WSOP
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
I've been watching some of the ESPN WSOP poker coverage. Just finished episode one of the Scotty Nguyen & Michael DeMichele hilarity in the HORSE tourney. So they showed David Singer for a bit, a fellow I played with for a while. Very smart guy, even for an environmental lawyer turned poker pro. He wore giant silver rings on all of his fingers. I almost asked him about them a million times. I
Party Poker Blog - 2008-08-25
Date: Mon, Aug 25, 2008
Sometimes I get funny emails. Sometimes not. But an ex-colleague and friend of mine just sent a very witty email to my boss about all sorts of strange things. But this was how he ended it. With some goofy thoughts about yours truly: ----- Has Iggy landed a show on Discovery Channel yet? I'm told he's floating a few ideas and will pursue any one of the following if he gets a green light. Bum
Party Poker Blog - 2008-08-21
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008
An amazing story sent over by my man, Joaquin: Anglers ensnared between Coast Guard, Mexican navy and deep blue sea
Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker, damnit!
Date: Thu, Aug 21, 2008
It kills me to read about million dollar bad beat jackpots on Party. Kills me. It's just never been the same for me since they kicked us freedom loving Americans off their site. But I'm likely just a bit bitter right now as I've been getting my ass kicked lately at the tables. I even contemplated the existence of a Doom Switch for about three seconds last night. Read an interesting article
Steep price to pay for Henry
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008
I was as surprised as anyone to see the Cincinnati Bengals re-signed Chris Henry this morning. WTF doesn't even do this justice. So I thought I'd post our local sports columnists, Paul Daugherty, perspective on this sorry affair. --- Chris Henry arrived today, his latest last chance grinning grotesquely, like a smile in a funhouse mirror. The Bengals have him back and they think it’s great.
Party Poker Blog - 2008-08-14
Date: Thu, Aug 14, 2008
Damn, not sure what to say here right now. Recounting WSOP tales seems self indulgent this far after the event. But hey, it's fun to say I'm the 403rd best hold em player in the world. I'm in a bit of limbo trying to figure out what to do with this humble poker blog. Should I finally move over to a domain and get off blogger and hit it hard? Continue to dial back? Discuss politics? Homeless
Fishing is Like Poker in oh so many ways
Date: Tue, Aug 12, 2008
I'm back. One quick anecdote from my trip. As I previously mentioned, my young fishing nut nephew got to come on up to the Great North Woods for some real fishing as a birthday present before he begins the 8th grade in a few short weeks. I took him out early his first morning and settled in close to one of my favorite fishing spots. As I fired up the depth finder, I immediately became very
Gone Fishing
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008
Alrighty, I am off for my yearly trek to the cabin in the Great North Woods in search of lunker fish. Here's a nice Northern Pike, one of my favorite toothy critters to hunt. I am bringing my young nephew for his birthday this time. He's a fishing nut but has never experienced fishing like this. Oughta be a treat. So please come on back in a week and a half. I'm looking at getting back on
Party Poker Blog - 2008-07-31
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008
The big news here in Cincinnati is the Griffey trade. I thought I'd pass along our local columnists perspective on this sad day. --- It just didn't work out Ken Griffey Jr. was the big box under the Christmas tree, unopened for nine years. His career as a Cincinnati Red was more melodrama than drama, more oh-no than oh-my. His last hit as a Red was a three-run homer; his lasting image as a
Party Poker Blog - 2008-07-31
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008
A follow up - an email from the fine folks at Bodog. Players are getting paid. And yes, I do have a nice chunk of change on there and will not be rushing to cash out. -- Good afternoon, An article was recently released on Forbes.com that creates several misimpression's that the Morris Mohawk Gaming Group feels compelled to clarify for our customers. As most of our customers already know,
Bodog in Trouble?
Date: Thu, Jul 31, 2008
Feds Hound Bodog The U.S. government recently seized $24 million from bank accounts linked to Bodog, the giant, illegal-under-U.S.-law Internet gaming operation founded by Canadian tycoon Calvin Ayre. Federal filings make very clear that a serious criminal investigation of the Bodog enterprise is ongoing. At a minimum, word of the seizures is likely to rattle the confidence of U.S.-based online
Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker
Date: Wed, Jul 30, 2008
"The thing is, you only got to fuck up once. Be a little slow, be a little late, just once. And how you ain't never gonna be slow, never be late? You can't plan for no shit like this, man. It's life." Avon Barksdale It's such a unique proposition, this Big One. An unbelievable structure with deep, deep stacks. But one mistake, one hand, one lapse in judgment can take you out in a blink of an eye
Holoprosencephaly
Date: Mon, Jul 28, 2008
This is fucked up. Boing Boing linked up the Pig Monkey Beast that I blogged last week. Scroll down a few inches for photos. This is worse than I thought. It's real. ManBearPig! Pig Mating with a Monkey Pig Monkey Face Mutant
Poker blogs rule
Date: Thu, Jul 24, 2008
Driving home from a happy hour/meeting, I just thought of another WSOP Main Event moment. Leaving Cincinnati for Las Vegas, bright and early on a Thursday morning. There was a young 16 year old African-American girl sitting in the window seat, an elderly blue-haired white grandma (reading a bodice-ripping-on-the-cover romance novel, gross!) in the middle and me in the aisle. After we took off
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