Archive for October, 2005
Tuesday, October 25th, 2005
In my last post, I described the hand that busted me from the Inaugural PokerStars Blogger Tournament. Please ignore all my commentary about pot odds, etc. I was way off base.
After seeing the flop, I had 8 outs to an open-ended straight draw. I tried to compute my odds of ...
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Sunday, October 23rd, 2005
I played in the Inaugural PokerStars Blogger Championship today. Even though this was a freeroll tourney, this was my first online poker tournament for real stakes. The first prize was a trip to the Bahamas for PokerStars' Caribbean Poker Adventure. They were also giving away flat panel LCD TVs ...
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Tuesday, October 18th, 2005
Last night, I was using my Tivo. Under the Music, Photos, & More menu, I noticed a new item. I can't remember exactly what it said, but it was something like, "Browse and Purchase Movie Tickets" or something like that. It seems pretty cool, but it doesn't seem to work ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
My 20-month old son is very curious. He loves gizmos and gadgets. His two favorite things are the cordless phone and the Tivo remote. I've learned the hard way that he has to be kept under constant surveillance when he has these items.
When he has the phone, he pushes buttons ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
I've been playing a lot of poker online on Poker Stars to prepare for the Online Poker Blogger Championship. Last night, I got pocket Aces twice and twice they were beaten.
I opened from early position and raised twice the big blind to encourage action. I was middle of the pack ...
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Monday, October 17th, 2005
I finally saw Serenity last night. It was fantastic! I had high expectations going in and I was not disappointed in the least. I must disclose the fact that I am a huge Joss Whedon fan and a huge fan of the Firefly series that the movie was based on. ...
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Saturday, October 8th, 2005
How many times have I mentioned how cool PokerStars is? Many times. Here's another reason. They are having a tournament strictly for bloggers and it's free to enter! Of course, they get some free advertising from us bloggers. Seems like a pretty good trade off to me!
I have registered ...
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Friday, October 7th, 2005
My daughter is in Kindergarten and she has art class every other week, which she really enjoys.  Last night I asked her what they did in art this week.
She says, "We're learning about 'ordinary colors'".
I say, "Huh? Ordinary colors?  What are ordinary colors?"
She says, "You know...red, blue...and...wait...I forgot...red, blue, and......yellow...yeah, red, blue ...
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Thursday, October 6th, 2005
I don't typically get headaches. If I get one, it's usually pretty dull and Tylenol or Advil does the trick. Today, something happened that I can't explain.
I was working at my desk, and I thought I saw the reflection of a spinning ceiling fan in my glasses. ...
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Wednesday, October 5th, 2005
This past Friday, a co-worker of mine held a poker tournament to benefit Hurricane Katrina. The buy-in was $20 + $10. The $10 went toward Hurricane Katrina and the $20 went in the pot. I think he was expecting around 25 people or so, but only 12 showed up. I've ...
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