:00:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone had a good weekend. You gotta love the first weekend of the NFL season. Unfortunately (or fortunately based on their play), I didn’t get to see one snap of the Patriots game yesterday. I was too busy at our Pop Warner game getting our first win. It was a close game, much closer than it should have been, but we ended up pulling it out in the end.My son had a pretty good game, and

The Mookie charity tourney and the new gig

2006-09-07T12:25:00.000-05:00

I played in the Tanner Evers Charity tourney last night on FT, organized by Mookie. Great job as always by Mookie, drawing a huge, generous crowd of 66 runners. I had a great starting table with Hoy, Smokkee, Mookie himself, Love Elf, Drizz, Gary, Cmitch, and I know I am forgetting at least 1. A great group, for sure.I played like garbage and the lack of blogger events lately was pretty

Tanner Evers Tourney Tonight

2006-09-06T12:03:00.000-05:00

I will be playing in the tourney that Mookie set up as a benefit on Full Tilt tonight. A lot of people are putting up bounties, so I decided to join them.As my bounty, I will pay for your entry into a knockout pool for the NFL season. It is a $20 knockout pool in which you pick a different team each week to win their game, no spread included. I am also already in the pool. If you are the

Finally another post...

2006-09-05T13:43:00.000-05:00

Wow. I can’t believe it has been a full week since my last post. It is a busy time around here I guess. I haven’t been playing much lately, and the time I do I has been spent with football and work issues.For a quick rundown of the last week, here we go. My last post was about the Mansion Steelers promotion. Thanks for the feedback all. I decided to not bother for a number of reasons. The

Mansion Steelers Promo-Please comment

2006-08-30T12:32:00.000-05:00

If you are reading this, I want your opinion. If the $1100 required for this promotion represented your entire online bankroll, would you do it?Please comment.

More Party and Mookie's Charity Tourney

2006-08-29T07:46:00.000-05:00

I ended up getting down to the bar for the Monday night tourney for the first time in a while. It was a raining, crappy night, so football practice was a little shorter than normal, which gave me enough time to get there before the break. I ended losing a couple races though and was out within a half hour. I had something to eat, hung out with some people for a while and then made it home a

Tilty Weekend

2006-08-28T07:21:00.000-05:00

Good Monday morning. I guess. I have about an hour before I go off to meet with HR at the possible new place. Figured I could pound something out quickly, since this place is a ghost town before 9am anyway, never mind on Monday.My weekend was pretty interesting. I think I finally experienced true tilt. Anyone that reads this crap knows I am a low stakes player. My bankroll is pretty small

TGIF

2006-08-25T12:56:00.000-05:00

TGIF. Really. This has been a long week and I am looking forward to my weekend. I talked to HR at the new place yesterday and I set up a meeting with them on Monday morning to discuss details of a possible change. I was hoping to get that taken care of this week, but I will have to suffer through the weekend not knowing one way or another yet. I wish I wasn’t so impatient about things like

Some football and Omaha, what a combo

2006-08-24T07:13:00.000-05:00

Still waiting to finalize the new job situation, but it is looking good. The old boss called me yesterday and said the HR person would call me today to set up a time for me to come in and talk to her about everything. Grrr. I am so impatient. It is hard for me to concentrate on my current job knowing that I am probably leaving.On the football front, I am having a lot of fun, learning a lot,

More Psychosis

2006-08-22T14:08:00.000-05:00

Thanks to everyone for the comments about the 200 posts. Glad that, for whatever reason, some people find the crap I spew out on here somewhat interesting (?). Maybe like a train wreck or something. Anyway, I appreciate it, just like the support when I started talking about Crazy Neighbor. And yes, I do have more on that.Well, I know this is getting old fast, but oh well. My buddy called me

Update Schmorgasbord

2006-08-21T07:06:00.000-05:00

Wow, lots to catch up on since the last time I really posted, Thursday morning, when the crazy neighbor pissed me off. In no particular order, here goes…The 45 SNG Challenge is all over. Last night was the last night for registrations and it closed with a race to the finish. The final tally says that 1st place was Johnny Mac with 36 points, 2nd place was yours truly with 33 points, 3rd place

Thursday's post a day late...

