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I've just read Jennifer Harman's SS2 chapter on limit hold'em and it's very strong. I'm going to give it another look with a highlighter at the ready, after some sleep, and then I'll see if there's some noticeable difference in my limit game.

I'm pretty sure they meant seem healthier. Phillip Morris has been buying up "family friendly" companies like Kraft and Nabisco in a brand-retooling effort for a few years now.Oh. I sent you an email about this Canadian wonderstuff after reading about your Tunica food nightmare. (Canadian vegetarian here.) I can't stress the product enough without feeling a little embarrassed so I'll just put it out there.http://www.greensplus.com/Here's the ingredient list to whet your interest:NON-GMO1 Soy Lecithin 2,339mgOrganic Hawaiian Spirulina Pacifica 1,356mgOrganic High Pectin Apple Fiber 1,350mgB

I've just read the new Journal entry. I'm disappointed to learn that Daniel has accepted to speak to Kraft executives, giving these the benefit of his hard-won insights. In the past Daniel Negreanu has written of how he loathes cigarette smoke and yet here he is displaying publicly his consent for Phillip Morris, Kraft's parent company. Corpwatch on Kraft:http://www.corpwatch.org/search.php?q=Kraft&x=13&y=3

Lenny Breau

Chip protector, nada. But card-protector? Sure! I like to use this little guy to cover my hole-cards. Only in home-games, though; I've asked the floorman at the casino a hundred times, and the answer is always no...

Try to imagine someone, with a straight face, exhorting you to have a personal relationship with Odin, Norse God of War, in the hope that when you die you may ascend to Valhalla? And telling you how awesome their life is, and their family's life, now that they've surrendered themselves to Odin?

We used to use a small chihuahua in a suede front-sling as an extra set of eyes and ears -- to say nothing of his vastly superior olfactory sense -- when prospecting for gold in cougar country. Actually the pumas were less of a concern than one particular grumpy old black bear which was known to be very aggressive. It was considered prudent to remain well-clear of grandfather bruin. Stewart was a great, brave little captain with alot of personality, who always did yeoman's work. We had to keep an eye up for eagles, owls and ravens, though, who in Stewart certainly they thought was waiting a f

Well, that's a nice belief, and you have every right to believe this, but it's still just that -- a belief.

For the enrichment of the politically curious:What Uncle Sam Really WantsThe main goals of US foreign policyProtecting our turfRelations between the United States and other countries obviously go back to the origins of American history, but World War II was a real watershed, so let's begin there.While most of our industrial rivals were either severely weakened or totally destroyed by the war, the United States benefited enormously from it. Our national territory was never under attack and American production more than tripled.Even before the war, the US had been by far the leading industrial n

I'm relieved to hear you are feeling stronger. Being able to objectify the contents and movement of your inner space in times of crisis is important. In that distance the objectifying clarity has created there's a new energy, and a new space. All it requires is to look, with the flame of attention.It's also possible to maintain a more or less perpetual state of mindfulness about what are these movements, what is the present quality of that space, what forces lay behind the movements, and what happens when we just watch it all unfolding. You'd be surpised. You won't lose your edge. Quite the co

Owning Mahoney is a true story, btw. I don't think it's more than a few years old, though. It is set in the 80s in a very realistic fashion. Actually someone I went to school with did all the design for that film. I am currently writing - or trying to write - a great poker film. I don't want to give too much away.

Stein. You are one brutal mo**erfu**er.

Perhaps, except I'd leave Buddhists out of it. Buddhism isn't about accepting articles of faith, and isn't, in fact, actually a religion.Christianity, Judaism, and Islam have a great deal in common; it would be nice to see alot more interfaith activity between them.

There are other options for serious depression than pharmacological solutions. My advice to you is to seek a trained professional mental health care provider or psychotherapist. Depression is treatable in several ways. But it often helps just to take the first steps, and in your case that would be to find professional help so you can talk to someone who is trained to listen in a helpful manner, and can offer constructive guidance. The first step is yours, my friend. Don't paralyse yourself by only thinking of reasons not to seek help. Just do it!

