Sportsmack
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So what? That's freakingI was at the borgota for a WPT event and "men the master" was in front of me on the escaltor and he plugged one side of his nose and blew buggers all over the escaltor.... my 2 cents on the man
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I don't have a Stars account, only FT...but thanks anyway. Lol, it was actually just a fun challenge.Wow, your right! How'd you know that?sn on 'Stars? -
What did you have for lunch today?Now may I go to the bathroom?I think?Cad a ithé tú inniu ag t-am lón?Anois, is cead agam dul go dtí an leithris?$5 on 'Stars to first guy to get that!! -
no no, I think I said it right the first time...but thanks anywayGordon acted like a complete d0ucheFYP -
Lindgren acted like a complete d0uche
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Not to rub it in...but were you not aware that Evgeni Nabakov had 2 shutouts in his last 3 games? Oh and btw...Edmonton had 9 rookies in tonight's line-up. I think they said that a flu bug hit practically the entire team. At least you've got 2 games leftIT"S HAPPENING!!!!! I"M GONNA LOSE IT!!!!! What would have been a sure win already is now a close game. One more Anahiem goal and he ties the game, but wins in OT. Unless Corey Perry is in on it. I'm so pissed I can't even put it into words. ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Welcome to San Jose Daniel...the new Hockey Town USA. Sharks fans are some of the most hard core, and if you've never been to a Sharks game...prepare to be blown away. Especially right now during playoff time...it's gonna be nuts. Anyway, welcome again...and I look forward to seeing you out a Bay 101 and maybe even the game...I'll be there.
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Like everything else, it comes and goes in cycles. It's just a matter of time before you're back at the tables.So I've been playing poker seriously for about 3 years, and generally when i get pissed off or bored i'll take a break (a week or so) to do other things. But recently (last 3 months and running) i just don't want to play anymore. I've been pretty successful at the 3/6 level for a couple of years so it's not the money aspect. I'm literally just sick of poker......Any ideas on what i should do? -
Any chance DN will let you write his blogs from here on out?So I thought describing a typical session I play online. This should give you a glimpse into what I think is a solid foundation for a future online tensofthousandaire.1st you should know that when the poker boom first started I was skeptical and waited till there were fewer players playing online. The more players there are, the harder it is to be the best right? After the passage of the Gaming bill, I found much more manageable sized games, and the people that were there seem to be there everyday so I can really get a read on them and eventually make those huge laydowns that only top pros can make.Before I play I prepare myself by setting aside many different items that will insure my success:Paper and pencil to take notes of other players.WaterPretzelsCookies( to reward myself for good play )Calculator for pot oddsAbacus for when most of the other players are oriental ( this lets them know I am not intimidated )Computer (duh )Tissues ( sinuses )Trash can (for tissues )A few Poker Books such as Play Poker Like the Pros (duh ) Phil Gorden's Little Green Book, and the classic Professor, Banker and Suicide King. So rather than list my many philisophical ideas, basic understanding of the difference between limit and no limit ( you make and lose way more money in no limit ) and other things that give me the credits to perform at my best, I will describe last night's session, which is pretty typical of my play:I log onto my dial up, this can take up to 5 minutes so I take advantage of this time to go to the bathroom, turn on High Stakes Poker ( I have them all recorded ) and make any work calls I need to. I believe in trying to get the most out of every second of the day.I first go to Full Tilt Poker and rail some big games, I like to try to say witty things in the chat box to get the pros to notice me. This way, when I play with them later they will think: "That's the guy that always watched me play, I better be careful of him and respect his raises" Then I go to Full Contact Poker and sit down at a PLO8 $6/$12 game. I know no one else will play that level on the site, so I am safe from having to risk any money, but if any opponents are surfing around, they will see me sitting at this tougher game at a higher stake and think: "This guys a player; I should respect his raises" I of course look around at the bigger tables to do the same thing. It is important though to be 'away' while sitting at these tables since my bankroll is too small to have any serious money if front of me, and when you are away it just says 'away' with no money.Then I logged onto the $.25/$.50 no limit table for $20. This is a good table choice for me because I am way better than anyone that would play this level, so I can relax my focus if I need to and still post a winner on many nights. I used to really tear up the $.05/$.10 with like 3 or 4 BB every hour. The $20 will also protect me from any coolers like the nut flush draw vs overpair etc.First hand I post $.50 since the button is to my left. I mean come on, I didn't sit down to not play. Get dealt 96 off. First guy to act ( under the gun) raises to $2. Everyone folds so it's up to me to make sure this guy knows I am not afraid of him. I call for a discount ( Thank you Vince Van Patton ) and see the flop, hoping he has AK so I can put him on a hand. Flop comes J 9 3 two spades. Now the spades worry me because most flushes are made with spades, so I figure I better protect my hand. But I got position so I don't get the chance. This guy bets like $6. I mean come on, the pot only has like $5 in it and he bets over the pot. Looks like Mr. AK doesn't like the flop and wants me gone. Sorry bully man, there's a new Sheriff in town and his name is Balloon Guy. I raise to $12 and he