Archive for September, 2006
Saturday, September 30th, 2006
These Things Too Shall Pass
"An attempt to ban booze in America, called Prohibition, was by most accounts, a failure. The 18th Amendment to the Constitution was evenually repealed in 1933"
Top hit on google search of 'prohibition act'.
Let me start off with a big ol' "wtf"?
My dozens of readers may have noticed a slight drop off in my postings [...]
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Wednesday, September 27th, 2006
‘O’ is for Omaha
There is more to Columbo than a deeply resonant voice and a burning desire to dissect the fine details of poker hands. My co-organizer has created a kick-ass banner to promote the next WPBT event. Sunday October 1st at Full Tilt in case the graphic doesn't come through and you are too lazy to click [...]
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Sunday, September 17th, 2006
You Can’t Beat Blood for the Suck
WPBT Circuit Event #8 is in the can. We had 19 runners – it felt like old days to have a small group of familiar faces to sling cards with. Yours truly finished second, after a prolonged heads-up battle with the Duke of Dirty Martinis, Badblood.
We arrived there after seeing the second consecutive [...]
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Saturday, September 16th, 2006
Reminder: The WPBT Circuit Events are Back!
Call this a blog aggregator spam if you will – just a quick reminder that tomorrow marks the return of the WPBT Circuit Events.
Sunday , 9PM, PokerStars. See the last post for details.
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Re: poker-blogs being dead? Linda echoes my sentiments.
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Speaking of pokerblogs – I noticed Pokerblog.com around the time of the WSOP because several of [...]
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Tuesday, September 12th, 2006
WPBT Circuit Event #8 on Sunday, Sunday, Sunday
Yep – you heard right.
First game in the HORSP Series:
No Limit Hold Em, the Cadillac of Poker.
Pokerstars at 9PM EST. This coming Sunday, Sept 17th.
$20+2
Password:wpbt72
Top 50% get POY points.
Have a look at the poker calendar in the upper right corner – it has dates, times and tentative sites for the O,R,S, & P legs [...]
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Monday, September 11th, 2006
I Am Not an American
"Nous sommes tous Americains" Le Monde, September 13, 2001
Perhaps the French headline was an expression of solidarity for their reeling American friends, perhaps it was a statement on the deeper implications of an attack by a group with 9th century ideals on one of the leaders of the 21st century. I don't know – I [...]
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Friday, September 8th, 2006
What Is Wrong With Otis’s Head?
One of my favorite poker writers who also happens to write about poker has been having some health problems. I've never really spent a lot of time with Otis – my interactions with him have been primarily poker related, and Otis plays at limits that are typically a few levels above what I'm comfortable playing. [...]
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Wednesday, September 6th, 2006
Swapping Silicon for Beans
Yeah, yeah its been forever – blah blah blah.
Most of my free time has been occupied by move related details. In case you didn't know, I recently switched coasts – moving from the Bay Area to the Bay State.
I can finally drive northbound with the ocean on my right hand side. Good thing too, [...]
