Where was Jesus from?

There were 3 good arguments that Jesus was Black:
1. He called everyone brother.
2. He liked Gospel.
3. He couldn’t get a fair trial.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Jewish:
1. He went into His Father’s business.
2. He lived at home until he was 33.
3. He was sure his Mother was a virgin and his Mother was sure He was God.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Italian:
1. He talked with His hands.
2. He had wine with His meals.
3. He used olive oil.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was a Californian:
1. He never cut His hair.
2. He walked around barefoot all the time.
3. He started a new religion.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was an American Indian:
1. He was at peace with nature.
2. He ate a lot of fish.
3. He talked about the Great Spirit.

But then there were 3 equally good arguments that Jesus was Irish:
1 He never got married.
2. He was always telling stories.
3 He loved green pastures.

But the most compelling evidence of all – 3 proofs that Jesus was a WOMAN:
1. He fed a crowd at a moment’s notice when there was no food.
2. He kept trying to get a message across to a bunch of men who just didn’t get it
3. And even when He was dead, He had to get up because there was work to do.

AMEN

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When Pocket Pairs Turn Ugly

Pocket Eights….. What to do with ‘em!

Most players admit that middle pocket pairs (8’s thru Jacks) are the trickiest hands to play. Most players make two common mistakes with middle pocket pairs. First, they make incorrect decisions before the flop. Second, they make incorrect decisions when there is an overcard to their pair on the board. Making the winning play usually requires you to accurately put your opponents on a hand. However, even if you have trouble reading opponents, your position and the number of opponents in the pot should significantly influence your decision making.

When to discard middle pairs before the flop Keep in simple. Middle pocket pairs should be folded before the flop when it is extremely obvious that you are up against a higher pocket pair. Some players are afraid of making a mistake and giving their opponent credit for a hand like KK and later discover that they folded their 9-9 to an unsuited AQ. Do not dispair! All players, including the best of the best, occasionally misread a situation and accidentally throw away the better hand. It is better to throw away the better hand if your read and gut are telling you to. Part of developing your game is reading your opponents. If your read tells you to lay down, don’t dwell on the decision made. If you end up being outmaneuvered before the flop and throw away a good pair of 10s, you likely only had a slight advantage over the guy who bumped you with a AK suited. Bottom line, if there is a lot of pre-flop reraising with three or more opponents in the pot and/or the reraiser is a tight player with high pre-flop standards, strongly consider folding without shame.

When raising pre-flop with middle pairs, most players make the mistake of automatically raising simply because they are middle pocket pairs. Raising with J-J or 10-10 before the flop should be reserved for situations where you are able to thin the field. These pocket pairs generally play well against one or two opponents. As soon as there are more than three opponents in the pot, middle pocket pairs are less likely to hold up without improvement. Therefore, if you are in an early position and no one has called, you should go ahead and raise. Similarly, if you are in middle or late position and there is no more that one caller in the pot (aside from the big blind), you should raise and try to get it heads up or three handed. If you are placed in a position where a reraise will almost certainly get it heads up, go ahead and reraise. However, if you reraise and more than two opponents call, be very careful after the flop. In short, you raise for one purpose only… to thin the field. If your raise fails to thin the field, especially when you are in an early position, you should play very conservatively after the flop and be prepared to fold.

If a raise will not thin the field or there are more than two opponents in the pot already, simply call. Consider that calling with middle pocket pairs ends up being a terrific move when you flop a set in a multiway pot, because you have deception on your side and you’re usually a very big favourite. More to the point, with many players in the pot, your odds of success are significantly reduced. If you call and the flop contains overcards, you can fold cheaply. Many players raise and reraise with hands as weak as 8-8. Further, their preflop raising over-commits them to the pot and they will frequently bet or call on the flop when it is painfully obvious that they are behind. It would appear that they are hoping for a miracle 8 on the turn which will rarely occur. Many players would argue that you should raise before the flop in a late position with middle pocket pairs, even if two players have already entered the pot. There is some merit to that point of view. However, a raise rarely knocks out the players who have already called.

Since these preflop callers didn’t raise themselves, the automatic presumption is that they hold reasonable hands, but want to see the flop cheaply. For example, if two preflop callers hold Q-10 and A-9 suited; and I hold 10-10, the preflop probabilities are as follows: Q-10 will win 25% of the time; As-9s will win 31% of the time; My 10-10 will win 44% of the time. As such, my opponents will collectively win more often (56%) than I will (44%). If I raise in this situation, I am raising a pot that I will lose more often than I will win. Furthermore, if there are three opponents taking the flop, my chances of winning drop from 44% to around 33%, even if the third opponent holds two undercards to my pair. As such, call before the flop if it is multiway. Reserve your aggression for a favourable flop and fold cheaply on an unfavourable flop. Also bear in mind that calling will hopefully keep the pot small. If you only call with 9-9 and an opponent has AJ, they may consider folding on a flop of 4-6-7 when you come out betting. Even if they don’t fold on the flop, they will strongly consider folding on the turn without improvement.

