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Retired MLB Player Sends Back The Bar Mitzvah Gift 15 years Later

2010-03-09T14:34:00.003-05:00

funny story about a kid sending his baseball cards to MLB baseball players asking for an autograph as a bar mitzvah present to himself , and 15 years later a retired player goes through his fan mail and sends it back

http://www.emunahmagazine.com/bar-mitzvah-present-comes-15-years-late/

free trny

2010-01-15T03:24:00.001-05:00

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Registration code: 733287

Inmate Escapes Caught on Camera

2010-01-07T14:51:00.002-05:00

This happened yesterday about 3 miles from where i live , in staten island new york , how crazy

Team Pokerstars Pro Tuesdays :

2009-12-13T20:54:00.000-05:00

PokerStars has made it even easier for its patrons to watch, chat, and compete with their lineup of professional players with the addition of Team Pro Tuesdays. The weekly promotion will feature two “Outlast the Pro” tournaments at 13:00 and 20:00 ET wherein the site promises to offer up $1,000 in bonuses.

Team PokerStars pros will be competing in each $11 buy-in tournament for the regular share of the prize pool. Once all Team Pros have been eliminated, the remaining players will then equally divide the $1,000 in bonus cash.

For example, if there are 100 players remaining when the last PokerStars pro is eliminated, then everyone will earn an additional $10. If someone is good enough to beat a Team PokerStars Pro member heads up, then he or she will pocket the full $1,000 for themselves.

Daniel Negreanu summed it up best in his blog: “That makes for some interesting side rooting! If you are one of the big stacks, you are obviously hoping that the Pros stay alive as long as possible so that you get a bigger piece of the pie. If you are a short stack, then you want to see the Pros go broke!”

Finding Negreanu and others on the site is as easy as clicking on the “Team Pro” button at the bottom of the main lobby window.

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I found this article on CP

Patrik Antonius vs Andrew 'good2Cu" Robl: running it 4 times

2009-12-11T13:11:00.002-05:00

Heres a very interesting hand of PLO ( pot limit omaha) , Robl makes a very questionable re-raise , and is a 3 to 1 dog in the hand , they decide to run it 4 times , lets look at the outcome

Off Topic, Jon Stewart : Seems Even Liberals are ripping the Obama Administration

2009-12-09T13:27:00.003-05:00

A committed democrat and liberal , Jon Stewart seems to be ripping the Obama administration, this cant be too good since the daily show wields significant influence among young voters

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart

Mon - Thurs 11p / 10c

American Idle

www.thedailyshow.com

Daily Show
Full Episodes

Political Humor

Health Care Crisis

The Best 5 Poker Bluffs on TV

2009-12-06T18:03:00.003-05:00

Heres a small sample of the many great poker bluffs that we have seen over the years , but here are some of the more memorable ones

5) :Phil Ivey at the 2008 World Series Of Poker Main Event, 3 way all in

This is not a bluff that would work on too many opponents , a regular typical bad player will always call Ivey's bet , but obviously Ivey knew that his opponents were decent , good thinking players

4): Scotty 'wynn' Nguyen vs. Humberto 'the shark' Brenes -

This hand is just one of the many that Scotty needed to build his huge poker stack

In this clip Scotty pwns Humberto,

3): Brad Booth vs. Phil Ivey - From an episode of High Stakes Poker

Yukon Brad hasnt been around on the poker scene lately, but this hand will live in infamy, especially since he bluffed one of the best players in the world

2): Phil Ivey vs.Paul Jackson - Bluff vs. Bluff

This is prob one of the best bluffs ever , and perhaps should be number 1 , this hand is like a game of chicken , very very sick

This is one of the bluffs that has contributed a to Ivey's mythical image.

1): Chris Moneymaker vs. Sammy Farha - The Bluff Heard Around the World

Heads-up at the 2003 WSOP Main Event Chris Moneymaker proved that he had what it takes to defeat a great player like Sammy Farha.

