The pace continues

Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

The break-neck pace continues in the heart of Vegas, as the WSOP 2008 continues. Events 2-6 are now ALL running so the madness factor ramps up. Shamus continues to cover Event #4, and now another of my favorite bloggers has joined the fracas as well, one Gene Bromberg a.k.a "MeanGene." http://genebromberg.com He is currently covering Event #5 $1,000 No-Limit Hold'em w/ Re-buys Day 1. I'm just now getting sat down for the evening to enjoy catching up on all the goings-on, via the Live Reporting courtesy of the folks over at PokerNews.com, BUT so far here are the things which have caught my attention in the Live Reporting area http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-5-1000-nlhe-rebuys/:

"5 hours 14 minutes ago Posted by Pojo Mike 'The Mouth' Matusow. The Mouth Proves Useful. Though many players have been insulted and annoyed with Mike "The Mouth" Matusow's loud voice, there's one player at his table who especially appreciated it today. After seemingly being rivered by another opponent, a player who was all in grabbed his gear and headed away from the table. No one seemed to notice his departure, as he was nearly three tables away when Matusow had to yell, "Hey!" at the top of his lungs. The player turned around and Matusow yelled "It was a ten on the river, not a nine!" The player started walking back towards his seat to find his winnings waiting for him."

"4 hours 5 minutes ago Posted by MeanGene Reinforce the Legs on Table #12. That's the table Sorel Mizzi, Mark Vos, Steve Sung, and Adam Glassman are playing at. The players at that table have made 58 rebuys. Sung personally made 23. Which means that there are A LOT of chips on that table--a table that isn't scheduled to break for rather a long time. Whoever manages to win most of the chips at that table is going to have a monster stack."

"1 hour 30 minutes ago Posted by PojoThe Mouth's Loss. Mike "The Mouth" Matusow and Ted Forrest became involved in a series of bickerings last year, the result of which being a prop bet that involved Matusow losing a significant amount of weight. The wager? Mike needed to go from 241 pounds to under 181 pounds within a certain amount of time. If he could do it, he would net $100,000. For four days during the bet Mike was on a lemonade and cayenne pepper diet. Mike is here playing in today's event and is a very sleek 179 pounds, two pounds under the prop bet goal. Mike appears to be playing well, looks to be in great shape, and as always, is talking quite a bit."

There's a lot more out there to love, this is just what I came across. MeanGene and Pojo you're doing a great job. Thanks much!!!

On the subject of Mike "The Mouth" Matusow though, WOW! Congratulations Mike not only on winning the prop bet for $100K but on losing the weight as well. This weight loss plan blows Jenny Craig out of the water. All the battle of the bulge really needed all this time was merely big fat wads of CASH! I wish you well in sustaining. I urge you all to check out the coverage (of each event) for yourself, because it includes some great pictures as well.

I also just noticed that Event #6 $1,500 Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better is being covered by some familiar blogger names as well, F-train and TassieDevil. I'll check back on this one in the morning to see all that's happened. I wish these writers and players well, but on this side of country it approaches cheer_dad's beddy-bye time! Good night all.

Regards,

cheer_dad

More WSOP, props to Otis, and a little local content too!

Date: Tue, Jun 3, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

My hat's off to all the players who've been thus far enduring the long hours of poker play at the WSOP 2008. And at this point we're only in to Event #4! In addition to the players don't forget the staff and the bloggers and reporters doing the job that allows us all to live vicariously through their words. For a blow-by-blow of the action, head on over to http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/ and pick the event which strikes your fancy and read away. For a quick down and dirty, let me help you out just a bit though. Yeah, I'll take the hit and have management track the fact that I was surfing for poker related content yet again on the company's dime. I'm kinda like the guy who finds the cop for all the other speeders. Anyway, Event #2 $1,500 NLHE is now down to 18 of the original 3,929, and thankfully for all involved is currently on break and will recommence today at 2:00pm PST.
Event #3 $1,500 PLHE as well went into the wee hours of the morning and is down to 63 of the original 713. It would appear that the action continued on until around 4:00am-ish PST, and thankfully they won't get to it again until 2:00pm today as well.
The heart of my post is focused on Event #4 $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No Limit.) I've been following along with the progress courtesy of Shamus and shorton. It would appear, that they loosely alternated adding posts up to the Live Blog as the action unfolded. When play starts back up today at 3:00pm PST there will be 91 of the original 332 player field. But the comments which told the story I've found very informative, but more so entertaining. The post titles as the hour blurred from "it's late" to "omg, it's early" were great! Here are a few of the example title posts and snippets of the action that gave me a chuckle while drinking my morning coffee:

