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Archive for May, 2009

Rudeness vs. Kindness

Thank you.  You’re welcome.  Please.  Excuse me, pardon me.
What’s happened to people being nice?  Does it take that much to simply hold a door open for someone…or when you hold the door open for someone that they say ‘thank you’?  Or is it commonplace to become a door person upon going in or out of [...]

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Shaquille O’Neal, Syracuse University.  Has a nice ring.  Would have been a lot nice than the guy going to LSU many ions ago.  Instead, Shaq is headed back to Syracuse to the Newhouse School to take a broadcasting class.  Wonder if perhaps he has any eligibility left?

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Donald, Donald, Donald.  Never thought you were the type to succumb to public pressure.  You actually selected Joan Rivers over Annie Duke as the champion of the Celebrity Apprentice?  Now, the person that knows me perhaps thinks I am siding with the poker player (Duke) over the overrated persona of Joan Rivers.  Don’t get me [...]

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The $800 one-outer…

…same Thursday game.  Loose horrendous, too aggressive player in seat one UTG comes in for a raise of $15, I call with a meager K,5 diamonds and player behind, makes it $45….call by original raiser and I reluctantly come along for the ride.  Flop, a pretty 6d,9d,10c.  Check, check, and then button bets out $60, [...]

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Weekly Thursday game.
Early in the evening played a hand, poorly.  Late position forcing the action with QJ suited, raised to 12.  The table had been tight.  Two callers including the villain, a 300lb guy we’ll call a penguin.  Penguin calls.  He supposedly is a millionaire in real life so money has zero value to him, [...]

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So I’m playing at in the regular home game I attend and they wanted to throw a larger sized tourney (500).  I personally think a little high for a home game but wanted to support the host and thought I’d have a good shot at doing well since there was definitely some dead money I [...]

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