Unethical

Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2008

I was talking to a blogger after reading Pertecelli's post. Putting aside all the Donkette controversy and the "interesting" comments in response to his post.. Is it unethical to let your children play poker? Where and when does it become wrong or unethical? I have thought about this a lot with my kids. They are a little younger than I would like for Poker playing so I do not allow them to do so at this time. I do not really see a problem with it though. Except I wince when I say that. Why? I am not really sure. Upbringing. The reputation, some well deserved, of the "game" we play. The dark side of gambling in the form of uncontrolled addiction. What are some of your opinions? I know some of you bloggers let your kids play and I really have no problem with that. The blogger I was chatting with seemed to think the ethical line is at playing for money. Anyone have opinions on this subject?

** P.S. No PokerGrubs were hurt in the making of this post. Least I hope not. ;).

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Mosiac

Date: Tue, Jul 8, 2008

I am too lazy to tell you the answers but here is the thing Kat started. See if you can guess my answers by the pictures I chose for each.

The Rules:
a. Type your answer to each of the questions into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image.
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd's mosaic maker).



The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What do you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you.
12. Your flickr name.

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Stupid Blog

Date: Wed, Jul 2, 2008

Man you guys are tough. It is really hard for me to entertain you when I AM NOT LOSING. I am sorry and apologize profusely for winning. Last night I booked a small win on Bodog. I was taken out of my SNG in third when I ran my QQ into this awesome players AT. Get yer ass over to that site. Two night of losing 30%'ers for a twenty dollar profit is not bad. I can not wait until my luck evens out and I see what I can really win.

Have you ever thrown a Candy Land game for your kids? I am kind of interested. Ok. Like I told you I AM NOT LOSING. SORRY! I AM REALLY SORRY! I CAN NOT AMUSE YOU! I would say you should send me like $500 and I could play 2/4 NLHE with it but I know it is not as amusing when it is not my own money. Jesus.

Who did you choose for the iceball to the face btw? I know you thought of that one person? Why did you choose them? *peeks around to make sure I am not being watched*. I chose this guy Joe. Fucking wants everything his own way and that way is WRONG. What a fucking retard. Arg! Anyway. Peace out. I will try and lose again for you.

I will be playing the Mookie tonight. Numbono winning that 11 person SNG called the MATH or something like that was the last straw. We have to stop him. Besides I am over being burned out on MTT play so I need to hit some of my favorites like the Mookie and Riverfuckers.

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Let Me Explain

Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008

Let me explain the coolness that is World of Warcraft. Ok. Ready? Look around you. Yeah your at your boring cube monkey job or playing online games for a living in Vegas so take a look around. Now you see that guy. Yeah. That one. You know who I am talking about. Him. Possibly it is a her. You know the person though right? Would it not be so cool to slam an ice ball in his face? Till he dies? That is Warcraft.

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Blah and Meh

Date: Tue, Jul 1, 2008

Still Blahh with a little Meh mixed in. I got my Bodoggy account funded so decided to try her out last night. I lost the SNG I played in. Actually I think I played really well. I had a small 700 chip lead early. I then called a 3-way all in with top pair nut flush redraw. If I lose the hand I have 700 chips left.. if I win I have a huge lead. I worked my way back up to 2K. I then hurt myself and go down to 1500 on a semi-bluff. Really bad spot to do this. Finally I get all in with my remaining 1200, which was 2/3 the other guys stack, against his powerhouse AT. I had QQ. The flop did not disappoint. All in all it was a VERY easy game and I really easily could have won the whole thing. I think the semi-aggressive tack was good but c-betting and bluffing when the blinds get big against retards is not smart. If I made one less bluff I may have survived the QQ vs AT all in. Who knows.

Other than that I have been playing a bunch of Warcraft and working my ass off. My Mage is level 45 now. I took him raising Tauren Mill last night. In general this is a bad idea because it is a quick flight by bat from the Undercity and some level seventies could fly in and kick my ass. However I escaped without any damage and took out 5 guards, a couple of vendors, and 3-4 other players before getting bored and going to sleep. It is not as much fun when there is no retaliation. It is kind of fun when a lower level character gets too close and you frost bolt his ass into oblivion though.

It is sort of hard to level characters in WOW since they all converge into the same places and you end up doing the same quests over and over. I have been here and done this with my Hunter kind of thing. A Mage is a totally different beast though. He is all about short bursts of huge damage which is fun. He also has multiple ways to escape when the situation turns bad. Works out well for me.

Tonight I have to work again so not sure how much pokering I am going to get in. I do want to try out the cash tables. Supposedly they are pretty sweet.

