Poker Perambulation

The Battle eternal.  It isn’t taught at West Point.  Don’t depress the troops, right?  (Yes, got another email.) Read more…

That’s five letters that increase a poker player’s blood pressure.  It is an example of overreaching by our governement.  The Patriot Act emphasizes the overreach to the rest of the nation and world.  Well, Congress is about through the hearings stage for a mother of all overreaches.  Read more…

Are poker players gamblers?  Certainly not in the classic sense.  That’s why we keep mumbling “skill” in our beer/pain.  For those that like to gamble  and play with numbers, there is an article you might enjoy. Read more…

You got that one right?  141

The easy way was to simplify and end up with 47 x 3 = and few would need to take of their shoes or move their lips to get it right. Read more…

I wasn’t going to post today but this is “interesting”…

I used to be able to get Mythbusters and the start went something like:

We are trained professionals; don’t try this at home.   Well, sometimes even the pros should take a pass.

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OK, we are talking about poker and we are talking about me.  I do tend to be assertive on a variety of subjects.   It hard to avoid when a blog runs only a page or two.  Poker blogging adds to that  — sometimes exponentially.  Many attempts toward fame and fortune can be flow charted.  Flow charts to programmers are decision trees.  They break down a complex decision into a series of smaller problems.  That takes on a new complexity that often becomes a greater reason than the goal. Read more…

Not all music was great.  That might include this potential Turkey Day bit of surf rock. Read more…

I am not addressing a review of my body in front of a full-length mirror.  It is this Occupy movement.  They keep announcing, “We are doing this for you.” and that misses the mark more and more.   To paraphrase a politican of my day,  “I knew altruistic Yippies.  Believe me, Occupy, you aren’t Yippies.” Read more…

Well, my friend Jack sent me another email.  Ok, Waffles…go change your underwear. You are getting too old for that to be occurring naturally. Read more…