I admit to being a bit sick (in a lot of ways that have nothing to do with poker), and not because I chose to take the high road and state that I didn’t believe upper management/owners would do such a thing because they made too much money to try to cheat the players, I just hate to see that side of humanity – that’s why I’m sick. I hate that weasely, crappy, underhanded side of people that figure out ways to punish the rest of us for being fair and honest. There’s a lot more info out on the internet than I could ever provide. Continue reading The Absolute Poker investigation →

I received several comments on my last blog post, and while I do believe I’m not as informed as I could be, I don’t agree that someone in upper management or ownership of the site is involved in collusion or cheating. I do believe it’s possible for unscrupulous employees to take advantage of situations and steal. Of course I don’t just believe it, I know it happens. I remember several poker dealers that were removed from the poker room in handcuffs, and a few floor personnel that were fired for the same reasons. I hate it. It gives everyone a bad name and the theory that cheating runs unchecked everywhere in gaming just makes the future appear a bit darker. Continue reading Absolute Poker and Super User →

going on about the WCOOP Main Event and ‘TheV0id’ being stripped of his $1M plus win, the bracelet, and all things good and golden when you win a major tournament, due to game integrity. There’s also a lot of things going on with Absolute Poker and game integrity right now. Continue reading There’s a lot of noise →

I just went out 199th. ugh! I tried to run over 9-9 with A-KS. I had 22,424 in chips UTG, I raised 6K making it 8K, got raised by cwebb1977 for another 8k – total of 16K. I went all-in for 6224 more. The blinds were 1k/2k antes 200. I could have pitched when I got reraised. But in all honesty, I’m not sure what I would have been waiting for in a hand, if I had. Continue reading PokerStars 2007 World Blogger Championship – out →

We’re on the 2nd break now. Play resumes in 3 minutes. There are 415 players left on 47 tables. The blinds are going to 500/1000 ante 75. I’m wounded. Average stack is 32216 – I’m at 16,600. All I can do now is hope that I don’t make any mistakes (that’s always the #1 flaw in my game). I can’t help it if I get out drawn or if I can’t find a playable hand…my best choice is not to make any mistakes.

I survived first break, the next one is in 34 minutes – blinds are $300/600, in four minutes the blinds go to 400/800. There are 700 players left on 78 tables. And they are dropping like flies. I’m below average stack. I’m not making hands, stealing a bit now and then. If I make it past the next break, it’ll be because the Card Fairy finally smiled on me. 🙂

“Administrator: Welcome to the 2007 World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! Before the night is over, one of you will have a seat in the 2008 PokerStars Caribbean Adventure. Play hard and we’ll see you at the final table. –The PokerStars Blog Team” Continue reading PokerStars 2007 World Blogger Championship →

There’s been a lot of noise lately about men playing in Women’s Only Tournaments. I don’t have an opinion on whether or not there should be women only tournaments. I do know why they were started. It’s a marketing thing, most of you think it’s to get women into playing poker (yes, that’s a huge part of it), but I believe it was also to make sure a man could make it to the tournament, if he could get his wife interested, and playing…WOW! Couples that play together – sometimes stay together? Continue reading Curious →

I will be spending plenty of time up at the old digs – probably until Monday or Tuesday when the Refurbished D3 will be arriving via UPS from Salt Lake. That little piece of wizardry is what connects the router and modem to the satellite. The D3 searches and stows, shows the status of the signal, and who knows what else. But that may not even be the problem. Continue reading Just Rambling on →

My Motostat quit staton early yesterday a.m. I’ve been out of service for over 24 hours. Right now I’m posting from the iPhone while Ashley from satellite world is checking out the “moto”. More later.