2006-08-18T09:59:00.000-05:00

First off, thanks to everyone that left a comment on my personal tilt post from yesterday. People are really whacked out sometimes. To finish off the story, hopefully anyway. My buddy sent someone over to talk to my wife. After he heard what she had to say, he said that he would go over and talk to them. When my wife said that the psycho daughter wasn’t at home, he said he would tell the

Holy Shit, I am so pissed off...

2006-08-16T10:39:00.000-05:00

This has nothing to do with poker, but I am on personal tilt right now, big time.We have a psycho bitch neighbor across the street. Her and her husband have 3 adult children and then an 8 year old. Basically, we have had nothing to do with these people since they moved in. Two of the adult children live at home still and are basically no good. The 8 yr old has trouble keeping any friends,

PokerSavvy Rocks On...

2006-08-15T09:11:00.000-05:00

Thanks to anyone that signed up for PokerSavvy using my link. I ended up gathering some points, as people completed promotions, and was able to score a few necessities this weekend with those points. If you have not already done so, sign up and take advantage of the Mansion promo, which is still running. I detailed it out a while back, and if you didn’t have the time then, take advantage now.

I blew it on Saturday

2006-08-14T08:50:00.000-05:00

Yup, I blew it. The tourney went just like I expected. Well, the turnout did at least. There were only 31 people there. I only needed to get in the top 16 to move on to the state tourney and I blew it.My tourney really came down to 1 hand. I was card dead through the first 2 levels and played maybe 2 or 3 hands, including blinds. In the middle of the third level, with blinds at 50/100, I am

Some Housecleaning Items

2006-08-11T09:49:00.000-05:00

Since my brief poker night sucked last night, going out quickly in 2 45 SNGs, I figured I would go in a different direction today. Some random items that I have mentioned before that need some updates. Oh yeah, I know you were wondering so…The job discussion got moved to next week. The main person I need to talk to was out this week so next Wednesday afternoon, I will be meeting with 4 people

2006-08-10T07:34:00.000-05:00

Football practice was relatively boring last night. After we ran the kids, we got the line in one group and the backs in another group. I helped teach the backs the formations we are going to run out of, and we went over some of the play wording for when they will be in motion. Finally, we went through 3 of the 29 plays we currently have in our playbook. I doubt we will end up using all of

Blogger Fantasy Football and other stuff

2006-08-09T12:45:00.000-05:00

Welcome to my newly minted Football coaches blog. Just kidding, but no poker for me last night. By the time I got home from practice, ate dinner, and got access to the laptop, it was too late to play anything. I didn’t even update the 45 SNG Challenge scoreboard yet today, and won’t be able to until tonight because I can’t get at hotmail from work. For those of you interested, I think Jordan

Motion and Power and Pull, Oh My!

2006-08-08T13:19:00.000-05:00

We had a 3 hour coach’s practice last night where we talked about each kid’s strengths and weaknesses. Who we thought would be an attitude problem, who we thought would be getting the minimum number of plays each game, and who we thought would be starting. We also talked about the offensive plays and the defensive schemes. I have a whole lot to learn about football. It’s pretty cool. I just

Kid Update

2006-08-07T13:34:00.000-05:00

Well, the good news is that the doc did some x-rays and didn't find anything structurally wrong. The bad news is, not sure about the source of the pain. He said they get it all the time and it could be from the cleats. Those damn things weren't cheap either man. Anyway, he'll be gellin' for the next couple days. At least I won't be coaching a team without my kid on it. If it keeps up, we

