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I play a lot of games. I own 8 video game consoles and regularly play them all. I play a game for a living. I play a ton of board games. When I'm on my computer and not playing poker I'm usually playing Catan or Starcraft. When I poop I play games on my iPhone. And every night before I go to bed I do a crossoword puzzle. I was going to go somewhere with this post and talk about overall related themes between mastering all the games or draw some analogy to the game of life, but that's just dumb.

HHs

the power of playing reckless...

just_t.he_nuts posts small blind [$25.00 USD].
rya.nwelch posts big blind [$50.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to gamblegambel [ 6d 6s ]
gamblegambel raises [$100.00 USD]
jus.t_the_nuts folds
ryan.welch calls [$50.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 4c, Qd, 2d ]
ry.anwelch checks
gamblegambel bets [$131.00 USD]
ry.anwelch raises [$462.00 USD]
gamblegambel calls [$331.00 USD]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
rya.nwelch bets [$450.00 USD]
gamblegambel calls [$450.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Kc ]
ryanw.elch bets [$488.00 USD]
gamblegambel calls [$488.00 USD]
ryanw.elch shows [Jc, 8s ]
gamblegambel shows [6d, 6s ]
gamblegambel wins $3024.00 USD from main pot

l Scub.ba l posts small blind [$25.00 USD].
marc.opolo28 posts big blind [$50.00 USD].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to gamblegambel [ 5d Kd ]
hello.puppy folds
shxl.fxm folds
gamblegambel raises [$100.00 USD]
l Scu.bba l folds
marc.opolo28 calls [$50.00 USD]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3s, 8h, 3c ]
marc.opolo28 checks
gamblegambel checks
** Dealing Turn ** [ 4d ]
marc.opolo28 bets [$150.00 USD]
gamblegambel calls [$150.00 USD]
** Dealing River ** [ Jd ]
marc.opolo28 bets [$450.00 USD]
gamblegambel raises [$1250.00 USD]
marc.opolo28 folds
gamblegambel wins $1422.00 USD from main pot

Bullets

• my girlfriend moved to chicago indefinitely
• i got a mustard stain on my favorite polo
• i bought an iphone
• themasterj nearly won a wsop bracelet
• i wish i had some feather pillows
  

New Hobby

Recently, partly inspired by the White House garden and by my gf's family garden, I've started to cultivate some greens of my own. Personally it makes the most sense to grow plants you can eat. So far I have tomato plants, oregano, basil (yes, I am Italian), a few carrots, and a pomegranate tree.

I Hate My Job #49

Flatline

The most frequent question I've been asked lately is how has the recession been affecting the poker world. In general I really haven't seen all that much decline in action in the mid/high stakes regular cash games. Nonetheless, I've been doing some research looking at table ratings graphs and I have a an eerily common pattern amongst many cash game regulars (seems to kick in at mid Feb for everyone)...

Appears some of the most consistent winning regulars are running dry the past 4 months. I know if you look hard enough you can find a few graphs out there to "prove" anything, but this one has caught my interest.

Movie

I just got my new iRobot vacuum in the mail today and decided to make a movie. Check him out as he plays the Mikey (my dog) and attempts to destroy my old vacuum cleaner...

HH

I've really been on my game these past few months. I have been getting extremely lucky too. It's a dangerous combination for my opponents.

gamblegambel posts small blind [$25.00 ].
Co.m.e.ToButthead posts big blind [$50.00 ].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to gamblegambel [ Kd 9s ]
na.t.i.onz folds
gamblegambel raises [$106.00 ]
Co.m.e.ToButthead calls [$81.00 ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2h, 5d, Js ]
gamblegambel bets [$150.00 ]
Com.e.T.oButthead raises [$435.00 ] raise this board? lol
gamblegambel calls [$285.00 ]
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7s ]
gamblegambel checks
Com.e.ToButthead checks
** Dealing River ** [ 5c ]
gamb.l.egambel bets [$934.00 ] just in case he has an ace or KQ KT
Co.m.e.ToButthead folds
gamblegambel wins $1131.00 from main pot