I'm not so sure about that. It's true that you cannot logically prove a negative, so disproving god's existence is pretty much out of the question, and the claim that god exists is an exceptional claim requiring exceptional proofs, and all biblical arguments for god's existence only beg the question, but arguments for god's existence can be made by some, and they can also be examined, and torn apart by others, like me for instance. I don't think it's fair to say that nobody knows what they are talking about. I certainly have a pretty good idea of where I am coming from. Maybe I misread your po

Sorry to be the last guy in, but what did this Josh Arieh say/do at the table?

Wrong. Poker is a game of skill with an element of chance. But it is not the element of chance which distinguishes it from chess, for example. I don't think you can know that much about poker, unfortunately, and write the above post that you did. Poker is indeed a mindsport, like chess, and as such has more in common with chess -- even taking into consideration chess's complete lack of chance elements -- than it does, say, with craps, fully taking into account the maximized chance elements of that particular pursuit.

Exactly. Or even a combination of both. Yeah. You mean obnoxious players. More of a nuisance than a concern are those "potentially violent" types who fume, snort and steam and practically dare you to drop that boat on their domes, after they made their flush on the turn. Agreed. And if there is any truth in his reputed background as a homeless person then he deserves one hell of a lot of credit for his accomplishment in lifting himself out of what is almost invariably a cul de sac. There is something about the notion that we can sit in those total kitschy, yet luxurious buildings, in very co

Metaphysician, I would like you to notify me, through this thead or by personal message, when you've read through An Integral Theory of Consciousness.It was a pleasure to share the other two, btw.

Please: I release you from your promise. Pierce is quite thought-provoking, is he not?You will then, probably, also enjoy this paper: Feyerbend's How to Defend Society Against Sciencehttp://www.calpoly.edu/~fotoole/321.1/feyer.htmlHehe. Feeling expansive: This paper, An Integral Theory of Consciousness, is essential reading for absolutely anyone interesting in religious questions:http://www.imprint.co.uk/Wilber.htm

Go figure!! Note I said sublimated racism, but that's the impression I was left with. My thought was that Jim McManus subconsciously resented Ellix Powers's behavior at the table--from his obvious position of white privilege (wealthy, well-educated professor raised in an affluent suburb, Jesuit early schooling, etc.)--which McManus certainly occupies in relation to Powers's ethnicity, childhood poverty, and homeless background. In other words McManus perhaps felt Powers wasn't minding "his place" enough. McManus is no dummy, and probably caught himself immediately, hence his "it's a beautif

You're welcome! If you've not yet read Alvarez I envy you!

What Mister Hand said.Without McManus's success at the big one there'd be no book, and no Harper's article, for that matter. I respect the work he does in Chicago, and we have mutual friends, McManus and me, but Mister Hand is right to mention Big Deal by Anthony Holden. I would add a few to the list:1. The Biggest Game in Town by A. Alvarez Called “the best book ever written on poker” by players and critics alike, The Biggest Game in Town is a sought-after classic that’s finally available in print again. Acclaimed author A. Alvarez delves into the seedy, obsessive world of high-stakes Vegas p

I'm sure James McManus is a good guy and everything, and certainly his entertaining book should be read by all, but I saw the comment he made accusing Ellix Powers of "disrespecting the game" and felt a cringe of embarrassment for McManus. Mind you it was McManus's original article in Harper's that lead me to poker, so I owe him for enabling a new chapter in this strange, wonderful life I live, to be written. But that doesn't change the very likely possibility that McManus was expressing a degree of sublimated racism with his out-of-line comment. That was my immediate impression. (As an aside,

You will forgive me if I do not agree that Harpur has been refuted, and also forgive me for laughing just a little bit at you, and at this Holding, who writes the way a professional wrestler talks, while I pour water on your hot contention that Harpur is somehow "merely" a journalist: And so on.An amusingly fallacious read, that Holding. There is nothing in that source of yours that is not ad hominem, except the numerous times where Holding inverts an appeal to authority. Here's another sliver of Holding's preference for style. You will forgive me if I refuse to take this man seriously. :roll