However, if you raise before the flop, this opponent may simply call you all the way to the river and try to “chase you down.” Why? Because your preflop raise has inadvertently over-committed this opponent to the pot. You do not want any opponent to chase you all the way to the river with two overcards. There is another great advantage in calling before the flop when there are two players already in the pot: you encourage opponents to obviously play their hands. If I call in the above three-handed situation and the flop comes A-6-3, the opponent holding As-9s will probably come out betting because there was no pre-flop raise. As such, they will immediately give their hand away and you can fold very cheaply. If you raise before the flop, the player is A-9 is likely to check to you on the flop and call if you bet. As a result, you will not get any information about the strength of his/her hand. Better to call before the flop and let your opponents give you the information you need.

If there is no raise before the flop, playing the flop is a relatively mechanical process. If an overcard comes on the flop and one opponent bets into me, he/she is usually telling me that they hit the overcard and my pocket 10s are only a 9% chance of winning. In this case, I will fold immediately. Similarly, I will lean towards folding when there is a bet and a call before it’s my turn to act. Of course, I will fold automatically if the flop contains two overcards. Wait for optimal opportunities. However, if I have position on the field and it’s checked to me when there is one overcard on the flop, I will usually bet the flop with the view of checking the turn and river if anyone calls. If the flop contains under cards, such as 2-6-8, I usually bet or raise straight away to define my hand and build the pot while I’m a favourite.

I also hope that a bet/raise on the flop will knock out one or more opponents who may be holding a single overcard. As mentioned above, my opponents will more readily fold if they are not pot-committed with a preflop raise. So the real issue is how to deal with an overcard on the flop when there was a preflop raise. This is a matter of reading your opponents and being aggressive. If I hold 10-10, flop comes Q-7-4 and the preflop raiser bets out, the first question I always ask myself is: How often does this particular opponent bet on the flop after raising before the flop, even if they didn’t hit anything on the flop? I find that many players will pick up a hand like AK, raise before the flop and when the flop comes Q-7-4, they bet out automatically. Is my opponent this sort of player? If so, you should raise and isolate the player holding AK. On a flop of Q-7-4, you are a 75% favourite against AK, so you should try and force other players out the pot and isolating the preflop raiser. If the preflop raiser has position on you and the pot is heads up on the flop, go for a check-raise.

However, if you raise and another opponent calls your raise cold, you can safely put this opponent on a pair of Queens or better. Subsequently, you should usually check and fold on the turn. Sometimes, though, my raise on the flop is called by two opponents, but neither bet on the turn or river and I reach the showdown for free, which is a pretty good outcome, even if you lose. In other words, you should not call the flop when you believe that you are in front of the preflop raiser and there is an opportunity to knock out other opponents. If you call and a third opponent behind you also calls, you do not know where you are. If someone cold calls your raise on the flop, you have all the information you need. Obviously, if a number of other opponents call your raise on the flop in this situation, you must accept that one of them has paired the overcard and fold at the next available opportunity.

If there are no overcards on the board by the turn, continue to bet. If there is one overcard AND you are heads up AND you believe your opponent holds unimproved overcards on the turn (eg. AK unimproved), bet the turn and intend to check the river if he/she calls. If two or more opponents called your raise on the flop, be inclined to check and fold (if there is a bet) on the turn. Similarly, you should check and fold if another overcard appears and you face a bet on the turn. Don’t get too fancy in these situations. If you have position, raised on the flop and picked up two or more callers, your opponents will frequently check to you on the turn. Check behind them and hope to showdown on the river at no extra cost. In short, if there is any betting on the turn, I want to be the bettor. If someone else is betting the turn, I usually fold. If you decide, for whatever reason, that a bet on the turn is warranted and you get raised, immediately fold.

The river is simple. If the board is entirely under-cards, you should bet. However, if the top card repeats or a potential straight is there, you may want to consider checking and calling. If someone bets into you on the river and there is an overcard on the board, they can certainly beat a pair of 10s. Ideally, you should check and hope for a free showdown on most occasions. If someone has paired the overcard, they are unlikely to fold on the river if you bet. If there are two overcards on the board by the river, it is difficult to bet or call an opponent’s bet. Finally, if there was an overcard on the flop and you bet/raised the flop, but checked the turn, calling a bet of the river is a bit tricky. If an opponent bets the river, they usually have paired the overcard. On occasion though, your check on the turn will induce your opponent into bluffing on the river or betting middle pair (which you can beat). As such, you should usually fold, but follow your gut if you feel that your opponent is on a steal.

