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Which of the following cities is farther west in the United States:
-Spokane, Washington
-Los Angeles, CA
-Reno, Nevada
-San Diego, CA
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If Marilyn Monroe was alive today she'd be 99 years old.
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A million seconds is about 11 days.
A billion seconds is about 30 years.
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Jay North who played "Dennis the Menace".
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Boxer George Foreman. He named all five of his sons George Foreman. Even giving them all the same middle name too.
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Boris Spassky who was involved in the "Chess Match of the Century" in 1972.
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7 hours ago, mrfritz said:
Bob Uecker
Some trivia: Uecker hit 14 home runs in his career, 3 of them off Hall of Fame pitchers. One of those pitchers was Sandy Koufax. When Uecker saw Koufax after that he would apologize to him because he thought his homer might keep Koufax out of the Hall of Fame.
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Last week Chuck Woolery, former host of Wheel of Fortune and Love Connection died at 83.
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Things you don't see much of in Vegas as of 12/1/2024
1) Vegas YouTubers who don't exagerate the danger of the Naked City neighborhood behind the Strat Hotel which hasn't really been that dangerous in the last 25 years.
2} Bottled water containers (sold by Vegas street vendors) that haven't been filled with city tap water.
3)Vegas YouTubers who think they're experts on Vegas who "are actually" experts on Vegas.
4)Unknown poker pros under 50 yrs old with good health insurance.
5)Multi-millionaires and billionaires who say they love Vegas and poker and because of that would be willing to invest at least 1/1000th of their net worth on a Vegas/poker themed movie. Actually I'm not aware that any people like this actually exist so I have to believe their love of Vegas and poker is not really that strong.
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I have a feeling it's going to be a long hibernation unless some big event happens that kickstarts poker again. One possible big event would be a successful poker themed movie that got people that currently don't give a damn about poker interested. One example of a movie that created a craze was the movie "Saturday Night Fever". Disco absolutely exploded across the nation after that movie. Another example was the movie "Urban Cowboy" which showcased a "mechanical bull riding machine". I would estimate that at least half the dance clubs in America (even some fancy clubs) installed a mechanical bull for their patrons to ride after that successful movie. That fad only lasted about a year.
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Jimmy the Greek,TV announcer from the 70's, once gave his opinion of what it takes to be a good poker player. He stated:
"If you ain't a tiger, forget it."
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Why do mummies make great friends if you want to keep secrets?
Because they are good at keeping things under wraps.
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What did the banana say to the hippopotamus?
Nothing, bananas can't talk.
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I like the Jack Straus story where he owed a guy a lot of money and was scheduled to pay it back on a certain day. Jack didn't have the money so he hatched a plan with 2 friends. Jack agreed to meet the man he owed money on the sidewalk. Jack walks on the sidewalk and sees the man he owes money about 50 yards away and the lender sees Jack. Suddenly a car pulls up and Jack's 2 friends get out looking like FBI. They show him a fake badge push him up against their car, pat him down, handcuff him, and place him the backseat of their black sedan and drive off.
Later that night, Jack calls the guy he owes money to and says he needs more time because of legal problems. The lender tells Jack don't worry about it because he saw what happened earlier and understands.
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RIP Jerry Springer.
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Overexposed as of 4/14/23
--Commercials with Kevin Hart.
--Garrett Adelstein
--The word "iconic". It seems I hear that word almost every day now. Give it a rest.
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How the hell was RodReynolds around to upvote that? I am now convinced that Rod IS VK.
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Sorry, but this latest conspiracy theory is also wrong. As I've always said, my identity can easily be verified by FCP Bob by simply calling him and my caller ID will give my name, the author of Vegas Knights.
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BigD McGee, Rod Reynolds, who will I be next??
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On 10/22/2022 at 4:52 PM, brvheart said:
Underexposed: High quality, well-written movie scripts with a poker theme.
No big deal because nowadays there are few if any film companies that have the ability to take a 3x honored poker themed script (such as "Vegas Knights"), a script where an experienced script reader said it could easily be made into an entertaining poker movie, a script that is being sold relatively cheap, and a script that would have a built in audience of millions of poker players dying for a quality poker film, and make such a script into a successful movie.