Happy Monday

2006-08-07T07:39:00.000-05:00

Hope everyone had a nice weekend. I did. The weather here was beautiful, sunny without any humidity. It was great. We had football practice Friday and Saturday but we are skipping today so we can have a full 5 days in pads this week. We will be practicing from Tuesday through Saturday again. The team looks pretty good. Like I said before, I don’t know as much as I should about football but

TGIF

2006-08-04T08:23:00.000-05:00

First off, thanks to everyone that stopped by and to everyone that left a comment on yesterday’s meandering post. Again, I wasn’t expecting that to be what I wrote about yesterday, but I am glad it evolved from a “whiney, poor me” post, to a “I appreciate what I have” post.The word of encouragement and understanding are great to read and I would expect nothing else from this community.

Blah blah blah

2006-08-03T07:55:00.000-05:00

Let me apologize in advance for this drivel that you may choose to continue reading. I am writing this after I have finished the post, since I didn’t really realize this was the direction I would be taking today. I guess that is the beauty of a ghey online journal. A random soul dump every once in a while. Ok, on to the drivel…I have been playing very little poker lately. Not sure exactly

Ugh 382...

2006-08-01T12:20:00.000-05:00

382. That is the number of unread posts I have in my Bloglines account. That is a lot of catching up. It is going to take a while.I had a great little break up in the White Mountains of NH that I hope to write up later tonight. I am busy as all hell at work and right after work, I am heading over to my son's football practice. Pop Warner practice starts today. It is about 95 degrees with

DADI, Challenge Points, and Pictures (finally)

2006-07-27T08:37:00.000-05:00

Yup, I did make it to the DADI last night. I played it safe, doubled up kinda early and never had to rebuy, so after the addon, I was into the tourney for $10. Not too bad. I busted 17th when I played my hand as bad as I probably could have. I called a raise with A8d in the BB and the flop was no help to me. I check, he checked. The turn was an A. We got it all in the middle and he had

A few more points

2006-07-26T08:11:00.000-05:00

I finally got to play another 45 SNG last night and I came in 4th. I picked up 5 points in the Challenge, which I needed desperately. There are a lot of points going up on the board in the challenge and I need to keep pace.The tourney was a real roller coaster ride for me as I played a little bit looser than normal once I got a few chips. I ended up losing one big hand about midway through

I guess I lied

2006-07-25T14:19:00.000-05:00

Yeah, I lied. No poker last night...again.I ended up at the car dealership for 3 hours pounding out a deal on a new Tundra. It was worth it though because I love it and I think I got a pretty reasonable deal overall. Hoff left me some good advice in yesterday's post, but alas, I had already sealed the deal. I like the current body type on the double cab Tundra's anyway, so it's all

Can't think of a catchy title

2006-07-24T08:06:00.000-05:00

Why is it that Monday’s always come so fast? I was pretty busy at work on Friday so I didn’t get to post. I guess I didn’t have much to talk about from Thursday anyway. I talked a guy about a job on Friday because the role that I currently play is driving me nuts. I am busy, but I really should be even busier if I really was doing what I should be. I really have to find something I like

Poker is not always nice; more blogger meetups?

2006-07-20T09:31:00.000-05:00

Poker was not my friend last night. Not that I lost a lot or anything, but the game was unkind. I started my night off at the bar league. I played fine, pushed a guy when I had him covered by about 3 times when the flop was all clubs, he bet out 1K and I have the Ac in my hand. He thought for a second before called with his made flush Q high. I made my flush on the river to put him out. Hmm

Are you playing too I hope?

