- Running Update
I will be crushing G-Rob in our bet. Just an FYI. With that said, I will be posting songs from my Master Run playlist. I have 52:30 of music on a playlist all set for my run. I promised PokerPeaker I'…
- SuperBowl Party
If you know me, then you probably know TheMark. He's the G-Vegas version of Tony Soprano. He gets things done and he knows how to throw a party.On SuperBowl Sunday - February 7th for those of you unaw…
- Doubt and Data
Generally speaking, human beings lie, and data doesn't. Visual evidence, statistical evidence, it was all there. Anyone who thought Mark McGwire did not take performance enhancing drugs was just ignor…
- Proposition Wager
This should be good.....We have a prop bet that is just now going public. Feel free to find a betting parter and make your own wagers.Who is we you ask?It's me and G-Rob.Here's the bet and the backgro…
- New Year's Day Tourney Pic Dump
With apologies to Pauly and the term pic dump, here are a few taken after I was unceremoniously eliminated.MrsBlood trying to get a read on the uni-GRob-bomber.Brian the Red - a Charlotte regular.TheM…
- Count me in....as always.
I have registered to play in the PokerStars World Blogger Championship of Online Poker! PokerStars.com is the home of Free Online Poker Games, bloggers can play for free in the exclusive WBCOOP tourna…
- 6th Annual New Year's Day Tournament
It started back in 2005. I'd met a couple of local poker players via the Intarweb; and in an attempt to foster a local home game community, decided to host a poker tournament on New Year's Day. We had…
- Just Because
I am 36,000 feet in the air. That is all. Wait! Ty to Otis for the free drink ticket
- One
The loneliest numberThe song Metallica played at the Grammy's the year Jethro Tull won Best Heavy Metal Artist- (e^(i*pi))Days until I'm in VegasSee y'all soon, recaps when I get back.
- RFI
Are there any readers out there who have signed up for the Full Tilt security token? If so, care to share your experiences? I have one for my work VPN, so I'm aware of how they work and what they do.…
- Nine
Wikipedia states, 9 (nine) is the natural number following 8 and preceding 10. The ordinal adjective is ninth. Oddly, no mention on that site about the number of days before I'm in Vegas. What a garba…
- Stack and a Story - Vol III
This stack is from this past Friday night. You should see 2 purples ($100), 5 stacks (40 in height) of $5, 1 stack of $25's (20) and some more $5's and $1's. Here's the hand of the night that helped m…
- Stack and a Story
This is my favorite stack of all time. I'll try to explain.The chip denominations are $25, $10, $5, and $1 from left to right. I also had some bills as you can see. This poker night was a night like n…
- A Stack and a Story
Here's another attempt at doing something that probably won't last as long as intended. Feel free to copy the idea, in fact, I encourage it. Here's the concept: Post a picture of a chip stack you've t…
- Gambling Tales Podcast
I'm famous! Well...not really. But check out the Special-K/Falstaff podcast. “Press release” from bloggers Falstaff and Special KGambling Tales Podcast is now available. Join Falstaff (John Hartne…
- Gadget Junkie
I love electronic toys. Without question. If it's cool and I can afford it, I want it. I can't explain it so I won't try. As of this writing, I'm in sort of a conundrum. I'm hoping my tech-savvy reade…
- Root, Root, Root for the Home Team
I'm a pretty big sports fan. Not all sports mind you, but enough of them such that most of my live TV viewing is dominated by athletic competition. Since I was born and bred in the North Shore area of…
- Quick Note of Thanks
A lot of generous readers contributed to Mrs_Blood's Avon Walk-a-thon for Breast Cancer research. Last weekend, she walked 26.2 miles on Saturday and then 13.1 more miles on Sunday. I just wanted to t…
- Metal Wednesday?