"11 hours 39 minutes ago Posted by Shamus, Chiu Takes Bite from Opponent's Stack"

"Devilfish Attack"

"9 hours 16 minutes ago Posted by shorton, E-Dog Always Lurking...Lindgren wins the pot. "I'm always lurking," Lindgren says. Lindgren turns to the PokerNews reporter. "Don't write that up! That's a boring hand.""

"7 hours 30 minutes ago Posted by shorton Bride of Chucked" ~Recapping of course the demise of Ms. Tilly.

"Lederer Slays the Dragon" ~sounds better than Howard vs David

"Hellmuth on a Rampage" ~which involved the brat "...kicking over his chair."

"3 hours 47 minutes ago Posted by Shamus, No Shooting Stars . . . Yet, the fun continues over at Hellmuth's table. After the verbal sparring between him and another player had gone on for a while longer, Marcel Luske had an idea. Luske got up and went over to ask the security guard if he had a gun with which he could shoot them both. Not sure what the guard responded, but it seems to have quieted down over there." ~My favorite post and best idea of the night.

Oh and how many more puns can you guys come up with along the lines of "Hungry Like de Wolfe." : )

Ultimately, the top spot in this event will pay out a cool $374,505. A quick scan of those remaining brought instant recognition of all of the following names, at least to me:

David Williams, Gavin Griffin, Maria Ho, Barry Shulman, Ted Forrest, Roland de Wolfe, Andy Bloch, Howard Lederer, Josh Arieh, Antonio Esfandiari, Patrik Antonius, Michael Craig, David Grey, Marcel Luske, Jeff Shulman, Hoyt Corkins, David Benyamine, and Erick Lindgren

Thanks all for the coverage. Shamus looks to me as if your doing just fine! The rest of your co-horts as well! Looking forward to all the rest squashing what little bit of work productivity that I generally contribute.

Among other news which caught my eye in Google Reader this morning I submit http://www.upforanything.net/poker/archives/gambling-holes.html posted up by "Otis" chronicling an adventure by he and "G-Rob" which found them in quite the "drinking establishment." I can't elaborate, you'll just have to read it yourself. But as a "suburban father with mortgage..." myself I feel like I was almost there myself. Thanks for the post Otis!

Here on the local scene, this Friday "Shuman" will be playing host to his all-too-familiar cash game already teaming with all the usual suspects, some of whom with loose play and money to burn, that have me salivating like Pavlov's dog.

I really should get some work done.

Regards,

cheer_dad

NDPT Tournament #8 on June 14, 2008 at 6:00pm

Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

I will be hosting NDPT Tournament #8 on June 14, 2008 at 6:00pm. You may commence your RSVP'ing now!

I've also updated the points spreadsheet which you can access via the old webpage or by direct link: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=ptNl6_cpXDHlDaBaHIU7NVA&hl=en

Oh and there was one more thing... now what was it...? Oh yeah, Allman, you're goin' down!

Regards,

WSOP Event #1 winner Nenad Medic, and other topics

Date: Mon, Jun 2, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Congratulations to WSOP Event #1 Nenad Medic! A cool $794,112 for your time and effort. Read all about it over at http://www.lasvegasvegas.com/pokerblog/archives/006561.php courtesy of Dr. Pauly, including as always great pictures from "flipchip."

