Thursday, May 31, 2007

Half a Mook

I had a blast last night.

I started the evening playing WoW, but I ran into an asshole that turned me off on playing anymore. Just some inconsiderate dick that made the game not fun to play.

So my second choice was to play some poker. I logged on to Pstars and played some NL ring. My standard play here is to pick the 6-max table with the highest average $ per hand with an open spot. I found a doozie. Three players with more than double the starting stack, including one with 4x. The the 4x wanted EVERY POT. His method for getting it, the OVERBET. I felt like one of those cartoon characters that gets $$ for eyes. After doubling off another player, he was suddenly faced with me coming over the top of his overbets. He finally left to protect some of his profits when he was close to a starting stack.

At that point I noticed that I had about 40 seconds until the Mookie started. You're never concerned with how long it takes to open Full Tilt Poker's software until you have less than a minute to get into a tournament. I barely made it and got registered.

I really disliked the makeup of my first table, mostly because of a player I was familiar with "DontKnow" who I dislike and a player I didn't know called "snake" that was playing very erratically.

Erratic play troubles me, especially if I don't know the player, because you never know what they'll do. Sometimes erratic play is the sign of a very good player, but unpredictability can be trouble early in tournaments. Other players are just morons, and I hate watching a moron get lucky with his moron plays. It's disheartening.

I soon got reseated into a table of 7 unknowns and the host, Mookie himself. Nobody hosts a tourney like Mookie. The guy is pretty unflappable.

The rest of the tournament is pretty much a blur...I wasn't trying to play especially hard. Just pushing big hands and hoping they held up. I got lucky a lot. I bluffed with the hammer (Fuck all of you that think it's passé. I know sour grapes when I see them. Chicken shits.) I beat a flopped set of jacks with KT sooooted that runner-runnered a straight. In my defense I was desperately short in the BB, and the JJ limped UTG.

I know one play looked really donkalicious when I pushed from the SB with 86h. But I had folded a ton of blinds and never tried to steal from Zeem the entire game. I thought I had built up enough equity/image that he would have to put me on a hand. But he called anyway (He did have 10x my chips) with KTh. Luckily, the flop came 957. Bluff gone right.

Even Mookie called me a cockroach after that one...every time I got desperate, something went my way, bringing me to the final table in 8th position. I won about a half a dozen coin-flips at that final table. I made some good laydowns and played a nice rush (including cracking KK with AT on a board of 56789) that put me in first place.

When it was down to two players and the chips were almost exactly even Zeem offered a chop that I quickly accepted. He won the next hand when we both went all in, leaving me with less than a blind. Thankfully it was over two hands later, as it was already past midnight and I had to work early in the morning.

I've played four Mookies this year, and I've cashed in three of them. It's also my first tournament in the BBT Challenge, putting me in 90th place out of 259 players. Some of these players have played in more than a dozen of these events without cashing a dime. One person has played 24 without a cash! That's gotta be $300-$400 with no return. Scary. I'm in for $11. I should quit while I'm ahead.

Wednesday, May 30, 2007

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Tuesday, May 29, 2007

For Fucking Fuck's Sake

I can't remember where I got this, but it still makes me laugh. My favorite part is the "For Fucking Fuck's Sake" at the bottom, expressing the profound exasperation of dealing with shit like this.

piracy

Update: It's obviously a spoof of this:

piracy_orig

Sunday, May 27, 2007

WoW Disease

This thought actually went through my head today:

"If I play poker, all I could end up with is more money, but if I play World of Warcraft, I'll be closer to another level."
I think I need a meeting.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

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Some Jokes Work in Lots of Languages

How Many Languages Does Your Blog Get Linked Into?

No WSOP for Me

This will be the first time in three years that I don't attend the WSOP.

Here's the World Series of Poker 2007 Schedule for those of you attending:

Event #1 June 1 Friday 12 Noon
World Championship Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) 3 Day event $5,000.00

Event #2 June 1 Friday 5:00 PM
Casino Employees No-Limit Hold'em 2 day event $500.00

Event #3 June 2 Saturday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #4 June 3 Sunday 12 Noon
Pot Limit Hold'em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #5 June 3 Sunday 5:00 PM
Omaha/Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better 3 day event $2,500.00

Event #6 June 4 Monday 12 Noon
Limit Hold'em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #7 June 4 Monday 5:00 PM
Pot Limit Omaha W/Rebuys 2 day event $5,000.00

Event #8 June 5 Tuesday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em w/Re-Buys 3 day event $1,000.00