Wrong day. No Steel Foot. Whatever.Ozzy has a new guitarist if you hadn't heard. You may not even care. Normally, I wouldn't either. However, occasionally, sometimes an odd mix of talent will infuse s…
- Stupid Blog Post
Stupid?Yes.Why?Because it's about the game known as PLO.Here's what I've learned in about 50,000 hands....That's about it.Thought I knew what I was doing, I really did. Started off slow, losing about…
- Interlude - A Poker Hand
Warning: What you about to real is real and unedited. When you are finished reading the following poker hand recap, you will feel dumber for having done so. The names are changed to protect the innoce…
- Steel Foot Memories - # 97
From my favorite adventures in Intelligent Travel Booking Procedures:After looking at my Yahoo flight schedule printout, she said “That’s odd, I don’t think we even have a 12:35 flight today.”…
- Steel Foot Memories - # 98
Apparently, I can't count. It's 14 weeks, not 13 weeks until Vegas. If I only had more fingers.Here's a quick one about my tendency to abuse female dealers in Vegas....I’m not 100% sure, but I belie…
- Steel Foot Memories - # 90
From August of 2006....The noise preceded their entrance by about 30 seconds. Very drunk and very loud, five new players joined the game. Huge wads of cash and yellow $1000 chips fell from their pocke…
- Steel Foot Memories - # 91
Here's an endeavor that will likely go nowhere; like Lamb of God's latest, this is Set to Fail. However, you can't fault a man for trying.****Something To Look Forward To. STLFT. Steel Foot. There are…
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- One Lottery Ticket Please Part VI
The prerequisite reading:part I part II part III part IV part V And now presented without further commercial interruption: the final installment of my award winning recap of playing in World Series of…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part V
I gotta finish this story at some point. Right? For my own sanity. If you're late to the party there's part 1 part 2.part 3part 4and now part 5 below. Enjoy. 6:24 PM. The good news is only 1170 of the…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part IV
This is part 4 of my recap of playing in WSOP event 51. I'm unintentionally setting a world's record for longest time to complete a blog entry and would like to apologize to Walter Cronkite and others…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part III
This is part 3 of my recap of playing in WSOP event 51. If you're gonna spend your hard earned time reading it, I suggest you start here first. I only offer this advice because I'm looking out for you…
- One Lottery Ticket Please Part II
Friday June 26th. 11:50 PM. I see the lights of Vegas from the 15. Tonight I appreciate my arrival more than usual as I've driven in tandem with some of the worst drivers ever. If these guys are playi…
- One Lottery Ticket Please
By now I'm sure you're all tired of hearing my publicist explain how I'm waiting till 2011 to get back into the poker scene. It went a little too far this week when In Touch magazine included me in th…
- Progress
When you play online poker there's something real nice about how complete strangers from all over the world will take the time to share their deepest thoughts and feelings with you in the text box. Th…
- Basic Strategy
Hand after hand the worse cards win. We've all seen it. Not in the long run of course. In the long run the better cards will win. Sklansky and others assure us of this. Just not right now. It's okay.…
- Just Robert being Robert
I traded for Manny Ramirez this morning in my fantasy baseball league. I wasn't scared off at all by his 50 game suspension for testing positive for performance enhancement drugs. In fact hearing that…
- Sorry Dave
I'd like to apologize to my friend Dave. For at least a month now (truthfully much longer) I've been emailing him my bad beats. I want to show him how unfair poker has been to me. Even though I know b…
- Peeing and Poker
I've never had to pee during a road trip. Oh sure, when others needed to stop there were a few times where I might have taken advantage. There's 120 hours of footage documenting my driving around the…
- That Old Familiar Feeling
I can stomach lots of bad beats in a day. In a week. In a life. That poker skill is way more important than people tell you. I'm pretty damn good about controlling my emotions. But I do have a breakin…
- I'm Right and You're Wrong
Trying to discuss limit hold em strategy with poker players is like trying to discuss evolution with monkeys. Or in this case, donkeys.
- Poker by Analogy #6,432,069
Playing suited connectors is a lot like going to a strip club. If you can get in for free and don't have to buy any drinks then it's absolutely great. I like to see the flop as much as the next guy. H…
- 2011
My secret is I'm quietly preparing for the 2011 World Series of Poker. I'm seeing the game on a new level. I'm finally able to get inside the head of players who play as I did in 2006. I completely un…
- Over One Billion Served
I finally hit the one billion mark for poker hands played. Thank you very much. Please don't send any gifts. The knowledge I've gained is my reward. What have I learned from one billion hands of poker…
- The Roaches Know
Here's something I read today on how roaches obviously understand game theory. Roaches know you've gotta raise with a variety of holdings. That's why they've been around for so long. If roaches only r…
- Push Ups
Raising is difficult to do but good for you. The more I raise, the more chips I acquire. When I raise with mediocre holdings it disturbs everyone at the table. Kind of like I'm breaking the rules. Peo…
- Getting Back In The Flow
I haven't played nearly enough poker since leaving Las Vegas in August. How much isn't enough?-Once at Harrahs Rincon near San Diego in September.-A second time at the Blerge in Brooklyn in October. -…
- What would Larry David do?
I have 42 poker books book sitting on my shelf and that's not even counting my autographed copy of T.J. Cloutier's Hold 'Em book that my friend Joe borrowed from me back in 2005. Lets say I were to vi…
- The Pros and the Cons
One benefit to not gambling for a living anymore is I don't have to worry about finding myself a lucky outfit to wear when I wake up in the morning.
- What Have I Written?
I went to the doctor this week. He asked me what I did for a living and I told him I was a writer.What have you written? he asked.Oh you know. I said. The new Grisham Novel.A little Stephen King. Part…
- Taking Out The Garbage
We're packing to move. You know how I hate to brag, but truth be told I just threw out the garbage. This meant a fresh bag for the kitchen, which in turn presented an opportunity for me to bask in a l…
- A Vegas Year is 19 Months Long.
