tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62922232011-04-21T20:42:03.770-07:00Openers: A Poker BlogEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comBlogger451100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1138033771603951992006-01-23T08:28:00.000-08:002006-01-23T08:29:31.616-08:00Closers…I will miss it, for sure, but I am writing this post to close this blog and to mark the end of my online poker play.In short, the last eight months have been the hardest ones of my life. My wife of five years, who I love more than I can say, told me she was unhappy with her life with me, unsure of the choices she had made, was unsure whether marriage, either to me or to anyone, was right Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1128716342297784432005-10-07T13:16:00.000-07:002005-10-07T13:19:02.303-07:00Pokerstars rocks, I must say. I also must say: I have registered to play in theOnline Poker Blogger Championship! This event is powered by PokerStars. Registration code: 7446203I think I saw 600 bloggers have already registered. Wow.Live home game tonight for me: typical drunken debauchery, 1/2 stakes with the occasional round of NL ($5 max bet to keep it friendly), but fun.Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1128543815685929532005-10-05T13:23:00.000-07:002005-10-05T13:23:35.690-07:00Finally broke my winning streak at SNG's last night. (I think I've moneyed in the last 5 or 6 I've played?) Played too aggressively in the opening rounds (much better just to hang back, folks, and wait for a good opportunity; then turn it way up with 5 to go), and in fact I have been working more aggressive play in my ring games too, with mixed results. I certainly pick up more pots, but I also Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1128372544931390342005-10-03T13:48:00.000-07:002005-10-03T13:49:04.936-07:00Just a quick post today. Ran the Empire freeroll bank to nearly $700 this weekend, thanks to a $30 SNG first, and some limit HE.Slow and steady bankroll growth is good, but I decided to play the Pacific Poker 100K on Sunday as well, and made one mistake that cost me dearly, after playing really well the first hour. The hand doesn't matter; what does is that I lost my focus on the game, and made aEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1128103492565459702005-09-30T10:56:00.000-07:002005-09-30T11:04:52.576-07:00Lots of rough changes going on, and I haven't posted in too long for anyone to admit, but life has a funny way of kicking you in the balls when things get too good. My life is literally falling apart, not because of poker per se, but I also can't say that my tendency to enjoy solitary activities like the game didn't contribute to things. More on this later, maybe. I've got a therapist, and I Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1114438168033255642005-04-25T07:03:00.000-07:002005-04-25T07:09:28.033-07:00Golly I'm a bad blogger, but I had a blast in last night's blogger tourney. Congrats to Bob.I busted 29th, taking out Pauly in the first round when my JJ made trips on the turn against his AK (he flopped an A). Played well (reading Harrington's book on NL tourneys) and aggressively, but need to learn to slow down sometimes, not push every hand. Finally busted out with a big reraise in the BB on aEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1107203596954873742005-01-31T13:28:00.000-08:002005-01-31T12:33:16.953-08:00I closed my poker-playing month on an up note, taking a break from the NL qualifier rebuys on PokerStars and returning to limit play. I loved these rebuys, but I burned out on them after quite a number of poor showings in a row—variety is the spice of life though, so I will return to them after a while.
To the limit tables I went, and I took with me F-Train’s advice (I need to add him and some Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1106587238573960732005-01-24T09:18:00.000-08:002005-01-24T09:20:38.573-08:00Late-month report:
By my records, which I have been keeping carefully according to my resolutions, in January so far I’ve played in ten of the PokerStars 10+1 rebuys for tournament dollars; including rebuys, it’s cost me $190 tournament dollars. Of these tourneys, I’ve placed only in one, earning $225 tourney dollars, making for a slight profit, but not much of one. The nice thing, however, is Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1105026184031317772005-01-06T07:41:00.000-08:002005-01-06T07:43:04.030-08:00Happy New Year, all. A few things of interest to get us started.
First, PokerStars is collecting donations to the Red Cross for tsunami relief, and they’re matching all donations 100%. It felt damned good to see how many poker players had made donations (93 grand as of last night), so I joined in as well, entering the $50 tsunami “tournament.”
