tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58801572009-07-15T21:37:50.977-04:00Party Poker Blog<a href="http://www.partypoker.com/index.htm?wm=2011691">Party Poker</a> Bonus Code IGGY for a $100 online poker deposit bonus!Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comBlogger1107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-49119524647999259662009-07-13T19:58:00.002-04:002009-07-13T20:05:28.310-04:00I've read quite a bit of media coverage about this past weekends UFC 100. And media coverage ABOUT the media coverage and mainstream media and acceptance versus tolerance, for and against.Assimilation into modern culture thanks to the outlaw nature of the sport, our cultural desensitization to violence, and mostly, TV exposure.I started this blog in the fall of 2003 and pretty much documented Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-14601403560298615852009-07-13T19:01:00.001-04:002009-07-13T21:40:27.061-04:00Today is a Good Day to DieQuick update as things might be picking up here in this humble poker blog.I've been spending some time at the new Hollywood Casino, roughly 25 minutes from my door to the poker table. It's approximately 41 tables and a very, very nice room.This is an official WPT affiliated room, shockingly enough. Next March 5th - 24th will be the Hollywood Poker Open. A televised event with 18 events over 20 Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-77153886717320018192009-07-06T20:31:00.003-04:002009-07-06T20:45:14.531-04:00WSOP Main Event Day One HijinksSo I'm sitting here at home, drinking a cold one, on the last Day One qualifier of the WSOP Main Event, pondering my cash in last years tourney.Do I wish I was playing? Well hell, any poker player worth his salt would want to be there, so that's a silly question. But that being said, I made the right decision awhile back to not play this year. I've too many irons in the fire and was not prepared Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-25571640261958015872009-06-24T21:58:00.000-04:002009-06-24T21:58:13.458-04:00Russ Gorgiev from RGP: RIP you crazy poker bastardSo Crazy Russ Gorgiev is dead. It must be true because there's a ton of threads about it on RGP. I've pinged a few people in the know, and apparently it's true.I had talked to Russ several times on the phone back in the days of my uber poker posting. He was entertaining and knowledgeable, if nothing else.On the other hand, he singlehandedly ruined RGP, imho. He drove out every poster worth a damnIgnatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-14230889164737731982009-06-24T21:52:00.008-04:002009-06-25T00:11:19.625-04:00Poker Blogging & PhishSo upon returning from Northern Ontario, I hit the road with Dr. Pauly, GMoney & Mr. Fabulous to follow Phish around the Midwest. Six states, 1200 miles and four shows.Damn, I can't even put into words how much Fun I had. So I won't. But feel free to head over to the Dr's supreme Phish blog and read his write-ups.I'm just happy my friends let me tag along after all the mean things I've said aboutIgnatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-30983716789113489912009-06-15T21:51:00.008-04:002009-06-17T23:28:35.045-04:00Muskie Fever"Then the universe stepped on its third rail. The wand jumped convulsively as it made contact with the magic current of the world. The wand tried to jump out of the man's right hand. His left hand seemed to be frantically waving goodbye to a fish, but actually was trying to throw enough line into the rod to reduce the voltage and ease the shock of what had struck."Norman Maclean, A River Runs Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-61263465403139497832009-06-04T15:53:00.002-04:002009-06-05T00:04:58.500-04:00I have a million and one things to get done before taking off for Northern Ontario in a few hours.To fish for these teethy monsters:I shall return with much pokery goodness.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-15812579138537844842009-06-02T16:48:00.002-04:002009-06-02T19:50:51.786-04:00This is a Poker Blog DamnitI'm wanting to pound out poker posts with so many of my friends going crazy on Twitter about poker. For now, I'm trying to discern why I've dropped out of Google, again.Heavy sigh.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-90199215735928663972009-05-29T21:28:00.001-04:002009-05-29T21:28:32.102-04:00Play with sound.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-22179721901161035782009-05-29T09:31:00.000-04:002009-05-29T09:32:06.503-04:00Bizarre video of the day. WTF?Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-74618892000055693662009-05-25T19:20:00.003-04:002009-05-25T20:41:41.297-04:00Might have some interesting news to report here soon.Hope everyone enjoyed a fantastic Memorial Day weekend. Me? I drank.I am also pondering the ramifications of my home poker boat expanding to 44 tables and hosting a WPT event. Good gravy, I might need to tackle this poker thing again.For now, enjoy Part Six of Losers, Inc.--Losers - Part 5 and a half - "Danger is our business."=================Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-18953547239677555532009-05-21T21:05:00.006-04:002009-05-22T13:36:00.662-04:00Poker and Twitter. A nice rant by Terrance Chan.I hate Twitter but also really dig it. As an information junkie, it works for me the way I use it.Anyway, as a MMA practitioner, I wish Terrance would write up his picks for this weekends UFC 98, damnit.I'm taking Machida over Evans by decision in the title fight. If Evans wins, I'll officially be on the bandwagon and that's exactly the way the UFC Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-65531358845858007062009-05-21T19:41:00.002-04:002009-05-21T19:41:00.642-04:00Part Five.I've been going through some computer hell the last few days, losing one of my three hard drives, and of course, it was the newest one having not been backed up for a bit.I'm pretty much on tilt.I'm angry enough right now to write a rant about which is more inane, poker forums or MMA forums, but fuck me sideways, I'm still in recovery mode. Perhaps next time.