What Is Poker?
Where have I been you ask? Shit…who am I asking? Does anyone even visit this “poker” blog anymore?
I haven’t written here in 5 or 6 months. I’ve played poker barely more than that. In mid-January on a flight back from San Francisco, I had a night long layover in Las Vegas. Hit up the MGM and about $180 playing $3/6 hold’em. It was fun and I wish I’d make time to do it a little more often. I made a few rookie mistakes, but that’s bound to happen when you haven’t played poker in months. I flopped a set of queens, turned a full house, and rivered quads all on the same hand. I was called all the way by two players, even after I check-raised the flop. They even called out my hand after the check-raise, but had to call me down. I was taking their money, so I was happy.
I don’t have money at any online poker sites and without checking my records, I’d bet I haven’t played a single hand of online poker in over 6 months. I still have a couple of hundred stuck in Neteller waiting for them to get their shit together and let US players withdraw. The online poker legislation or whatever you want to call it took away my interest in playing for the most part. I still like to play, but I’m making more productive use of the time I used to spend online playing poker.
I’ll still make posts here from time to time, but I doubt you’ll ever see the posting frequency of a year or two ago.
Until next time…head on over to Card Tricks and give me some suggestions!
Card Golf
I just wrote up a review over at Primary Rough of a new card game called Card Golf. It’s a game that could really be interesting when gambling is applied. While looking through their site I found this… “Card Golf is not a drinking game. The game requires math, which is difficult to compute when inebriated.”
Dogs Playing Poker in Dust
The dusty window of a Mini Cooper was used to create a temporary copy of the Dogs Playing Poker art “A Friend in Need.”
Poker Chip Colors
I’ve never memorized the standard colors used for different poker chip denominations, so I looked them up. Thought I’d post them here as well for reference.
- White - $1
- Red - $5
- Blue - $10
- Green - $25
- Black - $100
Money Back in Spades
You know the saying that ends with “money back in spades.” We’ve all heard it in different ways…
- Earned his money back in spades.
- Repaid their money back in spades.
- etc…
Why spades? If we’re talking money, shouldn’t diamonds be the more expensive suit in a deck of cards?
John Daly A Gambler? No Way!
Darren McCarty’s problems are nothing compared to recent claims made by pro golfer John Daly. According to ESPN.com Daly has lost $50-60 million gambling. That’s a lot of money.
No Poker = More Fun
In the past two weeks or so I’ve played poker once. It was a 6 person SNG on Party and I bowed out 4th if I remember correctly. I’m not missing the game and my overall attitude has been a lot better because I haven’t been playing. Poker can drain the life out of you…or at least it can for me. I’m having a lot more fun golfing, working out (and losing weight), and doing other things instead of sitting in front of a computer for 2-3 hours a night. Of course I won’t make $15,000 like I did last year, but there are more important things to enjoy. For instance…I’ve lost 15 pounds in the last two and a half months and I’m feeling better physically than I have in a couple of years.
On a personal note, I have a pretty big announcement that I’m hoping I’ll be able to make in a few days. Stay tuned…
Lord Admiral Radio Card Club Archives
My friend Dave has set up a blog to make downloading the archived episodes of the Lord Admiral Radio Card Club podcast into iTunes an easy process.
Visit the Lord Admiral Card Club Poker Podcast Archive.
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