calls so fast I almost type in the chat: 'AK huh?' Where do they come from? Well now I am feeling really good, but the turn in the K of hearts. Man how can I get so unlucky. He checks, but I'm not falling for that, I only bet $2 which is only 1/3 my stack so I can fold if he raises. He just smooth calls. So smooth. River is the 3 of hearts, so now I have two pair, which can beat a pair of kings, but one of the trademarks of a good player is to not bet when they can't stand a raise, so when he checks I just check, but I took a real long time to check to let him know I have a good hand. He shows JJ for a full house and I am really proud to show my two pair that I didn't bet on the river. Now the players will respect me. I also make a note that the guy with only one arm slow played top set after betting more than the pot, but checked his full house so I should probably never bet on the river against him. This guy has been really changing gears the last three sessions because he would never have played it like that before. That's why you take notes though, to keep your eye out for guys that can switch gears.Next three hands I fold to let everyone know I am playing tight. Then call with 46 suited in spades. You remember what I said about spades. Man I love it when you get good cards. Totally miss the flop, but since I am playing tight I think why not try to cash in on my table image? I go all in for $4 and get called by the cute black chick who has top pair no kicker. Man this is going to be a tough night.I re-buy for $40 now. You know all the other players are like: “Whoa, he just bought in for twice his original buy in, he must have a lot of money. And if he has a lot of money he must be good, I should respect his raises” I do this on purpose.Now I am in the BB and get dealt JJ. Two limpers so I just check to trap them. Flop comes Q 10 5 rainbow. Gin for my hand. I mean what hand limps with a Q? Right? Well apparently KQ is a limping hand to Mr. One Arm. So I rebuy again but this time for only $25. Time to show proper bankroll management.A make a couple nice plays when I get a set and two pair on flop and quickly I am up to $40. The hand with the set I did a little thing I like to think I invented, when I hit my set, I check, then if they bet I will raise. But here’s the tricky part, I check the turn like I’m on a draw, then lead out for a really small bet like I am bluffing. Unless they totally suck out on me this play works like 80-85% of the time. They call that a value bet.Get a monster AA from middle position and my M is like 4 or 8 so I decide to lead out for a standard 3xBB raise. No way they can put me on AA now. Flop comes 789 all hearts and I have A of hearts, so I bet pot and get two callers, sweet. Turn is a K that isn’t a heart so I check just in case one of them has 2 hearts already. They both check. Now I don’t have a clue what they could have, probably a set or a straight draw, so I decide to be careful. River is a J so unless I got really unlucky I am ahead here. I put in a small 1/3 pot bet. But remember how I bet a small amount last time I had a set, so I am totally representing here. But they both called. I am like really stoked but I missed what they had because the internet froze when I got a phone call. After my daughter calls back and gets off the phone I re-log on and try to figure out what they had but they wouldn’t say and I must have lost because I only have like $12 now. That one is going to bug me for quite a while.Time to tighten up, 4 re buys is my maximum for a one hour session, so I am dangerously close to having to watch High Stakes Poker for the rest of the night. I fold like 5 hands in a row. Rocky rock rock. I could probably get them to lay down QQ to a serious re raise from me now.But then this really tough hand came up. I have 78 spades (yes) and call a minimum raise, probably aces. They should just take out a billboard that says “I Have Aces” when they min raise. So the flop is 9 10 A with the 9 a spade. Wow, this one’s big. I have an open ended straight draw, a backdoor flush draw, and a backdoor straight flush draw. Now I’m almost hoping he has AA so I can destroy him. Did I mention this is Mr. One Arm, my nemesis. This will be so much sweeter than beating the girl with the pony tail, she’s really bad. So he bets like a pot size bet so I take a moment to calculate my pot odds. I have 4 6s and 4 J to have the nuts, so that’s 8, then I have two chance to catch 2 spades, with 10 spades left I get 20 different ways to catch 2 spades ( if you don’t understand this you should really read Play Poker Like the Pros, you need it). Then I have the monster straight flush draw, only needing 2 of 4 cards to make it. That’s 50%. So I get my calculator out and figure I have about a 2:1 chance of winning and am ready to reraise all in but I got timed out and the hand got folded. They really need to lengthen the clock. The One Arm bandit shows his AA ( told you ) and I am left wondering what I would have said if I had made my hand. Probably: “Sorry dude, but next time you slow play aces you deserve to lose or something like that.”This is why I think I am going to quit trying to be a math guy and just become a feel player.So I am steaming now and decide I am not in the right frame of mind so I go over to the limit game. Limit is way easier because you can only lose like 4 BB max if you’re heads up and only make one raise. I totally dominate from the start and quickly am up 5 BBs and think: “Man I knew I should have played higher stakes. If I had played at the $300/$800 table I would up $4,000 right now.” But you can’t let hindsight take you off your game. SO I left after about 20 hands, gave back a little and left up. Overall a bad night, but I think I left the other players with a feeling that they should watch out for me.So who wants to stake me and hop on this gravy train?Balloon Guy on FCP
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That's what she saidi love when it goes down
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How would you feel if some chick sucked out on your boyfriend on the river?