-Part 5 - Like they say in Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-53765737312149471382009-05-19T11:00:00.001-04:002009-05-19T11:02:08.053-04:00Let's roll with Part 4.--Part 04 - "Soy un perdedor, I'm a loser baby, so why don't you kill me?"The Genesis===========High school basketball game, circa 1982.----------------------------------------Manbeast, Snow White, Spaulding and I are sitting in the bleachers,ostensibly rooting for our high school basketball team. We're reallythere to ride out a buzz and look up cheerleader's skirts.[Cue Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-69245210756833447962009-05-18T14:59:00.002-04:002009-05-18T15:02:05.367-04:00Poker BlogsI've been twittering all these damn random links today but I thought I'd come on here and post my two favorite cat videos. Good stuff.Cat Yodeling:Calm Kitty Sits On Dash Of Landing Cessna 172 and Loves it.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-11029540553750175042009-05-17T19:38:00.001-04:002009-05-17T21:03:48.414-04:00Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker, damnit!Time to continue the Losers Inc story. Part 3.But first, I wanted to give a hoist of the Guinness to Pokerlistings for running a little WSOP qualifier tournament for some poker bloggers. I was building up a nice head of steam there for awhile, even taking the chiplead until I got bounced by a rivered flush. I had a conversation with a good friend this weekend who gave me some serious/savvy Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-52663627947251102142009-05-12T19:26:00.010-04:002009-05-12T21:13:07.214-04:00More poker blogging"The best poker player is not the most skilled. The best poker player picks the best games. The best poker player has won before he sits down."Abdul on pokerSo I'm pretty sure I'll be heading out to play in the WSOP Main Event this year.Is "fairly certain" more definitive?Hmmm.If I choose not to go this year, it's mostly due to perceived dust in my poker game. Not that I was in tip-top-playing Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-26280311280946914892009-05-04T20:08:00.006-04:002009-05-04T20:08:00.811-04:00Poker Blogs Rule"Jerry, just remember, it's not a lie if you believe it." George CostanzaAnd yeah, that's me when I keep telling myself I'm gonna get back on here and hit the poker blogging hard. Hell, I even wrote a near uber post that somehow never got posted awhile back. I've never claimed to be bright.And so here I sit, early May, still on pseudo-sabbatical, mostly just using Twitter to throw out impulsive Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-47997163430281548982009-04-22T14:27:00.002-04:002009-04-22T14:35:55.809-04:00Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker, damnit!I've got poker on the brain. But alas, I don't have time to write about it.But I DO have the time to post this incredible video. It's so bad it's awesome.1.3 million views on YouTube. There are 10,000 comments on this thing. The most accurate is "Fail = Fame."Sadly, itssocoldinthed.com is taken.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-71276296014860566562009-04-17T11:10:00.001-04:002009-04-17T11:11:50.427-04:00BG sent out this superb Hastily Made Cleveland Tourism Video:Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-8228459087170066602009-04-14T19:53:00.001-04:002009-04-14T19:55:01.484-04:00This article on Andy Beal, the man who took on the giants of poker in the Biggest Game Ever, has done pretty well for himself the past few years.Excellent article from Forbes: The Banker Who Said NoI'm hoping Andy cleans up enough to go tackle the Big Game once again.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-41625853614246808952009-04-13T14:11:00.002-04:002009-04-13T23:24:57.409-04:00Bonus Code IGGY on Party Poker, damnit!After I went through a bunch of links and whatnot on Twitter, my friend Al had this to say:"Twitter dumps do not have the same feel as an old school booze-fueled uber-post. Twitter is the anti-christ of social media."I sure can't disagree with him. But it's just so easy to spew whatever into the twitter stream rather than write up epic blog posts.Even though I'm back to feeling the poker itch Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-81286206244833258102009-04-09T10:40:00.001-04:002009-04-09T10:43:45.557-04:00Good God.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-10384322653057914482009-04-08T11:13:00.002-04:002009-04-08T11:15:31.253-04:00I forgot who originally twittered this article entitled "Scenes From the Real America" but I enjoyed it very much.So I just sent the link to one of my redneck Kentucky friends and eagerly anticipated what he had to say.His response, with no sense of irony or dismay:--Yeah, Knob Creek is alot of fun. I wish that I had enough money to shoot the flame thrower, but it always cost too much.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5880157.post-81519286024912741312009-04-08T09:41:00.002-04:002009-04-08T09:43:18.327-04:00Hoist of the Guinness to Drew to sending this out. Stand By Me from David Johnson on Vimeo.Ignatioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09296756213225560859noreply@blogger.com