Oh and Big Red your poker boy-toy Patrik Antonius brought home a lucky 7th place finish for a not-too-shabby $124,080 cashout. Does that move him up in the Top-10 list of guys you'd leave me for? Is he above Kenny Chesney now or what? : )

Event #2 continues on today... and Events #3 and #4 will get under way as well.
Be sure to stay on top of all the action out on PokerNews.com's Live Reporting, and particularly Event #4 that SHAMUS of http://hardboiledpoker.blogspot.com will be covering.

Also, thanks to JR for hosting the NDPT Tournament this past weekend, despite the fact that he helped send me to the rail. He just posted up the point standings which I'll update to the Google Docs page shortly, and I don't mind only being in 2nd place in the points race, but WTF, did it have to be All-In Allman! I mean HONESTLY!!!

Don't forget to mark your calendars for June 14th (and in all likelihood June 28th as well) for the next NDPT gathering. Cards in the air at 7:00pm, the place this time... Casa de cheer_dad. See you then.

Regards,

cheer_dad

WSOP Event #1 final table today, & my own poker evening

Date: Sun, Jun 1, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Having read the latest over at PokerNews http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-1-10000-plhe-world-championship/ on Event #1 $10,000 PLHE, it appears as though Eli Elezra was not able to hold on to his chip lead and was eventually sent to the rail. The event will wrap up today with only the final table remaining, which by-the-way is a televised event. There will be plenty of excitement and a lot of familiar faces including Andy Bloch, who is the current chip leader. Other easily recognizable pros in the final nine include: Mike Sexton, Phil Laak, Kathy Liebert, and my wife's absolute favorite poker pro/boy-toy Patrik Antonius.

My evening of poker last night at JR's was less than stellar. Blinds were at 25/50 and I had been struggling with finding very few playable hands. A few attempts at position steels met up with some big counter plays, which weren't really plays at all, since my suspicions proved correct when I folded and on two occasions I got to see the hand that would have absolutely destroyed me. In the end however it was a one two punch from first JR and finally Frank that sent me whimpering to the rail. From LP I looked down at AQos, and I popped it to $200 straight, which was fairly standard for my previous attempted LP steals. JR, seated to my immediate left re-opped it another $500. A call there would leave me with $150 behind. But that's exactly where I was headed. I was putting him on a non-paint pocket pair or a healthy Ace. I made the call and my read was correct but his pocket threes bested me soundly when a full house filled in around them 3's full of 6's. Left with only the $150, I didn't even bother to look at my cards and shoved the remainder on the next hand. I was actually kind of excited by the pot, since there were four people in there, which might have dragged me out of the pit I was in. But despite pairing the on the flop, Frank two-paired and my tournament life was over. Going out this way didn't particularly bother me. I mean yeah I hate losing but I took my shot with the coin-flip, and just didn't get there. That's to be expected, but in hindsight I would NOT change my play on the hand.

The cash game didn't go so hot for me either. I was up for a while, but the table was being dominated by 2-3 players who I swear were seeing 90-95% of the flops. The betting patterns were erratic and big bets were being made which at first I wanted to classify as bluffs, but as the evening moved forward what I thought were bluffs were actually bets by folks that thought their cards were great, when they were actually rags. Tells in this game were useless, and Vince and I had just that discussion. When you read someone as being strong by their body language you've got to take into account that sometimes they just don't know what the fuck they're doing. Ignorance can be a powerful weapon! : ) I ended up on pocket 8's, and had to call a $3 pre-lop raise in this .25/.50 NLHE game. The flop came J-9-x... and I didn't put my opponent on any of it. He bet out $5 anyway, I shoved a raise for a total of $17.50. He insta-called it with a gut shot straight draw and got there immediately. They asked if I wanted to rebuy, I decided I'd pass on that. Just wasn't my night. Eric saw me later and noted that I did sound a bit salty as I exited the room. Yeah, I probably was... it's just frustrating watching chips going the wrong way. I think back when I first took up this game, and I swear I don't recall EVER playing some of the absolute shit cards that were taking down pots. I'm very tempted just to sit in my next game and play every single frackin' hand, and just see how far over the edge I can put some of the competition. I'd be curious to know the inner workings of the minds of others in these situations. How much they continue to think about a given hand or session, and how it turns and rolls over in their minds. I can't be unique in this can I? Nah, didn't think so. Was I on tilt, in the end... yes, that's very likely. What separated me from the herd, was that I chose not to play on. I could have only re bought for the $20, and I was now looking at 3 players at the table with $50+ stacks. Not a good move for me to make, despite the fact that the ole ego was wanting some serious payback. Next time...