Event #9 June 5 Tuesday 5:00 PM
Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #10 June 6 Wednesday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #11 June 6 Wednesday 5:00 PM
World Championship Seven Card Stud 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #12 June 7 Thursday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em / Six Handed 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #13 June 8 Friday 12 Noon
World Championship Pot Limit Hold'em 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #14 June 8 Friday 5:00 PM
Seven Card Stud 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #15 June 9 Saturday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #16 June 9 Saturday 5:00 PM
H.O.R.S.E. 3 day event $2,500.00

Event #17 June 10 Sunday 12 Noon
World Championship Ladies Event No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,000.00

Event #18 June 10 Sunday 5:00 PM
World Championship Limit Hold'em 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #19 June 11 Monday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $2,500.00

Event #20 June 11 Monday 5:00 PM
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low/8 or Better 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #21 June 12 Tuesday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold'em Shootout 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #22 June 13 Wednesday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #23 June 14 Thursday 12 Noon
Pot Limit Omaha 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #24 June 14 Thursday 5:00 PM
World Championship Seven Card Stud Hi-Low/Split-8 or Better
3 day event $3,000.00

Event #25 June 15 Friday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #26 June 15 Friday 5:00 PM
H.O.R.S.E. 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #27 June 16 Saturday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #28 June 17 Sunday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $3,000.00

Event #29 June 17 Sunday 5:00 PM
Seven Card Razz 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #30 June 18 Monday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold'em/Six Handed 3 day event $2,500.00

Event #31 June 19 Tuesday 12 Noon
World Championship Heads Up No-Limit Hold'em 3 day event $ 5,000.00

Event #32 June 19 Tuesday 5:00 PM
Seven Card Stud 2 day event $2,000.00

Event #33 June 20 Wednesday 12 Noon
Pot Limit Omaha W/Re-Buys 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #34 June 20 Wednesday 5:00 PM
Limit Hold’em 3 day event $3,000.00

Event #35 June 21 Thursday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #36 June 21 Thursday 5:00 PM
World Championship Omaha Hi-Low Split-8 or Better 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #37 June 22 Friday 12 Noon
Pot Limit Hold'em 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #38 June 23 Saturday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #39 June 24 Sunday 12 Noon
World Championship H.O.R.S.E. 5 day event $50,000.00

Event #40 June 24 Sunday 5:00 PM
Mixed Hold'em (Limit/No-Limit) 3 Day event $1,500.00

Event #41 June 25 Monday 12 Noon
World Championship Seniors No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,000.00

Event #42 June 25 Monday 5:00 PM
Pot-Limit Omaha Hi-Low/Split-8 or Better 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #43 June 26 Tuesday 12 Noon
Limit Hold’em 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #44 June 27 Wednesday 12 Noon
Omaha Hi-Low Split 2 day event $2,000.00

Event #45 June 28 Thursday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold'em/Six Handed 3 day event $5,000.00

Event #46 June 28 Thursday 5:00 PM
Seven Card Stud Hi-Low-8 or Better 3 day event $1,000.00

Event #47 June 29 Friday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $2,000.00

Event #48 June 29 Friday 5:00 PM
2-7 Triple Draw Lowball (Limit) W/Rebuys 2 day event $1,000.00

Event #49 June 30 Saturday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em 3 day event $1,500.00

Event #50 July 1 Sunday 12 Noon Event #50
World Championship Pot-Limit Omaha 2 day event $10,000.00

Event #51 July 1 Sunday 5:00 PM
S.H.O.E 2 day event $1,000.00

Event #52 July 2 Monday 12 Noon
No-Limit Hold’em w/Re-Buys 3 day event $1,000.00

Event #53 July 3 Tuesday 12 Noon
Limit Hold’em Shootout 2 day event $1,500.00

Event #54 July 4 Wednesday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit 2-7 Draw Lowball w/Re-Buys 2 day event $5,000.00
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em Main Event

Event #55 July 6 Friday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 1A 3000 to play

Event #55 July 7 Saturday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 1B 3000 to play

Event #55 July 8 Sunday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 1C 3000 to play
July 9 Monday OFF

Event #55 July 10 Tuesday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 2

Event #55 July 11 Wednesday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 3

Event #55 July 12 Thursday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 4

Event #55 July 13 Friday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 5

Event #55 July 14 Saturday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 6

Event #55 July 15 Sunday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Day 7
July 16 Monday OFF

Event #55 July 17 Tuesday 12 Noon
World Championship No-Limit Texas Hold'em $10,000.00
Final Table

Friday, May 25, 2007

I Don't Exist

I arrived at work today and found out that I no longer exist. I tried to logon to my company's Intranet and it wouldn't let me on. No problem, passwords expire, no big deal. I tried to reset my password, it wouldn't work. I tried to reset it with the "answer a hundred questions only you would know" method and it gave me the bad news: "Your Account Does Not Exist." I called the help desk and they confirmed, someone in HR had deleted my account. Why? No reason listed, just says HR delete. Call your boss to find out why

Total Nightmare.

