Archive for September, 2007
Saturday, September 29th, 2007
Bubbled in The Donk
Finished one out of the money in the donkerama rebuy. I was hoping to make it 3 cashes in 3 blogger tournies, but it was not to be.
Maybe I jinxed myself by upping my goal to 1727 in my BGP efforts. Ah well – I’m still getting a few donations rolling in, so [...]
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Thursday, September 27th, 2007
Hitting For the Cycle
Monday MATH: first
Tuesday Bodog: third
Wednesday Mook: second.
$108.72 more for my BGP, bringing my total raised to over $1200 in less than a week?
Home run.
Tomorrow Tonight going to Fenway to see Josh Beckett try and pick up his 21st win in front of 35000 screaming RedSox fans. On top of that, if the Yanks [...]
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Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
New WPBT Results Are Up
The new WPBT-POY results are up. As always, click through the WPBT link near the WPBT poker chip to the right. Mattazuma has a pretty solid hold of first with only two more events until the finale in Vegas at the December blogger gathering. Catch him while you can! Last year [...]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
One Up, One Down
I cleared the massive total of $22 in the Bodog tourney and flamed out early in the WPBT sit&go when my top pair, open ended straight draw was dominated (well statistically not quite) by TPTK.
So that’s $22 into the Barry Greenstein project kitty, since the Bodog tourney was being played with tourney credit.
That brings the [...]
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Tuesday, September 25th, 2007
A Hoy There Mateys!
Hrmm. Maybe I should do these charity drives more often.
First tourney on the list and I take it down. I’m not sure I can ever recall winning the Hoy. As I stated early on when I called Fuel55 down with my top pair turned straight (I called for all my chips on [...]
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Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
Greenstein, Schmeenstein
This is Barry Greenstein.
You may be asking why I have placed such a handsome devil on my blog.
Am I trying to molify the countless women that I’ve undoubtedly offended at some point with the rambles that pass as writing here?
No.
The jaded amongst you will consider it a cheap ploy [...]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
Cancer Blows Goat Chunks
About a year ago I wrote about my sister’s cancer diagnosis. She is doing ok – a little tired from fighting the fight and raising two young children. The prognosis is still unclear, but thanks to my colleagues in the field she has a fighting chance.
Cancer touches everybody. When I [...]
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Friday, September 21st, 2007
On Cricket, Waterfalls and Time Travel
That might be my all time favorite title.
So I’m back from my travels. I had internet access in England but was never in a state coherent enough to write. My stay in England was relatively short and I devised a brilliant means of beating jet lag.
It entails staying up until the small hours drinking beer [...]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
I Got Mooked.
I took second place in the Bodog Blogger tourney lastnight. First went to Mookie. At least I went out on my signature hand (QJo – formerly and hereafter to be known as the ‘bdidde’). I didn’t see Mook play 10-8 once. Booooo to you sir (I kid, I kid). Bodog [...]
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Monday, September 3rd, 2007
Why Would You Give Your Money Away?
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