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Things most overexposed as of October 20, 2022:
- Political TV ads for the upcoming November elections.
- Misleading/inaccurate TV political ads.
- Camp Lejeune polluted water lawsuit ads going on for months.
- The thousands of comments on the latest poker cheating scandal
- stories/complaints about the homeless problem (with little being done).
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On 6/24/2022 at 10:55 PM, Vegas Knights said:
Only 9 more days before it is revealed what famous person challenged another famous person to a big money poker match and wrote these words:
"We both talk a good game, it's time now that we put up or shut up. I am throwing you the challenge. Are you man enough to meet it?"
Well, I got some time so here's that info.
Recently I was doing some spring cleaning when I came across a magazine page I had torn out of an old poker magazine over 20 years ago. The magazine probably was Card Player but I can’t tell for sure. The page includes a full page advertisement taken out by Larry Flynt, owner of Hustler Magazine and Hustler Casino. The page includes a photo of Flynt and a separate picture of Donald Trump holding 2 playing cards. Trump used to use that picture in his advetisements of his card tournaments. Remember this was 2001, when Trump was known as a cocky multi-millionaire businessman and not a politician. Even the Apprentice TV show hadn’t started yet.
The ad also includes a copy of a letter that Flynt sent Trump challenging him to a million dollar poker match. Below is how the letter appeared in the ad:
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Oct 25, 2001
Mr. Donald Trump
Trump Towers
New York, NY 10022Dear Donald,
For the past several years, I have watched with interest your advertisements featuring your picture holding two cards, promoting card tournaments and card activity at your Atlantic City properties.
As we are major casino owners and with your reputed skills as featured with your ads in Card Player, Poker Digest and other magazines, I think it is a wonderful opportunity for us to create a head-to-head owner’s Poker Championship.
I propose that we each put up $1 million and play a head-up freeze-out until one person has all the chips. This will settle once and for all who is the best player, in East vs. West contest... Trump vs. Flynt.
The winner will donate half his winnings $500,000, to the Relief/Fund Red Cross in New York City to the benefit of the victims of the September 11th tragedy.
The game will be 7-card stud.
The game stakes can be limit or no-limit, your choice.
...We both talk a good game - it’s time now that we put up or shut up. I am throwing you the challenge. Are you man enough to meet it?
Sincerely,
Larry Flynt
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I doubt Trump ever accepted the challenge because I can’t find anything about it on the web. I know Trump didn’t accept a challenge by the late Bob Stupak (aka The Polish Maverick) to play a game of Trump’s own board game (that was selling at the time) for a million dollars.Anyway, I thought some people might be interested in this million dollar poker challenge. Maybe we can have more challenges like this, and the recent Polk, Negreanu, Hellmuth challenges. ’
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On 3/18/2022 at 2:07 PM, Vegas Knights said:
Trivia question:
This comment/challenge wasn't made at the poker table but I've seen it in print. Both people involved are well known. One player challenged the other person to play a poker match for a considerable amount of money. Who was the famous person who challenged the other famous person to a heads up poker match and wrote this:
"We both talk a good game, it's time now that we put up or shut up. I am throwing you the challenge. Are you man enough to meet it?"
And for the record I'm not talking about the Doug Polk challenge or the Daniel challenge of Hellmuth. I'm referring to another person who put out a challenge to a famous person and also wrote the above bolded quote.
Only 9 more days before it is revealed what famous person challenged another famous person to a big money poker match and wrote these words:
"We both talk a good game, it's time now that we put up or shut up. I am throwing you the challenge. Are you man enough to meet it?"
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On 6/1/2022 at 1:17 PM, FCP Bob said:
Wow, nice electric car, Daniel is doing his part to improve Vegas air quality.,, Wonder how much his little room bordering the poker area will cost per week.
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Leather Ass - One of the main skills needed to be a great limit low stakes poker player.
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Vegas Knights = a poker themed screenplay, or an abbreviation of the Vegas Golden Knights hockey team.
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Reno, Nevada is the farthest west of the above 4 cities.