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Monthly Archives: May 2007

Double Wheaton

This is a short post because I’m sleepy.
Per our usual, Mike (a.k.a. ISS Spock on Poker Stars) came over so we could play in the weekly Wil Wheaton dot Net poker tourney. I cashed in both the main event and the second chance — second place, and third place respectively.
One of my favorite hands of [...]

Hammer Quads

I got into some hammer action, and then got ‘em all in after I hit my quads. I tried hard to make it look like I was full of shit, and it worked!

On Pushmonkeys

Last night in the Wheatie, one particular player kept doling out insults — particularly the insult “pushmonkey.” From context, I took it to mean that he didn’t approve of people betting too hard pre–flop with premium hands.
I’m really not a fan of criticizing other players’ play while at the table, and I think it makes [...]

Stack-A-Donk: Russo’s Last Stand

Man. What a great night of poker. It was Matt’s last night for poker in town before he heads off to Austin to work for AMD.
I was down more tonight than I ever have been. First Matt sucked out on his straight draw on me to stack me. $10. Cha ching! Then he caught me [...]