I called my boss and asked him if there was something he needed to tell me. He said "No, but I got a weird phone call about you today." A weird phone call? This is never good. "Your Excellence Team (not the real name but equally as ludicrous) called and asked me if you still work here."

Obviously they attempted to send me an email asking for help with a topic, and their email bounced back.

Unluckily, nearly everyone that could help me decided to take the day off, making the three-day weekend into a four-day bonanza. As of now, I still don't exist according to my company. If this prevents me from getting a paycheck, there will be an opening in my company's HR department. Literally.

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Where Will I Land?

When I took this job in Spring Hill Tennessee it was with full knowledge that they were shutting the plant down for retooling this year. I wanted to be here for the retooling because systems are always easier to maintain when you are involved in the initial installation.

But installation does not start until October, after demolition. Believe it or not, my company doesn't want to pay me to sit on my ass for four months so they are sending me on the road until then.

But where? It was nice to hear that other plants are fighting over my services, but they weren't happy with the October deadline. The plants after me wanted my services through January. I don't want to be on the road that long, so I was happy with the October 1st deadline.

The finalists came down to Mexico, Wilmington and Shanghai. When they heard that I've been to the first plant in Shanghai before they were very interested, but again they wanted someone long term.

So it looks like I'll be headed to beautiful Wilmington Delaware, where they make this:saturnsky

That should be fun. Also Wilmington is a half hour from Philadelphia. A lot of guys who travel for my company fly out on Mondays and fly back on Fridays. That's a lot of time in airports, so I prefer to stay over a weekend and fly back the next Friday. This means I can probably take one weekend and head to Atlantic City, a mere 81 miles from Wilmington.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

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Tuesday, May 22, 2007

XM Radio

First XM Radio suspends Opie and Anthony for a month, then their signal goes to hell.

I can't say I'd recommend XM right now for anyone until they work out their technical issues, and everything is up in the air while the merger with Sirius takes place.

Satellite radio is finding a way to marginalize itself.

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Bad Fold Pre-Flop

folded pre

In my defense there was a raise and a re-raise in front of me...

Friday, May 18, 2007

Tagged

Here's seven random things nobody knows about me.

1. I don't play reindeer games.

The Next One...

HQ-infomercial

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Thursday, May 17, 2007

Circle The Wagons

Here's the situation. Early in an MTT Jordan played 88 in position very aggressively vs Waffles AQ in the Big Blind.. Waffles hit an ace on the flop, but Jordan thought he could push Waffles off a weak ace so he continued his aggression. Waffles knew he was ahead in the hand so he slow played a pair of aces with a queen kicker. They got all in on the turn when Jordan made an outside straight draw, Jordan hit an 8 on the river to win the hand.

Level 1 thinking: They both misplayed the hand. Jordan overplayed his 88. Waffles slow played a very vulnerable hand out of position.

Level 2 thinking: Waffles knew he had the best hand and wanted to double up. He made a good read and was willing to take the risk that his hand, while ahead, was vulnerable. Jordan read that Waffles had an ace and was ahead but would fold to some very strong plays. He got pot stuck and had to make a tough call.

Waffles stuck around the table for a long time calling Jordan a moron. Waffles made a post calling Jordan a moron. Jordan replied in a post saying his play wasn't so bad, and Waffles' play was just as poor.

Here's the comments so far by Miami Donk:

Great post. I'm totally amazed at how shallow most of our blogging friends view poker hands and situations. It's pointless to try and help them Waffles, you can't teach a closed mind.

You get all your chips in at 80% and you're the donkey that misplayed the hand?

BWHAHAHAHAHHAAHAH
and from his blog:
I'm not going to get into detail here today although I will attack the subject in some later posts but I'm really amazed lately by so many posts and comments on those posts about select hands and they way they are played from both perpectives. What I mean is I'm surprised at so much shallow thinking and IMO how players don't see the depth of poker and really how wrong their thinking can be at times.
My My how Donk likes to circle the wagons around his friend Waffles.