There is a game today, but I don't think I'll make this one either. I've just had enough for the weekend. And poker, as it's been said, is a lot more fun when you're winnin'. Sorry for the sour grapes, but sometimes they make the best wine... or is that whine!?! : P

WSOP Event #2 ($1,500 NLHE) continues today with Day 1b. Yes, the field is huge people. The action will get under way at noon, and will likely cross the 4,000 player mark. On tap for Monday are Events #3 and #4, $1,500 PLHE and $5,000 Mixed Hold'em (Limit/NL.)


Regards,

cheer_dad

My weekend and WSOP updates too

Date: Sat, May 31, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Check out the Live Blogging/Reporting being done by the fine folks over at PokerNews, http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/, powered of course by some of the best the blogosphere has to offer! Although I HATE them all because they are there and I am not I have to give 'em ALL props for doing a great job already and we're only into Day #2! So, Event #1 enters day #2 today with a familiar face at the top of the chip heap, namely Eli Elezra. Recall that this is $10,000 Pot-Limit Hold'em. Of the 352 players who started only 70 remain. But scanning down through the list of those who are still "in it to win it" this thing is far from over. Check out the listing of the remaining 13 tables for yourself: http://www.pokernews.com/live-reporting/2008-world-series-of-poker/event-1-10000-plhe-world-championship/id47523.htm#no47523. There's a Who's Who of the top pro's which remain. So, this is still anybody's game. I'm sure Eli has some sort of side action prop bet on it!

Also, Event #2 has gotten under way as well, this is $1,500 No-Limit Hold'em, which will boast a lot more players. According to Shamus' blog the official board shows 3,449 so far, but only time will tell (very likely the total won't be known until tomorrow.) I'll keep watching as I'm sure the rest of you will be too.

In other matters... I'd planned to post up a synopsis post of the Season Finale of LOST, since Big Red and I finally got around to watching on the ole DVR last night after Cole's baseball game. But as I was pondering all that was ponderable about the episode I was also browsing through my Google Reader. And after reading Julius Goat's Blog entry on the subject, frankly I can't hold a candle to what he pulled out of his brain and got down on paper (errr, virtually speaking.) Go there now and check it out, http://jgoat.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-021-locke-box.html! If you haven't yet watched it I won't give anything away, but I thought my wife's jaw was going to fall off when she saw who was in the casket. This show's got more twists than a Chubby Checker concert.

Lastly, a shout out to JR. The NDPT crew (and then some) will be gathering over at JR's again tonight to do battle on the felt. This will mark the 7th official game of this year's series. We told you gang, there'd be more poker opportunities than you could shake a stick at, by rotating the hosting responsibility. Keep in mind that there have been a number of other games which have cropped up as well. I won't even get into all of the tournaments and cash games that Shuman and even the Yanok's have played host to as well. And YES, Big Red and I have been at a lot of those too! Okay, we've got issues. Just deal with it... or better yet just deal!

