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Monthly Archives: July 2006
out of town this week
I will be out of town this week, unfortunatly not in Vegas for the Main Event. I will be in Georgia. Think “Deliverance”. Yeah. Not sure how much poker I will be playing. Made my way to the $20 level … Continue reading
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interesting read
Via a friend, I found this post. It is a very interesting read. Hopefully you can spare the two minutes or so to read it. I was going to put some money in my allofmp3.com account but ran into two … Continue reading
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well, that sucks
Worst. Finish. M was getting low, pushed 1/3 of my stack in with TT. K22 flop. Checked to me. Push. Called by K9. K on the turn sealed it. 27th. I lose use of my driver, and finish that badly … Continue reading
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damn it…
I broke my driver today. It was a Callaway Big Bertha II knock off. Supposidly made from the same casting process as the Big Bertha. Well. Maybe. Mine cracked all along the top edge of the face from the toe … Continue reading
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45 SnG Challenge: 5th Try
Ick. Finished 16th. Layed down JJ on a short stack against a raise that put me nearly in. A re-raise from a big stack confirmed two monsters. Well. AK vs 99. I would have won. A tripple up there would … Continue reading
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45SnG: 4th try
*Finally* I made the money. I got to about 6th in chips when I found A-10 with a 10-10-4 flop. When I got to call an all-in bet on the river against 10-8 I was in really good shape. 6th … Continue reading
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Migrating iTunes
I was pretty dumb a bit ago and used iTunes on my work laptop to purchase some content. I say dumb because I am going to have to turn this laptop in next March when they “lean the workforce”. I … Continue reading
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interesting night
I *intended* to head home early and play one or two 45 SnGs last night. Instead my buddy Jason roped me into headed downtown to catch Ministry. Or we would have if we could have gotten tickets. We hit the … Continue reading
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45SnG: 3rd try
I tried a $1+.20 this time. The play is crazy. We were down to the final two tables before the first break. I made one mistake earlier pushing QQ into an ace high flop and was hurting. I battled back … Continue reading
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