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Bodoggy

Date: Fri, Jun 27, 2008

I have been a little rough on poker sites lately so I thought I would mention some nice things in a series of posts. I will start off with Bodog.

Of all the sites out there only Full Tilt and Bodog have taken to supporting the poker blogging community in a direct way. Full Tilt ran the BBT3 series and Bodog ran a great tourney with thousands of added Bodog Dollars and a WSOP seat. All I see Pokerstars do for us is some 9000 person freeroll once a year sometimes. Way way way better treatment by Bodog.

The second reason I like the site is kind of counter intuitive. The software is rough. It does not support things like Poker Tracker and has only just started with sizable windows in their new Beta. All of this is bad right? WRONG! You have never been so wrong. This encourages -EV players to swamp the place and that my friends is where you make your profit. Iggy told me this long ago about Titan Poker. He was so fucking right. I quickly ran my bankroll up to 1K-2K from very small amounts. If it was not for the BlackJack tables they had I might have millions there by now. Millions I say. Bodog is exactly the same.

You need more proof? Instant Tragedy wins there. Never have I owned someone as bad as him and yet he can win at this site. Still do not believe me? Blinders has a nice write up on their beginner SNG games. More still? Man you guys are tough. Ok. Smokkee supports himself playing on Bodog in some form or other. He is terrible. He can do it. He needs a lot of money too right? I mean he has a hot blonde babe with big boobies. She has to be expensive right? heh. Little bit of ribbing there. Smokkee and Love Elf are really great people. Still Smokkee started winning much more on Bodog. Overwhelming proof.

Does Bodog have a few things to fix? Yeah sure. Small things. It would be wonderful to be able to transfer money to my loser friends. I think that would help the site out a lot. Anyway I will be playing on Bodog a LOT this month. I will share with you my total domination of the fish and you will be so amazed that you will sign up immediately. Good luck my friends.

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Pokerstars Rakeback?

Date: Thu, Jun 26, 2008

RakeTheRake has added Pokerstars as a rakeback member. However rakeback is in FPPs.. I think.. Check out details here.

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Blahh

Date: Wed, Jun 25, 2008

I have a huge case of the blahhhhhhhhhhhhsssssssss. I even took a couple days off of work. In the meantime I have given myself a case of "WOW Finger". This is a real medical condition. Ask Iak. Apparently that fag (he said it not me) is writing some posts again. I guess he has stiffed Fuel out of money in a Donkette kind of way. Although I do agree with his analysis that Fuel was just going to lose it anyways.

Unlike Fuel the PokerGnome knows a good thing when he hears it. My forray into the 2/4 NLHE tables found him and Bayne sitting down with me. I tried to get Fuel to show up but apparently he hates +EV situations. I had an epiphany due to this experience. I lost around $150 which is not bad at all. However I played like a total jackass donkeyfucker.

I realize that when I get into big games my adrenaline kicks in. I mean this is why we play right? We want to win money that matters. Taking down a grand while not life changing would be decent money. Something that almost equals a few days pay. It is a step in the right direction. When I get in situations like this I just do not play my game. So my goal is going to be to play 2/4 more often. Until I can play the way I know I am able to. Now I do not want to ruin my bankroll doing this so I will start off with a monthly shot at the decent stakes and see where it takes me.

Best wishes to Dr. Pauly and Bayne. I am a little late in this. I have not been reading any blogs for the past few days. The former was in a car accident. I believe that pot saved his life. He had to have been stoned right? I mean he walks around in a cloud? no? Anyway the relaxation of his body due to the herb had to have been why he walked away without a scratch. Another reason to legalize the stuff. He declined medical attention because he is a DOCTOR. I mean Dr. Pauly right? It says so on the internet so it must be true. I am sure he self medicated later. Be well man.

As for Bayne go wish his wife good vibes or whatever you do in situations like this. Bayne is a really great guy and I am sure his wife is wonderful too. I hope that everything works out for them.

As for me I am going to continue leveling my 39 Ice Mage and critting for 760 regularly. I am a sick monster. I spam my ice bolts and things die. However I seem to run through my mana pool like a motherfucker. Any enchanters out there available to give me some INT boost. Check out Moosenipple for yourself. He has some mad Dagger/OffHand/Wand damage bonus. Sick shit if I can get some help for my mana pool. Also if anyone has some thick leather I reeealllllly want to make these. Hmm. Not sure that is the right set since the one I am making needs 4-Stargems and 4-thick leather. Did they change the mats? Hmm. Oh well.

I may park myself in PVP for a little bit and get a bunch of HONOR. Some of the rewards you can buy are really good.