Moneymaker semi-bluffs the turn and bluff-shoves his broken draw on the river, getting Farha to lay down the best hand.

This hand was a pivotal point in both the heads-up match and the evolution of the poker world.

Tom ' Durrr ' Dwan Interview

2009-11-29T14:47:00.001-05:00

Heres a good down to earth Durrrr interview , he is obviously Full Tilts Newest Team Member

$1.35 Million Pot: Patrik Antonius Wins Largest Online Pot Ever

2009-11-23T17:01:00.002-05:00

heres the hand

Full Tilt Poker $500/$1000 Pot Limit Omaha Hi - 2 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

Patrik Antonius (BB): $1259450.25
Isildur1 (BTN/SB): $678473.50

Pre Flop: ($1500.00)
Isildur1 raises to $3000,Patrik Antonius raises to $9000, Isildur1 raises to $27000, Patrik Antonius raises to $81000, Isildur1 requests TIME, Isildur1 calls $54000

Flop: ($162000.00) 4 5 2(2 players)
Patrik Antonius requests TIME, Patrik Antonius bets $91000, Isildur1 requests TIME, Isildur1 raises to $435000, Patrik Antonius raises to $779000, Isildur1 calls $162473.50 all in

Turn: ($1356947.00) 5 (2 players - 1 is all in)

River: ($1356947.00) 9(2 players - 1 is all in)

Final Pot: $1356947.00
Patrik Antonius shows A 3K K (a straight, Five high)
Isildur1 shows 6 9 7 8(two pair, Nines and Fives)
Patrik Antonius wins $1356946.50
(Rake: $0.50)

Mike Sexton Inducted into Poker Hall Of Fame

2009-11-13T09:09:00.001-05:00

Most of us know Mike sexton as the host of world poker tour on TV , but he's got a long poker career , heres a video of his induction into the poker hall of fame and Doyle Brunson has something funny to say

Watch WSOP 09: Mike Sexton Hall of Fame Induction! on RawVegas.tv

November Nine Heads UP , (Spoiler)

2009-11-08T19:57:00.001-05:00

The November 9 have played down to the final two men, a 46-year-old self-employed logger and a 21-year-old poker pro who will meet Monday to play against each other for the title. While i myself was rooting for Phil Ivey who ended up getting 3 outered , his AK < to Darvin Moon's AQ, to be in the final two (and win it), it is pretty exciting that Joe Cada at 21 is in a position to become the youngest ever World Series of Poker Main Event Champion, taking that honor away from last year's champ, Peter Eastgate, who was 22 when he won in 2008. According to WSOP president and commissioner, Jeffrey Pollack, it has already been a thrilling final table and promises to continue to be a great heads-up match: "To see Joe Cada go from about two million in chips to nearly 136 million in chips - and to watch Darvin Moon go from chip leader to short stack and back again - was truly astonishing. The heads-up competition is going to be outstanding." Cada goes into the final heads-up match as the chip leader with 135,950,000 while Darvin Moon will have with 58,850,000 in chips.

Please Remove Swastika From ZARA Designs

2009-11-02T22:06:00.003-05:00

i know we live in the USA and freedom of expression is important , but look at this blog post i came across , i pasted it below, Wheres the Corporate responsibility? Please forward this to as many people as you are able to

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This petition is to the attention of Zara Designs ( http://www.zara.com )

Below you will see an image of their latest handbag design , and you can clearly see the nazi swastika symbol prominently on the left side of the bag , Alot of people have complained about this , but Zara has ignored all attempts, and they have not publicly commented on this

We are hoping that with enough signatures that the people at Zara will change their mind

Please forward this email to everyone or tell this to visit http://www.removehate.com , and please sign the petition at

http://www.PetitionOnline.com/zara123/petition.html

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Top 10 Moments in Poker History

2009-10-25T18:20:00.003-04:00

i came across this great list from a poster on the 2p2 forums earlier today and thought i would share it with my readers

i dont agree with alot of the items here , but nevertheless it makes for a good read

heres the post

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10. The Life and Times of Benny Binion

I really struggled with where to start this list. After compiling all the information I could find, and poring over it for hours on end, I finally decided to just talk to a bunch of my poker friends about what they think. My thought process was, "Well this is really an opinion article, and everyone has their thoughts on what should be on the list," so I set out to hear some of them.