2006-07-19T09:15:00.000-05:00

Mac Poker

On the board and meeting a blogger

2006-07-19T08:06:00.000-05:00

I was able to get in one 45 SNG last night toward the challenge and I am happy to say I am on the board. I ended up taking second when I got really impatient for some reason heads up, after only a couple hands. I went over the top hoping to get the villain lay down his hand after a raise but he called with A6 vs my Q2 (hee haw, hee haw). He had me covered but I could have easily gotten back

A little poker and a little kid story

2006-07-18T08:08:00.000-05:00

Well, the 45 SNG Challenge is in full swing now. Almost everyone has played at least one and the high finishes just keep rolling in. Last night I got home late so rather than play, I ended up just organizing some of the registrations and results through email and then I railed both presdlee and macdaknife in their SNGs. Mac won his and pres should have won his but the donkey he was facing got

Weekend then some poker

2006-07-17T08:58:00.000-05:00

Hopefully everyone had a good weekend and managed to stay cool. Up here in New England it is hot as hell, like most of the country right now I guess. We went to a friend’s house Friday night and swam in their pool. I had a production move at work that I had to do a short checkout for, but ended up leaving a little early so I could do the checkout at their house. By 6pm I was into my second

45 SNG is underway, look out

2006-07-16T22:39:00.000-05:00

The bloggers are storming the 45 SNGs on Stars. Check out Guin...*Update* Yes, all the chips went in pre-flop...I bubbled in my first one. This is a tough group. We already have a 1st place, 2 2nd places and a 3rd place and it is the first night!

The Challenge is set, let's light this candle - Update

2006-07-15T07:15:00.000-05:00

Update: We needed to turn to the first alternate. Kat decided she was way to afraid (yeah right) so Don is taking her place. Not sure on what odds he has placed on himself.So we have all 20 people for the second 45 SNG Challenge. I will be updating the 45 SNG Challenge Blog with updates on the challenge from here forward. If you are in the challenge, please see that space for more

45 SNG Challenge - Field is set

2006-07-13T15:03:00.000-05:00

Update:Ok, it looks like I have 20 runners. The following are the brave souls that have signed on:CarmenSinCityMookie99GrinditoutHighonpokerGilainKatitude23skidooJJokWillWonkaDrizzPresdaveleeDrewspopMowenumdownGuinSurflexusTripjaxJohnny MacDarvalCCSowbugPlease send the following info to me via email or post it to the 45sngc blog so that everyone will have the info. I need you to post or send me

A New Challenge; want to join?

2006-07-12T22:40:00.000-05:00

Ok people, I am able to post this tonight since I just got bounced from the Mookie when my JJ ran into, umm, QJ when I pushed preflop. Yeah, I was down to about 900 chips but still. Anyway, he hit his straight so IGHN.Anyway, I need some focus so a new challenge is at hand. Back in March/April, I participated in the 45 SNG Challenge that Jordan and Trip set up. It was a good time and made me

Missed my train

2006-07-12T18:08:00.000-05:00

Been real busy at work and didn't even get to post today.After work, I went out for a couple beers intending to get the 6:20 trainhome. Umm, I guess it is the 6:15 train now. That kinda sucks since I gotto the station at 6:17 huh. Bubbye train, bubbye.Now I am sitting at the bar at Clark's in South Station waiting for the7:29 train. Yup, 7:29. I better be punctual or I will miss the

Tuesday Blues Braindump

2006-07-11T10:06:00.000-05:00

Well this will be short and sweet since work is sucking today. I had a great weekend in Maine. Did a lot of fishing, tubing, swimming, and jetskiing. The kids loved it and I think we will be making another trip up during August sometime. It is a long drive but worth it. We decided to drive home Sunday night so that the kids could sleep on the way and 3 hours into the 4 hour drive I got a

Cashing in the Mookie and Vacation awaits

2006-07-06T08:38:00.000-05:00

So I finally cashed again in a blogger tourney. It has been a long time since that happened for me. With the summer, baseball, and the work on finishing the attic, I haven’t been able to play much lately, which if fine. Real life takes precedent. Anyway, I was glad to get home in time to sing up for the best weekly blogger event out there. The Mookie.I was able to get some nice cards early

Back to work

2006-07-05T12:00:00.000-05:00

Well, the long weekend is over. Man, was that fast or what? We had a great time at the parade and then went over some friends’ house for the day. It was hot and humid all day and they have a pool, so it was a great day. I think my stomach is happy I am back in work though. Unfortunately, I counted up the number of burgers I have had since Saturday and it was an astoundingly gluttonous 7.