Also, don't forget that Teresa and Laura are the ones who are organizing the bus trip to Atlantic City for the weekend of July 18th. Seats are $100 each... don't delay get yours soon!!! Once the gambling deviants among us start signing up, the seats won't last long.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Harvey Korman, you will be missed

Date: Fri, May 30, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

My day just got a little sad as I read the news that funny man Harvey Korman died last night at the age of 81. http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/29/korman.obit.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview Harvey Korman... well he made me laugh. I can still remember watching the Carol Burnett Show as a child and as I sit here writing this I can recall many of the skits that had me rolling with laughter. Harvey was the "straight-man" in much of his comedic career, but his delivery and expressions were just fuel to a fire for others to feed off of in each routine. The two recurring skits which I recall most vividly are as many others mention as well the "Gone With the Wind" AND "As the Stomach Turns" sketches. I think what made him funniest was that he laughed at himself, as did the entire Carol Burnett ensemble cast. They routinely played off of one another at times seemingly trying to get the other actor to "lose it" and crack up while on camera. It made the scenes just that much funnier, watching Harvey bite his lip in an effort to contain his laughter.


As the article states, Korman began his career on the The Danny Kaye Show in 1964, and then joined Carol Burnett in 1967, and remained there for the next 10 years. He appeared in a number of movies, including Blazing Saddles. Additionally, he and fellow comedian Tim Conway continued their dynamic duo touring the country with their live show, "Tim Conway and Harvey Korman: Together Again." As I recall it wasn't all that long ago that the two were appearing in Las Vegas.
I think Mel Brooks summed it up best, "A world without Harvey Korman -- it's a more serious world..."

I for one will miss him, but he will always be remembered fondly. Thanks for all the laughs, rest in peace Harvey.


Regards,

cheer_dad

LOST season finale and the coming of the WSOP!!!

Date: Thu, May 29, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Lost Season 4 is about to come to a close people. I hate to see it end since I've enjoyed it so much BUT the extra time saved theorizing and reading the message boards about Lost can be utilized instead to focus all my energies on reading the blogs and message boards about the World Series of Poker WSOP 2008!!! It's like getting off one roller coaster and getting on another. Unfortunately, I may have to watch the episode later on DVR, since a bunch of us are very likely to be at the Eagles tonight, if not dinner before that. Tonight's drawing night, and another opportunity for "my peeps" and I to throw back a few cold ones... and then a few more.
Anyway, back to Lost... ABC's website provides this as the summary for the finale:
There's No Place Like Home, Thu May 29 9/8c The face-off between the survivors and the freighter people continues, and the Oceanic Six find themselves closer to rescue, on the two-hour Season Finale!
Sounds bland to those of you who haven't been watching, to whom I openly scoff in your general direction, "HAH!" If however you're ready to admit the error of your ways, please navigate your happy ass over to http://losteastereggs.blogspot.com/ for some Lost-Goodness! Their screencaps and commentary are THE BEST! (See Big Red I do too have a life outside of poker!!!)
Speaking of poker : ) JR's plays host to this weekend's game, May 31st at 7:00pm. The poker room will be packed again for the tournament and the cash game to follow. I can't wait to see JR face off against "All-In" Allman in his brand-spankin'-new" Cleveland Browns ballcap! Steve's all about the DOG POUND!!! Errr wait, no maybe they aren't his favorite. Maybe he's really a COWBOYS man!!! (I just know I'm gonna pay for this one, but that's for taking me out of the last tournament with your friggin' Jacks.)

Kenny Chesney concert weekend.

Date: Tue, May 27, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Like I said more than a couple days ago, the weekend was sizing itself up to be very busy, and a whole lotta fun. It did not disappoint! The collection of misfits pictured there to the left crammed themselves into a few vehicles and departed Parkersburg, West by-god Virginia and headed for Cleveland, Ohio for a stadium concert. The billing included Kenny Chesney (who my wife will eventually leave me for) Leanne Rhimes, Sammy Hagar, Gary Allan, and Keith Urban. The concert and the company were phenomenal! Take a look at some of the additional debauchery which took place.





Keith Urban pictured here on the bigscreen put on a great show, and my wife has added him to the list of replacements should the Mrs. Chesney thing not work out for her...





A crew indeed! At this point in the concert, clothing had not yet become optional.