Coach Travis

Blog Help?

Hey all,
I posted my 90 day report on my newest version of my poker blog.
Feel free to drop by and comment on my progress and some of my upcoming topics. Suggestions and feedback are always wecome. I know my banner needs to be fixed and one of these days I would like to step up to a more professional looking lay out like Skinski’s and the Poker Pub. Until then I am just grinding it out and figuring stuff out as I go.

One thing I am really looking for is a script/program that will allow me to write and format my post (links, pictures, tags, etc…) offline in MS Word or something and upload it into blogger. Right now it is a major pain and very time consuming to write my article, upload the pix where I want them and figure out all of my tags and links. Heck the formatting takes longer than the writing.
Here are somethings I wish I could do:
Autotagging: Search my post and automatically pick out and generate tag/keywords.
Auto pinging/submission: A widget or script that will allow me to submit posts to technorati, digg, delicious, yahoo etc…..

Any of you pro bloggers have any suggestions?
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90 Day report: 1000+ Visits!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My new poker blog was started on November 29th, 2006. My old blog was accidentally deleted when I made the mistake of trusting my nephew with some updates and my password. I never really tracked how the old blog was doing but I know I only got a hand full of comments. I lost quite a bit of good writing in that fiasco but some of it was junk as well. This time around though I feel lots better since my first time visitors average over 300 a month and according to Statcounter I have several dozen regular readers. For a recreational blog from an amatuer writer that really is not bad at all.

I have several posts coming up that I am am pretty excited about:
Player Accolades on Poker/CarbonPoker: What they mean and how to use them to your advantage.
-FUNSTEP Sit and Gos: Turning your Play Money into a real Bankroll step by step.
-PokerTracker: What is it and how does it help you improve your game.
Blogger Poker Tour:
-I intend to give Mike a run for his money and win the next Coverage Contest. (Hint: I plan on doing ‘live/webcast’ hand by hand analysis of every final table)
-Hopefully Coach Travis will continue to post about live play in the Louisville Poker Society and I will report on Louisville Poker Tour.
-As always, your favorite fried pork product will continue to post idle ramblings on bad beats, Donk Detection, bankroll status and maximizing our play at our favorite US friendly sites.

Until next time. Thanks for visiting, commenting and playing our favorite game.
Peace Out
Pork

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Two of one and a half dozen of the other.

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A couple of days ago I posted about Maximizing your first 30 days on poker.com. Let me add that Carbon Poker and Poker.com are one in the same. Carbon is a ’skin’ of Poker.com so you will be playing against the same players on the same tables except for special tournaments which have not been announced yet. Everything as of today is still the same from freerolls to deposit bonuses.

Now speaking of depositing… There. of course, is nothing that I would not like better than for a gazillion people to click on my Poker.com banners, deposit and play. But there is no need to with all of the freerolls, FunStep SNGs and special events they offer. I for one have never deposited a dime on Poker.com in order to play poker. Thanks to the Blogger Poker Tour I built up a Bankroll of about $500. Sure there have been ups and downs but I am playing on thier money not mine.

One note about freerolling. If you don’t know how to play it is the best way to learn. If you are not good enough to crack the freerolls you should not deposit. Also while they are still transitioning you can sign up at Poker.com fulfill your first 30 days then head over to CarbonPoker and do the same. They don’t care right now.

Ever heard that from a poker player before?

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My LG CU500 and an Air Card Review

My personal cell phone is an LG CU 500 from Cingular. I bought it for one purpose only since most of the features are available on a RAZR. That was its high speed 3G internet access. I bought the data cable and for three months used Cingular’s Connection Manager to make the cell phone a high speed modem. I could answer calls and surf the net for $79 a month. This was significantly cheaper than paying an extra $60 for Laptop Connect. In short paying an extra $10 for the unlimited 3G data versus the $60 for an Air Card or $45 for a Cable Modem made this a no brainer.

Well I found out the hard way that Cingular does not mean ‘unlimited’ when they advertise it. Cingular cut off my access when I went over the 1 Million Meg mark and turned off my “Unlimited 3G data access”. So I took advantage of the two week to 30 return policy at all of the major providers in the area to test the current Air Card offerings.
Sprint, T-mobile, Verizon, Altel all got a test run. The results I am sad to admit were firmly in Cingular’s favor. No provider around here uses 3G/UTMS yet so Cingular hands down wins in speed, price and selection.

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Criminally Insane: Lawyers

These are from a book called “Disorder in the American Courts”, and are
things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now
published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while
these exchanges were actually taking place.
________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?

WITNESS: No, I just lie there.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?

WITNESS: July 18th.

ATTORNEY: What year?

WITNESS: Every year.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?

WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?

WITNESS: I forget.

ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you
forgot?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?

WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can’t remember which.

ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?

WITNESS: Forty-five years.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that
morning?

WITNESS: He said, “Where am I, Cathy?”

ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?

WITNESS: My name is Susan.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in
voodoo?

WITNESS: We both do.

ATTORNEY: Voodoo?

WITNESS: We do.

ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn’t it true that when a person dies in his
sleep,
he doesn’t know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam ?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he’s twenty-one.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Uh….

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition
notice
which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on
dead people?

WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go
to?

WITNESS: Oral.

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy on him!

________________________________________

ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

WITNESS: Huh?

________________________________________

And the best for last

ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a
pulse?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
began the autopsy?

WITNESS: No.

ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?

WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.

ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?

WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and
practicing law.

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Two new US Navy ships

USS REAGAN

Seeing it next to the Arizona Memorial really puts its size into perspective……………….ENORMOUS

USS REAGAN PASSING THE ARIZONA MEMORIAL

BEAUTIFUL!

When the Bridge pipes “Man the Rail” there is a lot of rail to man on this monster: shoulder to shoulder, around 4.5 acres. Her displacement is about 100,000 tons with full complement.

Capability

Top speed exceeds 30 knots, powered by two nuclear reactors that can operate for more than 20 years without refueling

Expected to operate in the fleet for about 50 years
Carries over 80 combat aircraft
Three arresting cables can stop a 28-ton aircraft going 150 miles per hour in less than 400 feet
Size

Towers 20 stories above the waterline
1092 feet long; nearly as long as the Empire State Building is tall
Flight deck covers 4.5 acres
4 bronze propellers, each 21 feet across, weighing 66,200 pounds
2 rudders, each 29 by 22 feet and weighing 50 tons
4 high speed aircraft elevators, each over 4,000 square feet
Capacity

Home to about 6,000 Navy personnel
Carries enough food and supplies to operate for 90 days
18,150 meals served daily
Distillation plants provide 400,000 gallons of fresh water from sea water daily, enough for 2000 homes
Nearly 30,000 light fixtures and 1,325 miles of cable and wiring 1,400 telephones
14,000 pillowcases and 28,000 sheets
Costs the Navy approximately $250,000 per day for pier side operation
Costs the Navy approximately $25 million per day for underway operations (Sailor’s salaries included).

US Navy welcomes the USS Bill Clinton

Sunday July 2 nd 2006 Vancouver, BC, Headed for Seattle, WA.
The US Navy welcomed the latest member of its fleet today.

Pictured above:

The USS William Jefferson Clinton (CVS1) set sail today from its home port of Vancouver, BC.

The ship is the first of its kind in the Navy and is a standing legacy to President Bill Clinton “for his foresight in military budget cuts” and his conduct while president. The ship is constructed nearly entirely from recycled aluminum and is completely solar powered with a top speed of 5 knots. It boasts an arsenal comprised of one (unarmed) F14 Tomcat or one (unarmed) F18 Hornet aircraft which although they cannot be launched or captured on the 100 foot flight deck form a very menacing presence.

As a standing order there are no firearms allowed on board. The 20 person crew is completely diversified, including members of all races, creeds, sex, and sexual orientation. This crew, like the crew aboard the USS Jimmy Carter, is specially trained to avoid conflicts and appease any and all enemies of the United States at all costs.!

An onboard Type One DNC Universal Translator can send out messages of apology in any language to anyone who may find America offensive. The number of apologies are limitless and though some may sound hollow and disingenuous, the Navy advises all apologies will sound very sincere.

The ship’s purpose is not defined so much as a unit of national defense, but instead in times of conflict the USS Clinton has orders to seek refuge in Canada. The ship may be positioned near the Democratic National Party Headquarters for photo-ops and can be used extensively for social experimentation and whatever other worthless jobs, the ex-commander-in-chief and his wife can think of.

It is largely rumored that the ship will also be the set for the upcoming season of MTV’s “The Real World.”

The ship was renamed and commissioned USS William J Clinton when someone realized the USS Blowfish was already taken.

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The Poker Transition

Online Poker play is in a state of flux at the moment with the purse strings being cut to U.S. players. While I enjoy online play as much as anyone else, I feel the silver lining to this cloud is that it will increase the number of live games in the U.S. I enjoy live play games immensely more than online games. There is a whole different dynamic to live play and it honestly takes greater skill to be an exceptional live player. Let’s face it, a lot of online play is simply playing the cards. The ability to bluff or read players in online play is very narrow. I grew up in a family of card players and remember learning to play poker sitting in my folks lap much like kids of my era used to learn about driving cars in the lap of their parents. Poker is a social pursuit (IT IS NOT A SPORT!) that is at it’s finest when played with the ability to look at your opponent straight in the eye. My point is simple. It is fine to grouse about the greater limits being put on online play….they are not fair! However, I strongly urge anyone who enjoys Poker to join a local Poker Club, visit a bar hold free poker games or just call over a few neighbors, pop open a beer and let the cards fly. At the end of the day you will find greater enjoyment and a greater challenge when you take part in a live game. Perhaps it is time to step back from the computer screen and step up to the poker table.Coach Travis

Your comments are welcomed!