I heard ideas like “Jamie Gold beating 8,772 other players to take home $12,000,000 in the 2006 World Series Main Event,” “$100,000 buy in tournament in Australia,” and “The beginning of rakeback.” It was clear that I had found myself in an even more uncertain position than I was in the first place. While many of the ideas I heard certainly deserved their place on some list somewhere and some wouldn’t even be possible without others, there just seemed to be too many to choose from, so I considered starting at #9.

Then, one night I was walking down Fremont on one of my infrequent trips to buy a Football Beer, and I stopped in at Binion’s to take a look at the “Great Wall of Poker” like I usually do when I’m on that end of town. While my senses and spirits were filled with the gambling lore of old, I realized that of all the great poker players and all the great poker tournaments, one man stands head and shoulder above the rest in the gambling world, Benny Binion.
While there isn’t enough room in this space to talk about all the things Benny did for the game of poker, we’ll kick this list off with a list of reasons Mr. Binion’s Life is number 10 on the list of the 10 Greatest Moments in Poker:

-Creator of Binion’s Horseshoe Casino (one of the most storied Casinos in Las Vegas)
-Gained a reputation as the Gambler’s Casino Host by catering to the wants and needs of the high limit player
-Set the standard for the highest betting limits in Las Vegas
-Founder of the World Series of Poker

Although many of Benny’s accomplishments dealt more with gambling in general than poker specifically, it’s safe to say that none of the following moments on the list would have been possible without him. And, even if they would have been possible, they most certainly wouldn’t have been as historic. So, enjoy the reading, and don’t forget that without Benny Binion, not even this list would have been possible.

9. Chip Reese Winning the Inaugural $50k Buy in H.O.R.S.E. Event

With all the things Chip Reese accomplished in the game of poker like writing a section in Super System, gaining a reputation as the greatest cash game player in history, and winning three W.S.O.P. bracelets, just to name a few, perhaps none were as deserved and inspiring as his first place finish in the first ever $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. event at the 2006 World Series of Poker.

Having been primarily a cash game player for many years, only making occasional appearances on the tournament circuit, Chip was as excited as anyone when the announcement was made to introduce a mixed games event at the World Series with the largest buy in the Series had seen yet. As a constant member of the $4,000-$8,000 Big Game in the famous Bobby’s Room, he was considered a master of all forms of poker. With all the hours put into the side games, it required a pretty lucrative tournament to pull Reese away from his favorite form of poker at the cash tables. The $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. proved to be that tournament and after playing the longest heads up battle in World Series history, Chip’s AcQc held up against Andy Bloch’s 9c8s on a Jc7c7s4h4s board at the No Limit Hold ‘em final table.

With the $1,784,640 first prize in his hand and gold bracelet around his wrist, Reese won the newly coined “pro's tournament” and cemented his already solid place in poker history as one of the best, if not the, best player ever.
What made the tourney win ever more special was the decision to hand out the David “Chip” Reese Award trophy to winners of the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. event starting in 2008, following his death in December of 2007. Now, even after his passing, Chip won’t only stay around in our memories, but there will be a little part of him at the World Series of Poker every year.

8. Scotty Nguyen Becoming the First Player to Win the World Series of Poker $10,000 Main Event and $50,000 Buy in H.O.R.S.E. Event

Basketball has Wilt Chamberlin and his 100 point game. Football has Brett Favre and his close to 300 consecutive regular season starts (maybe more depending on when you are reading this). And Baseball has Joe DiMaggio’s 56 consecutive game hit streak.