Kenny lights up the night. I cease to exist to Big Red! : )




Who am I kidding, here's the happy couple, looking a little bleary eyed but having a ball with several thousand of our closest friends.

We spent the night at a hotel before crawling out of bed the next morning and heading home. It should also be noted that Frank and Chris both came along, but neither attended the concert itself and opted to hang in the parking lot tailgating their asses off for the duration. Chris recalls from the count of beer can tabs that he downed 29 beers, not counting the ones we had on the restaurant and various other libations throughout the day. I must say that when the concert let out and we headed back to the vehicle we found hot dogs and bratwurst waiting on the grill. Nothing has ever tasted so good.

I can definitely say we'll do this again, this was a great time. I'll add also that it blew the trip to Pittsburgh for last year's concert all to hell! Cleveland was easier to get in and out of. No 3-hour sit in traffic this time around. Hope everyone else had as good a time as we did. See you all back at work real soon.




When asked if he was having a good time, JR responded as such... oh and who knew he was SUCH a Cleveland Browns Fan!




Big Red and Nikki help exemplify the catch-phrase for the night, abbreviated as L.L...

I'll leave it at that!

Regards,

cheer_dad

A long weekend approaches

Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Last night was Whitney's school variety show (which was quite good!) Tonight Cole has baseball vs one the Vienna teams down at the Tri-C Fields. Tomorrow night baseball again vs one of the Belpre Teams, this one being held AT Belpre's fields. I don't particularly like playing there, but I'll get over it. Tonight, after the game, I'll be heading to the Eagles for Drawing Night. I think I'll be joined by JR and Chris. I may also have the mother-in-law, wife, and some visiting members of the family, in from Baltimore. Nothing like a little alcohol and slot machines to bring a clan together. : ) I'll be taking a few hours off from work tomorrow to get the lawn tended to before the weekend gets here. Why, you ask? A group of us... primarily NDPT'ers are heading to Cleveland, OH first thing Saturday morning. Big Red has got a group all fired up to head off to another Kenny Chesney stadium concert. Yeah, just us and several thousand total strangers. Drinkin', singin', partyin', just your basic redneck free-for-all. I'll do my best to make you all proud. I think I may even have a shot at winning the battle against the accursed Jack Daniels this time. I'm planning a sneak attack... and I've enlisted a few allies to help fight the good fight. Incidentally, we WILL be staying the night... at a hotel in walking (stumbling) distance of the stadium. For those among you who might question the drunk driving aspect of the adventure. I can't say anything as for my chances of avoiding public intoxication. Probably aren't good for all involved. So, as you can see folks, I've got a busy time coming my way. If my words appear to be a little slurred for the next several days in the blog, you'll understand. I'm thankful that Monday is Memorial Day, and that I have the following day off from work as well. I have a feeling I'm going to be needing the rest.

Don't forget folks... the WSOP 2008 begins in 8 DAYS. Are ya ready for some Pokah?!?!

Regards,

cheer_dad

Eenie, Meenie, Miney... MUTT

Date: Thu, May 22, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

So, this guy had a choice to make... and in all choices you need options from which to pick. You weigh and compare and most generally a side-by-side comparison will usually suffice and give you a general idea of which way you're ultimately going to go.










So, the above Mr. Jeff "Mutt" Lange lines up his options, side-by-side and does his little compare and contrast bit. The whole "this is this... and that is that routine," and throwing away a 14-year marriage to the little lady on the left (Shania Twain for the thicker amongst you,) opts for the "other woman" on the right, who has now been identified as Marie-Anne Thiébaud by the online story here:
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20201677,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines

Go ahead and check out the article I'll wait...

Anyway...

The whole side-by-side comparison usually works for me, I get it. However, Mr. Mutt... not so much. So, I'll lend him a hand. Mutt, you chose proverbial Door #2 over the following:




Hmmm... so the eyesight has faded over the years.


















Okay... DUDE, you had to have this shot tucked away somewhere in a photo album. Scroll back up to the compare and contrast photo and then back down again.











YUM... and uhhhh, wait was I saying something. I forget.