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Third World Dictator and Minister of Information

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Parental Concerns: Look closely…….

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ITALIAN BOY’S CONFESSION

> “Bless me Father, for I have sinned. I have been with
> a loose woman.”
>
>
> The priest asks, “Is that you, little Johnny Parisi?”
> “Yes, Father, it is.”
>
>
> “And who was the woman you were with?”
>
>
> “I can’t tell you, Father, I don’t want to ruin her
> reputation.”
>
>
> “Well, Johnny, I’m sure to find out her name sooner or
> later, so you may as well tell me now.
>
>
> Was it Tina Minetti?”
> “I cannot say.”
>
>
> “Was it Teresa Volpe?”
> “I’ll never tell.”
>
>
> “Was it Nina Capelli?”
> “I’m sorry, but I cannot name her.”
>
>
> “Was it Cathy Piriano?”
> “My lips are sealed.”
>
>
> “Was it Rosa Di Angelo, then?”
> “Please, Father, I cannot tell you.”
>
>
> The priest sighs in frustration.
>
> You’re very tight lipped, Johnny Parisi, and I admire
> that. But you’ve sinned and have to atone.
> You cannot be an altar boy now for 4 months.
> Now you go and behave yourself.”
>
>
> Johnny walks back to his pew, and his friend Nino
> slides over and whispers, “What’d you get?”
>
>
> “Four months vacation and five good leads

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News Flash from Mike over at the Poker Pub.

News Flash from Mike over at the Poker Pub.
Doyle’s Room players are getting some love, great options and understanding from a poker room. For the first time since the ban on deposits a poker room is trying to do its players right. Say what you want about Doyle Brunson but this time he treated us right. Read all of the details at the Poker Pub. Of course you could always just sign up at Poker/CarbonPoker (wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

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So you really wanted to play “Real Poker” against “Real People” for “Real Money” but the US Congress said you can not deposit money in an online site and your family thinks it is all “Rigged” anyway. So you never did try online poker and the charity $100 re-buy at your church is too much money to invest into learning a new game. Now all you do is sit in front of the television watching ESPN reruns of the WSOP Final Tables where Chris Moneymaker and Greg Raymer turned $4o satellite seats into millions of spend able dollars and you just know you have what it takes. So where can you go to play “Real Poker” against “Real People” for “Real Money” ?

Well there is a site that is quite generous to its new players, has been around for years with a great community of players and really wants to sponsor a WSOP or WPT Final Table player someday. Poker.Com is a great site geared toward the low buy in player. Poker.Com is very generous in its daily, weekly, monthly free roll offerings for its regular players and really treats its New Players and New Depositors great. Long term and more experienced players will enjoy the higher buy in tournaments, Poker Leagues and special events like the Blogger Poker Tour.

If Texas Hold’em does not interest you they have almost every mainstream version of poker available as well as Backgammon and Black Jack. They have a great community forum that is moderated by player volunteers. The managers, player reps and Tina “The Poker Queen” (Hubba, Hubba) are almost always around to hear your questions and bad beat stories. Customer Support is quite good the Live Chat feature available through the Player Admin Tab is the quickest and easiest way to get assistance. Email support is a problem still due mostly to the high volume of nervous US players wondering about their accounts. There is no reason at all why you should not at least try Poker.com.

Maximize your first 30 days of Free Tournaments (Free Rolls) at Poker.com.

Once you sign up you will have several options available as a new player. I suggest you take advantage of the free play side just to get used to the software and flow of the various games. Once you are comfortable jump all over these two juicy bankroll building promotions.

NEW PLAYER FREEROLLS: Every 3 hours there is a New Player Only $50 Free roll. You are eligible for your first 30 days.

PLAY MONEY SATELLITES: You start with 500 in play money convert that into real cash by playing in the FUN STEP Sit and Go Tournaments. Each tournament you win gets you a ticket to the next higher. Win Three FUN STEP ladder tournaments and you get real cash deposited into your account. You can play up to 5 FUN STEPs a day and top off your play money every 24 hours. A bottomless source of bankroll building dollars without spending a penny of your own money. This promotion runs regardless of your account status.

After taking your first 30 days to get used to the software and build your bankroll you should have at least $10-$20 in real money available to take to the cash games, Multi-Table Tournaments or Sit and Goes.

Good Luck and Peace Out,

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From the Mouths of Babes

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Avoiding the inevitable

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Reality of Life…………….