That's how quickly it happens. Like watching a runner runner flush...Boom. Just like that.The Vegas Year is over. There's a theoretical seat open at my figurative table. I'm so grateful for the opport…
- 1000 Minutes Of Discipline
I spoke with a friend last night who told me he just retired from poker.You're retired? I asked.I'd heard him correctly. Said he made the decision to retire based on a recent session. Apparently he we…
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- "Screw 'em!"
Well, that seemed to be the consensus to my earlier thoughts. Actually, that was the conclusion I came to as well. Life is to short to care about what others think and the fact that some people may no…
- Thoughts While Walking
Welcome back! It's been a long time since I wrote anything of substance on this blog but, hopefully, this is about to change. While on my walk today I decided to try something new, a regular series th…
- Are you ready for Vegas??
Yes, I know one pic has nothing to do with Vegas and another pic is sideways, at least I posted something.
- Not The Way Things Should Be
Let's face it, in a perfect world we expect our parents to die before we do. It's the way things should be and, truthfully, if we have to think about the how, we picture our parents in their nineties…
- My Last Bad Decision
Last December while I was in Vegas with the bloggers, I made it very clear that I was broke and lots of people stepped up and bought me drinks, dinners, and just really made me feel good and bad all a…
- In A Daze
I had hope that the New Year would be better, that I had hit the bottom and could only go up but, apparently, I was wrong. This year has not gotten better and I feel like the hole is just getting de…
- TV Rant - Grey's Anatomy
WARNING: There may be spoilers, read at your own risk.I love Jeffrey Dean Morgan. He plays a hot dead guy and, let's face it, playing dead has kind of become his niche, but his storyline on Grey's h…
- Estella Toby Jipson Eaton
This is my great-grandmother on her 100th birthday this past April. A few days later there was a huge party with a couple hundred members of her family. She had a brand new dress for the occassion…
- Morning Walk Musings: Off to School, Part 1
This morning, while on my walk, I sent out the following twitter:Extra layer of warmth for walk today was a smart move. Still not as cold as when I would walk a mile in the snow, uphill, to school.I'm…
- Almost Time
In less than 12 hours I will be in the airport awaiting my flight to Vegas. Although I'm somewhat excited, I'm also a little frustrated to be more limited in my spending than usual. Let's face it,…
- At the Airport
I'm sitting here, contemplating life. That's what I do when I'm so tired that I can barely keep my head up. I didn't get to sleep last night as early as I wanted because I remembered I hadn't chec…
- Tired
I'm at work and could fall asleep at any moment, not that anyone would notice. I have the office all to myself and there is a nice comfy gurney in the corner. We also have a keypad entry to the de…
- Let me rephrase that...
When I said I shouldn't go to Vegas I meant to add that since the non-refundable tickets and room are paid for, I will still be going. I'll just be eating off the dollar menu at McD's instead of Cra…
- Stuck
This was going to be a post about how broke I am and how I shoudn't go to Vegas but it sounded way to whiney and pathetic so I deleted it.How's that for my first post in over a month?
- Drama, Part 2
Before I get into the ridiculous thing that happened next in the story let me set-up a little background. My soon-to-be ex-step-father is a big man. He is about 6 feet tall and over 300 pounds. …
- Drama, Part One
I've been back from Maine for 2 weeks and in that time I've had a sinus infection and a bad allergic reaction to not one, but 2 drugs. This is all just part of the joy of being me I guess.I went to…
- How...
I'm supposed to head back to California next Thursday. While I'm thrilled to get back to my life, I'm not sure it's the right time to leave. The family drama isn't close to being over and in some…
- Not Much Time
It always amazes me how quickly things can change. I've spent my morning getting my stuff together for a last minute flight to Maine. There is some family drama going on that needs my personal att…
- It's a Miracle
Yes, I'm actually blogging. I hope my faithful reader doesn't bump her head when she faints from the shock. I'm actually playing poker at the moment as well. That's 2 miracles at once, you don't…
- Thank You Poker!
Poker, I just wanted to thank you for making my first SNG in over a month so memorable. Actually the last hand was really the only memorable part. I mean, 4 people all-in and I have the best hand pre-…
- Dear Poker,
I know you miss me, I miss you too but if you knew about all the crap I went through last month I think you'd understand.It all started with a trip to the emergency room. I was having chest pain and i…
- One Ends, Another Begins
I am ending the name my business contest and announcing that no one has won. While there was one suggestion that stood out, it still wasn't quite right. Last night I finally decided on A.M.H. Research…
- Newest
I would like to introduce you all to the newest member of my family. His name is Opie. We have a feral cat problem in my mobile home park which has led to a feral kitten problem. I got it in my head t…
- Hilarious
No time to write. I came across this while doing a research project. It was labled the Evolution of Dance. It's 6 minutes of hilarity!
- Contest!
As my regular readers know I have been working from home on freelance projects for a few months now. I am at a point where I feel I need to be a bit more professional and come up with a business name.…
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