I’m not saying that Scotty Nguyen deserves to be held in such regard as three of the greatest athletes to ever play professional sports, but up until the 2008 World Series of Poker $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. event, poker really had no ultra impressive records. Sure, Phil Hellmuth’s record of 11 bracelets is pretty good, but all of them coming in one form of one game, and with two players (Johnny Chan and Doyle Brunson) nipping at his heels with 10, it’s a record that is definitely within reach. Jamie Gold’s record for the largest live tournament ever won ($12,000,000 first prize in the 8,773 person field) is huge, but both of those numbers are largely out of anyone’s control.

When it all comes down to it, there is really only one poker accomplishment that will most likely stand for many, many years, and that belongs to the Scotty. Although a few players have won back to back Main Events, and similarly, other players have found themselves at multiple Main Event final tables, some of said players final tabled events with much smaller player pools.

With the $10,000 main event being the largest and most popular tournament in the world, in recent years many “name pros” have disregarded the credibility of its winner as being “the best in poker” because of the high luck factor involved in a tournament win with so many players. With the creation of the $50,000 buy in H.O.R.S.E. event, a lot of the same pros have declared it to be the new “real championship.”

So, it was no small feat, in fact, it was an incredibly remarkable feat when Scotty won the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. in 2008 to compliment his 1998 $10,000 main event bracelet. With the high level of competition in the $50,000 H.O.R.S.E., his $10,000 main event victory, and having both bracelets on his shelf, Nguyen has accomplished, thus far, one of the greatest accomplishments in poker history.

7. Rounders

If a survey was handed out to a random sample of poker players, hobbyists or professional, winning or losing, fat or skinny, asking what inspired them to play poker, I would wager a large chunk of my bankroll on the middle of the over/under of the number of words written down. One. Rounders.

Produced in 1998, the film chronicled the life of high stakes poker player and law student Mike McDermott (played by Matt Damon). When his lifelong friend and card shark turned card sharp and cheater, Les “Worm” Murphy (played by Edward Nortorn) is released from jail Mike McD joins him in trying to settle a large gambling debt Worm has accrued before and during his incarceration. I can’t imagine many Hold ‘Em Hub readers haven’t seen the movie so I won’t be spoiling anything when I say that Mike McD helps Worm get out of debt, plays the most memorable heads up NLHE match in poker history vs. Teddy KGB (an unforgettable Russian mob character played by John Malkovich) and eventually quits law school in hopes of World Series of Poker glory.

Despite coming out years after popular poker classic The Cincinnati Kid, and not enjoying the kind of box office success found by “poker movie” Lucky You, Rounders more realistically recreated poker scenes and lingo than any poker movie to date.

Even ten years after its release, any poker player will be hard pressed to play a session in any poker room or home game across the globe without hearing the phrases “chyeeeeck, chyeeeeck, chyeeeeeck,” “Allygateeer blood,” “don’t splash the pot,” “you know what, fuck you and your never ending string of boats,” and the cult classic, “In the poker game of life, women are the rake. They are the fucking rake!” This, in my book, puts it at number seven on the list of great poker moments.

6. Launch of Online Poker

Technically, the first online poker play was born in the Internet Relay Chat rooms where players could type in commands to play against each other in games managed and dealt by a computer program. While the games all consisted of play money “chips,” many players accumulated millions of chips (while only being able to reload for 1,000 chips per day if they went virtually busto) and would joke about selling their accounts for real money.

In 1998, many of those player’s dreams came true with the launch of the first online poker site where participants could play for real money, Planet Poker. In 1999, Planet Poker’s random number generator (the system used to ensure a random dealing of hole cards and flop, turn, and river distributions) was compromised resulting in an estimated $100,000 lost to hackers. Despite becoming one of the smallest sites on the Internet today, Planet Poker set the standard for almost every site to follow with its 5% rake with a maximum of $3.00, criteria still used by major sites.

Although online poker has gone through its ups and downs since its humble beginnings in Planet’s first nickel and dime games, the gambling industry today would no doubt be much smaller without it.