 

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Doyle was not arrested but his site is off limits.

According to Mike at the Poker Pub Doyle’s Room is closing its doors to US players. Read it all here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IGGY/~3/91925453/tribecca-plus-playtech-equals-bye-bye.html

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Doyle’s Room is out of the US poker scene.

According to Mike at the Poker Pub Doyle’s Room is closing its doors to US players. Read it all here: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/blogspot/IGGY/~3/91925453/tribecca-plus-playtech-equals-bye-bye.html

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Battle of the Blogs

Hey!!! Does your blog or site have what it takes to move up the ranks to be the Ultimate Blogging Champion? Mine does. Bring it on Baby…………..

Click on the Battle of the Blog link and take me down.

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A little Humor for the Liberals

 Last Tuesday, as President Bush got off the Helicopter in front of the White House, he was
carrying a baby piglet under each arm.

 The squared away Marine guard snaps to attention,
 Salutes, and says: “Nice pigs, Sir.”

 The President replies “These are not pigs. These are authentic Arkansas Razorback Hogs. I got one for
 Senator Hillary Clinton and I got one for Speaker of The House Nancy Pelosi.”
 

 The squared away Marine again snaps to attention, Salutes, and says, “Excellent trade, Sir.”

Rob Chapman

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Pork’s State of Poker 2007

With the current state of online poker and the unfair ban on most US deposit options I think it is time to assess some of the issues that I have with the industry. As a long time bonus chaser/whore I guess I have a long enough history and experience level to make some observations and a forecast for the future.

The Poker Boom
When Chris Moneymaker, Greg Raymer and Joe Hachem won their respective WSOP titles Online poker (I will avoid the casino sites) enjoyed a massive run of unbelievable increases in players, profits and prestige. Everyone with a few extra bucks was trying to make it to the big show online. Bonuses were plentiful, fish were everywhere and the forums were full of noobs looking for advice and rakeback deals.

Of course as with any boom the camp followers and hangers on jumped on the bandwagon and the circus began. Poker add on programs like tracker, office, spy and sidekicks with AceHud were everywhere. Multi-tabling to clear bonuses was normal and teams began to form in order to clear them even faster. Cheaters, colluders and Winholdem users began to pour into the sites chasing bonuses and rakeback with their bots playing mathematically correct poker 8-10 tables at a time. Sites caught on and eventually began taking counter measures against them. However, in the cash games, the damage was done. Most fish were capable of recognizing that the player to thier left never went to the bathroom or took a break, always chased them down and could play for 14 hours at a shot.

Cash games were ruined and the tournaments were next. Yes Bot-users had used their bots to get them through the early portions of tournaments but the cheating revelations to come were even worse. When 2 well known online tournament players were busted, banned, confiscated and humiliated for entering multiple accounts they controlled into the same tournaments sites were left reeling. At first the thought of 2 or 3 entrys into a 3000 player tournament made no difference. Once we realized that an above average player can improve his odds geometrically by dumping chips or suiciding one account to protect another online tournament participation took a noticeable drop for a while.

When the 2006 WSOP field hit unimaginable proportions and the main event played out as more circus than poker game most of the industry knew inside the boom was about to go bust. Whether any site knew the bust was coming or not the cancellation of rakeback deals, tightening of bonus requirements and active pursuit of cheaters along with the subsequent seizure of account funds told most of the long time players something ugly was going to happen. When Party Poker bailed out of the US market at the first chance I knew the end was near. Poker as a consistent source of bonus chasing income for most US players was over.

Now for me Poker is what it should be. A fun and enjoyable hobby with the potential to make a few bucks along the way. Enjoy league play with friends from around the world, earn FPPs, 1-2 BB hour in cash games, win a satellite seat to a $10K buy in tournament (not the WSOP though) or just donk it up in the freerolls. Whatever you do though keep playing poker. If you have never played sign up at a few sites and try it out. Online poker is not illegal, immoral or treasonous activity in support of terrorists in the middle east. It is just poker. Play, have fun and relax.

Peace Out, It is just a game

Porkrind

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Criminally Insane Poker Video

Did my ex submit this for me???????????????
Criminal Insanity http://www.bytecaster.com/contests/poker/entry.aspx?id=775
The PPA hosted a video contest. Not many entries but this one is funny.