Happy Independence Day and PokerSavvy Instructions for the cash

2006-07-04T06:49:00.000-05:00

This is a real quick update because we are getting ready for a busy day. I just wanted to post about PokerSavvy real quick. A few of you have signed up and I wanted to let you know how they are converting the 900 points into the Neteller cash. Basically, just email support@pokersavvy.com and let them know you want to get the cash, once you have received your points. They will do it manually

DADI Winners, Boxing and PokerSavvy

2006-06-30T09:24:00.000-05:00

I needed to get a new laptop. The dinosaur just wasn’t going to cut it for the DADI last night. After work yesterday, I went to my cousin’s weigh-in, had some dinner and then headed over to Circuit City. My goal was to find a cheap laptop so that if it died soon, I wouldn’t be kicking myself like I am now about the Vaio that I overpaid for.I found just the trick as soon as I walked in. A

Losses

2006-06-29T08:55:00.000-05:00

Well, my plan was to post a bunch of happy pictures this morning but it didn't work out for the baseball team last night. It was scoreless into the 4th inning and then our pitching went in the tank. The starter couldn't get it over the plate, then my son couldn't then another kid couldn't before we found someone that could. It was a 9 run inning for them and the frustrating part about it was

The team marches on and other crap

2006-06-28T08:22:00.000-05:00

Well, the kids did it again last night. They jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first and never looked back winning the game 13-3. They all played great and got through, even though our pitcher struggled a little bit with his control. My son did great with 2 walks and an RBI double. Tonight is the final championship game. We haven’t played the other team all year because they were in the West

The Party, Laptop and Baseball

2006-06-27T08:05:00.000-05:00

The PartySo I will start off with the party on Saturday night. I was pretty busy so I couldn’t post it yesterday, and after some more thought about it, it probably isn’t enough for a full post anyway. It was one of those things that is tough to explain. You sorta had to be there.Suffice it to say, it was interesting, as any coed sex toy party would be I guess. The people that had the party

Rainy pokerless weekend

2006-06-26T08:24:00.000-05:00

Another pokerless update unfortunately. This time, I have a new reason; a dead laptop. When I got home on Friday, I tried to turn on the laptop and I got nothing.at.all.I have had the same problem with this machine before. It is a Sony Vaio which I probably paid too much for, and the design of the power plug is terrible. This is the second time that the post in the machine itself has broken

Friday afternoon, disgustin rant post, please don't read...

2006-06-23T13:28:00.000-05:00

Sorry for the second post of today, especially for the faint of heart. This is a non-poker post so be forewarned. Women shield your eyes please. This is just plain disgusting and highly inappropriate.Now I am a typical guy. I take great joy in bathroom humor. Just ask jjok, I am always the first one to comment about some of his stories while ROFL. For those of you that I have met in person,

No poker, just Blackjack whoring

2006-06-23T08:39:00.000-05:00

No pokery goodness last night for me. I only played blackjack and finished the first casino’s wager requirements. I was as low as $159 but finished on a sick run and got ridiculously lucky as I increased my bets at the right time using the method that Klopzi posted about. Once I won 3 in a row I increased my bet 1 unit. I finished at the high point of the whole time I played and will be

I recant my stacking story by Doubleas

2006-06-22T19:26:00.000-05:00

Ok, the memory was a little weak apparently. I got the hand history and here it is. Doubleas was right, it did go in on the turn. After rereading his comment, the way he played it makes a lot more sense than the way I was thinking about it. This is why I like playing the blogger events so much. There are a lot of players to learn from. That means you if you are reading this.Thanks for the