Second, I want to thank Iggy and Pauly for Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1103727995758270312004-12-22T07:05:00.000-08:002004-12-22T07:06:35.756-08:00Ok, so I suck as a blogger. I just can’t keep up my poker recordings, but I do have some final observations for the year, and some poker resolutions to make to myself:
1. I’m done playing the ring games on UltimateBet, despite the enormous deposit match bonus I have coming to me there. I’ll keep some cash there for tournaments on occasion, but the games there just haven’t worked out for me, and Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1098463270819100602004-10-22T09:22:00.000-07:002004-10-22T09:41:10.820-07:00Great tourney, Iggy--what a pleasure to play it at Stars, and what a turnout. Sadly, I barely made it from home work in time (and I'm on the East Coast, dangit), so I lost my steam after an hour--busted in the 60s? Thanks all!
Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1093896771570661502004-08-30T13:02:00.000-07:002004-08-30T13:12:51.570-07:00Eight place in Sunday's Monty Memorial--thanks and congrats, Iggy. This was the first final table I've seen (though briefly) since this spring. And it's funny that I should have gotten there, because on Saturday, after another in a string of bad NL finishes, I decided to swear off NL tourneys for the foreseeable future. So this was my last hurrah for a while.
Of course, the difference might haveEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1092238359988532812004-08-11T08:27:00.000-07:002004-08-11T08:32:39.986-07:00Played the Prima 75K on Sunday (barely made it to it, though, with all the housework to be done--not the best way to sit down at a $50 +5) and caught nothing during the first (rebuy) hour. Made one early position move with top pair (9), top kicker, but with a big straight draw apparent on the flop, I got called and then check-raised by the SB, so I had to let it go.
Here's the tournament Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1091726670656176582004-08-05T10:23:00.000-07:002004-08-05T10:24:30.656-07:00One month and no posts. Bad Ed.
Vegas was excellent, though the wife and I spent the middle 36 hours of our 80 hour trip sick as dogs from either some virus on the plane of something we both ate (my vote, ironically, is for the dried apricots I brought as a snack so we wouldn't have to eat every meal out--if they were the culprit, those apricots cost a bit more than they saved). I played a lot (Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1088620795292942292004-06-30T11:23:00.000-07:002004-06-30T11:48:54.116-07:00Of course, as soon as I decree the Pacific tables as "soft," I get crushed there because of over-aggressive play--three big pots at 2/4 an 3/6 added up to a $100 loss there in about an hour--ouchie, for me.
I was so used to players calling and raising with inferior hands that my ramming and jamming bit me square on the ass. My top two pair got beat by trips, my top pair/top kicker got beat by Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1088524916439287502004-06-29T08:54:00.000-07:002004-06-29T09:01:56.440-07:00Quickly--
Exuberant thanks to the indefatigable Felicia Lee for her advice for my upcoming Vegas trip. The list of casinos was a BIG help, as was Lord G's trip report. I am unhealthily excited for the trip. My first big loss at the table should rein that in, I'd guess.
And thanks also to the inimitable Poker Grub for his BJ advice--even if I stop now, I'm up enough to comfortably bankroll my Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1088193597309978882004-06-25T12:46:00.000-07:002004-06-25T12:59:57.310-07:00I am a lucky guy--lucky in love anyway, which is better (I'd argue) than lucky in cards. This is an odd thing for a poker blogger to write, perhaps, but perspective is a valuable thing, eh?
Anyway, my profession of luck is inspired by the joyous fact that my wife has favored me with a trip to Vegas for our fourth anniversary: July 2 am to July 5 pm. Almost four solid days in mecca. I've only beenEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1088089586134756362004-06-24T07:41:00.000-07:002004-06-24T08:06:26.133-07:00People actually used to read this blog (not many, but a few), but I got lazy and busy and lost my few loyal readers. You don't know what you have until it's gone, I know. But I started this to record my own progress as a poker player, and as I make periodic entries, I'll just continue in the same vein. Recognizing the difficulty of continuing to post, I wish Iggy well in his needed respite.
Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1086713440205796892004-06-08T09:46:00.000-07:002004-06-08T09:50:40.206-07:00On Poker:
I have been more interested in playing tourneys of late, plus completing hand reqs for bonuses. Not playing badly, but not hitting great hands either, and I’m slowly losing money, but usually wind up in the black with the bonuses. I need to step down to $1/2 because I can’t be aggressive enough at $2/4. Those bluff bets/ram and jams on the turn and river are too hard for me at $4 a popEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1085668703798019772004-05-27T07:35:00.000-07:002004-05-27T07:38:23.796-07:00Little time for poker the last few weeks, spreading into the last few months. I'm planning to establish a schedule where I can play at least one night a week, and on the weekends, so I can see how I do at a more set habit of play.
I'd hoped to play in Royal Vegas' guarenteed 20K last night, but deadlines at work stopped me from getting home until about 8:55 PM, so I did manage to sign up ($20),Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1084802964519430042004-05-17T07:03:00.000-07:002004-05-17T07:09:24.520-07:00Thanks to Iggy for a fine tourney--I was happy to make it to the final table with only a smattering of good hands during the whole tourney. I busted out 7th, raising all in (I was one of the three shorter stacks) with A T suited, getting called (hesitantly) by Boy Genius, and then losing summarily when his pockets 8s turned into a full boat. Oops.
I enjoyed playing against a field of better Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1084548241569620602004-05-14T07:35:00.000-07:002004-05-14T11:20:57.720-07:00Dipping my toe into dangerous ideological waters here, I'll offer (without being asked) my own opinion on the last blow-up over the beheading.
But first let me say that Iggy, in a word, rocks. His blog is a staple of my week: his writing is tight and his work ethic is astounding--he provides a valuable service. And I don't know Stinkypants from Adam, but I'll agree typing the name is, at least,Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1084388846436378062004-05-12T11:48:00.000-07:002004-05-12T12:07:26.436-07:00Reading the PokerGrub's last blog on his spiral after getting unceremoniously knocked out of the Empire tourney, I see that he and I share some common traits.
Though not on the same scope, I've walked in the same footsteps: I just followed up two good weeks of (sporadic) play at the 2/4 tables with two dismal sessions, both played not because the tables were good, or because I was feeling sharpEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1083356028359794352004-04-30T13:10:00.000-07:002004-04-30T13:18:07.153-07:00Still here, and with some actual playing time under my belt. The last month and a half, between travel and holidays and family visits, my table time has been almost nil, so it's nice to come back to the game refreshed.
I'm a big believer in phases, and I've switched again back from the NL tables on Empire to the Limit games on Party (plus I get my tasty bonuses for being away from Party so long)Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1083005982866697132004-04-26T11:50:00.000-07:002004-04-26T12:03:56.280-07:00Still here--though I haven't been able to play much poker. I have switched up to the 2/4 tables at Party/Empire--they seem about as loose as the .5/$1 tables, and I've had trouble keeping my play tight enough on the lowest limits.
I did download Absolute Poker (honestly, another garish, over-decorated interface, where it is hard to tell whose action it is--haven't these designers heard of Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1082058937028512742004-04-15T12:38:00.000-07:002004-04-15T13:00:13.826-07:00Just a stepping stone post to keep the weak heartbeat of this blog going--I tried to post a few pix from Thailand directly to the blogger site, but apparently I can't do that. I'll have to find a place to post a small collection of the shots.
Poker has been on the back burner since my return, with work, Easter, birthdays, and my family coming to stay with us this weekend and into next week. WhenEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1081432421800834012004-04-08T06:31:00.000-07:002004-04-08T06:57:29.466-07:00Hi all. No poker today, but my promised post on my recent travels.
What follows are notes on the trip my wife Julia and I made to Thailand and Cambodia in the last two weeks of March 2004. We’ve both traveled quite a bit, but never to SE Asia, never had experienced such intensity of place and sensation. Chaos, heat, and dichotomy of experience were the overarching trends in the trip. Beauty Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1080763929936132322004-03-31T12:06:00.000-08:002004-03-31T12:15:47.543-08:00As easy as falling off a blog ...