"No One Is Donating" -Moon

b.o.nvivant21 posts the small blind of $25
wil.l.b77 posts the big blind of $50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to gamblegambel [Ad As]
Co.m.eToButthead folds
km.o.neyk10 folds
gamblegambel raises to $100
bo.n.vivant21 calls $75
Kin.e.tica stands up
wil.l.b77 folds
*** FLOP *** [2h 9h 4s]
bo.n.vivant21 checks
gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act
gamblegambel bets $125
bon.v.ivant21 calls $125
*** TURN *** [2h 9h 4s] [2s]
bon.v.ivant21 checks
gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act
gamblegambel bets $325
bo.n.vivant21 calls $325
*** RIVER *** [2h 9h 4s 2s] [Jc]
bo.n.vivant21 checks
gamblegambel has 15 seconds left to act
gamblegambel bets $875, and is all in
bo.n.vivant21 calls $875
*** SHOW DOWN ***
gamblegambel shows [Ad As] two pair, Aces and Twos
bon.v.ivant21 mucks
gamblegambel wins the pot ($2,897) with two pair, Aces and Twos
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $2,900 | Rake $3
Board: [2h 9h 4s 2s Jc]
Seat 1: b.o.nvivant21 (small blind) mucked [Qd Kc] - a pair of Twos
Seat 6: gamblegambel (button) showed [Ad As] and won ($2,897) with two pair, Aces and Twos

Lost a Hold of

it's been a while...

What Would You Do?

So Peter Eastgate was sitting on 9 25/50 deep stack tables on Poker Stars this afternoon alongside all the best regulars. At the time he was stuck over 40k. I decided to sit 4 tables feeling I would have a decent edge there. This was the biggest pot I played...

Seat 3: Pe.t.eE.astgate ( $6194.00 )

Seat 5: KKBigDawwg69 ( $5425.00 )

fo.u.c.ault82 posts small blind [$25.00 ].
n.u.t.sinho posts big blind [$50.00 ].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to KKBigDawwg69 [ Ad Qh ]
sk.i.e.r_5 folds
Pet.e.E.astgate raises [$150.00 ]
De.l.d.a.r182 calls [$150.00 ]
KKBigDawwg69 calls [$150.00 ]
fo.u.c.a.ult82 calls [$125.00 ]
nut.s.i.n.ho calls [$100.00 ]
** Dealing Flop ** [ 2d, As, Jh ]
fo.u.c.a.ult82 checks
n.u.t.s..inho checks
Pete.E.a.s.t.gate bets [$500.00 ]
Deld.a.r.1.82 folds
KKBigDawwg69 calls [$500.00 ]
fouc.a.u.l.t82 folds
n.u.t.s.inho folds
** Dealing Turn ** [ 8d ]
Pe.t.e.E.astgate checks
KKBigDawwg69 checks
** Dealing River ** [ 4d ]
Pet.e.E.a.stgate checks
KKBigDawwg69 bets [$1150.00 ]
PeteEa.s.t.g.ate raises [$5544.00 ]
(the rest of the hand is in white text)
KKBigDawwg69 calls [$3625.00 USD]
PeteEas.t.g.a.te shows [3s, 2s ]
KKBigDawwg69 shows [Ad, Qh ]
KKBigDawwg69 wins $11297.00 USD from main pot

Sketches

Ad

Someone from party poker emailed me about advertising on my blog. The communication concluded with this emai:

Thanks for getting back to me. I made an error when I sent you yesterday's email. It appears you have a

link to a site that is considered pornography which precludes me from linking to your site. If I'm incorrect please

let me know. Also, please accept my apology for the error.

High School

To err is human. The year was 2000. I was over at my gf's house at the time and walked in on her father watching poker on TV. I began to rag on him pretty hard; are you really watching people play cards on television - is there anything more boring??? To this day that conversation still haunts me.