Yes, I'm aware there's no poker content here... but there's gotta be some lesson to take away about pot odds or +EV or something. Or maybe something about "Dogs Playing Poker" since the idiot's name in the this little story is (after all) MUTT!

Regards,

cheer_dad

Another life tilt moment

Date: Tue, May 20, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Some things just tend to put me over the edge (Life Tilt) if you will. I came across the following article out on CNN:
http://money.cnn.com/2008/05/20/news/blind_money.ap/index.htm?eref=rss_topstories

Read first... develop your own opinion and hope for your sake that you share mine, because otherwise I might be calling you some very unsavory things. Are you done yet? Okay, I'll wait? Good... Now, do you find this a well written article about a hot topic about a legitimate problem facing America that must be stamped out immediately regardless of the cost? If so, perhaps you should leave now, and I'll merely thank you for stopping by. Have a nice day.

Okay, now that those Whack-Jobs are gone... are you friggin' kidding me!!!

A Federal appeals court rules that the Treasury Department is violating the law by keeping all money the same size and feel, because it discriminates against blind people. Can any of the rest of you hear the sound of the founding fathers rolling over in their graves, trying to claw their way to the surface to lay hands on the attorney's who brought this atrocity before the courts. Okay, look I get it. Blind people can't see money... It's always been that way, but to make statement that it is a violation of law is absurd an in my mind offensive. I get that the Constitution and the Bill of Rightsis are living, breathing documents but the courts have twisted and mangled a lot of the original intents over the years and most often at the hands of unscrupulous hacks to whom the world somehow handed over a law degree. To those of you who think the value of the US dollar is down, lookout now your government will be spending precious tax dollars to develop money for the blind. I don't mean to trounce anyone's civil liberties and all, but at some point in time and in life, common sense has to take over, the inmates stop running the asylum and the liberals shut the hell up and take a seat!

I'd have to think that Dennis Miller would be "gettin' off on a rant here," and perhaps Earl Pitts (American) would dust off a "you know what makes me sick..." tirade. Then again, maybe it's just me, and I should just shut up and fade back into my blog obscurity.

Nope, I can't do it. Next this same legal team will undoubtedly be launching an attack on the television manufacturers and programming, since the blind cannot take part in the joys of the "boob tube" either. How could we have all been so insensitive, so uncaring. I for one am ashamed of myself and my sight.

I just know that this is somehow going to affect poker in the long run. : ) (There, happy I tied it back in to the blog's overall theme?) The poker chip must change, the deck of cards... and shucks even the visual tells that I give off at the table are criminal offenses when weighed in the same manner. (I started to say viewed in the same light,) but figured my analogy would be suspect as well.)

But I've beaten this dead horse long enough. But to honor the great legal minds behind this idiocy, I offer up a top ten list for your amusement:

Top Ten Lawyer Jokes:

1. What do you call 5,000 dead lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? ~A good start!
2. What's the difference between a lawyer and a catfish? ~One is a slimy, bottom dwelling, scum sucker. The other is a fish.
3. What is a criminal lawyer? ~Redundant.
4. How many personal injury attorneys does it take to change a light bulb? ~Three--one to turn the bulb, one to shake him off the ladder, and the third to sue the ladder company.
5. Did you hear about the lawyer hurt in an accident? ~An ambulance stopped suddenly.
6. Do you know how to save a drowning lawyer? ~Take your foot off his head.
7. How can you tell if a lawyer is well hung? ~You can't get a finger between the rope and his neck!
8. How can you tell when a lawyer is lying? ~His lips are moving.
9. What do you have when a lawyer is buried up to his neck in sand? ~Not enough sand.
10. Why won't sharks attack lawyers? ~Professional courtesy.

And with that I bid you farewell.

Regards,

cheer_dad

Uber posting time my minions

Date: Fri, May 16, 2008 Internet Live Tournament

Thank you sir... may I have another!

Date: Mon, May 12, 2008 Internet Live Tournament