5. CBS Televising the World Series of Poker

In 1973, Jimmy “The Greek” Snyder provided commentary for Binion’s Horseshoe’s recording of the World Series of Poker’s main event. In 1978, legendary sportscaster Brent Musberger joined Jimmy “The Greek,” when popular U.S. television station CBS broadcast the first episodes of the tournament in a series of television specials. The coverage continued on and off for the next few years until ESPN finally picked up full coverage in 1988 where it has stayed ever since.

Since its inception, coverage of the World Series has gone though various stages of production. For many years, the only event covered for TV was the Main Event, until recently in 2004, when more and more events began being televised.
In 2006, ESPN offered pay-per-view broadcasting of the final table where, even though hole cards weren’t visible, thousands of viewers tuned in to see Jamie Gold take down the $12,000,000 first prize and coveted bracelet.

In November of 2008, ESPN and Harrah’s entertainment took a step in a new direction by broadcasting the final table live roughly four months after the final nine were decided. Whether the move will be a good one for World Series ratings and poker in general remains to be seen as 2009 will hardly be an objective indicator with superstar Phil Ivey at the final table, but if the delay is a fraction as successful as televising the tournaments in the first place, poker will be at least a little better off.

4. William E. Baxter Jr. vs. the United States

In the landmark case of William E. Baxter Jr. vs. the United States, legendary sports bettor and poker player Billy Baxter fought the federal government on the way gambling income is taxed. Before the case was settled in 1986, income tax for professional gamblers suffered deductions up to 70% due to being classified as “non-earned” income. Between 1978 and 1981, Billy claimed gambling earnings of $1.2 million dollars, and the difference between “earned” income and “non-earned” income for his $1.2 million totaled $178,000. After paying the taxes, he sued the government for a tax return and the case was tied up in the courts for years. In the end, the government conceded and the Nevada judge presiding over the case said “I find the government's argument to be ludicrous. I just wish you had some money and could sit down with Mr. Baxter and play some poker,” claiming once Billy’s bets (personal investment capital) had been placed, no income would have been produced without his skills.

Despite his seven World Series of Poker bracelets, Billy Baxter’s greatest poker accomplishment was saving professional gamblers untold millions in saved taxes and in the fight to repeal the Unlawful Internet Gambling Enforcement Act, a state’s judgment in “earned” versus “non-earned” income could prove to be a useful weapon in the “poker is a skill game” arsenal.
The implications of this case easily places it at the top of the list of greatest poker moments.

3. Super System Published in 1979

After winning the World Series of Poker Main Event in 1976 and 1977 poker legend Doyle Brunson put together a group of some of the greatest poker minds the game has ever seen to write the most comprehensive poker strategy book ever published. When Cardoza Publishing put out Super System (originally titled “How I Won Over $1,000,000 Playing Poker) the cost of each book was $100.00, possibly the most expensive book around at that time. With the following chapters and authors, it was no wonder people paid the price:

Draw Poker – Mike Caro
Seven Card Stud – Chip Reese
Lowball – Joey Hawthorne and Doyle Brunson
Seven Card Stud Hi/Lo (with no qualifier) – David Sklansky
Limit Hold ‘em – Bobby Baldwin
No Limit Hold ‘em – Doyle Brunson

When poker players got a chance to share in the secrets of the best in the world, every game around the world got a little tougher. Doyle Brunson himself has expressed regret for having written the book at all, saying he has needed to change up his game multiple times just to avoid having Super System readers inside his brain during every hand. Since its inception Super System has become known as the poker player’s bible and is a must have for any serious player. So despite your concerns Mr. Brunson, we thank you.

2. Invention of the Hole Card Camera

When a U.K. television network called British Channel 4 implemented their revolutionary hole card camera into the poker show Late Night Poker the game went from interesting for poker enthusiasts, boring for everyone else, to exciting for poker enthusiasts, and much more interesting for everyone else. Originally patented by Seven Card Stud bracelet winner Henry Ornstein, the camera was also used on the Poker Million before it was popularized during broadcasts of the 2002 World Series of Poker and then 2003 World Poker Tour events. Without the hole card camera, we would all still be sitting around watching old men smoke cigars with their cards face down and hidden from the world, interrupted occasionally by unintelligent commentary provided by sports analysts that have never played a hand of poker in an intelligent manner.