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Lord Give Me A Sign...DMX
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It wasn't on stars...it was on FT. Funny things is, she started it...started questioning the way I played a hand so I called her a ******. She immediately asking everyone if she could report me...like she was just waiting for something to be said....what a ******!!!you don't get your chat revoked for saying 'd0uche' on Stars.you must have been warned before that, at least once. -
Pretty sure I'm going to get my chat revoked on stars after I completely went off on somebody like an idiot today. Just wondering who else out there is in this club. guilty as charged...but the only word I used was d0uche. Guess she doesn't have the same sense of humor that I have.
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ewwww grossPlayed with an 18-19 year old at Choctaw in November.Ed -
LMAO...what a d0uche.POWER: GORE MANSION USES 20X AVERAGE HOUSEHOLD; CONSUMPTION INCREASE AFTER 'TRUTH'Mon Feb 26 2007 17:16:14 ET The Tennessee Center for Policy Research, an independent, nonprofit and nonpartisan research organization committed to achieving a freer, more prosperous Tennessee through free market policy solutions, issued a press release late Monday:Last night, Al Gore’s global-warming documentary, An Inconvenient Truth, collected an Oscar for best documentary feature, but the Tennessee Center for Policy Research has found that Gore deserves a gold statue for hypocrisy. Gore’s mansion, [20-room, eight-bathroom] located in the posh Belle Meade area of Nashville, consumes more electricity every month than the average American household uses in an entire year, according to the Nashville Electric Service (NES). In his documentary, the former Vice President calls on Americans to conserve energy by reducing electricity consumption at home.The average household in America consumes 10,656 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per year, according to the Department of Energy. In 2006, Gore devoured nearly 221,000 kWh—more than 20 times the national average. Last August alone, Gore burned through 22,619 kWh—guzzling more than twice the electricity in one month than an average American family uses in an entire year. As a result of his energy consumption, Gore’s average monthly electric bill topped $1,359. Since the release of An Inconvenient Truth, Gore’s energy consumption has increased from an average of 16,200 kWh per month in 2005, to 18,400 kWh per month in 2006. Gore’s extravagant energy use does not stop at his electric bill. Natural gas bills for Gore’s mansion and guest house averaged $1,080 per month last year. “As the spokesman of choice for the global warming movement, Al Gore has to be willing to walk to walk, not just talk the talk, when it comes to home energy use,” said Tennessee Center for Policy Research President Drew Johnson.In total, Gore paid nearly $30,000 in combined electricity and natural gas bills for his Nashville estate in 2006. For Further Information, Contact: Nicole Williams, (615) 383-6431 editor@tennesseepolicy.org -
Damn, you got to it first...nh."make people aware" I think about a southpark episode where the kids are forced to join a music group that 'promotes awareness of the destruction of the rain forest.' Same applies in these situations:There's a place called the rainforest that truly sucks ***Let's knock it all down and get rid of it fastYou say 'save the rainforest', but what do you know?You've never been to the rainforest before!Getting Gay with Kids is hereTo tell you things you might not like to hearYou only fight these causes 'cause caring sellsAll you activists can go phuck yourselves.
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Sorry let me clarify...I hurt for Joey, I was railing a little at the end. That sucked donkey balls -
I...hurt.
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after following your threads for all of one minute...I have come to the realiZation that you are indeed a doosh and a bag.I will end on a brilliant quote from the film entitled Billy Madison...portrayed by one of America's finest performers (Adam Sandler) , which I find is reflective of your reaction to american culture in general."We are all now dumber for having listened to you"after following dan's blog for years, i came to the realisation that he is indeed a progressive and a visionary. you see wrong and desire to make right. i salute you, and keep representing the canadian way. i will end on a quote from the hagakure, which i find is reflective of your reaction to the american conservative coterie here on the forum that criticize your way of thinking and doing things.'It is the same for anything that is called a Way. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all ways and be more and more in accord with his own.' -
Jesus loves the little children...All the children of the worldRed or Yellow, Black or White They are precious in his site...Even sweet little Sunday school songs are un-PC...but I don't think the little 2nd graders singing them are racist. Relax people.
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I usually play poker stoned...who wants some?lololololo obvious stoned post. Im not hating Sean I too tend to post while high, and I just dont get why some people dont get it, then I realize because they are of sound mind and I am not. -
did you just respond to yourself? Cause that's more gangsta than the opOk now I'm getting mad! I've got a butter knife in my hand people. Where is the damn peanut butter? -
ditto.I'm offended because it wasn't funny.
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