Until later.

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If..

Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008

If Duggles posts about Don and nobody ever reads his blog does it count? I can see it now.. "I made fun of someone and no one listened. Why is that? What am I doing wrong? Why won't people comment?". So Sad.

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Drunk guys CAN do some things right

Date: Fri, Jun 20, 2008

No I did not have gay sex last night. I finally got my money from Full Tilt which was held up by AlCantTypeWhilePuking. So anyway to put a cramp in Al's nut sack the reason I wanted this 350 was to do something naughty. I have been grinding out nice nice and bankroll managing for the past few months. I need to get my gamble on. So I am thinking of sitting down and playing some 2/4 with my cash. Hopefully I can convince Fuel to step down a level and play with me. Got to get the fish into the game somehow. So this weekend I will be donkin' off my reward. Hopefully I can get lucky and double or triple it. If not oh well. It should be fun either way. I plan on playing Saturday Night. So if you want to get an invite IM me or drop me a comment with your FT name. See you then.

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Fucking Idiot

Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2008

While my other points about Full Tilt are totally valid and they do need better customer service my money was not being held up by them. Apparently AlCantStopDrinkingLongEnoughToReadEmail could not be bothered to send the list into Full Tilt. He was too busy living his over the hill burned out rock star life style. Jackass. Like I need more to rant about today.

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Celtic Assholes

Date: Thu, Jun 19, 2008

OMFG! I came about 3 seconds away from kicking a cane out from under a blind guy. I was so fucking furious about my commute today. The blind guy was not even on my train. They pack my fucking train with thousands of Celtics fans wearing those fucking green jerseys and these fuckwads are packed in so tight I can feel the guy behind me pushing his junk up the crack of my ass. Then this fucking nitwit turns to his friend and is like "I gotta get off the train now! I am going to pass out!" and he fucking leans on me for support! I COULD FUCKING CARE LESS IF YOU DIE! DIEDIEDIEIDIEIDDIEIDIE!!! ARG! STUPID FUCKING IDIOT COMMUTERS! Oh congrats Celtics.

While I am on the subject why the fuck are stock traders such arrogant fucks? I mean cmon. What the hell do you scumbags do? "Der, I will take 5". I mean some Walmart customer service clerk can do that shit. You fucking arrogant line cutting fucking tards.

Yesterday was much better. Carmen talking about me talking about masturbating is about as close to having sex with her as I am going to ever get. WOOT! Score one for me! I even got a visit by Bobby Bracelet. Does that mean my blog gets to go up a letter from it's current standing? I mean it must right?

I will leave you with this email I got as a last note. The lament of the loser. Anyone can win over a short period of time. It takes skill to win over the long term.
Have a nice day.

This is a letter I have recently sent to a poker site and I am waiting for a response. The facts in this letter are 100% accurate! - BlindRiver

Hello,
This is obviously my first time playing at your site, but let me just say I have played at many other ones that gave me free bonus money as you did, some more some less. I would say in total I have recieved about 30 free money bonus offers in poker and much more from casinos.
Now here is the really funny part. Every single time I get a bonus from a site such as yours, and I mean EVERY time, I seem to at least quadruple my money to start. At your site I was able to make 5 and a half times the money up to 56$! Wow, but now, I don't have enough points to cash out right? So I keep playing and lose all the money on a miracle run of bad bad beats! Hmmmm, wierd how every single time a site gives me free money, I'm always able to make a lot off of it, then lose it before I am permitted to cash out. I do not think this is a coinsidence. How can it happen exactly that way over 30 times? It is not statistically possible!
So then I got to thinking... How does this benefit you as the poker site? Quite simple... you give me a taste of real money play, show me how easy it is to win, then take it all away. Now I believe that I can deposit my own money and make money like the last time, except this time I can cash it out right? Wrong! Because when I deposit my own money, I lose after winning a small amount, and lose my deposit. Very clever I must admit!
So now I get to thinking that if your poker programs are smart enough or programmed well enough to permit the bonus money players to win at the start of their bonus and lose later on, then how safe are the players actually depositing their own money?
This is not to mention the Absolute Poker scam, and the recent news about Ultimate Bet where in both cases, hole card information was given away to players.
Now please remind me why I should deposit money at your poker site?
I do appreciate the bonus because it is fun to play, but we both know I'm not getting anything out of it. Been there, done that. So in closing I would appreciate if you would give me a response to this e-mail regarding my concerns WITHOUT, I repeat WITHOUT ANY crap about a random number generator or anything along the lines of randomness, because anyone who knows anything about computers knows that it is impossible for them to generate random numbers.
Thank You