Here's Donk's example of how "not slowplaying" is wrong:
I have AK and raise preflop and get called by say one of the blinds with 44. Flop comes A94 but two suited, they check their set, I C-bet, and they overbet check raise me and I fold. I usually thank them for saving me money and I like asking why they bet me off the hand and the answer is most always, "well there was a flush draw out there." Whatever, we're HU, slow play and get all my chips.
But....But....Donk! You had the magic pair of aces with a big kicker! Why weren't you slow playing? You had your opponent at a FOR-SURE 80% advantage!

Donk's example gives away his true feelings about the subject. Aces with a big kicker is NOT an incredibly strong hand that is invulnerable to suckouts.

Look I don't have a problem with the way either player played his hand. I admire them both. They made a read, they played VERY aggressively based on those reads. Good, but risky poker. Many people advocate an aggressive risky style at the beginning of MTTs. Get a big stack or go home.

What I have a problem with is the insult fest that follows. Waffles gets free reign to call someone a moron for playing too aggressively, when slow playing a vulnerable hand is a VERY AGGRESSIVE play. He goes on and on about how he wants to play a risky game like check raising pot committed opponents with his vulnerable hand, but then thinks he is giving Jordan good advice about being "too aggressive." Pot? Meet Kettle.

Stop the insult fest that follows every time you get out-drawn in a tournament that you play this way Waffles. You know Jordan is not a moron, stop "pretending to help" as an excuse for calling someone stupid.

And Donk? When you say things like "What I mean is I'm surprised at so much shallow thinking and IMO how players don't see the depth of poker," your claims of intellectual superiority are very hollow. Do yourself a favor and just shut up.

Edit: Just in case you think I'm being too hard on Waffles for his treatment of Jordan after the play, here's a list of the comments Waffles has made at Jordan that are at best criticisms, at worst insults:

"Clueless"
"Jordon" (Not sure if it is an insult or just general lack of respect)
"High on Himself"
"Jordon telegraphed his weakness as he often does"
"Instead of pissing away my lead like Jordon decided to do"
"I found Jordon Junior today. He was so cute."
"I am really sick of hearing about how bad you do online.. maybe there is a reason? Idiot."
"I predict Jordon makes it no further than 25th tonight. Easy prediction because he likes to get himself in trouble with crappy play."
"I guess I gave you more credit than you deserve."
"Just reading your comments has made me dumber."
"You so fucking clueless it isnt even funny."

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Poker Comic #139 Presented by Free Poker Money!

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Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Bonus Comic

HQ-wafflesmoron

You can tell I'm bored at work today...

This isn't the regular Wednesday comic, this is a special bonus that just makes sense to bloggers.

Enjoy!

Breaking News

Jerry Falwell is dead.

Larry Flynt is still alive.

I hope the guy who shot Flynt is crying right now.

Edit: CRAP! I have Billy Graham in the Death Pool. Wrong television evangelist! Rats!

Stop Doing That...

I love reading blogs. I truly do. I don't think a work day would be complete for me if I didn't check out a few blogs. Most of them are exceptional, and all of them have value.

But I'm such an English nit that seeing some of the same mistakes in grammar/spelling/logic drives me so nuts I can't grasp your point because your syntax is so egregious. It makes me wonder if English is your first language.

I'm by no means a great writer, I make my share of mistakes and typos. But I try to improve, and when I see people make the same mistakes over and over, it distracts from the story they are trying to convey. For many of you English is the only language you know, at least make an attempt to learn all of it. Consider it a sign of respect to your readers.

Here's a few spelling/grammatical/logical errors I see so often they need to be addressed.

The opposite of "Winner" is NOT "Looser" when you lose a hand, you don't "loose" it, do you? Why the fuck do people want to put that extra "o" in there?

Apostrophes NEVER EVER NEVER EVER NEVER make things plural. EVER! They make things possessive, or contractions. THAT'S ALL!

There's no such phrase as "Would of" or "must of." They are contractions of the phrase "Would have" or "must have" and are spelled "Would've" and "must've." Yes, it sounds like "Would of" but it's not. Please stop writing it.

Triple has only one "p." Double has only one "b," and it has an "ou." "Alot" is not a word.

I'm not gonna talk about "your" and "you're" because "you are" obviously never going to get it.

If a person "cold calls" he has NOTHING. If he calls with some kind of hand that he thinks is good, it's not a "cold call." Stop saying "The guy cold called my flop bet. Turns out he had a set of Aces." The only thing that was cold was your read.

When you're running bad at one site, stop blaming the site. "PokerStars wasn't letting me win, so I switched to Full Tilt." It demonstrates a deep lack of understanding in the theory of random trials. I see perfectly reasonable people say things like this all the time. All their credibility as a poker player goes right out the window.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Monday, May 14, 2007

The Poker Pejorative

Apologies, but I don't have much to say these days.