1. Moneymaker Winning 2003 Main Event

The decision to put Moneymaker's win at #1 on the list was really the only easy one. No other single event threw into motion as series of events like this one did.
In 2003 a phenomenon occurred which some poker enthusiasts have labeled “poker’s version of the perfect storm”. Poker was just starting to get bigger in mainstream America, and the airtime ESPN devoted to the World Series of Poker only helped to feed the beast. Hailing from Tennessee, an unknown accountant with the perfect last name invested $40 into a feeder satellite for the $10,000 buy in W.S.O.P. main event. When Chris Moneymaker took down the $2,500,000 first prize and coveted gold bracelet, the butterfly effect hit the gambling world full blast. The game has never and will never be the same.

Lebron James Plays Online Poker In New Drake, Kanye West, Eminem and Lil Wayne Video

2009-10-21T10:52:00.003-04:00

I see all the rappers love to play them some poker , this years world series of poker had plenty of rappers participating , especially Nelly , who even gave a special performance for Pokerstars. And now it seems as if Pokerstars will be signing rapper Drake to their list of other star players such as Baseball legend Orel Hersheiser and Seinfeld alum Jason Alexander

enjoy the clip of Lebron James in this rap video

Senator Harry Ried Visits Home of Howard Lederer

2009-10-19T21:58:00.000-04:00

I guess the Nevada senator needs to drum up some votes and campaign money.

according to lee watkinson , a lot of full tilt honchos were at the home of full tilt co-founder howard lederer to discuss the possibility of legalizing online poker. Watkinson even says that Senator Ried seems anti gambling in general , which seems strange being the senator of Nevada!!

I do hope that Ried listens to his supporters and introuduces legislation to finally allow online poker to be legal and be classified as a game of skill

Should Rush Limbaugh Be Allowed To Own an NFL Football Team

2009-10-18T14:47:00.002-04:00

Say what you want about rush limbaugh , but he's obviously very popular and rich for a reason, because he has a tremendous large fan base and wildly popular successful radio show. Some even say he's the de facto leader of the republican party.

Regardless if im a fan of his or whether i agree with him , Should this come into play whether he wants to use his money in a legitimate way and purchase a stake in an NFL footbal team , St Louis Rams.

I would love if my readers would vote on this subject , theres a poll at www.LetRushPlayBall.com , please take the 3 seconds it takes to click and vote your mind ,

thanks

Run It Twice Feature Added on Full Tilt Poker

2009-10-15T20:52:00.001-04:00

im pretty glad that they are implementing this feature in full tilt poker , according to the ftp press release, they will first offer this feature in the highest limits only , and over the next few weeks they will add it to the lower stakes games ,

heres an excerpt from their press release

Run It Twice – I'm sure you all know how it works, but briefly: If there are two players in the hand and there's an all-in and call before the river, and both players have decided to run it twice (there's a new checkbox in the "permanent checkbox" area of the table), any board cards left to come will be dealt twice, resulting in two boards. Half the pot will go to the winner of the first board and half the pot will go to the winner of the second board.

For now, only NO Limit Holdem , Pot Limit Omaha, and HA games in Ivey's Room have "Run It Twice" enabled. It will be added for lower stakes games in the coming weeks.

For more details: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/run-it-twice

they are also adding an interesting feature called cash out tournaments

heres the excerpt

Cashout Tournaments – A totally new type of tournament. If you've ever heard someone say "I wish I could just take these tournament chips and cash out right now," well, now they can. Part (usually half) of your buy-in goes to the regular prize pool, but the rest goes to a "Cash-out Pool" which gets depleted as people "cash out" of the tournament.