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Free: TV show downloads at Amazon.com

Here are the details:
This month, if you purchase any DVD on Amazon.com you will receive a $1.99 instant rebate on a purchase or rental through our video download store. You need to redeem this rebate within 24 hours of purchasing your DVD. Because most of our TV downloads are available for purchase for just $1.99, you’ll be able to purchase a TV show FREE. If you prefer, purchase or rent a higher priced video download and receive a $1.99 discount. Just purchase any video download and we will automatically deduct $1.99 from the price. For more details on how to take advantage of this offer, see below. To begin shopping for your TV show, go to:

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• Offer cannot be applied to orders already placed with Amazon.com.
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• Limit one discount per customer.
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Review: Sharkscope

Have you ever heard of SharkScope? If you play sit and go tournaments then you really ought to check it out here SHARKSCOPE.COM. The free side of the scope gives you lifetime Sit and Go results for players, latest results, rankings and the last ten tournamnets played. It covers all of the major poker rooms. If you purchase a subscription then you get the option to save searches and removes the 5 search a day limitation.
Here is a tip for using this great tool: Before you play your next Sit and Go do a search for the 2 players to you immediate left and the 2 players to your right. Save your 5th search until you find out who the table maniac is. If you find yourself at my favorite type of table (maniacs to my right/rocks to my left) then you are almost guaranteed to make the money. Knowing how players will react to your constant stealing of the blinds is worth its weight in gold.
I highly recommend SHARKSCOPE.COM for any serious online Sit and Go player.

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Spam Mail: Free stuff for surfing?

I wanted to test the waters and figure out what the deal with all of these spam mails were about. So believe it or not I clicked one. As most of you already know you are required to provide your personal information and address in order to participate in the offers. To be BLUF (Bottom Line Up Front) do not waste your time. Almost all of these offers throw literally thousands of ads at you and require a confusing amount of actual purchases to get that new laptop they promise.

To be fair the one I clicked does offer a way to check your status and progress towards your prize. Usually though you have to buy enough products from their advertisers to cover the cost of the prize/offer and of course a little juice for the spammer. Also you have to be careful with most of the advertisements since you are actually automatically joining a book/dvd/cd club, travel program, etc.. or at least giving permission for a salesperson to call or drop by your house.

If you really want to try and earn that free laptop take some serious advice from the Porker:
1. Create a free email account seperate from your personal account. Your spam will go through the roof trust me on this.
2. Get a pre-paid Debit card that is not tied to a bank account. This will limit your exposure to the amount of cash loaded to the card and protect your credit if you get scammed.
3. Read the Terms very carefully on every ad you respond to so you know what you are getting yourself into.
4. Never put your actual phone number in the registration box. The odds you are going to get the prize/offer fulfilled is slim to none. So why expose yourself to hours of telemarketer harassment.
5. Time management. Trying to survey your way to a free laptop is going to take forever. If the hours involved do not equate to minimum wage then go get a job flipping burgers somewhere and buy a laptop yourself.

These are just some of my observations and experiences. If you have had different results then please comment here.

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Ryan’s Poker Tour

Ryan’s Poker Tour

When: Thursdays at 8pm est
Where: Pokerstars
PW: riverrat NO spaces and all lower case letters
Cost: 5.00 + .50

This will be a weekly event and the password will stay the same till further notice

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Attention BPT members

I went through the entire BPT blog roll put together by Mike before the Aussie Millions. If you scroll down to the bottom you will see that I dropped about 33% of the so called ‘Blogs’ from the list. I had to for a number of reasons primarily because I was running out of room on my sidebar. The other reason being that I added a referer script that will automatically add blogs/sites that link to me to my link/blogroll list below the BPT roster. I think this is a bit more fair to active bloggers and the people who link to my blog.

Here is the criteria that I will use in the future for BPT blogs to stay on my BPT Blogroll:
PRIME DIRECTIVE: Your BPT Banner must be visible. No exceptions.
1. Active BPT participant: During the season. If you have points on the leaderboard you are in til the end of the season.
2. 90 day rule: You should be posting at least once every 90 days about the BPT or your poker experiences. (About half the BPT roster is at risk of exclusion as of today)
3. English: Your blog should at a minimum have an English translation. I don’t want to be exclusionary but most of my readers don’t speak French, German, Arabic, Turkish or Farsi. I have a hard time wasting my small number of readers time by sending them to sites they can not read.
4. Back Links: It is only common courtesy that eventually we all back link to each other. You can do it by posting the blog roll Mike put together or by going to (http://referer.org/) and placing the script in your side bar. Once we all link to each other the BPT Blogroll should take care of itself.
5. Objectionable Material: None of the current blogs on the blogroll contain any porn/drug/pedophile links but I added this rule just in case.

Of course this is always up for discussion and I reserve the right to maintain my backlinks. I just think automatically linking to a site or blog that has absolutely no purpose other than to get a ticket to one of the juiciest freerolls in online poker. Folks this is a great value for all of us and I hope we can all work together to keep new members flowing in and encourage Shane at Poker.com to keep it running after the transition.