I'm only playing VERY occasionally, when the mood strikes or when I get caught up in some televised poker that inspires me to play.

The infrequent times I've played have been very successful. I don't recall any down sessions, although some of the profits have been very slim. Well technically they have ALL been slim since I'm dealing with such a small bankroll.

But playing small stakes really makes it fun to loosen up the playing style. The 25NL cash games are really fun when you call 3x and 4x raises pre-flop with garbage (but with potential) hands. Suited Two-Gappers (the gapped tooth hooker, according to Pauly), The Waffle House (24h twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.) etc.

It's a profitable exercise because the donkeys will ALWAYS pay you off if you hit, or you build image for later if your bluff gets called. In this session I made a call on the turn with 95s (double gutted/flush draw) and connected for a straight on the river. I had shown such bad hands down and a willingness to bluff on the river that I got paid off by AQ unimproved. Yes, Ace High paid me off with his whole stack. It takes quite a bit of work to set up a player so that he will pay you off like that.

The player that's going to pay you off is usually easy to spot at the tables though. He's the one giving lessons. He's doing all the talking, telling people how they should have played hands.

I guess it's a testament to my style of play that it is almost IMPOSSIBLE for me to play at a 25NL table for more than 15 minutes without being called a poker pejorative of some kind. I always play this up to the hilt, usually with a "sorry, this is my first time playing" or "is it really rigged? Because I don't want to play a site that's rigged." Always the noob. Please tell me more. I need your help, and value your opinion.

It's always more fun when they take the bait. Logic is fun like that. Does it hurt more when they get felted by what they think is a noob? Do they google my screen name and see my blog and think "maybe he's not a noob?" Or do they see my blog and think "He really was a Donkey!"

Funny thing is, either way they're correct.

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

Poker Comic #138 Presented by Poker Source Online!

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Tuesday, May 08, 2007

Happy Birthday Iggy

happy birthday guinnessHappy Birthday to The Blogfather himself.

The big four-oh. We've all got it coming, unless we've already had it. I've got it coming in February.

It doesn't seem like a year since that fateful trip to Cincinnati where dreams were shattered and Waffle Houses were befouled.

Despite your small stature, you'll always be large in my heart.

The Loonies Are Listening To Me!

Nice story about your tax money being wasted by morons.

Mysterious coins filled with nano-technology!

Instead, the ominous-looking coin gave rise to an even stranger spy tale in this country – with the U.S. Defense Security Service warning that mysterious coins with radio transmitters appeared to have been planted on American army contractors as they travelled through Canada during 2005 and 2006.

Turns out the American officials were befuddled by protective coatings on the coin, which had been put in place to try to keep the red colour from smudging, something that marred the early 2004 printings of the coin, leaving on some a red blotch on the face of the Queen on the reverse side.

One contractor marvelled that the coin didn't seem to have a power source, but was filled with some sort of "nano-technology."

Monday, May 07, 2007

Bad News

Thanks to all those that commented and emailed about my mother. She's recuperating from her surgery well, but the bad news came late last week. The cancer has spread to her lymph nodes so she'll be undergoing eight weeks of chemotherapy starting immediately.

She's having the treatments in Birmingham so it's less than a four hour drive from here to see her where my folks are staying in Alabama. My folks live in their RV full time and usually summer all over the place and winter in the Arizona/Nevada area. Before they moved into their RV full time they lived in Alabama and their doctors are all in the Birmingham area.

When I visited her last week she looked very healthy and was in very good spirits, but that was before they lymphoma diagnosis. She was a registered nurse for nearly 30 years so she knows what she's up against. She's always been very tough, people generally know better than to mess with her. She's extremely opinionated (yes, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree) and not at all shy about sharing her views with you.

She has not aged well, due to some family diseases that I've never even heard of before her diagnoses. One so rare that a Mayo Clinic study could only examine her family members for the study of the deficiency of anti-thrombins. The other is called Pick's Disease which her older sister died of last Tuesday.

Like I said, she's tough. I expect her to do well in her recovery of this.

Friday, May 04, 2007

Poker Comic #137 Presented by Poker Source Online!

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Thursday, May 03, 2007

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Wednesday, May 02, 2007

No Comic

Sorry for no comic today, I had to drive to Birmingham to check on my mother, who had cancer surgery. She's doing great, and I should be able to do a comic tomorrow.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

National Day of Wasting Tax Money

Remember everyone, Thursday (The first Thursday in May) is the National Day of Reason.

Rational people are encouraged to help their fellow man in a REASONABLE manner, by giving blood. Something that might actually help someone.