By way of example: Say the buy-in is $20 and you start with 1,000 chips. If $10 of the buy-in goes to the Cash-out Pool, each 100 chips will be worth $1 of the Cash-out Pool. At any time throughout the tournament (except the very beginning while people are still registering and the very end) you can cash out part or all of your tournament chips for cash.

For more details: http://www.fulltiltpoker.com/cashout-tournaments

AJ Benza Fired From High Stakes Poker

2009-10-14T18:40:00.004-04:00

High Stakes Poker has been the top rated show on GSN ( Game Show Network ) for the past 5 straight seasons, Yet the management brass are still trying to tweak the show to the dismay of alot of poker fans and replace AJ Benza with a woman , rumor has it that vanessa rousso will replace him.

Im not sure why GSN is tweaking a show the show , its solid rating keep going up year after year. According to AJ Benza's blog he seems pretty pissed off about this , even offering to take a pay cut , I wish AJ luck and still remember when he used to host the Celebrity Justice and Mysteris and scandals on the E! network

heres an excerpt from AJ Benza's Blog

"i unashamedly told those two guys that if I dont get my gig back....."your basically putting a man and his family on the street. Is that what you want on your concience?"
I offered a pay cut for Chrissakes, Shit....the economy is in the tank, so I'm willing to take less to do the same job. BUt I just want to put it out there y'all. This is the kind of shit that goes on in Hollywood.
I will have my meeting with Nugent - and I promise I wont stab him with a butterknife. He and I go way back to my E! days, and honestly, he's a good guy."

Good Luck , u were very funny on HSP

Why Should i Play Poker to Make Money? We Have Obama

2009-10-12T14:42:00.002-04:00

heres a radio excerpt of an interview with a reporter in detroit asking why people were waiting in line , its audio , and its about 1 minute

Phil Hellmuth, Daniel Negreanu, Jen Harman, Scotty Nguyen Pose Naked For ESPN Magazine

2009-10-08T17:29:00.008-04:00

Espn is out with their Body Issue , with a whole bunch of pro athletes naked , They released a small video clip avail at espn.com showing some of the pics and interviews . Obviously poker is not the most popular sport on ESPN , and only show a small fast pic of these poker players in the buff , its pretty funny that Negreanu is wearing his pokerstars.com patch covering one of his nipples , ....i guess luckily for harman she had a big chip stack covering hers .... the pic is all the way at the end of the clip , like at 3:18

enjoy

Heres the video

heres a quick screenshot

and heres the direct link to espn.com

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=4536943

2009-09-30T12:49:00.001-04:00

Heartland Poker Tour, Black Hawk Co , Golden Gates Casino: Trip Report

2009-09-22T10:51:00.003-04:00

I know its been a while since i went and busted from the HPT event, but i feel i owe my loyal blog readers a trip report , despite how uneventful it was.

I flew to denver and took a 1.5 hour cabride from denver airport to black hawk, the drive was nice and lots of nice scenery , ive never see the rockies and to drive through the rockies up close is def a nice sight to see. i checked into my hotel which was about 1/2 mile from the casino in which the hpt tourney was going to take place. I was sort of hoping to meet up with a pokerstars rep so that i can let them know which starting day i wanted to play and to get my free tshirts , lol . I emailed my contact over at pstars and asked where do i go , who do i see , etc, and he gave me the cell phone # of the pstars rep who was in town for the hpt event.

I called the number and my cell let me know that i was dialing a north dakota phone # , and me being from NYC thought it was 'funny' to speak to a person from ND , i never really met ppl from small towns or small population states. anyways, he tells me that he will pick me up in about 45 min in front of hotel .

I go downstairs and see this nice looking suburban vehicle that is wrapped up with the HPT logos and this guy comes out and say , Hey , im Todd , im the founder of the HPT , and im thinking to myself , wow , this is the dude who is going to be driving me around , cool!! , then he points to another dude sitting on the bench smoking a cigarette , he walks over to me and says Hi, nice to meet you steven , im Fred , and i realize that this is the guy who is the co host of the HPT TV show , i felt like a vip chilling with the founder and tv personality ,

heres a pic of fred bevill in case u not sure who im talking about, hes the guy standing to the right .