Peace out

Porkrind

My X-Box 360

I just bought an X-Box 360 along with copies of Madden NFL 2007 and Gears of War. My primary purpose for the purchase was I needed a Hi-Definition DVD player for my new TV. The X-Box serves as a great DVD player, Gaming Platform and with an internet connection I can play Gears of War with my nephews and best friend who are all in different states. So we have a nice social networking tool as well. I am sure there are tons more things to do with the X-Box. As I build my new Home Entertainment Center I will add more details as the project progresses.

Peace Out

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Poker Tournament Advice: Loosening up your play

Here is some really great TOURNAMENT POKER advice from the folks over at Rec.Gambling.Poker. I have left the thread intact in order to credit the posters:

On 2 Feb 2007 06:05:59 -0800, chambersdon@hotmail.com wrote:

>I need some tips for loosening my play.

>For the last few weeks I’ve been playing the 180 people sit&go’s at
>PokerStars. You start with $1,500 in tournament chips, the rounds are
>15 minutes, and blinds start at 10/20. I get about 12 hands a round
>in the early rounds.

>My biggest weakness is pre-flop play. I have trouble deciding which
>hands to get involved with. I’m a tight player by nature and it seems
>that when I loosen up I do much worse. If I play tight I seem to
>finish in the money about 1 in 10 times but I’ve only made first place
>a couple of times. I think my tight play it too tight for these short
>rounds.

>My problem is that I don’t know how to loosen up. Here are some
>examples of what I mean.

>I usually fold hands like A9s and ATo in first position. Perhaps I
>should open with a raise or at least call. I hardly every play Ax
>when x is less than T (unless I’m first-in on the button).

These hands are crap and shouldn’t generally be played in early position.
Muck this junk.

>Maybe I should open the pot in mid or late position with lower suited
>connectors or 1 – gap cards. Cards like 65 or T8.

This is better. Don’t usually go below 54s. Unsuited connectors and one
gaps are okay for cheaper. I’d rather be drawing at a straight than a flush,
and I’d rather be drawing at a double gutshot. If you hit your flush it kills
your action, but you can easily hit a straight and get paid off. People are
much less likely to credit you with a straight.

>I’m a very tight when there is a raise in front of me. I’ll fold AJ
>and pairs less than TT. Should I do more calling/reiraising after a
>raise? Of course, I’ll usually re-raise with the big pairs and maybe
>AK.

AJ is junk. This is exactly the kind of stuff that should usually be mucked
to a raise, second rate high card hands that are usually dominated.

>I’ll fold high cards like KT and QT if there is a raise in front or
>I’m in early position.

Good move. They’re trash. Even suited, but they might be
worth a play then. Just don’t get too excited if you flop a pair.
You are looking more for straights and flushes. If you can’t
get away from hitting the flop weak in a dominated way, don’t
bother.

>When I loosen up I’m not sure what other cards I should play.

When you’re looking at a raise you don’t want to play cards in the
same neighborhood as what raised. Middle pairs and suited connectors
are more your domain. If you play these cards you have to be willing
to get aggressive after the flop if you hit it big, and hitting it big (unless
you actually flop a monster like trips, two pair, or a made straight or
flush and can just get to work extracting chips) often means you hit
a weak made hand like a pair plus a draw, or multiple draws. Monster
draws are things like a pair plus an open-ended straight flush draw.
Great draws are something like a flush draw plus a straight draw.
Even something like a pair and a gutshot with a backdoor flush
draw may be worth playing. Basically you are playing hands where
if you hit the flop you are ahead of your opponents overpair, overcards,
or top pair type hand. And you want two kinds of opponents, those
who get married to a hand and can’t fold it, who you can bust, or
players who are so weak-tight you can push them off a hand after the
flop. You really don’t want to play players as good as you are with
junk. Against the one kind of player, your implied odds on the call
are that they pay you off when you hit big, and you go away when
you aren’t. Against the other kind of player, your added odds to
balance out your crap cards are that you can push them off a hand
sometimes when you aren’t ahead.

Note that you want position with these hands, and you want players
you can control. You want to be able to get it all in when you’re a
favorite, back them off if you’re drawing, draw for cheap when
you want to do that, and getting paid off when you hit.

And obviously with your middle pairs you want to flop a set and
bust someone.

But you’d rather have cards that AREN’T the same kind of hands
your opponent has (unless you’re the one dominating him). That
way you’re more likely to hit the flop in a way that doesn’t help
your opponent even more.

>After the flop I seem to be pretty good at knowing where I stand. I
>can usually tell if the flop helped anyone else and in many cases I
>can take a pot when the flop didn’t help me. Of course, if I saw a
>lot more flops and didn’t have the tight image things may be
>different.

I’m not sure how much people are paying attention to your image
in these things. It can really be a pain in the ass to think you have this
tight image and then the first time you steal some dipfuck calls you with
A8.

The best table image to have is the table image of someone who has
a shitload of chips. Easier said than done.

Amen

Peace out

Porkrind

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