Forgive me, Iggy, for I have sinned. It has been one month since my last blog, and these ....
OK, that's a bit melodramatic, I know. I've returned from two weeks in SE Asia (Thailand and Cambodia), and I'm working on a reflection of the trip, which I will post this week for anyone who might like to read it. In short, it was an amazing trip, eye-opening, Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1077549344713354422004-02-23T07:06:00.000-08:002004-02-23T07:18:31.170-08:00Well, I think everyone enjoyed the Grublog Classic. Thanks Grubby! And congrats MG!
Yours truly busted out 16th (hey, 50th percentile--yeah!). The highlight of my night was winning in the big blind with 2 7 suited (is it not the Hammer because it's suited? or because I was in the big blind and didn't have to call?) when I made the flush on the turn card. I even checked it down to show off. Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1077292849787407872004-02-20T07:48:00.000-08:002004-02-20T08:07:16.390-08:00A bad blogger I have been, since it's been a week since my last blog, and I will continue to be, but I have a moment to post, so...
Busted out in the 60s (of 185) in the Empire 50K last weekend. For those of you who read my last post on foxes and farmers, I tried to be more foxlike early on. And I got slammed down every time. This tells me I am not good enough to be a fox yet (at limit anyway), Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1076709029414503842004-02-13T13:39:00.000-08:002004-02-13T13:53:02.030-08:00Over the last three weeks, I’ve done pretty well in a few multis I’ve played. I’ve busted out of a couple as well, of course, but my best finishes (Limit Hold’em: 9th of 86 and 21st of 970; NL Hold’em: 2nd of 24, and 2nd and 1st of 10 players in Qualifier SNGs) seemed to indicate some proficiency. And based on one of my successes, I came up with the following rule to abide by in these tourneys:
Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1076364883579214872004-02-09T14:14:00.000-08:002004-02-09T14:17:11.153-08:00This is the story of how I almost made it onto the PartyPoker Million III cruise, almost but not quite, and why it’s ok, if slightly bittersweet.
On Saturday, I thought I’d try to qualify for the Sunday 25K at Empire instead of plunking down the whole bit to play (I’d placed in this tourney two weeks earlier, but busted out the next week). I lost that qualifier summarily, catching nary a card, Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1076102871662736592004-02-06T13:08:00.000-08:002004-02-06T13:30:14.873-08:00Public best wishes to LordG as he tunes in, turns on, and drops out. Carrying forward the Merry Pranksters/Ken Kesey-esque metaphor, I would argue that poker is pretty close to drugs (McManus makes lots of comparisons); obvious destructive/addictive possibilities aside, the high is sure fun, and like drugs, we can argue that the smarter you are, the more benefit you can get from the experience.
Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1075832185567882902004-02-03T10:03:00.000-08:002004-02-03T10:18:44.700-08:00Thanks to Pauly for including me in his table of odds. But to rewrite Groucho Marx, I'd like to play cards with anybody who would bet on me being the winner of any tourney! No poker content today, but I'll toss in the following two pennies:
I throw into the ring the idea of making a charitable donation with part of the prize pool, or part of the bonus moneys generated by referrals at ChoicePokerEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1075746625213227022004-02-02T10:26:00.000-08:002004-02-02T10:32:42.856-08:00Count me officially in for the Grub’s first annual bloggers tourney—I’ll get set up with Choice Poker this week or weekend, but y'all can count mine among the Jacksons to be deposited in the pool.
Sunday, I tried another shot at the ol’ Empire tourney, hoping to post a second finish in the money, and hoping for a low turnout because of the Superbowl.
Well, I got one of my wishes. Attendance Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1075317189733389412004-01-28T11:10:00.000-08:002004-01-28T11:15:20.670-08:00I begin by thanking the Poker Grub for his word on the $150 + 12 $25K Guaranteed tourney at EmpirePoker. I saw him go down (his pocket pair was beat by another pocket pair, who made quads), and he went down guns blazing.
