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Archive for April, 2004

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Playing against God: Lessons from The Blackjack Table

“Patience, and shuffle the cards.” Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Spent the last couple of days recovering my strength, and I’m feeling much better after a couple nights of good sleep. Haven’t been able to get much poker in, as I spent the last two evenings painfully trying to set up my wireless router at home [...]

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Start me up

“Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.” –Alexander Pope Beat. Not as in bad beat, as in exhausted. Mentally tired. My blog output has been way down recently, and hopefully it’s just [...]

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The Water’s Fine

“Sweet are the uses of adversity, Which like the toad, ugly and venomous, Wears yet a precious jewel in his head; And this our life, exempt from public haunt, Finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones, and good in every thing.” –Billy Shakespeare Apologies for the dearth of posts, but [...]

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Analysis of a Cold Rush

“Chips are floating your way in loose games (if you play goot), you just can’t see it because of the variance muddying the waters.” –Izmet Fekali So this is why you need a 300 big bets in your bankroll. It was the weekend of the runner-runner on Party, and my lungs are still full of [...]

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The Dude Abides: More Lebowski Wisdom

Since I got so many comments about the wisdom of The Dude, tonight’s post picks up where we last left off. For you loyal readers, I give you more from Walter, The Dude, and yes, Jesus. The Dude On Swimming With the Fish ~ We’ll start it off with a contribution from Chris H.: Walter: [...]