Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-29

Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008

One quick two minute YouTube video before I head East. Pretty inspiring: The Way Bobby Sees It

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-29

Date: Tue, Apr 29, 2008

Oh well, the ad biz ain't so bad. I enjoy the hell out of it, truth be told. I'll be on a bit of a hiatus as I'm leaving tomorrow on a little trip. I'll be back next week, have no fear. Allow me to leave you with a Business Week article about Google trying to make some dough with YouTube. YouTube's Buried Treasure Making the most of its riches will take a lot longer than Google expected

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Twittering Fools

Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008

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Where Iggy Abides

Date: Fri, Apr 25, 2008

TGIF. I had a poker thingy to post but then my wife sent me some photos of the farm where we live. Don't let this fool you. This farm is smack dab in the heart of Cincinnati -- 130 acres of pastoral goodness in the city. It's an odd living situation that I'm afraid has ruined me. I don't think I can ever live in a place where I have neighbors ever again. Anyway, here's a few shots -- I'm

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Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker

Date: Tue, Apr 22, 2008

"I don't particularly give a shit about trying to beat moderately tough games. I'd rather stay home and jerk off." Gary Carson God bless you, Gary, for summing things up so succinctly. You wouldn't know it by reading this humble poker blog, but I've actually been playing a decent bit of poker lately. And it's just having fun or multi-tabling a few while I'm doing some reading -- nothing serious

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-16

Date: Wed, Apr 16, 2008

I am a terrible, terrible person. I laughed very hard at this. Literally a rat in the cage. Climbing the walls. I'd embed the video but it's not hit YouTube yet. So head on over to The New Yorker to watch the condensed video of this poor bastard, Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator in New York City’s McGraw-Hill building for forty-one hours. Trapped.

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-15

Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-15

Date: Tue, Apr 15, 2008

Tax day! Weeeeeeee! I'll be writing some tonight -- I've actually blocked off time to do so. Best laid plans and all that.

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-10

Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2008

Good gravy. --- Macon man accused of killing poker player at Atlantic City hotel A Macon man is behind bars in connection with a fatal stabbing Saturday outside the Trump Taj Mahal Casino in Atlantic City, N.J., said the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office. Vincente Perez, 57, remains in custody at the Atlantic County jail on $50,000 cash bond. Perez is charged with aggravated manslaughter,

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Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker, damnit!

Date: Thu, Apr 10, 2008

I sure get some interesting emails sometimes. This is from an old, old friend of mine. I'm not sure what to tell him - any ideas? I guess I need to get on the phone with him and find our what he's really looking for, per se. -- Subject: Humans: the predictably unpredictable species Wondering if I could pick your brain regarding real-time adversarial reasoning, both online and in the flesh.

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-08

Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008

Hey now. This is actually about gambling so lay off, damnit. From the AP wire: ----- Traders bet Obama will win Democratic nomination Democratic presidential contender Hillary Clinton will win several state nominating contests in the coming months but has little chance of becoming the party's candidate for the November 2008 election, traders were betting on Tuesday. Traders in the

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-08

Date: Tue, Apr 8, 2008

Pokerwolf sent me this comic awhile back that I nearly forgot to blog.

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Party Poker Blog - 2008-04-07

Date: Mon, Apr 7, 2008

My humble apologies for the lack of posts lately. My internet connection at home went south, followed by my computer dying. But I'm back up and running for now. Expect to see more posts, and yes, we'll be back to poker. I read this NY Times article about blogging and thought it was worthy of passing along. Poor bloggers. --- In Web World of 24/7 Stress, Writers Blog Till They Drop SAN

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Poker and Online Gambling

Date: Wed, Apr 2, 2008

Thanks to my imaginary internet friends who pointed out this tidbit from the NY Times. Too cool - my pal Otis is live blogging the damn thing at UpForPoker. Congress to Take Testimony on Internet Gambling Ban ---- The Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act of 2006 made it illegal for banks and other financial institutions to process online wagers. The goal was to find an indirect way to

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