Anyways , we get to the casino and head straight to the bar and they offer to buy me a drink and start talking to m e about the pstars satelitte process and how i felt about the hpt joing with pstars to bring more players to the events , we chatted for about an hr and it seemed like they were genuinely interested in my thoughts about how to improve the expand the hpt.

They took me to the registration area and i chose what starting day i wanted to play and then asked me if i wanted to join them at the cash tables , which i did and proceeded to lose 3 buyins at 2/5 NLHE , i said my good byes and wanted to get a good night sleep before the tourney tomorrow.

the next day i decided to walk to the casino from hotel and enjoyed seeing the small city of blackhawk , population 151 , i saw lots of cowboys and lots of what we NY'ers would call hicks. i always like to observe ppl and their actions so it was fun just to walk around.

the tourney was pretty uneventful , i never really had much chips and never got anything going and ended up busting when i flopped an under boat and my opponent flopped trips , all the money went in on flop and he turned a higher boat , good game me. i wasnt disapointed at all and barely showed any emotion , my table was filled with bad players and older ppl but i just couldnt get anything going , i lasted about 6 hrs in the tourney and deiced to take a nap so i can play the cash games all night long.

i got killed at the cash tables and said to myself , its time to go home , i booked my glight and left town , being in Co for about 48 hours.

I thought i would have fun traveling by myself , but i actually didnt enjoy it at all so i rushed to get home to my family.

all in all it was fun and i will continue to try to win satelittes to live events on pstars , Bahamas here i come!!!

How to Split a Long Video File to Fit Youtube

2009-09-07T19:55:00.003-04:00

I know this is a poker blog , but recently ive been shooting alot of video and i usually like to upload it to youtube, bec it makes sharing with family and friends alot easier when all i need to do is upload and send ppl the links to the specific video instead of emailing attachments to my tech- challenged relatives

as some of you know , youtube has a 10-min cap policy , but what if you wanted to upload little jimmy's entire 18 minute school play. heres the easy solution and avail on most computers without adding or downloading extra software, this is how to split a long video to fit youtube

step 1 - locate the video that you want to use , perhaps move this to desktop so its easier to find

step 2 - Find a program on your computer called Windows MovieMaker, this comes with most windows computers, Click All programs -> and select Windows MovieMaker. Once this is opened i would suggest to resize the windows moviemaker window to a bit smaller than the monitor size so you can easily drag the video from your desktop into the main area of the Windows MovieMaker.

step 3 - After you have dragged the video into the Windows MovieMaker program , you will notice that on the right side of the screen it will show your video along with the timeline of the video.

step 4 - After seeing how long the video is , you can drag the timeline from the start up until the spot that you want the first segment of your video to end, for e.g. youtube allows for 10 minutes , i would suggest you drag it to 9 minutes to be safe. after you drag it , You will see a small icon on the bottom that will give you an option to split the video

step 5 - You can now repeat this step for part 2 or 3 , depending on how long the video is , You will now drag each small clip to the bottom in the 'storyboard' part of the windows moviemaker program ,

step 6 - After all the clips are on the bottom you will then select one or all of the clips and you will see a save to computer option, You will also have options to see how big the file will be and to even save the file with a greater or worse level of quality .

thats it ... this is how you split a long video file to fit youtube. if ur having trouble , leave me a comment

Lockerbie Bomber:

2009-08-22T21:34:00.000-04:00

Seeing this guy freed makes my skin crawl... I don't understand it

can someone pls explain how this makes sense

NO Blogging

2009-08-18T12:07:00.001-04:00

A lot has been happening lately so I've been lazy with the blog...but I still will post a black hawk co HPT trip report, as well as my spending a lot of time at The Borgata , including me winning one of the daily tournaments there .......stay tuned