To continue paying it forward, I'll say at the start that the guaranteed events at Empire and Multipoker are, in general, offering prize pools that double the total buy-ins. Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074921817432181122004-01-23T20:35:00.000-08:002004-01-23T21:25:42.013-08:00Home now from the $50 NL tourney, which was attended by players who are used to a .50 max game. I expected weak, timid play; I was wrong. TV made these men insane. They were playing middle pair as if they had the nuts, and calling (at the beginning especially) with, quite literally, nothing. So how did your hero do? Well, about ten hands in (after winning one hand, with K high), I caught KK in Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074872484693012372004-01-23T07:18:00.000-08:002004-01-23T07:43:28.326-08:00G' morning. A bit creaky as I type, being short on sleep. Ashamed to admit it, but I could not fall asleep last night, partly because I was excited about a NL Hold'em tourney tonight. That, and I made the mistake of having a cup of coffee at the end of a work function that ran late yesterday--excitement about poker would account for one sleepless hour; the introduction of caffeine into my system Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074712343098272192004-01-21T11:00:00.000-08:002004-01-21T11:14:24.403-08:00Haven't had the time or inclination to play this week. After my record for the last few weeks (maybe one winning session out of ten?), I'm happy to let off the gas a bit. I might have time to finish my requisite hands on Empire tonight, so we'll see if I can't finish even (that is, $100 bonus vs. $ lost in 500 hands). This is embarressing, but if I'm going to have a string of bad cards and suck Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074538316590053322004-01-19T10:34:00.000-08:002004-01-19T10:53:55.390-08:00Thanks to all you friendly bloggers out there who have welcomed me to the epistolary world of poker blogging. I hope my musings pay some dividends--I've certainly learned a lot from a number of you.
As the bad beats continue, I'll quote from the letters of PokerPenguin, whose advice is consistently clear. He wrote, "Bad beat stories should not be told for sympathy, they should be told as Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074192321599085392004-01-15T10:17:00.000-08:002004-01-15T10:47:53.170-08:00I've enabled my humble blog for comments, so that I can actually hear from any people (um, person? patient?) who read(s) this. The Haloscan ads are a bit over-the-top, but I can pull those if need be.
I admit that my running theory--that ramming and jamming at $1/2 doesn't work as well as it might at $.50/1--sounds a bit biased, but the foundation for my bias continues to grow stronger. In an Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1074108712957349592004-01-14T10:59:00.000-08:002004-01-14T11:33:44.450-08:00Reaffirming my theory that ramming and jamming at .5/1 works and at $1/2 doesn't, I submit my play last night. On PartyPoker, I was up $20 at my .5/1 table, and down $20 at 1/2. Curses. But I'll keep trying.
I also played three fruitless, orbits on UB, and a few fruitless pot-limit orbits on RoyalVegasPoker (I never caught any cards, and if there's one thing I have, it's discipline to fold junk)Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1073942394899463662004-01-12T12:35:00.000-08:002004-01-12T13:20:15.933-08:00I made the Empire switch this week-end and used Iggy's bonus code as a "thank you" for his blog, which I've really enjoyed reading. I don't remember who suggested signing up as a female character, but I did that too--we'll see if I can take advantage of any gender bias out there. I like this idea--it's cross-dressing without having to buy a whole new wardrobe.
Anyway, having read more about Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1073506635551320632004-01-07T11:54:00.000-08:002004-01-07T12:19:28.840-08:00I wrote yesterday that I can beat low-limit games in the long run--the short run of course is another matter entirely. I'm going to do the Empire switch recommended by Iggy et al, but haven't yet done it. Instead, I'm trying to earn my devestatingly slow 50% bonus on UltimateBet. I'm not doing much earning, though, as I'm down three sessions in a row (and I usually earn about $2 per session--not Edwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6292223.post-1073409340322885482004-01-06T08:20:00.000-08:002004-01-06T09:15:59.743-08:00Hardly a poker expert, I humbly offer this first entry in a Poker blog that will surely venture off into other areas, as do all the other blogs I've read. In fact, I'm starting this blog at the suggestion of the very gracious Mr. Poker-and-Guiness (who in days to come will likely regret his encouragement). And I only began communicating with him to argue for some of the positives of vegetarianismEdwardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00998533496390920328noreply@blogger.com