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Owwie

Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2008

I think I hurt myself last night. I was finishing up playing on Full Tilt and hanging up my two buyin win for the night. I got myself settled in my chair and started the nightly pussy.org masturbatory fantasy. So I finish wanking off to this nice blond school girl and get up to clean off and my whole right side just spasms in pain. I mean it is like I pulled a muscle lifting the thing or something. Like I am some Bobby Bracelet or something. For like five minutes I am in agonizing pain. I mean enough so I have to breath shallow. After I cleaned up which was not easy I crashed to the floor to wait out the pain. I have had a few of these in the past year. I think it is just from lack of exercise or stress or something but not sure.

As far as the comments on my post. ScurvyDog obviously never reads my blog as I have never claimed to be anything more than break even. He makes a stupid point that I could have floated the buyin. True but not everyone could. Which is why his comment is stupid. I choose not to argue with the wife over taking money out of our account to fly to Vegas and play poker. It is easier that way. Also if you look at the WSOP list of events there is no good NLHE weekend game left. As much as I would like to lose six hundred or more a day taking off of work I just can not justify that.

Al's comment was good though. Go read it if you have not.

I will restate that I love Full Tilt and think they are a great site. However I do not think that everything they have done for us warrants a free pass for a bunch of screwups and basic communication issues they have had. I really could give a crap about the $350 they owe me.. but other points in the post are valid. I have had many conversations with people wondering where their money is a month or two after requesting cashouts. Endless emails that get answered three or four days later. This whole operational procedure need to change. I will say every single person eventually got their money and I have no doubt Full Tilt makes good on everything. I just think they need to fix any cashout issues they may still be having and they need better more up front means of communication.

I will also say that they probably do not have to do any of this. I mean look at UB and Absolute. They had people who could SEE YOUR CARDS and I have not heard of a major downswing on the site. Sure they have lost customers but they seem to be largely unaffected. So Full Tilts minor problems may not cause them to lose any business.

I also do not think brown nosing them because they have been good to me and have given me advertising money is a good policy. If I see something I do not like. If my friends mention things that are not right I will post these things here. As minor as they are I think they need to be fixed. So keep on being a great site Full Tilt and fix your little issues.

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Example for JJ

Date: Wed, Jun 18, 2008

Dear Full Tilt,

First allow me to say you are MY FAVORITE site. Even though Bodog is much more fishy and has better MTT structures YOU ARE MY GIRL! You have given a TON to this community of bloggers and I thank you for everything. Putting up WSOP seats and 2K packages and all of that extra money was incredible. However. There is always a However. You really need to get your fucking act together. I mean seriously. I love you but your like some donk tricked out on heroine. You just are totally fucked up. I read everyday about people not getting payments from you. Having to wait for a ton of time. What is the excuse? I can understand if there is some processing problem but why not come out and let everyone know what happened. Instead your pathetic "Support" line handles it horribly. This is a sign of a rinky-dink operation. You guys have become one of the powerhouse sites. It happened a while ago. Grow up your fucking infrastructure. What are you owned by a bunch of cheap jew lawyers or something? Fucking step up and support your base. Otherwise you will lose it.

I also think you totally blew the fucking package deals. Why not pass them out early so people can go through your ridiculous withdrawal process and ACTUALLY PLAY IN THE WSOP!!!! I mean fucking two weeks into the deal and I still did not have my 2k? I would have LOVED to have a fucking FT hat on my head and some FT speedoes holding my cock up while I donked my way through some 2K event but by the time you sent the money all of the events I was interested in were past. This does not include the month it would take to get the check sent to me either.

Last but not least.. WHERE IS MY FUCKING MONEY! You owe me $350. I mean cmon. I won it right? This is your page right?

http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/battle-of-the-bloggers

It does say my 5th place finish is worth $350? Right? I mean this was not Full Tilt points. It looks like cash to me? What the hell do I have to do to get paid? I mean I am willing to be patient if you COMMUNICATE! How the hell can you just leave me hanging though? I am very paranoid and think you are conspiring against me or something. Just tell me when my money is coming. I mean why did you not send it with the 2k? Why are you retarded? Please please please get a lobotomy and fix that fucked up brain of yours. I love you too much to see you do this to yourself. Grow up and be a professional company.

I will say I was amused by your first response telling me I was a loser and never won anything and sending me my losing MTT history for the last few months. I thought that was a nice touch.

I would ask for a Bonus for my troubles but it probably would be harder to figure out why my bonus was not credited to my account than it would be worth.

Thank You,
Waffles

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